COMING SOON: An extensive collection of correspondence, reports, and documents between nuclear security experts Lynn Eden and Hal Brode. All files are in PDF format.
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| EBDOC001.PDF | Report + personal note | Williams | F. A. | Porzel, F. B. and Olfe, D. B. | Fire Effects of Nuclear Weapons: A Summary of Contributing Factors (U), Study S-141, Contract SD-50, Task 28 | 13MB | Institute for Defense Analyses, Research and Engineering Support Division | Jan. 1 | 1964 | 190 | Stamped Declassified Jul. 9, 2003; contains cover note from “Bill” at The National Security Archive, Washington, D.C., to Lynn Eden 1 blank page removed. | |
| EBDOC003.PDF | Report | Martin | Stanley B. | Fire Setting By Nuclear Explosion: A Revisit | 4MB | Stan Martin & Associates | undated | 16 | 1 blank page removed. | |||
| EBDOC004.PDF | Technical report | Willoughby | A.B. | The Use of Historical Data for Predicting the Rates of Fire Spread in Urban Areas Following Nuclear Explosions | Scientific Service, Inc., Redwood City, CA; Stan Martin & Associates, Redwood City, CA; Defense Nuclear Agency, Alexandria, VA | Alexandria, VA | Jun. 1 | 1991 | 83 | Contract No. DNA 001-87-C-0280; includes Report Documentation Page; Unclassified; “This document contains technical data whose export is restricted by the Arms Control Export Control Act.” Items in the appendix are dated Dec. 23, 2002 and Dec. 25, 2002. (The report itself is undated.) Number of blank pages removed: 2 | ||
| EBDOC005.PDF | Brode | Hal | to Lynn Eden. | “Re: the usual.” Email (printouts). | online | Feb. 8 | 2000, 12:34 p.m. PST | 7 | This appears to contain two different printouts of the same email message, one from an inkjet or laser printer and the other from a dot-matrix printer. | |||
| EBDOC006.PDF | Draft history/memoir (first chapters of a book MS?) | Brode | Harold L. | “The Cold War: an Insider’s View” | 2006–2007 | 267 | Foreword “A Plea to Early Readers” is dated May 12, 2006; chapters bear various dates through Nov. 2007, and each chapter’s pages are numbered beginning with 1. Chapter 11 has been correctly reordered. Chapters 6–10 are missing. PDF page numbers: Five blank or duplicate pages deleted from PDF. |
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| EBDOC007.PDF | Slide Presentation and 2 (conference) papers (photocopies) | Binninger | Gilbert C. | USSBS Impact on VNTK Development(slides)
“Impact of USSBS on Development of VNTK: a Read-ahead for DTRA’s NIAB Workshop 20–24 Sep. 2004” “Application of Statistical Methods to Evaluating USSBS Atomic Damage Data: a Read-ahead for DTRA’s NIAB Workshop 20–24 Sep. 2004” |
Science Applications International Corporation | Alexandria, VA | Jul. 1 | 2004 | 70 | Includes mailing envelope addressed to Center For International Security & Cooperation at Stanford, attn: Lynn Eden. Includes slides for talk given by Binninger at Hiroshima and Nagasaki session of the NIAB Workshop, September 20–24, 2004. Includes paper offered as a “read-ahead” for the workshop.
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| EBDOC008.PDF | Report | Brode | Harold L. | Nuclear Fire MetaGuide | Pacific-Sierra Research, for Defense Threat Reduction Agency | P-SR Santa Monica, CA DTRA: Alexandria, VA | Aug. 1 | 2000 | 83 | PSR Report 2828. Technical Report Contract # DTRA01–99-D-0045, under RDT&E RMSS Code B 4662 D AC BB 00004 4400A AC. Unclassified. Contains handwritten notes and markup. 1 blank page removed; out-of-order pages reordered. |
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| EBDOC009.PDF | Presentation with cover letter & attachments | Brode | Harold L. | “Nuclear Fire Damage Review” | Presentation at the NIAB Workshop | Albuquerque, NM (workshop location) | Sep. 20 | 2004 | 61 | Includes mailing envelope addressed from Harold L. Brode to Lynn Eden. Includes workshop agenda + presenter bios. Document pages 5, 22 missing from presentation. 55 blank pages removed (alternate pages). Pages reordered within “Nuclear Fire Damage Review.” Includes additional draft document: “Fire and the NIAB Workshop, or ‘You Can’t Get There from Here'” Handwritten notes on “Fire and the NIAB Workshop”: “Hal Brode Oct. 13, 2004 email to me.” Underlining. PDF page numbers: |
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| EBDOC009.PDF | Document | Brode | Harold L. | Comments by H.L. Brode on the United States Strategic Bombing Survey (1947) | undated | 1 | ||||||
| EBDOC009.PDF | Document | Brode | Harold L. | “Fire and the NIAB Workshop, or ‘You Can’t Get There from Here'” [A short history of the United States Strategic Bombing Survey (USSBS)…] | Oct. 13 | 2004 | 3 | Handwritten note at top of first page: “Hal Brode Oct. 13, 2004 email to me” (Presumably Lynn Eden). Underlining. | ||||
| EBDOC010.PDF | 1. NIAB Workshop contact, invitee, and attendance lists. 2. Email conversation re “Confusion? Help please.” 3. Graph + chart, “Hiroshima Overpressure.” | Brode | Harold L. | Email authors: Brode, Len; Brode, Jade; Deel, Charles C. II; Hall, Bill; Lewis, John | Emails (all forwarding/commenting on “Confusion? Help please”) 1. Len & Jade Brode 2. Charles C. Deel II 3. Bill Hall 4. John Lewis | online | Letter: Nov. 13 Emails: 1. Sep. 13, 3:34 PM 2. Aug. 13, 10:48 AM 3. Aug. 13, 9:54 AM 4. Aug. 13, 12:27 AM |
Letter: 2004 Emails: 1. 2004 2. 2004 3. 2004 4. 2004 |
19 | Includes cover letter, mailing envelope addressed from Harold L. Brode in Pacific Palisades, CA to Lynn Eden at the Center for International Security & Cooperation, Stanford. Pages 1 and 2 of the cover letter are missing. (Supplied in DOC011.PDF.)
