Finding Aid for the William S. Adams Papers, 1945 LSC.1492
Finding aid prepared by Caroline Cubé, 1998.
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UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: William S. Adams papers
Creator:
Adams, William S.
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1492
Physical Description:
1 oversize_boxes
Date (inclusive): 1945
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.
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of William S. Adams, 1986.
[Identification of item], William S. Adams Papers (Collection 1492). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
994621423606533
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.
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.
Arranged in the following series:
- Photographs & slides.
- Printed material.
- Research material.
Stafford L. Warren Papers (Collection 987) . Available at UCLA Library Special Collections.
The following online container list has the same content as the edited paper finding aid, but its arrangement may be different.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Photographs.
Nagasaki-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 -- Archives.
Atomic bomb -- Blast effect -- Archives.
Atomic bomb -- Physiological effect -- Archives.
Physicians -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archives.
Adams, William S.--Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles. School of Medicine--Faculty -- Archives
box 1, box 2
Photographs & Slides: Nagasaki
[Oversize Box 1 is currently UNAVAILABLE for use.]
box Unknown container 199 for instance of Urakami Catholic Church., folder 6
box 1, folder 7
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box 1, folder 56
box 2, folder 26
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box 2
Printed Material: Nagasaki
box 2, folder 7
box 2
Research Material: Nagasaki