7 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Philip Hauge Abelson papers, 1939-2002
16,100 items ; 46 containers ; 18.4 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Nuclear physicist, chemist, and editor. Correspondence, notes, reports, speeches and writings, and other papers documenting Abelson's contribution to scientific policy-making through committees, organizations, and publications.
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Lewis Reeves Gibbes papers, 1793-1894
5,700 items ; 16 containers ; 3 linear feet ; 8 microfilm reels -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Scientist and professor. Chiefly correspondence along with specimen lists, resolutions, clippings, printed material, and other papers relating primarily to Gibbes's career as professor of astronomy, mathematics, and physics at the College of Charleston in South Carolina. Includes his correspondence with other scientists on the subjects of astronomy, botany, chemistry, geology, meteorology,...
Phi Beta Kappa records, 1776-2006
191,800 items ; 549 containers plus 32 oversize ; 223 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Collegiate scholastic honor society founded in 1776 at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. The records include correspondence, minutes, reports, financial records, publications, printed material, and other material relating to the functions of the organization.
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Margaret Mead papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996
530,000 items ; 1,790 containers plus 50 oversize ; 783.2 linear feet ; 2 microfilm reels -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Anthropologist, author, and educator. Personal, professional, and family papers, consisting of correspondence, notebooks, organization files, appointment books, writings, teaching and office files, field notes, photographs, and miscellany relating primarily to anthropological and ethnological fieldwork, Mead's association with various universities and other cultural, scientific, and educational...
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James McKeen Cattell papers, 1835-1948
49,000 items ; 189 containers plus 1 oversize ; 76 linear feet ; 7 microfilm reels -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Educator, editor, and psychologist. Correspondence, diaries, speeches, lectures, articles, notes, financial papers, biographical and genealogical material, family papers, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Cattell's professional and academic affiliations.
Alan Tower Waterman papers, 1917-1967
17,700 items ; 59 containers plus 1 classified ; 23.6 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Physicist and science administrator. Correspondence, diary notes, speeches, articles, travel itineraries, subject file, and biographical material chiefly relating to Waterman’s activities as an administrator of scientific research organizations including his years as deputy chief of the United States Office of Naval Research and as director of the United States National Science Foundation.
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Charles Albert Browne papers, 1783-1947
20,000 items ; 36 containers plus 2 oversize ; 14.5 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Chemist, food technologist, and historian of science. Correspondence, writings, accounts of foreign travel, autographs of past luminaries, and research material relating primarily Browne's work in the history of chemistry and agriculture.