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| DOC011.PDF | First two pages of letter (They belong with DOC010.PDF.) | Brode | Harold L. | To Lynn Eden | Nov. 13 | 2004 | 2 | The first two pages of the personal communication in DOC010.PDF (missing from that file). 2 blank pages removed. | ||||
| EBDOC012.PDF | 1. Letter 2. First pages from 27 documents (reports & articles) 3. Distribution list | Brode | Harold L. | Authors of docs whose first pages are included: 1. Hottel, H.C. et al. 2. Hottel, H.C. and Williams, G.C. 3. Emmons, Howard W. 4. Stan Martin & Assoc. 5. Martin, Stanley B. 6. Carrier, George F. et al. 7. Carrier, George F. et al. 8. Carrier, George F. et al. 9. Carrier, George F. et al. 10. Martin, Stanley B. 11. Martin, Stanley B. [report documentation page] 12. Takata, Arthur N. and Salzberg, Frederick 13. Takata, Arthur N. 14. Takata, Arthur N. 15. Vodvarka, Frank J. 16. Takata, Arthur N. and Salzberg, Frederick 17. Takata, Arthur N. and Salzberg, Frederick 18 Takata, Arthur N. and Salzberg, Frederick 19. Takata, Arthur N. and Salzberg, Frederick 20. Miercort, Frederic A. 21. Lomasson, T.E. et al. 22. (Wolverton?) 23. Graham Metson, Ed.; authors Macmechan, Archibald et al. 24. Parker, W. J. 25. Fendell, Francis E. et al. 26. Beach, K. L. et al. 27. Putnam, A. A. and Speich, C.F. |
1. “Fuel Preheating in Free-burning Fires.” Thirteenth Symposium (International) on Combustion [date, pp. unknown] 2. “The Modeling of Firespread through a Fuel Bed,” Thirteenth Symposium (International) on Combustion, (1965): 997–1007. 3. “Fire” Unpublished paper. 4. The Use of Historical Data for Predicting the Rates of Fire Spread in Urban Areas Following Nuclear Explosions. Technical report. 5. “The Role of Fire in Nuclear Warfare” Report documentation page. 6. “Wind-aided Flame Spread Along a Horizontal Fuel Slab.” Combustion Science and Technology vol. 23 (1980): 41–78. 7. Firestorms. Technical report. 8. Modeling Aspects of Large-area Fires. Technical report. 9. Laboratory Modeling of Aspects of Large Fires. Technical report. 10. “Distribution of Urban Fires Following Nuclear Attack” Conference paper. 11. “The Role of Fire in Nuclear Warfare” Report documentation page. 12. Development and Application of a Complete Fire-spread Model: Vol. I. Report. 13. Power Density Rating for Fire in Urban Areas. Technical report. 14. Mechanistic Urban Fire-spread Code (FISAT) Technical report. 15. Firebrand Field Studies. Technical report. 16. Development and Application of a Complete Fire-spread Model Vol 1. Report. 17. Development and Application of a Complete Fire-spread Model Vol 2. Report. 18. Development and Application of a Complete Fire-spread Model Vol 3. Report. 19. Development and Application of a Complete Fire-spread Model Vol 4. Report. 20. Description of a Fast-running Fire-spread Model. Report. 21. Firestorm Analysis. Report. 22. Fire Spread in Urban Areas. Report. 23. The Hallifax Explosion Dec. 6, 1917. Anthology. 24. Urban Mass Fire Scaling Considerations. Report. 25. Wind-aided Firespread across Arrays of Discrete Fuel Elements. Report. 26. Laboratory Fire Modeling: 1)Wind-aided Flame Spread 2)Wet Coagulation of Smoke. Technical report. 27. “A Model Study of the Interaction of Multiple Turbulent Diffusion Flames.” |
4. Stan Martin & Associates, Scientific Service, Inc., for Defense Nuclear Agency. 5. URS Research Company. Defense Nuclear Agency. 7. Defense Nuclear Agency. 8. Defense Nuclear Agency. 9. Defense Nuclear Agency. 11. URS Research Company for Defense Nuclear Agency 12. IIT Research Institute for Office of Civil Defense/Office of the Secretary of the Army through US Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory 13. IIT Research Institute for Office of Civil Defense 14. Stan Martin and Associates for Defense Nuclear Agency 15. IIT Research Institute for Office of Civil Defense 16. IIT Research Institute for Office of Civil Defense, Office of the Secretary of the Army through US Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory 17. IIT Research Institute for Office of Civil Defense, Office of the Secretary of the Army through US Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory 18. IIT Research Institute for Office of Civil Defense, Office of the Secretary of the Army through US Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory 19. IIT Research Institute for Office of Civil Defense, Office of the Secretary of the Army through US Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory 20. Institute for Defense Analyses for Defense Civil Preparedness Agency 21. Dikeood Corporation for US Forest Service Division of Fire Research Advanced Research Projects Agency, Department of Defense 22. United States Air Force, Physical Vulnerability Division 24. US Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory 25. Defense Nuclear Agency 26. TRW Electronics and Defense Sector for Defense Nuclear Agency |
4. SMA: Redwood City, CA. SSI: Redwood City, CA. DNA: Alexandria, VA. 5. URS: San Mateo, CA. DNA: Washington DC. 6. Washington DC. |
letter: Mar. 4 | 1999 | 36 | Enclosures are first pages only. Include handwritten notes by Harold Brode. In the cover letter: “My comments written on these sheets are not for attribution, since I am not out to publicly denigrate any of them….”
