William S. Adams papers, 1945

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Summary

Creators:
Adams, William S.
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.
Extent:
1 oversize_boxes
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], William S. Adams Papers (Collection 1492). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

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.

Biographical / historical:

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.

Acquisition information:
Gift of William S. Adams, 1986.
Processing information:

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Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. Photographs & slides.
  2. Printed material.
  3. Research material.

Physical location:
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Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], William S. Adams Papers (Collection 1492). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
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