[2015.0045] CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS OF HUNTLY GORDON HIGGINS RELATING TO CSIRO AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF SCIENCE

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IdentifierUMA-ACE-20150045Extent4 unitsLinear Meterage0.68Scope and ContentUnits 1-3 contain correspondence and papers relating to the first South East Asian Regional Pugwash Conference held at International House, University of Melbourne in1967, the Melbourne Pugwash Seminar mainly 1960s and 1970s, Pugwash in Australia including committee minutes 1962-1967, financial support from Australian members for Pugwash, Pugwash (international) circulars and statements, conference material and administrative papers relating to international and Australian Pugwash conferences and symposia. Also papers relating to Scientists Against Nuclear Arms (newsletters) and Victorian Society for the Social Responsibility of Science. Also included is a recording (1/4 inch reel to reel audiotape) of the Melbourne Pugwash Seminar: Science and International Relations held on 3 November 1964 in the Masson Theatre at the Chemistry School of the University of Melbourne, with speakers including Higgins, Ian Clunies Ross (head of CSIRO), Arthur Burns, Peter Fensham and visiting US chemist and Nobel Prize winner (Chemistry, 1954 and Peace, 1962) Linus Pauling, on one of two Australian tours: https://paulingblog.wordpress.com/2012/04/11/return-to-oz/ Professional papers include correspondence, circulars, draft manusrcripts and research notes, conferences associated with Higgins employment at CSIRO.Collection CategoryCommunity and PoliticalAccess StatusAccess restrictions apply for some itemsRequest Access to RecordsRequest records from this Accession

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CreatorHiggins, Huntly G.

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CreatorPugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, Australian group

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Date1956-2006

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[2015.0045] CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS OF HUNTLY GORDON HIGGINS RELATING TO CSIRO AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF SCIENCE