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Gail and Stephen Rudin atomic bomb collection

 Collection — mu: 2014
Identifier: 6990

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Letters, documents, photographs, drawings, and models (signed by Paul Tibbets) related to the atomic bomb and its use in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.

Dates

  • 1914-2009.

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

.5 cubic feet. (.5 cubic feet.)

Abstract

Letters, documents, photographs, drawings, and models (signed by Paul Tibbets) related to the atomic bomb and its use in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.

SEPARATED MATERIAL

Signed Books

  1. Flight of the Enola Gay, by Paul Tibbets. 1989. Signed by Tibbets, Van Kirk, and Ferebee. Rudin # M-32
  2. Return of the Enola Gay, by Paul Tibbets. 1998. Signed by Tibbets and Van Kirk. Rudin # M-32A
  3. The Tibbets Story, by Paul Tibbets with Clair Stebbins and Harry Franken. Signed by Tibbets, Ferebee and Van Kirk. Rudin # M-32B
  4. 509th Pictorial History, by 509th Composite Group. Facsimile edition of 1945 copy. Signed by Tibbets. Rudin # M-32C
  5. Enola Gay, by Gordon Thomas and Max Witts. 1977. Signed and inscribed by Tibbets. Rudin # M-32D

Physical Description

Correspondence, printed materials, models, publications, photographs

General

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.eduhttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
Donor
Date completed:
October 2012
EAD encoding:
RMC Staff, October 2012
Date modified:
Fredrika Loew, April 2018
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by RMC Staff
Date
October 2012
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)