Bernard R. Cooper, Physicist, Papers Regarding Human Rights of Scientists
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5126
Correspondence, newsletters, minutes, photographs, and other material dating from 1977-1981 regarding human rights of refusenik scientists in the Soviet Union. This collection is minimally processed. These materials were collected by West Virginia University (WVU) physics professor Bernard R. Cooper, a member of the Committee on the International Freedom of Scientists (CIFS) of the American Physical Society. Scientists documented include Victor Brailovsky, Naum Meiman, Emil Mendzheritzky, and Anatoly Sakharov, among others. There is a 50 p. manuscript by Bernard R. Cooper titled "Science and Human Rights." Also includes documents from "Institute on Scientific Problems Relevant to Coal Utilization" at West Virginia University, May 23-25, 1977.
English
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2.5 Linear Feet (Summary: 2 ft. 6 in. (2 records cartons))
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