| Creator: | Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory |
| Title: | Manhattan Project |
| Collection No.: | ohrc076 |
| Dates: | 1982 |
| Quantity: |
Quantity: 2 Interviews (Audio files, transcripts, and collateral materials ) |
| Abstract: | These two interviews provide a close look at the research conducted at the Los Alamos National Laboratory during World War II. The interviewees are both former physics professors at Indiana University who were heavily involved with the Manhattan Project. They reveal the circumstances surrounding their involvement and discuss the Los Alamos Laboratory in detail including many of the personalities present, such as Robert Oppenheimer and Edward Teller. |
| Location: | Interviews are housed in Franklin Hall, Room 0030A. Contact ohrc@indiana.edu for more information. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office. |
| Language: | Materials are in English |
| Repository: | Center for Documentary Research and Practice Franklin Hall 0030B 601 E. Kirkwood Avenue Bloomington, Indiana 47405 Business Number: 812-855-2856 ohrc@indiana.edu URL: https://cdrp.mediaschool.indiana.edu/ |
This collection contains two interviews conducted over one month. The interviews are 100 and 105 minutes respectively. Both interviews consist of audio tapes and typed transcripts.
The archive of the Center for Documentary Research and Practice at Indiana University is open to the use of researchers. Copies of transcript pages are available only when such copies are permitted by the deed of gift. Scholars must honor any restrictions the interviewee placed on the use of the interview. Since some of our earlier (pre-computer) transcripts do not exist in final form, any editing marks in a transcript (deletions, additions, corrections) are to be quoted as marked. Audio files may not be copied for patrons unless the deed of gift permits it, and a transcript is unavailable for that interview. The same rules of use that apply to a transcript apply to the audio interview. Interviews may not be reproduced in full for any public use, but excerpted quotes may be used as long as researchers fully cite the data in their research, including accession number, interview date, interviewee's and interviewer's name, and page(s).
[interviewee first name last name] interview, by [interviewer first name last name], [interview date(s)], [call number], [project name], Center for Documentary Research and Practice, Indiana University, Bloomington, [page number(s) or tape number and side if no transcript; if digital audio and no transcript, cite time when quote occurs].
Oral history interviews conducted by the Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory from 1968 to the present, with particular focus on the history of twentieth-century America and the Midwest.
No(s): 82-061
Physical Description: 39 pages; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 105 minutes; no index
Scope and Content Note: Emil Konopinksi, born in Michigan City, Indiana in 1911, discusses his involvement with the Manhattan Project during World War II. He begins by speaking of his early education and how he came to Indiana University as a physics professor. He explains how the committee in Los Alamos came to be and reflects on some of the personalities working to build the atom and hydrogen bombs. Dr. Konopinski reveals his major contributions to the project, such as the development of the first hydrogen bomb and his grasp of scientific theory. He reflects on how the war has changed physics and comments on the nuclear arms race.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 82-060
Physical Description: 35 pages; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 100 minutes; no index
Scope and Content Note: Lawrence Langer, born in 1913 and a former physics professor at Indiana University, discusses his involvement building the Hiroshima atomic bomb. He talks about completing his schooling during the Great Depression and the circumstances surrounding his arrival at Indiana University. Dr. Langer reflects on his contribution to the Manhattan Project as an experimental physicist.
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Access Status: Open