Laurence Bershad papers, 1929-1946

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Creators:: Bershad, Laurence Philip, 1918-2016 and Rosenthal, Joe, 1911-2006
Abstract:: Laurence Bershad was a WWII veteran and served as a radar officer on the USS New Jersey. The collection includes a campaign album, press releases, and photographs.
Extent:: 4 manuscript boxes,1 oversize box (2.25 Linear Feet)
Language:: In English
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Laurence Bershad papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Scope and content:: The Laurence Bershad papers includes an 80-page campaign album produced by Bershad's photographic corps during nuclear testing, as well as 169 photographs from Bikini Atoll. Also includes press releases concerning the testing, prints of photographs of the atomic attacks at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and Bershad's personal copy of the photograph, "Raising the Flag in Iwo Jima". The photograph is inscribed to Bershad by the photographer Joe Rosenthal. It was printed shipboard in Guam and is one of the earliest printings.
Biographical / historical:: Laurence Philip Bershad was born in New York City in 1918. He studied electrical engineering at Brooklyn Poly Tech and NYU. Bershad was a WWII veteran and served as a radar officer on the USS New Jersey. He was also the leader of the photographic corps charged with documenting the tests at the Bikini Atoll.
Acquisition information:: Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2021.
Physical location:: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects:: Nuclear weapons -- Testing
Nuclear weapons -- Marshall Islands -- Testing
Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945
Photograph albums
Photographs
Photographic prints
Names:: Rosenthal, Joe, 1911-2006
Places:: Bikini Atoll (Marshall Islands)
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945
Nagasaki-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945

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Restrictions:: 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:: For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Laurence Bershad papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:: Hoover Institution

Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US