Finding Aid to the Robert C. Williams collection of Klaus Fuchs biography materials, 1943-1989Niels Bohr Library & Archives 1.0 American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives
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2009 Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Melanie J. Brown in 2001. Any revisions made to this finding aid occurred as part of the editing and encoding process. Finding aid is written in English. Description of the CollectionWilliams, Robert Chadwell, Robert C. Williams collection of Klaus Fuchs biography materials 1943-1989 American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. 2.5 linear feet1 manuscript box(s)2 records box(s) AR2001496 English Correspondence and photocopies of research materials compiled in the writing of "Klaus Fuchs, Atom Spy" (1987). Selected Search Terms

These papers have been indexed in the International Catalog of Sources for History of Physics and Allied Sciences (ICOS) using the following terms. Those seeking related materials should search under these terms.

Fuchs, Klaus Emil Julius, 1911- Williams, Robert Chadwell, 1938- Espionage. Great Britain. History. 20th century. Espionage. United States. History. 20th century. Nuclear weapons. Spies. Biographical Note

Historian. Ph.D., history, Harvard University. Vail Professor of History, Davidson College; member, American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, American Historical Association; professor, Williams College and Washington University in St. Louis; chair, History Department and dean of University College, Washington University.

Scope and Contents of Collection

Correspondence and photocopies of research materials collected by Robert C. Williams, while writing his "Klaus Fuchs, Atom Spy" (1987). Includes copies of documents from FBI files on Fuchs; photocopies of family letters, photographs, newspaper clippings.

 Organization and Arrangement of Collection

This collection is organized into a single series:

Series I: Klaus Fuchs material

The materials have been left in their original arrangement, as determined by the creator of the collection.

 Access to Collection

Researchers must have an approved access application on file in order to access archival materials. http://www.aip.org/history/nbl/access.html.

 Restrictions on Use of Collection

Provenance and Acquisition Information

Received from Robert C. Williams, 2001.

 Processing Information

Katy Hayes 2001.

Preferred Citation of Collection

Box [number], Folder [number], Robert C. Williams collection of Klaus Fuchs biography materials. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.

 Container List Series I: Klaus Fuchs material 1 FBI documents pertaining to the Fuchs case, undated 2 Smythe material, undated 2 Materialism and empiriocriticism, undated 2 Ciphers, undated 21 Correspondence, 1983-1989 21 Pincher; United States Government; Canada; Britain; Smythe, undated 22 H-Bomb, 1947-1950 22 JCAE; Groves, 1943-1951 22 FBI-AEC; Fuchs and Super, 1946-1957 23 1. Confession and discovery, undated 23 Skardon; Perrin; miscellaneous, 1950 23 Bow Street, 1950 23 Discovery; the alarm, 1949-1950 24 8. Fuchs Family, undated 24 FBI Search , 1984-1985 24 Emil, undated 24 Kristel, undated 25 10. British Intelligence and Sonia; Lucy Ring, undated 25 Internment; MED; Goutenko; Halperin; Warning; miscellaneous, undated 25 Sonia; Lucy-Foote; Beurtons; Fuchs; MI-Philby, undated 26 Epilogue, undated 37 Combined Policy Committee (CPC), undated 37 Fuchs, undated 37 Letters/interviews, undated 37 Los Alamos, 1944-1946 37 Photos, undated