Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140
RS 17/1/3
Ames Laboratory
Administrative Records, 1913-1987
Descriptive summary
| creator: | Ames Laboratory |
| title: | Administrative Records |
| dates: | 1913-1987 |
| extent: | 9.66 linear feet (23 document cases, 1 film canister, 1 map case folder) |
| collection number: | RS 17/1/3 |
| repository: | University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University. |
Administrative information
| access: | Open for research |
| publication rights: | Consult Head, Special Collections Department |
| preferred citation: | Ames Laboratory Administrative Records, RS 17/1/3, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library. |
Abstract
The Ames Laboratory began as a chemical research and development program at Iowa State College (University) to assist the World War II Manhattan Project. The Ames Project developed an entirely new technology for the conversion of uranium ore to high-purity uranium metal and then used that technology to produce more than 2 million pounds between 1942 and 1946. In 1947, the United States Atomic Energy Commission officially established the Ames Laboratory as a national laboratory. The collection contains annual summary reports, clippings, correspondence, directories, financial reports, memorandums, minutes, newsletters, pamphlets, personnel files, photographs, press releases, programs, publications, research reports, scientific papers, and speeches. The collection documents the contribution of Ames scientists to the Manhattan Project and the continuing research work of the Ames Laboratory, particularly in the fields of metallurgy and materials chemistry. |
Historical note
Ames Laboratory had its beginnings in the Ames Project, a top secret chemical research and development program at Iowa State College (University) supporting the World War II Manhattan Project. The Ames Project was started by Frank H. Spedding, Professor of Chemistry, who had been appointed by Arthur Compton as head of the Chemistry Division of the Manhattan Project's Metallurgical Laboratory at the University of Chicago. Instead of waiting for a laboratory to be built in Chicago, Spedding got a staff in place from among his graduate students in Ames, appointed professor of chemistry Harley Wilhelm as Associate Director, and got started doing research right away. The work of the Ames Project was thus performed under the auspices of the University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory. By early August 1942, the Ames Project scientists had found a way to successfully produce pure uranium in large amounts. In September, Dr. Wilhelm personally delivered an 11 pound ingot of pure uranium to the Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory. Later that week, the Ames Project had a $30,000 contract to produce 100 pounds of uranium per week for Chicago. They were to produce uranium for the Laboratory until such large-scale production could be taken over by industry. After the nuclear chain reaction experiment was successful in Chicago, Ames needed to produce even more uranium for a larger reactor at Clinton Engineer Works in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Production was stepped up from 3,600 pounds per week in early January 1943 to almost 36,000 pounds per week in May of that year. Ames ultimately produced 90% of the uranium that went into the Clinton reactor. Uranium production by the Ames Project decreased as industry took over, but overall the Ames Project produced more than 2 million pounds of uranium between 1942 and 1946. In 1947, the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) officially established the Ames Laboratory as a national laboratory. The contract for the operation of the laboratory was awarded to Iowa State University under its Institute for Atomic Research (IAR), the administrative body for Ames Laboratory, and Spedding was appointed as its first director. In 1968, Spedding stepped down as director and was succeeded by Robert Hansen until 1988. In 1974, the IAR became the Energy and Mineral Resources Research Institute (EMRRI), responsible for administering the laboratory until 1987. In 1974, the U.S. AEC was split into two new agencies, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA). The ERDA oversaw the work of Ames Laboratory and other national laboratories until 1977, when it was combined with the Federal Energy Administration to become the Department of Energy (DOE). Ames Laboratory is currently a DOE research facility operated by Iowa State University. The Laboratory and University share facilities, functions, graduate students, and faculty/principle investigators. After World War II, the Ames Laboratory specialized in rare metals and methods of achieving chemical transformation without the production of toxic waste. The Laboratory has expanded its scope beyond materials research, including research in photosynthesis, hazardous waste analysis, computer programming, quasicrystals, and nontraditional materials. Research programs in 2013 include Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences; Division of Chemical and Biological Sciences; Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering; Environmental & Protection Sciences; and Simulation, Modeling & Decision Science. |
