{"id":2516,"date":"2019-09-23T17:12:18","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T17:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tmcldev.wpengine.com\/mcgovern\/?page_id=2516"},"modified":"2025-07-23T16:13:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T16:13:22","slug":"radiation-effects-events-archive-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/radiation-effects-events-archive-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Radiation Effects &amp; Events Archive Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Texas Medical Center&nbsp;Library&#8217;s McGovern Historical Center has created a new family of collections under the umbrella of \u201cRadiation Effects and Events.\u201d The McGovern archivists began this project in cooperation with Dr. Armin Weinberg at Baylor College of Medicine and Dr. William \u201cJack\u201d Schull, who died June 20, 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archives.library.tmc.edu\/radiation-effects-events-collections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><button class=\"btn btn-info\" type=\"button\">List of Radiation Effects &amp; Events Collections<\/button><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Schull was&nbsp;Professor Emeritus of Human Genetics at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Along with Dr. Weinberg, Dr. Schull&nbsp;was instrumental in creating this new&nbsp;radiation effects archive.&nbsp;This new collecting area builds on Dr. Schull&#8217;s life-long effort to preserve and make accessible \u201cAtomic Bomb Casualty Commission\u201d collections. In addition, Dr. Weinberg brings to the project his vast experience working with radiation effects connected to&nbsp;the nuclear testing and disaster sites in the former Soviet Union. The Radiation Effects and Events&nbsp;collection&nbsp;also will encompass other areas where ionized radiation has affected our world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the late 1980s, the Texas Medical Center Library\u2019s McGovern Historical Center has collected the papers of the people who participated in the work of the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission, which studied the effects of ionized radiation on the survivors of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Working together, scientists, historians, public-health officials, librarians and archivists have preserved and made publicly accessible collections of personal papers from many ABCC participants, including William \u201cJack\u201d Schull, Grant Taylor, Carl Tessmer, and many others. That collection now consists of 20 individual collections measuring a total of 200 linear feet of boxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The establishment of an archive related to the events at Chernobyl, Ukraine; Kurchatov, Kazakhstan and other places will enable future advocates, scientists, researchers and scholars an opportunity to study the purposes and accomplishments of the institutions and people involved. Without this effort to preserve the material, the records may be scattered and hidden or, worse, destroyed.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/09\/REE-Flyer-i.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/09\/REE-Flyer.jpg\" alt=\"Image of flyer that provides an overview and images for the Radiation Effects &amp; Events Archive Project of the Texas Medical Center Library, McGovern Historical Center.\" class=\"wp-image-2220\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Download the Radiation Effects &amp; Events Archive Project Flyer (PDF).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Related Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a title=\"Visit the RadEFX(sm) Radiation Health Effects Information Resource Website\" href=\"http:\/\/radefx.bcm.edu\/chernobyl\/default.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RadEFX(sm) Radiation Health Effects Information Resource Website<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"Join our Radiation Effects &amp; Events Archive Project group on Facebook!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/radefx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Join our Radiation Effects &amp; Events Archive Project group on Facebook!<\/a> Learn how you can contribute your materials, knowledge, ideas, or memories.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"Join the Radiation Effects Contact List\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScLGlNcHNpajogSC9SYT0kPQcUrUNx3M2gAyxkx-q47rxxXdA\/viewform?usp=send_form\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Add your name to the Radiation Effects Contact List<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Selected Documents and Images from RE&amp;E Archive, MS211 Armin Weinberg, PhD papers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following documents pertain to the Department of Energy grant proposal submitted by Dr. Weinberg and his colleagues to begin a collaborative study of health effects related to the Chernobyl accident:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/09\/MS211-DOE-Grant-000.pdf\">MS211-DOE-Grant-000 (PDF)<\/a>: Combined file containing all selected documents below.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/09\/MS211-DOE-Grant-01-COVER.pdf\">MS211-DOE-Grant-01-COVER (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/09\/MS211-DOE-Grant-02-TITLE.pdf\">MS211-DOE-Grant-02-TITLE (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/09\/MS211-DOE-Grant-03-OVERVIEW.pdf\">MS211-DOE-Grant-03-OVERVIEW<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/09\/MS211-DOE-Grant-04-BACKGROU.pdf\">MS211-DOE-Grant-04-BACKGROU<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/09\/MS211-DOE-Grant-05-CHERPRO.pdf\">MS211-DOE-Grant-05-CHERPRO (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/09\/MS211-DOE-Grant-06-CHERPROreg.pdf\">MS211-DOE-Grant-06-CHERPROreg (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/09\/MS211-DOE-Grant-07-ADAM.pdf\">MS211-DOE-Grant-07-ADAM (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/09\/MS211-DOE-Grant-08-WESHLER.pdf\">MS211-DOE-Grant-08-WESHLER (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Texas Medical Center&nbsp;Library&#8217;s McGovern Historical Center has created a new family of collections under the umbrella of \u201cRadiation Effects and Events.\u201d The McGovern archivists began this project in cooperation with Dr. Armin Weinberg at Baylor College of Medicine and Dr. William \u201cJack\u201d Schull, who died June 20, 2017. 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