Claudia Clark's Research Data from Microfilm. Re: U.S. Radium Corp. Physical Plant
Scope and content
The records of the U.S. Radium Corp. of East Orange, New Jersey consist of eighteen reels of 35mm microfilm. The files contain correspondence, reports, published articles, certificates, insurance and legal files, and other records documenting the company's business activities and investigations into the contamination of its female radium dial painters by radioluminous paint. Of particular note, are legal files of the case, La Porte vs. US Radium (1934).
In December 2002, a United States Air Force researcher contacted the UMDNJ Special Collections Department to request the loan of the microfilm for a research project he was conducting. The outcome of this request was an agreement made with Distor, Inc. to scan the microfilm to create pdf files of the textual images and a searchable database using LaserFiche® software. As part of the project, a Table of Contents to the pdf files was also created. It provides additional subject insight to the microfilm. This project was completed in spring 2003. The pdf files and proprietary software database may only be searched in-house in the department.
In addition to the microfilm, the collection consists of data abstracted from the microfilm by Dr. Claudia Clark.
Restrictions on Access
No restrictions on access, under the conditions of the Archives access policy.
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Clark, Claudia.
- From the Collection: United States Radium Corporation
Part of the RBHS Special Collections in the History of Medicine Repository