Finding Aid for the William S. Adams Papers, 1945
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Geographical (By Place) --University of California --University of California Los Angeles
Finding Aid for the William S. Adams Papers, 1945
Collection number: 1492
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Descriptive Summary
Title: William S. Adams Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1945
Collection number: 1492
Creator:
Adams, William S.
Extent: 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: William S. Adams (1919- ) served in the medical corps of the U.S. Naval Reserve (1945-46), and also as a consultant to the
Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission. He worked as a physician at the Veterans Administration Center Hospital, Los Angeles, 1949-1950
while teaching at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine. He eventually became vice-chairman of the
Department of Medicine, 1967. The collection consists of photographs, slide collection, negatives and Shirabe report relating
to the results of the atomic explosion in Nagasaki, Japan, August 9, 1945.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Copyright to portions of this collection has been assigned to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. The library
can grant permission to publish for materials to which it holds the copyright. All requests for permission to publish or quote
must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian, Department of Special Collections.] Credit shall be given as follows:
[c in circle] The Regents of the University of California on behalf of the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of William S. Adams, 1986.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], William S. Adams Papers (Collection 1492). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Biography
Adams was born on May 28, 1919 in Sodus, New York; was a fellow at the University of Rochester, 1941-42, receiving his Ph.D
in 1943; intern, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, 1944; assistant medical resident, 1944-45, resident fellow, 1946-47,
and instructor, 1947-48, University of Rochester; served in the medical corps of the United States Naval Reserve, 1945-46,
and as a consultant to the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission; resident, 1948-49, administration section chief, assistant resident
and physician full grade, 1949-50, Veterans Administration Center Hospital, Los Angeles; assistant clinical professor, 1948-49,
assistant professor, 1949-52, associate professor, and in 1952, professor of the University of California, Los Angeles School
of Medicine; vice-chairman of the Department of Medicine, 1967.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of photographs, slide collection, negatives and Shirabe report relating to the results of the atomic explosion
in Nagasaki, Japan, August 9, 1945. Includes graphs of mortality rates and other statistics, and a map of Nagasaki.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Photographs & slides.
- Printed material.
- Research material.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Adams, William S.--Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles. School of Medicine--Faculty--Archival resources.
Physicians--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Atomic bomb--Physiological effect--Archival resources.
Atomic bomb--Blast effect--Archival resources.
Nagasaki-shi (Japan)--History--Bombardment, 1945--Archival resources.
Genres and Forms of Material
Photographs.
Related Material
Container List
Oversize Boxes [1 and 2]
Photographs & Slides: Nagasaki
Note
[Oversize Box 1 is currently UNAVAILABLE for use.]
Oversize Box 1, Folder 1
1
Unidentified.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 2
2
Unidentified.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 3
3
Unidentified.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 4
4
Unidentified.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 5
5
Urakami Catholic Church.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Box , Folder 6
6
Urakami Catholic Church.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 7
7
Atomic cloud: 10 minutes after explosion.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 8
8
Gas tank at Urakami.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 9
9
Obstetrics building (Nagasaki Medical Hospital).
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 10
10
Obstetrics building (Nagasaki Medical Hospital).
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 11
11
Unidentified.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 12
12
Unidentified.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 13
13
Unidentified.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 14
14
Unidentified.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 15
15
Unidentified.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 16
16
Unidentified.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 17
17
Unidentified.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 18
18
Unidentified.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 19
19
Unidentified.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 20
20
Unidentified.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 21
21
Unidentified.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 22
22
Unidentified.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 23
23
Smoke stacks (medical college).
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 24
25
Percent of total deaths . . .(graph).
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 25
26
Deaths occurring in Nagasaki . . .(graph).
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 26
27
Shadowing on wall at medical college hospital.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 27
28
Atomic bomb center (sign).
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 29
29
Unidentified.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 30
30
Unidentified.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 31
31
Unidentified.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 32
32
Unidentified.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 33
33
Unidentified.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 34
34
Unidentified.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 35
35
Unidentified.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 36
36
Unidentified.
Physical Description: Glass slides (2 images, 3 slides).
Oversize Box 1, Folder 37
37
Unidentified.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 38
38
Unidentified.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 39
38
Unidentified.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 40
39
Unidentified.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 41
40
Unidentified.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 42
41
Unidentified.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 43
42
Map (distance from hypocenter).
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 44
43
Unidentified.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 45
44
Mitsubishi Steel Works.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 46
46
Unidentified.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 47
47
Chinzi Middle School.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 48
48
Catholic Church (Naka Machi).
