William S. Adams Papers, 1945

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William S. Adams Papers, 1945

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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.

1 box (0.5 linear ft.); 1 oversize box

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University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

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Adams, William Seth

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Biography 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; reside...