SERIES II. ATOMIC BOMB CASUALTY COMMISSION (ABCC)

Box 1

Folders 1-4

TS authored by Dr. Taylor regarding the organization of the ABCC; ABCC
progress plus ABCC publications bibliography dated October 1955; TS
describing the ABCC's program of clinical investigation; correspondence
dated 1948-1954 regarding Dr. Taylor's move from the ABCC to UT.



Folders 5-8

TS and handwritten draft of paper regarding rubella in Japan;
correspondence, forms, reports, charts, and map of Korea regarding Japanese
B encephalitis (also see Series I, Box 8 regarding encephalitis); a
poliomyelitis report (Folder 8, also see Series I, Boxes 8 & 10).

Folders 9-14

NRC/CAC/ABCC correspondence dated 1954-1956, including a TS, "Delayed
Effects Occurring Within the First Decade After Exposure of Young
Individuals to the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb" by Robert W. Miller, M.D. (Folder
9), TSs, clippings, notes, meeting minutes, charts, and reports dated
1953-1957.

Box 2

Folders 15-18

Maps & brochures of Tokyo, Japan; 1982 newspaper article about Tokyo Univ.;
program for "Joint Symposium on the Late Effects of Atomic Bomb Injuries"
held at Tokyo Univ. Medical School on Feb. 5-6, 1954; two maps of Hiroshima;
various Japanese-language maps and literature including a booklet, "National
Institute of Genetics (MISIMA)," and the Oct. 1953 Japanese Jrnl. of
Genetics.

Folders 19-31

ABCC correspondence dated 1952-1984 and undated, including letters, a few
cards with attached TSs, curriculum vitae, photographs, newspaper articles,
etc.

Box 3 Correspondence with specific ABCC-related individuals

Folder 32

1955-1957 ABCC correspondence with Mr. Abol F. Fotouhi

Folders 33-35

1954-1976 ABCC correspondence with Dr. Noriaki Ida including a travel log
dated 1960 and illustrated by Dr. Ida, and a photograph album featuring Dr.
Ida's son's 1976 wedding (Also see Series I, Boxes 3 & 11, Series III, Box
5, and Series V, Boxes 6 & 7).

Folders 36-41

1953-1966 ABCC correspondence with Irene Kabat including her 1950 U. S.
Passport; letters; cards; 1954 application for employment at MDAH; newspaper
articles she sent Dr. Taylor; invitations; memoranda; photographs, and
condolences, posthumous tributes, and some estate business following Ms.
Kabat's death in 1966.



Box 4 Correspondence with specific ABCC-related individuals

Folders 42-43

1954-1975 correspondence with Mildred N. Montgomery.

Folders 44-48

1961 TS, "The World Is Truly Small," by Ruth & Robert Moore

1954-1959 & 1974 correspondence with Mrs. Reiko Nakamura

1953-1959, 1975 & 1982 correspondence with Tsutomu "Dutch" Nakayama
including the script for Mr. Nakayama's address as Manager & International
Liaison for Japan Steel Works, Hiroshima, "Company-Wide Quality Control at
the Japan Steel Works, Ltd., Hiroshima Plant," presented April 1, 1982, at
the Seventh Annual Partners Seminar in Logan, Utah. A copy of the meeting
program can also be found in this file.

1954-1964 letters, newspaper clippings, brochures, postcards, from Earle &
Barbara Reynolds & family including information on the Yacht Phoenix and the
Hiroshima-Nagasaki World Peace Study Mission (Folder 47)

1954-1957 correspondence with Dr. Koji Takeshima, including information
regarding nurses from Japan.

