Ralph A. Sawyer Papers, 1918-1978

Summary

Creator:

Sawyer, Ralph A. (Ralph Alanson), 1895-1978

Abstract:

Physicist, University of Michigan professor, dean of the graduate school; correspondence, writings, speeches, organizational files, audio-visual materials.

Extent:

11.3 linear feet
1 film reel

Language:

English.

Call Number:

85820 Aa/2

Authors:

Finding aid prepared by: Bentley Historical Library staff

Background

Scope and Content:

Although the Ralph A. Sawyer collection includes materials relating to all phases of his career, beginning with his studies at the University of Chicago in 1918-1919, the strength of the files are for those activities outside of the University of Michigan, notably his work with the U.S. Navy laboratories, Joint Task Force One, the American Institute of Physics, and the Optical Society of America. Files dealing with his University of Michigan activities are less complete as these materials will be found with the records of those units which Sawyer headed.

Biographical / Historical:

Ralph A. Sawyer was a University of Michigan physicist, distinguished for his research in spectroscopy, radiometry, and various forms of spectrographic analysis, and later in atomic energy research. While at the University of Michigan, and in different administrative positions, Sawyer was responsible for the growth of the University's research program in the 1950s and 1960s.

Sawyer was born in 1895 in Atkinson, New Hampshire. After graduating from Dartmouth in 1915, Sawyer enrolled at the University of Chicago, becoming an assistant in physics in 1917. In 1918 he entered the Navy and designed optical instruments for the Bureau of Ordnance. After leaving the Navy in 1919, he received is Ph.D. degree from Chicago and joined the physics department of the University of Michigan. Sawyer rose to the rank of full professor by 1930. During his career he became a specialist in the fields of spectroscopy, radiometry, extreme ultraviolet spectra, series analysis of line spectra, hyperfind structure of spectral lines and quantitative spectrographic analysis.

During World War II, Sawyer was on leave to serve in the United States Naval Reserve. He was first commissioned as a lieutenant commander and placed in charge of experimental laboratories of the Naval Proving Ground in Dahlgren, Virginia. In 1943, he was promoted to commander, assuming charge of the testing and research laboratory.

When released from the Navy in 1945, Sawyer was appointed head of the ordnance division of the naval ordnance test station at Iyokern, California. In April 1946, he became civilian technical director of the Bikini atom bomb tests (known as known as Joint Task Force One) where he supervised and co-ordinated the activities of more than 500 scientists.

Following the tests, also in 1946, Sawyer was chosen dean of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate School of the University of Michigan where he served until 1964. He also served the university as director of the Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project established to explore the peaceful uses of atomic energy from 1951-1959. And in 1959, he was appointed to be university vice president for research.

During this period Sawyer also served as chairman of the governing board and acting director of the American Institute of Physics and president of the Optical Society of America, as well as a member of many boards and panels of both civilian and military research groups. After his retirement from the university in 1964, Sawyer continued to work as a consultant. Sawyer died in 1978.

Acquisition Information:

The collection was the gift of Dean Ralph A. Sawyer and came to the library in several accessions beginning in 1964. Donor no. 4106

Arrangement:

The Sawyer papers have been arranged into seven series: Biographical/personal; Correspondence; Publications; Speeches; Organizational Files; Visual Materials; and Sound Recordings.

Related

Additional Descriptive Data:

Related Material

Other materials in the library of related interest include files of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies from the period when Sawyer was dean, and records of the Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project during Sawyer's directorship.

Selective Index to Correspondence

This index refers to the "General" section of the Correspondence series except when noted otherwise in an index entry. The index was compiled by Bentley Library staff and a researcher.

