From my forthcoming book:

Most random entries:

draftees, malnourished, 103

menstruation, and social functioning, 32–33

Best Names:

Munk, Ardis, 82

Patrinos, Aristedes, 134

Longest entries:

Manhattan Project: calculation methods in, 82; competition in, 72; efficiency in, 79; ethical concerns in, 72, 73, 78; gendered culture of, 74–78; genres of, 130, 134; government funding for, 95; hierarchical culture of, 89, 134; influence on scientific research, 72; institutional values of, 11–12, 84, 88; intensive ethos of, 72, 73; male culture of, 131; Marshall’s role in, 73, 75–76, 78–87, 130; organizational culture of, 73, 76, 94; participating institutions, 74–75, 140n2; petition from scientists of, 95; plutonium production in, 74, 78–79, 80–81, 83–84, 96; productivity of, 72, 82; as research metaphor, 72; risk assessment in, 78–97; Roosevelt and, 76, 77; safety hazards in, 72, 73, 78–94, 96–97; secrecy in, 76, 77–78; staff of, 71; technical rationality in, 73, 80, 81, 82, 86–87, 89, 94, 95, 96; technical reports of, 8, 73, 95, 98, 130; urgency in, 11, 71, 75–80, 87, 95, 96, 98; view of nature, 131; Way’s role in, 73, 76, 87–94, 130; women physicists of, 2, 8, 9, 11–12, 73–98

Roberts, Lydia J., 12, 131; academic career of, 101, 102; chairmanship of Committee on Dietary Allowances, 104, 105; democratic approach of, 100, 104, 106–9, 110–11, 122, 124; family support for, 132; feminine style of, 106; NAS service of, 100; NRC membership of, 102; promotion of RDAs, 109–11; publications of, 101–2; publicizing of RDAs, 111–12; rhetorical resources of, 100, 104, 111, 113, 125; role in RDAs, 99–100, 102, 104–14, 131–32, 143n9; scientific persona of, 106, 107–8; use of discourse of expertise, 100, 104. Works: “Improvement of the Nutritional Status of American People,” 113; Nutrition Work with Children, 102; “Scientific Basis for the Recommended Dietary Allowances,” 109, 110; “Usefulness and Validity of the Recommended Dietary Allowances,” 109, 110, 111

Tsuchiyama, Tamie, 11, 45–55, 131; allegiance to U. S., 54–55, 68; background of, 45–46; career of, 69; confiscation of notes from, 55; correspondence with Thomas, 40, 44, 45, 55, 66, 68, 69; departure from JERS study, 68, 69; diary of, 55; dissatisfaction with JERS study, 47; field notes of, 52; field reports of, 46–54; Gila visit of, 63; inexperience with fieldwork, 55; informants of, 48, 49, 51; and Nishimoto, 46, 50, 68, 132; at Poston camp, 45, 46, 47, 51, 53–54; racialized identity of, 51; relationship with Thomas, 68, 69; research conditions for, 44; and rhetoric of objectivity, 42; on segregationists, 68; subjectivity of, 41, 55, 66, 68, 70; use of temporal distance, 47–51, 53, 55, 59, 63. Reports: The Beating of S____ K____, 48; Chronological Account of the Poston Strike, 48–49, 50–51; History of the Central Executive Committee, 51; Notes on Selective Service Registration, 49–50, 54