Reordered 1 of the initial pages. Additional information on individual first pages: Docs 12 and 16 are duplicates, but with different notes by HB. Distribution list: it’s unclear what document was distributed. Indicates which recipients were known to HB. PDF pages: |
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| EBDOC013.PDF | Brode | Harold L. | Lynn Eden (author of email to which HB is responding) | “Re: the usual.” Email (printouts). | online | Feb. 8, 12:34 PM | 2000 | 7 | 2 copies of an email from Harold Brode to Lynn Eden responding to questions about his career. Copy #1 includes hand-written notes. | |||
| EBDOC014.PDF | Summary of two conversations with Harold Brode: interviews? | unknown | unknown | “Below: conversation with Brode Jan. 4, 2000 and Dec. 28, 1999.” | unpublished | 1. Jan. 4 2. Dec. 28 | 1. 2000 2. 1999 | 10 | A detailed summary of two conversations with Harold Brode. Interviews? (Not a transcript.) Headed “Below: conversation with Brode Jan. 4, 2000 and Dec. 28, 1999.” Brode. 991228-000104 | |||
| EBDOC015.PDF | 5 photocopies: 1. Cover letter 2. FEMA organization chart (1981) 3. FEMA internal newsletter FEMA distribution list for PSR fire reports 4. List of participants in Project Little Harbor, May 23–Jun. 2, 1967 |
Brode | Harold L. | Lynn Eden, letter recipient | 1. untitled (cover letter) 2. Federal Emergency Management Agency 3. Emergency Management Activities, Information for FEMA Employees 4. FEMA Distribution List 5. Little Harbor Participants, Oak Ridge National Laboratory May 23–Jun. 2, 1976 |
1. Jun. 1 3. Oct. 8 |
1. 1999 2. 1981 3. 1981 |
15 | Letter from Brode to Eden. He’s found some info that he thinks may be of interest to her.
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| EBDOC016.PDF | 3 photocopies: 1. Letter (Harold Brode to Lynn Eden) 2. Advisory group & panel participation list (Partial list from Brode’s CV) 3. p. 174 of NAS Organization and Members 1971–1972 (+ cover page) |
Brode | Harold L. (author of letter) | 1. Letter from Harold Brode to Lynn Eden 3. p. 174 of NAS Organization and Members 1971–1972 | 3. National Academy of Science [sic] | 3. Washington, DC | 1. May 25 3. Dec. 31 | 1. 1999 3. 1971 | 7 | The letter responds to questions Eden has asked Brode re the history of his career/field. Text at the bottom of p 3/top of p 4 is missing from the typescript and has been inserted by hand. Letter includes notes/underlines. #3. lists Harold Brode as a member of the Advisory Committee on Civil Defense. |
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| EBDOC017.PDF | Photocopy of mailing envelope | Pacific Sierra Research Corporation, Santa Monica, CA | May 25 (cancellation date) | 1999 | 1 | Photocopy of envelope sent from Harold Brode at Pacific Sierra Research Corporation, 2901 28th St., Santa Monica, CA 90405 to Lynn Eden at Center for International Security and Arms Control, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. | ||||||
| EBDOC018.PDF | Eden | Lynn | To Harold Brode | Subject line: “thank you and 3 burning questions” | online | May 28, | 1999 [no time stamp] | 2 | Email from Lynn Eden to Harold Brode (“Hal”) in response to his letter of May. 25, 1999 (included in EBDOC016.PDF). | |||
| EBDOC019.PDF | Eden | Lynn | To Harold Brode | Subject line: “thank you and 3 burning questions” | online | May 14 [no time stamp] | 1999 | 5 | \brode990514.e-m Email from Lynn Eden to Harold Brode asking for information/clarifications related to her history. | |||
| EBDOC020.PDF | Notes | Eden | Lynn | Headed “Questions from March—early May,” “some followup questions for Brode,” “April—early May 1999 questions.” | Mar. 18 | 1999 | 3 | \Brode990507.ask It appears these are notes to self written by Lynn Eden in preparation for her history. Includes a few additional handwritten notes. | ||||
| EBDOC021.PDF | Emails + notes (photocopy) | Eden | Lynn | Brode, Harold | 1. “e-mail thanks” (title of Lynn Eden’s note to self) Email subject lines: 2. “the usual” 3. “Re: the usual” 4. “frankel” 5. “Fire research sponsors” | online | 1. Undated 2. Feb. 4 [no time stamp] 3. Feb. 8, 12:34 PM 4. Feb. 8 [no time stamp] 5. Feb. 14, 2:25 PM |
2. 2000 3. 2000 4. 2000 5. 2000 |
11 | 1. Notes by Lynn Eden in preparation for her history. (Headed “e-mail thanks”)
Email #2 here (i.e. item #3) same as the email in EBDOC013.PDF. (Feb. 8, 2000, 12:34 PM) Email #4 (item #5) from Brode includes brief thumbnails of several DNA employees. “These are rather personal opinions which (I would hope you understand) I would be reluctant to broadcast.” Includes handwritten notes by Eden on emails. PDF page numbers: |
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| EBDOC022.PDF | Photocopies: 1. letter 2. CV 3. award 4. citation 5. Harold Brode memoir |
Brode | Harold L. | 3. Defense Special Weapons Agency Lifetime Achievement Award 4. “Citation to Accompany the Award of Director’s Award for Exceptional Public Service” 5. Memoir title: “Just Before Reentry on Apollo 13” |