Abbitt, W. H.	Sept. 19, 1960; May 12, 1958; March 11, 1957; July 1, 1957; Dec. 10, 1956; Jan. 21, 1954; March 10, 1954; Aug. 5, 1950; Nov. 7, 1950; April 26, 1949; Jan. 21, 1948; Feb. 9, 1947; Nov. 24, 1947
Ackley, Gardner, 1915	Dec. 19, 1959 (in the Office of Research Administration files of the University of Michigan)
Adams, James Pickwell, 1895-1969.	Jan. 23, 1946; July 10, 1946; July 12, 1946; June 6, 1951 (in the Michigan University Rackham Appointment file)
Adams, Marchk F.	July 24, 1959
Air Force Cambridge Res. Lab. Office of Aerospace Research	Jan. 5, 1966
Allen, E. C.	Feb. 6, 1960
American Institute of Physics	Jan. 7, 1957; Jan. 16 1957
American Society for Testing Materials	Sept. 9, 1953
Archer, Hugh M.	Sept. 16, 1970
Ardis, Evart W.	Sept. 28, 1959
Astin, Allen Varley, 1904	Sept. 25, 1964; March 24, 1965; Sept. 16, 1966; Sept. 19, 1966; July 25, 1967; Jan. 30, 1968; Feb. 16, 1968; May 7, 1968 (in the National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council correspondence)
Attwood, Stephan	Jun 19, 1964
Bailey, G.W.	Jan. 15, 1959; March 30, 1959; Aug. 5, 1958; Dec. 3, 1958
Baird Associates	Nov. 15, 1943
Baits, Vera	Sept. 28, 1959
Baker, Charlene	(no date)
Ballard, Stanley S.	Aug. 25, 1978; Oct.19, 1970; Jun 23, 1948
Bardócz, A.	Jun 17, 1957
Barker, Dale	Aug. 9, 1964
Barker, Ernest Franklin, 1886-1970.	April 25, 1945; Oct. 30, 1945; Dec. 26, 1945 (in the Michigan University Physics Department correspondence). July 5, 1946 (in the Michigan University Rackham Appointment file)
Barnes, Clifford A.	July 26, 1966
Bausch & Lomb Optical Co.	Oct.12, 1943
Bennett, Ralph D. (U.S. Naval Ord. Lab)	May 26, 1948; July 2, 1948; July 27, 1948
Benson, Albin	July 16, 1964
Berelson, Bernard R, 1912	Jan. 10, 1958; Feb. 5, 1958; Feb. 14, 1958; Jan. 19, 1960; Feb. 18, 1960 (in the Michigan University Rackham Surveys file)
Beutler, Hans	Feb. 3, 1941; April 23, 1941; April 28; Aug. 4, [1940]; Dec. 9; Dec. 7, 1938
Blaisdell, Warren	March 29, 1950
Boland, William A.	May 6, 1951; Jun 18, 1951; Jun 20, 1951; July 18, 1951; Aug. 22, 1951
Bott, William J.	Jun 9, 1964
Bowles, Gordon T.	Dec. 28, 1949
Boydston, R.W.	Jun 1, 1957
Bradbury, Norris Edwin, 1909-	Feb. 4, 1963; May 14, 1964; Feb. 18, 1965 (in the Naval Proving Ground correspondence)
Bradley, Albert	May 31, 1955
Bradley, George	May 4, 1966
Brady, Joe	May 26, 1964; Jun 3, 1964
Brady, Joseph V.	Oct.5, 1959
Bro, Albin C.	April 15-16, 1948; March 25, 1948; Nov. 13, 1947; Dec. 30, 1947
Brode, Robert B, 1900-	Jan. 17, 1949; May 23, 1949; June 3, 1949; March 23, 1954; April 6, 1954; April 13, 1954 (the last 3 in the Naval Ordnance Test Station correspondence)
Brode, Wallace Reed, 1900-1974.	Sep 7, 1960; Feb. 20, 1960; March 27, 1964 Feb. 20, 1960; March 27, 1964; and March 14, 1957 (in the National Academy of Sciences - National Bureau of Standards correspondence); Feb. 1, 1952; Feb. 8, 1952; Feb. 24, 1955; March 30, 1955; April 19, 1956; Sept. 11 1956; Sept. 27, 1956; Jan. 24, 1957; Jan. 29, 1957; Feb. 5, 1957; May 15, 1957; Dec. 2, 1957 (in the Optical Society of America files)