Collection description
This collection (1913-1987) contains annual summary reports, clippings, correspondence, directories, financial reports, memorandums, minutes, newsletters, pamphlets, personnel files, photographs, press releases, programs, publications, research reports, scientific papers, and speeches. It documents the administrative activities of the Ames Laboratory beginning with its participation in the Manhattan Project during World War II (1942-1946, as the Ames Project) and continuing from its establishment as an official national laboratory in 1947. The records related to the Manhattan Project include personnel files, newspaper clippings documenting the dropping of the atomic bombs in August 1945, correspondence, scientific reports, weekly staff reports, and reports from the Metallurgical Project at the University of Chicago, under which the Ames Project research was conducted. Work done by Ames Laboratory after the Manhattan Project includes the General Electric Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion (GE-ANP) project, commissioned by the U.S. Army Air Force, which included research on yttrium metal; thorium production; rare earth elements; and "Element 94," or plutonium. Also included are some files from Dr. Frank A. Spedding, Director of Ames Project beginning in 1941 and Ames Laboratory from 1947 to 1968, as well as scientific papers in Russian. |
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Organization
The collection is arranged into two series: |
Description of series
| Series 1 | Ames Project | 1938-1960, undated |
| extent: | 4 linear feet | |
| description: | This series contains correspondence, weekly staff reports, research reports, personnel files, memorandums, programs, and clippings from the Ames Project, for which the majority of records fall between the dates 1942 and 1946. The series includes a group of files that are listed by R- followed by a number, which were assigned by Ames Project administrators, and contain individual reports and memorandums. The series is listed alphabetically. | |
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
2 |
3 |
Ames Project correspondence |
1942-1953 |
2 |
4 |
Ames Project receipts of classified mail |
1942-1947 |
2 |
6 |
Award dinner program, Atomic Bomb Project: Program |
1946 |
2 |
7 |
Awards and nominations: Correspondence |
1943-1945 |
2 |
8 |
Clippings: Role of Ames Laboratory in creating atomic bomb |
1945 |
2 |
12 |
Committees and councils: Project Publication Advisory Committee |
1944 |
2 |
13 |
Committees and councils: Scientific Advisory Council minutes |
1946 |
2 |
14 |
Committees and councils: Specifications Committee correspondence and minutes |
1942 |
2 |
15 |
Committees and councils: Technical Council meeting announcements and reports |
1942-1943 |
2 |
18 |
Correspondence: A |
1942-1943 |
2 |
19 |
Correspondence: B |
1942-1943, undated |
2 |
20 |
Correspondence: C |
1942-1948 |
2 |
21 |
Correspondence: D |
1942-1943 |
2 |
22 |
Correspondence: E |
1943-1944 |
2 |
23 |
Correspondence: F |
1942-1943 |
2 |
24 |
Correspondence: G |
1942-1943 |
2 |
25 |
Correspondence: H |
1942-1948 |
2 |
26 |
Correspondence: J |
1942-1943 |
2 |
27 |
Correspondence: K |
1942, undated |
2 |
28 |
Correspondence: L |
1942-1944 |
2 |
29 |
Correspondence: M |
1938-1944 |
3 |
1 |
Correspondence: N |
1942-1943 |
3 |
2 |
Correspondence: O |
1942-1943 |
3 |
3 |
Correspondence: P-Q |
1942-1943 |
3 |
4 |
Correspondence: R |
1944, undated |
3 |
5 |
Correspondence: S |
1942-1944 |
3 |
6 |
Correspondence: T |
1943 |
3 |
7 |
Correspondence: U-V |
1942-1943 |
3 |
8 |
Correspondence: W |
1942-1943 |
4 |
4 |
Inspection and control of atomic energy and declassification of information: Correspondence |
1944-1947 |
4 |
6 |
Meetings and visits: Ames Project |
1942-1943 |
4 |
14 |
Personnel: Byrd, Dorwin A. |
1942, undated |
4 |
15 |
Personnel: Carter, J. Hall (2 b/w photographs) |
1942-1943 |
4 |
16 |
Personnel: Data on individual employees and requests for deferment |
1942-1944, undated |
4 |
17 |
Personnel: Fajans, Kasimir |
1942 |
4 |
18 |
Personnel: Fishel, Waite P. |
1942 |
4 |
20 |
Personnel: Gerald, Park S. (3 b/w photographs) |
1942-1943 |
4 |
21 |
Personnel: Hamilton, C. E. |
1942 |
4 |
23 |
Personnel: History of Institute of Atomic Research (2 b/w photographs) |
1944-1960, undated |
4 |
24 |
Personnel: Hoxeng, Julian S. (2 b/w photographs) |
1942-1943 |
4 |
25 |
Personnel: Hoxeng, Raymond B. |
1942-1943 |
4 |
26 |
Personnel: Jacobsen, T. R. |
1943 |
4 |
29 |
Personnel: Lawrence, Ralph E. (1 b/w photograph) |
1942 |
4 |
30 |
Personnel: Lewin, Seymour (1 b/w photograph) |
1942 |
5 |
2 |
Personnel: Nottorf, Robert |
1942 circa |
5 |
7 |
Personnel: Sullivan, William H. |
1943 |
5 |
8 |
Personnel: University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory - Applications and resumes |
1942, undated |
5 |
9 |
Personnel: University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory - General |
1942, undated |
5 |
10 |
