Manhattan Project Heritage Preservation Assoc., Inc.

September 2004 Update

As we mentioned in our 3rd quarter newsletter, we will be issuing monthly updates to advise our subscribers of new web site content and other issues involving the historical preservation of the Manhattan Project.

We have been very busy over the last 3 or 4 weeks adding more than 100 pages of historical content and making ready another 500 pages. Much will be happening on our web site between now and the end of the year and we hope that you will check back often.

New Web Site Content Announced

Unique Veteran Collections

One of our most important missions is the exhibiting of primary source documents* (PSD's) related to the Manhattan Project. (* primary source documents can be photos, documents, letters, oral histories, etc.) This is becoming very important in K-12 education and we are a major player in this area. There are more PSD's associated with the Manhattan Project than any other historical event.

Through our veteran outreach program, we have been fortunate to receive wonderful collections of items from Manhattan Project veterans. Thus we are able to exhibit material that you will not find anywhere including the major museums. Every PSD that we receive must be catalogued, scanned, enhanced, optimized for the web, identified with keywords, and then published to the web site. This month the following collections have either been completed or are in process:

• Cdr Frederick Ashworth Collection - Cdr. Ashworth was Director of Operations on Tinian Island - 75 pages of transcribed telephone conversations between he and Capt. Parsons and other documents all related to Project Alberta and dated from May 1945 to August 1945 - Completed
• Oak Ridge Military Police Yearbook - 1945 - 100+ Pages - In Process
• Lt. William King Collection - Military Intelligence and MED Courier - Transported Fat man components from Los Alamos to Tinian Island - In Process
• Sgt. Carlo Silveri Collection - Carlo was a member of the mounted military police at Los Alamos and Trinity - You won't see many of these photos anywhere else

We are also working on other collections:

1. Donald Collins - Atomic Bomb Investigative Team - Nagasaki and Health Physicist at Operation Crossroads
2. Dr. Elwin Covey - Protégé of Dr. Glenn Seaborg at the Met Lab

2005 Manhattan Project Commemorative Calendar

Print Date - October 5, 2004

Most, if not all of you, are aware of the high-quality calendars that we have been providing each year in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Manhattan Project. These calendars are printed on two-sided glossy photo paper and mark important Manhattan Project dates that occurred during that year. They also contain hi-resolution photos for each of the months.

As with the 2003 and the 2004 calendars, we are requesting that our subscribers consider purchasing a dedication space. We have 3 pages devoted to dedications and they are priced as follows: 2" x 2" for $30.00; 2-1/2" x 2-1/2" for $50.00; and 4-3/4" x 1- 3/4" for $100. These calendars get wide dissemination and this is an excellent way to honor a Manhattan Project veteran. We have pre-sold a little more than half of the available spaces. Please support this much needed fund-raising calendar today!

New Interactive Message Board

Our new interactive message board is becoming quite popular. We have over 120 messages posted thus far and the message board has been viewed more than 5,000 times in September.

Several forums are available including some very harsh comments about the use of the atomic bombs to end World War II. We have special veteran categories set up for each location as well as a general question and answer area. If you have a question that you would like answered, post it now!

Audio Oral Histories

At the present time, we have close to 60 hours of recorded oral histories of Manhattan Project veterans. We are awaiting some type of funding before we embark on transcribing them.

In the meantime, we have purchased software that will allow us to convert these analog audio cassettes into a digital format suitable for the Internet. At some point in the next couple of weeks, possibly sooner, we will post a sample oral history from one of our veteran members. We will ask you at that time to critique the process before we proceed to convert all of them.

New 60th Anniversary T-Shirt or Sweat Shirt

3 Colors / 7 Sizes Available

We have produced a limited number of T-Shirts and Sweat Shirts commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Manhattan Project. We make about $10.00 from each sale and 100% of this goes toward maintaining our web site.

Please help us keep going by purchasing one of these high-quality shirts.