Finding Aids
Radioactive Fallout
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES
Los Angeles, California
Both individuals and units of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) participated in monitoring radioactive fallout from U.S. nuclear testing from the very beginning of testing. The collection of Stafford Warren papers in the UCLA Research Library is a particularly valuable source on that subject. Representatives from the Department of Energy's collection effort and the Defense Nuclear Agency's project have copied items from the Warren collection for the CIC. In addition, papers from a monitoring project led by Kermit Larson for UCLA at U.S. continental testing sites also have been screened and added to the CIC. The UCLA Laboratory of Biomedical and Environmental Sciences also took part in U.S. nuclear test fallout monitoring, but a substantial part of its collection was destroyed in a flood, according to one of the laboratory scientists. Remaining records were added to the Stafford Warren and Kermit Larson papers.
The Stafford Warren collection includes the following:
Boxes 57-72, the Manhattan Project papers
Boxes 73-83, Operation Crossroads
Boxes 84-120, additional material on nuclear energy and bombs
The boxes on Operation Crossroads and "additional material on nuclear energy and bombs" have been screened, and 4 cubic feet were selected and placed in the CIC. The university has microfilmed the Manhattan Project papers and Operation Crossroads boxes; those microfilms, with an index, cost $500, or $35 for each reel. A hard copy of the register, which comprises 125 linear feet, is also available. The collection is open to the public for use Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Advance notice is required to see these documents.
DESCRIPTION
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TOTAL SIZE (FEET)
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POTENTIALLY RELEVANT (FEET)
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HIGHEST CLASSIFICATION
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VALUE
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| Stafford Warren Papers |
125 |
48 |
Unclassified |
Useful |
CONTACTS
Anne Caiger
Department of Special Collections
University Research Library
Los Angeles, CA 90024-1575
(213) 825-4879, 4988, or 2422
O. R. Lunt, Director
Laboratory of Biomedical and Environmental Sciences
University of California at Los Angeles
900 Veteran Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90024
(213) 825-9431
HAI COLLECTION EFFORT
(volume in cubic feet)
DESCRIPTION
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SCREENED
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SELECTED
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IN PROCESS
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SENT TO CIC
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| Warren papers |
48 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
  
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