Louis Pardue Oak Ridge Institute for Nuclear Studies (ORINS) papers
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Louis Pardue Oak Ridge Institute for Nuclear Studies (ORINS) papers
- Date
- 1945-1958 (inclusive)
- Creator
- Pardue, Louis A., 1900-1963
- Extent
- 2.2 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Nuclear energy
- Scientists.
- Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies (ORINS)
- Pardue, Louis A., 1900-1963
- Arrangement
- Collection retains its original order. Where possible original folder names were retained.
- Preferred Citation
- 0000UA155 : [identification of object], Louis Pardue Oak Ridge Institute for Nuclear Studies (ORINS) papers, 1945-1958, University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Despite the condemnation of nuclear weapons following World War II, nuclear research was a burgeoning science with much to offer the world outside of the weapons it could produce. To take advantage of this growing field, the United States created the Atomic Energy Commission with the purpose of controlling and advancing nuclear science. One of the sites they funded was the Oak Ridge Institute for Nuclear Science (ORINS).
- Louis Pardue, born 1900 in Scottsville, Kentucky, earned his PhD in physics at Yale in 1931 and returned to Kentucky to become a professor of physics at the University of Kentucky. He was the Dean of the Graduate School from 1948 to 1950 before being appointed Vice President and Director of Graduate Studies at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1950. Pardue worked as a nuclear physicist with the Manhattan Project from 1943 to 1945. Dr. Pardue became active in Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies in 1948 as a council representative from UK. He later joined the Board of Directors and held the title of Vice President of ORINS from 1959 until his death on April 26, 1963.
- Scope and Content
- The Louis Pardue Oak Ridge Institute for Nuclear Studies (ORINS) papers (dated 1945-1958; 2.2 cubic feet; 3 boxes) comprise meeting minutes, correspondence, theses, annual reports, pamphlets, and notes that document work in the field of nuclear studies completed with the Oak Ridge Institute for Nuclear Studies (ORINS) along with documenting the bureaucratic aspects of the scientific institute located in Tennessee. Files contain Council and smaller committee meeting minutes related to the work of ORINS. There are also full length thesis projects from students conducting research at ORINS.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- Property rights reside with the University of Kentucky. The University of Kentucky holds the copyright for materials created in the course of business by University of Kentucky employees. Copyright for all other materials has not been assigned to the University of Kentucky. For information about permission to reproduce or publish, please contact the Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
Oak Ridge general files, reports, applications, minutes, basic facts, 1945-1948
ORINS: general reports and information pamphlets, charter of incorporation, 1949-1956
Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology, 1951-1957
A.E.C. Contract Policy and Operations booklet, 1951
ORINS Nuclear News, activities reports, newsletters, 1948-1957
ORINS printed matter, booklets, brochures, reprints, 1946-1953
ORINS 2nd annual report, 1947-1948
ORINS 3rd and 4th annual reports, 1948-1950
ORINS 7th, 8th, and 9th annual reports, 1953-1955
ORINS 10th annual report and 10 year appraisal, 1956
ORINS midyear reports, 1955-1957
ORINS quarterly progress reports, 1952-1953
ORINS quarterly progress reports, 1954
USAEC Radioisotopes Catalog and Price List, 1947
Atomic energy on tour pamphlet, book, 1953
ORINS proposed institute central facilities area relationship studies, 1955
ORINS bulletin and announcement of graduate training program booklet, 1948
USAEC major activities in the atomic energy programs booklet, 1951
USAEC radiation safety and major activities in the atomic energy programs booklet, 1957
Abstracts of declassified documents, 1948
ORINS outline and reference series for the basic radioisotope techniques course, 1949
Radiation instrument catalog, 1949
Radiation instruments catalog supplement, 1949
An investigation of x-ray and gamma ray spectra of short period radioisotopes, 1951
Studies on the analysis for and the preparation of flavonois compounds, undated
The use of carbon-14 in a study of the Wagner rearrangement, 1957
Magnetic susceptibility of annealed and fast-neutron bombarded germanium, 1954
Radionuclides in reactor cooling water - identification, source, and control, undated
Activities in the KCl-FeCl2 and LiCl-FeCl2 systems, undated
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission conference proceedings, 1956
ORINS financials, reports, correspondence, 1945-1950
Oak Ridge correspondence, 1947-1950
ORINS meeting papers, minutes, bylaws, reports, 1948-1949
Oak Ridge correspondence with Dr. Pollard (and others), 1950-1955
ORINS building and fundraising committee, 1957-1958
ORINS fiscal affairs committee, 1951-1952
ORINS committee on special programs, 1952-1954
ORINS correspondence copies to others at UK, 1950-1957
ORINS university relations committee, 1955-1957
ORINS 10th anniversary celebration, 1956
ORINS committee on chemistry and engineering, 1955
ORINS fellowships and scholarships, 1953-1955
ORINS atomic energy in the south, 1950-1956
ORINS theses and dissertations, 1951-1952
ORINS Council meeting reports, correspondence, 1950-1955
ORINS symposia, summer programs, 1951-1952
ORINS security, reports, proposals, announcements, 1945-1950
ORINS traveling lecture program, 1950-1957
ORINS high energy accelerator program, 1956
ORINS isotopes division, 1951-1952
ORINS research participants - general correspondence, 1950-1957
ORINS science fairs, 1954-1955
ORINS Corporation minute books for UK, 1947-1951
ORINS Corporation minute book for UK Volume II, 1951-1954
ORINS university relations committee meeting reports, 1956-1957
ORINS plans for permanent facilities, undated
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