Descriptive Summary
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Operation Crossroads: a report of non-participating scientific observer
Dates: 1946-1947
Collection number: MS 294
Creator:
Galtsoff, Paul S.
Collection Size:
74 pages
1 portfolio
Repository:
University of California, Santa Cruz. University Library.
Special Collections and Archives
Santa Cruz, California 95064
Abstract: This collection includes annotated typescript and photographs of Galtsoff's report as an observer of the Bikini Atoll atomic
bomb tests and the destructive results of the tests on the sea life in the area.
Physical location: Stored offsite at NRLF: Advance notice is required for access to the papers.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
Collection open for research.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permission to publish or to reproduce the material, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Preferred Citation
Operation Crossroads: a report of non-participating scientific observer. MS 294. Special Collections and Archives, University
Library, University of
California, Santa Cruz.
Acquisition Information
Donor unknown
Biography
Note
For a complete biography of Paul Galtsoff, one of shellfisheries pioneering biologists please see the PDF of National Shellfisheries
Association Quarterly Newsletter, August 2004 article by Maille Lyons on Dr. Galtsoff under the Additional Guides section
of this finding aid.
Scope and Content of Collection
Paul S. Galtsoff was an observer of the 1946 Bikini Atoll atomic bomb tests and reported on the destructive results of the
tests on sea life in the area. This collection includes photographs and seventy four annotated typescript carbon pages of
Galtsoff's report.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Galtsoff, Paul S. (Paul Simon), 1887--Archives
Operation Crossroads, 1946
Nuclear weapons--Marshall Islands--Bikini Atoll--Testing
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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