Bronk, Detlev W.	April 7, 1953
Brooks, Jack	March 6, 1974
Brown, Michael	Aug. 2, 1958
Burke, Arleigh	March 11, 1959; Jun 2, 1959
Burns, Keivin	Jun 14, 1944
Butts, Joseph S.	Jan. 12, 1955
Cadwell, Sidney	Nov. 26, 1959
Calder, Allen B.	May 5, 1969
Carl Zeiss, Inc.	May 22, 1940; Dec. 2, 1940
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace	April 10, 1950; April 18, 1950
Cattell, Jacques	April 27, 1949
Central Bank of the Philippines	Jun 15, 1964
Chalklin, F. C.	Feb. 24, 1948; March 18, 1948
John D. Chase	Sept. 27, 1968
Chung, Mrs. Won-Yang	April 15, 1963
Church, Deborah	Dec. 24, 1968; Jan. 28, 1969
Clark, C. E. Frazer	May 23, 1958
Conf. Board of Assoc. Research Councils	April 7, 1953; April 23, 1953; Oct.31, 1952
Conf. on Administration of Research	Oct.4, 1951
Cook, Albert B.	Jun 30, 1950
Corcos, Joseph M.	Feb. 1, 1967
Cowley, M. Allen & C.	Oct.26, 1970
Cress, Earl H.	Oct.5, 1959
Crow, Allan B.	Feb. 23, 1948
Crowe, Marguerite O'Loghlin	March 4, 1959
Cunningham, S.B.	April 22, 1941; Sept. 25, 1941
Damaso, Connie	Feb. 2, 1961
Darrow, Karl K.	Oct.16, 1966; Jan. 11, 1962; Jan. 15, 1962; Jan. 20, 1962; Dec. 28, 1961
Dartmouth College	March 26, 1969; April 7, 1969
Davis, James M.	Feb. 11, 1969
Dennison, David Mathias, 1900-1976.	July 7, 1946 (in the Michigan University Physics Dept. correspondence)
Dickey, John S.	Jan. 25, 1962
Dorr, Harold M.	Jun 29, 1964
Dorry, Gertrude Nye	Jun 1, 1963; April 1957
RSA Dougherty (Beth Steel)	Nov. 19, 1979
Dow Chemical Company	Oct.14, 1964
Dow, William Gould, 1895-	July 7, 1960 (in the Michigan University Office of Research Administration files)
Drake, J. F.	Jan. 15, 1958
Eastman Kodak Co.	Feb. 14, 1952; May 8, 1951; April 27, 1951; Jan. 17, 1951; Jun 22, 1950; Oct.20, 1943
Eaton, Mildred (Dept. of Commerce)	Sept. 4, 1951
Edds, Joyce	Nov. 17, 1947
Edmonson, J.B.	March 6, 1952
Eisenhower, Edgar N.	April 30, 1964
Engleman, Chris L.	Aug. 31, 1948
Fajans, Kasimir, 1887-1975.	Nov. 8, 1966; Dec. 15, 1966; Nov. 30, 1967
Fischer, O. O.	Jan. 31, 1947
Fisher, Russell A.	Dec. 5, 1955
Fleming, G.	Oct.6, 1952
Folsum, Dick	Oct.6, 1959
Försterling, Karl	May 20, 1950
Forsythe, W. E.	Aug. 3, 1928
Foust, Judson W.	Sept. 29, 1959
Frank, Henry S.	May 20, 1959
Freund, C. J.	April 4, 1950
Gaertner Scientific Corp.	Nov. 16, 1943; Nov. 24, 1943; May 28, 1940
Gemmell, Lee	Sept. 8, 1948; Sept. 13, 1948
Gilfillan, Edward S.	March 10, 1947; March 20, 1947; April 2, 1947
Goodridge, Edwin T.	April 28, 1948
Gillieson, A. H.	July 22, 1948
Goldberg, Leo	Sept. 28, 1959
Gomberg, Henry J.	Dec. 9, 1954
Gosling, L. A. Peter	Aug. 9, 1974
Goudsmit, Sam A.	May 6, 1947
Griffin, Clare Elmer, 1892-	Oct.9, 1947; Nov. 22, 1947
Guggenheim Foundation	Nov. 19, 1941; Nov. 30, 1937
Gunn, Rose	Feb. 22, 1956
Haber, William, 1899-	Sept. 25, 1951 (in the National Research Council, Commission on Human Resources file)
