Herbert Scoville papers
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The collection includes Scoville's outgoing correspondence, 1975-1985, as well as his newspaper editorials and unpublished writings on weapons control and U.S. defense policy. His papers also contain extensive reference files, which he used to provide support for his writings, speeches, and congressional testimony relating to arms control. Correspondence and clippings describe his work in arms control with the Pugwash Conferences on Science & World Affairs, the Federation of American Scientists, and other groups. Copies of his numerous editorials, magazine and journal articles, and Congressional testimonies are included, as are copies of his two books, Missile Madness, written with Robert Osborn, and MX: Prescription for Disaster.
The collection contains virtually no documentation of Scoville's government service; this material remains with the appropriate U.S. government agencies.
Index of Correspondence in Series 2
- Aguirre-Bianchi, Claudio
- Box 7, Folder 11
- Albrecht, Ulrich
- Box 3, Folder 16
- Albury, Simon
- Box 2, Folder 13
- Alder, Aaron
- Box 1, Folder 92
- Alexander, Archibald S.
- Box 2, Folder 1
- Arbatov, G.
- Box 7, Folder 7
- Armstrong, Sinclair
- Box 3, Folder 32
- Bacher, Nancy
- Box 2, Folder 31
- Becker, Abraham
- Box 1, Folder 99
- Bitzinger, Richard
- Box 6, Folder 27
- Bjornerstedt, Rolf
- Box 7, Folder 12
- Brennan, Donald G.
- Box 1, Folder 99
- Brooks, Harvey
- Box 1, Folder 93
- Brown, George E.
- Box 1, Folder 100
- Brubach, Nikolaus
- Box 4, Folder 30
- Buckheim, Robert W.
- Box 7, Folder 9
- Calagero, Francesco
- Box 4, Folder 4
- Callie, Jorg
- Box 8, Folder 2
- Chagnon, Jacqui
- Box 2, Folder 25
- Chandra, Romesh
- Box 2, Folder 17
- Chayes, Abram
- Box 5, Folder 17
- Clarke, Stephen
- Box 2, Folder 13
- Clotfelter, Jane
- Box 5, Folder 6
- Coffen, Tristram
- Box 5, Folder 34
- Cohen, Leonard
- Box 2, Folder 17
- Conant, Lering
- Box 7, Folder 19
- Conard, Robert
- Box 8, Folder 20
- Conroy, Czech
- Box 3, Folder 31
- Corn, David
- Box 2, Folder 17
- Coughlin, Lawrence
- Box 1, Folder 100
- Crisman, Nancy
- Box 8, Folder 2
- Daggett, Steve
- Box 2, Folder 15
- Danials, Marta
- Box 2, Folder 41
- D'Appolonia, Elio
- Box 7, Folder 31
- Davis, Mark
- Box 3, Folder 32
Dates
- 1947 - 1985
Creator
- Scoville, Herbert (Person)
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Biography
Herbert Scoville, 1915-1985, B.A. 1937, Yale; Ph.D. in physical chemistry, 1942, University of Rochester, was a weapons expert for the United States federal government from World War II until 1969. He worked for the Atomic Energy Commission, 1946-1948; was technical director of the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project, 1948-1955; was assistant director and then deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 1955-1963; and from 1963 to 1969 was assistant director for science and technology of the U.S. Arms Control Disarmament Agency. Scoville was a leader in the arms control and disarmament movement, 1969-1985, as evidenced in his writings, lectures, and organizational work. He cofounded the Arms Control Association in 1971 and was later president, 1979-1985.
Extent
9.3 Cubic Feet (9 record cartons, 1 manuscript box)
Language of Materials
English
Location
Materials are stored off-site. Advance notice is required for use.
Source of Acquisiton
Materials were given to the Department of Distinctive Collections (formerly the Institute Archives and Special Collections) in April 1987 by Mrs. Ann Scoville.
Bibliography
- Scoville, Herbert, and Robert Osborn. Missile Madness. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1970.
- Scoville, Herbert. MX: Prescription for Disaster. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1981.
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Index of Correspondence in Series 2
- Aguirre-Bianchi, Claudio
- ref320_8tp
- 7:11
- Albrecht, Ulrich
- 3:16
- Albury, Simon
- 2:13
- Alder, Aaron
- 1:92
- Alexander, Archibald S.
- 2:1
- Arbatov, G.
- 7:7
- Armstrong, Sinclair
- 3:32
- Bacher, Nancy
- 2:31
- Becker, Abraham
- 1:99
- Bitzinger, Richard
- 6:27
- Bjornerstedt, Rolf
- 7:12
- Brennan, Donald G.
- 1:99
- Brooks, Harvey
- 1:93
- Brown, George E.
- 1:100
- Brubach, Nikolaus
- 4:30
- Buckheim, Robert W.
