01841cpcaa2200373 a 4500 mm 96083615 DLC 20260227111725.0 cr ||||||||||| 961010|||||||||||| eng mm 96083615 DLC DLC DLC dacs R lcmd Peterkin, Ernest W. Ernest W. Peterkin papers, 1946-1992 (bulk 1946). 400 items. 1 container and 1 oversize. 0.4 linear feet. 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 Nuclear weapons Testing. Operation Crossroads, Marshall Islands, 1946. Bikini Atoll (Marshall Islands) History. Engineers. itoamc Naval officers. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008133 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008133.3 44372 44372