National Association of Science Writers and Council for the Advancement of Science Writing records
Scope and content
Records of the National Association of Science Writers and the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing include correspondence, membership records, financial records, domestic and international affairs material, newlsetters, administrative material, working papers for seminars and workshops, samples of science writing, papers and theses, published reports, materials on the Science-in-Society Journalism Awards, and CDs, videotapes, and audiocassettes. Correspondents include Earl Ubell, William J. Cromie, Pierre Fraley, Philip M. Boffey, Jane Stafford, and Herbert L. Nichols. Organizations mentioned include the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Ford Foundation. Also includes an oral history interview with Jane Stafford by Bruce Lewenstein, 1987.
Dates
- 1934-2018.
Creator
- National Association of Science Writers (Organization)
- Lewenstein, Bruce V. (Interviewer, Person)
- Council for the Advancement of Science Writing (Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY
The National Association of Science Writers (NASW) is a professional society, established in 1934, serving science journalists and public information specialists. The Council for the Advancement of Science Writing (CASW), which was created in 1960, is a non-profit organization that sponsors various activities intended to improve the quality and quantity of information about science that reaches the public.
Extent
33 cubic feet. (33 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Records of the National Association of Science Writers and the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing include correspondence, membership records, financial records, domestic and international affairs material, newsletters, administrative material, working papers for seminars and workshops, samples of science writing, papers and theses, published reports, and video and audiocassettes. Correspondents include Earl Ubell, William J. Cromie, Pierre Fraley, Philip M. Boffey, Jane Stafford, and Herbert L. Nichols. Organizations mentioned include the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Ford Foundation.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- P. McCrayJ. Parker
- Date completed:
- February 1993
- EAD encoding:
- Sarah Keen, April 2008Evan Fay Earle, January 2009
- Date modified:
- Jude Corina, September 2018
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Audiotapes.
- Boffey, Philip M.
- Communication in science -- United States.
- Council for the Advancement of Science Writing
- Cromie, William J., 1930-2014.
- Ford Foundation
- Fraley, Pierre.
- Journalism -- United States.
- National Association of Science Writers
- Nichols, Herbert L. (Herbert Lownds), 1908-
- Science news -- United States.
- Stafford, Jane.
- Ubell, Earl.
- Videotapes.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by P. McCrayJ. Parker
- Date
- 2002
- Language of description
- Undetermined
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Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu