Register of the Gregg Herken papers

Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff, Sarah Ainsworth

Hoover Institution Library and Archives

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Stanford University

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Title: Gregg Herken papers

Date (inclusive): 1937-2017

Collection Number: 2018C14

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: In English

Physical Description: 12 manuscript boxes, 6 card file boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 sound tape reel (7.2 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Interview recordings and transcripts, notes, correspondence, photocopies of government and other documents, and printed matter relating to the development of the atomic bomb. Used as research material for the book by Gregg Herken, Brotherhood of the Bomb: The Tangled Lives and Loyalties of Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence and Edward Teller (New York, 2002).The collection also contains research materials on Cold War strategy and espionage, used in Herken's The Georgetown Set: Friends and Rivals in Cold War Washington (New York, 2014).

Creator: Herken, Gregg, 1947-

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

Box 19 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Use

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Acquisition Information

Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2017.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Gregg Herken papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

American historian and professor Emeritus of History at the University of California, Merced. Author of The Winning Weapon: The Atomic Bomb in the Cold War 1945-1950" (1981), "Counsels of War" (1985), "Brotherhood of the Bomb: The Tangled Lives and Loyalties of Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence, and Edward Teller" (2002), and "The Georgetown Set: Friends and Rivals in Cold War Washington" (2014).

Scope and Content of Collection

Interview recordings and transcripts, notes, correspondence, photocopies of government and other documents, and printed matter relating to the development of the atomic bomb. Used as research material for the book by Gregg Herken, Brotherhood of the Bomb: The Tangled Lives and Loyalties of Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence and Edward Teller (New York, 2002).The collection also contains research materials on Cold War strategy and espionage, used in Herken's The Georgetown Set: Friends and Rivals in Cold War Washington (New York, 2014).

Related Materials

Two other institutions hold papers of Gregg Herken: the National Security Archive at George Washington University and the Smithsonian.

At the Hoover Institution Library and Archives, collections related to "The Brotherhood of the Bomb" include the Edward Teller papers, Boris T. Pash papers, Sidney Drell papers, and the Pioneers of Science and Technology Historical Association collection. Collections related to "The Georgetown Set" include the R. Smith Harris papers and the Robert D. Murphy papers.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Audiotapes

Video tapes

Atomic bomb

United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989

Lawrence, Ernest Orlando, 1901-1958

Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967

Teller, Edward, 1908-2003

"Brotherhood of the Bomb: The Tangled Lives and Loyalties of Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence, and Edward Teller" 1937-2017

Scope and Contents

Contains research materials, files, interviews, and notes used in the development of Herken's book.

Subject File 1937-2003

Scope and Contents

Some documents annotated by Herken between 1990 and 2004.

box 1, folder 1

Alvarez, Luis 1945-1949

box 1, folder 2

Bacher, Robert 1950

box 1, folder 3

Bethe, Hans 1950-1954

box 1, folder 4

Biographies 1945-1988

Scope and Contents

Contains photocopies of biographies of various individuals.

box 1, folder 5

Bohm, David 1950-1965

box 1, folder 6

Bransten, Louise 1948-1953

box 1, folder 7

Brown, Harold 1995

box 1, folder 8

Budwine, Robert 1995

box 1, folder 9

Bush, Vannevar 1945-1955

box 1, folder 10-13

Chevalier, Haakon 1945-1982

Scope and Contents

Includes Chevalier appeal.

box 1, folder 14

Chevalier, Barbara and Karen 1947-1970

box 2, folder 1

Childs, Herbert 1960

box 2, folder 2

Compton, Arthur 1945-1959

box 2, folder 3

Conant, James 1954

box 2, folder 4

Cotter, Frank 1954

box 2, folder 5

Crouch, Paul 1951

box 2, folder 6

De Silva, Peer 1975-1976

box 2, folder 7

Dean, Gordon 1950-1952

box 2, folder 8

Eltenton, George C. 1944

box 2, folder 9

Fox, Irving David 1943

box 2, folder 10

Fuchs, Klaus 1950-1954

box 2, folder 11

Getting, Ivan 1996-1997

box 2, folder 12

Griggs, David 1994-1997

box 2, folder 13

Hayward, John Tucker 1952

Scope and Contents

Also known as John "Chick" Hayward.

