Correspondence from George W. Merck, Director, War Research Service, National Academy of Sciences, to Lt. General Delos G. Emmons, Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces, Hawaiian Department, 19 March 1943. Attachment: "Probability of a Bacteriological Attack on the Hawaiian Islands."
Correspondence from Edwin B. Fred to Richard E. Shope, Commander, Grosse Ile Project, 7 May 1943.
Memorandum "Protection Against Bacteriological Warfare," from Brehon Somervell, Lieutenant General, U.S.A., Commanding to the Chief of Staff, United States Army, 6 January 1944.
Hagan, William A., W. H. Feldman, Raymond A. Kelser, A. W. Miller, H. Snyder, and Harry W. Schoening. "Report of the Joint Committee of W.R.S. and the United States Department of Agriculture on Foot-and-Mouth Disease," National Academy of Sciences, 8 January 1944.
Minutes of panel discussion entitled "Use of Glanders and Melioidosis organisms as Biological Warfare agents," held in Edwin Fred's office, 22 March 1944.
Memorandum "Research on Glanders and Melioidosis," from George Merck, Director, War Research Service, National Academy of Sciences, to Chief, Chemical Warfare Service, 5 May 1944.
Correspondence from Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of War, to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 12 May 1944.
Correspondence from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Henry L. Stimson, 8 June 1944.
Weiss, Freeman A., W. W. Diehl, and E. B. Lambert. Biological Warfare Report. National Academy of Sciences Archives, November 1944.
Merck, George W. Biological Warfare: "Report to the Secretary of War by Mr. George W. Merck, Special Consultant for Biological Warfare." National Academy of Sciences, 3 January 1945.
Specific to Plum Island
"Certificate of Decontamination," Leander H. Anske, Capt., Post Engineer, Headquarters, Harbor Defense of Long Island Sound, 2 November 1948.
"For Sale: Plum Island — Ideal for Resort Development," advertisement submitted to the New York Times, the New York Herald Tribune, and the Wall Street Journal, General Services Administration, 1949.
Correspondence from F. W. Salfingere, Major, Corps of Engineers, Executive Officer, to A. J. Intermont, Chief, Property Management Division, War Assets Administration Region II, 9 May 1949.
Correspondence from Carl P. Malmstrom, Deputy Regional Director, Office of Real Property Disposal, to Milton T. Smith re: Fort Terry, Plum Island, 17 May 1949.
"Final Certificate of Decontamination," Nicholas J. Culhane, Post Engineer, War Department, 16 June 1949.
Correspondence from A. J. Intermont, Chief, Property Management Division, to Commander of the Third Coast Guard District re: Fort Terry, Plum Island, Long Island Sound, New York, 4 November 1949.
Correspondence from H. S. Berdine, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Chief, Operations Division, to A. J. Intermont, Chief, Property Management Division, General Services Administration, War Assets, 17 November 1949.
Memorandum "Fort Terry, Plum Island, Long Island Sound, New York WD-1300 W-NY-141," from W. A. Boyd, Chief, Rehabilitation and Maintenance Branch, War Assets, to A. J. Intermont, Chief, Property Management Division, General Services Administration, War Assets, 25 November 1949.
Correspondence from Charles H. Duryea, Chairman, Board of Supervisors, Suffolk County, to General Services Administration, War Assets, 9 December 1949.
Notes "Meeting at Timber Point, Saturday, February 25, 1950, on a Potential Application of the County of Suffolk, State of New York for Fort Terry, Plum Island for Recreational/Educational Use," Dr. A. L. Harris and Mr. David H. McBuen, 3 March 1950.
Memorandum "Interim March Report for New York," from T. L. Peyton, Director, Real Property Disposal Division, Liquidation Service, General Services Administration, to John H. Joss, Commissioner, Liquidation Service, General Services Administration, 21 March 1950.
Memorandum "Proposed sale of approximately 792 acres on Plum Island known and identified as Fort Terry," from Carl P. Malmstrom, Deputy Regional Director, Office of Real Property Operations, Liquidation Service, General Services Administration, to Regional Director, Office of Real Property Operations, Liquidation Service, General Services Administration, 5 April 1950.