- 7:9
- Calagero, Francesco
- 4:4
- Callie, Jorg
- 8:2
- Chagnon, Jacqui
- 2:25
- Chandra, Romesh
- 2:17
- Chayes, Abram
- 5:17
- Clarke, Stephen
- 2:13
- Clotfelter, Jane
- 5:6
- Coffen, Tristram
- 5:34
- Cohen, Leonard
- 2:17
- Conant, Lering
- 7:19
- Conard, Robert
- 8:20
- Conroy, Czech
- 3:31
- Corn, David
- 2:17
- Coughlin, Lawrence
- 1:100
- Crisman, Nancy
- 8:2
- Daggett, Steve
- 2:15
- Danials, Marta
- 2:41
- D'Appolonia, Elio
- 7:31
- Davis, Mark
- 3:32
- Dehaan, Robert L
- 1:100
- Dellums, Ronald V
- 3:8
- Delong, Gladys P.
- 2:1
- Dine, Tom
- 3:8
- Dow, John G
- 2:6
- Dragsdahl, Jorgen
- 2:35
- Duffy, Gloria
- 6:4
- Dunning, Gorden M.
- 8:20
- Eckhard, Frederic
- 8:4
- Edwards, Don
- 3:22
- Evernden, J.F
- 8:15
- Farley, Frances
- 4:25
- Feller, Gordon
- 7:25
- Feshbach, Herman
- 1:93
- Fieschi, Roberto
- 2:12
- Finley, David D
- 2:32
- Fisher, Anne F
- 1:93
- Flanagan, Dennis
- 6:35
- Flood, Michael
- 3:31
- Forrest, Jack
- 2:32, 7:1
- Foster, William C.
- 2:1
- Frank, Forrest R.
- 2:15
- Freymond, Jacques
- 3:19
- Frolic, B.M.
- 2:7
- Frost, Frank J.
- 3:19
- Garwin, Richard L.
- 3:35, 4:10
- Gavin, Eleanor
- 2:41, 3:34
- Gerdes, Lewis G.
- 5:23
- Gleditsch, Nils P.
- 2:35
- Gleisner, J.W.
- 2:14
- Glenn, John
- 5:9
- Gore, Albert
- 3:39, 6:38
- Gormley, Dennis M.
- 2:1
- Gorwitz, Bertram
- 7:23
- Graybar, Hoyt
- 3:34
- Grimsson, Olafur R.
- 5:17
- Gronin, John G.
- 4:21
- Grossman, Jerome
- 4:18
- Guarisco, Anthony
- 5:17
- Hafemeister, David
- 3:38, 8:13
- Hartung, William
- 3:2
- Hellebust, Anders
- 2:35
- Hellman, Sven
- 7:11
- Hendlovitz, Saul H.
- 1:103
- Hiatt, Howard
- 3:39
- Hirsch, Eugene Z.
- 6:1
- Hochman, William
- 2:30
- Hoffman, Gail
- 2:31
- Holden, John B.
- 3:38
- Hood, Mary Acland
- 7:12
- Hoopes, Townsend
- 3:22
- Hord, John K.
- 3:38
- Hormats, Saul
- 2:25
- Horne, Al
- 8:19
- Hyman, Lester S.
- 8:19
- Iacoelli, Richard
- 3:40
- Inman, Robert
- 1:98
- Johansen, Robert C.
- 4:5
- Johnson, David R.
- 2:31, 6:30
- Johnson, Herbert
- 4:5
- Johnson, Ivar
- 1:101
- Johnson, Nancy L.
- 4:6
- Kaku, Michio
- 4:17
- Kaplan, Martin M.
- 6:11
- Karlsson, Hakan
- 4:17
- Katz, Sidney
- 5:18
- Kelly, Petra, K.
- 4:7
- Kemper, William A.
- 4:7
- Kendall, Henry
- 6:42
- Kennedy, Edward
- 3:7
- Kerry, Richard J.
- 4:7
- Kincade, William\
- 1:98, 1:103, 2:2
- Kolatch, Esther H.
- 6:28
- Lakhdhir, Ann H.
- 4:9
- Lambeth, Charles
- 5:24
- La Rocque, Gene R.
- 3:7
- Lawrence, Robert
- 4:17, 5:24
- Leach, Jim
- 6:22
- Lehne, Stanford G.
- 4:9
- Leitenberg, Milton
- 5:28
- Lenci, Francesco
- 4:9
- Leonard, James F.
- 8:5
- Leventhal, Paul
- 5:9
- Lieberman, Robbie
- 4:13
- Lilienthal, Sally
- 6:4
- Loefiler,W.H.
- 5:19
- Loiselle, Maurice
- 5:26
- Long, Franklin A.
- 1:93
- Malin, Laurence
- 2:4
- Mandel, Mary
- 7:1
- Marder, Murray
- 7:6
- Marks, John
- 4:13
- Marlin, Alice
- 3:2
- Martin, Canon
- 6:28
- Mathias, Martin M.
