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| Title: | Atomic Scientists' Printed and Near-Print Material. Records |
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| Dates: | 1945-1959 |
| Size: | .5 linear ft (1 box) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | The Atomic Scientists Printed and Near-Print Material consists of material relating to the postwar scientists' movement, including U.S. Senate and House bills and amendments as well as other print and near-print material. |
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When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Atomic Scientists' Printed and Near-Print Material. Records, [Box #, Folder #], University of Chicago Library, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center
The Manhattan Project's Metallurgical Laboratory (Met Lab) was located at the University of Chicago. It was here the scientists were recruited to work on the theoretical aspects of building the atomic bomb. In 1945, months after the bombing of Hiroshima, about 90% (approximately 200) of Met Lab's scientists reorganized as the Atomic Scientists of Chicago, Inc. and began to publish the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists in a effort to influence government policy and to educate the general public regarding atomic energy and the atomic bomb.
A Collection of miscellaneous reference material extracted from the several collections comprising the Atomic Scientists Papers in the University of Chicago Library.
In September 1995 and again in 1996, additional accessions were made. Those materials make up Series II and Series III.
Series I: Initial Deposit |
| Box 1 Folder 1 | Atomic Energy Commission. Press releases, 1948-1949; International Control of Atomic Energy. 2nd Report of the United Nations AEC, 1947 |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | Tennessee Valley Authority Act, November 21, 1941; Hearings on Atomic Energy Act of 1946 (S. 1717), January-April 1946 |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | Hearings on Resolution on Atomic Energy (S. Res. 179), December 1945-February 1946 |
| Box 1 Folder 4 | Committee on Military Affairs (S. Res. 107) and (S. Res. 146), Social Impact of Science, August-October 19, 1945 |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | Committee on Military Affairs (S. Res. 107) and (S. Res. 146), etc., October 22-December, 1945; Legislative Proposals for Promotion of Science: National Science Foundation, 1945-1946 |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | (a) Hearings on a Bill (S. 1248) to Establish an Office of Technical Services, December 1945-January 1946; A Report on the International Control of Atomic Energy, 1946
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| Box 1 Folder 7 | Science Legislation, Senate, 1945-1947 |
| Box 1 Folder 8 | Speeches by Congressmen, 1945-1948 |
| Box 1 Folder 9 | AEC. Press releases, 1949 |
| Box 1 Folder 10 | Digest of Testimony before Senate Committee on Atomic Energy, 1945-1946 |
| Box 2 Folder 1 | Digest of Testimony before Senate Committee on Atomic Energy, 1945-1946, continued |
| Box 2 Folder 2 | AEC. Press releases, 1947 |
| Box 2 Folder 3 | AEC. Press releases, 1947 |
| Box 2 Folder 4 | AEC. Press releases, 1948 |
| Box 2 Folder 5 | National Committee of Atomic Information. Press releases, newsletters, information bulletins, 1945-1948 |
| Box 2 Folder 6 | NCAI. Press releases, etc., 1945-1948 |
| Box 2 Folder 7 | NCAI. Press releases, etc., 1945-1948 |
| Box 2 Folder 8 | "Atomic Information," published by NCAI, Vol. I., nos. 1-12, incomplete, 1946; Vol. II, nos. 1-2, 1947 |
| Box 2 Folder 9 | Federation of American Scientists. Constitution, press releases, information papers, memoranda, etc., January-April 1946 |
| Box 2 Folder 10 | Federation of American Scientists. Constitution, press releases, information papers, memoranda, etc., May-August 1946 |
| Box 3 Folder 1 | Federation of American Scientists. Constitution, press releases, information papers, memoranda, etc., September-December 1946 |
| Box 3 Folder 2 | Federation of American Scientists. Constitution, press releases, information papers, memoranda, etc., January-June 1947 |
| Box 3 Folder 3 | Federation of American Scientists. Constitution, press releases, information papers, memoranda, etc., July-December 1947 |
| Box 3 Folder 4 | Federation of American Scientists. Constitution, press releases, information papers, memoranda, etc., January-December 1948 |
| Box 3 Folder 5 | Federation of American Scientists. Constitution, press releases, information papers, memoranda, etc. Jan.-July, 1949; Additional press releases during 1950-1951 |
| Box 3 Folder 6 | Scientists' Committee on Loyalty Problems, press releases, etc., 1949 |
| Box 3 Folder 7 | American Association of Scientific Workers. Monthly News Bulletin Philadelphia Chapter, miscellaneous issues, 1946-1948; circular letters, press releases, etc., 1945-1948 |