box 2, folder 14

Jackson, Henry 1956-1963

box 2, folder 15

Jenkins, Edith 2002

box 2, folder 16

Johnson, Lyall 1998-2001

box 2, folder 17

Kamen, Martin 1949

box 2, folder 18

King, Robert 1997

box 2, folder 19

Kramish, Arnold 1955-1956

box 2, folder 20

Lansdale, John 1942-1968

box 2, folder 21

Lattimore, Owen 1949

box 3, folder 1

Lauritsen, Charles 1954

box 3, folder 2

Lawrence, E. O. 2002

box 3, folder 3

Lawrence, John 1946

box 3, folder 4

LeBaron, Robert 1949

box 3, folder 5

Lehmann, Lloyd 1943

box 3, folder 6

Livermore interview 1997

box 3, folder 7

Lofgren, Ed 1937-1948

box 3, folder 8

Lomanitz, G. Rossi 1943

box 3, folder 9

Loomis, Alfred 1946

box 3, folder 10

Manley, John 1949-1967

box 3, folder 11

Mansfield, John Kenneth 1997

box 3, folder 12

McKibben, Dorothy notebook 2001

box 3, folder 13

Mayer, Maria 2000

box 3, folder 14

McMahon, Brien 2000

box 3, folder 15

McMillan, Edwin 1945-1968

box 3, folder 16

Mills, Mark 1957-1958

box 3, folder 17

Morrison, Phillip 2000-2001

box 3, folder 18

Nelson, Eldred 1943

box 4, folder 1

Nelson, Steve 1999 October 26

box 4, folder 2

Neylan, Jack 1946-1955

box 4, folder 3

Nichols, Ken 1948-1967

box 4, folder 4

Obituaries 1993-2007

Scope and Contents

Contains photocopies and print-outs of obituaries of various individuals.

box 4, folder 5

Oppenheimer, Frank 1947-1953

box 4, folder 6

Pash, Boris 1997-2001

box 4, folder 7

Pinsky, Paul 1943

box 4, folder 8

Rabi, Isidor Isaac 1953-1954

box 4, folder 9

Ridenour, Louis 1950

box 4, folder 10

Rolander, Arthur 1998-2002

box 4, folder 11

Rosen, Arthur 1996-1997

box 4, folder 12

Schiedermayer, Paul 1996-1998

box 4, folder 13

Seaborg, Glenn 1996

box 4, folder 14

Shane, Donald 1980

box 4, folder 15

Smyth, Henry 2000

box 4, folder 16

Sproul, Robert undated

box 4, folder 17

Strauss, Lewis 1952-1957

box 4, folder 18

Strong, Anna Louise 1997-1999

box 5, folder 1-2

Teller, Edward 1981-2003

box 5, folder 3

Teller-Bethe correspondence 1987

box 5, folder 4

Tolman, Richard and Ruth 1948-1954

box 5, folder 5

Ulam, Stan 2000

box 5, folder 6

Underhill, Robert 1943-1975

box 5, folder 7

Volpe, Joe 1994-1999

box 5, folder 8

von Karman, Theodore 1991

box 5, folder 9

Weinberg, Joseph 1943-1952

box 5, folder 10-11

York, Herb 1951-1987

Notes 1991-2002

box 6, folder 1-2

Chronologies 1996-2000

box 6, folder 3-6

Archives consulted 1991-2002

box 6, folder 7

Memoranda of conversations 1992-2002

box 7, folder 1

Memoranda of conversations 1997-2002

Audiovisual File 1983-1995

Access

Original audiovisual materials are not available until they have been reformatted. If interested in accessing these materials, please contact us for more information.

Sound Recordings 1994-1995

Interviews 1979-2017

Scope and Contents

Interviews conducted by Gregg Herken.

Transcripts 1979-2017

Scope and Contents

Two volumes of interviews by Herken, arranged alphabetically by interview subject.

box 7, folder 2

Volume I: Gordon Arneson to John Lansdale 1979-2017

box 7, folder 3

Volume II: Clarence Larson to Herbert York 1979-2017

Sound Recordings 1979-2002

Arrangement

Arranged by interview subject last name and chronologically when multiple.