Hanau, Richard	March 17, 1952
Hansen, Gerhard	May 25, 1946; Nov. 30, 1959; Aug. 18, 1960; Nov. 15, 1960; Jan. 20, 1961; July 28, 1961; Dec. 15, 1947 (in Michigan. University. Physics Dept. correspondence); Jan. 1, 1954; and Aug. 28, 1954 (in the Travel-Germany correspondence)
Harnwell, G. P.	Oct.13, 1950
Harrison, George R	Feb. 20, 1948; April 22, 1948; May 4, 1948; May 17, 1948; June 1, 1948; and Dec. 14, 1950 Aug. 5, 1940; Oct. 15, 1940; Oct. 28, 1941; Feb. 7, 1942; Jan. 31, 1957; and March 1, 1957 (in the Optical Society of America files); Jan. 29, 1942
Hawley, Amos H	May 15, 1964
Haynes, Phillip R.	Aug. 30, 1964
Hayward, Sidney C.	May 2, 1947
Heineman, D. N.	May 22, 1961
Heneman, H. J.	Jun 1, 1954; Aug. 11, 1954
Herrberg, Gerhard	Dec. 1971
Herzberg, G.	Dec. 1, 1961
Hess, R.E.	Oct.6, 1953
Heston, William	July 3, 1963
Hilberry, Clarence B.	Nov. 17, 1959; Feb. 5, 1954
Adam Hilger LTD (Optical Instrumt. Makers)	Jun 7, 1940
von Hippel, A.	Aug. 2, 1946
Hobbs, Lindsey M.	Feb. 1, 1960; Jan. 20, 1960
Hobbs, William H.	Oct.22, 1948
Howe, Harold	Oct.8, 1964; Oct.22, 1964; Nov. 7, 1964
Howlett, B.A.	Jun 3, 1949
Hoyt, Gordon	April 9, 1953; undated
Hughes, A.L.	Nov. 24, 1947
Hughes, T.P.	Dec. 12, 1961
Hulburt, Ed	Dec. 1, 1953; Feb. 3, 1947
Hussey, G. F., Jr.	Dec. 6, 1946; Dec. 21, 1946
Hutchisson, Elmer	Jan. 2, 1962; Jan. 5, 1962; Jan. 15, 1962; Jan. 19, 1962; Jan. 3, 1962; Nov. 16, 1961; Oct.11, 1946
Ihrig, Harry K.	Dec. 2, 1959
Irish, P. R. (Beth. Steel)	Nov. 3, 1952; Dec. 29, 1952
Jarrell, Richard F.	Oct.11, 1943; Oct.27, 1943
Jenkins, F.A.	April 11, 1941; Jun 1, 1941; Jun 10, 1941; Jun 20, 1941; March 12, 1941; Aug. 28, 1941; July 19, 1937
Johns Hopkins Univ.	Oct.25, 1948
Johnson, G. W.	Sept. 4, 1950; Sept. 20, 1950; April 19, 1948; Jun 27, 1948
Johnson, Jerry	Feb. 1, 1952
Jones, Donald W.	Jun 21, 1950
Jones, Herbert W.	Feb. 5, 1965
Jones, Keven R.	April 17, 1950
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.	May 19, 1969
Journal of the Optical Society of America	Feb. 10, 1973; Nov. 20, 1973; Nov. 27, 1968
Kahn, Reuben L.	Sept. 28, 1959
Keeley, Joseph	Aug. 21, 1964
Kelleher, Alfred	Jun 15, 1964; March 10
Kelly, Everett Lowell, 1905-	Jan. 27, 1959; Jan. 30, 1959; and July 8, 1960 (in the Michigan. University. Office of Research Administration files)
Keniston, Hayward, 1883-1970.	Jan. 13, 1947 and July 1957 (in the Graduate Schools, Ranking file); July 2, 1946 (in the Joint Task Force 1 correspondence)
Kennard, D. C. Jr.	Jan. 17, 1968
Kleffel, O.	Oct.21, 1954
Klein, Elias	Feb. 1968
Klopsteg, Paul E.	Aug. 8, 1967
Knowles, Hugh Shaler, 1904-	June 14, 1954 (in the American Institute of Physics files)
Knudsen, Vern O.	Dec. 3, 1947
Koch, Harlan C.	Jun 19, 1964
Kock, Winston E.	July 17, 1964
Kraus, Edward H.	Jun 12, 1944
Kruger, P. G.	March 14, 1950; Dec. 6, 1949
Ladney, Michael, Jr.	Jan. 22, 1963
Lathem, Edward Connery	Sept. 9, 1964; July 28, 1955; Aug. 10, 1955; Aug. 25, 1955
