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[Robert S. Mulliken]. Archive of Atomic Bomb and Wartime Ephemera. Includes:Copy of "A Bill to prevent profiteering in time of war and to equalize the burdens of war and thus provide for national defense, and promote peace." Five pages, 19 x 27.5 cm, Washington; 1937. Introduced by Senator Morris Sheppard and Representative Lister Hill during the first session of the 75th Congress. Known as the "Sheppard-Hill Bill," it aimed to limit wartime profiteering by granting the President power to cap the profits of arms manufacturers. The bill was part of a growing national effort to reform industrial mobilization after World War I but ultimately failed to pass.
H. D. Smyth. A General Account of the Development of Methods of Using Atomic Energy for Military Purposes under the Auspices of the United States Government, 1940-1945. [Washington]: [United States Government Printing Office], 1945. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. 182 pp. FIRST PRINTED EDITION of the first unclassified account of the Manhattan Project and the scientific and administrative history behind the development of the atomic bomb. It was released to the public on August 12, 1945, just days after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The Atomic Scientists of Chicago. The Atomic Bomb. Chicago: Atomic Scientists of Chicago, Inc., [1946]. 8vo. Staple-bound with original printed paper wrappers. A collection of essays presented by the Atomic Scientists of Chicago, a group of Manhattan Project scientists who, after the atomic bomb's development, worked to educate the public and government about the dangers of nuclear energy and advocated for international control of nuclear weapons. Covers detached.
Robert S. Mulliken's Argonne National Pass. 4.5 x 6.5 cm, dated July 1, 1948, with an expiration date of June 30, 1949. Identification card featuring Mulliken's photograph on recto and his signature, "R. S. Mulliken," on verso. This pass allowed Mulliken entry into "all guarded areas" at Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois, a nuclear energy research facility founded in 1942.
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Transcript of Hearing before Personnel Security Board. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1954. 8vo. Original printed paper covers. 993 pp. FIRST EDITION of the official transcript from the 1954 Atomic Energy Commission hearing that led to Oppenheimer's loss of security clearance. "R. Oppenheimer" written in black ballpoint on the spine. Signed by Mulliken at the top edge of the front cover, "R S Mulliken." With one page of notes in Mulliken's hand laid-in at pages 170-171.
Condition: Generally good. Covers of all print material toned with foxing or staining and occasional edge wear. The Atomic Bomb with detached covers and moderate toning to textblock. Argonne National pass with light soiling and minor buckling. Sheppard-Hill Bill creased at folds.
Provenance: From the personal collection of the 1966 Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry, Robert S. Mulliken; thence by descent.
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