Scope and Contents

Title and date information transcribed from notes on cassettes.

Arneson, Gordon

box 8, tape 1-2

1979 October 19

Physical Description: 2 compact sound cassettes

box 8, tape 3

1984 July 4

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Asling, C. Willet

box 10, tape 144-146

undated

Physical Description: 3 micro sound cassettes

Bacher, Robert

box 8, tape 4

1985 March 12

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Baker, William

box 8, tape 5

1986 April 24

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

box 8, tape 17

1986 April 24

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Bethe, Hans

box 8, tape 6-7

1985 March 14

Physical Description: 2 compact sound cassettes

box 10, tape 147-148

1996 July 16

Physical Description: 2 micro sound cassettes

Bissell, Richard

box 8, tape 8-9

1980 May 15

Physical Description: 2 compact sound cassettes

Blankebecker, Richard

box 8, tape 10

1986 February 26

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Bowie, Robert

box 8, tape 11

1981 June 3

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Bowser, Phil

box 11, tape 102

1997 May 21

Physical Description: 1 micro sound cassette

Bradbury, Norris

box 8, tape 12

1985 March 28

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

box 10, tape 109

1992 October 2

Physical Description: 1 micro sound cassette

Brooks, Harvey

box 8, tape 13

1985 November 19

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Brown, Harold

box 8, tape 14

1983 December 19

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

box 10, tape 173

1996 June 28

Physical Description: 1 micro sound cassette

Chamberlain, Owen

box 10, tape 187

1993 August 3

Physical Description: 1 micro sound cassette

Chew, Geoff

box 10, tape 191-192

1993 July 29

Physical Description: 2 micro sound cassettes

Childs, Jane N.

box 10, tape 152

1992 December 17

Physical Description: 1 micro sound cassette

Cohen, Samuel

box 8, tape 15

1982 April 2

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

box 8, tape 31

1982 April 2

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Criley, Richard

box 10, tape 137

1998 September 28

Physical Description: 1 micro sound cassette

David, Edward

box 8, tape 16

1986 April 24

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

box 8, tape 5

1986 April 24

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Davisson, Eleanor

box 10, tape 182-183

1992 August 22

Physical Description: 2 micro sound cassettes

Decker, Wally

box 10, tape 117-118

1997 June 11

Physical Description: 2 micro sound cassettes

DeLaver, Richard

box 8, tape 17

1986 April 22

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

box 9, tape 43

1986 April 22

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Digby, James

box 8, tape 18

1981 July 27

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Doty, Paul

box 8, tape 13

1985 November 19

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Douglass, William

box 10, tape 151-152

1992 December 17

Physical Description: 2 micro sound cassettes

Drell, Sidney

box 8, tape 19

1986 February 26

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

DuBridge, Lee

box 8, tape 20

1985 March 12

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Durbin, Patricia

box 10, tape 185

1992 December 15

Physical Description: 1 micro sound cassette

Ellsberg, Daniel

box 8, tape 21-22

1981 July 8

Physical Description: 2 compact sound cassettes

box 8, tape 23-24

1981 October 9

Physical Description: 2 compact sound cassettes

Enthoven, Alain

box 8, tape 25-26

1981 July 16

Physical Description: 2 compact sound cassettes

Feld, Bernard

box 11, tape 77

1981 April 30

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Fidler, Harold

box 10, tape 115-116

1992 December 16

Physical Description: 2 micro sound cassettes

box 10, tape 194-195

1998 January 21

Physical Description: 2 micro sound cassettes

Fink, Daniel

box 8, tape 27

1986 August 7

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Garwin, Richard

box 8, tape 28-29

1981 July 21

Physical Description: 2 compact sound cassettes

box 8, tape 30

1982 November 2

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Getting, Ivan

box 10

1997 March 14

Physical Description: 1 micro sound cassette

box 11, tape 103

1997 March 14

Physical Description: 1 micro sound cassette

Gibbons, Jack

box 9, tape 42

1986 April 16

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Gofman, John

box 10, tape 140-141

1993 August 5

Physical Description: 2 micro sound cassettes

Goldberger, Marvin

box 8, tape 31

1982 March 31

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

box 8, tape 4

1985 March 12

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Golden, William

box 8, tape 32

1985 May 7

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Haussmann, Carl

box 10, tape 193

1993 July 30

Physical Description: 1 micro sound cassette

Hayward, John Tucker

Scope and Contents

Also known as John "Chick" Hayward.

