contains a variety of materials dating from Smyth's high school days at the Lawrenceville School through the end of his life. The series is arranged alphabetically by subject. Those subject files primarily comprised of correspondence have been placed in Series I. All other subject files contain diverse materials which may include correspondence, minutes, reports, invitations, notes, clippings, inventories, posters and photographs.

Many of the subject files reflect Smyth's participation in scientific and learned societies, and events in the scientific community. Material on the Atomic Energy Commission and the International Atomic Energy Agency is located in Series III and Series IV, respectively. The range of subjects in this series includes: Brookhaven National Laboratory; reactions to The Hydrogen Bomb by Blair and Shepley; the Edward U. Condon case before the House Un-American Activities Committee; study group reports by the Council on Foreign Relations; high energy physics policy statements; and the Manhattan Project (S-1, NDRC, uranium notes and data).

In addition, Smyth's Princeton University activities account for a large portion of this series. Material relating to the Smyth Report has been included in this series with three exceptions: loose correspondence which was placed in Series I; four lithoprint copies of the report which were placed in Series IX; and the bulk of Smyth's working drafts, notes, and correspondence which, in their original order, make up Series V.

contains material having to do with the AEC's activity from the time of Smyth's appointment as commissioner through the establishment of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 1975. The series includes correspondence, minutes, reports, agreements, programs, press releases, policy statements, notes, and drafts. The scope of topics covered includes: the Idaho reactor accident, corrections to an article on Oppenheimer, the civilian power reactor program and thermonuclear weapons. Also of interest are the program booklets for Operations Greenhouse and Castle, which were nuclear testing missions, as well as Lewis L. Strauss' confirmation hearings to become AEC Chairman.

contains correspondence, reports, calendars, invitations, press releases, photographs, information circulars, and other miscellaneous documents acquired by Smyth during and after his work for the IAEA as U.S. Ambassador. The bulk of the IAEA related material dates from the 1960s, during Smyth's most active years in association with this organization. The IAEA subject files are arranged alphabetically within the series and then chronologically within each folder.

Correspondence is generally found within subject files containing a variety of items, such as reports, meeting agendas, and miscellaneous committee business. All correspondents throughout the IAEA subject files are listed on the outside of folders (folder #1 in cases of multiple folders per subject) and are cross referenced to Series I, Professional Correspondence.

Most of the larger subject files, consisting of multiple folders, pertain to the IAEA annual General Conference and the Board of Governors. These files contain reports which follow a chronological arrangement; each type of report has been assigned a detailed numbering system which has been reproduced as folder titles (i.e., Board of Governors/COM.8/OR.29-COM.18/OR.5). Short descriptions of each type of report are available in the "Notes" column of the container list. While the folders containing these documents are extensive, researchers should note that they are not always complete; in some cases, a gap in the chronological arrangement exists, with reports missing from the consecutive numbering system.

Other subject files document a variety of IAEA concerns and projects. Material dealing with nuclear safeguards, the Nonproliferation Treaty (1970), the Tarapur Project (1962-63), the Atoms for Peace Conferences (1958; 1964), and the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste (1963-68) is located throughout Series IV. These files often contain meeting agendas and minutes, reports, and correspondence.

contains material consulted and generated by Smyth while preparing for the publication of Atomic Energy for Military Purposes, 1945 (the Smyth Report). This series houses some of the most noteworthy documents of the Smyth Papers. Correspondence, notes, drafts, and early printed versions of Smyth's authoritative book on the Manhattan Project provide a detailed record of his preliminary research and writings. Much of this preparatory material as well as the final drafts of Smyth's report on the technical aspects of the atomic bomb remained classified until its official release by the U.S. government in August of 1945. For this reason, nearly all of the documents of Series V bear original "Secret" and "Top Secret" stamps, which have since been marked declassified by the U.S. AEC.

Many of the various formats of Smyth Report material (i.e., correspondence, notes, manuscripts) are related in several ways. Researchers should note that Series V is retained in its original order, as arranged by Smyth during his lifetime. Often these documents contain specific references to each other, which appears to be Smyth's primary reason for maintaining a detailed inventory and separate storage system for his Smyth Report material. Also, these documents periodically underwent classification review by the AEC as a group and were downgraded to "Unclassified" in parts. Since these materials remained together over the years for a variety of reasons, they have been retained in their original order rather than separated by format and filed into other series.