3, 4: Defense Special Weapons Agency | Alexandria, VA | 1. Jun. 10 3. Feb. 7 4. Feb. 7 5. Jan. 4 [written Apr. 1, 1997] |
1. 1999 2. 1999 3. 1997 4. 1997 5. 1997 |
34 | 1. Letter from Harold Brode to Lynn Eden 2. Harold Brode complete CV as of 1999 3. DSWA Lifetime Achievement Award (presented to Harold Brode) 4. “Citation to Accompany the Award of Director’s Award for Exceptional Public Service” 5. Memoir by Brode of an emergency with the Apollo 13 mission, Apr. 16, 1970. PDF pages: |
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| EBDOC023.PDF | Letter | Brode | Harold L. | Lynn Eden, recipient | Dec. 7 | 1995 | 3 | This letter was sent along with Brode’s comments on Eden’s first two draft chapters. (Draft & comments not included in this file.) | ||||
| EBDOC024.PDF | Photocopy of typed notes | Eden | Lynn | undated | 12 | Detailed working notes written by Eden for her book in progress. Includes a few handwritten additions. | ||||||
| EBDOC025.PDF | Photocopied memo | Brode | Harold L. | Lynn Eden, recipient | Headed “Memo to Lynn Eden.” | Sep. 22 | 1998 | 15 | Brode gives information about his career. Includes a few handwritten notes/queries by Eden. | |||
| EBDOC026.PDF | Photocopies: 1. Working notes 2. Letter 3. Interview questions 4. Bibliography 5. Letter |
Eden | Lynn | Harold Brode is the recipient of both letters | 2. Aug.19 3. Aug. 19 5. Jun. 16 |
2. 1998 3. 1998 5. 1998 |
23 | Materials related to Eden’s book project. This is a partial bibliography of Brode and colleagues. 1 blank page removed. |
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| EBDOC027.PDF | Report | Kerr | James W. | Gibbons, Matthew G. Authors of report contents: 1. Kerr, J.W. Introduction 2. author unnamed 3. Waterman, Thomas E. 4. Butler, Clay P. and Wm H. Yundt 5. Staackmann, Milton 6. Reilly, Wm 7. Crain, John L. 8. Sheeder, Richard 9. Waterman, Thomas E. 10. Takata, Arthur 11. Colvin, Clifford 12. Robertson, Alexander F. and Perry L. Blackshear, J. Reed Welker, Wm Miller 13. Fristrom, Robert M. 14. Lipska, Anne E and Kenneth A. Lincoln 15. Keller, James A. and Dikewood 16. Feldman, Sidney 17. Christian, Wm. J. 18. Moll, Kendall D. 19. author unnamed 20. Salzberg 21. Alvares, Norman J. 22. Goodale, Thomas 23. Christian, Wm. J. 24. John, Floyd I. 25. Parker, Wm. J. 26. Heugel, Wm. F. 27. Crowley, Jack 28. author unnamed 29. Pinzow, Leonard and Bechtel 30. Pryor, Andrew J. 31. Martin, Stan 32. Christian, W. J. |
OCD Research Report No. 12. Technical Summary 5th Annual OCD Fire Research Contractors Meeting Asilomar, California Apr. 2–6, 1967 Titles of report contents: Titles of research status summaries: |
Office of the Secretary of the Army, Office of Civil Defense | Washington, DC | Oct. 15 | 1967 | 63 | Abstract: “An introduction to OCD fire research is provided. Papers presented at subject conference are listed with a brief abstract of each, and research status in three broad subject areas is summarized by selected participants. A list of those attending is appended.” Also includes a list of people who have been sent copies of this report. Project number OCD WU 2530 Unclassified Document page numbering restarts with Appendix 1 and again with Appendix 2. 1 duplicate page removed. Note on cover: 2561B SM PDF page numbers: Cover: 1 Title page: 2 Abstract: 3 Table of contents: 4 Foreword: 5 Introduction: 6 Abstracts: 8 Research status summaries: 24 Appendix 1: 43 Appendix 2: 46 Document control data sheet: 62 | |
| EBDOC028.PDF | Report (Duplicate of DOC027) | undated | ||||||||||
| EBDOC029.PDF | Report | Dorsett | Henry G. (Ed.) | Research Report No. 15, Technical Summary, 8th Annual OCD Fire Research Contractors Meeting, Asilomar, California, Apr. 20–24, 1970 | OSA, Office of Civil Defense | Washington, DC | Jun. 1 | 1970 | 60 | Abstract: “An introduction to OCD fire research is provided. Papers presented at subject conference are listed; the scope of the supporting research is provided. Discussion sessions are summarized, and research status in six broad subject areas is summarized by selected participants. A list of those attending is appended.” Unclassified PDF page numbers: Introduction 4 Conference program 7 Work Unit Scopes 12 Research Status Summaries “Fire Defenses” Eggleston, Lester 23 “Fire Behavior” Takata, Arthur 25 “Fire Blast Environments” Goodale, Thomas 28 “Shelter Fire Problems” Sisson, George 31 “Evaluation of Fire Spread Models” Miller, Keith 33 “Fundamental Fire and Fire Modeling Research” Lipska, Anne 35 “Office of Civil Defense Fire Research” Kerr, James 37 “Experimental Burns of Buildings and Wildland Fuels” Butler, Clayton 39 “Fundamental Fire Research” Martin, Stanley 41 Participants 43 supplementary distribution list 44 Document control data sheet 59 |
