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Robert C. Pendleton papers
1957-1982
Pendleton, Robert C. (Robert Cecil)
2 linear ft.
Robert C. Pendleton served as professor of biology (1961-1982) and director of the Department of Radiological Health at the University of Utah. This collection contains correspondence, personal research, and reprints of publications. Also included are newspaper clippings and press releases on the effects of radiation, especially fallout from nuclear weapons test sites in Nevada. The collection also contains class syllabi.
English
Biographical Note
Dr. Pendleton was born in Torrey, Utah on November 5, 1918. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Utah in 1946, his master's degree the following year and his doctorate in 1952. Dr. Pendleton was active in studying the effects of radioactive fallout through the food chain. He served on the Utah Nuclear Energy Commission, the Utah Council on Science and Technology, and was named to the National Academy of Sciences committee on radioactive waste management. Dr. Pendleton died July 10, 1982.
This collection contains correspondence, personal research, and reprints of publications. Also included are newspaper clippings and press releases on the effects of radiation, especially fallout from nuclear weapons test sites in Nevada. The collection also contains class syllabi.
This collection is arranged alphabetically.
Materials must be used on-site; advance notice suggested. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Initial Citation:
Robert C. Pendleton papers, Acc. 275,
Box [ ]. University Archives and Records Management. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Following Citations:Acc. 275.
Pendleton, Robert C. (Robert Cecil)--Archives
University of Utah--Archives
University of Utah--Faculty
University of Utah. Biology Dept.
Radioactive pollution
Radioecology
Radioecology--Study and teaching--Utah--History--Sources
Radiobiology--Study and teaching--Utah--History--Sources
Nuclear weapons--Nevada--Testing
Universities and colleges--Utah--Salt Lake City--History--Sources
Colleges and Universities
Medicine and Health
Science
Correspondence
Clippings
Press releases
Reprints
Syllabi
1
Class Handouts to Early Research Papers
1-2
Class Handouts - Radiobiology
3
Class Handouts - Radioecology
4
Class Tests - Examples
5
Correspondence
6
Correspondence - Governor's Office
7
Correspondence to Public Servants - Fallout
8
Diplomas, Certificates, Awards
9
Early Research Papers
2
Fallout to News Releases
1
Fallout - Epidemiology of Radiation in Utah
2
General Electric,Hanford Washington - Monthly Research Reports
1957-1960
3
Humor
4
India Project
5
Minutes of Meeting on Effects of Fallout Radiation - Salt Lake City, Utah
1979 August 29
6
Molecular Biology Department
7
National Enquirer Article
8-18
News Releases
1957
1960-1970
1972
3
News Releases to Reprints
1-3
News Releases
1974-1982
4
Notes on the Ethnobotany of the Solomom Islands with Special Reference to Foods and Plants
5
Offsite Monitors Workshop - Proceedings and Correspondence
6
Radiological Health Advisory Committee
1963-1964
7
Reprints - Biology and Ecology
8
Reprints - Cesium 137
9
Reprints - Iodine
10
Reprints - Phosphorus
4
Reprints to Utah
1
Reprints - Radium and Radon
2
Reprints - Nevada Tests
3
Reprints - Radiation Miscellaneous
4
Reprints - Various Isotopes
5
Speeches - Materials
6-7
Student Papers - Radiation
(Folders 6-7 are restricted.)
8
Testimony before U.S. District Court on Radiation in Utah
9
Utah State Advisory Committee on Science and Technology
10
Utah State Radiological Advisory Committee
1964