Title | William H.P. Blandy papers, 1913-1977 |
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Span Dates | 1913-1977 |
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ID No. | MSS81522 |
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Creator | Blandy, William H. P. (William Henry Purnell), 1890-1954 |
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Extent | 400 items |
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Extent | 2 containers plus 4 oversize |
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Extent | 3.6 linear feet |
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Language |
Collection material in
English
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Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
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Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009155 |
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LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm92081522 |
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Summary | Naval officer. Correspondence, reports, speeches, biographical material, scrapbooks, and clippings relating chiefly to Blandy's World War II service as head of the United States Navy Department Bureau of Ordnance and afterward as director of Operation Crossroads, the atomic tests at Bikini Atoll in 1946. |
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