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Lauren R. Donaldson, left, and Ralph F. Palumbo standing on the lagoon beach of Eniwetok Island, summer 1964
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| Title | Lauren R. Donaldson, left, and Ralph F. Palumbo standing on the lagoon beach of Eniwetok Island, summer 1964 |
| Photographer | Sneddon, James O. |
| Date | 1964 |
| Notes | Images documenting the Radiological Survey of Eniwetok, Bikini and Rongelap Atolls between July and September 1964.
Caption with image: Lauren R. Donaldson, left, laboratory director, and Ralph F. Palumbo, assistant expedition director and botanist, take a walk on the lagoon beach of Eniwetok Island, near the Eniwetok Marine Biological Laboratory. In the background is the rusty wreck of a Navy patrol craft, which went aground during the American invasion of Eniwetok in February 1944. 9238-10A
Radiological Survey of Bikini, Eniwetok and Rongelap Atolls, Vol. 2, p.2. |
| Scrapbook Notes | Expedition Personnel
Members of the expedition were Lauren R. Donaldson, laboratory director; Ralph F. Palumbo, Arthur D. Welander, Kelshaw Bonham, Gary Lewis, Stanley P. Gessel, Richard Billings, Raul McClin, James O. Sneddon and Hill Williams, all of the University of Washington; Arnold Joseph, of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission; John Koranda, of Lawrence Radiation Laboratory; Frank Lowman, of the Puerto Rico Nuclear Center; William Jackson, of Bowling Green State University, and Keith Allsup, of Holmes & Narver.
The party included specialists in all pertinent facets of atoll life--fish, land and water plants, invertebrates, marine biology, soils, marine radioecology and radiation detection. In addition, the expedition included a photographer and historian. Among the photographer's many duties was recording the expedition for a documentary film to be sponsored by the Atomic Energy Commission. |
| Source | Radiological Survey of Bikini, Eniwetok and Rongelap Atolls |
| Album/Page | 4.02 |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Beaches--Marshall Islands--Enewetak Atoll
Shipwrecks--Marshall Islands--Enewetak Atoll
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Donaldson, Lauren R. (Lauren Russell), 1903-1998
Palumbo, Ralph F.
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| Location Depicted | Marshall Islands - Enewetak Atoll |
| Digital Collection | Lauren R. Donaldson Collection
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| Order Number | DON0103 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction-info Please cite the Order Number when ordering. |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Lauren R. Donaldson Papers. Accession No. 2932-007, Box 23 |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek ScanMaker 9800XL at 100-250 dpi in JPEG format, saved at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2007. |
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