Lake Superior State College	April 16, 1970
Lee, John J.	April 29, 1964
Leeds & Northrup Co.	Aug. 7, 1940
Line, Winfield	Feb. 12, 1954
Los Alamos Scientific Lab.	Jan. 13, 1947; Feb. 7, 1947 (LG Hawkins); Feb. 21, 1947; Jan. 8, 1947 (AE Deyre); Sept. 27, 1946; Nov. 6, 1946 (MA O'Brien); Nov. 27, 1946 (JE Harris); Dec. 4, 1946 (RC Smith); Dec. 6, 1946 (S Newburger, Jr.)
MacAdam, David L.	April 2, 1969; March 26, 1971
MacBeth Corporation	Jun 17, 1958
McMath, Robert R.	Oct.6, 1959
McMillin, J. B.	Dec. 6, 1951
McQuesten, Mrs. Herbert E.	Jan. 29, 1964; Oct.17, 1952; Dec. 4, 1952
Mack, Mrs. Julian E.	Feb. 5, 1968; Feb. 5, 1954
Majumdar, K.	April 15, 1970
Marley, Faye	July 1, 1960
Masterson, Keith D.	March 16, 1966; Feb. 28, 1966
Meader, George, 1907-	Aug. 25, 1960; April 11, 1961; March 28, 1962; and May 21, 1962 (in the Michigan University Office of Research Administration files); Oct.9, 1954
Meggers, William F.	Oct.4, 1944
Mendenhall, W. K., Jr.	March 8, 1958
Metropolis, Nicholas	Jan. 18, 1943
Meyer, Charles F.	May 29, 1944
Mich. College of Mining & Tech.	Jun 5, 1959; Jun 3, 1959; May 28, 1959; May 7, 1959
Mich. State College	April 4, 1952; April 18, 1952
Miller, Bruce J.	April 3, 1953; April 21, 1953
Miller, Freeman D.	May 30, 1977
Minn.-Honeywell Regulator Co.	Jun, 9, 1958
Henry Allen Moe	Feb. 1, 1966; Dec. 13, 1965; Jun 30, 1964; March 11, 1953; March 23, 1953
Moore, A. D.	Jan. 3, 1947
Mulder, Harlan J.	April 18, 1966
Mulliken, R. S.	Dec. 19, 1942
Murphy, Irene	May 15, 1960
Murphy, John E.	April 3, 1959
National Bureau of Standards	Jun 5, 1951; Jan. 30, 1950; Feb. 26, 1947
National Research Council	Feb. 12, 1958; Feb. 4, 1949
National Science Foundation	Nov. 13, 1963
Naval Surface Weapons Ctr.	Jan. 6, 1978; Dec. 10, 1970
Nelson, Donald F.	Nov. 8, 1965
Newburn, H. K.	Dec. 14, 1949
Niehuss, Marvin L.	Sept. 26, 1959; Aug. 30, 1956
Norman, A. G.	Jun 18, 1965
NW Univ. College of Liberal Arts, Dept. of Physics	May 8, 1930; Jun 2, 1930; Jun 7, 1930
O'Connor, T. J.	Sept. 28, 1961
Olson, William C.	Nov. 23, 1971
Optical Society of America	May 6, 1971
Oregon State University	July 15, 1970
Otero, Jose M	Sept. 14, 1961
Owens, James S.	Jun 8, 1971; Sept. 29, 1959
Paganelli, E.	Aug. 6, 1948
Page, Thornton	Jan. 25, 1948
Parker, J. W.	Sept. 26, 1947
Parsons, Carey Evlya	March 7, 1953
Parsons, W. S.	Dec. 11, 1946; Dec. 15, 1947
Paschen, F.	Sept. 15, 1926; Dec. 2, 1927; May 12, 1928; May 16, 1928; Oct. 7, 1929; June 20, 1936; July 20, 1936; Dec. 4, 1927; Sept. 16, 1926
Pasvolsky, Leo	May 19, 1947
Peckham, Donald C.	May 9, 1964
Peet, Bert W.	Dec. 4, 1946
Peet, Max M	July 21, 1948
Pendill, Claudius G.	July 6, 1950
Penney, William George, 1909-	Aug. 22, 1946 (in the Joint Task Force 1 correspondence file)
Pergamon Institute	Dec. 10, 1956
Perkins, John A.	Jan. 7, 1958
Phelps, Fred	Sept. 29, 1977
Phinney, Elizabeth	Jun 10, 1959
Platt, John	April 13, 1955; Jan. 9, 1955; May 3, 1946
