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Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
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Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL) SERIES TITLE Joseph G. Hamilton Records INCLUSIVE DATES 1943 1975 ARRANGEMENT Varies VOLUME 12 microfilm reels DESCRIPTION These records have been copied from various collections to form an artificial collection of records pertaining to Hamilton. Many of these records were created by Hamilton and transferred to the LBL Archives and Records Office in 1957. Patricia Durbin used the files for her follow-up study of the 1945 1947 plutonium injections. Attached to each reel are file folder listings, a biographical sketch of Joseph G. Hamilton, and a scope and content note. Some notable projects represented here include Dugway bomb tests, and Project Sunshine, a study of the effects of strontium-90. Other records from the 1950s seem to be more directly related to Durbin's research or to the research of other, newer members of the research group. They document Durbin's early work with radioactive materials in animals and in some cases with humans. Human studies include a study of astatine in patients with goiter or adenoma and a study of milk and baby food (tracing natural levels of strontium and other elements). Durbin's follow-up studies of people injected with plutonium or americium in the 1940s include some correspondence, notes, and data. A finding aid with reel and microfilm frame numbers is available. LOCATION OF RECORDS Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Archives and Records Office Berkeley, CA 94720 Federal Records Center 1000 Commodore Drive San Bruno, CA 94066 |