Oxford Student Pugwash

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0097 OXFORD STUDENT PUGWASH
Held at	: British Library of Political and Economic Science   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.lse.ac.uk/library ›
Full title	: Oxford Student Pugwash
Date(s)	: 1960-1986
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 6 boxes
Name of creator(s)	: Oxford Student Pugwash

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs aim 'to bring together, from around the world, influential scholars and public figures concerned with reducing the danger of armed conflict and seeking cooperative solutions for global problems'. The first Pugwash meeting, inspired by a 1955 Manifesto by Bertrand Russell and Albert Einstein, was held in 1957 in Pugwash, Nova Scotia, Canada, the birthplace of the US philanthropist Cyrus Eaton, and was attended by 22 eminent scientists. From this meeting evolved a series of conferences at locations all over the world, which continue today. International Student/Young Pugwash was formed in 1978, starting in the US and Canada and spreading to a further 18 countries. International collaborations began in 1988, with the first IS/YP conference in the Netherlands. Each IS/YP group has an independent organisational structure. The IS/YP groups coordinate a series of activities including the publication of books, conferences, curriculum materials and electronic conferences.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of the Oxford Student Pugwash, including Proceedings of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, 1960-1986; papers relating to the Oxford Student Pugwash, 1978-1984, including Oxford Student Pugwash newsletters, International Student/Young Pugwash newsletters and guidelines on setting up local chapters.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Arranged in sections as outlined in the Scope and Content.

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright unknown.

Finding aids:

Unlisted.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Transferred from the Oxford University Social Sciences Library in 1998.

Allied Materials

Related material:

National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Sources: Pugwash websites at http://www.pugwash.org/ and http://www.student-pugwash.org/ . Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
Mar 2001