Chapter Six: Atomic Energy Commission/Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission, 1947 - 2002

 File — Box: 1e, Folder: 42
Identifier: 1

Scope and Contents note

Letter Moore to EWG July 1947 about report of AEC (and notifying EWG of Washington University interest in Curtis-who became Chair in Phsiology here); letter EWG to Richards Jan 1949 analyzing AEC fellowship program; Memo AEC to members Advisory Committee for Biology and Medicine of meeting in Nov 1950; Travel orders for EWG to Tokyo Nov 1950 and thence to Hiroshima; letters AEC to EWG Dec 1950 with info about passport, ID card, etc; letter NRC to EWG Dec 1950 about studies at Hiroshima; letter EWG to Youmans Dec1950 notifying Dean about trip to Japan; letter AEC to EWG Dec1950 about return; project descriptions ( at Hiroshima, preumably) with EWG notations; letter EWG to Warren Jan 1951 with report about trip; EC Advisory Committee roster; letter EWG to Wigodsky about problems in Japan; letter EWG to Dean Jan 1951 about trip; memo to Advisory Committee March 1951 about May meeting; letter Winternitz to EWG Aug 1951 about membership on Committee on Atomic Casualties with reply; authorization to travel Aug 1951 to Wahington; bulletin Committee on Atomic Casualties Sept 1951; letter AEC to EWG Oct 1951 pointing out security breeches by EWG with reply; letter EWG to AEC (fall,1951) about witnessing atomic detonation and noting that "cancer is a specific industrial hazard"; letter AEC to EWG April 1952 about his retiring from Committee; letter EWG to AEC May 1952 about upcoming meeting and giving his descriptors for a fishing license; letter Warren to EWG thanking him for service; etter AEC to EWG about turning in Transportation Request Books with reply; copy of article in Science Dec 1949 about AEC fellowship program; operational chart of Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission; front page of quarterly report Atomic Bomb CC 1988 article about ABCC; papers of Dr. Wigodsky with some problems of ABCC; NRC Report in 1947 about ABCC by Beatty published in Journal of History of Biology.

Dates

  • Creation: 1947 - 2002

Creator

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Full Extent

From the Collection: 12.94 Cubic Feet (24 Hollinger boxes, 1 half Hollinger box, and 3 Paige boxes.)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

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