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Guide to the Atomic Scientists Miscellaneous Records 1945-1964

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Descriptive Summary

Title:

Atomic Scientists. Miscellaneous Records

Dates:

1945-1964

Size:

0.5 linear feet (1 box)

Repository:

Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center
University of Chicago Library
1100 East 57th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.

Abstract:

Correspondence, mimeographs, newsletters, minutes, and publications of national and local Atomic Scientists' organizations. Included are: Atomic Scientists of Chicago, Federation of American Scientists, Society for Social Responsibility in Science, Council for a Livable World, and the Committee for Nuclear Information. This material came from different sources and was gathered together in this collection.

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Citation

When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Atomic Scientists. Miscellaneous Records, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library

Historical Note

The Atomic Scientists were a combination of scientific groups which included the Atomic Scientists of Chicago, Federation of American Scientists, Society for Social Responsibility in Science, Council for a Livable World, and the Committee for Nuclear Information.

Scope Note

This collection contains miscellaneous correspondence, mimeographs, newsletters, minutes, and publications of various national and local Atomic Scientists' organizations. Included are: Atomic Scientists of Chicago, Federation of American Scientists, Society for Social Responsibility in Science, Council for a Livable World, and the Committee for Nuclear Information. This material came from different sources and was gathered together in this collection.

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INVENTORY

Box 1   Folder 1

Atomic Scientists of Chicago

  • The Atomic Bomb, by the Atomic Scientists of Chicago, [Chicago], n.d., 62 pp
Box 1   Folder 2

Committee for Nuclear Information

  • Greater St. Louis Citizens' Committee for Nuclear Information, "The Known Facts-Radiation, Strontium-90, Fallout, Nuclear Waste, Nuclear Power, Bomb Testing," pamphlet, n. d.
  • Greater St. Louis Citizens' Committee for Nuclear Information, "Board of Directors," pamphlet mock-up
  • Commoner, Barry, "A Community Effort to Get the Facts, The St. Louis Citizens' Committee for Nuclear Information"
  • Commoner, Barry, "Teller on Fallout," Chemical and Engineering News, May 28, 1962, reprint
  • "Social Aspects of Science," Science, January 25, 1957, reprint
  • Miller, Judith S., St. Louis, Missouri, to Donald Strickland, Chicago, Illinois, December 5, 1961, T.L.S., 1 p.
  • "Index of Past Issues of Nuclear Information", n.d., 1 p., mimeographed copy
  • "Bulletin to C.N.I. Members on Fallout from Present Russian Tests," October 26, 1961, T.D., 3 pp., mimeographed copy
  • "Baby Tooth Survey," n.d., T.D., 5 pp., mimeographed copy
  • Reiss, Louise Zibold, "Strontium-90 Absorption by Deciduous Teeth," Science, November 24, 1961, reprint
  • Fowler, John, "A C.N.I. History"
  • "Science and Human Welfare," Science, July 8, 1960, reprint
  • "Science and Human Survival," Science, December 29, 1961, reprint
  • Commoner, Barry, "The Hazard of Fallout," Student Life, December 19, 1958
  • Commoner, Barry, "The Fallout Problem," Science, May 2, 1958, reprint
  • War Resisters League, "Dissent, Revolution, Freedom, Peace," June, 1963, pamphlet
  • National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy, [Clippings- New York Times, August 7, 1959, December 28, 1960; June 16, 1961 and November 9, 1961; Christian Science Monitor, August 28, 1958, July 18, 1959; The Daily Progress, October 7, 1961; The New Statesman, March 8, 1958; Saturday Review, April 16, 1960], 7 pp., mimeographed copies
  • Feiffer, Jules, "Boom," [1959?], 4 pp., cartoon reprinted by American Friends Service Committee
  • Wyant, William K., "50,000 Baby Teeth," The Nation, June 13, 1959, reprint
  • Rusk, Howard A., "Explaining Radiation," New York Times, May 22, 1960, reprint
  • "Report to the A.A.A.S. Council, Indianapolis Meeting, December 30, 1957," T.D., 2 pp., mimeographed copy
Box 1   Folder 3

Committee for Nuclear Information

  • Greater St. Louis Citizens' Committee for Nuclear Information, Nuclear Information, November, 1961
  • Greater St. Louis Citizens' Committee for Nuclear Information, "Baby Tooth Survey- A History of Strontium-90 Absorption", n.d., 4 pp, pamphlet
  • Greater St. Louis Citizens' Committee for Nuclear Information, Nuclear Information, June 1961-May 1962
Box 1   Folder 4

Committee for Nuclear Information

  • Greater St. Louis Citizens' Committee for Nuclear Information, Nuclear Information, July 1962-August 1963
  • C.N.I. Newsletter, June, December 1962, April 1963
Box 1   Folder 5

