Round Table on Science and Public Affairs records, 1973 - 1983

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Summary

Creator:
Duke University. Graduate School
Abstract:
The Round Table on Science and Public Affairs, sponsored by the Duke University Graduate School, began in 1973. The program invited speakers to discuss issues of science, technology, and public policy, and their relationships to academics, industry, and government. The collection includes cassettes and reel-to-reel tapes of speeches, correspondence, financial documents, brochures, announcements, lists of seminar attendees, travel vouchers, clippings, and other materials. Major subjects include technology, science, public policy, and the effect of technology on social and public policy. English.
Extent:
9 Linear Feet
9000 Items
Language:
English.
Collection ID:
UA.24.01.0002
University Archives Record Group:
24 -- Graduate School
24 -- Graduate School > 01 -- Graduate School

Background

Scope and content:

The collection includes sound recordings, correspondence, financial documents, brochures, announcements, lists of seminar attendees, travel vouchers, clippings, and other materials. The first series, Sound Recordings, consists of three boxes of reel-to-reel and cassette tapes of roundtable sessions. The Subject Files series is comprised of printed materials, arranged in reverse chronological order. A year's set of files typically includes correspondence with speakers, accounting records, brochures, fellowship and miscellaneous information.

Biographical / historical:

The Round Table on Science and Public Affairs was sponsored by the Graduate School, under the general direction of Dean John C. McKinney. Planning began in late 1973 in conjunction with the appointment of William Bevan to the faculty. Dr. Bevan became the director of the program. Its goals were to acquaint scientists and engineers in academia with their counterparts in industry and government, to help prepare scientists and engineers for careers in public service, and to foster understanding on the part of the academic community and the general public of the roles and uses of science and technology. The program brought in speakers to discuss problems of science and public policy. Subjects included Technology, Law, and Privacy, the National Science Foundation, Nuclear Energy, Exchange Programs, Social Accountability and Educational Testing, and Science in Latin America. Dr. Bevan directed the program until 1983, when it appears to have ceased operation for a time. Lectures were presented under its auspices in January 1989 and March 1990.

Acquisition information:
The Round Table on Science and Public Affairs Records were received by the University Archives as a transfer in 1977 (A77-157) and 1983 (A83-60).
Processing information:

Processed by Valerie Gillispie and Charles S. Jacobs

Completed July 23, 2003

Encoded by Valerie Gillispie, July 24, 2003

Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult University Archives, Duke University.
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Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects

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Subjects:
Industry and education
Higher education and state
Public policy -- United States.
Science and industry -- United States
Technology and social change
Technology transfer
Format:
Audiocassettes
Sound recordings
Names:
Duke University. Graduate School
Duke University. Graduate School

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[Identification of item], Round Table on Science and Public Affairs Records, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.