The container list for this series reflects the order of brown envelopes and a "red box" arranged by Smyth (see the first folder of Series V, Box #1 for HDS manuscript "Contents of brown envelopes in third drawer of five drawer file"). The original envelopes and "red box" have been discarded, with their contents transferred to acid-free folders and placed in the standard size archival boxes used throughout the Smyth collection. Researchers will find that any notation from these original envelopes has been photocopied and placed at the front of Folder #1 for each envelope. As Smyth's table of contents and the subsequent container list will show, the documents of Series V generally follow a chronological arrangement, with the bulk of the material dating from 1944-1945.

The Series V portion of the container list follows the same basic format as the rest of the Smyth Papers series, with the exception of occasional areas of text. This text appears in bold at the beginning of each numbered "envelope" and duplicates the manuscript notes written by Smyth in his table of contents. These notes are transcribed exactly as written by Smyth, with occasional additions in brackets for further explanation. Researchers should see the photocopy of the original envelope front, located in the first folder for each envelope, for further manuscript notes by Smyth. Each area of text describing the general contents of an envelope is followed by a container list which duplicates the arrangement of the folders in Box #1-4. Detailed listings of the pagination (i.e., I-1 to 7 refers to Chapter I, pages 1 to 7) for each folder also appears on the container list.

The first envelopes (1, 1a, 1b) contained material used in preparation of the report and are organized alphabetically by personal name or subject heading. This includes correspondence, Smyth's manuscript and typescript notes on meetings, conversations, and research notebooks, short essays, papers, and graphs. Correspondence is the most prevalent format throughout these first envelopes, consisting of manuscript, typescript, and carbon letters from military personnel and scientists who provided Smyth with background information on the history and development of the U.S. atomic bomb program. Other correspondence from scientific colleagues at laboratories across the U.S. offer comments, criticism, and early editing of various draft versions before release to the public.

Researchers should be aware that all correspondents filed in Series V have been cross referenced to Series I, Professional Correspondence. While a significant portion of correspondence relating to the Smyth Report is found in Series V, similar correspondence is also found in Series I. Although Smyth did separate much of the Smyth Report correspondence from his other professional correspondence files, some was not pulled and set aside with other Smyth Report materials. This related correspondence is identified in Series I in the "Notes" column of the container list.

The next group of envelopes (2-15) contains drafts of chapters I-XIII in manuscript and typescript form. These drafts are arranged by chapter, often containing various versions with extensive manuscript notes and changes made by Smyth and colleagues he asked to edit his work. Notes mainly appear within the text or in the columns, although an occasional page of notes will be filed within the pages of the draft itself. Complete typescript carbon copies of the Smyth Report (in his notes Smyth indicates these were originally bound) which contain similar editing on the pages are located in later envelopes (23-25).

Seven complete mimeograph versions of the Smyth Report, copies #10, 18, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, are located in Series V (envelopes 17-19 and the "red box" at the end of the arrangement). The pages of these mimeograph versions are printed front to back, with many manuscript notes by Smyth throughout the text. Researchers should see Series IX, Reprints, Journals, and Publications for the offprint from The Princeton University Library Chronicle, Volume XXXVII, Number 3, Spring 1976. This will provide a detailed description of the mimeograph version as well as other printed versions and editions of the Smyth Report.

Four complete lithoprint versions of the Smyth Report are also located in Series IX, Reprints, Journals, and Publications. As these early printings were not part of Smyth's original arrangement, they have been housed with similar formats found in Series IX. While there is a certain amount of related Smyth Report material dispersed throughout the rest of the collection, as in the case of these lithoprint versions, only those documents which were a part of Smyth's original table of contents are filed in Series V. Lithoprint versions immediately preceded the Princeton University Press first edition of September, 1945. Researchers who are interested in the printed versions of the Smyth Report before this first edition should see the lithoprints of Series IX.

When comparing the container list to Smyth's original table of contents, researchers will note that several numbered envelopes have been labeled "missing." Detailed information on these envelopes is located in the first three folders of Box 1. The missing envelopes apparently contained documents which remained classified over the years. These materials remained at Princeton University's Forrestal Laboratory until 1983. At that time, the U.S. AEC determined that the lab no longer met appropriate security requirements, and Smyth made arrangements to have the classified documents transferred to the custody of the Department of Energy History Division in Washington, D.C. As these documents are declassified, they will be sent to the American Philosophical Library. (For further information on the classification status of these materials, consult the Manuscripts Librarian.)