Personnel: University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory - Rating sheets for technical employees |
1943 |
5 |
12 |
Personnel: Wilhelm, Harley A. (1 b/w photograph) |
1942 |
5 |
13 |
Personnel: Wilkinson, John A. |
1942 |
5 |
19 |
Project 1050 "Reading File 1" (Correspondence) |
1944-1945 |
5 |
20 |
Project 1050 "Reading File 2" (Correspondence) |
1945 |
5 |
21 |
Project 1050 "Reading File 3" (Correspondence) |
1945-1946 |
5 |
22 |
Project 1050 "Reading File 6" (Correspondence) |
1946 |
5 |
23 |
Project 1050 "Reading File 7" (Correspondence) |
1946 |
6 |
13 |
Reports: Administrative - Check-up on reports and corrections |
1942-1944 |
6 |
14-15 |
Reports: Administrative - Instructions for reports |
1942-1943 |
6 |
18 |
Reports: Ames Project - Bibliographies, article comments, and new publications |
1942-1951, undated |
6 |
19 |
Reports: Ames Project - Casting Department |
1943, undated |
6 |
20 |
Reports: Ames Project - CC reports, Chemical and Metallurgical Group ("CC" refers to report number series, meaning unknown) |
1942 |
7 |
1 |
Reports: Ames Project - CC reports, Ames Chemical Group |
1943 |
7 |
2 |
Reports: Ames Project - CC reports, Analytical Section |
1945 |
7 |
3 |
Reports: Ames Project - CC reports, Physical and Inorganic Section |
1945 |
7 |
4 |
Reports: Ames Project - CC report, X-Ray Section |
1946 |
7 |
5 |
Reports: Ames Project - CN reports, Chemistry of 94 ("CN" refers to report number series) |
1942-1943, undated |
7 |
6 |
Reports: Ames Project - CT report, Metallography Section ("CT" refers to report number series) |
1945 |
7 |
7 |
Reports: Ames Project - Health Group (includes correspondence) |
1941-1945 |
7 |
8 |
Reports: Ames Project - Monthly abstracts |
1942-1944 |
7 |
9 |
Reports: Ames Project - National Bureau of Standards |
1942 |
7 |
10 |
Reports: Ames Project - Sample analyses |
1942-1944, undated |
7 |
11 |
Reports: Ames Project - Seminar report |
undated |
7 |
12-13 |
Reports: Ames Project - Staff research |
1945, undated |
8 |
1 |
Reports: Ames Project - Weekly staff reports (September) |
1942 |
8 |
2 |
Reports: Ames Project - Weekly staff reports (October) |
1942 |
8 |
3 |
Reports: Ames Project - Weekly staff reports (November) |
1942 |
8 |
4 |
Reports: Ames Project - Weekly staff reports (December) |
1942 |
8 |
5 |
Reports: Ames Project - Weekly staff reports (February) |
1943 |
8 |
6 |
Reports: Ames Project - Weekly staff reports (March) |
1943 |
8 |
7 |
Reports: Ames Project - Weekly staff reports (April) |
1943 |
8 |
8 |
Reports: Ames Project - Weekly staff reports (May) |
1943 |
8 |
9 |
Reports: Ames Project - Weekly staff reports (June) |
1943 |
8 |
10 |
Reports: Ames Project - Weekly staff reports (July) |
1943 |
9 |
1 |
Reports: Ames Project - Weekly staff reports (August) |
1943 |
9 |
2 |
Reports: Ames Project - Weekly staff reports (September) |
1943 |
9 |
3 |
Reports: Ames Project - Weekly staff reports (October) |
1943 |
9 |
4 |
Reports: Metallurgical Project, University of Chicago - C report ("C" refers to report number series) |
1942 |
9 |
5 |
Reports: Metallurgical Project, University of Chicago - CC reports ("CC" refers to report number series) |
1942 |
9 |
6 |
Reports: Metallurgical Project, University of Chicago - CC reports |
1943 |
10 |
1 |
Reports: Metallurgical Project, University of Chicago - CC reports |
1944 |
10 |
2 |
Reports: Metallurgical Project, University of Chicago - CE report ("CE" refers to report number series, meaning unknown) |
1942 |
10 |
3 |
Reports: Metallurgical Project, University of Chicago - CF report ("CF" refers to report number series, meaning unknown) |
1942 |
10 |
4 |
Reports: Metallurgical Project, University of Chicago - CN report ("CN" refers to report number series, meaning unknown) |
1942 |
10 |
5 |
Reports: Metallurgical Project, University of Chicago - CN reports |
1943 |
10 |
6 |
Reports: Metallurgical Project, University of Chicago - CS reports ("CS" refers to report number series, meaning unknown) |
1942 |
10 |
7 |
Reports: Metallurgical Project, University of Chicago - CS report |
1943 |
10 |
8 |
Reports: Metallurgical Project, University of Chicago - CS report |
1945 |
10 |
9 |
Reports: Metallurgical Project, University of Chicago - CT report ("CT" refers to report number series, meaning unknown) |
1942 |
10 |
10 |
Reports: Metallurgical Project, University of Chicago - CT reports |
1943 |
10 |
11 |
Reports: Metallurgical Project, University of Chicago - Miscellaneous |
1942-1943, undated |
10 |
12 |
Reports: Metallurgical Project, University of Chicago - Sample analysis |
1942 |
10 |
13 |
Reports: "The Role of the Metallurgy Division of the Ames Project in the Manhattan District and Atomic Energy Commission Programs" |
1948 |
11 |
7 |
R-7: Memorandum for Professor A. H. Compton from L. Szilard regarding contacts with firms for supplying materials |
undated |
11 |
8 |
R-9: "Preliminary Report on the Melting of Uranium Powder," L. Szilard (A-24) |
1941 |
11 |
9 |
R-10: Nuclear constants |
1941 circa |
11 |
10 |
R-11: "The Constants Relevant to a Power Plant," E. P. Wigner |
1941 |
11 |
11 |
R-12: "Report on the Analysis of U3O8," Hal Trueman Beans (A-107) |
undated |
