Los Alamos Historical Society podcasts
Publisher: Los Alamos Historical Society and Museum
Genre: Education
Language: English
Oral histories, creative songs, and other information on the history of Los Alamos and the Manhattan Project. Transcripts of complete oral histories are available through the Los Alamos Historical Archives.
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Dropping the Atomic Bombs, Part 2
Reporter Jack Shelly interviews crew members and project scientists
Dropping the Atomic Bombs
Reporter Jack Shelly interviews crew members and project scientists
British Invasion
Anthony French tells how British Tube Alloy project came to Los Alamos
What is a Tube Alloy?
Anthony French discusses the British Tube Alloy project before the British Mission scientists came to Los Alamos
When Sheep Were Kings
Frank Bond tells about his family ranch on what is now the Valles Caldera National Preserve
Some History of the Valles Caldera
Frank Bond tells about his family's ownership of what is now the Valles Caldera National Preserve
Life at the Los Alamos Ranch School
Ranch School alum Richard Myers talks about the boys' adventures at the Los Alamos Ranch School
Meeting Someone Famous
Ed Rynd tells of meeting famous potter Maria Martinez and other stories of life in 1940s Los Alamos
Life at Bandelier National Monument
Eveylyn Frey talks of living in Bandelier National Monument for more than 50 years
Peggy Pond Church Celebrates Bandelier
Poet Peggy Pond Church reads a poem she composed about Bandelier National Monument
Homesteading on the Plateau
Homesteader Antonio Montoya talks about life in the 1930s in Los Alamos
Girl Scouts Come to Los Alamos
Flossie Peters talks about her volunteer work during the war and what she was doing when the war ended
Exploring the Dutchess Castle
Headmaster Lawrence Hitchcock discusses some of the boys' adventures at the home of Vera von Blumenthal
How the Los Alamos Big Band Got Its Start
Harold Fishbine tells the Manhattan Project history of the LA big Band
Origins of the Cold War
Nobel Prize winner I.I. Rabi shares his views on the origins of the Cold War
Thoughts on J. Robert Oppenheimer
Nobel Prize winner I.I. Rabi about Oppenheimer at the 1974 JRO Memorial Committee lecture
The Dawn of the Atomic Age
Dick Watt tells about the world's first man-made nuclear chain reaction
Adventures of a Mathematician's Wife, Part 3
Francoise Ulam tells about life in the early Manhattan Project
Adventures of a Mathematician's Wife, Part 2
Francoise Ulam talks about life in the early Manhattan Project
Adventures of a Mathematician's Wife
Francoise Ulam talks about life in the early Manhattan Project
History Even Before the Ranch School
Excerpts from a conference on homesteading on the Pajarito Plateau
Playing With Dynamite (and Other High Explosives)
A member of the Los Alamos Special Engineer District talks about working with high explosives during the Manhattan Project
Nuclear Weapons Development During the Cold War
Los Alamos nuclear engineer Ken Ewing talks about the development of nuclear weapons during the Cold War
The Cold War in Los Alamos
Los Alamos nuclear engineer Ken Ewing talks about the height of the Cold War
One Native Perspective on the Manhattan Project
A Taos, New Mexico, resident talks about Native Americans working on the Manhattan Project
Surely Mr. Feynman Was Joking
Nurse Amy Gibson talks about the quirky personality of physicist Richard Feynman
A Nurse During the Manhattan Project
Nurse Amy Gibson talks about her role as a nurse during the Manhattan Project
Taking a World-Famous Picture
Jack Aeby tells about taking the only known color photo of the world's first atomic bomb
Living It Up at Rancho Anchon
Not everyone suffered through the housing shortage at the beginning of the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos
Los Alamos Version of Rosie the Riveter
Spunky Frances Dunne talks about being the only woman in her group on the Manhattan Project
Just What Are We Doing Here?