Correspondence from Edgar F. Hazleton, County Attorney, Suffolk County, to Mr. Sirillo, Liquidation Service, General Services Administration re: sale of Plum Island, 19 June 1950.
Correspondence from H. L. Mathews, Captain, U.S.N., Chief, Office of Construction, Munitions Board, to Mr. Peyton, 14 November 1950.
"Fort Terry Historical Report," 1 January 1951-30 June 1952; 1 July-30 September 1952; 1 October-31 December 1952; 1 January-31 March 1953; 1 April-30 June 1953; 1 July-30 September 1953; 1 October-31 December 1953; 1 January-30 June 1954, U.S. Army Chemical Corps, 1951–1954.
Correspondence from A. M. Martinson, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Chief of Staff, 3rd CG District, to John D. Halloran, Chief, Real Property Disposal Division, General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service, 16 April 1951.
Quarterly Technical Summaries, Biological Department, U.S. Army Chemical Corps, Medical-Veterinary Division, 1 April through 30 June 1949; 30 September 1949; 31 December 1949; 31 March 1950; 30 June 1950; 30 September 1950; 31 December 1950. "Report of a Trip to Boston to Investigate Possible Island Sites," Dr. William R. Hinshaw, MVM Division, Biol. Labs, Camp Detrick, 18–19 April 1951.
Telegram from P. B. Finegan, Chief, RPA and UBRR, to W. F. Downey, Regional Director, G.S.A. N.Y. re: Defense Need for Plum Island, 25 May 1951.
Memorandum "Reassignment of Plum Island (Fort Terry) to the Chemical Corps for Responsibility," from Brigadier General Charles E. Loucks, Deputy Chief Chemical Officer, to Lieutenant Colonel R. O. Ball, Chief Chemical Officer, Department of the Army, 24 September 1951.
Correspondence from Walter F. Downey, Regional Director, to County Attorney, Suffolk County re: Fort Terry, Plum Island, New York, 8 January 1952.
Correspondence from Harvey F. Gibson, Chief, Real Property Acquisition, Utilization Division, Public Buildings Service, to Mr. Lawson B. Knott, Jr., Acting Chief, Management & Disposal Division, Department of the Army re: WD-1300-W-NY-14 1, Fort Terry, Plum Island, New York, 10 January 1952.
Correspondence from Fred Munder, County Attorney, Suffolk County, to Walter F. Downey, Regional Director, General Services Administration, re: Fort Terry, Plum Island, New York, 11 January 1952.
Memorandum "Acquisition of Plum Island (Fort Terry), Long Island Sound, New York," from H. O'Neill, Acting Chief, Management and Disposal Division Real Estate to Assistant Chief of Staff, Department of the Army, 18 January 1952.
Correspondence between Richard E. Shope, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, and Maurice S. Shahan, 26 June 1952; 3 July 1952; 1 August 1952; 13 August 1952.
W.S.E.G. Report No. 8, "An Evaluation of Offensive Biological Warfare Weapons Systems Employing Manned Aircraft," Weapons Systems Evaluation Group, Office of the Secretary of Defense, 15 July 1952.
Memorandum "Activation of Work on Technical Projects at Fort Terry," from Headquarters Fort Terry through Camp Detrick to Commanding General, Army Chemical Center, 19 November 1952.
Memorandum, "Contract DA-30-075-Eng-5509," from William C. Barnholt, Vitro Corporation of America, to C. K. Panish, Authorized Representative, Corps of Engineers, New York District Office, 26 December 1952.
Correspondence from F. C. Morris, Architect, Plum Island Animal Disease Research Institute, to Charles K. Panish, District Engineer, Corps of Engineers, New York District Office, 29 December 1952.
Correspondence from William B. Hinshaw, Chief, VM Division, Chemical Corps Biological Laboratories, Camp Detrick, to Dr. Stewart H. Madin, Department of Bacteriology, Naval Biological Laboratory, 5 February 1953.