David E. Lilienthal Papers, 1900-1981 (mostly 1950-1981)

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Collection Overview

Creator:

Lilienthal, David Eli (1899-1981)

Title:

David E. Lilienthal Papers

Repository:

Public Policy Papers

Permanent URL:

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/rr171x21j

Dates:

1900-1981 (mostly 1950-1981)

Size:

632 boxes and 4 items

Storage Note:

Mudd Manuscript Library (scamudd): Boxes 1-632; S-000101

Language:

English

Abstract: David Lilienthal served on the Wisconsin Public Service Commission (1923-1932), as a member of the board of directors (1933-1941) and then chairman (1941-1946) of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), as first chairman (1946-1950) of the Atomic Energy Commission, and, later, in private business as an industrial consultant and chairman (1955) of the Development and Resources Corporation, which was involved with the Khuzestan Program in Iran. This collection consists of the papers of Lilienthal spanning his entire career, including correspondence, reports, articles, speeches, and printed matter.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the papers of Lilienthal spanning his entire career. Included are correspondence, reports, articles, speeches, and printed matter relating to his positions with the Wisconsin Public Service Commission (1923-1932), as a member of the board of directors (1933-1941) and then chairman (1941-1946) of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), as first chairman (1946-1950) of the Atomic Energy Commission, and, later, in private business as an industrial consultant and chairman (1955) of the Development and Resources Corporation, which was involved with the Khuzestan Program in Iran. Also present are manuscripts for six works, including TVA, Democracy on the March (1944), Big Business, A New Era (1953), Atomic Energy, A New Start (1980), and the published Journals of David E. Lilienthal, Vols. I-VII, 1939-1981 (1964-1983), as well as his personal, unpublished, manuscript journals (1915-1981).

Other personal papers include documents, early correspondence (1917-1923) with his future wife, Helen Lamb, and other family members, appointment books, scrapbooks, film and tape recordings, photographs, and memorabilia.

Arrangement

The materials in this collection may have been put in this order by Lilienthal or his administrative staff before transfer to Princeton, and further arrangement may have been done by an archivist at Princeton but no information is available regarding the extent to which an archivist was involved in the current arrangement. In 2019 a number of materials after series 22 were rehoused and merged with corresponding series into series 8, 10-13, and 25. Other series that are are broken up in in two, including speeches and correspondence, are left intact.

Collection Creator Biography:

Lilienthal

1931 Wisconsin Railroad Commission 1931-1932 Wisconsin Public Service Commission, Member Commissioner 1933-1946 Tennessee Valley Authority Member, Board of Directors, 1933-1940 Director and Chairman, 1941-1946 1946 United States Department of State, Board of Consultants on the International Control of Atomic Energy, Chairman 1946-1950 U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Chairman Publications by Lilienthal: TVA, Democray on the March (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1944), This I Do Believe (New York: Harper, 1949), Big Business, A New Era (New York: Harper, 1953), Change, Hope, and the Bomb (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1963), The Journals of David E. Lilienthal, vols. I-VII. (New York: Harper, 1964-1983), and Atomic Energy, A New Start (New York: Harper & Row, 1980)

Collection History

Acquisition:

The original collection was a gift from David E. Lilienthal in 1965. Several additions to the collection were received over the next two decades, the last one for which documentation exists was in July 1987. Amendments to the original 1965 Deed of Gift allow access to previously restricted materials.

Additional family correspondence was added to the collection in 2022. The accessions associated with this material are ML-2019-022 and ML-2021-002.

Appraisal

No information about appraisal is available for this collection

Processing Information

There is no processing information available for this collection. Existing content lists provided a preliminary inventory, and and machine-readable finding aid was created in January 2007 by Cristela Garcia Spitz.

Access & Use

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Use

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Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

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