Prentice Hall Inc.	Feb. 18, 1953; July 11, 1952; Aug. 28, 1951; Jan. 12, 1951; Jan. 10, 1951; March 21, 1951; April 10, 1951; April 24, 1951; Jun 20, 1950; Feb. 24, 1950; July 21, 1950; Nov. 8, 1950; July 13, 1950; July 21, 1950; July 31, 1950; Aug. 9, 1950; Dec. 16, 1949; Feb. 9, 1950; March 13, 1950; May 9, 1950; May 19, 1950; Nov. 22, 1949; Aug. 4, 1948; Sept. 20, 1948; May 17, 1948; May 21, 1948; April 2, 1948; March 13, 1948; April 6, 1948; April 14, 1948; May 27, 1948; July 9, 1948; July 30, 1948; Jun 23, 1947; April 17, 1946; April 2, 1946; March 3, 1945; Oct.15, 1945; Dec. 15, 1944; Nov. 9, 1944; July 27, 1943; Aug. 31, 1944; Jan. 31, 1944; Oct.5, 1944; Sept. 14, 1944; Sept. 28, 1944; Jun 15, 1944; Jun 19, 1944; Oct.20, 1944; March 3, 1944; Feb. 5, 1944; Feb. 11, 1944; Jan. 19, 1944; Feb. 3, 1944; May 7, 1943; Dec. 7, 1943; July 21, 1943; March 15, 1943; Jan. 21, 1942; Jan. 26, 1942; Feb. 13, 1942; March 31, 1942; Dec. 30, 1942; May 15, 1937; March 6, 1941; Jan. 15, 1941; July 16, 1940; May 8, 1939; July 26, 1938; Oct.28, 1938; April 15, 1977; March 11, 1937; Feb. 26, 1937
Price, Derek John deSolla, 1922-	Oct. 20, 1965
Putzold, E.Y.	March 14, 1955; March 23, 1955
Prine, Arthur C.	Sept. 30, 1959
Pryor, Millard H.	Jun 18, 1953
Radford School, El Paso	Sept. 24, 1949; May 25, 1949
Radock, Michael	Feb. 6, 1963
Randall, Harrison McAllister, 1870-1969.	July 7, 1919; July 25, 1919; Aug. 21, 1919; May 24, 1921; and June 30, 1927 (in the Michigan. University Physics Dept. correspondence file) Nov. 4, 1963 (in the Michigan. University. Rackham Retirement file)
Rassweiler, Gerald M.	Nov. 15, 1972
Ratner, Sidney	Feb. 20, 1957
Reader, Joseph	Feb. 24, 1970
Regents of the Univ. of Michigan	Aug. 9, 1954
Reitner, H. L.	March 1, 1958
Republicans and Independents for Johnson	Aug. 13, 1964
Richardson, Harold W.	May 26, 1964
Riddle, F.L.	July 18, 1950
Rieser, Leonard	April 3, 1961
Rollwagen, Walter	Nov. 8, 1947
Romney, George	March 23, 1964
Rosenhaupt, Hans	Jun 15, 1964; Aug. 24, 1964
Ross, Gil	Oct.2, 1959
Rudnick, Isadore, Robert Satten, L.P. Delsasso	May 1964
Rugg, Harold G.	Oct.30, 1948
Ruthven, Alexander Grant, 1882-1971.	July 10, 1946 (in the Michigan. University. Rackham Appointment file)
Sasscer, Harrison	July 21, 1964
Sawyer, George A.	Dec. 20, 1954
Schmidt, Frank K.	Jun 10, 1964
Schoeffel, M. F.	Oct.21, 1954
Scribner, Bourdon F.	March 10, 1961
Seitz, Frederick, 1911-	Feb. 24, 1961; March 14, 1961; Jan. 3, 1962¬; Jan. 15, 1962; Oct. 8, 1962; June 22, 1967; July 11, 1967; Oct. 10, 1967; Oct. 12, 1967; Jan. 6, 1970; June 6, 1970. Oct. 2, 1956; Nov. 7, 1956; Dec. 7, 1956; May 17, 1961; Dec. 13, 1961; March 19, 1962 and Jan. 10, 1964 (in the American Institute of Physics correspondence file) Nov. 10, 1964; Oct. 20, 1965; Nov. 15, 1965; July 19, 1968; and Nov. 15, 1968 (in the National Academy of Sciences, National Bureau of Standards correspondence file);
Shankland, R.S.	Dec. 7, 1966
Shapiro, Rubin	Jun 3, 1952; July 7, 1952
Shilling, C. W.	Nov. 18, 1957
