Content Description

1. Seven archival video tapes recorded at Virginia Tech during August, 1991, of six nuclear pioneers: Sigvard Eklund; Bertrand Goldschmidt; Robert E. Marshak; Glenn T. Seaborg; Gerald F. Tape; and Herbert F. York. The main group of five tapes (about nine hours) covers four main topics in nuclear history during the period from about 1945 through 1965: 1) Weapons and the Arms Race; 2) Civilian vs. Military Control in Post-War United States; 3) Peaceful Uses of the Atom and Basic Research; 4) International Perspectives: Research, Development, and Cooperation. Two additional tapes cover a two-hour public round table where the pioneers were interviewed by Jerry Bishop (Wall Street Journal), Gloria Lubkin (Physics Today), Albert Moyer (Virginia Tech), and Paul Torgersen (Virginia Tech). 2. Supporting paper documentation for the Nuclear Pioneers sessions. 3. Floppy diskette (5.25")--Partial log and transcript 29-30 August 1991.

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