National Archives and Records Service film-vault fire at Suitland, Md. : hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, first session, June 19 and 21, 1979 (1979)

Record Details:

Title:
National Archives and Records Service film-vault fire at Suitland, Md. : hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, first session, June 19 and 21, 1979
Date:
1979
Publisher:
Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
Volume:
National Archives and Records Service film-vault fire at Suitland, Md. : hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, first session, June 19 and 21, 1979
Leaf #:
0006
Language:
English
Subjects:
Washington National Records Center. Building A, Motion picture film collections
Collection:
Books and Government & Law
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Prelinger Library
Sponsor:
Internet Archive
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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IV Letters, statements, etc., — Ck)ntinued Page McHugh, William, employee representative, Ad Hoc Committee To Investigate the Suitland Fire, National Archives: July 9, 1979, letter to Chairman Preyer concerning the possibility of spontaneous combustion 101-102 Preyer, Hon. Richardson, a Representative in Congress from the State of North Carolina, and chairman. Government Information and Individual Rights Subcommittee: June 19, 1979, letter from Eula Bingham, Assistant Secretary, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, concerning survey of the nitrate film facilities of the National Archives 69-70 Rhoads, Dr. James B., Arcliivist of the United States : Criteria concerning Universal film 79^2 Material concerning action taken on the report of industrial hygiene survey of NARS activities 92-97 Safety procedures for Suitland nitrate vaults and for handling film 58-66 Shipp, Wallace, Building Manager, Suitland, Public Buildings Service, General Service Administration : Information concerning automatic sprinkler protection 118 Stevens, George, Jr., director, the American Film Institute 34-38 Vanden Bossche, William G., director of insurance. Universal Studios, New York, N.Y. : Submissions to additional subcommittee questions 172-175 APPENDIXES Appendix 1. — Report of the Ad Hoc Committee To Investigate the Fire, December 7, 1978, Suitland, Md 195 Appendix 2. — Occupational Safety and Health Administration review of Archives film laboratory and vaults 312 Appendix 3. — Letter from Ted S. Ferry, chairman. Safety Department, University of Southern California 382 Appendix 4. — Deed of gift to Government of Universal Pictures newsreel collection 389 Appendix 5. — Memorandums relating to sprinkler system installation at film vaults 397 Appendix 6. — Memorandum relating to air-conditioner work 403 Appendix 7. — National Fire Protection Association standards for nitrate film vaults [excerpt from 1974 edition of National Fire Protection Association Pamphlet No. 40 entitled, "Standard for the Storage and Handling of Cellulose Nitrate Motion Picture Film"] -^05 Api)endix 8. — American Film Institute-sponsored study of preservation of newsreels 409 Appendix 9. — Responses to subcommittee questions by National Archives and Records Service 438 Appendix 10. — Responses to subcommittee questions by GSA Public Buildings Service 469 Appendix 11. — Responses to subcommittee questions by Library of Congress 488 Appendix 12. — Photographs of damaged film vaults 491 Appendix 13. — Charts used in testimony by Fire Chief Estepp 494