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Atomic Bomb

Atomic Bomb

In 1938, scientists discovered nuclear fission. Scientists warned President Roosevelt that Germany might use this new technology to build a bomb. The project to build a bomb in the United States was codenamed “The Manhattan Project,” and led by Gen. Leslie Groves. The scientists were based at Los Alamos, N.M., led by Dr. Robert Oppenheimer.

Uranium and plutonium were enriched at labs in Oak Ridge, TN, and Hanford, WA. On August 6, 1945, the first uranium bomb, called “Little Boy,” was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. On August 9, the first plutonium bomb, called “Fat Man,” was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.

(Gen. Leslie R. Groves and J. Robert Oppeneheimer lead the Manhattan Project. George C. Marshall Foundation photo)

To find items that the Marshall Foundation has on the atomic bomb, search “atomic bomb” in the library catalog: https://www.marshallfoundation.org/library/results/

Digitized items in the George C. Marshall Foundation archives on the atomic bomb:

 

 

 

4-103 Memorandum for the President, September 6, 1943
5-147 Memorandum of Conversation, May 29, 1945
5-176 Editorial Note on the Atomic Bomb
5-186 To General Carl Spaatz, August 8, 1945
5-187 Notes for the Secretary of War’s Press Conference, August 8, 1945
5-189 Notes for the Secretary of War’s Press Conference, August 9, 1945
A world destroyed : the atomic bomb and the Grand Alliance / Martin J. Sherwin
American Prometheus : the triumph and tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer / by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
Arthur W. Page Interview Notes April 3, 1959
Atomic spaces : living on the Manhattan Project / Peter Bacon Hales
Atomic tragedy : Henry L. Stimson and the decision to use the bomb against Japan
Atomic weapons in land combat, by G. C. Reinhardt and W. R. Kintner
Carl Spaatz Interview Details July 24, 1959
Eye-witness Hiroshima : first-hand accounts of the atomic terror that changed the world / edited by Adrian Weale
General George C. Marshall and the atomic bomb
Harvey Hollister Bundy Interview Details October 7, 1959
Hiroshima
Hiroshima : why America dropped the atomic bomb / Ronald Takaki
How to survive an atomic bomb
John Martyn Interview Details May 21, 1959
Lord Cunningham Interview Details May 2, 1961
Managing uncertainty : Vannevar Bush, James B. Conant and the development of the atomic bomb, 1940-1945 / by Montgomery Cunningham Meigs
Manhattan Project the untold story of the making of the atomic bomb
Manhattan, the Army and the atomic bomb / by Vincent C. Jones
Maxwell Taylor Interview Details July 16, 1959
Nine who survived Hiroshima and Nagasaki personal experiences of nine men who lived through the atomic bombings
Photographs of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Prompt and utter destruction : Truman and the use of atomic bombs against Japan / J. Samuel Walker
Robert A. Lovett Interview Details August 28, 1973
Sam Rayburn Interview Notes November 6, 1951
Tape 14 – Ultra leak to Dewey, 1944; Dill-Marshall relationship; politics and the JCS; relations with FDR; atomic bomb development and use
Target Hiroshima : Deak Parsons and the creation of the atomic bomb / Al Christman
The Atomic bomb : the critical issues / edited by Barton J. Bernstein
The atomic bomb and American security, by Bernard Brodie
The Atomic bomb and war planning : concepts and capabilities / edited by Steven T. Ross and David Alan Rosenberg
The atomic bomb the great decision, edited by Paul R. Baker
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The best-kept secret the story of the atomic bomb
The effects of nuclear weapons. Samuel Glasstone, editor. Prepared by the [Armed Forces Special Weapons Project of the] U.S. Dept. of Defense
The German atomic bomb the history of nuclear research in Nazi Germany [by] David Irving
The Manhattan Project : making the atomic bomb / F.G. Gosling
Thomas T. Handy Interview 1 Details March 23, 1959
Thomas T. Handy Interview Notes March 23, 1959
Unforgettable fire : pictures drawn by atomic bomb survivors / edited by the Japanese Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) ; [English translation by World Friendship Center in Hiroshima]
Xerox 0302 Memorandum for Secretary and Joint Chiefs
Xerox 1049 Stimson Diary Extracts
Xerox 1482-003 Memorandum for General Marshall
Xerox 1482-003A To Stimson From Churchill
Xerox 1482-004 Record of Meeting S-1 Project
Xerox 1482-004-01 Report on Present Status on Atomic Fission Bombs
Xerox 1482-004-02 Meeting Minutes Military Policy Committee
Xerox 1482-005 Dissolution of the Military Policy Committee
Xerox 1482-006 Statements About Hiroshima Bombing
Xerox 1482-008 Report and Recommendations for S-1 Project
Xerox 1482-010 Letter from J.R. Oppenheimer
Xerox 1482-013 To Secretary of War from OSRD
Xerox 1482-016 Science for World Service by Dr. Vannevar Bush
Xerox 1482-018 Memo For The Record
Xerox 1482-019 Organizational Chart for S-1 Project
Xerox 1482-020 President’s Message to Congress
Xerox 1482-021C Draft of President’s Radio Address
Xerox 1482-021E Warning After Use of S-1
Xerox 1482-021J To George L. Harrison From Arthur W. Page
Xerox 1482-023 To George Harrison From James Conant
Xerox 1482-024 Memorandum for the Record
Xerox 1482-025 First Test Conducted in New Mexico
Xerox 1482-029 To Dr. Oppenheimer From George Harrison
Xerox 1482-032B Memorandum about Labor Shortage Hanford Engineer Works
Xerox 1482-032C Memorandum to Under Secretary of War
Xerox 1482-032E Resource Distribution for Manhattan District
Xerox 1482-032F Memorandum for General Styer
Xerox 1482-033 Memorandum to the Chief of Staff
Xerox 1482-035 To Marshall From Eisenhower
Xerox 1482-036 Memorandum for the Chief of Staff
Xerox 1482-039 Memorandum for the Secretary
Xerox 1482-042 Memorandum for General Persons
Xerox 1482-045 Compton Report “Prospectus on Nucleonics”
Xerox 1482-047E For the President from the Secretary of War
Xerox 1482-047H For MacArthur signed Marshall
Xerox 1482-049 Messages about Atomic Test
Xerox 1482-051B Japanese Cyclotrons
Xerox 1482-061 DSM Project
Xerox 1482-062AB Memorandum For File Limiting Atomic Bomb Use
Xerox 1482-064 Notes For Guidance to Writers on DSM Project
Xerox 1482-065 To General Groves From Vannevar Bush
Xerox 1482-066-01 Memorandum to General Marshall
Xerox 1482-068 Problem of Secrecy and Future of the DSM Project
Xerox 1482-069-03 Capture of German Material
Xerox 1482-069-05 Memorandum to the Chief of Staff
Xerox 1482-069-06 Summary: German Situation
Xerox 1482-070 Correspondence regarding Auergesellschaft
Xerox 1482-071 New York Times Article on Heavy Water Plant Raid
Xerox 1482-075 Memorandum to Scientists About Speaking English
Xerox 1482-082 Memorandum for the Chief of Engineers
Xerox 1482-086 Memorandum for the Chief of Staff
Xerox 1482-089 Memorandum to the Chief of Staff
Xerox 1482-094 Report of Meeting with the President
Xerox 1482-095 Letter to Release Men From Jobs
Xerox 1482-096 Memorandum to the Chief of Staff
Xerox 1482-097 Information about Selected Bombing Targets
Xerox 1482-099 To Dr. Tolman From E. Fermi
Xerox 1482-106 Letter from Dr. Edward Teller
Xerox 1482-110 To Truman From Stimson
Xerox 1482-112 To Chief of Staff From Stimson
Xerox 1482-113 Memorandum of Conversation with General Marshall
Xerox 1482-127 Records of Conversation with British Representatives
Xerox 1482-128 Memorandum for Mr. Bundy
Xerox 1482-130 Text of Atomic Bomb Plan
Xerox 1482-131 Articles of Agreement
Xerox 1482-135B Memorandum to the Secretary of War
Xerox 1482-137 To General MacArthur from Secretary Stimson
Xerox 1482-139 Memorandum for General Marshall
Xerox 1482-142 Memorandum for the Secretary
Xerox 1482-152 Memorandum for Secretary of War from FDR
Xerox 1482-165 Memorandum for the Secretary of War, Subject: The Test
Xerox 1482-167 To Nimitz From King
Xerox 1482-168 Memorandum to the Chief of Staff
Xerox 1482-179 Memorandum for the Chief of Staff
Xerox 1482-197 Diplomatic History of the Manhattan Project
Xerox 2902 The Decision to Drop the Bomb
Xerox 2903 Marshall and the Manhattan Project
Xerox 2904 History of Atomic Bomb