11 |
12 |
R-13: "Properties of UO2," Herbert N. McCoy |
1942 |
11 |
13 |
R-14: Conference on power plant, notes on session of February 21 |
1942 |
11 |
14 |
R-15: "Extraction of Products" (Chapter 20 of Principles and Problems of Atomic Power), F. H. Spedding |
undated |
11 |
15 |
R-16: "Extraction of Rare Earths and Element 94 from Uranium Metal," F. A. Long |
1942 |
11 |
16 |
R-20: "Requirements for Proposed Power Plant" |
1942 |
11 |
17 |
R-21: Conference on power plant, notes on session of February 22 |
1942 |
11 |
18 |
R-22: "Fission of 94-239 with Fast Neutrons," Glenn T. Seaborg and Emilio Segre (A-22) |
1941 |
11 |
19 |
R-23: "Search for Spontaneous Fission in 94-239," Joseph W. Kennedy and Arthur C. Wahl |
1941 |
11 |
20 |
R-24: "Report on the Corrosion of Pure Graphite in Hex," Homer F. Priest |
1942 |
11 |
21 |
R-25: Experiments with Element 93 (Neptunium)` |
1941 circa |
11 |
22 |
R-27: "Pyroelectric Concentration Method for the Spectrographic Analysis of Uranium Oxide," Bourdon F. Scribner and Harold R. Mullin |
undated |
11 |
23 |
R-28: "Refractory Materials" |
undated |
12 |
1 |
R-30: Work under contract S.B. 22683/C.11.A: preparation and purification of UF6 |
1941 |
12 |
2 |
R-31: Organization of metallurgical laboratory |
1942 |
12 |
3 |
R-32: "Measurement of the Vapor Pressure of Uranium," E.C. Creutz (A-95) |
undated |
12 |
4 |
R-33: "The Separation of the Rare Earth Elements from Impure Uranium Oxide," James I. Hoffman and Kenneth D. Fleischer (A-126) |
undated |
12 |
5 |
R-36: Memorandum to Planning Board group leaders from Gregory Breit |
1942 |
12 |
6 |
R-39: "Proposed Immediate Investigations on 94" |
1942 |
12 |
7 |
R-44: Meeting on analytical methods and weekly report, April 24 |
1942 |
12 |
8 |
R-48: "Experiments on Total Cross-Sections for Thermal Neutrons…," G.R. Carlson, J. H. Coon, M. Iona, Jr., L.S. Skaggs, and R.G. Wilkinson (A-31) |
undated |
12 |
9 |
R-49: "Determination of Small Amounts of Boron, " John A. Scherrer and Clement J. Rodden (A-133) |
1941 |
12 |
10 |
R-51: "Production and Properties of 50-Year Element 94," G.T. Seaborg, A.C. Wahl, and J.W. Kennedy (A-136) |
1942 |
12 |
11 |
R-53: "The Solubility of Uranyl Nitrate in Ethereal Solution, and the Ether Method of Purification," G. Boyd |
undated |
12 |
12 |
R-54: "The Preparation of Uranium," Clement J. Rodden (A-36) |
undated |
12 |
13 |
R-55: "Report on the Lead Chlorofluoride Method for the Determination of Fluoride," Hal Trueman Beans, Sylvan M. Edmonds, and Nathan Birnbaum |
1942 |
12 |
14 |
R-56: "UF6: Production and Properties," P. Abelson (A-58) |
undated |
12 |
15 |
R-57: Final Report to the National Defense Research Committee, Department of Physics, Princeton University (A-57) |
undated |
12 |
16 |
R-69: "Spectrographic Determination of Boron in Uranium Oxide by the Pyroelectric Concentration Method," Bourdon F. Scribner and Harold R. Mullin (A-129) |
1942 |
12 |
17 |
R-87: Report from U.S. Department of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards on producing carbon from methane sample (Report A-100) |
1942 |
12 |
18 |
R-88: "The Weighing of Samples of UF6, " Norman Davidson and Earl A. Long |
1942 |
12 |
19 |
R-90: "Determination of Small Amounts of Boron," John A. Scherrer and Clement J. Rodden (A-133) |
1941 |
12 |
20 |
R-91: "A Method for the Determination of Minute Traces of Metals…," C.E. Bricker and N.H. Furman |
undated |
12 |
21 |
R-101: "Properties of 94-239," Glenn T. Seaborg and Ernest O. Lawrence (A-33) |
undated |
12 |
22 |
R-102: "Survey of Ether Purification Method for Uranyl Nitrate" |
undated |
12 |
23 |
R-103: "Spectrographic Determination of Boron in Uranium Oxide by the Pyroelectric Concentration Method," Bourdon F. Scribner and Harold R. Mullin (A-129) |
1942 |
12 |
24 |
R-104: Memorandum regarding melting point of uranium, H.T. Wensel and William F. Roeser (A-67) |
undated |
12 |
25 |
R-105: "Radioactive Poisons," E.P. Wigner and H.D. Smyth (A-73) |
undated |
12 |
26 |
R-106: "Report on Methods of Handling Hex," Homer F. Priest (A-121) |
1942 |
12 |
27 |
R-107: "Memorandum on Metal Derivatives of Uranium," H.F. Robertson (A-124) |
undated |
12 |
28 |
R-108: "Survey of Ether Purification Method for Uranyl Nitrate," G.A. Cowan (A-127) |
1942 |
12 |
29 |
R-109: "Production and Properties of 50-Year Element 94," G.T. Seaborg, A.C. Wahl, and J.W. Kennedy (A-136) |
1942 |
12 |
30 |
R-133: "The Possibility of Purifying Uranium by Carbonyl Formation and Decomposition," Sugarman, Elliott, and Coryell |
undated |
12 |
31 |
R-134: "On the Radioactivity of Cooling Helium," E.P. Wigner and F.L. Friedman |
1942 |
12 |
32 |
R-135: "Radioactivity of Graphite Remaining in Pile," E.P. Wigner |
undated |
12 |
33 |
R-147: "A Rapid Method for the Determination of Uranyl Nitrate," Jack Schubert, Ernest Anderson, Ercole Motta, and Lawrence Myers |
1942 |
12 |
34 |
R-148: Visit to Port Hope Refineries of the Eldorado Gold Mines, Ltd. |
1942 |
12 |
35 |
R-152: "Possible Procedure for the Recovery of Uranium from Westinghouse Sludge," Spedding, Brown |
1942 |
12 |
36 |
R-161: Pilot power plant diagrams |
1942 |
12 |
37 |
R-186: Memorandum regarding new organizational procedure |