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| EBDOC030.PDF | Report | Dorsett | Henry G. (Ed.) | Research Report No. 18, Technical Summary, 9th Annual OCD Fire Research Contractors Meeting, Asilomar, California, Mar. 28–Apr. 1, 1970 | OSA, Office of Civil Defense | Washington, DC | May 1 | 1971 | 49 | Abstract: “An introduction to OCD fire research is provided. Papers presented at subject conference are listed; the scope of the supporting research is provided. Discussion sessions are summarized, and research status in six broad subject areas is summarized by selected participants. A list of those attending is appended.” Unclassified PDF page numbers: Introduction: 5 Conference program: 6 Work Unit Scopes: 11 Research Status Summaries: Kerr, James W. “Office of Civil Defense Fire Research” 20 Sisson, George N. “Shelter Requirements in a Fire-Blast Environment” 22 Martin, Stanley and Andy Longinow and George N. Sisson “Fire-Blast Environments” 31 Lipska, Anne E. and Thomas E. Waterman “Fire Countermeasures and Fire Defense Operations” 34 Alger, Ray and Steve Wiersma “Fire Behavior in Testing and Modeling” 37 Alger, Ray “Experimental Fires and Fires of Opportunity” 39 Fristrom, Robert M. “Fire Research Needs and Programs” 41 Attendees: 43 Supplementary Distribution List: 45 Document Control Data sheet: 48 | ||
| EBDOC031.PDF | Report | Dorsett | Henry G. (Ed.) | Research Report No. 19, Technical Summary, 10th Annual DCPA (formerly OCD) Fire Research Contractors Meeting, Asilomar, California, Apr. 23–27, 1972 | Defense Civil Preparedness Agency | Washington, DC | Jun. 1 | 1972 | 46 | Abstract: “A resume of recent Office of Civil Defense fire and shelter research discussed at the 10th annual OCD Fire Research Contractors Meeting at Asilomar, California, Apr. 23–27, is provided. Papers presented at the meeting are listed; the scope of the supporting research is given. Discussion sessions are summarized, and research status, needs, and plans are analyzed by selected participants. A list of those attending is appended.” PDF page numbers: Contents: 3 Introduction: 5 Conference program: 6 Work Unit Scopes: 12 Kerr, James W. “Civil Defense and Fire Research” 19 Sisson, George N. “Protective Structures and Their Vulnerability to Blast/Fire Effects” 21 Martin, Stanley B. “Blast Perturbations in Fire-damage Assessments” 24 Rainey, Charles T. “Operational Plans for Emergencies Involving Fires” 27 Shepard, Major William “Wildland Fire and Tactical Effects” 30 Fristrom, R.M. “The Fire Program at the Applied Physics Laboratory” 31 Walter, Carl “Fire Research Committee of NAS” 36 Kaplan, Kenneth “Shock Tube Facilities Available for Blast/Fire Interaction Studies Their Capabilities and Limitations” 38 Attendees: 40 Distribution List: 43 |
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| EBDOC032.PDF | Report | Kerr | James W. (Ed.) | Research Report No. 21, Technical Summary, 11th Annual DCPA Fire Research Contractors’ Meeting, Asilomar, California, Apr. 8–12, 1973 | Defense Civil Preparedness Agency | Washington, DC | Aug. 15 | 1973 | 82 | Abstract: “A resume of recent Office of Civil Defense fire and shelter research discussed at the 11th annual OCD Fire Research Contractors Meeting at Asilomar, California, Apr. 8–12, 1973, is provided. Papers presented at the meeting are listed; the scope of the supporting research is given. Discussion sessions are summarized, and research status, needs, and plans are analyzed by selected participants. A list of those attending is appended.” PDF page numbers: Contents: 3 Introduction: 5 Conference program: 8 Work Unit Scopes: 13 Kerr, James W. “Civil Preparedness and Emergency Operations Research” 25 Christian, John F. “National Fire Research Needs” 29 Sisson, George N. and Anne E. Lipska, “Protective Structures and Countermeasures” 31 Rempel, John R. “The Relevance of Civil Defense Studies of Blast and Fire Effects to Natural Disasters” 36 Waterman, Thomas E. and Andrew Longinow “Blast/Fire and Structural-Response/Fire Interactions” 47 White, William L. “Operations Planning Research” 49 Sisson, George N. “Nuclear Weapons Effects—a Review of Nagasaki Damage” 52 Alvares, Norman J. “The San Francisco Bay Area Eucalyptus Program 1973” 65 Participants list: 72 Distribution list: 75 |
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| EBDOC033.PDF | Report | Kerr | James W. (Ed.) | Research Report 22, Technical Summary, DCPA All-Effects Research Contractors Meeting, Pacific Grove, California Apr. 21–25, 1974 | Defense Civil Preparedness Agency | Washington, DC | Oct. 1 | 1974 | 46 | Abstract: “A resume of recent Defense Civil Preparedness Agency research discussed at the All-Effects Research Contractors Meeting at Pacific Grove, California, Apr. 21–25, 1974 is provided. Papers presented at the meeting are listed; the scope of the supporting research is given. Discussion sessions are summarized and research status, needs, and plans are analyzed by selected participants. A list of those attending is appended.”
