Department of Chemistry Records - U.S. Manhattan Project Records The Princeton Department of Chemistry's U. S. Manhattan Project Records include 3 boxes of files stored at Princeton’s John Wheeler Interview 1965 This interview with John Wheeler begins with a discussion of Wheeler’s collaboration with Niels Bohr at the University of Copenhagen and their research on theories of fission and the liquid drop model. Wheeler discusses his time as an Assistant Professor of Physics at Princeton… Henry DeWolf Smyth Papers Princeton University Special Collections holds Henry DeWolf Smyth’s papers including address books, correspondence, a photocopy of Smyth’s autobiography, material from his memorial service, report cards from Lawrenceville School and Princeton University, speech delivered at a… Atomic Energy for Military Purposes (Smyth Report) The official public report on the atomic bomb, “Atomic Energy for Military Purposes,” also known as the “Smyth Report,” was authored by Princeton Physicist Henry DeWolf Smyth. Smyth contributed to the Manhattan Project and was a member of the National Defense Research Committee’s Uranium…
