Peterkin, Ernest W. creator mixed material monographic eng 400 1 1 0.4 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. Open to research. 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 Naval officers mm 96083615 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms008133 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms008133.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008133 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008133.3 Open to research. DLC 961010 20260227111725.0 mm 96083615