Folders 49-52

1949-1955 correspondence with Dr. Herman Wigodsky

1954-1962 correspondence with Dr. Hideo Yagi, Dean, Okayama Univ. Medical
School including Biographical Data Sheets with photographs of Japanese
students applying to UTPSM, correspondence & photograph regarding mice Dr.
Taylor sent to Okayama Univ. (Folder 50)

1958-1983 Okayama Univ. brochures, reports, abstracts including "Animal
Center for Medical Research, Okayama Univ. Medical School, 1983" & a TS,
"List & Summary of the Recent Works on Cancer at the Okayama University
Medical School, 1958" (Folder 51)

1958-1960 correspondence with Dr. Masao Yoshida of the Institute of Biology,
Oita Univ., Oita, Japan.

Folders 53-54

Dr. George B. Darling's 1970 AEC citation and a 1972 booklet commemorating
Dr. Darling's years as ABCC Director from 1957-1972.

Box 5 ABCC & ABCC-related reports/articles/presentations

Folders 55-57

List and list updates of ABCC technical reports purported included in Dr.
Taylor's collection; undated TSs, "Preliminary Notes on Shielding & Distance
as Factors of Exposure & Survival in the Nagasaki Atomic Explosion" and
script of presentation on in utero exposure of children to atomic radiation
(also see Series V, Box 4 for other radiation effects information ).

Folder 58

Chronologically arranged article reprints inscribed by the authors to Dr.
Taylor:

"Chromosome Conditions of Hypodiploid Moloney Virus-Induced Mouse Leukemia,
Its Transplantability and Inductivity" by Noriaki Ida, et al., Jrnl. of the
NCI, 1968.

Several Aspects of Vertical Transmission of Moloney Virus" by Noriaki Ida,
et al., NCI Monograph No. 22, 1965

"The Desoxyribose Nucleic Acid Content in the Retinal Nucleus of the Haploid
Frog Larva" by M. Yoshida, Experimental Cell Research, 1960.

"The Effect of the Atomic Bomb in Hiroshima City on Children" by Motochiyo
Murakami, Chief, Dept. of Pediatrics, Hiroshima Citizens Hospital, 1958 (one
copy in English, one copy in French).

"Pathological Research on the Influence of Atomic Bomb Exposure Upon Fetal
Development, Supplement, Table I-VII, Figure 1-5" by Ichiro Hayashi,
Nagasaki Univ. School of Medicine, 1955.

"Pathological Research on Influences of Atomic Bomb Exposure upon Fetal
Development" by Ichiro Hayashi, Effects and Influences of the Nuclear Bomb
Test Explosions, undated.

"Statistical and Clinical Study on Leukemia, Especially the Observation on
the Survivors of the Atomic Bomb in Hiroshima, Japan: Report III. Clinical
Observation of Leukemia of Children in Hiroshima After the War." by Dr.
Takuso Yamawaki, Acta Haematologica Japonica, Oct. 1954, in Japanese.

As above, "Report II. The Incidence of Leukemia Among the Survivors of the
Atomic Bomb Explosion in Hiroshima," same author, publisher, & date, in
Japanese.

As above, "Report I. A Statistical Study on the Number of Deaths due to
Leukemia Occurring in Japan," same author, publisher, June 1954, in
Japanese.

"Leukemia in Atomic Bomb Survivors. I. General Observations," by Dr. Takuso
Yamawaki, et al., Blood, Jrnl. of Hematology, June 1954.

Translation, "Incidence of Leukemia in Survivors of the Atomic Bomb in
Hiroshima, Japan," by Dr. Takuso Yamawaki, Haematologica Japonica, 1954
(TS).

"The Physical Growth and Development of Children Who Survived the Atomic
Bombing of Hiroshima or Nagasaki," by Wm. Walter Greulich, et al., Jrnl. of
Pediatrics, Aug. 1953.

"Incidence of Leukemia in Survivors of the Atomic Bomb in Hiroshima and
Nagasaki, Japan" by Dr. Takuso Yamawaki, et al., Amr. Jrnl. of Medicine,
Sept. 1952.

"Quantitative Estimation of the Rickettsial Antigens in Infected Yolk Sac
Membranes by Complement Fixation Using a Fifty Per Cent Hemolysis Technique"
by Harriet M. Boyd, Jrnl. of Laboratory & Clinical Medicine, Aug. 1951.

"Clinical Observation of A-bomb Injuries," Japanese-language reprint of
speech given by Drs. Kikuchi & Kimoto before the Japan Medical Society, 1947
(forwarded to Dr. Taylor by H. Maki).

Folder 59

Articles authored by Haruo Kobayashi:

"Bipolarity of Egg of Oyster (Gryphaea gigas [Thunberg]), CYTOLOGIA,
International Jrnl. of Cytology, Sept. 1959.

"Cyto-chemical Study on the Nucleolus in the Common Japanese Oyster (Ostrea
laperousi SCHRENCK). II. Nucleic Acids and Nucleoproteins," Jrnl. of Science
of the Hiroshima Univ., Dec. 1954.

"Cyto-chemical Study on the Nucleolus in the Common Japanese Oyster (Ostrea
laperousi SCHRENCK). I. Fuelgen Nucleal Reaction," Jrnl. of Science of the
Hiroshima Univ., Dec. 1953.

"On the Chromosome Number in the Oyster," Jrnl. of Science of the Hiroshima
Univ., March 1952.

Folder 60

ABCC report printed in Japanese, authored by Dr. Taylor and appearing in the
June 1952 Science.

Folder 61

Articles from Japanese publications:

"Collected Papers in Volume IX (1954-5) From the Department of Physiology,
Hiroshima University Medical School, the Angiological Laboratories of the
Tokyo Zikei-Kai Society, Kure Japan"

"Skeletal Maturation in Healthy Japanese Children, 6 to 19 Years of Age
Comparison with Skeletal Maturation in American Children" by Dr. Wataru W.
Sutow, Hiroshima Jrnl. of Medical Sciences, March 1953 (also see Series III,
Box 5 and Series V, Boxes 5, 7, & 8 regarding Dr. Sutow).

Folder 62

Japanese publications regarding Hiroshima:

"Hiroshima Today, Hiroshima City, Japan, 1953"

"Hiroshima," Hiroshima Publishing Co., 1949

"Peace City, Hiroshima," Dai-Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (1950?)

Folder 63

Two, 1-page TSs: "Cataracts from A-Bomb" and "The Effect of Exposure of
Parents to the Atomic Bombs on the First Generation of Offspring in
Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Preliminary Report" by Drs. Neel, Morton, Schull,
McDonald, Kodani "and others," Nov. 1953.

Folder 64

ABCC-related articles:

"The Study of Atomic Bomb Survivors in Japan" by Stuart C. Finch, American
Jrnl. of Medicine, June 1979.

"Capillary Microscopic Observation on the Superficial Minute Vessels of
Atomic Bomb Survivors, 1956-1957" by Akira Tsuya, et al., Radiation
Research, April 1971.

"Delayed Radiation Effects in Atomic-Bomb Survivors: Major observations by
the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission are evaluated" by Robert W. Miller,
Science, Oct. 1969.

"The Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission: Seeking Answers Badly Needed" by R.
Keith Cannan, News Report, Nov. 1970.

"Effects of Ionizing Radiation from the Atomic Bomb on Japanese Children" by
Robert W. Miller, Pediatrics, Jan. 1968. missing - flood June, 2001

"Persons with Exceptionally High Risk of Leukemia" by Robert W. Miller,
Cancer Research, Dec. 1967.  missing - flood June, 2001

"Thyroid Nodules as a Late Sequela of Radioactive Fallout in a Marshall
Island Population Exposed in 1954" by R. A. Conard, et al., New England
Jrnl. of Medicine, June 1966.

