This collection consists of black and white photographic prints that primarily document the professional activities of Spofford Grady English (1915-1981) between 1959 and 1973. Group photographs of attendees at various professional gatherings, including annual meetings of the Atomic Energy Commission (A.E.C.) Laboratory Directors, predominate; photographs chronicling English’s work with the Manhattan Project and other research projects are generally lacking.
A small selection of materials relating to Project Gasbuggy and Project Plowshare have been digitized.
Project Gasbuggy was a joint experiment by the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), the Department of the Interior, and the El Paso Natural Gas Company, to determine if nuclear explosives could be used to extract natural gas. Project Gasbuggy was part of Project Plowshare, the AEC's effort to develop peacetime uses for nuclear explosives.
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2 items
Atomic Energy Committee names Plowshare Advisory Committee
- 1959-Nov-12
Press release from the United States Atomic Energy Committee (AEC), identifying the 12 members of the Plowshare Advisory Committee. The Plowshare Advisory Committee was formed to advise the AEC on Project Plowshare, its…
- Creator Of Work U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Subject Project Plowshare (U.S.), U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, English, Spofford Grady, 1915-1981, Abelson, Philip Hauge, 1913-2004, Bascom, Willard, Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993, Hempelmann, Louis H., Libby, Willard F., Lovelace, W. Randolph, II (William Randolph), 1907-1965, McLaughlin, Donald H. (Donald Hamilton), 1891-1984, Rutledge, P. C. (Philip Casteen), Sears, Paul B. (Paul Bigelow), 1891-1990, Wilson, Robert E. (Robert Erastus), 1893-1964, Wolman, Abel, 1892-1989
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2 items
Plowshare Advisory Committee Meeting, November 1965
- 1965-Nov
Black and white photograph of members of the Plowshare Advisory Committee meeting around a table in Las Vegas Nevada, November 1965. The name of each person in the image is written on the back of the photograph.
…- Subject Project Plowshare (U.S.), Johnson, Gerald Woodrow, 1917-2005, McLaughlin, Donald H. (Donald Hamilton), 1891-1984, Hempelmann, Louis H., Sears, Paul B. (Paul Bigelow), 1891-1990, Rutledge, P. C. (Philip Casteen), Bascom, Willard, Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993, English, Spofford Grady, 1915-1981, Lovelace, W. Randolph, II (William Randolph), 1907-1965, Latter, Richard, 1923-1999, Higgins, G. H. (Gary Hoyt), 1927-2002
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4 items
Project Gasbuggy Experiment Site
- Circa 1967
Black and white photograph of the Project Gasbuggy experiment site. Aerial view shows rig and drilling in progress.
Project Gasbuggy was a joint experiment by the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), the…
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2 items
Gasbuggy Emplacement Hole
- 1968
Black and white photograph of the Signal Drilling Company rig that bored the device emplacement hole for Project Gasbuggy. Also shows the first test hole drilled at the site.
Project Gasbuggy was a joint experiment by…
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Project Gasbuggy Predicted Underground Effects
- 1968
Diagram of the predicted underground effects of Project Gasbuggy.
Project Gasbuggy was a joint experiment by the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), the Department of the Interior, and the El Paso Natural…
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Project Gasbuggy experiment site map
- Test Site Area
- 1968
Map of the Project Gasbuggy test site area, located in New Mexico, and environs.
Project Gasbuggy was a joint experiment by the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), the Department of the Interior, and the El…
- Subject Project Gasbuggy (U.S.), U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, El Paso Natural Gas Company, Project Plowshare (U.S.), United States. Department of the Interior, Underground nuclear explosions, Nuclear excavation, Natural gas, Carson National Forest (N.M.), Four Corners Region, Jicarilla Indian Reservation (N.M.)
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Letter to the participants of Project Gasbuggy from Carl R. Gerber, January 12, 1968
- 1968-Jan-12
Letter from Carl R. Gerber (1936-), liason officer for Project Gasbuggy, to the participants of Project Gasbuggy, thanking them for their support of the project. Spofford Grady English is one of the recipients.
Project…
- Author Gerber, Carl R., 1936-
- Subject Project Gasbuggy (U.S.), Gerber, Carl R., 1936-, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Project Plowshare (U.S.), El Paso Natural Gas Company, United States. Department of the Interior, Underground nuclear explosions, Nuclear excavation, Natural gas, English, Spofford Grady, 1915-1981
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2 items
Ditch created by Project Gasbuggy
- 1968-Mar-12
Photograph of a ditch created by a test explosion at the Atomic Energy Commission's Nevada Test Site on March 12, 1968. The test was conducted as part of the Gasbuggy (erroneously identified as "Project Buggy" in the…
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Men at the site of Project Gasbuggy
- 1968-Oct
Black and white photograph of five individuals at the site of Project Gasbuggy. Louis H. Hempelmann (1914-1993), the chairman of the Department of Radiology at the University of Rochester, is pictured in the front row…
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Plowshare Advisory Committee at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- 1968-Nov
Photograph of the Plowshare Advisory Committee at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, November 1968.
Project Plowshare was the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission's (AEC) effort to develop peacetime uses for nuclear explosives.
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