- 6:5
- Mawby, Michael
- 4:20, 4:21
- McDonald, W. F.
- 4:13
- McFate, Patricia
- 1:99, 7:12
- McGiffert, David
- 5:17
- McKenzie, William P.
- 4:13
- McPherson, Elizabeth
- 8:18
- McSweeny, William F.
- 4:13
- Meeker, Leonard
- 8:2
- Meerburg, Arend
- 6:25
- Metcalf, Vicki
- 2:31
- Migneault, Robert L.
- 4:13
- Mitchell, William
- 4:25
- Moore, April
- 4:20, 5:6
- Mowery, Hartman B.
- 5:19
- Nash, Harold
- 2:41
- Neal, Stephen
- 4:17
- Nelson, Daniel N.
- 4:28
- Nimroody, Rosy
- 3:2
- Nitze, Paul H.
- 1:99
- Nunn, Sam
- 2:15
- Nyary, Nicholas
- 3:32
- Oudes, Bruce
- 2:1
- Oygard, Knut
- 8:15
- Panton, F.H.
- 2:13
- Peck, George
- 5:26
- Percy, Charles
- 2:43
- Perkins, Vivienne
- 2:31
- Pew, Robert M.
- 7:6
- Potter, William C.
- 5:25, 8:13
- Prins, Gwyn
- 5:26
- Proxmire, William
- 8:13
- Puritz, Betsy
- 1:98
- Race, Nicola
- 2:14
- Raymond, Richard
- 5:21
- Reiss, Robert
- 6:22
- Reppert, Jack
- 4:27
- Rhinelander, John
- 1:99
- Ribicoff, Abraham
- 3:42
- Rifkin, Jeremy
- 3:10
- Ris, Howard
- 8:2
- Rossmann, Antonio
- 4:27
- Rothman, David
- 2:18
- Rozenburg, Raoul
- 5:17
- Rubel, John H.
- 6:22
- Rumpf, Roger
- 2:25
- Russell, Frances
- 4:17
- Sagan, Carl
- 6:33
- Schaufele, William
- 3:41
- Scheckel, Judith A.
- 5:10
- Schonbeck, Niels
- 6:32
- Schouten, Nico
- 4:35
- Schroeder, Patricia
- 3:22
- Scrivner, Robert W.
- 2:36
- Seiberling, John F.
- 4:22
- Shorr, Alan B.
- 4:11
- Shulman, Marshall D.
- 8:4
- Silvers, Clare
- 4:18
- Silvers, Robert
- 4:25
- Simons, Howard
- 8:19
- Singer, David
- 6:32
- Stein, Sherman
- 4:18
- Slentz, Paul
- 5:6
- Smith, Gerard
- 2:1, 7:13
- Spiegel, Sydney
- 4:27
- Spohn, Donna
- 4:27
- Springer, Bernard
- 6:27
- Stack, James
- 2:6
- Stance, Dorothy
- 6:32
- Stewart, Samuel
- 7:34
- Stone, Jeremy
- 3:24
- Stone, Robert
- 6:32
- Strickland, Lee S.
- 3:42
- Sturckenbrock, Reimer
- 3:16
- Sullivan, Colleen
- 1:100
- Sullivan, Richard C.
- 5:28
- Swartz, William M.
- 1:92
- Symington, Stuart
- 3:27
- Thatcher, Scott
- 7:27
- Thomas, Claire S.
- 5:1
- Thorsson, Inga
- 7:27
- Tirman, John
- 8:2
- Truman, Preston
- 5:18
- Tsipis, Kosta
- 7:27, 8:13
- Urbanowski, Frank
- 4:18
- Van Ee, Jeff
- 4:25
- Vincent, Bill
- 4:25
- Von Hippel, Frank
- 6:25
- Wallace, Michael
- 8:18
- Weber, Josef
- 3:16
- Welch, Jasper A.
- 4:22
- Whiteley, John M.
- 2:17
- Wiesner, Jerome
- 5:17
- Wilson, Lyndon
- 8:18
- Wilson, Raymond
- 8:18
- Wilson Ward H.
- 8:18
- Woolsey, James
- 3:3
- Yost, Nicholas C.
- 3:30
- Zavdil, Robert
- 7:31
- Arms Control Association (Washington, D.C.)
- Arms race Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- MX (Weapons system) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Rockwell B-1 (Bomber) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Scoville, Herbert
- Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
Creator
- Scoville, Herbert (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Papers of Herbert Scoville
- Status
- Ready For Review
- Author
- Rolf Brown
- Date
- Copyright 1992
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2022 March: Edited by Chris Tanguay and LaChelle Barton to add extents, edit dates, and integrate existing index of correspondence into the collection description.
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