box 10, tape 138-139

1996 March 6

Physical Description: 2 micro sound cassette

Higinbotham, William

box 10, tape 188-189

1993 June 9

Physical Description: 2 micro sound cassettes

Hitch, Charles

box 8, tape 33

1981 July 22

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Hoag, Malcolm

box 8, tape 34-35

1981 July 27

Physical Description: 2 compact sound cassettes

Hoffman, Fred

box 8, tape 15

1982 April 2

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Hoffmann, Stanley

box 8, tape 36

1981 May 1

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Hornig, Don

box 9, tape 37

1985 November 20

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Jenkins, Edith

box 10, tape 175

2002 May 9

Physical Description: 1 micro sound cassette

Johnson, Lyall

box 10, tape 176

1993 February 11

Physical Description: 1 micro sound cassette

box 10, tape 142-143

1996 September 12

Physical Description: 2 micro sound cassettes

Kahn, Herman

box 9, tape 38

1981 May 13

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Kamen, Martin

box 10, tape 104

1997 March 12

Physical Description: 1 micro sound cassette

Kaufmann, William W.

box 9, tape 39

1981 April 28

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Kaysen, Carl

box 9, tape 40

1981 April 30

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Keyworth, George

box 9, tape 41-42

1986 April 16

Physical Description: 2 compact sound cassettes

box 9, tape 61

1986 April 22

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

box 9, tape 43

1986 April 22

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Killian, James

box 9, tape 44

1985 January 16

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

King, R. L.

box 11, tape 100-101

1997 March 26

Physical Description: 2 micro sound cassettes

Knorr, Klaus

box 9, tape 45

1981 May 21

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Lansdale, John

box 10, tape 164-165

1993 September 30

Physical Description: 2 micro sound cassettes

Larson, Clarence

box 10, tape 162-163

1992 November 5

Physical Description: 2 micro sound cassettes

Lawrence, Molly

box 10, tape 158-161

1992

Physical Description: 4 micro sound cassettes

Leith, Cecil

box 10, tape 166

1997 June 11

Physical Description: 1 micro sound cassette

Lifton, R.J.

box 9, tape 46

1981 April 21

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Lilienthal, David E.

box 9, tape 47

1979 February 24

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Lofgren, Ed

box 10, tape 126-127

1997 January 21

Physical Description: 2 micro sound cassettes

Lomanitz, G. Rossi

box 10, tape 134-136

1996 July 15

Physical Description: 3 micro sound cassettes

MacDonald, Gordon

box 9, tape 48

1986 April 18

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Manley, John

box 9, tape 49

1985 March 29

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Marshall, Andrew

box 9, tape 50-51

1981 June 5

Physical Description: 2 compact sound cassettes

McGarvey, David

box 8, tape 35

1981 July 27

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

McMillan, Elsie

box 10, tape 107-108

1992 September 24

Physical Description: 2 micro sound cassettes

McNamara, Robert

box 9, tape 52

1982 May 7

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

box 9, tape 53

1982 December 14

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

box 8, tape 14

1983 December 19

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Morrison, Philip

box 10, tape 156-157

2000 November 17

Physical Description: 2 micro sound cassettes

Nelson, Eldred

box 10, tape 119

1999 April 14

Physical Description: 1 micro sound cassette

Nitze, Paul

box 9, tape 68

1983 December 20

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Osgood, Robert

box 9, tape 54

1982 June 3

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Panofsky, Wolfgang "Pief"

