C0079Clarence E. Larson Science and Technology Oral History collectionGuide to the Clarence E. Larson Science and Technology Oral History collection C0079Clarence E. Larson Science and Technology Oral History collectionEron AckermanGeorge Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center

2006

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-05-09 03:00:37 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center Clarence E. Larson Science and Technology Oral History collection Larson, Clarence E. (Clarence Edward), 1909- C0079 /repositories/2/resources/35 3 Linear Feet 5 boxes 1983-1993 This collection contains 49 VHS videotape cassettes, some of which have been copied to DVD, featuring interviews with famous scientists and historians of twentieth-century technology conducted by Clarence E. Larson. English Access Restrictions

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Clarence E. Larson Science and Technology Oral History collection, C0079, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

 Acquisition Information

Collection donated by Clarence Larson in 1993.

 Processing Information

Processed by Special Collections Research Center staff. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in March 2009.

 Biographical Information

Chemist Clarence E. Larson (1909-1999) was born in Cloquet, Minnesota. He graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in Chemistry and completed his Ph.D. work at the University of California at Berkeley. Larson was one of the talented American scientists working on the Manhattan Project during World War II. Later he served as a director at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a member of the Atomic Energy Commission, and an executive at Union Carbide. Dr Larson was a recipient of the Distinguished Achievement Award of the American Society for the Advancement of Science. He was also a member of the American Nuclear Society, the American Institute of Chemists, the American Chemical Society, and the Cosmos Club.

 Scope and Content

This collection contains 49 VHS videotape cassettes, some of which have been copied to DVD, featuring interviews with famous scientists and historians of twentieth-century technology conducted by Clarence E. Larson.

 Related Material

The Special Collections Research Center also holds other science and technology collections, such as the Harold Morowitz papers and the .

 Arrangement

This collection is arranged alphabetically by surname of interviewee.

 Technology Science -- History -- 20th century Oral histories Video recordings Interviews Clarence E. Larson Collection/repositories/2/archival_objects/17646Abelson, Phil (1913-2004)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1764712-20-831Scope and Contents note

Co-discoverer of the first transuranic element. Inventor of thermal diffusion for uranium isotope production. Bethesda, MD. 17 minutes.

Agnew, Harold, UCSD (1921- )/repositories/2/archival_objects/1764812-21-831Scope and Contents note

Crew of the first sustaining reactor. Fermi Award winner. La Jolla, CA. 11 minutes.

Alvarez, Luis (1911-1988)/repositories/2/archival_objects/176493-13-841Scope and Contents note

Inventor of ground control radar. Developer of high energy linear accelerators. Nobel Prize winner.

Arnold, William/repositories/2/archival_objects/176501Scope and Contents note

Originator of the word fission, while he worked with Niels Bohr in Copenhagen in 1938.

Atanasoff, John V. (1903-1995)/repositories/2/archival_objects/176511Bacher, Robert (1905-2004)/repositories/2/archival_objects/176521Scope and Contents note

Pioneer in nuclear energy research.

Backus, John (1924- )/repositories/2/archival_objects/176531Bechtel, Steve Sr. (1900-1989)/repositories/2/archival_objects/176547-10-841Scope and Contents note

San Francisco, CA. 30 minutes.

Blueprint for Space- Science Fiction to Science Fact- Hosted by Astronaut Alan Shepard/repositories/2/archival_objects/176551Brobeck, William (1908-1998)/repositories/2/archival_objects/176561Calvin, Melvin (1911-1997)/repositories/2/archival_objects/176571Scope and Contents note

Berkeley, CA. 25 minutes.

Clarke, C. Arthur- "A Failed Recluse" (1917- ) copy/repositories/2/archival_objects/176581Cohen, Karl/repositories/2/archival_objects/176591Delbecco, Rene/repositories/2/archival_objects/176603-25-862Scope and Contents note

La Jolla, CA. 25 minutes.

Djerassi, Dr. Carl (1923- )/repositories/2/archival_objects/176617-12-842Scope and Contents note

Copies 1, 2

Edgerton, H.E. (1889-1990)/repositories/2/archival_objects/176622Eklund, Dr. Sigurd/repositories/2/archival_objects/176634-30-842Scope and Contents note

Bethesda, MD. 18 minutes.

Glennan, Dr. Keith (1905-1995)/repositories/2/archival_objects/176642Goldschmidt, Dr. Bertrand (1913-2002)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1766512-7-832Scope and Contents note

Nuclear pioneer starting with work with Madam Curie. Bethesda, MD. 18 minutes.

Hafstad, Dr. Lawrence (1904-1993)/repositories/2/archival_objects/176662Scope and Contents note

Discoverer of delayed Neutrons. 41 minutes.

