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The Manhattan Project Heritage Preservation Association, Inc. "Preserving, Exhibiting, Interpreting and Teaching the History of the Manhattan Project" |
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What's New - 2003
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We are, by far, the largest repository of on-line primary source documents related to the Manhattan Project...and our collection grows each month as we acquire new content. Below is a listing of content which was added during the last half of 2003. The 'status' column indicates the degree of completion. Work is being done on this new content EVERY DAY. Be sure to check the listing all the way to the bottom as sections are not completed in any particular order. Please "click" on the date to go directly to the new section. You can help us by sending or e-mailing photos, letters, documents, or any other Manhattan Project memorabilia that you might have. Click HERE to find how! |
| Date | Description | Status |
| Continuous Updating | Web Site Statistics - We have subscribed to a new web site tracking system - Please take a look at where our visitors are coming from - More than 156,000 pages viewed in January alone. | |
| Audio Technology | We are in the process of evaluating the addition of audio files to many of our web pages. This is an excellent way for those visually impaired and for younger students to enjoy the history presented on this web site. We welcome your comments. | |
| Continuous Updating | Misc. Image Collections - Occasionally, members of our organization or visitors to our web site submit one, two and three photos or images of documents for the Manhattan Project Digital Library. Since our by-laws require a minimum of four images to have a veteran collection established, we have created this special collection to house these important photos | |
| Continuous Updating | Veteran Archives - Profiles of Manhattan Project Veterans - Military & Civilian - Submitted by the veteran themselves or a family member - This is an excellent way to give proper and lasting recognition to a veteran. | |
| Continuous Updating | Veteran Message Board - Here you will find postings from veterans and family members who are searching for information about some person, place or thing. | |
| Continuous Updating | Visitor's Questions - Here you will find questions that have been submitted by our visitors along with answers (in most cases). | |
| Continuous Updating | Visitor's Comments - Here you will find comments which have been submitted to us by visitors to our web site. | |
| October 5,2003 | Iwo Jima Collection - Joe Papalia, a noted historian of the 509th Composite Group, has provided us with these very thought-provoking images of the U. S. Marines landing on Iwo Jima and the not so-well known event of the raising of the first flag on Mount Suribachi. | Completed |
| Dec. 22, 2003 | 509th Composite Group Collection II - Joe Papalia - This is the second collection of images provided to us by the noted historian of the 509th Composite Group. | Completed |
| Dec. 15, 2003 | Renewed Controversy Erupts - Protesters show up at the opening of the new Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC where the Enola Gay is exhibited. | Completed |
| July 5, 2003 | James Osborn Collection - James Osborn was a member of the Special Engineer Detachment at Los Alamos - these photos and documents were provided by Mr. Osborn. | Completed |
| July 10, 2003 | Lawrence S. O'Rourke Collection - Lawrence O'Rourke was a member of the Special Engineer Detachment at Oak Ridge - these photos and documents were provided by Mr. O'Rourke. | Completed |
| Dec. 21, 2003 | 509th Composite Group Pictorial Album - This pictorial album represents a photographic record of the 509th Composite Group from its inception in late 1944 to the completion of its primary mission in August 1945. This album is reproduced here with the permission of Mid Coast Marketing and Paul W. Tibbets, BGen. USAF (Ret). For more information, please visit their web site at http://www.enolagay.org | Completed |
| July 15, 2003 | Added the names of more than 3,800 Oak Ridge veterans (civilian and military) - names are listed under the company they worked for; ie., Tennessee Eastman, Du Pont, etc. | Completed |
| July 26, 2003 | Manhattan Project Newsletter - (May/June 2003) | Completed |
| August 22, 2003 | Special Engineer Detachment Yearbook - Oak Ridge, TN - 135 Pages - 1945 - Contains the photos and assignments of more than 1,200 men who were part of the elite SED's at Oak Ridge. - This yearbook also has many seldom seen photos and several pages devoted to the history of Oak Ridge. This book donated by Trish Gorman Higgins, daughter of Joseph Gorman, manager of records for the MED. | Completed |
| August 17, 2003 | Complete WAC (Women's Army Corps) history with the Manhattan Engineer District - 31 page yearbook complete with photos and history. Dated March 1946. This book donated by Trish Gorman Higgins, daughter of Joseph Gorman, manager of records for the MED. | Completed |
| August 3, 2003 | Oak Ridge Town Site Bulletin - This 9 page document was issued to new residents of the Clinton Engineer Works (Oak Ridge) as they arrived to take up residence inside the 'secret city'. - This original document donated by Trish Gorman Higgins, daughter of Joseph Gorman, manager of records for the MED. | Completed |
| August 19, 2003 | Ralph Wascher Collection - Ralph Wascher was with the Special Engineer Detachment at Los Alamos - His son, Pat Johnson, has donated several photos (approx. 70) that were taken at Los Alamos during the war. Most contain men and women who were there but there is little identification of who they are. PLEASE HELP US IDENTIFY THEM. | Completed |