box 9, tape 55

1986 January 27

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

box 10, tape 186-187

1993 August 3

Physical Description: 2 micro sound cassettes

Pinsky, Paul

box 10, tape 113-114

1997 September 3

Physical Description: 2 micro sound cassettes

Pitzer, Kenneth

box 10, tape 124-125

1997 May 30

Physical Description: 2 micro sound cassettes

Press, Frank

box 9, tape 56

1986 July 25

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Rabi, Isidor

box 9, tape 57

1982 September 21

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

box 9, tape 58-59

1984 October 26

Physical Description: 2 compact sound cassettes

Ramsey, Paul

box 9, tape 60

1981 May 21

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Rathjens, George

box 11, tape 80

1985 December 23

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Reis, Vic

box 9, tape 61

1986 April 21

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

box 11, tape 73

1986 April 21

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Rhodes, Richard "Dusty"

box 10, tape 189

1993 June 10

Physical Description: 1 micro sound cassette

box 10, tape 128

1998 November 2

Physical Description: 1 micro sound cassette

Rolander, Arthur

box 10, tape 122-123

1998 March 2

Physical Description: 2 micro sound cassettes

box 10, tape 179

2002 April 19

Physical Description: 1 micro sound cassette

Romney, Carl

box 10, tape 184

1998 May 6

Physical Description: 1 micro sound cassette

Rosen, Arthur

box 10, tape 178

1997 March 11

Physical Description: 1 micro sound cassette

Rostow, Eugene

box 9, tape 62

1982 May 10

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Ruina, Jack

box 9, tape 63

1985 December 23

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

box 11, tape 80

1985 December 23

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Schelling, Thomas

box 9, tape 64

1981 April 29

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Schiedermayer, Paul

box 10, tape 111-112

1998 January 13

Physical Description: 2 micro sound cassettes

Schlesinger, James

box 9, tape 65-68

1982 December 14

Physical Description: 4 compact sound cassettes

Scoville, Herbert

box 9, tape 52

1982 May 10

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Seaborg, Glenn

box 9, tape 69

1986 January 21

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

box 10, tape 190-191

1993 July 29

Physical Description: 2 micro sound cassettes

Serber, Robert

box 9, tape 70

1984 October 26

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

box 10, tape 120-121

1992 April 4

Physical Description: 2 micro sound cassettes

Sewell, Duane

box 10, tape 153-154

1993 July 30

Physical Description: 2 micro sound cassettes

box 10, tape 193

1993 July 30

Physical Description: 1 micro sound cassette

Silverman, Sam

box 10, tape 174

2000 November 14

Physical Description: 1 micro sound cassette

Smith, Gerard

box 9, tape 62

1982 May 10

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

box 10, tape 110

1992 September 15

Physical Description: 1 micro sound cassette

Steinbrunner, John

box 9, tape 71

1981 June 2

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

box 11, tape 85

1981 June 2

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Stever, Guyford

box 9, tape 72

1986 April 21

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

box 11, tape 73

1986 April 21

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Street, Kenneth

box 10, tape 177

1993 August 6

Physical Description: 1 micro sound cassette

Teller, Edward

box 11, tape 74

1981 September 28

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

box 11, tape 75-76

1993 June 7

Physical Description: 2 compact sound cassettes

box 10, tape 154-155

1993 July 30

Physical Description: 2 micro sound cassettes

box 10, tape 180

1993 August 5

Physical Description: 1 micro sound cassette

Tobias, Cornelius

box 10, tape 149-150

1995 March 13

Physical Description: 2 micro sound cassettes

Tsipis, Kostis

box 11, tape 77

1981 April 30

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Turco, Richard

box 11, tape 78

1985 March 11

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Volpe, Joseph

box 10, tape 129-133

1996 May 30

Physical Description: 5 micro sound cassettes

Walpole, Grace

