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Title: William S. Adams Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1945
Collection number: 1492
Creator:
Adams, William S.
Extent: 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
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.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Copyright to portions of this collection has been assigned to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. The library
can grant permission to publish for materials to which it holds the copyright. All requests for permission to publish or quote
must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian, Department of Special Collections.] Credit shall be given as follows:
[c in circle] The Regents of the University of California on behalf of the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of William S. Adams, 1986.
[Identification of item], William S. Adams Papers (Collection 1492). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Adams, William S.--Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles. School of Medicine--Faculty--Archival resources.
Physicians--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Atomic bomb--Physiological effect--Archival resources.
Atomic bomb--Blast effect--Archival resources.
Nagasaki-shi (Japan)--History--Bombardment, 1945--Archival resources.
Photographs.
Stafford L. Warren Papers (Collection 987) . Available at the Department of Special Collections, UCLA.