Association of Scientists of Cornell University records

Collection — manuscript box: 24 - folder 1

Identifier: 11-8-m.947

Scope and content

Vol. 1, No. 4 of The Cornell Scientist, June 3, 1946, published by the organization. Also, items related to the investigation of the Atomic Energy Commission include a letter to ASCU from L. C. Norris; mimeogaphed copy of open letter from ASCU to Representative W. Sterling Cole, and Cole's reply; letter to Leo (Norris) from J. B. Sumner; and a newspaper clipping of Professor Clive McCay's "Another Scientist's View," from the Ithaca Journal.

Dates

1946, 1949.

Creator

Association of Scientists of Cornell University (Organization)
Cole, W. Sterling (William Sterling), 1904-1987. (Person)
McCay, Clive Maine, 1898-1967. (Person)
Norris, L. C. (Leo Chandler), 1893- (Person)
Sumner, James B. (James Batcheller), 1887-1955. (Person)

Biographical / Historical

The Association was a member of the Federation of American Scientists. Founding members included Robert Bacher, Hans Bethe, Phillip Morrison, and Richard Feynman. The organization sponsored radio programs on World Control of Atomic Energy. In 1946, J. Robert Oppenheimer presented a series of six Messenger Lectures at Cornell on the technical and political problmes of atomic energy.