IC 099 Guide to ABCC Photograph Collection, 1946-1980

Authors

Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission

Author Biographical Info

The Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC) was formed after the bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and August 9, 1945. On November 18, 1946, President Harry Truman authorized the National Research Council to establish the organization “to undertake long range, continuing study of the biological and medical effects of the atomic bomb on man.” Key members of the ABCC included Lewis Weed, Austin M. Brues and Paul Henshaw, physicians from the National Research Council, and Army representatives Melvin A. Block, and James V. Neel.

Identifier

IC 099

Language

English

Publication Date(s)

Prepared and encoded in 2016, revised in 2019

Abstract

The ABCC Photograph Collection consists of photographs of various sizes of staff, survivors, buildings, and events that pertain to the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The vast majority of the photographs are black and white and in good condition. The dates of the photographs range from 1946 to the 1970s. See more at IC 099.

Keywords

ABCC Collections, Atomic Bomb, Radiation, Photograph collections

Copyright

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

Comments

Photographs donated over time from various professionals associated to the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC), including Dr. William Schull.

Recommended Citation

Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission, "IC 099 Guide to ABCC Photograph Collection, 1946-1980" (2019). Institutional Finding Aids. 3.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/institutional/3