"Leukemia in Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Survivors" by Robert Heyssel, et al.,
Blood, the Jrnl. of Hematology, March 1960.  missing - flood June, 2001

TS, "Introduction to Article by Shiraki, et al., on Hiroshima-Nagasaki CNS
Changes" dated Oct. 16, 1957.  missing - flood June, 2001

Booklet, "U. S. Information Agency, 8th Review of Operations, January 1-June
30, 1957.  missing - flood June, 2001

Chart of "The Far-Reaching Path-West and East-of H-Bomb Fallout Clouds" from
Newsweek, Sept. 24, 1956, and some related radiation dose information.  missing - flood June, 2001

"The Effect of Exposure to the Atomic Bombs on Pregnancy Termination in
Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Preliminary Report" by J. V. Neel, et al., Science,
Nov. 1953.  missing - flood June, 2001

"Medical Survey of Atomic Bomb Casualties" by R. Shirabe, Military Surgeon,
Oct.1953.

"Scars Remaining in Atom Bomb Survivors: A Four Year Follow-up Study" by
Warner Wells & Neal Tsukifuji, Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Aug.
1952.  missing - flood June, 2001

Folder 65

Two TSs:

"Talk on Atomic Energy,"20+ pages, undated

"Personnel Protection in Atomic Industry" by W. D. Norwood, 1954.

Folder 66

ABCC News Bulletin from June 18, 1957; April 2, 1957(two copies); Jan. 15,
1957; Aug. 16, 1956; Feb. 8, 1956; July 7, 1955; May 6, 1955; Oct. 29, 1954.

Division News Letter, No. 5 - Jan. 1956, of the NAS, NRC, Div. of Medical
Sciences, regarding ABCC's Nov. 26, 1946, Presidential Directive "to
undertake a long-range continuing study of the biological effects of the
atom bomb in man."

Folders 67-71

Translations of Japanese newspaper articles dated 1954 regarding the
accidental exposure of Japanese fishermen to atomic radiation near the
Bikini Atoll test site. There are articles from the Asahi Press, Chugoku
Press, Mainichi Press, Sangyo Keizai Press, Yomuiri Press, and one article
from the April 1954 Hungei-Shunju Magazine.

Folders 72-73

March 1954 articles from Stars and Stripes relating to the Bikini Atoll
incident; miscellaneous English-language newspaper articles on the same
topic from various papers.

Folder 74

Report, "The Contribution of Atomic Energy to Medicine: Hearings before the
Subcommittee on Research and Development of the Joint Committee on Atomic
Energy, Congress of the U. S., Eighty-Third Congress, Second Session on the
Contribution of Atomic Energy to Medicine, June 2, 3, and 4, 1954" with a
note handwritten by Dr. Taylor attached to the cover, "This report by
Bugher, Warren et al. was used as peace time use of atomic radiation. Grant
Taylor" (includes subject index & exhibit list).

Folder 75

Various ABCC-related newspaper articles dated 1963, 1971.

Folder 76

4 copies of "Symposium of Exposed Survivors" held March 28, 1952, at the
Hiroshima Communications Hospital. The report is printed in both English
(the left column on each page) and Japanese (the right column on each page).

Folder 77

ABCC-related articles from 1970:

"A Rare Bit of Drama" and "Twenty-Five Years After Hiroshima" from the Aug.
1970, Elks Magazine

"Hiroshima/Nagasaki: Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission Perseveres in Sensitive
Studies" in Science, May 8, 1970, along with an "edited" copy of the
article.

Folder 78

Photocopy of 34-page publication, "Hiroshima Under Atomic Bomb Attack" (many
statistics and numerous photographs with captions in both English and
Japanese)

Folder 79

TS, "Research Programs at Nagasaki Branch of the Radiation Effects Research
Foundation With Special Reference to Their Uniqueness" by Sadahisa Kawamoto,
M.D., Nagasaki Branch (15 pages plus tables, charts, and graphs).







Box 6 ABCC reports & publications

Folder 80

List of discarded duplicate reports and location of copies in other HRC
manuscript collections.

