Title: Atomic Bomb Booklets

Date/Date Range :   1945-1969

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection consists of four booklets documenting the atomic bomb dating from 1945 to 1969. One is a collection of New York Times articles on the development of the atomic bomb, including an article on Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Also included are a Christian tract by Hyman Appelman advocating the abolition of nuclear weapons and pamphlets describing how to protect one's family from a nuclear attack published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Baltimore Sun.

Call number: MS-3173

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

Collection was purchased by Special Collection on July 29, 2007

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Atomic Bomb Booklets, MS-3173. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of a single folder.

Hyman Jedidiah Appelman was born in Russia in 1902 and was raised as an Orthodox Jew. His family moved to America in 1914. He attended Northwestern and Depaul Universities and became a lawyer. In 1930 he converted to Christianity, after which he attended Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Texas. He spent the rest of his life as an evangelical preacher. He died in 1983.

This collection consists of four booklets documenting the atomic bomb dating from 1945 to 1969. One is a collection of New York Times articles on the development of the atomic bomb, including an article on Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Also included are a Christian tract by Hyman Appelman advocating the abolition of nuclear weapons and pamphlets describing how to protect one's family from a nuclear attack published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Baltimore Sun.

• Appelman, Hyman J. (Hyman Jedidiah), 1902-1983.
• Cold War.
• Atomic bomb -- Moral and ethical aspects.
• Atomic bomb -- History.