1942 |
12 |
38 |
R-230: Memorandum regarding secrecy |
1942 |
12 |
39 |
R-232: "The Removal of UX1 and GD++ from Uranyl Nitrate Solutions by Adsorption on Different Adsorbents," Jack Schubert and Ercole Motta |
1942 |
12 |
40 |
R-233: "A Redox Method for the Determination of Uranyl Nitrate," William H. Johnston |
1942 |
12 |
41 |
R-234: "A Spectrophotometric Method for the Determination of Cobalt," H.A. Potratz |
undated |
12 |
42 |
R-235: "The Solubility of Uranyl Nitrate in Ethereal Solution, and the Ether Method of Purification," Lawrence S. Meyers, Jr. |
undated |
12 |
43 |
R-236: "The Stability and Solubility of Uranyl Nitrate in Various Ethers…," Sol Wexler, Lawrence Myers, Jr., and Merlin Sims |
1942 |
12 |
44 |
R-237: "The Solubility of Uranyl Nitrate in Ethereal Solutions, and the Ether Method of Purification," Lawrence S. Myers, Jr. |
1942 |
12 |
45 |
R-238: "Removal of UX1 and Rare Earths from Uranyl Nitrate by Adsorption with Activated Charcoal" |
undated |
12 |
46 |
R-239: "The Extraction Method of Purification of Uranyl Nitrate," L.S. Myers, E.C. Anderson, Sol Wexler, and G.E. Boyd |
1942 |
12 |
47 |
R-242: Memorandum from Samuel, K. Allison to Fermi, E. (September 4) |
1942 |
12 |
48 |
R-296: "Adsorption and the Problem of the Separation of Radioactive Substances: Part II. Exchange Adsorption," Jack Schubert, A.W. Adamson, and G.E. Boyd |
undated |
12 |
49 |
R-307: Combustion tube (diagram) |
1940 |
12 |
50 |
R-329: "The Heat Capacities of T Metal, TO3, and TO2, from 15 degree K. The Entropies at 298.1 degrees K," Earl A. Long, Wesley M. Jones, and Joseph Gordon |
undated |
12 |
51 |
R-330: "Revised in Accordance with Letter of May 26, 1942, from Dr. F.H. Spedding," Raphael Rosen |
1942 circa |
12 |
52 |
R-334: Monthly report (August 15 - September 15), Robert Penneman and Thomas W. Davis |
1942 |
12 |
53 |
R-360: "A Method for the Determination of the Metal Content of Metallic Uranium," E.L. Stanley |
undated |
12 |
54 |
R-414: "Metal Production" and "The Metallurgy of 94," F.H. Spedding |
1942 |
12 |
55 |
R-415: Memorandums regarding codes |
1942 |
12 |
56 |
R-416: Memorandum from L. Szilard to F.H. Spedding |
1942 |
12 |
57 |
R-417: Analysis of cast uranium metal produced at Ames |
1942 |
12 |
58 |
R-436: Memorandum from John P. Howe to Committee on Coatings regarding visit to Kraus, December 19 |
1942 |
12 |
59 |
R-452: Correspondence - John P. Howe to L.R. Westbrook and A.S. Weygandt (December 24) |
1942 |
12 |
60 |
R-455: Memorandum from John P. Howe to Committee on Coatings regarding distribution of work (January 15) |
1943 |
12 |
61 |
R-519: Table 1 |
undated |
12 |
62 |
R-586: Various reports |
1943, undated |
12 |
63 |
R-587: University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory memorandum regarding men available from the ASTP (March 3) |
1944 |
13 |
2 |
Research: Ames Project - Group reports |
1943 |
13 |
3 |
Research: Ames Project - Improvement of processing |
1942-1943 |
13 |
4 |
Research: Ames Project - Metallurgical section |
1947 |
13 |
5 |
Research: Ames Project - Materials (correspondence, research notes and reports, diagrams, green salt receipts) |
1942-1944, undated |
13 |
6 |
Research: Ames Project - Production schedule |
1943 |
13 |
7 |
Research: Ames Project - Project outlines |
1941-1942 |
13 |
8 |
Research: Ames Project - Rare earths group |
1946-1956 |
13 |
9 |
Research: Ames Project - Research building |
1947-1948 |
13 |
10 |
Research: Ames Project - Specific problems |
undated |
13 |
11 |
Research: Ames Project - Spedding reports on chemical and metallurgical work |
1942-1943 |
15 |
6 |
Research: Individual works - Fermi, "Neutron Physics" |
1946 |
15 |
7 |
Research: Individual works - Goldsmith, "A Critical Survey of Neutron Cross-Sections" |
undated |
15 |
8 |
Research: Individual works - McCoy, "The Electrolysis of Rare Earth Acetates and the Separation of Europium as Amalgam from Other Rare Earths" |
1941 |
15 |
9 |
Research: Individual works - Pabst, "Crystal Structure of Gadolinium Formate, Gd(OOCH)3" |
1943 |
15 |
11 |
Research: Individual works - Spedding, "The Nature of Crystalline Fields Present in Er2(SO4)3 * 8H2O" |
1937 |
15 |
12 |
Research: Individual works - Spedding, "The Absorption of Praseodymium Ion in Solutions and in the Solid State" |
1940 |
15 |
13 |
Research: Individual works - Warf, "The Chemistry of Uranium: A Summary of the More Recent Developments" |
1944 |
15 |
30 |
Research: Project handbook write-ups |
1944 |
16 |
3 |
Research: Rare earth production accounting |
1945 |
16 |
4 |
Research: Rare earths - articles |
1941-1954 |
16 |
5 |
Research: Reports - CL-ERT-1, "Ion Exchange as a Separations Method," with comments |
1946-1947 |
16 |
6 |
Research: Reports - "The Exchange Absorption of Ions from Aqueous Solutions by Organic Zeolites," parts 1 and 2 |
1947 |
16 |
7 |
Research: Reports - "The Exchange Absorption of Ions from Aqueous Solutions by Organic Zeolites," parts 3 and 4 |
1947 |
16 |
10 |
Research: Requests for material and methodology |
1942-1943 |
18 |
2 |
Research: Specific problems - Application of metallic coats |
1942-1943 |
18 |
10 |
Spedding: Correspondence, outgoing |
