Holdings Engineering Physics Department Albert Wattenberg Papers Finding Aid Title: Albert Wattenberg Papers, 1934-2007
ID: 11/10/25
Primary Creator: Wattenberg, Albert (1917-)
Extent: 2.6 cubic feet
Arrangement: Chronological
Subjects: Argonne National Laboratory, Atomic Energy, Atomic Energy Commission, United States, Energy, United States Department of (DOE), Faculty Papers, Naval Research, Office of, Nuclear Physics, Nuclear Reactors, Nuclear Theory, Particle Physics, University of Chicago
Formats/Genres: Papers
Languages: English
Albert Wattenberg (1917-2007) Papers, including technical biography, photocopies of documents from the files of the Metallurgical Laboratory at the University of Chicago (Manhattan Project) collected by Prof. Wattenberg as a joint editor of the Collected Papers of Enrico Fermi (University of Chicago, 1965, 2 volumes) including several documents not included in the final volume. The documents consist of minutes and reports of policy committee meetings and decisions and technical information about the first nuclear reactor. Also included are proposals and progress reports for research in nuclear physics to the Atomic Energy Commission, the Office of Naval Research, U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration, and U.S. Department of Energy; and correspondence, reports, newsclippings, speeches, and articles concerning the history of Wattenberg's involvement with Enrico Fermi and the group of physicists responsible for developing atomic energy, the atomic bomb, and the first nuclear chain reaction.
Argonne National Laboratory
Atomic Energy
Atomic Energy Commission, United States
Energy, United States Department of (DOE)
Faculty Papers
Naval Research, Office of
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Reactors
Nuclear Theory
Particle Physics
University of Chicago
Repository: University of Illinois Archives
Accruals: 5/29/69; 10/31/02; 10/23/03; 6/20/16; 10/5/16
Other Note: 7 Pages
URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/1110025.pdf
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