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Folsom, Theodore Robert, 1908-1989.
Theodore Robert Folsom papers, 1940-1989.
The collection 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. Additions include biographical files and photographs documenting Folsom's early career, and teaching files, laboratory notebooks and project files.
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).
Folsom, Theodore Robert, 1908-1989.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
Atomic bomb -- Testing.
Environmental impact consultants.
Government consultants.
Marine sciences.
Nuclear weapons -- Environmental aspects.
Nuclear weapons -- Testing.
Oceanography -- Study and teaching.
Radioactive fallout.
Radioactive pollution -- Measurement.
Radioactivity -- Safety measures
Biography files. aat
Contracts. aat
Laboratory notes. aat
Manuscripts for publication. aat
Personnel records. aat
Photographs. aat
Project files. aat
Reports. aat
Patents lcgft
Government consultants. lcsh
Oceanographers. lcsh
Physicists. lcsh
Environment -- Research.
Project Redwing.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Library. Archives.
AIP-ICOS
University of California, San Diego. Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Mandeville Special Collections Library. 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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