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Herbert M. Parker papers, 1938-1984
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Parker, Herbert M
- Title
- Herbert M. Parker papers
- Dates
- 1938-1984 (inclusive)19381984
- Quantity
- 11.83 cubic feet (13 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 3616 (Accession No. 3616-001)
- Summary
- Papers of a radiation physicist and co-inventor of the Paterson-Parker Radium Therapy System
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
-
Open to all users.
Original videotapes should not be used. Researchers must request duplication of videotapes before viewing.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Herbert Parker was a radiation physicist and co-inventor of the Paterson-Parker Radium Therapy System. He was born in England in 1910, studied at the University of Manchester and the Holt Radium Institute in Manchester. He came to the U.S. and worked on nuclear projects during WWII at the Manhattan Project in Chicago and at Oak Ridge. He came to Hanford, WA in 1944 to head the operational radiation protection program and stayed to develop research and development programs in the radiological sciences. He managed the General Electric Hanford Labs from 1956 to 1965. He became a consultant to Batelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories after Batelle took over operation of the lab in 1965. In 1971 he left Batelle and became president of HMP Associates, his own consulting firm. He served on many scientific panels, committees, and boards, including the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, and bodies of the National Academy of Sciences and Atomic Energy Commission. He died in 1984.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Contains correspondence, speeches and writings, committee records, videotapes (3/4 inch U-matic).
The Parker papers provide only limited documentation of Parker's work at Hanford and Battelle. The bulk of the papers relate to his committee and consultant work. One such activity was the Portsmouth Study of Navy nuclear propulsion and other shipyard workers. The study was commissioned in 1978 by the U.S. Center for Disease Control and carried out by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health at the instigation of the House Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. Parker was a consultant to the study, which investigated reports of excess cancer mortality among the shipyard workers.
The Parker papers also include material relating to the "Mancuso Controversy." Dr. Thomas F. Mancuso was the principle investigator for this project, which was a "Study of the Lifetime Health and Mortality Experience of Employees of AEC Contractors" commissioned in 1964 by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission and later funded by the U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration. Dr. Mancuso's studies aroused controversy and his contract was terminated in 1975. In 1977 the U.S. Inspector General's Office was requested to conduct an investigation of irregularity on the part of the Department of Energy in terminating the contract. In 1971 Herbert Parker agreed to serve on a scientific advisory committee to the project and subsequently received correspondence and reports concerning the project and investigation.
Another consulting project for Parker was for Radiation Management Corporation, a Philadelphia business which offered services in "evaluation and management of human radiation problems associated with use of nuclear energy." Parker advised the company for several years.
Included in the papers are two videotapes with titles "Vignettes of Early Radiation Workers." Parker is one of the interviewees on these tapes.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries
Preferred Citation
Herbert M. Parker papers. Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries, Seattle, Washington.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Arranged in 2 series:
- Personal and professional papers, 1938-1984
- Records from related organizations, 1955-1982
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Personal and Professional PapersReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Biographical
Information
See also box 13.
|
||
| Box | ||
| 1 | Resumes and Publications
Lists |
1949-1983 |
| 1 | Clippings |
1961-1979 |
| 1 | Battelle Associates |
1970 |
| Box | ||
| 1 | General Correspondence Concerning
Parker's Retirement |
1971 |
Outgoing Letters |
||
| Box | ||
| 1 | Parker at Battelle 2 folders
|
1965-1982 |
| 1 | H.M.P. Associates |
1973-1980 |
| 1 | Personal |
1970-1979 |
Incoming Letters 3 folders
|
||
Battelle Colleagues |
||
| Box | ||
| 1 | Ambrose, T. W. |
