Title: Niels Bohr Political Papers, 1939-1962

ID: 01/01/008

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Scope and Contents: Memoranda, notes and correspondence pertaining to Bohr's efforts, during and after the Second World War, to create an Open World. Journal nos. 1-10 were created during Niels and Aage Bohr's exile in Britain and the United States during the Second World War. This part of the collection was held in Washington, D.C., for several years until it was returned to Niels Bohr in Denmark. Journal no. 11 contains correspondence regarding the historical study by Margaret Gowing based on the prior part of the collection. Journal nos. 101-162 document Bohr's efforts for an "open world" after the Second World War.

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Journal no. 1: Sweden 1943 and the occupation
Journal no. 2: Connection with the British government
Journal no. 3: Connection with the British organization
Journal no. 4: Connection with Justice F. Frankfurter
Journal no. 5: Connection with members of the American organization
Journal no. 6: Notes regarding professor Bohr's activities
Journal no. 7: Notes regarding wider issues
Journal no. 8: Main statements regarding wider issues
Journal no. 9: Correspondence with Kapitza
Journal no. 10: Letter from Einstein
Journal no. 11: Wartime Story
Journal no. 101: The Open Letter I & II
Journal no. 102: Ambassador Henrik Kauffmann
Journal no. 103: Department Head H.H. Koch
Journal no. 104: Professor Aage Bohr
Journal no. 105: Press releases, etc.
Journal no. 106: Foreign Ministry, Copenhagen
Journal no. 107: Norwegian Foreign Ministry
Journal no. 108: Swedish Foreign Ministry
Journal no. 109: "Partisans for Peace" - "Stockholm Appeal"
Journal no. 110: Professor Joliot-Curie
Journal no. 111: Ambassador Reventlow
Journal no. 112: American Embassy, Copenhagen
Journal no. 113: British Embassy, Copenhagen
Journal no. 114: Embassy Counsel P. Bang-Jensen
Journal no. 115: Members of US Congress
Journal no. 116: Sir John Anderson
Journal no. 117: Churchill, Roosevelt and Marshall
Journal no. 118: David A. Hill
Journal no. 119: Professor J.H. Bhabha
Journal no. 120: Professor L. Rosenfeld
Journal no. 121: Professor R.E. Peierls
Journal no. 122: Benjamin V. Cohen
Journal no. 123: Justice Felix Frankfurter
Journal no. 124: John J. McCloy
Journal no. 125: Lewis L. Strauss
Journal no. 125.10: R. Courant
Journal no. 126: Stephen White
Journal no. 127: Herbert H. Maass
Journal no. 128: Marcus Oliphant
Journal no. 129: Finance Minister Torkild Kristensen
Journal no. 130: Adolf A. Berle
Journal no. 131: Dr. Basil O'Connor
Journal no. 132: James Chadwick
Journal no. 133: Nat Finney
Journal no. 134: Mrs Appel
Journal no. 135: Florian A. Holm
Journal no. 136: Secretary General Trygve Lie, 1950-06-09
Journal no. 137: Dr. Henry Goddard Leach
Journal no. 138: Lord Boyd Orr
Journal no. 139: Leo Szilard
Journal no. 140: Paula Strelitz
Journal no. 141: Embassy Counsel Karl Kruse
Journal no. 142: Abraham Pais
Journal no. 143: Field Marshall Smuts
Journal no. 144: A.V. Hill
Journal no. 145: Raymond B. Fosdick
Journal no. 146: Professor John Wheeler
Journal no. 147: Professor F. Zeuthen
Journal no. 148: G.A. Cane
Journal no. 149: Frederick G. Hehr
Journal no. 150: General Dwight D. Eisenhower
Journal no. 151: Frederic de Hoffmann
Journal no. 152: Science
Journal no. 153: Frederick Osborn
Journal no. 154: Clark and Fay Ramsey
Journal no. 155: The journal "Se", Stockholm
Journal no. 156: Merete Bonnesen
Journal no. 157: H. Kramers
Journal no. 160: Response to submitted reprint
Journal no. 161: Dag Hammarskjöld, Supplement to Open Letter
Journal no. 162: Postscript to Open Letter