Spofford Grady English (1916-1981) was a plutonium chemist that studied under Glenn T. Seaborg. In 1942 he became involved in the Manhattan Project as a member of Seaborg's group at the University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory. In 1947 he went to work for the Atomic Energy Commission (A.E.C.) and became Chief of the Chemistry Branch, Research Division until 1960. He retired from the A.E.C. in 1976 as Assistant General Manager, Research & Development. He served as a United States delegate to the United Nations Nuclear Disarmament Conference held in London in 1955 and the Conference for the Cessation of Nuclear Weapons held in Geneva in 1959.
This is a small collection of material dealing with concerns over the atomic bomb and the need for nuclear disarmament on one hand, and the promise held forth by the peaceful use of atomic energy on the other. A small selection of these works have been digitized here.
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Cover of The Challenge of the Atomic Bomb
- 1945-Dec-22
Cover of "The Challenge of the Atomic Bomb,” a special supplement to The Nation, published December 22, 1945, containing the addresses delivered at the Annual Nation Associates' Forum, December 1-3, 1945. Contributors…
- Creator Of Work Nation (New York, N.Y. : 1865)
- Subject Atomic bomb
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Testimony of John A. McCone on Geneva Test Ban Negotiations
- Hearing before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Eighty-Sixth Congress, First Session, June 24, 195959
- 1959-Jun-24
Testimony of John A. McCone (1902-1991), chair of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), on Geneva test ban negotiation, given in hearing before the Subcommittee on Disarmament of the Committee on Foreign Relations, United…
- Publisher United States. Government Printing Office.
- Contributor McCone, John A. (John Alex), 1902-1991, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Relations
- Subject McCone, John A. (John Alex), 1902-1991, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Relations, Nuclear weapons--Testing, Disarmament, Conference on the Discontinuance of Nuclear Weapon Tests (1958-1962 : Geneva, Switzerland)
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Project Gnome
- Part of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission's Plowshare Program for Peaceful Uses
- 1961-Sep
Pamphlet containing an overview of Project Gnome, published in September 1961 by the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC).
Project Gnome was part of Project Plowshare, the AEC's effort to develop peacetime uses…
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Lowering Project Gasbuggy Nuclear Device Canister
- 1967-Dec-10
Black and white photograph showing the Project Gasbuggy nuclear device canister being lowered into the ground.
Project Gasbuggy was a joint experiment by the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), the…
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Project Gasbuggy: A Government-Industry Natural Gas Production Stimulation Experiment Using Nuclear Explosives
- 1967-Sep-15
A publication about Project Gasbuggy, issued by the Project Gasbuggy Joint Office of Information in 1967.
Project Gasbuggy was a joint experiment by the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), the Department of…
- Creator Of Work Project Gasbuggy (U.S.). Joint Office of Information, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, El Paso Natural Gas Company, El Paso Natural Gas Company, United States. Department of the Interior
- Subject Project Gasbuggy (U.S.), U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Project Plowshare (U.S.), Underground nuclear explosions, El Paso Natural Gas Company, United States. Department of the Interior, Nuclear excavation, Natural gas
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One World or None: A Report to the Public on the Full Meaning of the Atomic Bomb
- 1946
One World or None: A Report to the Public on the Full Meaning of the Atomic Bomb, edited by Dexter Masters and Katherine Way. Forward written by Niels Bohr and introduction by Arthur H. Compton. The cover and…
- Publisher McGraw-Hill Book Company
- Editor Masters, Dexter, Way, Katharine, 1903-
- Contributor Rhodes, Richard, 1937-, Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962, Compton, Arthur Holly, 1892-1962
- Subject Atomic bomb, Nuclear energy, Nuclear warfare
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Letter from Hubert H. Humphrey to Lewis Strauss, May 1, 1958
- 1958-May-01
Letter from U.S. Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (1911-1978) to Lewis L. Strauss (1896-1974), chair of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Humphrey thanks Strauss, Spofford Grady English (1916-1981), and Alfred Dodd Starbird…
- Author Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978
- Addressee Strauss, Lewis L.
- Subject Starbird, Alfred D. (Alfred Dodd), 1912-1983, Strauss, Lewis L., English, Spofford Grady, 1915-1981, Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations, Nuclear disarmament
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Lecture Series on the Nuclear Atom
- 1948-Jul-21
Spofford Grady English's (1915-1981) copy of "Lecture Series on the Nuclear Atom." The report was declassified by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission on April 12, 1948, though the transmittal date on this copy is July 21,…
- Creator Of Work U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Author Compton, Arthur Holly, 1892-1962, Curtiss, Leon Francis, 1895-, Kanne, W. R.
- Subject U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Nuclear physics, Lectures, Radiation, Radioactivity
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Carlsbad Current-Argus, December 11, 1961
- 1961-Dec-11
Pages from the December 11, 1961 issue of the Carlsbad Current-Argus newspaper with content about Project Gnome. The front page headline reads, "Post-Shot Tests Start at Gnome." There are additional articles about, and…
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President Announces: Pacific War Ends; [Japanese] Accept Allied Terms
- 1945-Aug-14
Front page of an extra August 14, 1945 issue of The Knoxville News-Sentinel with the headline "President Announces: Pacific War Ends; Japs Accept Allied Terms. MacArthur is Top Commander," announcing that Japan has…
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A-Bomb Staggers [Japanese]
- 1945-Aug-07
Front page of the August 7, 1945 issue of The Knoxville News-Sentinel with the headline "A-Bomb Staggers Nips." The page has articles relating to the Oak Ridge Laboratory and the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan.…
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Terror Bomb Hits Nagasaki
- 1945-Aug-09
Front page of the August 9, 1945 issue of The Knoxville Journal with the headline "Terror Bomb Hits Nagasaki." The page has articles relating to the dropping of the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki; and Japan and Soviets…
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Atom Bomb Falls Again Millions Soviets Attack [Japanese]
- 1945-Aug-09
Front page of August 9, 1945 issue of The Knoxville News-Sentinel with the headline "Atom Bomb Falls Again Million Soviets Attack Japs." Notably, racist ethnic slurs are used to refer to the Japanese in the headline and…
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Atomic Bomb Equal to 20,000 Tons of TNT Dropped on Japanese Port
- 1945-Aug-06
Front page of the August 6, 1945 issue of The Chattanooga News-Free Press with the headline "Atomic Bomb Equal to 20,000 Tons of TNT Dropped on Japanese Port." Notably, a racist ethnic slur is used to refer to the…