1976 |
| 1 | Bair, W. J. |
1973-1981 |
| 1 | Bartlett, J. W. |
1977 |
| 1 | Cross, F. T. |
1975 |
| 1 | Foster, Richard
F. |
1979 |
| 1 | Furquay, J. J. |
1984 |
| 1 | Irish, E. R. |
1976 |
| 1 | Liikala, R. C. |
1976 |
| 1 | Paul, R. S. |
1978 |
| 1 | Richmond, Bill |
1980 |
| 1 | Unruh, Carl M. |
1975 |
| 1 | Watts, W. A. |
1979 |
| 1 | Wiley, W. R. |
1978-1979 |
Non-Battelle |
||
| Box | ||
| 1 | American Association of
Physicists in Medicine |
1974-1980 |
| 1 | American College of
Radiology |
1972, 1979 |
| 1 | American Institute of
Physics |
1976 |
| 1 | American Radium
Society |
1982 |
| 1 | Boag, Jack W. |
1972 |
| 1 | Brennan, Dr. and Mrs. James
T. |
1982, 1984 |
| 1 | British Nuclear Fuels,
Ltd. |
1973 |
| 1 | California Agriculture and
Services Agency, Consumer Affairs Department, Engineers Registration
Board |
1975 |
| 1 | Dillon, R. L. |
1965 |
| 1 | Four Rivers Comprehensive
Health Planning Council |
1976 |
| 1 | Fremling, Alex |
1979 |
| 1 | General Electric Company,
Hanford Atomic Products Operation |
1961, 1965 |
| 1 | General Electric Company,
Nuclear Energy Division |
1969, 1974 |
| 1 | General Motors Cancer
Research Foundation |
1979 |
| 1 |
Health Physics
|
1976, 1982 |
| 1 | Health Physics
Society |
1974 |
| 1 | Jackson, Henry M. |
1973 |
| 1 | Kentucky University Health
Radiation Sciences |
1981 |
| 1 | Kozloff, Eugene
N. |
1980 |
| 1 | MacLaren, James F., Ltd.,
Toronto |
1980 |
| 1 | Mark, J. Carson |
1977 |
| 1 | National Research
Council |
1949 |
| 1 | Oregonians Against the Ban on
Nuclear Energy |
1976 |
| 1 | Sullivan, William
H. |
1949 |
| 1 | Taylor, Lauriston
S. |
1977 |
| 1 | U.S. Energy Research and
Development Administration |
1976 |
| 1 | U.S. National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health |
1981 |
| 1 | U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission |
1976-1979 |
| 1 | University Hospitals of
Cleveland |
1976 |
| 1 | Washington (State) Ecology
Department |
1978 |
| 1 | University of Washington
Arboretum |
1979 |
| 1 | University of Wisconson
Medical Center |
1966 |
| 1 | World Health
Organization |
1972 |
| Box | ||
| 1-2 | Speeches and Writings by
Parker 37 folders
|
1938-1981 |
| 2 | Speeches and Writings by
Others 11 folders
|
1952-1982 |
| 2 | Notes |
undated |
Subject Files |
||
| Box | ||
| 3 | American College of Radiology,
Radiologic Aspects of Disaster Planning |
1962 |
| 3 | American Radium Society,
Radiation Protection Symposium |
1973 |
| 3 | Atomic Industrial
Forum |
1972 |
| 3 | Battelle Memorial Institute
Seminar on Atmospheric Sciences |
1977 |
| 3 | Boaz v. Phillips Petroleum
Company 6 folders
|
1977 |
| 3 | Coolidge, William D.
Award |
1979 |
| 3 | Electric Power Research
Institute 2 folders
|
1976-1980 |
| 3 | Environmental
Guides |
1970-1971 |
| 3 | Hazardous Waste Disposal
Site |
1971-1972 |
| 3 | Health Physics Conference on
Environmental Nuclear Impact |
1976 |
| 4 | Health Physics
Society 5 folders
|
1968-1980 |
| 4 | Interaction of Radioactive
Contaminants with the Constituents of the Marine Environment
Symposium |
1972 |
| 4 | International Commissions on
Radiological Protection and on Radiological Units and Measurements: Relative
Biological Effectiveness Committee Report |
1963 |
| 4-5 | Mancuso (Thomas F.)
Controversy 8 folders
|
1971-1978 |
| 5 | U.S. Manhattan Project, Barton
C. Hacker's History of |
1981 |
| 5 | U.S. Manhattan Project,
Manhattan Engineer District |
1945 |
| 5 | National Academy of
Engineering |
1978-1982 |
| 5 | Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy
Conference |
1964 |
| 5 | Permissible Doses
Conference |
1949 |
| 5 | Permissible Doses Tripartite
Conference |
1953 |
| 5 | Plutonium Safety |
undated |
| 5 | Quaternary Seminar |
1974 |
| 5 | Radioactive Waste
Management |
undated |
| 5 | San Francisco Cancer
Symposium |
1977 |
| 5 | Short Course on Radiation
Protection Standards and the Effects of Low Level Ionizing
Radiation |
1980 |
| 5 | Stone (Robert S.)
Papers |
undated |
| 5 | Transuranic Wastes.
Publications by the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory 2 folders
|
1977-1979 |
| 5 | U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Environmental Radiation Protection |
1975-1976 |
| 5 | U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Plutonium Toxicity |
1974-1975 |
| 6 | Waste Disposal Management --
Testimony before Special Subcommittee on Radiation of the Joint Committee on
Atomic Energy |
1958 |
| 6 | Waste Management in Foreign
Nations |
1974 |
| 6 | Workshop on the Biological
Effects and the Toxicity of 239-Pu and 226-Ra |
1975 |
| Box | ||
| 13 | Oral Histories -- "Vignettes of
Early Radiation Workers" 2 folders
Includes 2 3/4 inch U-Matic videotapes, related correspondence,
and miscellany.
