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Title: Warren Heckrotte papers
Date (inclusive): 1940s, 1960s-2000s
Collection Number: 2022C11
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English, with some Russian
Physical Description:
5 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 card file box, 1 sound tape reel
(2.1 Linear Feet)
Abstract: The Warren Heckrotte papers (1940s, 1960s-2000s) document the work of American nuclear physicist and nuclear arms expert Warren
Heckrotte through reports, notes, professional correspondence, printed materials, and one recorded interview.
Creator:
Heckrotte, Warren
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Box 8 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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2022.
[Identification of item], Warren Heckrotte papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Warren Heckrotte (1922-2019). Nuclear physicist and nuclear arms expert, known for his work at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
and collaboration with the Atomic Energy Commission. Heckkrotte helped negotiate nuclear disarmament agreements under five
different presidential administrations, from Kennedy to Clinton.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection consists of reports, correspondence, notes, photographs, printed matter, and one sound recording related to
Heckrotte's work regarding U.S.-Soviet nuclear disarmament negotiations. Most of the materials date from the early 1960s through
the 1990s, and relate to Heckrotte's work at the University of California Radiation Laboratory and tenure with the Atomic
Energy Commission.
Warren Heckrotte Map Collection , David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford University
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Nuclear arms control -- United States
Nuclear disarmament -- Soviet Union
Disarmament
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States
Personal correspondence
Photographs
Sound recordings
Records (Documents)
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission