Atomic Bomb collection

Descriptive Summary
Title: Atomic Bomb collection
Creator: Unknown
Dates: 1945
Language(s): English
Extent: 0.1 Linear Feet
Collection Number: ms4562
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Scope and Content

This collection contains 5 photographs of the aftermath of the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima, Japan and a hand drawn bombing plan of the attack drawn by Enola Gay navigator Theodore van Kirk showing the routes of the two bombers and the approximation of the shock waves of the explosion at Hiroshima.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Item, box, folder], Atomic Bomb collection, ms4562, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

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Related Materials and Subjects

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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Photographs (5) - Hiroshima, Japan after bombing, 1945

 

1	1	Sketch of bombing plan of Hiroshima by Theodore van Kirk
		navigator of the Enola Gay.

 

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"Little Boy" blueprint with annotation by Theodore Van Kirk, 1945

Photocopy of the original blueprint for the "Little Boy" atomic bomb, which was declassified by the Department of Energy on October 1, 1994. The annotations in pencil by Theodore Van Kirk are original, and would have been created between 1994 and 2014.

 

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"Fat Man" blueprint with annotation by Theodore Van Kirk, 1945

Photocopy of the original blueprint for the "Fat Man" atomic bomb, which was declassified by the Department of Energy on October 1, 1994. The annotations in pencil by Theodore Van Kirk are original, and would have been created between 1994 and 2014.