Ernest W. Peterkin papers, 1946-1992 (bulk 1946).

Open to research.

Correspondence, journal, writings, notebook, orders, photoreproduction of sketchbook, and other papers kept by Peterkin as a member of the scientific group which photographed the atomic blasts during Operation Crossroads, the nuclear testing on Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, in 1946.

Watercolor paintings, charcoal and pencil drawings, sketches, a sketchbook, and photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Naval officer and engineer. Born 1920; died 1995.

Collection material in English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008133