Finding Aids
Radioactive Fallout
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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
Arts and Industries Building
The Mall, Washington, D.C.
Some eyewitness accounts of Operation Crossroads, including comments on radioactivity, appear in the papers of Leonard P. Schultz, a Smithsonian Institution scientist who participated in the 1946 nuclear testing. Schultz kept a diary and also corresponded with other scientists about the test. One folder of Schultz's papers was sent to the CIC. George Myers accompanied Schultz during the testing and kept a notebook and some letters regarding them. Waldo L. Schmitt was Curator of Biology at the Smithsonian during the 1940s. He helped arrange the biological studies for Crossroads and corresponded with Schultz and other scientists who were at the Marshall Islands during the operation. All of the papers are unclassified and are available through prior arrangement with the Smithsonian Institution Archives. The research room is on the second floor of the Arts and Industries Building on the Mall in Washington, D.C.
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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| Papers of Leonard P. Schultz |
10 |
10 |
Unclassified |
Useful |
| Papers of George Myers |
10 |
<1 |
Unclassified |
Unknown |
| Papers of Waldo LaSalle Schmitt |
54 |
<1 |
Unclassified |
Useful |
CONTACT
Bill Cox
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Washington, D.C. 20560
(202) 357-1420
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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| Schultz, Myers, & Schmitt papers |
11 |
0.3 |
0 |
0.3 |
  
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