Original videotapes should not be used. Researchers must request
duplication before viewing.
|
1977 |
| 12 | Ephemera and Miscellany |
1971-1972 |
Records from Related OrganizationsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 6 | American National Standards
Institute 3 folders
Primarily reports of the International Electrotechnical
Commission.
|
1969-1976 |
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. Biomedical and
Environmental Sciences Advisory Committee 5 folders
|
1974-1977 | |
| Box | ||
| 6 | A Capsule History of LASL Biomedical Research Programs
and Miscellany |
undated |
| 6 | LASL Third Life Sciences Symposium |
undated |
| 6 | U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration
Waste Site Evaluations |
undated |
| 6 | Writings |
undated |
National Council on Radiation Protection and
Measurements 35 folders
|
1956-1982 | |
| Box | ||
| 6-8 | Organizational Information |
undated |
| 6-8 | General Correspondence |
undated |
| 6-8 | Meeting Notes |
undated |
| 6-8 | Lauriston S. Taylor's "History of Radiation
Protection" |
undated |
| 6-8 | L. S. Taylor Lecture on Radiation Protection and
Measurement, First, Given by Herbert M. Parker |
1977 |
| 6-8 | Scientific Committee No. 1 -- General
Correspondence |
undated |
| 6-8 | Scientific Committees Nos. 1-73 -- Reports |
undated |
| 6-8 | Miscellaneous Writings and Reports |
undated |
| 6-8 | Testimony Before the U.S. House of Representatives,
Committee on Armed Force, Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems
Subcommittee |
undated |
| 6-8 | Conferences and Meetings |
undated |
Radiation Management Corporation
(Philadelphia) 3 folders
|
1970-1975 | |
| Box | ||
| 8 | General Correspondence |
undated |
| 8 | Writings of H. M. Parker and Radiation Management
Corporation |
undated |
| 8 | Writings by Others |
undated |
| Box | ||
| 8 | U.S. Atomic Energy Commission -- Agreement with
Canada |
1955 |
| 8 | U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Radioisotopes Licensing
Review Panel
Letters, reports, and related articles.
|
1960-1968 |
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Reactor Safeguards
Advisory Committee, Environmental Subcommittee 5 folders
|
1972-1977 | |
| Box | ||
| 9 | General Correspondence, Minutes |
undated |
| 9 | Kerr-McGee/Silkwood Incident Investigation
Reports |
undated |
| 9 | Writings and Reports |
undated |
| Box | ||
| 9 | U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Reactor Safety Study
Biomedical Advisory Group |
1974 |
| 9 | U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Transportation Panel
Reports |
1963-1972 |
| 9 | U.S. Center For Disease Control/U.S. National Institute
For Occupational Safety and Health, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Study 10 folders
|
1978-1982 |
U.S. Federal Radiation Council, Uranium Mining Health
Hazards Study 10 folders
|
1966-1970 | |
| Box | ||
| 10 | General Correspondence |
undated |
| 10 | Statements to the Joint Congressional Committee on
Atomic Energy, Research Development and Radiation Subcommittee |
undated |
| 10 | Related Writings, Miscellany |
undated |
| 10 | Reports |
undated |
| Box | ||
| 10 | U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Federal Research on
Biological and Health Effects of Ionizing Radiation Committee (Freir
Committee) 2 folders
|
1979-1980 |
| 10-11 | U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Radioactive Waste
Management Committee 9 folders
|
1968-1975 |
| 11 | U.S. National Plutonium Registry Advisory
Committee 3 folders
|
1968-1970 |
| 11 | U.S. National Research Council. Radioactive Waste
Management Committee, Foreign Activities in Radioactive Waste Disposal Panel
(ad hoc) 2 folders
|
1971-1973 |
| 11 | U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Proposed Rulemaking
on the Storage and Disposal of Nuclear Waste |
1980 |
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Three Mile Island
Special Inquiry Group 7 folders
|
1979-1980 | |
| Box | ||
| 11 | General Correspondence |
undated |
| 11 | Reports |
undated |
| Box | ||
| 12 | U.S. Technical Electronic Product Radiation Safety
Standards Committee (TEPRSSC) |
1969-1972 |
| 12 | U.S. Transuranium Registry Advisory
Committee 4 folders
|
1974-1972 |
| 12 | Washington (State) Social and Health Services
Department, Radiation Advisory Committee |
1971-1974 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Nuclear energy--Social aspects
- Nuclear physicists--Washington (State)--Richland--Archives
- Radiation--Safety measures
Personal Names
- Mancuso, Thomas F
- Parker, Herbert M.--Archives
Corporate Names
- National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
- Pacific Northwest Laboratory
- U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Form or Genre Terms
- Correspondence
- Interviews
- Oral histories
- Speeches, addresses, etc
- Writings
Occupations
- Physicists
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
