Princeton-Pennsylvania Accelerator records, 1963-1971

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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.

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