Siegel, Keeve M.	Jan. 4, 1973
Sleyak, Edward J.	May 12, 1964; Sept. 29, 1959
Smith, Walter Bedell	March 7, 1955
Smith, Ralph Carlisle	May 15, 1950
Smyth, Henry D.	Sept. 28, 1954
Snow, Charles Percy, 1905-	July 8, 1960 and July 25, 1960 (in the American Institute of Physics correspondence file)
Solberg, T. A.	May 17, 1950
Spight, Lon D.	March 2, 1976
Spurr, Stephen H.	March 11, 1969
Steding, H. Richard	May 9, 1960
Steere, William C.	March 31, 1949
Stevenson, William E.	July 27, 1949; May 28, 1948
Stewart, G. W.	Jan. 6, 1948
Stirton, W. E.	April 22, 1959; Sept. 25, 1959
Stratton,Thomas F	Sept. 15, 1965
Struve, Otto, 1898-1963.	Aug. 19, 1960 (in the Michigan. University. Office of Research Administration correspondence)
Swets & Zeitlinger	Feb. 18, 1960; March 14, 1959; May 14, 1959; Jun 17, 1959
Takamine, T.	March 22, 1950; Dec. 23, 1949
Taylor, J. H.	March 5, 1965; Oct.14, 1965
Taylor, William Randolph, 1895	Oct. 15, 1946; Aug. 5, 1948; and Aug. 17, 1948; Jan. 30, 1947
Thailand Embassy	May 7, 1955
Thompson, Charles C.	Feb. 27, 1959
Thatcher, Everett W.	Feb. 24, 1947; March 17, 1947; Jun 20, 1947
Thompson, L.T.E., Dr.	Feb. 15, 1964
van Tongeren, W.	Feb. 20, 1948
Townsend and Bottum, Inc.	Jan. 23, 1944
Uehlinger, A.E.	undated
Ultra Carbon Corp.	Jun 10, 1963
Umphrey, James R.	Jun 3, 1964
United Airlines	July 15, 1963; Aug. 30, 1963
Univ. of California Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory	April 25, 1969
University of Detroit	April 2, 1951
Upthegrove, Nelson	May 17, 1948
Urey, Harold C.	March 17, 1948
U.S. Naval Weapons Laboratory	March 28, 1966
Van Pelt, J. R.	Oct.28, 1959
Van Vleck, John Hasbrouck, 1899-	April 16, 1969
Varney, Robert Nathan, 1910-	Feb. 11, 1948; March 25, 1948; April 14, 1948; April 15, 1948; and Sept. 14, 1949. Aug. 29, 1941; Sept. 11, 1941; Oct. 24, 1941; Nov. 24, 1941; Jan. 15, 1942; Feb. 9, 1942 (in the Naval Proving Ground correspondence); Sept. 4, 1949
Vely, C.J.	Aug. 14, 1964
Vivian, Weston Edward, 1924	May 5, 1965 (in the Michigan. University. Office of Research Administration. Indirect costs file)
Van Vleck, J. H.	April 16, 1969
Walker, L. Cisler	Sept. 26, 1959
Walter, Erich A.	Sept. 29, 1959
Warga, Mary E.	Dec. 13, 1968; March 14, 1944
Weaver, Bennett	April 30, 1964
Weber, Louis R.	Dec. 9, 1969
Wedemeyer, George	Sept. 29, 1959
White, Albert Easten, 1884-1956.	July 1, 1941; Aug. 20, 1941; and Jan. 23, 1942 (in the Naval Proving Ground correspondence file)
White, Elsie S.	April 11, 1959
White, Leonard D.	Nov. 10, 1957; April 26, 1948
White, Marsh W.	Aug. 7, 1967
Whitney, W. R.	Oct.25, 1948; Oct.30, 1948
Whittemore, Richard	Aug. 2, 1948
Wille, Don M.	May 19, 1964
Williams, Dudley	Nov. 30, 1960
Wilson, Art L.	Jan. 22, 1958; March 7, 1958
Wilson, Chas. W.	Feb. 26, 1970
Wilson, Leslie J.	Dec. 5, 1963
Wittman, N. O.	Oct.10, 1961
Wolfle, Dael	Sept. 29, 1954
Wood, William R.	Aug. 14, 1963
Youngblood, Curtis T.	May 9, 1947
Youty, P. N.	Oct.21, 1963
Zink, Theodore H.	July 15, 1958