box 10, tape 149

1995 March 21

Physical Description: 1 micro sound cassette

Warnke, Paul

box 11, tape 79

1982 December 14

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Welch, Jasper

box 9, tape 67

1984 December 20

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Whaley, Baird

box 10, tape 181

1995 March 24

Physical Description: 1 micro sound cassette

Wiesner, Jerome

box 11, tape 80

1985 December 23

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

box 11, tape 81

1985 Deccember 24

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Wilson, Robert

box 11, tape 82

1983 April 15

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

box 10, tape 147-148

1996 July 16

Physical Description: 2 micro sound cassette

Wohlstetter, Albert and Roberta

box 11, tape 83

1981 July 28

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

box 11, tape 84

1981 July 29

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

Yarmolinsky, Adam

box 11, tape 85

1981 June 2

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

York, Herbert

box 11, tape 86

1981 July 10

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

box 11, tape 87

1985 March 13

Physical Description: 1 compact sound cassette

box 10, tape 167-170

1992 August 9

Physical Description: 4 micro sound cassette

box 10, tape 105-106

1997 March 14

Physical Description: 2 micro sound cassettes

box 10, tape 171-172

2000 January 10

Physical Description: 2 micro sound cassettes

Miscellaneous

box 11, tape 88-90

"Peace and War" lecture by Robert Serber 1994 June 7-9

Physical Description: 3 compact sound cassette

box 11, tape 91-92

Dr. Cornelius Tobias with Anya Beige, Prita Pillai 1995 January 26

Physical Description: 2 compact sound cassette

box 11, tape 93-94

Notes on Chapter 2 and 10 circa 1990s

Physical Description: 2 compact sound cassette

box 11, tape 95-96

Comments on book from Dr. Wiesner circa 1990s

Physical Description: 2 compact sound cassettes

box 11, tape 97-99

undated

Physical Description: 3 compact sound cassettes

Videorecordings 1983-1988

box 12, tape 205

"Test Ban 'Scientists'" 1984 April

Physical Description: 1 VHS videocassette

box 12, tape 206

"Ambassadors" 1984 April

Physical Description: 1 VHS videocassette

box 13, tape 207

"The H Bomb Decision" 1982 June

Physical Description: 1 VHS videocassette

box 13, tape 208

"Retrospective" (Missile Crisis) 1983 January

Physical Description: 1 VHS videocassette

box 13, tape 209

"The Cuban Missile Crisis" 1983 June

Physical Description: 1 VHS videocassette

box 13, tape 210

"General Maxwell Taylor" 1983 June

Physical Description: 1 VHS videocassette

box 13, tape 211

"I. I. Rabi" 1983 December

Physical Description: 1 VHS videocassette

box 13, tape 212

"Classroom Video Demonstration at Biscayne Bay 12/26-30 1984" 1985 January 16

Physical Description: 1 VHS videocassette

box 12, tape 213

Burya - Soviet Intercontinental Cruise Missile of the 1950s undated

Physical Description: 1 VHS videocassette

box 12, tape 214

1964 and 1965 Rover Reports, "Second Step Toward Nuclear Space Travel," LANL undated

Physical Description: 1 VHS videocassette

box 12, tape 215

"The Global Classroom Part 1: The Origins of the Nuclear Arms Race" 1988 March 5

Physical Description: 1 VHS videocassette

box 12, tape 216

"The Global Classroom Part 2: At the Crossroads: Nuclear Weapons Strategies" 1988 April 9

Physical Description: 1 VHS videocassette

box 12, tape 217

"Star Wars: A Search for Security" undated

Physical Description: 1 VHS videocassette

box 12, tape 218

"Half Lives: A Nuclear Waste Documentary Project" undated

Physical Description: 1 VHS videocassette

box 12, tape 219

"Space World Rocket" undated

Physical Description: 1 VHS videocassette

Scope and Contents

Label reads "Translation from Japanese provided on 3/6/2017 by Global Resources center librarian as Space World Rocket, release of similar new exhibits."

box 12, tape 220

"TORY II-C Reactor Operations Project Pluto" undated

Physical Description: 1 VHS videocassette

Scope and Contents

Label reads "Date: Tory II (1964) Date: Pluto (1960)

"The Georgetown Set: Friends and Rivals in Cold War Washington" 1944-2014

Scope and Contents

Contains research materials, files, interviews, and notes used in the development of Herken's book.

