Anderson Hunter Dupree Papers, 1940-1960 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Abstract:The collection contains research material conducted and collected by A. Hunter Dupree for the unpublished work "Science in the Federal Government, 1940-1960." There is also general material which concerns itself with Dupree's teaching years at the University of California, Berkeley. The arrangement of the files within the boxes has been predetermined by Dupree and has not been adjusted. Box 1 contains outlines, bibliographical notes, handwritten corrections, footnote sources, and typed draft copies for various chapters and volumes on the National Defense Research Committee (NDRC); Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD); and the War Molibization Board on the Judiciary Committee, otherwise known as the Kilgore Committee. There is also research on the Bowman Committee. Industrial research materials include information on Bell Laboratory; Wormser foundation, Rockefeller Foundation including Fordick Rockefeller Foundation; material on the NAS, NRC, NACA; British and German Scientific organizations 1940's, 1950's; British Society for Freedom in Science late 1930's; Ickes Chalkley 1939-1945 and the War Resources Board 1939