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LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY The archives has in its collection the R Division's Pluto project files, which are all unclassified. It also holds the Plowshare records, including those formerly held by Dr. Howard Tewes, a Livermore scientist. This latter group is a very rich collection. Similar collections may also exist in other divisions or at the Nevada Test Site. L Division records, which remain in the offices of the division, primarily contain documents on Livermore events, including the Nevada Aerial Tracking Systems and Aerial Radiation Measurements Systems reports, both unclassified and classified. All records are catalogued by series and events, including weapons and Plowshare materials. The L Division Test Program Library has an extensive photograph, film, and filmstrip collection, all classified. The main library at LLNL holds a special collection on fallout. The collection contains approximately 500 reports on fallout and includes the holdings of the former Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory at the Presidio in San Francisco and some material from the former New York Health and Safety Laboratory. According to the librarian, this fallout collection consists of reports not only from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory but also from other laboratories, agencies, government departments, universities, and private industry. While 98 percent of the library's fallout collection represents finished reports, the fallout collection does have a small amount of memoranda and correspondence. The Environmental Sciences Division at Livermore also has an unclassified database of papers pertaining to the environmental transport of radionuclides. The laboratory retains custody of the papers of Edward Teller, director from 1958-1960. His classified papers are in the director's office. Permission from the director's office is necessary for those wishing to see the Teller papers at the laboratory.
CONTACT Dr. Jim Carothers, Archivist L Division LLNL Library Environmental Sciences Division, LLNL (volume in cubic feet)
* This collection was selected by LLNL officials and sent to HAI for screening. HAI was unable to determine the precise origin of these documents within the LLNL records management system. |