Papers, 1934-1979, bulk 1952-1975.

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Papers, 1934-1979, bulk 1952-1975.

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The accession consists of the correspondence, data, laboratory notebooks, subject files, grant and contract records, research reports, manuscripts of publications, personnel records, patent files and other material documenting the career of physicist Theodore Folsom. The bulk of the accession documents Folsom's career at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and his life long interest in radioactivity in the marine environment. The accession includes some records documenting Operation Redwing and other Pacific atomic tests in the 1950's. Folsom served with other SIO scientists as a consultant to the federal government to monitor these tests.

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University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Library. Archives.

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Folsom, Theodore Robert, 1908-1989.

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Physicist From the description of Papers, 1941-1985. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 33921708 Physicist and oceanographer (fallout radioactivity in the marine environment). One of several Scripps Institution of Oceanography scientists who served as consultants on a number of the Pacific atomic tests of the 1950s (Ivy, Castle, Wigwam, Redwing). From the description of Papers, 1934-1979, bulk 1952-1975. (University of California, San Dieg...