Reports & publications:

"Mosquito Survey Data on Japan and Their Application in the Control of
Mosquito- Borne Diseases" by Walter J. LaCasse, Capt., Medical Service
Corps,, U. S. Army, Commanding Officer, 207th Malaria Survey Detachment, APO
713 (Kyoto), Mosquito Fauna of Japan and Korea (with 78 original plates),
Part I, (Corps of Engineers, Office of the Surgeon, Headquarters I Corps,
APO 301, March 1, 1948), 183 pp.

"Mosquito Fauna of Japan and Korea" by Walter J. LaCasse, Capt., Medical
Services Corps, U. S. Army, Commanding Officer, 207th Malaria Survey
Detachment, APO 713 (Kyoto) and Satyu Yamaguti, M.D., Dr. SC., Lecturer in
Parasitology, Kyoto Univ., Kyoto, Honshu, Japan, Mosquito Fauna of Japan and
Korea (with 78 original plates), (Corps of Engineers, Office of the Surgeon,
Headquarters I Corps, APO 301, undated), 273 pp.

"The Growth and Development Program of the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission:
Analysis of Body Measurements and Observations Taken in 1952 on 4,200
Hiroshima Children" by Earle L. Reynolds, Ph.D., Nov. 15, 1953 (later
published as NYO-4473 which can be found in the Tessmer Collection), TS.

"Comparison of Skeletal Maturation with Dental Status in Children" by Wataru
W. Sutow, Taro Terasaki, Kenji Ohwada, Dec. 31, 1953, TS.

"Data on Linkage of Ovalocytosis and Blood Groups" by T. Fujii, W. C.
Moloney, N. E. Morton (dated after 1954), TS.

"Leukemia in Atomic Bomb Survivors: III. Diagnostic Features of Early
Myelogenous Leukemia" by William C. Moloney and Robert D. Lange, Feb. 20,
1954, TS.

"Splenomegalies in Atomic Bomb Survivors in Hiroshima" by Major Fred D.
Ownby, MC, U.S.A.F., and Neal Tsukifuji, M.D., March 1, 1954, TS.

"Selected Readings on Atomic Energy, United States Atomic Energy Commission"
(Washington, D.C.: U. S. Govt. Printing Office, July 1954), booklet.

"Death Certificate Survey: Hiroshima 1950-1954 (Preliminary Report) by
Lowell A. Woodbury, Robert H. Holmes, James K. Scott, undated, ABCC Field
Agency Report #00008.

"Semi-Annual Report, 1 July Through 31 December 1954, Part II...Business
Administration," ABCC.

"Listing of Leukemia Cases in Hiroshima and Nagasaki," (ABCC/NAS/NRC/AEC,
Sept. 1955), TS.

"Budget Revision, Research Components, Explanatory Material and Costs, FY
1955/1956," 93 pp, ABCC.

"Introducing Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission," June 25, 1956, 49 pp.

"Semi-Annual Report, 1 January Through 30 June 1955, Part II...Business
Administration," ABCC.

"Semi-Annual Report, 1 July Through 31 December 1955, Part I...Research,"
ABCC.

"Estimated Budget Fiscal Year 1956, 1 July 1955 through 30 June 1956, ?A?
Reduced Program," ABCC.

"Semi-Annual Report, 1 July through 31 December 1956, Part I...Research,"
ABCC. Pathologic Effects of Atomic Radiation: From a Study of the Biological
Effects of Atomic Radiation (Washington, D.C.: NAS/NRC Publication 452,
1956).

The Biological Effects of Atomic Radiation: A Report to the Public
(Washington, D.C.: NAS/NRC, 1956).

"Semi-Annual Report, 1 January through 30 June 1957, Part I...Research,"
ABCC.

The Biological Effects of Atomic Radiation: A Report to the Public, 1960
(Washington, D.C.: NAS/NRC, 1960).