Missing pages (document numbering): 2, 3, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 26, 29, 30, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 44, 46, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 54, 56, 57, 59, 61, 63, 64, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75, 76, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91 Current PDF page numbers. (Note extensive list of missing pages above.) |
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| EBDOC034.PDF | Article | Fleeter et al. | R.D. | F.E. Fendell, L.M. Cohen, N. Gat, A.B. Witte | Laboratory Facility for Wind-aided Firespread along a Fuel Matrix | Combustion and Flame 57 (Combustion Institute): 289–311. | Pittsburgh, PA | 1984 | 23 | 1 blank page removed. | ||
| EBDOC035.PDF | Presentation/unpublished article | Carrier et al. | G.F. | F.E. Fendell, P.S. Feldman | Criteria for Onset of Firestorms | Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Conference organized by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) | Washington, DC | 1983 | 8 | This looks like a draft article presented at the 17th Asilomar Conference on Fire and Blast Effects of Nuclear Weapons (1983). Note on p. 1: 1983 Asilomar [illegible] also 1982 Asilomar. 8 blank pages removed. Includes photocopied cover page for Proceedings of the 17th Asilomar Conference on Fire and Blast Effects of Nuclear Weapons May 30-Jun. 3, 1983, Asilomar, Conference Center, Pacific Grove, California. CONF-8305107 (2 copies). FEMA Contract No. EMW-E-0883, Work Unit Unit No. 2561C. Note on title page: File as 2563F. |
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| EBDOC036.PDF | Report | Methods of Studying Mass Fires: Second Fire Research Correlation Conference, May 1957 | Committee on Fire Research and the Fire Research Conference, National Academy of Sciences | Washington, DC | 1957 | 32 | Contract No. CD-SR-57-25 Publication 569 Each photocopied page is a 2-page spread. TOC contains errors including 2 contributions not listed (specified below). Includes numerous handwritten notes. 32 blank pages removed (alternate pages). PDF page numbers: The Committee on Fire Research: 3 Foreword: 5 Conference participants: 6 Table of contents: 7 Preface: 8 Comments and Recommendations of Analysts Emmons, Howard W. “The Phenomenological Aspects of Fires and Fire Fighting” 10 DeHaven, James C. “A Commentary on Fire Research” 13 Howe, Everett D. “My Reactions to the Conference” 16 Peter, Marc Jr. “Comments on the Conference” 17 Conclusions Boldyreff, Alexander W. 18 Nottage, Herbert B. “Summary of the Conference” 19 Orientation and Background 20 Description and Discussion of Specific Mass Fires Anderson, Harvey “Forest Fires” 21 Bond, Horatio “Urban Fires in German Cities” [not listed in TOC] Thomas, Henry “Urban Fires” 22 Laiming, Boris “Urban Fires – Tokyo” 23 Wilson, W.O. “Industrial Fires” 23 Moore, Forrest E. “Fire Initiation” 24 Colson, DeVer “Atmospheric Factors” 24 Laiming, Boris “Fire Prevention” 25 [not listed in TOC] Mace, James “Fire Spread” 25 Barrows, J.S. “Fire Research” 26 Driscoll, Leo C. “Fire Control” 26 Summary of the conference: 27 Interrogations by the Analysts and General Discussion 28 |
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| EBDOC037.PDF | Unpublished notes | Eden | Lynn | Jan. 12 | 2002 | 25 | Notes for Eden’s book project. She summarizes in detail communications with Harold Brode. Additional communications with Gil Binninger, Matthew McKinzie, “Gene B.,” “NFA,” possibly others. Header: Firevnchron. 25 blank pages removed (alternate pages). |
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| EBDOC038.PDF | Technical report | Brode | Harold L. | Fire Targeting Methodology: Improvements and Automation | 1. Pacific-Sierra Research Corp. (author affiliation) for 2. Defense Special Weapons Agency |
1. Santa Monica, CA 2. Alexandria, VA |
undated | 189 | “A method of evaluating target vulnerability to fire from nuclear attack is incorporated into the framework and nomenclature used in assigning Vulnerability Numbers (VNs) to targets due to blast damage . . . 288 examples provided….” 5 blank pages + 2 duplicate pages removed; preface pages reordered. DNA-TR-94-101 Contract No. DNA-001-89-C-0129 PSR Report 2473 Includes underlines/handwritten notes (Lynn Eden?) Appendix A: “Documentation for FORTRAN Code” Appendix B: “FORTRAN Program Listing” Image of floppy disc labeled with title of this report (2 copies) |
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| EBDOC039.PDF | Report | Brode | Harold L. | R. D. Small | Physics of Large Urban Fires | 1. Pacific-Sierra Research Corp. (author affiliation) for 2. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) | 1. Santa Monica, CA 2. Washington, DC |
Mar. 1 | 1980 | 63 | “Large scale urban fires which may accompany natural disasters or result from war-time actions are explored. The literature pertaining to the macroscopic physics of large area fires is reviewed. . . .” PSR Report 1010 Contract No. DCPA01-79-C-0291 Work Unit 2564E Unclassified Includes handwritten notes. |
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| EBDOC040.PDF | Document | Brode | Harold L. (author of letter) | Lynn Eden, recipient | DNA Fire Program Briefing, Jan. 1984 | Defense Nuclear Agency | Alexandria, VA | Jan. 1 | 1984 | 30 | Briefing notes. Includes cover letter from H. Brode to L. Eden dated Apr. 29, 1999. 32 blank pages removed (alternate pages). | |