1942-1944 |
18 |
14 |
Spedding: Memorandums from (chronological) |
1942-1944 |
18 |
15 |
Spedding: Memorandums to (alphabetical) |
1942-1944, undated |
18 |
18 |
Spedding: Personal file |
1942-1944 |
Description of series
| Series 2 | Ames Laboratory | 1913-1987, undated |
| extent: | 5.67 linear feet | |
| description: | This series contains correspondence, committee files, clippings, directories, financial reports, research reports, program proposals, annual summary reports, administrative reports, open house programs, and memorandums documenting the Ames Laboratory, officially founded in 1947. The bulk of materials are from the 1950s through the 1980s. Includes materials related to the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and the U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA). Also includes a group of files documenting Ames Laboratory's work on the General Electric Company's Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion project (GE-ANP). The series is arranged alphabetically. | |
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
1 |
1 |
Ames Laboratory 40th anniversary luncheon materials |
1987 |
1 |
2 |
Ames Laboratory Bulletin (February) |
1981 |
1 |
3 |
Ames Laboratory financial report |
1965 |
1 |
4 |
Ames Laboratory memorandums |
1958-1965 |
1 |
5 |
Ames Laboratory memorandums |
1965-1970 |
1 |
6 |
Ames Laboratory open house |
1961-1964 |
1 |
7 |
Ames Laboratory open house |
1964-1967 |
1 |
8 |
Ames Laboratory open house |
1968-1970 |
1 |
9 |
Ames Laboratory research report |
1980 |
1 |
10 |
Ames Laboratory research report |
1985 |
1 |
11 |
Ames Laboratory research report |
1987 |
2 |
1 |
Ames Laboratory security |
1957-1965 |
2 |
2 |
Ames Laboratory visiting professors |
1950-1952 |
2 |
5 |
Associated Universities, Inc.: By-laws, amendment to charter, and correspondence |
1951-1953 |
2 |
9 |
Clippings |
1945-1984 |
2 |
10 |
Committees and councils: Corrosion Committee minutes, report abstract, and travel authorization |
1954 |
2 |
11 |
Committees and councils: Planning Committee reports and recommendations |
1958 |
2 |
16 |
Committees and councils: Test Loop Committee, construction of thermal loops |
1954 |
2 |
17 |
Conference: Proceedings of the 18th Annual Electron Microscopy Colloquium, Ames Laboratory, May 15-16 |
1981 |
3 |
9 |
Correspondence from AEC Ames Area Office |
1953 |
3 |
10 |
Directories: Institute for Atomic Research and Ames Laboratory |
1961 |
3 |
11 |
Directory: Institute for Atomic Research and Ames Laboratory |
1962 |
3 |
12 |
Document Library titles |
1982 |
3 |
13 |
Foreign travel |
1959 |
3 |
14 |
Geneva Conference: Correspondence |
1955 |
3 |
15 |
Geneva Conference: Memorandums on Russian papers |
1955 |
3 |
16 |
Geneva Conference: Papers |
1955 |
3 |
17 |
Geneva Conference: Papers, popular digests, and abstracts |
1955 |
4 |
1 |
Geneva Conference: Program and list of delegates |
1955 |
4 |
2 |
Geneva Conference: Wilhelm, "The Preparation of Uranium Metal by the Reduction of Uranium Tetrafluoride with Magnesium" |
1955 |
4 |
3 |
Hansen, R. S. memorandum re: Dr. Alvin Weinburg |
1974 |
4 |
5 |
Institute for Atomic Research: Spedding dedication address |
1947 |
4 |
7 |
Meetings and visits: Metallurgical |
1954 |
4 |
8 |
Meetings and visits: Nuclear Metals, Inc. |
1956 |
4 |
9 |
Meetings and visits: Rare Earth Group - minutes |
1947 |
4 |
10 |
Newsletter: Newsworthy Activities (December) |
1978 |
4 |
11 |
Pamphlets |
undated |
4 |
12 |
Pamphlets |
1950-1951 circa |
4 |
13 |
Personnel: Banks, Charles V. |
1952-1971 |
4 |
19 |
Personnel: Fitzwater, Donald R. |
1965 |
4 |
22 |
Personnel: Hansen, Robert S. |
1968-1972 |
4 |
27 |
Personnel: Jensen, Erling |
1959-1969 |
4 |
28 |
Personnel: Laslett, Lawrence |
1948-1960 |
5 |
1 |
Personnel manuals |
1954-1966 |
5 |
3 |
Personnel: Ruedenberg, Klaus |
1956-1959, undated |
5 |
4 |
Personnel: Salary information |
1973-1975 |
5 |
5 |
Personnel: Smith, K. G. (Engineering Extension) |
1913-1917 |
5 |
6 |
Personnel: Smutz, Morton |
1955-1969 |
5 |
11 |
Personnel: Various |
1948-1972 |
5 |
14 |
Personnel: Wood, George M. |
1962, undated |
5 |
15 |
Press clippings |
1953 |
5 |
16 |
Press releases |
1948-1960, undated |
5 |
17 |
Programs and booklets |
1947-1961, undated |
5 |
18 |
Programs and booklets |
1955-1970, undated |
6 |
1 |
Publications: 25 Years of Rare Earths |
1968 |
6 |
2 |
Publications: Ames Laboratory Highlights |
1972-1973 |
6 |
3 |
Publications: The Building of the Ames Laboratory |
1986 |
6 |
4 |
Publications: Changing Scene Highlights |
1974-1975 |
6 |
5 |
Publications: An Image of Influence and Impact |
undated |
6 |
6 |
Publications list, Institute for Atomic Research including Ames Laboratory |
1951 |
6 |
7 |
Publications list, EMRRI/Ames Laboratory |
1976-1977 |
6 |
8 |
Publications list, EMRRI/Ames Laboratory |
1978 |
6 |
9 |
Publications: Reviews on Rare Earths |
1970 |
6 |
10 |
Pyrometallurgical fuel processing project |
1969 |
6 |
11 |
Pyrometallurgy newsletter |
1956-1957 |
6 |
12 |
Remarks at the dedication of the Metals Process Development Building, John A. McCone |
1960 |
6 |
16 |
Reports: Administrative - To AEC Ames Area Office |
