Papers, 1950-1966.

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Papers, 1950-1966.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80453315

The collection covers Bernal's involvement with the peace movement and contains notes on conferences, speeches, and resolutions from conferences of the World Peace Council, with press cuttings, pamphlets and correspondence relating to these organizations.

9 boxes.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Bernal, J. D. (John Desmond), 1901-

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John Desmond Bernal, 1901-1971. Physicist (crystallography), Professor of physics at Birkbeck College, 1937-1963 and professor of crystallography at Birkbeck from 1963-1968. He published books and pamphlets on the role that science could play in society. He was a founder member of the World Peace Council, holding the presidency from 1958-1965. He was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize, 1958. From the description of Papers, 1950-1966. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80453315 Crysta...

World Peace Council.

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The World Peace Council (WPC) is an international organization, representing over 100 countries, with headquarters in Athens, Greece since 2000 (formerly in Finland). The WPC was founded in 1948; Frederic Joliot-Curie was its first president. During the Cold War, the WPC tended to criticize western, especially American, armaments but refrained from equal criticism of the Soviet Union side. On its web site (as of March 2011) it is described as an "anti-imperialist, democratic, independent and non...