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| Title: | Test, Francis W. Papers |
|---|---|
| Dates: | 1923-1973 |
| Size: | 2 linear feet (1 box) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | Francis W. Test was a Chicago patent lawyer with a background in engineering who conducted legal work related to the Manhattan Project. This collection contains correspondence, memorabilia, and photographs related to Test's career and family life. |
Open for research. No restrictions.
When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Test, Francis W. Papers, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
Francis W. Test was a Chicago patent lawyer with a background in engineering, who worked on the Manhattan Project during World War II. Born in 1910, he died in 1951.
This collection contains correspondence, memorabilia, and photographs related to Test's career and family life. Material related to the Manhattan Project includes a certificate of Test's contribution, and a commemorative lapel pin. A variety of formal and informal photographs, most of which are unidentified, are also found. This collection also includes genealogical and biographical material about Test's extended family, as well as diplomas and other items of his wife, Ruth G. Riefling Test.
Fermi, Enrico. Collection
| Box 1 Folder 1 | Correspondence, memorabilia and copies of death certificate, 1923-1973 |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | University of Michigan commencement program, 1933 |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | Ruth G. Riefling, diplomas, 1936 |
| Box 1 Folder 4 | U.S. Naval Officer commission, application, correspondence and photographs, ca. 1943 |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | World War II ration books, ca. 1943 |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | Manhattan Project memorabilia, ca. 1945 |
| Box 1 Folder 7 | Biographical material, 1948-1951 |
| Box 1 Folder 8 | Fermi, Enrico et al., nuclear reactor patent, 1955 |
| Box 1 Folder 9-10 | Photographs, ca. 1940s |