1950-1954 |
6 |
17 |
Reports: Administrative - To AEC Washington Office |
1950-1954 |
10 |
14 |
Reports: To AEC Offices, Washington, D.C., from Ames Laboratory |
1959-1960 |
10 |
15 |
Reports: To AEC Offices, Washington, D.C.: "The Ames Laboratory Materials Program" |
1960 |
10 |
16 |
Reports: To AEC Offices, Washington, D.C., from Ames Laboratory |
1960-1961 |
11 |
1 |
Reports: To AEC Offices, Washington, D.C., from Ames Laboratory |
1961 |
11 |
2 |
Reports: To AEC Offices, Washington, D.C., from Ames Laboratory |
1962 |
11 |
3 |
Reports: To AEC Offices, Washington, D.C., from Ames Laboratory |
1963 |
11 |
4 |
Reports: To AEC Offices, Washington, D.C., from Ames Laboratory |
1964 |
11 |
5 |
Reports: To AEC Offices, Washington, D.C., from Ames Laboratory |
1965 |
11 |
6 |
Reports: Wilhelm, "A History of Uranium Metal Production in America" |
1960 |
12 |
64 |
Research: Ames Laboratory - Hydrolysis of refractory magnesium fluoride |
undated |
12 |
65 |
Research: Ames Laboratory - Recovery of uranium from phosphorus electric furnace slag |
1954 |
13 |
1 |
Research: Ames Laboratory - Chemical work, contemplated physics research program, role of the metallurgist |
1947 |
13 |
12 |
Research: Detroit Edison Company project |
1955 |
13 |
13 |
Research: GE-ANP Project - Analysis of rare earth oxides |
1956 |
13 |
14 |
Research: GE-ANP Project - Analytical data |
1957 |
13 |
15 |
Research: GE-ANP Project - Analytical data |
1958 |
13 |
16 |
Research: GE-ANP Project - Buckside analytical conference |
1956 |
13 |
17 |
Research: GE-ANP Project - Buckside (Crane Co.) |
1957-1958 |
13 |
18 |
Research: GE-ANP Project - Buckside material procedure |
1956-1957 |
13 |
19 |
Research: GE-ANP Project - Correspondence |
1956 |
13 |
20 |
Research: GE-ANP Project - Correspondence with Chicago Operations Office |
1956 |
13 |
21 |
Research: GE-ANP Project - Correspondence with Chicago Operations Office |
1956-1957 |
13 |
22 |
Research: GE-ANP Project - Correspondence with Chicago Operations Office |
1958 |
13 |
23 |
Research: GE-ANP Project - Financial plan and operating costs |
1957 |
13 |
24 |
Research: GE-ANP Project - Miscellaneous |
1957-1958 |
14 |
1 |
Research: GE-ANP Project - Program operation costs |
1958 |
14 |
2 |
Research: GE-ANP Project - Purchase and shipping orders |
1956 |
14 |
3 |
Research: GE-ANP Project - Purchase inquiries and orders |
1957 |
14 |
4 |
Research: GE-ANP Project - Purchase inquiries and orders |
1958 |
14 |
5 |
Research: GE-ANP Project - Reports, ion-exchange program |
1957 |
14 |
6 |
Research: GE-ANP Project - Reports, material balance and production |
1957-1958 |
14 |
7 |
Research: GE-ANP Project - Reports, material balance and production |
1958 |
14 |
8 |
Research: GE-ANP Project - Reports, preparation of low oxygen content radex fluoride |
1958 |
14 |
9 |
Research: GE-ANP Project - Reports, preparation of low oxygen content yttrium |
1957 |
14 |
10 |
Research: GE-ANP Project - Reports, progress and special |
1957 |
14 |
11 |
Research: GE-ANP Project - Reports, yttrium metal program |
1955-1956 |
14 |
12-13 |
Research: GE-ANP Project - Reports, yttrium metal program |
1957 |
15 |
1 |
Research: GE-ANP Project - Reports, yttrium metal program |
1958 |
15 |
2 |
Research: GE-ANP Project - Shipments (incoming) |
1956 |
15 |
3 |
Research: GE-ANP Project - Shipments (outgoing) |
1956-1958 |
15 |
4 |
Research: GE-ANP Project - Special problem |
undated |
15 |
5 |
Research: Hanford slug program |
1953 |
15 |
10 |
Research: Individual works - Seaborg and Perlman, "Table of Isotopes" |
1947 |
15 |
14 |
Research: Individual works - Wilhelm, "Development of Uranium Metal Production in America" |
1960 |
15 |
15 |
Research: Isotope separation |
1953-1954, undated |
15 |
16 |
Research: Isotope separation - Notes on ion exchange |
1954 |
15 |
17 |
Research: Isotope separation - Report, FHS-1, "Tentative Plans for a Liquid Metal, Fast, Enriched Reactor…" (includes schematic diagram: see Map Case) |
1953-1954 |
Map case |
C410 D05 |
Research: Isotope separation - "Preliminary Plans for Molten Metal Fast Enriched Reactor with Molten Metal Extraction of Impurities and Plutonium" (schematic diagram) |
1953 |
15 |
18 |
Research: Isotope separation - Report, FHS-3, "Progress Report on the Separation of Isotopes…" |
1954 |
15 |
19 |
Research: Isotope separation - Report, ISC-475, "The Separation of Isotopes by Ion Exchange" |
1954 |
15 |
20 |
Research: Isotope separation - Report, ISC-549, "Determination of the Equilibrium Constant…" |
1954 |
15 |
21 |
Research: Materials - Loans |
1951-1953 |
15 |
22 |
Research: Materials - Loans |
1952-1957 |
15 |
23 |
Research: Meetings - Visits of Atomic Energy Commission personnel |
1953 |
15 |
24 |
Research: Metallurgy of zirconium |
1953 |
15 |
25 |
Research: Monazite project |
1952 |
15 |
26 |
Research: Physical and Inorganic Chemistry Group I annual report |
undated |
15 |
27 |
Research: Physics Group V, summary of recent work |
1951 |
15 |
28 |
Research: Plating process developed by Tainton Company |
1950 |
15 |
29 |
Research: Power reactor |
1953 |
16 |
1 |
Research: Publication - AL-59, "Alloys of the High-Melting Metals" |
1953 |
