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Collection Overview

Creator:
Princeton University. Office of Occupational Health and Safety
Title:
Princeton-Pennsylvania Accelerator records
Repository:
Princeton University Archives
Permanent URL:
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/h702q639w
Dates:
1963-1971
Size:
16 boxes
Storage Note:
  • Mudd Manuscript Library (scamudd): Box 1-16
Language:
English

Abstract

The Office of Occupational Health and Safety is charged with general oversight of the university health and safety effort and with assisting University departments and offices in discharging their health and safety responsibilities. The records consist of proposals and surveys compiled by the Office of Occupational Health and Safety in regards to radiation safety measures taken to protect workers and researchers at the Princeton-Pennsylvania Accelerator, a particle research facility that operated on Forrestal Campus from 1957 to 1971.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

Consists of proposals and surveys compiled by the Office of Occupational Health and Safety in regards to radiation safety measures taken to protect workers and researchers at the Princeton-Pennsylvania Accelerator, a particle research facility that operated on Forrestal Campus from 1957 to 1971.

Collection Creator Biography:

Princeton University. Office of Occupational Health and Safety

The Office of Occupational Health and Safety is charged with general oversight of the university health and safety effort and with assisting University departments and offices in discharging their health and safety responsibilities. The Office of Occupational Health and Safety operates in four major areas; radiation safety, industrial hygiene, general safety, and biosafety. Major facilities falling under the Office's jurisdiction are the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, and the Princeton-Pennsylvania Particle Accelerator (now defunct).

Collection History

Acquisition:

Acquisition info was not recorded at time of accession.

Appraisal

Appraisal info was not recorded at time of accession.

Processing Information

Finding aid updated by Annalise Berdini in 2018.

Access & Use

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Use

Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. The Trustees of Princeton University hold copyright to all materials generated by Princeton University employees in the course of their work. For instances beyond Fair Use, if copyright is held by Princeton University, researchers do not need to obtain permission, complete any forms, or receive a letter to move forward with use of materials from the Princeton University Archives.

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Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

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Credit this material:

Princeton-Pennsylvania Accelerator records; Princeton University Archives, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Permanent URL:
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/h702q639w
Location:
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library
65 Olden Street
Princeton, NJ 08540, USA
(609) 258-6345
Storage Note:
  • Mudd Manuscript Library (scamudd): Box 1-16