Subject File 1944-2014

Arrangement

Some documents annotated by Herken between 2005 and 2014.

box 14, folder 1

Acheson, Dean 1946-1971

box 14, folder 2

Alsop, Joseph papers, Library of Congress 1989

box 14, folder 3

Joseph Alsop-Donald Graham letters, Vietnam 1967

box 14, folder 4

Joseph Alsop-Susan Mary Alsop letters 1946-1960

box 14, folder 5

Alsop, Stewart papers, Boston University 2006-2012

box 14, folder 6

Bissell, Richard 2009

box 14, folder 7

Block, Herbert Lawrence "Herblock" papers, Library of Congress 1963-1987

box 14, folder 8

Bohlen, Charles "Chip" 1945

box 14, folder 9

Bradlee, Ben 2014

box 14, folder 10

Burke, Michael papers, Boston University 2008

box 14, folder 11

CIA section 1971-1976

box 7, folder 6

Cuban Missile Crisis 1962

box 14, folder 12

Davies, John Paton 1954-1971

box 14, folder 13

Dulles, Allen papers, Princeton University circa 2010

box 14, folder 14

FitzGerald, Frances papers 2009

box 7, folder 5

Glen Ora 1961 June 18

box 14, folder 15

Graham, Donald 2012

box 14, folder 16

Graham, Phil and Katharine 1997

box 14, folder 17

Harriman, W. Averell papers, Library of Congress 1962

box 14, folder 18

Johnson, Lydon B. telephone conversations and transcripts circa 2010

box 14, folder 19

Just, Ward 2008-2012

box 14, folder 20

Kennan, George papers, Princeton University 2011

box 14, folder 21

Kennan, George F., and Dulles, Allen papers, Princeton University 2005-2009

box 15, folder 1

Kissinger, Henry 1970-2014

box 7, folder 4

Marshall Plan 1947-1948

box 19

"Matter of Fact" 1946-1974

Physical Description: 36 CD-Rs.

Access

Digital materials are not available until processed. If interested in accessing these materials, please contact us for more information.

box 15, folder 2-4

"Matter of Fact" 1946-1974

Scope and Contents

Contains title listings for Washington Post column "Matter of Fact" by Stewart and Joseph Alsop.

box 15, folder 5

McNamara, Robert papers 1984

box 15, folder 6

Moscow Incident 1957 1957-1988

box MC9

National Lampoon Nixon Checkers and Admission Speech

Physical Description: One ¼-inch sound tape reel (5-inch)

box 15, folder 7-8

Nitze, Paul papers, Library of Congress 1951-1983

box 16, folder 1

Nitze-Kennan correspondence 1979-1988

box 16, folder 2

OSS files, individuals 1944-1946

box 16, folder 3

Project Mockingbird CIA 1971-1973

box 16, folder 4

Schlesinger, Arthur M. Jr. 2007

box 16, folder 5

Sheehan, Neil papers 1974-1982

box 16, folder 6

Watergate 1972

box 16, folder 7

Wisner, Frank Gardiner 1958-1965

box 16, folder 8

Wisner, Frank George Jr. 1968

Notes 2007-2010

box 16, folder 9

Book notes circa 2010

box 17, folder 1-2

Book notes circa 2010

box 17, folder 3-4

Archives consulted 2007-2010

box 18, folder 1-2

Transcripts of oral history interviews, archives

Interviews 2009-2013

Access

Digital materials are not available until processed. If interested in accessing these materials, please contact us for more information.

box 17, folder 5

Transcripts 2009-2013

Scope and Contents

Interviews conducted by Herken.

box 19, item 196

Bohlen, Avis 2009 November 16

Physical Description: 1 DVD-R

box 19, item 197

Bradlee, Ben 2009 November 18

Physical Description: 1 DVD-R

box 19, item 198

FitzGerald, Frances 2009 November 19

Physical Description: 1 DVD-R

box 19, item 199

Graham, Donald 2010 March 23

Physical Description: 1 DVD-R

box 19, item 200

Gray, Boyden 2009 November 17

Physical Description: 1 DVD-R

box 19, item 201

Merry, Robert 2011 November 1

Physical Description: 1 CD-R

box 19, item 202

Pincus, Walter 2011 November 2

Physical Description: 1 CD-R

box 19, item 203

Wisner, Ellis 2009 November 17

Physical Description: 1 DVD-R

box 19, item 204

Wisner, Frank George 2010 October 20

Physical Description: 1 CD-R