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 ; 2 containers plus 4 oversize ; 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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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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Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009155 |
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LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection:
http://lccn.loc.gov/mm92081522 |
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