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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03152.07 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection relating to Irving Kaplan and Francis Bonner on controlling atomic power |
| Title | To staff members of Columbia University, S.A.M. Laboratories, Division 1 |
| Date | 31 January 1945 |
| Author | Dunning, John R. (John Ray) (1907-) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Dunning, a physicist working on the Manhattan Project, tenders his resignation as Director of Division I (at the Nash building, where Columbia University's Substitute or Special Alloy Metals Laboratory was located). Writes, "The work to which we are all giving our best efforts has progressed a great distance since the early days of 1939 and 1940. The loyal cooperation, the brilliant ideas and the sound practical realism which have been welded together in this work have been virtually unparalleled. A miracle of development and production has been wrought." Marked "restricted" with a red stamp at the top of the page. Also at the top of the page, "Mrs. M Goldberg" is written in pencil. |
| Subjects | Manhattan Project Neutrality Atomic Energy Science and Technology Weaponry Military History World War II Education |
| People | Dunning, John Ray (fl. 1907) Goldberg, Mildred (b. 1923) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Science, Technology, Invention; World War II; Education |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | Mildred Goldberg worked as a secretary at S.A.M. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |