Science & Technology

Many of these collections relate to the development of nuclear weapons, nuclear power plants, nuclear regulatory frameworks, and to debates about nuclear technology in the United States and abroad. Other collections document citizen diplomacy between scientists in the United States and the Soviet Union, particularly campaigns to aid the Soviet dissident physicist Andrei Sakharov.

EDWARD TELLER PAPERS - US physicist; assistant director, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, 1949–52; director, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, 1954–75

HAROLD MELVIN AGNEW MOTION PICTURE FILM - Member, Los Alamos Laboratory

VITALII LEONIDOVICH KATAEV PAPERS - Russian engineer; Soviet defense industry official

SIDNEY D. DRELL MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS - US physicist; chair, International Conference in Honor of Andrei Sakharov

PAUL J. FLORY PAPERS - US chemist; activist for dissident scientists

DIXY LEE RAY PAPERS - Chairman, United States Atomic Energy Commission, 1972–75

SCIENTISTS FOR SAKHAROV, ORLOV AND SHCHARANSKY RECORDS - International organization for the promotion of human rights of scientists in the Soviet Union

JESSE C. JOHNSON PAPERS - Director, Division of Raw Materials, United States Atomic Energy Commission, 1950–63

PIONEERS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION COLLECTION - Interviews with leading scientists, 1983–5

Scientists For Sakharov, Orlov and Shcharansky records - Correspondence, speeches and writings, reports, memoranda, press releases, statements, petitions, lists, financial records, printed matter, photographs, video tapes, and sound recordings, relating to civil rights and dissident scientists in the Soviet Union, and especially to Andrei Sakharov, Yuri Orlov and Anatoly Shcharansky (Natan Sharansky). 

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY LIBRARY & ARCHIVES MATERIALS