Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Lademan, Joseph U., 1889-
- Abstract:
- Memoranda, writings, reports, printed matter, clippings, and photographs, relating to the return of the U.S.S. Milwaukee (re-named Murmansk by the Russians) to the United States Navy from the Soviet Union in 1949, and to the atomic bomb testing at Bikini Island, July 1946. Includes a memoir entitled The Gold Star and Guam : War in the Western Pacific, 1941-1942 (1961), relating to the freighter U.S.S. Gold Star, which supplied Guam during World War II.
- Extent:
- 1 manuscript box, 2 envelopes, 1 motion picture film reel (0.7 Linear Feet)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Joseph U. Lademan papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Memoranda, writings, reports, printed matter, clippings, and photographs, relating to the return of the U.S.S. Milwaukee (re-named Murmansk by the Russians) to the United States Navy from the Soviet Union in 1949, and to the atomic bomb testing at Bikini Island, July 1946. Includes a memoir entitled The Gold Star and Guam : War in the Western Pacific, 1941-1942 (1961), relating to the freighter U.S.S. Gold Star, which supplied Guam during World War II.
- Biographical / historical:
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Captain, United States Navy.
- Acquisition information:
- Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1975.
- Physical location:
- Hoover Institution Library & Archives
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean
Officers
Nuclear weapons -- Testing
Lend-lease operations (1941-1945)
Oil fields -- Equipment and supplies
Point Barrow Supply Expedition, 1948
Motion pictures - Names:
- United States. Navy
Gold Star (Freighter)
Milwaukee (Freighter)
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
- Terms of access:
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Joseph U. Lademan papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Location of this collection:
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Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford UniversityStanford, CA 94305-6003, US
- Contact:
- (650) 723-3563