National Committee on Atomic Information records, 1945-1948.
- 29,500 items. 97 1 containers plus oversize. 39.2 linear feet.
- Arranged in 6 series. Series 1: Correspondence, 1945-1948; Series 2: Cooperating Organizations, 1946-1947; Series 3: Office Files, 1945-1948; Series 4: Speaker File, 1946-1947; Series 5: Financial Records, 1945-1948; and Series 6: Newspaper File, 1945-1948.
Open to research.
Correspondence with scientists and organizations, memoranda, speeches, reports, articles, financial records, clippings, printed matter, photographs, and other papers reflecting the committee's attempts to promote understanding of the implications of atomic energy in a nontechnical, easily understood form through the presentation of a popular program in the press, on the radio, and with a speaker's bureau. Organizations represented include the American Federation of Labor, Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.), Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, League of Women Voters (U.S.), and National Council of Jewish Women.
Motion picture films and sound recordings Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. transferred to Photographs Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. transferred to
Established in 1945 as a clearinghouse for information on the atomic age. Dissolved in 1948.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012163
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American Federation of Labor. Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.) Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. League of Women Voters (U.S.) National Council of Jewish Women.
Nuclear energy--Popular works. Nuclear energy--Societies, etc.