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

Rudin, Stephen (Collector, Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

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

Additional Description

Abstract

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

SERIES LIST

Series I. Letters and Documents

Series II. Photographs

Series III. Blueprints and Models

SEPARATED MATERIAL

Signed Books

Flight of the Enola Gay, by Paul Tibbets. 1989. Signed by Tibbets, Van Kirk, and Ferebee. Rudin # M-32
Return of the Enola Gay, by Paul Tibbets. 1998. Signed by Tibbets and Van Kirk. Rudin # M-32A
The Tibbets Story, by Paul Tibbets with Clair Stebbins and Harry Franken. Signed by Tibbets, Ferebee and Van Kirk. Rudin # M-32B
509th Pictorial History, by 509th Composite Group. Facsimile edition of 1945 copy. Signed by Tibbets. Rudin # M-32C
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.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:: Donor
Date completed:: October 2012
EAD encoding:: RMC Staff, October 2012
Date modified:: Fredrika Loew, April 2018