| EBDOC041.PDF | Report | Brode et al. | H.L. | G.P. Fisher, P.F.X. Konopka, A. Laupa, G.E. McClellan | Fire Damage to Urban/Industrial Targets, Volume 1, Executive Summary | Defense Nuclear Agency | Alexandria, VA | Jul. 25 | 1989 | 20 | “This is the unclassified part of the full PSR Report 1936. Includes cover letter from Brode to Theodore Postal at MIT (2/1/1991). PSR Report 1936 Contract No. DNA-001-88-C-0055 6 blank pages removed” |
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| EBDOC042.PDF | Report | Brode | H.L. | Predictions of Fire Damage from Nuclear Attack on Urban Targets | Defense Nuclear Agency | Alexandria, VA | May 1 | 1990 | 53 | “Unclassified Alternate pages are missing: iii, v, vii, ix, xi, 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83, 85, 87, 89 Some graphics seem to be absent, their intended positions indicated by hand-drawn outlines.” |
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| EBDOC043.PDF | Report | Brode | H. L. |
Fire Damage to Urban/Industrial Targets: Vol. 1—Executive Summary | Defense Nuclear Agency | Alexandria, VA | Aug. 1 | 1991 | This report: 43 File total: 207 | DOC 43 comprises 2 reports: Fire Damage to Urban/Industrial Targets: Vol. 1—Executive Summary + Fire Damage to Urban/Industrial Targets U: Vol. 2 Pages missing from Document 43 as a whole: 4, 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 22, 64, 65, 68–88, 114, 120, 150, 162 9 blank pages removed from Document 43 as a whole. —— This report: PDF pages 1–22 Noted on title page: ABD157635 Sponsoring Agency Report No: DNA 89 180 V1 Contract No. DNA 001-88-C-0055 PSR Report 1936 Unclassified This work was sponsored by the Defense Nuclear Agency under RDT&E RMC Code B4662D RG RR 00001 TDTR 5200A 25904D. Abstract: “A methodology is presented for estimating fire damage urban targets [sic] from nuclear bursts. The program considers thermal ignitions, disruption fires, and fire spread….” Note from Brode on title page: “Hi Lynn — got some of the Brode studies from DTRA. Anything you think that can or should be [appended? appealed?] best, Bill” May 11, 2006 |
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| EBDOC043.PDF | Report | Brode et al. | H.L. | G.P. Fisher P.F.X Konopka A. Laupa G.E.McClellan |
Fire Damage to Urban/Industrial Targets U: Vol. 2 | Defense Nuclear Agency | Alexandria, VA | Jul. 25 | 1989 | This report: 176 File total: 207 | DOC 43 comprises 2 reports: Fire Damage to Urban/Industrial Targets: Vol. 1—Executive Summary + Fire Damage to Urban/Industrial Targets U: Vol. 2 Pages missing from Document 43 as a whole: 4, 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 22, 64, 65, 68–88, 114, 120, 150, 162 9 blank pages removed from Document 43 as a whole. ——- This report: PDF pages 23–199 Classified by DD Form 254, Feb. 9, 1988 Contract No. DNA 001-88-C-0055 Declassify on OADR PSR Report 1936 Vol. 2 This work was sponsored by the Defense Nuclear Agency under RDT&E RMSS Code B 4662 D RG RR 00001 TDTR 5200 A. Some graphics seem to be absent, their intended positions indicated by hand-drawn outlines. |
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| EBDOC044.PDF | Report/Handbook | Johnson et al. | Lloyd E. | Harold L. Brode Richard D. Small | Analytical Models of Weapon Effects for Nuclear Warfare Simulation | Defense Nuclear Agency | Alexandria, VA | Jul. 1 | 1984 | 262 | This is a handbook of formulas describing certain nuclear weapon effects. Topics covered include continuous and discrete crater ejecta, crater dimensions, airblast phenomenology, dusty environment characteristics…. Contract No. DNA 001-83-C-0015 PSR Note 596 Under RDT&E RMSS Code B3501 83466 P99QAXD B 00200 H2590D 6 blank pages removed. |
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| EBDOC045.PDF | Article | Brode | Harold L. | Numerical Solutions of Spherical Blast Waves | Journal of Applied Physics vol. 26 no. 6 | Jun. 1 | 1955 | 11 | Includes the first page of another article from the same issue. | |||
| EBDOC046.PDF | Report | Brode | H.L. | Fire from Nuclear Bursts in Urban Areas | Defense Nuclear Agency | Alexandria, VA | Apr. 1 | 1982 | 120 | |||
| EBDOC047.PDF | Technical manual | Federal Civil Defense Administration | Fire Effects of Bombing Attacks | Federal Civil Defense Administration | Washington, D.C. | Aug. 1 | 1952 | 23 | Includes personal letter to Lynn Eden from Andy Grossman (a grad student). He writes, “Although the Federal Civil Defense Administration (FCDA) published this manual in 1952, it actually appeared earlier (November 1950) via the Department of Defense, under the same title, for the National Security Resources Board (the NSRB was the agency that dealt with CD before the Civil Defense Act of 1950 [passed in Dec. 1950]).” TM-9–2 Each PDF page is a two-page spread. |
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| EBDOC047–1.PDF | Report/white paper | Federal Civil Defense Administration | Operation Cue: the Atomic Test Program of the Federal Civil Defense Administration in Cooperation with the Atomic Energy Commission, Spring 1955 | Federal Civil Defense Administration | Washington, D.C. | 1955 | 95 | Administrator Val Peterson, Director Atomic Test Operations, Assistant to the Director Leonard H. Lieberman. 94 blank pages removed (alternate pages) |
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| EBDOC048.PDF | Report/white paper | Federal Civil Defense Administration | Operation Doorstep: AEC Atomic Proving Ground, Yucca Flat, Nevada, Mar. 17, 1953 | Federal Civil Defense Administration | Washington, D.C. | 1953 | 33 | |||||
