Aaron Gorman, Clip 5: Working on the Manhattan Project
Collection: Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Aaron Gorman
Date: Time Period: 1930 - 2010; 2010-12-17; Interview recorded: December 17 2010
Material: Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Audacity. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:04:12
Creator: Aaron Gorman interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt
Identifier: aql:20534 gorman_aaron_clip5
Description: After Mr. Gorman took an accounting exam at City College he got an appointment to work for the government. He didn't know he was keeping records for the Manhattan project, recording information on the materials going into the atomic bomb. He got notice to go to into the army service in 1942, but was told he would stay. He later found out this was because of his job and the top secret information he was working with.
Creator :
Aaron Gorman interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt
Date :
Time Period: 1930 - 2010; 2010-12-17; Interview recorded: December 17 2010
Summary/Description :
After Mr. Gorman took an accounting exam at City College he got an appointment to work for the government. He didn't know he was keeping records for the Manhattan project, recording information on the materials going into the atomic bomb. He got notice to go to into the army service in 1942, but was told he would stay. He later found out this was because of his job and the top secret information he was working with.
Subject :
Atomic bomb; United States. Armed Forces; Employees; Accountants; Manhattan Project (U.S.)
Rights :
This recording is the property of Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives. Please contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
Coverage :
Locations discussed: Fresh Meadows, Queens, NY Fresh Meadows (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Oral history
Format :
Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Audacity.; Total running time: 0:04:12
Identifier :
aql:20534 gorman_aaron_clip5
Subject:
Atomic bomb; United States. Armed Forces; Employees; Accountants; Manhattan Project (U.S.)
Atomic bomb; United States. Armed Forces; Employees; Accountants; Manhattan Project (U.S.)
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This recording is the property of Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives. Please contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
This recording is the property of Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives. Please contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
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