Hoff, Dr. Ted (1937- )/repositories/2/archival_objects/1766712-22-882Hollaender, Dr. Alexander (1898-1997)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1766812-20-832Scope and Contents note

Bethesda, MD. 16 minutes.

Hurd, Cuthbert (1911-1996)/repositories/2/archival_objects/176692Scope and Contents note

Pioneer in computer science. Started IBM computer project.

Jukes, Thomas (1906-1999)/repositories/2/archival_objects/176702Kamen, Dr. Martin (1913-2002)/repositories/2/archival_objects/176713-24-862Scope and Contents note

Santa Barbara, CA. 14 minutes.

Magoun, Dr. Horace (1907-1991)/repositories/2/archival_objects/176728-20-843Scope and Contents note

Los Angeles, CA.

McMillan, Dr. Edwin (1907-1991)/repositories/2/archival_objects/176733-15-843Scope and Contents note

Co-discoverer of Neptunium and Plutonium. Nobel prize winner. Inventor of synchrotron.

Nichols, Kenneth David (1907-2000)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1767411-6-853Scope and Contents note

General manager of the Manhattan Project. General manager of the Atomic Energy Commission. Bethesda, MD. 20 minutes.

Oliphant, Dr. Mark (1901-2000)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1767511-3-883Scope and Contents note

Bethesda, MD.20 minutes.

Packard, David (1912-1996)/repositories/2/archival_objects/176763-15-843Scope and Contents note

Co-Founder of Hewlitt-Packard Corporation. Deputy Secretary of Defense.Copy 1.

Pauling, Linus (1901-1994)/repositories/2/archival_objects/176772-12-933Scope and Contents note

Chemical bond theory. Winner of two Nobel Prizes. Copy 1 (Cassette 1 of 2)

Pauling, Linus/repositories/2/archival_objects/176783Scope and Contents note

Chemical bond theory. Winner of two Nobel Prizes. Cassette 2 of 2.

Peierls, Rudolph (1907-1995)/repositories/2/archival_objects/176794-25-893Scope and Contents note

Bethesda, MD. 27 minutes.

Pioneers- Djerassi, Hollifield, Goldschmidt, Bechtel, Packardi, and Pauling/repositories/2/archival_objects/176803Rush, Dr. Kenneth/repositories/2/archival_objects/1768111-6-853Scope and Contents note

Bethesda, MD. 19 minutes.

Schawlow, Dr. Arthur (1921-1999)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1768210-28-843Scope and Contents note

Palo Alto, CA. 28 minutes.

Seaborg, Dr. Glenn (1927-1999)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1768312-29-933Scope and Contents note

Co-discoverer of Plutonium. Nobel Prize winer. Discovery of many transuranic elements. Copy 1.

Segre, Emilio (1905-1989)/repositories/2/archival_objects/176843-20-843Scope and Contents note

Discovery of slow Neutrons and anti-proton. Nobel Prize winer. Copy 1.

Singer, S. Fred (1924- )/repositories/2/archival_objects/176854Scope and Contents note

Pioneer in space research.

Starr, Dr. Chauncey (1912- )/repositories/2/archival_objects/1768612-20-854Scope and Contents note

Palo Alto, CA. 28 minutes.

Stehling, Dr. Kurtiz/repositories/2/archival_objects/176874Tape, Dr. Gerald (1915-1905)/repositories/2/archival_objects/176884-30-844Scope and Contents note

Fundamental research on radar and nuclear science. Bethesda, MD. 23 minutes.

Taylor, Lauriston (1902-2004)/repositories/2/archival_objects/176894Scope and Contents note

Pioneer in radiation research.

Teller, Dr.Edward (1908-2003)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1769012-29-834Scope and Contents note

Pioneer in nuclear theory. Fermi Award Winner. Copy 1.

Townes, Dr. Charles (1915- )/repositories/2/archival_objects/176913-21-844Scope and Contents note

Inventor of Maser-Laser Principle.Nobel Prize winner. Copy 1.

Weinberg, Alvin (1915-2006)/repositories/2/archival_objects/176923-21-844Scope and Contents note

Washington, D.C. 12 minutes.

White, Dr. Robert/repositories/2/archival_objects/176934-25-894Scope and Contents note

Development of modern weather forecasting. President of National Academy of Engineering. Bethesda, MD. 27 minutes.

Wigner, E.P. (1902-1995)/repositories/2/archival_objects/176943-4-864Scope and Contents note

Instrumental with Szilard in persuading President Roosevelt to start Nuclear Energy Project. Nobel Prize winner in Physics.

DVD Copies/repositories/2/archival_objects/176955Scope and Contents note

DVD copies of many of the interviews.