| EBDOC049.PDF | Report | Brode | Harold L. | Large-scale Urban Fires | Defense Nuclear Agency | Alexandria, VA | Dec. 1 | 1980 | 124 | Contract DNA001-80-C-0065 PSR Note 348 26 blank pages removed |
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| EBDOC050.PDF | Presentation (Text for transparencies + accompanying notes.) | Small | R.D. | H.L. Brode | “Fire Program Plan Presentation Mar. 11–12, 1980’” | Defense Nuclear Agency | Washington, D.C. | 1980 | 9 | 1 blank page removed No images DNA001-80-C-0065 |
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| EBDOC051.PDF | Report | Goodale | Thomas | Effects of Air Blast on Urban Fires | URS Research Company for the Office of Civil Defense | Washington, D.C. | Dec. 1 | 1970 | 58 | Abstract: “An experimental investigation was conducted of [sic] the effect of simulated nuclear blast waves on fires. . . .” URS 7009-4 Contract No. DAHC20-70-C-0373 Work Unit 2534 I Includes distribution list. 56 blank pages removed (alternate pages). Duplicate title page removed. Unclassified |
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| EBDOC052.PDF | Notes on two reports [?] Research notes by Lynn Eden [?] | untitled | undated | 6 | “Notes on two reports [?]: Fire Damage to Urban/Industrial Targets: Vol. 1—Executive Summary + Fire Damage to Urban/Industrial Targets U: Vol. 2. by H. L. Brode et al. These two reports constitute documents 41 and 43 in the present collection. Includes brief ‘Excerpt from Interview with Dr. Harold Brode, Santa Monica, California, Sep. 7, 1989 by Lynn Eden.’ (PDF p. 4)” |
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| BRODE 001.PDF | Brode | Harold L. | to Lynn Eden | No subject line. Email (printout). | online | Aug. 8 | 2001 | 3 | In response to Lynn’s email of Jul. 26, 2001. Eden printed out Brode’s response (the present document) & added handwritten annotations. No subject line or time stamp. | |||
| BRODE 002.PDF | Letter | Brode | Harold L. | to Lynn Eden | Jun. 28 | 2001 | 1 | “Here are some of my comments on your manuscript.” | ||||
| BRODE 003.PDF | Eden | Lynn | to Harold Brode | “Re: response to your e-mail response” Email (printout) | online | May 30 | 2001 | 2 | ||||
| BRODE 004.PDF | Brode | Harold L. | to Lynn Eden | “Re: response to your e-mail response” Email (printout) | online | May 30 | 2001 | 3 | ||||
| BRODE 005.PDF | Brode | Harold L. | to Lynn Eden | “Re: response to your e-mail response” Email (printout) | online | May 30 | 2001 | 7 | RespondIng to Eden’s email of 12:54 (BRODE OO4). Includes copies of Brode to Eden Aug. 8, 2001, Brode to Eden Aug. 22, 2001. | |||
| BRODE 006.PDF | Brode | Harold L. | to Lynn Eden | “Re: response to your e-mail response” Email (printout) | online | May 30 | 2001 | 2 | ||||
| BRODE 007.PDF | Eden | Lynn | to Harold L. Brode | No subject line or time stamp (Email printout) | online | May 28 | 2001 | 3 | Includes handwritten notes by Eden. | |||
| BRODE 008.PDF | Brode | Harold L. | to Lynn Eden | “Re: question re hydrodynamic modeling” Email (printout) | online | Apr. 19 | 2001 | 4 | Responding to Eden’s email of Apr. 16, 2001 | |||
| BRODE 009.PDF | Brode | Harold L. | to Lynn Eden | “Re: physics of mass fire…” Email (printout) | online | May 18 | 2000 | 4 | Minimal handwritten annotations by Eden. Margin note says “BRODE May 18, 2009 NVC WINTER.” | |||
| BRODE 010.PDF | Brode | Harold L. | to Lynn Eden | “Re: physics of mass fire…” Email (printout) | online | May 18 | 2000 | 4 | Duplicate of BRODE 009. | |||
| BRODE 011.PDF | Letter? Email? | Eden | Lynn | to Harold L. Brode | May 12 | 2000 | 4 | Letter? Email printout? | ||||
| BRODE 012.PDF | Brode | Harold L. | to Lynn Eden | “Re: question re hydrodymanic modeling” Email (printout) | online | Apr. 19 | 2001 | 3 | Duplicate of BRODE 008. | |||
| BRODE 013.PDF | Letter | Brode | Harold L. | to Lynn Eden | undated | 3 | Duplicate of DOC022 (Box 5) | |||||
| BRODE 014.PDF | Transcription | Eden | Lynn | Sep. 7 | 1989 | 7 | 1. Segment of transciption of Eden’s interview with Dr. Harold Brode, Santa Monica California, Sep. 7, 1989, Tape 3, Side 2. (Another brief section of the same interview appears in DOC052. PDF [Box 5].) 2. Gene Sevin phone conversation 3. Eden’s notes on an article published in Science Dec. 22, 1983: R. P. Turco, O. B. Toon, T. P. Ackerman, J. B. Pollack, and Carl Sagan, “Nuclear Winter: Global Consequences of Multiple Nuclear Explosions” 4. Margin note: “BRODE Sep. 2, 1989 NVC WINTER” |
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| BRODE 015.PDF | Notes | Eden | Lynn | undated | 2 | Undated notes by Eden preparing to draft her MS. | ||||||
| BRODE 016.PDF | Notes | Eden | Lynn | undated | 3 | Undated notes by Eden re her conversation with Paul N. Edwards. Includes brief email from him: “stuff I promised you” | ||||||
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Edwards | Paul A. | to Lynn Eden | online | Feb. 3, | 1998 | 3 | Brief email from Paul N. Edwards to Eden: “stuff I promised you”. Appears at the end of her notes on their conversation. | ||||
| BRODE 017.PDF | Paper (unpublished draft) | Mackenzie [?] | Lynn Eden’s copy + her notes | untitled | undated | 10 | Draft paper, untitled, undated. “Two research concerns underlie this paper. The first concern is a desire to understand the evolution of computer architectures…. The second concern is a wish to know more about the role of the large, publicly-funded research and development organizations often called ‘national laboratories’….” Eden’s note: “Found on Google…early computing Los Alamos. Someone at U. Edinburgh Donald? … It’s Mackenzie.” |