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 49
49
Granite monument (heat crystallization).
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 50
50
Mortality rate . . . (graph).
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 51
51
Deaths occurring in Omura . . . (graph).
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 52
52
Urakami Catholic Cathedral.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 53
53
Urakami Catholic Cathedral.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 54
58
Translation of monument at Urakami Cathedral.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 55
Unidentified, no number.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 56
Unidentified, no number - female patient.
Physical Description: Glass slide.
Box 2, Folder 2
Unidentified photographs.
Physical Description: 19 items.
Box 2, Folder 8
Bogozan Hill.
Physical Description: 1 photograph.
Box 2, Folder 9
Urakami, center point.
Physical Description: 1 photograph.
Box 2, Folder 10
Mitsubishi Arms Works.
Physical Description: 3 photographs.
Box 2, Folder 11
Inasadake.
Physical Description: 1 photograph.
Box 2, Folder 12
Mitsubishi baseball ground.
Physical Description: 1 photograph.
Box 2, Folder 13
Mitsubishi Steel Works.
Physical Description: 33 photographs.
Box 2, Folder 14
Urakami Catholic Church.
Physical Description: 8 photographs.
Box 2, Folder 15
Medical College Hospital.
Physical Description: 19 photographs.
Box 2, Folder 16
Chikugo.
Physical Description: 1 photograph.
Box 2, Folder 17
Naka Machi Roman Catholic Church.
Physical Description: 1 photograph.
Box 2, Folder 18
Nagasaki Normal School.
Physical Description: 1 photograph.
Box 2, Folder 19
Appellate & local court.
Physical Description: 1 photograph.
Box 2, Folder 20
Motohakata post office.
Physical Description: 1 photograph.
Box 2, Folder 21
Nagasaki Hospital.
Physical Description: 1 photograph.
Box 2, Folder 22
Nagasaki Station.
Physical Description: 1 photograph.
Box 2, Folder 23
Memorial column.
Physical Description: 1 photograph.
Box 2, Folder 24
Sanno Shrine.
Physical Description: 1 photograph.
Box 2, Folder 25
Naka Machi Catholic Church.
Physical Description: 5 photographs.
Box 2, Folder 26
Atomic bomb center: outline of damages.
Physical Description: 3 photographs.
Box 2, Folder 27
Kozen Primary School: treatment center.
Physical Description: 1 photograph.
Box 2, Folder 28
Yamasato Primary School.
Physical Description: 1 photograph.
Box 2, Folder 29
Nagasaki Blind & Deaf Mute School.
Physical Description: 5 photographs.
Box 2, Folder 30
Shiroyama Primary School.
Physical Description: 3 photographs.
Box 2, Folder 31
Chinzi Middle School.
Physical Description: 6 photographs.
Box 2, Folder 32
Mitsubishi-Funatso Machi Branch Hospital.
Physical Description: 1 photograph.
Box 2, Folder 33
Nagasaki.
Physical Description: 1 photograph.
Box 2, Folder 34
Mitsubishi single men's dormitory.
Physical Description: 1 photograph.
Box 2, Folder 35
Kompirayama.
Physical Description: 1 photograph.
Box 2, Folder 36
Sanno Shrine.
Physical Description: 2 photographs.
Box 2, Folder 37
Okamachi Prison.
Physical Description: 1 photograph.
Box 2, Folder 38
Nagasaki Prison.
Physical Description: 2 photographs.
Box 2, Folder 39
Urakami gas tank.
Physical Description: 1 photograph.
Box 2, Folder 40
Nagasaki map.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 2, Folder 41
Objects damaged by blast.
Physical Description: 2 photographs.
Box 2, Folder 42
Nagasaki Prefecture Government Building (front).
Physical Description: 1 photograph.
Box 2, Folder 43
Shiroyama Machi.
Physical Description: 1 photograph.
Box 2, Folder 44
Iwaybayashi.
Physical Description: 1 photograph.
Box [2]
Printed Material: Nagasaki
Box 2, Folder 7
Nagasaki map (administration units, 1945) with booklet.
Physical Description: 2 items.
Box [2]
Research Material: Nagasaki
Box 2, Folder 1
Shirabe report, 1951.
Physical Description: 66 leaves.
Box 2, Folder 3
Deaths occurring in Nagasaki . . .
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 2, Folder 4
Deaths occurring in Omura . . .
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 2, Folder 5
Percent of total deaths . . .
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 2, Folder 6
Mortality rate according to . . .
Physical Description: 1 item.
