Robert R. Furman papers
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
Subjects: Nuclear weapons; Indianapolis (Cruiser); Science; Research; United States; World War, 1939-1945; United States. War Dept. Alsos Mission; Atomic bomb; Military intelligence; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Manhattan District; Manhattan Project (U.S.)
Description: Correspondence, memoranda, diary notes, interviews, writings, notes and notebooks, and other papers concerning Furman's service with the Manhattan Project (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Manhattan District) during World War II.  Documents his role in the transport of the nuclear component of the atomic bomb aboard the USS Indianapolis (Cruiser) to Tinian (Northern Mariana Islands).  Also includes material pertaining to Furman's role in the Alsos Mission, an intelligence operation to gather information regarding Germany's nuclear weapons program, seize German strategic materials and resources, and interrogate scientific and research personnel.
Notes: Open to research.

Gift, David E. Furman, 2010.

Civil engineer and U.S. Army officer.

Collection material in English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010306