Barry Commoner papers, 1915-2009 (Library of Congress Finding Aid)

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BOX 321-441	Organizations File, 1919-1980
		Organizations that Commoner either founded, had leadership positions in, or was heavily involved with. This series also includes material from his faculty years at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Material types include correspondence, reports, committee papers, speeches and events material, financial records, and other related material.
		Arranged alphabetically by name of organization into the following subseries: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Center for the Biology of Natural Systems (CBNS), Committee for Environmental Information CEI), Greater St. Louis Citizens' Committee for Nuclear Information (CNI), Scientsts' Institute for Public Information (SIPI), and Washington University.
BOX 321-379		American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1919-1975
			The files primarily pertain to the AAAS committees in which Commoner was most active: the Committee on the Social Aspects of Science, the Committee on Science in the Promotion of Human Welfare, and the Committee on Environmental Alterations. These particular AAAS committees worked to engage scientists in public policy issues such as radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons testing, air quality, and energy consumption. Also present are files on annual meetings, the board of directors, budgets, and AAAS publications. Prominent correspondents include Chauncey Leake, Margaret Mead, Ward Pigman, and Dael Wolfle. More files pertaining to the AAAS are in both the 1990 and 2019 Additions. Material types include correspondence, draft writings, committee reports and publications, financial records, minutes of meetings, and printed matter.
			Arranged alphabetically by committee name, topic, or material type.
BOX 321			Ad Hoc Committee on Regional Centers, 1972
BOX 321			Ad Hoc Committee on Support of Scientific Research, 1971-1972
BOX 321			Ad Hoc Committee on Women, 1971-1972
BOX 321			Annual meetings
BOX 321				1952-1955
					(5 folders)
BOX 322				1956-1962
					(9 folders)
BOX 323				1964-1970
					(7 folders)
BOX 324				1971-1972
					(6 folders)
BOX 325				1973-1975
					(6 folders)
BOX 325			Arden House, 1951, 1971-1972
BOX 326			Board of Directors
BOX 326				1966-1969
					(8 folders)
BOX 327				1970-1971
					(6 folders)
BOX 328				1971-1973
					(6 folders)
BOX 329				1973-1974
					(3 folders)
BOX 329			British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1968-1969
BOX 329			Budgets and operating expenses
BOX 329				1963-1972
					(3 folders)
BOX 330				1973-1974
BOX 330			Chemical warfare in Vietnam, 1966-1970
				(4 folders)
BOX 330			Clippings, 1957-1966
BOX 330			Commission on Air Conservation, 1962-1965
BOX 331			Commission on Air Conservation, 1962-1965
				(4 folders)
BOX 331			Commission on Science Education, 1967-1973
BOX 331			Committee on Arid Lands, 1954-1974
BOX 332			Committee on Council Affairs, 1961-1974
				(4 folders)
BOX 332			Committee on Environmental Alterations
BOX 332				Advertisements, 1971-1972
BOX 332				African Americans, 1971-1973
BOX 332				Agriculture, 1961-1971
BOX 333				Agriculture, 1961-1971
BOX 333				Air-conditioning, 1971-1972
BOX 333				Alaska, 1969-1972
BOX 333				Aluminum, 1964-1972
					(2 folders)
BOX 333				American Friends Service Committee, 1972
BOX 333				Asia, 1967-1972
					(2 folders)
BOX 334				Bibliographies, 1971-1973
					(3 folders)
BOX 334				Black Mesa Defense Fund, 1971
BOX 334				"Blueprint for Survival, A", 1972
BOX 334				California, 1967-1971
BOX 334				Charcoal, 1919, 1969
BOX 334				Copper, 1972
BOX 334				Correspondence, 1969-1973
					(2 folders)
BOX 335				Correspondence, 1969-1973
BOX 335				Cotton, 1968-1973
					(2 folders)
BOX 335				Detergents, 1967-1970
BOX 335				Economic growth, 1968-1973
					(3 folders)
BOX 336				Economic growth, 1968-1973
					(4 folders)
BOX 336				Electric power study group
BOX 336					Abstracts, 1971
BOX 336					Budgets, 1970-1973
						(2 folders)
BOX 337					Clippings, 1971-1973
BOX 337					Correspondence, 1970-1974
						(5 folders)
BOX 338					Final report, 1972
						(2 folders)
BOX 338					Fossil fuels, 1967-1972
						(2 folders)
BOX 339					General, 1970-1974
						(6 folders)
BOX 340					General, 1970-1974
						(2 folders)
BOX 340					Grant proposals, 1970-1972
						(2 folders)
BOX 340					Graphs, 1969-1972
						(2 folders)
BOX 341					Graphs, 1969-1972
BOX 341					Household appliances, 1967-1973
						(2 folders)
BOX 341					Interim progress report, 1970-1971
BOX 341					Meetings, 1970-1971
BOX 341					Outlines, 1970-1972
						(2 folders)
BOX 342					Report drafts, 1971-1973
						(7 folders)
BOX 343					Report drafts, 1971-1973
						(6 folders)
BOX 344					Report drafts, 1971-1973
						(6 folders)
BOX 345					Report drafts, 1971-1973
						(7 folders)
BOX 346					Report drafts, 1971-1973
						(6 folders)
BOX 347					Report drafts, 1971-1973
						(6 folders)
BOX 348					Report drafts, 1971-1973
BOX 348					Seattle City Light, 1967-1972
						(3 folders)
BOX 348				Energy consumption, 1941-1973
					(3 folders)
BOX 349				Energy consumption, 1941-1973
					(3 folders)
BOX 349				Energy crisis symposium, Philadelphia, Pa., 1970-1972
					(3 folders)
BOX 350				Energy crisis symposium, Philadelphia, Pa., 1970-1972
					(6 folders)
BOX 351				Expenses, 1969-1973
					(2 folders)
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