All of the originally classified information on the development of the atomic bomb in Series V has been declassified after undergoing review by the AEC in 1961 and 1970. Stamps on documents throughout the series indicate the date declassification was granted. Besides providing a history of the writing of the Smyth Report, this series is also valuable as a record of the release of technical information on the building of the atomic bomb. Careful reading of comments and marginalia on drafts of the report reveals what information was originally censored in 1944-45 and when this material was later declassified.

consists of notes, outlines, abstracts, autograph manuscript and typescript drafts, and final printed transcripts divided into two subseries. Speeches given by Smyth are arranged alphabetically by title in Subseries A (Boxes 1-4) and date from 1945 through 1980. The bulk of this material was produced in mid-career (1950s-1960s), while Smyth was involved with the U.S. AEC and IAEA. As the inclusive dates for this subseries show, Smyth was asked by many professional and honorary societies, clubs, and scientific organizations to speak to their groups after his involvement in documenting the history of the Manhattan Project was revealed with the release of the Smyth Report in 1945. Topics of these speeches generally focus on the development and peaceful uses of atomic energy, including the history of nuclear bombs, reactors, and safeguards. As a nationally recognized authority on such subjects, Smyth was often asked to prepare statements for testimony before United States congressional committees; these transcripts are located in Subseries A as well. The most prominent format throughout this material is Smyth's manuscript drafts, often appearing in a number of revisions. Several of Smyth's speeches were reprinted in scientific journals and popular magazines; copies of these reprints have been filed with their original manuscript versions.

Speeches and testimonies of Smyth's colleagues are arranged alphabetically by author's name (then alphabetically by title if more than one speech exists) in Subseries B (Boxes 5-6). These materials are dated 1945 through 1987, the most recent being the transcript of a "Memorial service in thanksgiving for the life of Henry DeWolf Smyth." Many of these speeches by colleagues in the scientific community and the government offices of the U.S. AEC and the IAEA were given during the 1950s and focus on similar topics to Smyth's speeches from the same period. For this reason, the material of Subseries B compliments much of Smyth's work in Subseries A. Speeches by colleagues were collected by Smyth and often deal with issues involving nuclear power and proliferation. They usually appear in the form of transcripts which were sent to Smyth by the authors after they were given before an audience.

contains notes, outlines, reviews, and autograph and typescript drafts generated by Smyth during his years of involvement with Princeton University, the National Defense Research Committee (NDRC), and the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD). Writings are arranged alphabetically by title. The earliest material in this series is Smyth's 1914 high school paper entitled "Sea power in the American Revolution."

Of interest are two chapters of his autobiography which concern his childhood and some of his experiences in World War II. A large number of items are draft reports for the NDRC and the OSRD, some of which concern the peacetime plans for the Development of Substitute Materials (DSM). There is a draft history of the preparation of the Smyth Report and many drafts having to do with secrecy. The latest material in the series consists of his 1974 drafts, notes and correspondence on the "History of the H-Bomb."

contains autograph and typescript drafts, notes, outlines and printers' proofs. Relevant correspondence having to do with some items has been kept in this series when appropriate. Some items have both Smyth's marginalia and that of other editors. The earliest piece in this series is Smyth's 1919 paper "Radiating Potentials of Nitrogen." Perhaps the most important writings in this series are the drafts of Smyth's "Dissenting Opinion...in the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer." The early drafts bear little resemblance to the final of this statement which includes revisions throughout the day and night of 29 June 1954. Also significant are the drafts of "The Need for International Safeguards" which discuss the role of safeguards in inhibiting the spread of nuclear weapons in the context of the Nonproliferation Treaty. The most recent items in the series are the drafts of "The `Smyth Report,' " a history which was published in the Princeton University Library Chronicle.

contains reprints, reports, journal issues, photocopies and typescripts of scientific papers, and reviews prepared by Smyth's colleagues. Notes, data and abstracts of these papers are included as well. The series is organized alphabetically by author name, or by title when the author is unknown. Smyth's reprints appear in this series rather than with his manuscripts of published works (Series VIII). Complete journal issues have been treated in one of two ways: if the article of interest to Smyth was indicated, the issue was entered under the article's author; if no article was marked or the entire issue seemed to be of interest, the issue was entered under the journal title.

The principal subjects covered in this series are ionization, atomic energy and its uses, proliferation of nuclear weapons, and the Oppenheimer security clearance case. Of special interest is Smyth's collection of OSRD reports (Office of Scientific Research and Development) which are organized by author name. These include papers written during the Manhattan Project by such scientists as Richard Feynman, and Robert R. Wilson. For a complete list of OSRD reports see Series II, General Subject Files under "Princeton University. OSRD Project SSRC-5. Contract OEMsr-297".