William H. P. Blandy Papers
A Finding Aid to the Papers in the Naval Historical
Foundation Collection in the Library of Congress
Prepared by Joseph K. Brooks
Manuscript Division,
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
2009
Contact information:
http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mss/address.html
Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division,
2009
Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009155
Title: William H. P. Blandy
Papers
Span Dates: 1913-1977
ID No.: MSS81522
Creator:
Blandy, William H. P.
(William Henry Purnell), 1890-1954
Extent: 400 items;
2 containers plus 4 oversize;
3.6 linear feet
Language: Collection material in
English
Repository:
Manuscript Division, Library of
Congress,
Washington, D.C.
Abstract: Naval officer.
Correspondence, reports, speeches, biographical material, scrapbooks, and
clippings relating chiefly to Blandy's World War II service as head of the
United States Navy Department Bureau of Ordnance and afterward as director of
Operation Crossroads, the atomic tests at Bikini Atoll in 1946.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person
or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed
alphabetically therein.
Personal Names
Blandy,
William H. P. (William Henry Purnell), 1890-1954.
Organizations
United
States. Navy Dept.
Bureau of Ordnance.
United
States. Navy--Officers.
Subjects
Operation Crossroads,
Marshall Islands, 1946.
World War, 1939-1945--Naval
operations, American.
Occupations
Naval
officers.
Provenance: The papers of William H. P. Blandy, naval officer, were deposited in
the Library of Congress by the Naval Historical Foundation in 1992. The deposit
was converted to a gift in 1998.
Processing History:The papers of William H. P. Blandy were arranged and described in
1995. The finding aid was revised in 2009.
Transfers:Items have been transferred from the Manuscript Division to other
custodial divisions of the Library. Phonograph records have been transferred to
the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division. Photographs have
been transferred to the Prints and Photographs Division. All transfers are
identified in these divisions as part of the William H. P. Blandy Papers in the
Naval Historical Foundation Collection.
Copyright Status:The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of William H. P.
Blandy is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17,
U.S.C.).
Access and Restrictions:The papers of William H. P. Blandy are open to research. Researchers
are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many
collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these
items for research use.
Preferred Citation:Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the
following information: Container number, William H. P. Blandy Papers, Naval
Historical Foundation Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress,
Washington, D.C.
The papers of William Henry Purnell Blandy (1890-1954) span the years
1913-1977 and consist of correspondence, clippings, speeches, reports,
scrapbooks, and miscellaneous biographical material. The focus is on the World
War II years when Blandy headed the Naval Bureau of Ordnance and on his
direction in 1946 of Operation Crossroads, the atomic tests at Bikini Atoll in
the Marshall Islands.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material,
subject, or personal name.
| Container |
Contents |
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| BOX 1
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Biographical and genealogical
material, awards, and citations,
1934-1954, undated
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| BOX 1
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Clippings,
1941-1943
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| BOX 1
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Commissions,
1939-1942
See
Oversize |
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| BOX 1
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Correspondence |
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| BOX 1
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Official,
1939-1950
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| BOX 1
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Personal,
1917-1977
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| BOX 1
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King, Ernest J., "Our Navy at War"
and
United States at War, Army and Navy Journal,
1944-1945
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| BOX 1
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Noyes, Leigh,
1950
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| BOX 1
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Operation Crossroads |
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| BOX 1
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Ships |
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| BOX 1
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Avery
Island (miscellaneous auxiliary ship),
1946
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| BOX 1
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Panamint (combined operations headquarters ship),
1946
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| BOX 1
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Shurcliff, W. A.,
Bombs at Bikini,
1947
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| BOX 2
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Scrapbooks |
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| BOX 2
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Florida (battleship) and other sea duty,
1918-1923
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| BOX 2
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Miscellaneous,
1944-1949
See
Oversize |
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| BOX 2
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"Operation Crossroads,"
1946
See
Oversize |
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| BOX 2
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"Pictorial Record, Cruise of the
Commander in Chief, Atlantic and U. S. Atlantic Fleet,"
1948
See
Oversize |
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| BOX 2
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Speeches, statements, and
writings
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| BOX 2
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Malaval, Pierre, "Study of
Transverse Resistance of Cylindrical Tubes," translated by Blandy,
1920
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| BOX 2
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Midshipman second class cruise
notebook,
circa 1913
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| BOX 2
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Miscellaneous,
1941-1945
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| BOX OV 1
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Oversize |
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| BOX OV 1
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Commissions,
1939-1942 (Container 1)
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| BOX OV 2
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Scrapbooks |
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| BOX OV 2
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Miscellaneous,
1944-1949 (Container 2)
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| BOX OV 3
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"Operation
Crossroads,"
1946 (Container 2)
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| BOX OV 4
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"Pictorial Record,
Cruise of the Commander in Chief, Atlantic and U. S. Atlantic Fleet,"
1948 (Container 2)
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