| August 3, 2003 | Col. Kenneth D. Nichols - Commanding Officer - Manhattan Engineer Detachment - Photos and documents provided by his son, K. David Nichols. | Completed |
| August 27, 2003 | Manhattan Engineer District Personnel Listing - Syracuse, NY - Nov. 1, 1942 - This was the preliminary MED group, many later relocated to NYC - 12 Pages - This original document donated by Trish Gorman Higgins, daughter of Joseph Gorman, manager of records for the MED. | Completed |
| August 25, 2003 | Manhattan Engineer District Personnel Listing - New York, NY - Apr. 1, 1943 - 14 Pages - This original document donated by Trish Gorman Higgins, daughter of Joseph Gorman, manager of records for the MED. | Completed |
| August 25, 2003 | Manhattan Engineer District Personnel Listing - New York, NY - June 1, 1943 - 16 Pages - This original document donated by Trish Gorman Higgins, daughter of Joseph Gorman, manager of records for the MED. | Completed |
| August 26, 2003 | Atomic Energy Commission Handbook - Oak Ridge Operations - Dated Aug. 10, 1951 - 25 Pages - In depth history of Oak Ridge during WWII and what's new under the direction of the AEC. - This original document donated by Trish Gorman Higgins, daughter of Joseph Gorman, manager of records for the MED. | Completed |
| August 30, 2003 | Misc. documents and photos of Oak Ridge - very nice and rare items - 2 photos of Oak Ridge training classes. 3 page document authorizing relocation of MED headquarters from New York City to Oak Ridge. This original document donated by Trish Gorman Higgins, daughter of Joseph Gorman, manager of records for the MED. | Completed |
Dec. 20, 2003 |
Official Directory of all Officers Assigned to the Manhattan Engineer District - very rare document - 42 pages - Dated June 30, 1946 - This original document donated by Trish Gorman Higgins, daughter of Joseph Gorman, manager of records for the MED. | Completed |
| August 20, 2003 | Col. John Carleton Healey Collection - tremendous collection of rare documents related to the Manhattan Project - Col. Healey was the liaison officer and asst. to the director of personnel for the Manhattan Project. - 40+ documents - this material was provided to us by his daughter, Sharon Healey Bartholomew. | Completed |
| Sept. 22, 2003 | Log Book and Diary of Sgt. Abe Spitzer - Abe Spitzer was the radio operator aboard Bockscar, the B-29 that dropped 'Fat Man' on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. - 40+ type-written pages detailing his days on Tinian Island in July and August 1945. First hand account of the Nagasaki Mission. - One of the nicest items we have received - This log book was provided to us by his daughter, Joan Hinterbichler. | Completed |
| Sept. 20, 2003 | Field Orders for the Hiroshima Mission - this 15 page document is the official order authorizing the Hiroshima mission - This document provided to us by the daughter of Abe Spitzer, Joan Hinterbichler. | Completed |
| Sept. 30, 2003 | Collection of photos and documents of the 509th Composite Group on Tinian Island - 1945 - This collection provided to us by the daughter of Abe Spitzer, Joan Hinterbichler | Completed |
| October 28, 2003 | "Eastman Kodak and the Manhattan Project at Oak Ridge, TN" by Dr. Robert J. Schrader - Dr. Schrader was a civilian chemical engineer who was hired by Kodak to oversee the chemical separation operations at the Y-12 facility. This 53 page story contains information that you will not find anywhere else. | Completed |
| Nov. 13, 2003 | Collection of documents from Gloria Ingleman. This first class collection of artifacts was provided by Gloria Ingleman, a former Nurse's Aide at Oak Ridge, and wife of the late Milton Ingleman, a SED assigned to the Y-12 plant. | Completed |
| Sept. 30, 2003 | Personal Letters from Fran Carroll to Sgt. William Allman and to Her Mother, Lena Carroll - She was working on the Manhattan Project in New York at the SAM Lab (Columbia Univ.) when she met William T. Allman, Jr. (SED Oakridge). They married in Sept., 1945, and she went to live in Oak Ridge. - Wonderful collection of 25 letters - Don't miss these!!! | Completed |
| Oct. 3, 2003 | Howard J. Galusha Collection - Howard Galusha was an aircraft maintenance technician with the 393rd Bombardment Squadron of the 509th Composite Group, He was stationed at Wendover, UT and Tinian Island. - This collection of photos are of the various aircraft and places on Tinian Island. | Completed |
| Sept. 29, 2003 | Walter Moore Collection - Walter Moore was a civilian engineer at Oak Ridge and held several important positions with the K-25 Plant. Photos of Oak Ridge. | Completed |
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Dec. 23,
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The Engineering Practice School at Oak Ridge - Operated by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - 18 Page Pamphlet - | Completed |
| Sept. 2, 2003 | Einstein/Sachs Document Collection - This is the series of documents that started America's quest for an atomic bomb - Includes the attachments written by Fermi, Szilard, and others. - Very Important Documents | Completed |
| Sept. 24, 2003 | William Stewart Collection - William Stewart was with the SED's at Los Alamos and at the Trinity Test Site. He also was with Operation Crossroads. William passed away in August 2003 and these photos and documents were provided by his brother, Alan. | Completed |
| Oct. 3, 2003 | Col. Berton Burns Collection - Col. Burns was Controller of Maintenance with the 58th Bomb Wing on Tinian Island and was later with Operation Crossroads - These photos and documents were provided to us by Irene Mann, Col. Burn's daughter. | Completed |
Official Test Count Commenced 08/6/03 -
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