MS 142 Guide to the William H. Ellett Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission Papers, (1945-1992)

Authors

William H. Ellett

Author Biographical Info

William "Bill" H. Ellett is a physicist. He graduated from Rensselear Polytechnic Institute with a B.S. in physics. He earned a masters of science in physics at New York University and a doctorate in radiation physics at Royal Postgraduate Medical School at the University of London. From 1984 to 1992, he served as a consultant for the Radiation Effects Research Foundation at Hiroshima. From 1985 to 1991, he was a a senior program officer on the Board on Radiation Effects Research, Commission on Life Sciences with the National Academy of Sciences.

Identifier

MS 142

Publication Date(s)

November 9, 2021

Language

English

Keywords

Nuclear warfare, ABCC Collections, Atomic Bomb, Radiation, Physics, Nagasaki (Japan), Hiroshima (Japan), Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission, Radiation Effects Research Foundation

Abstract

The William H. Ellett Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission papers includes a 1945 topographical map of Nagasaki used in planning the atomic attack and a 1946 topographical map of Hiroshima that was used by the international damage assessment group. The collection also includes an unpublished manuscript of ABCC history written by John Z. Bowers, a former ABCC staffer. Ellett also included his personal copies of the "Life Span Study" reports. The size of the collection is one cubic foot (2 boxes and two oversize maps). See more at MS 142.

Copyright

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

Comments

This material was donated by William Ellett in November 2010.

Recommended Citation

Ellett, William H., "MS 142 Guide to the William H. Ellett Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission Papers, (1945-1992)" (2021). Manuscript Finding Aids. 174.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/findingaids/174