Manhattan Project
Location: Microfilm QC 773 A1 M359 1977
Scope
The quest for nuclear explosives, inspired by the fear that Hitler’s Germany might invent them first, was an epic, top-secret engineering and industrial venture in the United States during World War II. The term “Manhattan Project” has now become a byword for an enormous breakneck effort involving vast resources and the best scientific minds in the world. The workers on the Manhattan Project took on a nearly impossible challenge to address a grave threat to the national security. (The Manhattan Project) This collection is the official history and documents of the Manhattan Project.
How to search the collection
The collection has a reel index, A Guide to the Manhattan Project: Official History and Documents. (Microfilm QC 773 A1 M359 1977 Guide), which is a table of contents.
Guides
A Guide to the Manhattan Project: Official History and Documents. (Microfilm QC 773 A1 M359 1977 Guide).
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Subject Categories:
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Manhattan District.
Time Period: 20th Century
Subject keywords: Military History