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Robert Oppenheimer

Correspondence

• Letter from David Shoemaker to the Caltech Faculty. December 13, 1945.
• Letter from Linus Pauling to Harlow Shapley. July 3, 1946.

Pictures and Illustrations

• Leslie R. Groves and J. Robert Oppenheimer, 1940s.
• Senator Brien McMahon and J. Robert Oppenheimer. April 26, 1954.
• Members of the Atomic Energy Commission. April 26, 1954.

Published Papers and Official Documents

• Minutes of a conference on atomic energy. December 3, 1945.
• "Linus Pauling: 'A Disgraceful Act...'" May 1954.
• "Prospects for global environmental protection and world peace as we approach the twenty-first century." August 22, 1990.

Manuscript Notes and Typescripts

• Annotated agenda for a proposed peace education series, Pasadena, California. 1945.
• "Atomic Energy and World Government." November 30, 1945.
• "One World -- Or None At All." February 11, 1947.
• "Science in the Modern World." August 12, 1951.
• No Title [re: article "Do Colleges Have to Hire Red Professors", by Louis Budenz]. November 25, 1951.
• No Title [re: HUAC trial of J. Robert Oppenheimer]. April 22, 1954.
• "An Episode that Changed My life." 1980s.

Audio Clips

• "The Quick and the Dead, The Atom Bomb." 1950.
  1. A Dramatization of the First Atomic Bomb Test. (4:13)
• "To Fermi - with Love." 1971.
  1. Oppenheimer Declared a Security Threat (0:27)

Video Clips

• "Atomic Energy: Weapon for Peace." 1955.
  1. The Power of Atomic Weapons and the Need for International Understanding. (2:23)
• "Linus Pauling, Crusading Scientist." 1977.
  1. From War Work to the ECAS. (1:11)