Kay Manley worked on the Manhattan Project but wasn't sure what the project was all about
First Day on the Job
Scientist Harlow Russ recalls where he went and who he met on his first day of work on the Manhattan Project
Security on the Manhattan Project
Miriam Campbell staff member on the Manhattan Project, talks about security on the job
Manhattan Project Dorm Life
Beckie Diven shares adventures of dorm living in Los Alamos
How the Manhattan Proejct Changed Lives
Helen Garcia talks about her job with the Manhattan Project and how it changed her family
Glass Blowing for the Manhattan Project
Glass blower Arno Roensch tells about his work on the Manhattan Project
Good Life in a Small, Secret Town
Lois Bradbury tells of everyday life during the Manhattan Project
Top-Secret Operator
WAC Eleanor Jerry Roensch tells about being a telephone operator during the Manhattan Project
A Very Busy Man
Attorney Abner Schreiber tells about his multiple roles when Los Alamos began
Keeping the World Safe from Atomic Spies
AEC Guard Gerald Pozin tells stories about guarding Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory in the 1950s
The Founding of Little Forest Playschool
Marjorie Bell Chambers tells how the Little Forest Playschool began in Los Alamos in the 1950s
Before the Los Alamos Ranch School
Peggy Pond Church describes growing up on the Pajarito Plateau in the early 1900s
To Be a Physicist in 1947
Physicists sing about their problems in post-war Los Alamos
Legacy of Neils Bohr, Part 2
Physicist John Wheeler on the Legacy of Neils Bohr
Legacy of Neils Bohr, Part 1
Physicist John Wheeler on the Legacy of Neils Bohr
Growing Up in Los Alamos
Selections from an oral history with Jane Robeson
1947 Choral Society
Selections from an old, slightly fuzzy recording of the Los Alamos Choral Society's 1947 Christmas program
About Fred and Sylvia Reines
Long-time friend Harris Mayer recalls the famous Los Alamos couple, Fred and Sylvia Reines
Nuclear Arms MADness
Nuclear pioneer John Manley discusses US and Soviet relations in 1983 speech
Early Los Alamos Business
An early manager at Metzgers tells about the beginnings of the business in Los Alamos
Becoming Its Own Town
Former County Manager Paul Noland explains the issues facing Los Alamos as the AEC gave up ownership of the town
The Decision to Drop the Bomb
Dr. MacAllister Hull tells how some of the technicians viewed dropping the atomic bombs on Japan
80 Millicurries by Half Past Nine
Los Alamos Physicists sing creative songs in 1947
Los Alamos University
Norris Bradbury tells about the unique learning environment of Los Alamos University
Watching Trinity From Afar
Keaton Keller tells how he got to see the world's first atomic bomb explosion
Guarding a Secret City
Former MP William Masterson remembers guard duty on the perimeter of Los Alamos
Plutonium Recovery and the Affect of Acetone on WAC Underwear
Donald Hirsch, who worked in the plutonium recover lab, shares precarious and hilarious anecdotes
Teaching in a burgeoning town
Funny stories from a teacher to came to Los Alamos after the Manhattan Project and found an odd mix of students
Woman Scientist on the Manhattan Project
Physicist Ilse Perlman talks about her work on the Manhattan Project and her struggle, as a former German citizen, to get clearance
Manhattan Project Recruit
SED Bill Menker talks about how he got to Los Alamos and soon figured out what was going on
Father Figure: Bences Gonzales
Sons Ray and Severo talk about their father's ways of teaching and showing respect
Teller Teaches 3rd Grade
Physicist Edward Teller teaches relativity to a third grade class
Entertainment during the Manhattan Project
Manhattan Project veteran tells how inhabitants of the Secret City kept themselves entertained
Early Days In Frijoles Canyon
A tour guide tells of trips to Frijoles Canyon in the early 1900s
A Spy Story
The Gatekeeper to Los Alamos tells how she kept a spy out of the Secret City
Manhattan Project Photographers
Manhattan Project photographer Mike Michnovicz tells about his role
Morning Coffee
Manhattan Project photographer Stanley Zembaty on the coffee incident
Spruce Cottage
Norman Ramsey talks about housing, old buildings, and how he got involved in the Manhattan Project
Cyril Smith and Plutonium Metallurgy
Plutonium metallurgy group leader talks about the Manhattan Project
Social Life During the Manhattan Project
Women of the Manhattan Project reminsce about their social activities
Lawrence Hitchcock, Headmaster
Long-time headmaster of the Los Almaos Ranch School talks about some of the mountain trails where he and the boys used to ride
Norris Bradbury's First Impressions
The lab's second director, Norris Bradbury, talks about his first impressions of life and work in Los Alamos (a bit fuzzy at the beginning but it gets better)
Teens of the Manhattan Project
Sisters talk about expectations of genuis and social status in Los Alamos
History of Radio Station KRS
Long-time station manager Bob Porton talks about the beginnings of KRS, the first radio station in Los Alamos
Alice Kimball Smith
Historian Alice Kimball Smith recalls teaching in the Los Alamos high school and raising her children in the confines of a Secret City
Manhattan Project Housing
From kitchen fires to shortages, Manhattan Project residents struggled with housing in Los Alamos. Hear their stories. (Note: Due to the age of the recording, it has some hissing.)
Manhattan Project Women's View
A group of wives who came to Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project discuss the mail censorship for both incoming and outgoing correspondence.
Nuclear physicist Otto Frisch on life and work in Los Alamos
Manhattan Project physicist Otto Frisch speaks about playing music, living, and working in Los Alamos during World War II.
Nobel Prize-winning physicist Hans Bethe speaks on neutrinos
Hans Bethe, the physicist who discovered neutrinos in 1938, discusses they mystery they posed for scientists.
It Ain't the Money
Excerpt from Los Alamos physicists singing in 1947 about Nobel Prize winner I.I. Rabi
Whatcha Gonna Do Now the War's Been Won?
A group of Los Alamos physicists who built the world's first atomic bombs contemplate their future after the Manhattan Project in song, wondering what they will do now that the war is over.
Main Gate Blues
Originally recorded on Los Alamos radio station KRS, a man and a woman lament their separation as he is stuck at the Main Gate of a Secret atomic City