16 |
2 |
Research: Rare earth ores, analysis of |
1967 |
16 |
8 |
Research: Reports - ISC-318, "The Molten-Metal Fuel Reactor" (includes 2 schematic diagrams: see Map Case) |
1953 |
Map case |
C410 D05 |
Research: Reports - "Preliminary Plans for Molten Metal Fast Enriched Reactor with Molten Metal Extraction of Impurities and Plutonium" (schematic diagram) (2 copies) |
1953 |
16 |
9 |
Research: Reports - Pyrometallurgical program |
1954-1955 |
16 |
11 |
Research: Samuel Glasstone's Sourcebook on Atomic Energy (chapters 9-10) |
1950 circa |
17 |
1 |
Research: Samuel Glasstone's Sourcebook on Atomic Energy (chapters 11-12) |
1950 circa |
17 |
2 |
Research: Samuel Glasstone's Sourcebook on Atomic Energy (chapters 13-14) |
1950 circa |
17 |
3 |
Research: Samuel Glasstone's Sourcebook on Atomic Energy (chapters 15-17) |
1950 circa |
17 |
4 |
Research: Slurry program |
1952 |
17 |
5 |
Research: Solid state physics |
1952 |
17 |
6 |
Research: Soviet scientific articles - Chemistry of Rare Elements, vol. 1-3 (in Russian) |
1954 |
17 |
7-8 |
Research: Soviet scientific articles - Rare earths, English translations and abstracts |
1952-1959 |
17 |
9 |
Research: Soviet scientific articles, subject cards (1 of 2) |
undated |
18 |
1 |
Research: Soviet scientific articles, subject cards (2 of 2) |
undated |
18 |
3 |
Research: TBP process for hafnium-zirconium separation |
1952-1953 |
18 |
4 |
Research: Thorium production - Contamination |
1951-1953 |
18 |
5 |
Research: Thorium production - Costs and shipments |
1950-1952 |
18 |
6 |
Research: Thorium production - Report, "The Physical Properties of Thorium," Marvin Ebel |
1949-1950 |
18 |
7 |
Research: Westinghouse (alloys) |
1956 |
18 |
8 |
Spedding: Committees - Research and Development Board consultant |
1952 |
18 |
9 |
Spedding: Correspondence, incoming (alphabetical order) |
1952-1954 |
18 |
11 |
Spedding: Correspondence, outgoing (chronological order) |
1952 |
18 |
12 |
Spedding: International memberships |
1952 |
18 |
13 |
Spedding: Meetings, foreign |
1955-1956, undated |
18 |
16 |
Spedding: National Academy of Sciences |
1952 |
18 |
17 |
Spedding: Nichols medal |
1951-1952 |
18 |
19 |
Spedding: Speaking engagements |
1952 |
18 |
20 |
Spedding: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission consultant |
1959 |
18 |
21 |
Spedding: State of the Laboratory speech |
1973 |
18 |
22 |
Spedding: State of the Laboratory speech |
1980 |
18 |
23 |
Spedding: State of the Laboratory speech |
1983 |
18 |
24 |
Symposia: Atomic Energy Commission Scientific Symposium on Russian Science, Dr. J. Turkevich |
1960 |
18 |
25 |
Symposia: Environment of the federal laboratory |
1964 |
18 |
26 |
Symposia: Power reactor fuel processing |
1955 |
19 |
1 |
USAEC Ames Lab: Information packet |
1963 circa |
19 |
2 |
USAEC Ames Lab: Annual Summary Report |
1961-1962 |
19 |
3 |
USAEC Ames Lab: Annual Summary Report |
1962-1963 |
19 |
4 |
USAEC Ames Lab: Annual Summary Report |
1963-1964 |
20 |
1 |
USAEC Ames Lab: Annual Summary Report |
1964-1965 |
20 |
2 |
USAEC Ames Lab: Annual Summary Report |
1965-1966 |
20 |
3 |
USAEC Ames Lab: Annual Summary Report |
1966-1967 |
20 |
4 |
USAEC Ames Lab: Annual Summary Report |
1967-1968 |
21 |
1 |
USAEC Ames Lab: Annual Summary Report |
1968-1969 |
21 |
2 |
USAEC Ames Lab: Annual Summary Report |
1969-1970 |
21 |
3 |
USAEC Ames Lab: Annual Summary Report |
1972 |
21 |
4 |
USAEC Ames Lab: Reactor Materials Development Quarterly for Division of Reactor Development |
1965 |
21 |
5 |
USAEC Ames Lab: Reactor Materials Development Quarterly for Division of Reactor Development |
1966 |
21 |
6 |
USAEC Ames Lab: Reactor Materials Development Quarterly for Division of Reactor Development |
1967 |
22 |
1 |
USAEC Ames Lab: Reactor Materials Development Quarterly for Division of Reactor Development |
1968 |
22 |
2 |
USAEC Ames Lab: Reactor Materials Development Quarterly for Division of Reactor Development |
1969 |
22 |
3 |
USAEC Ames Lab: Reactor Materials Development Quarterly for Division of Reactor Development and Technology (January - June) |
1970 |
22 |
4 |
USAEC Ames Lab: Schedule 189, Program 04, FY 1967 program proposals |
1965 |
22 |
5 |
USAEC Ames Lab: Schedule 189, Program 04, FY 1969 program proposals |
1967 |
22 |
6 |
USAEC Ames Lab: Schedule 189, Program 04, FY 1970 program proposals |
1968 |
22 |
7 |
USAEC Ames Lab: Schedule 189, Program 04, FY 1971 program proposals |
1969 |
22 |
8 |
USAEC Ames Lab: Schedule 189, Program 05, FY 1967 program proposals |
1965 |
22 |
9 |
USAEC Ames Lab: Schedule 189, Program 05, FY 1969 program proposals |
1967 |
23 |
1 |
USAEC Ames Lab: Schedule 189, Program 05, FY 1970 program proposals |
1968 |
23 |
2 |
USAEC Ames Lab: Schedule 189, Program 05, FY 1971 program proposals |
1969 |
23 |
3 |
USAEC Ames Lab: Schedule 189, Program 07, FY 1967 program proposals |
1965 |
23 |
4 |
USAEC Ames Lab: Schedule 189, Program 10, FY 1969 program proposals |
1967 |
23 |
5 |
USAEC Ames Lab: Schedule 189, Program 10, FY 1970 program proposals |
1968 |
23 |
6 |
USAEC Ames Lab: Schedule 189, Program 10, FY 1971 program proposals |
1969 |
23 |
7 |
USERDA Ames Lab: Annual Summary Report |
1974 |