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Collection
USNSF
Records 1961-1964. Microfilm copies of the director's daily file and diary, congressional file, and records of the Interdepartmental Committee for Atmospheric Sciences. Hard copy includes director's speeches and statements, minutes of the National Science Board, science education program materials, subject files on topics such as the U.S.-Japan Committee on Scientific Cooperation, photographs, and publications.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-067-016
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Jerome B. Wiesner, Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology. Topics include nuclear weapons testing, candidates for a new director of the National Science Foundation, and a status report on activities of the President's Science Advisory Committee. Of note are parts one and two of a report by the President's Science Advisory Committee titled, "Report of the Ad Hoc Panel on Project Rover."
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-067-015
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Jerome B. Wiesner, Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology. Materials concern atmospheric nuclear tests, the Advisory Committee of Science and Technology, and a Life magazine article about civil defense. Of note is a report by the National Science Foundation titled “Investing in Scientific Progress,” regarding a 10 year forecast of the nation’s science education and training needs. Also included in this folder is a memorandum by Wiesner titled “Military Power, Arms Limitation, and Foreign Policy.”