Gerber (Carl R.) papers

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Atomic Energy Comission (AEC) Correspondence 1962-1972

Scope and Contents note

Letters to stakeholders, including United States government entities (such as the United States Congress) and private sector interests (such as the El Paso Natural Gas Company). Correspondence is related to the dissemination of information regarding the various Plowshare operations and the AEC's informational materials, which include transcripts of talks, project information sheets, proposals, and memoranda.

box 1, folder 1

1962-1963

box 1, folder 2

1964-1965

box 1, folder 3

1966

box 1, folder 4

1967

box 1, folder 5

1968

box 2, folder 1

1969

box 2, folder 2

1970

box 2, folder 3

1971

box 2, folder 4

1972

Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and Plowshare Program Records 1962-1995

box 2, folder 5

Sections A - C 1962-1995

Scope and Contents note

[Bulk dates: 1963-1972] A) Carl R. Gerber personal files B) Glossary of Plowshare and related terms, December 1962; Plowshare chronology, July 31, 1971 C) Annual reports

box 2, folder 6

Section D 1962-1995

Scope and Contents note

[Bulk dates: 1962-1972] D) Technical information; fact sheets

box 3, folder 1

Sections E - G 1962-1995

Scope and Contents note

[Bulk dates: 1963-1972] E) Public information, general--press clipping, releases, brochures, booklets F) Critique of Final Report of the A-PICSC, April 1971 G) GAC review, May 1972

box 3, folder 2

Sections H - K 1964-1995

Scope and Contents note

[Bulk dates: 1964-1973] H) Congressional hearings, general I) Non-proliferation/disarmament J) Charges for nuclear explosives K) Publications/presentations: --Talk given to the New York section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, April 15, 1964 --Engineering with Nuclear Explosives, Chemical Engineering, July 6, 1964 --Industrial and scientific applications for nuclear explosives, BNES lecture, September 26, 1966

box 3, folder 3

Sections L - P, 1962-1995

Scope and Contents note

[Bulk dates: 1962-1972] L) Briefings/remarks: --Remarks at Gasbuggy briefing, December 9, 1969 --ANS and Southern Colorado State College talk outline, October 1969 --"Nuclear Explosives as an Engineering Tool," book chapter, 1988 --Thirteen other outlines (1968-1972) M) Scientific uses N) Excavation O) Underground engineering uses, except Gasbuggy P) Gasbuggy, general

box 3, folder 4

Sections Q - S 1965-1995

Scope and Contents note

[Bulk dates: 1965-1971] Q) Gasbuggy background/data sheets/etc. R) Gasbuggy press clippings, releases, speeches, etc. S) Gasbuggy project planning

box 3, folder 5

Sections T - XYZ, 1967-1995

Scope and Contents note

[Bulk dates: 1967-1968] T) Gasbuggy project operations U) Gasbuggy detonation day V) Gasbuggy related material W) Gasbuggy critique XYZ) [No materials follow this tab]

box 3, folder 6

Project Gasbuggy scrapbook, after 1967

Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) File, 1963-1997

Scope and Contents note

Bound printed materials, including selected annotated bibliographies for Peaceful Uses for Nuclear Explosives and Plowshare, published by the United States Atomic Energy Commission.

box 4, folder 1

Peaceful Uses for Nuclear Explosives, 6th revision, annotated bibliography, circa 1963

box 4, folder 2

Peaceful Uses for Nuclear Explosives, 7th revision, annotated bibliography, 1964 January

box 4, folder 3

Peaceful Uses for Nuclear Explosives, 7th revision, supplement 1, annotated biliography 1965 April

box 4, folder 4

Plowshare, booklet, 1966 March

box 4, folder 5

Plowshare, 8th revision, annotated bibliography, 1966 May

box 4, folder 6

Plowshare, 8th revision, supplement, 1969 April

box 4, folder 7

Plowshare: A Selected, Annotated Bibliography of the Civil, Industrial, and Scientific Uses for Nuclear Explosions, 9th revision 1971 September

box 4, folder 8

Nuclear explosives, printed materials 1964-1997

Collection Contents

Atomic Energy Comission (AEC) Correspondence

Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and Plowshare Program Records

Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) File,