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Sawyer, Ralph A. (Ralph Alanson), 1895-1978.
Astin, Allen Varley, 1904-1984.
Abbitt, W. H.
Ackley, Gardner.
Adams, James P. (James Pickwell), 1895-1969.
Barker, Ernest F. (Ernest Franklin), 1886-1970.
Beselson, Bernard R., 1912-
Bradbury, Norris Edwin, 1909-
Brode, Robert B. (Robert Bigham), 1900-1986.
Brode, Wallace R. (Wallace Reed), 1900-1974.
Dennison, David M. (David Mathias), 1900-1976.
Dow, William G. (William Gould), 1895-1999.
Fajans, Kasimir, 1887-1975.
Griffin, Clare E. (Clare Elmer), 1892-1979.
Haber, William, 1899-1988.
Hansen, Gerhard.
Harrison, George Russell, 1898-1979.
Kelly, E. Lowell (Everett Lowell), 1905-1986.
Keniston, Hayward, 1883-
Knowles, Hugh Shaler, 1904-
Meader, George, 1907-1994.
Paschen, F.
Penney, William George, Sir, 1909-
Price, Derek J. de Solla (Derek John de Solla), 1922-1983.
Randall, Harrison M. (Harrison McAllister), 1870-
Ruthven, Alexander Grant, 1882-1971.
Seitz, Frederick, 1911-
Snow, C. P. (Charles Percy), 1905-1980.
Stratton, Thomas F.
Struve, Otto, 1897-1963.
Taylor, William Randolph, 1895-
Van Vleck, J. H. (John Hasbrouck), 1899-1980.
Varney, Robert Nathan, 1910-
Vivian, Weston Edward, 1924-
White, Albert Easton, 1884-1956.

Places:

Brazil.
China -- History -- Republic, 1912-1949.
Germany.
Bikini Atoll (Marshall Islands)
Germany (West)