Atomic Heritage Foundation
- Photos
- Letters
- Government reports
- Documents on WWII military strategy
- Legal rational behind the bomb
The Avalon Project (Yale Law School)
- Legal documents
- Treaties
- Government communications from WWII
- Transcripts of government meetings about
- WWII strategy
- Discussions about nuclear weapons
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
- Discussions with Manhattan Project scientists
- Includes ethical concerns
Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) Collection
- Transcripts of government meetings about:
- WWII
- Post-war nuclear policy
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
- Documents and letters from President Truman about the bomb decision
- Official memos
- Military recommendations to President Truman
- Meeting notes about the bomb decision
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
- Includes survivor testimonies, photos, and records from the Hiroshima bombing
- The museum houses personal belongings of survivors
Ike Skelton Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library (CARL)
- Reports on wartime military strategy
- Decision to use the bomb
- Alternatives considered
The Japanese National Diet Library (NDL) Digital Collections
- Archived books
- Testimonies of hibakushu (atomic bomb survivors)
Library of Congress Digital Collections
- Offers WWII maps, photos, letters, and government reports
Los Alamos National Laboratory Archives
- Scientific reports about Manhattan Project & nuclear research
- Can find documents about women physicists, engineers, and technicians that worked at Los Alamos
Nagasaki Peace Museum
- Survivor interviews
- Historical background on the bombing
National Archives (NARA)
- Holds declassified government documents
- Search Operation Downfall (planned invasion of Japan
- Search Operation Olympic (invasion of Kyushu)
- Military records
- Photos related to WWII and the atomic bomb
- Battle plans
- Internal memos about the bomb
- Mission reports on the atomic bombing
- Including Enola Gay’s flight logs
- Declassified documents on female involvement in nuclear research & support roles
National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
- Oral histories about many topics related to the Atomic Bomb including:
- Working conditions
- Life in the Secret Cities
- Reflections on the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- More
National Security Archive (GWU) (Blog posts are included. There are links to primary resources in some of the blog posts)
- Declassified intelligence reports
- White House memos on nuclear policy
National WWII Museum
- Search by topics to find
- Articles
- Photographs
- Videos
National WWII Museum YouTube Channel
- YouTube channel about WWII
U.S. Army Center of Military History (Type topics in search box like Atomic Bomb, World War II, Hiroshima, etc.)
- Records on Pacific War strategies
- Discussion of the bomb's role in ending WWII
- Detailed campaign histories
- Including strategy documents for the Pacific War
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) OpenNet
- Declassified documents related to:
- Nuclear history
- Nuclear research
- Bomb test data
- Impact studies
- Some reports mention women's contributions
Voices of Hibakusha (Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation)
- Survivor interviews, letters, & videos of testimonials
Voices of the Manhattan Project
- 600 audio/visual interviews or oral histories with
- J. Robert Oppenheimer
- Other physicists, engineers, & military personnel involved in the bomb’s development
- Men who flew on the atomic bomb missions
- Voices from Japan (Survivors, Nuclear Scientists, and former director of Hiroshima Peace Museum)
- Family members & friends of those who worked on the Manhattan Project
The Wilson Center Digital Archive
- Diplomatic & military strategy documents from the U.S., Soviet Union, and Japan
Women of the Manhattan Project (Atomic Heritage Foundation)
- Biographies, oral histories, interviews with female scientists, chemists, and factory workers
- Highlights women like Lise Meitner, Leona Woods, and Jean O’Leary
- Search for Cynthia Kelly, Ruth Woods, and others
