UCSF Human Radiation Committee, 1940-1995

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Summary

Title:
UCSF Human Radiation Committee records
Dates:
1940-1995
Creators:
Filly, Roy A. and University of California, San Francisco. Human Radiation Committee
Extent:
6.25 Linear Feet (5 cartons)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

AR 97-13, UCSF Human Radiation Committee. UCSF Archives and Special Collections

Background

Scope and content:

Records include committee minutes, medical records, correspondence, testing records, publications and reports. Collection is comprised of paper materials.

This collection deals with aspects of medical experimentation using human subjects. The use of plutonium injections is questioned medically and ethically. A final report that summarized the committee's finding, entitled "REport of the UCSF Ad Hoc Fact Finding Commitee on World War II Human Radiation Experiments," was presented in a press conference on February 23, 1995. It was later amended in September 1995.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged in original order and described at the folder level.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Radiation.
Ionizing radiation.
Names:
Filly, Roy A.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid created by Kelsi Evans.
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-03-03 12:36:47 -0800 .

Access and use

Preferred citation:

AR 97-13, UCSF Human Radiation Committee. UCSF Archives and Special Collections

Location of this collection:
UCSF Library & CKM Archives and Special Collections, 530 Parnassus Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94143-0840, US