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Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL) 
 
SERIES TITLE   Cornelius A. Tobias Files (2)  
 
  INCLUSIVE DATES   1943 1970 
 
  ARRANGEMENT  Record type; alphabetical/chronological thereunder 
 
  VOLUME  38 cubic feet 
 
  DESCRIPTION  This series documents Tobias' work as a Radiation 
               Biophysicist  at Donner Lab and LBL, as well as 
               his professional association  with various 
               national and international committees, hospitals,  
               and research facilities. Types of documents 
               included are: drafts  and final, scientific 
               reports; AEC reports on experimentation  with 
               plutonium and I131 (Project 48A); scientific notes 
               and correspondence related to radiation 
               experimentation; slides,  charts, and analysis of 
               the uptake and desaturation curves of  humans and 
               animals used in radioactive tracer experiments; 
               photographs of Donner personnel, scientific 
               projects, and equipment; student information; 
               curriculum vitae of physicists considered for jobs 
               at LBL/Donner; Tobias' notes from classes taken  
               as a graduate student, including copies of his 
               thesis; publication correspondence; correspondence 
               relating to applications for  human use; 
               correspondence with other facilities in a 
               consultative capacity for cyclotrons and isotope 
               techniques; blueprints  for scientific equipment; 
               patent files and applications; and  copies of 
               notes used for presentations and talks at seminars 
               and  conferences. The series also includes some of 
               Tobias' personal  correspondence and photographs. 
               The series as a whole gives an  overview of 
               Tobias' career and his interaction with the 
               international scientific community. 
 
  LOCATION OF  RECORDS 
  Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory   
Archives and Records Office   
Berkeley, CA 94720   
 
Federal Records Center   
1000 Commodore Drive   
San Bruno, CA 94066