Papers of George Wald, 1927-1996

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Papers of George Wald, 1927-1996

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ca. 48 cubic feet in 145 boxes

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Woodcock, Leonard

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Council for Economic Priorities speech, 1987

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Labor-University Alliance

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Basso Tribunal.

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Hunter College speech 1990

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Lessing, Doris

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Ted Kennedy

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US Aid Mission to Costa Rica.

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Green Party

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Brian Willson

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Indira Gandhi

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Petra Kelly

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Americans for a Progressive Israel

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Charles Percy

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Committee for Nuclear Responsibility

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Seldin, Edward

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Palme, Olof, 1927-1986

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Wald, George, 1906-1997

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George David Wald, 1906-1997, was a Nobel Prize-winning biologist, Higgins Professor of Biology at Harvard University, and a promoter ofprogressive political and social causes. From the description of Papers of George Wald, 1927-1996. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77065767 Educator, biochemist. From the description of Reminiscences of George Wald : oral history, 1982. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309741205 ...

Democratic Workers Party

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Colgate University speech, 1983

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Kim Dae Jung re: Korean Institute for Human Rights

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International Progress Organization

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Paul K. Brown

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Russell Tribunal

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Olaf Palme

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University of Cambridge.

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Citizens For New Politics (anti-McGovern circular)

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François Mitterand

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Rosovsky, Dean Henry

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Gorbachev

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Hans Bethe

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May, Ernest.

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General Motors

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Labor Party

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Cold Spring Harbor symposium 1965

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Glenn, John Patrick.

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Committee of Concerned Scientists

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Pauling, Linus, 1901-1994

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Born in Portland, Oregon on 28 February 1901. Died on 19 August 1994. Education: B.S., Chemical Engineering, Oregon State College (1922), Ph.D., Physical Chemistry and Mathematical Physics, California Institute of Technology (1925). Employment: 1925-1926 National Research Council; 1926-1927 Universities of Münich, Zürich, and Copenhagen; 1922-1969 California Institute of Technology; 1969- Stanford University; 1973-1979 Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine. From the descr...

Cambridge philosophical society

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World Congress on Alternatives and Environment

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Brown, Paul K.

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Nakashima, George, 1905-1990

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Woodworker. From the description of Reminiscences of George Nakashima : oral history, 1986. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481676 Architect, craftsman, woodworker, furniture designer; New Hope, Pa.; d. 1990. Nakashima was trained as an architect, and while working in the Japanese office of architect Antonin Raymond, studied the Japanese techniques of carpentry. From 1937-1939, he lived in India and studied under...

School of the Americas

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Committee of Liaison

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Reddy, T. J.

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Harvard Medical School.

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Radcliffe

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Fate of the Earth, 1984 conference

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Fieser, Louis F. (Louis Frederick), 1899-1977

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Louis Frederick Fieser (1899-1977) and Mary Peters Fieser (1909-1997) were chemists at Harvard University. Louis was the Sheldon Emery Professor of Chemistry, Mary was his co-researcher and co-published with Louis. From the description of Papers of Louis F. Fieser and Mary Fieser, 1899-1996. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228506797 Louis Frederick Fieser, 1899-1977, and Mary Peters Fieser, 1909-1997 were chemists at Harvard University. Louis was the S...

Einstein College

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Gandhi, Rajiv, 1987

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Clark University honorary degree 1968

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Guggenheim Foundation.

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New York Academy of Sciences, Macy Foundation

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McGovern, McCarthy, and Ted Kennedy

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LaRouche, Lyndon H.,

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David Bohm

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Mandelas

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George Nakashima

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Buckley, William F., Jr., 1925-2008

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Epithet: jr of the National Review British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001186.0x000169 William F. Buckley, Jr. was born in 1925 and graduated from Yale University in 1950. In 1955 he founded the magazine The National Review. He also wrote a nationally syndicated column and hosted the weekly television show Firing Line from 1966 through 1999. In 1965 Buckley ran unsuccessfully as the Conservative Party candidate for...

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