| Box 3 Folder 8 | Association of Manhattan Project Scientists, Newsletter, press releases, etc., 1945-1949 |
| Box 3 Folder 9 | Association of New York Scientists. Newsletters (miscellaneous issues, 1946-1949), minutes of meetings, press releases, etc., 1945-1949 |
| Box 4 Folder 1 | Association of Oak Ridge Engineers and Scientists. Newsletters (miscellaneous issues, 1946-1948), press releases, etc., 1946-1948 |
| Box 4 Folder 2 | Associations of Pasadena Scientists. Newsletter, Vol. I., nos. 1-11, 1946 |
| Box 4 Folder 3 | Association of Philadelphia Scientists. Newsletter (misc. issues 1945-47), press releases, membership lists, etc., 1945-1947 |
| Box 4 Folder 4 | Association of Scientific Workers (England), Statements, 1945 |
| Box 4 Folder 5 | Association of Scientists of Cornell University, Newsletter (miscellaneous issues, 1946-1947), memoranda, etc. |
| Box 4 Folder 6 | Association of Scientists for Atomic Education, Minutes of meetings, memoranda, etc., 1947-1948 |
| Box 4 Folder 7 | Atomic Production Scientists. Three newsletters, 1945 |
| Box 4 Folder 8 | Academy of Scientists of USSR. Miscellaneous reports, 1946 |
| Box 4 Folder 9 | FAS. Newsletters, 1947-1949, press releases, etc., 1948-1949 |
| Box 4 Folder 10 | Miscellaneous Laymen pamphlets, radio reports, popular newspaper publications on atomic bomb, 1946-1947 |
| Box 4 Folder 11 | Atomic Scientists of Chicago, press releases, assorted pamphlets, etc., 1945-1946 |
| Box 4 Folder 12 | Canadian Association of Scientific Workers, Newsletters (miscellaneous issues, 1945-1946), press releases, etc., 1945-1946 |
| Box 4 Folder 13 | Chicago Association of Scientists and Engineers, three newsletters, 1947 |
| Box 4 Folder 14 | Committee for Foreign Correspondence, minutes of two meetings, 1947 |
| Box 5 Folder 1 | Dayton Association of Atomic Scientists, one newsletter, constitution, 1946 |
| Box 5 Folder 2 | Federation of Atomic Scientists, miscellaneous material, 1945-1946 |
| Box 5 Folder 3 | Federation of American Scientists (Rochester Chapter), letter to Senator Ives on Lilienthal |
| Box 5 Folder 4 | Association of Oak Ridge Engineers and Scientists, newsletter (miscellaneous issues), press releases, 1945-1948 |
| Box 5 Folder 5 | Washington Association of Scientists. Newsletter, press releases, etc., 1945-1947 |
| Box 5 Folder 6 | British Commonwealth Scientific Office, Lists of scientists visiting U.S. |
| Box 5 Folder 7 | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, information papers, 1946 |
| Box 5 Folder 8 | Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists. Statement, June 1947; Minutes to Midnight, May 1950 |
| Box 5 Folder 9 | Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts, Sciences and Professions. Newsletter (misc. issues), press releases, 1945 |
| Box 5 Folder 10 | "The Acheson Report", Federation of American Scientists, reports, news releases, etc. 1946 |
| Box 5 Folder 11 | Ball Bill (Senate Bill No. 1557), press releases, information papers, etc., 1945 |
| Box 5 Folder 12 | May-Johnson Bill, 1945-46, information papers, press releases; miscellaneous Senate resolutions |
| Box 5 Folder 13 | Atomic Energy Legislation, bills, speeches, analyses, etc. |
| Box 5 Folder 14 | The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and Photographs of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, by Manhattan Engineer District. Pamphlet |
| Box 5 Folder 15 | United Nations material, U.N. charter, speeches, information papers; assorted pamphlets on world government |
| Box 5 Folder 16 | Miscellaneous material on MGM movie on atomic energy, 1946 |
| Box 5 Folder 17 | United World Federalists, Statements |
| Box 5 Folder 18 | Kilgore-Magnuson Bill, bill, analyses, 1946 |
| Box 5 Folder 19 | Atomic Scientists News, Vol. 1, no. 3, published by Atomic Scientists Association, England, January 1952 |
| Box 5 Folder 20 | Northern California Association of Scientists Reports, press releases, etc., January 1946-April 1946 |
| Box 6 Folder 1 | Northern California Association of Scientists, reports, press releases, etc., May 1946-August 1946 |
| Box 6 Folder 2 | Northern California Association of Scientists, reports, press releases, etc., September 1946-January 1947 |
| Box 6 Folder 3 | Northern California Committee of Science for Atomic Education, minutes, newsletters, 1946-1948 |
Series II: 1995 Addenda |
| Box 6 | U.S. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Atomic Energy. Atomic Energy Act of 1946. 79th Congress, 2nd session, pt. 3 |
| Box 6 | U.S. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Atomic Energy. Atomic Energy Act of 1946. 79th Congress, 2nd session, pt. 4 |
Series III: 1996 Addenda |
| Box 7 | One World or None: A Report to the Public on the Full Meaning of the Atomic Bomb, edited by Dexter Masters and Katharine Way; foreword by Niels Bohr, Introduction by Arthur H. Compton... (McGraw-Hill, Whittelsey House, 1946) |