Council for a Livable World

  • A Livable World Free From War- Action Program of the Council for a Livable World," pamphlet, n. d.
  • Feld, Bernard T., Washington D.C., "Memorandum to persons interested in pragmatic measures to ease international tensions," October 2, 1964, T.D.S., 2 pp., mimeographed copy
  • Szilard, Leo, Washington D.C., "Memorandum to members of the Society for Social Responsibility in Science," n.d., T.D.S., 2 pp., mimeographed copy
  • "Council for Abolishing War," Washington Bulletin, November-December 1962
  • [Szilard, Leo], "The Establishment of the Council and the Lobby," n.d., T.D.., 1 p., mimeographed copy
  • [Szilard, Leo], "Memorandum A on Campaign Contributions for 1962," June 1, 1962, T.D., 2 pp.
  • [Szilard, Leo], "Questionnaire," n.d., T.D., 1 p., mimeographed copy
  • [Szilard, Leo], "Memorandum B on a Joint American-Russian Staff Study," June 1, 1962, T.D., 1 p., mimeographed copy
  • [Szilard, Leo], "The Council and the Lobby," n.d., T.D., 2 pp., mimeographed copy
  • [Szilard, Leo], "Proposal for the Platform of the Council," n.d., T.D.., 4 pp., mimeographed copy
  • Scientists Committee for a Livable World, [List of Fellows of the Committee], June 2, 1962, T.D., 2 pp., mimeographed copy
  • Szilard, Leo, Washington D.C., to Clayton Giese, Chicago, Illinois, June 11, 1962, T.L.S., 1 p.
  • Szilard, Leo, William Doering, Bernard Feld, Committee for a Livable World, [open letter], n.d., T.L., 2 pp., 2 mimeographed copies
  • Committee for a Livable World, membership list, n.d., T.D., 2 pp., 2 mimeographed copies
  • Feld, Bernard T., Washington D.C., "Memorandum to Members of the Federation of American Scientists," April 24, 1964
  • Council for a Livable World, Washington Bulletin, January-February 1964
Box 1   Folder 6

Federation of American Scientists

  • Federation of American Scientists, Membership Directory, November, 1963
  • Federation of American Scientists, "Questionnaire results--Atomic power and atomic strategy and disarmament," memo to council delegates and alternates from Washington Office, November 21, 1953, T.D., 3 pp., Xerox copy
  • "Jerry" [Rush?], Washington, to Al [Novick?], T.L.S., May 6, 1948, 2 pp., Xerox copy
  • Mohawk Association of Scientists and Engineers, Newsletter, vol. 15, no. 30, April 30, 1962
  • "Physical Scientists' Testimony in National Science Foundation Hearings, 1945-49
Box 1   Folder 7

Federation of American Scientists

  • F.A.S. Newsletters, August 1958-June 1962
Box 1   Folder 8

Federation of American Scientists

  • F.A.S. Newsletters, September 1962-June 1965
Box 1   Folder 9

Society for Social Responsibility in Science

  • Franklin Miller, Gambier, Ohio to Donald Strickland, Chicago, Illinois, October 5, 1962, T.L.S., 1 p.
  • "Society for Social Responsibility in Science," pamphlets, n. d.
  • "Society for Social Responsibility in Science," information sheet, n. d.
  • "Minutes," Chicago Regional Meeting of Society for Social Responsibility in Science, November 19, 1962
  • "Minutes," Chicago Regional Meeting of Society for Social Responsibility in Science, December 10, 1962
  • Minutes," Chicago Regional Meeting of the Society for Social Responsibility in Science, January 8, February 11, and March 12, 1963
  • "S.S.R.S.," holograph notes, 2 pp.
  • Pratt, Carroll C., "Do We Need a Hippocratic Oath for All Scientists?" The Friend, First Month [January], 1952, reprint
  • Lonsdale, Kathleen, "The Ethical Problems of Scientists," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, August 1951
  • Comfort, Alex, "Social Responsibility in Science and Art," Peace News Ltd., January, 1952
  • Douglas, William O., "Justice Douglas Appeals for Rebirth of Freedom," presented at the Philadelphia Bulletin Forum, March 3, 1952, reprint
Box 1   Folder 10

Society for Social Responsibility in Science

  • S.S.R.S. Newsletter, December 1951-November 1962
Box 1   Folder 11

Society for Social Responsibility in Science

  • S.S.R.S. Newsletter, December 1962-April 1965
Box 1   Folder 12

Miscellaneous documents

  • Conference on Atomic Energy and World Organization, Princeton, New Jersey, November, 1947, list of conferees
  • Woodward, William, Santa Fe, New Mexico, to Dr. Harry Groundfest, Rumson, New Jersey, T.L.S., November 1, 1945, 1 p., Xerox copy
  • Higginbotham, W. A. to J. R. Oppenheimer, Washington, D. C., T.L.C., October 16, 1945, 1 p., Xerox copy
  • Higginbotham, transcript of telephone conversation with J. Robert Oppenheimer, May 25, 1949, Xerox copy
  • R. R. Bush to Washington Staff, "Summary of Chats on the Hill," July 25, 26, 1949 (?), T.D., 3 pp., Xerox copy, with "D. L. Hill on events July 28, 29," T.D., 1 p., Xerox copy
  • Higinbotham, W.A., "Memorandum," March 6, 1946, T. D., 1 p., Xerox copy
  • Second Pugwash Conference of Nuclear Scientists, Lac Beauport, Canada, 1958, excerpts from the verbatim transcript
  • Time, "Atomic Doldrums" (February 25, 1946), Xerox copy
  • Office of Bernard M. Baruch, U.S. Representative, "The International Control of Atomic Energy- Scientific Information Transmitted to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission, June 14, 1946-October 14, 1946"