Selected Documents on the Topic of the Atomic Bomb, 1935-1976 | Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum

Scope and Contents: This digital collection consists of documentation selected from across the papers of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry L. Hopkins, and Alexander Sachs. Selections include letters, reports, official memoranda, clippings and publication excerpts, dating between 1939 and 1973. Documents reference matters related to the development and use of the atomic bomb during World War II, including correspondence and writings about the Manhattan Project, general nuclear research, and the potential for enriching uranium. There are also materials related to Alexander Sach's testimony to the post-war Senate Committee on Atomic Energy. Major correspondents include President Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Alexander Sachs, physicists Albert Einstein, Enrico Fermi, Leo Szillard, and government administrators Vannevar Bush and Harry Hopkins.