Papers of George B. Kistiakowsky, ca. 1928-1982 (inclusive).

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Papers of George B. Kistiakowsky, ca. 1928-1982 (inclusive).

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This collection documents Kistiakowsky's career as a teacher, researcher, policy advisor, and political activist. Includes materials pertaining to his academic duties at Harvard (1930-1971); his wartime involvement with the National Defense Research Committee and the Manhattan Project; his services as consultant to defense agencies and private corporations; his positions as member, chairman, and consultant-at-large of the President's Science Advisory Committee (and as Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology in the Eisenhower administration); his activities in the National Academy of Sciences (chairman of its Committee on Science and Public Policy from 1962 to 1965 and vice-president of NAS from 1965 to 1973); and his participation in organized efforts to de-escalate the arms race (particularly his role as chairman of Council for a Livable World). Forms of material in this collection include correspondence, memoranda, agendas, minutes, grant proposals, technical reports, letters of recommendation, newspaper clippings, speeches, lectures, and ephemera.

32.8 cubic feet in 95 containers of manuscript.

Harvard University Archives.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8184468

Harvard University Archives.

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Harvard University

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