Box

Correspondence and Biographic Materials

• 1937-1963 (Creation)

16 folders

1/1: Biographical materials including job applications, position descriptions, biographical sketches, and other notes, 1944-1963.

1/2: General correspondence, including letters from K. H. Kingdon and C. W. Metz, a part of the program of the Fifth International Congress of Radiology held in Chicago in September 1937 at which Mr. Aebersold gave a paper entitled "Practical Considerations in the Comparison of Depth Doses Achieved by 1000 KV and 200 KV X-Ray Apparatus," as well as notes on dose measurement and radiation ionization, 1937-1938.

1/3: Notebook kept by Mr. Aebersold labeled, "Neutron Biology", a record of neutron exposures at the Radiation Laboratory at the University of California in Berkeley, June 1938 - November 1939.

1/4: Notebook kept by Mr. Aebersold labeled "Protection Measurements, Cyclotron", June 1938.

1/5: General correspondence, including letters from Edith H. Quimby, Douglas F. Lea, M. A. Tuve, and Robly D. Evans. Most of the correspondence deals with fast neutrons through there is some mention of the awarding of a Nobel Prize to Ernest O. Lawrence, Mr. Aebersold's report of his activities under the Finney-Howell Foundation Fellowship, and a program for the final examination of Dr. Aebersold for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, 1939.

1/6: General correspondence, including letters from Milt Green, Robly D. Evans, L. Marinelli, J. R. Dunning, Edith H. Quimby, T. N. White, and William A. Fisher of the Finney-Howell Research and Foundation. One of the letters gives a summary of the work of Dr. Aebersold during the previous year. Also included is a typed copy of a statement by Ernest O. Lawrence on the operation of the 60-inch cyclotron, 1940.

1/7: General correspondence, including letters from Louis Alvarez, R. R. Newell, L. Marinelli, Marvin M. D. Williams, and Raymond E. Zirkle, 1941.

1/8: Notes and other materials for a course entitled "Medical Physics" in which Dr. Aebersold appears to have been the lecturer, Spring 1942.

1/9: General correspondence, including a list of the personnel at the Radiation Laboratory at the University of California at Berkeley in 1943, Dr. Aebersold's identification card for his work in the Manhattan Project, certain records of employment, and a mimeographed notice from J. R. Oppenheimer concerning the release of information on the Manhattan Project, 1943-1945.

1/10: General Correspondence, including materials regarding Dr. Aebersold's employment in the Manhattan Project and his notes on a discussion he had with J. G. Hamilton, January-June 1946.

1/11: General correspondence, including letters from E. P. Wigner, A. V. Peterson, Waldo E. Cohn, Joseph W. Kennedy, L. F. Curtiss, Andrew H. Dowdy, A. Baird Hastings, and L. A. DuBridge, many of which relate to the activities of the Interim Advisory Committee on Isotope Distribution Policy. Also includes a memorandum by Dr. Aebersold, entitled "General Information Concerning Isotopes Branch", July-December 1946.

1/12: Booklet, entitled "A Guide to Oak Ridge" produced by the Community Relations Section of the United States Engineering Department. Includes a street map and contains pictures and information on the early development of the Oak Ridge Laboratory, 1946.

1/13: General correspondence, including letters from L. A. DuBridge and David E. Lilienthal, and copies of programs for meetings at which Dr. Aebersold spoke, 1949-1951.

1/14: General correspondence, including a letter from Bernard Manowitz and copies of programs for meetings at which Dr. Aebersold spoke. Among these are programs for the Fission Product Utilization Conference at Brookhaven National Laboratory, the Fourth Inter-American Congress of Radiology in Mexico City, and the American Management Association, 1952.

1/15: General correspondence, including letters from Sam R. Sapirie and Marvin Fox, notes for a staff meeting at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, two memos on the distribution of cyclotron irradiated materials or radioisotopes, a memo on the VI International Cancer Congress to be held in Sao Paulo, Brazil in 1954, a memo and agenda for a meeting on the Atomic Energy Commission's Cyclotron program and reactor pricing policy, and a capsule summary of the isotopes distribution program as of December 1953.

1/16: General correspondence, including an agenda for an Atomic Energy Pricing Policy meeting, programs and other material for the VI International Cancer Congress at Sao Paulo, Brazil, a memo on Union Carbide's pricing policy for radioisotopes, a memo from Dr. Aebersold dealing with the improvement of isotope distribution to South America, a capsule summary of isotopes distribution program as of September, a memo from Dr. Aebersold regarding the providing of radioisotopes at reduced prices for medical, biological, or other research uses, and notes made by Dr. Aebersold of his trip to Brazil, 1954.