Collection Formats:

War Department Chiefs and Executives, October 19,
Collection: F. Gorham Brigham Collection

Documents


Organization Chart Offices of the Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff & Secretary, General Staff, September 15,
Collection: F. Gorham Brigham Collection

Documents


Organization Chart Offices of the Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff & Secretariat, General Staff, March 1,
Collection: F. Gorham Brigham Collection

Documents


Statistics Branch War Department General Staff organization chart
Collection: F. Gorham Brigham Collection

Documents


Secretariat, War Department General Staff, June 7,
Call Number: GCM 7890 Collection: F. Gorham Brigham Collection, George C. Marshall Photographs

Photographs


Handshake after award from Gen. George C. Marshall, 1945
Collection: F. Gorham Brigham Collection

Photographs


Legion of Merit awarded by Gen. George C. Marshall, 1945
Collection: F. Gorham Brigham Collection

Photographs

Legion of Merit awarded by Gen. George C. Marshall


Newspaper clipping of Pershing attending Brown-Marshall Wedding, October 12,
Collection: George Catlett Marshall and Katherine Tupper Marshall Collection

Notice of Marshall-Brown wedding


Invitation list to wedding of Katherine T. Brown and Lt. Col. George C. Marshall, 1930
Collection: George Catlett Marshall and Katherine Tupper Marshall Collection

Documents

Inivtation list to the wedding of Katherine T. Brown and Lt. Col. George C. Marshall


Marshall Day at Virginia Military Institute, May 15,
Author: Virginia Military Institute
Collection: George C. Marshall Collection

Documents

Marshall Day Virginia Military Institute


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