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Finding Aid to the F. R. Moulton Files


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Overview of the Collection

Scope and Contents

Restrictions

Related Material

Administrative Information

Detailed Description of the Collection

Series I: AAAS Governance

Series II: Associations

Series III: AAAS Business

Series IV: Prizes and Grants

Series V: Academies, Branches, Divisions and Committees

Series VI: Meetings

Series VII: Members

Series VIII: Journals

Series IX: Publications


Overview of the Collection

Repository: American Association for the Advancement of Science Archives, 1200 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20005, archives@aaas.org
Creator: Moulton, F. R.
Title: F. R. Moulton Files
Dates: 1901-1948
Extent: 9 linear feet (22 Hollinger boxes)
Abstract: Forest Ray Moulton (1872-1952)was an astronomer who served as AAAS Permanent Secretary from 1937 to 1946 and Administrative Secretary from 1946-1948. These records include his files as well as AAAS Executive Office administrative material from as early as 1901.
Identification:
Language: The records are in English.

Scope and Contents

Records include correspondence, information on bylaws and constitutions, committees, conferences, grants, lectures, members, prizes and several books.

Arrangement

Records are arranged in eight series. Series I: AAAS Governance; Series II: Associations; Series III: AAAS Business; Series IV: Prizes and Grants; Series V: Academies, Branches, Divisions, and Committees; Series VI: Meetings: Series VII: Members; Series VIII: Journals (Science); Series IX: Publications.

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Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

Collection open to the public for research.

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Related Material

Records are related to materials in the AAAS Executive Office.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

F. R. Moulton Files. AAAS Archives, Washington, DC.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Series I: AAAS Governance
[Box 1: T-4-3]
General Secretary, 1926, 1932, 1937-1939
General Secretary, 1937-1938
General Secretary, 1939-1940
General Secretary, 1940
General Secretary, 1941
General Secretary, 1942-1943
President of AAAS, correspondence with, 1941-1943
[Box 4: T-4-3]
Cattell, 1937-1939
Cattell, 1937
Cattell, 1938
Cattell, 1939
Cattell, 1940
Cattell, 1941
Cattell, 1944
Livingston, 1941
Livingston, 1942
Livingston, 1943-1944
[Box 11: T-4-4]
Secretary's Conference (2 files), 1937-1945
Council Attendance Rosters, 1936-1944
Council Correspondence and Minutes (2 files), 1930-1945
[Box 12: T-4-4]
Executive Committee Correspondence, 1932-1938
Executive Committee Correspondence, 1932-1934, 1939- 1945
Executive Committee Correspondence, 1941
Executive Committee Correspondence, 1941-1942
Executive Committee Correspondence, 1943
Executive Committee Correspondence, 1943
Executive Committee Correspondence (Kettering and Carlson), 1943-1945
[Box 13: T-4-4]
Executive Committee Correspondence (2 files), 1944
Executive Committee Correspondence, 1944-1946
Executive Committee Minutes, 1931-1935
Executive Committee Minutes, 1936-1940
Executive Committee Minutes, 1941-1945
Series II: Associations
[Box 2: T-4-3]
Associations of Science (two files), 1924-1944
British AAS correspondence, 1938-1941
British AAS Charter of Democracy, 1941
Nature magazine, 1939-1941
Gregory, Sir Richard, 1938-1939
Support of War Effort, 1943
Constitution and bylaws, 1940-1942
Series III: AAAS Business
[Box 3: T-4-3]
AAAS bibliography, 1937-1942
Maiben Lectures, 1941-1943
Circularization (ie appeals to join AAAS), 1916-1934
Circularization-General, 1939-1945
Circularization-J.M. Cattell, 1942
Circularization-A.G. Whitfield, 1938-1939
[Box 21: T-4-6]
AAAS-Business
Office Equipment
AAAS-Complaints, 1930-1934
AAAS Seal, 1930s, 1940s
AAAS Policies (Moulton)
Foundations, 1943
Registration, 1940
Permanent Secretary (Moulton/Woodley/Caldwell letters), 1937-1938
Permanent Secretary (Moulton/Woodley/Caldwell letters), 1943-1944
AAAS Personnel: A-K, 1941-1946
AAAS Personnel: L-Z, 1941-1946
Series IV: Prizes and Grants
[Box 5: T-4-3]
Association Prize (later became Newcomb Cleveland Prize), 1923-1929
Association Prize, 1933-1944
Association Prize, 1933-1944, 1947
Adademy Prize, 1938-1941
Borden Prize, 1936-1937
McKinley Prize, 1938
Meyer Prize, 1942
Seagram Prize, 1943
Theobald Smith Award, 1935-1937
Theobald Smith Award, 1938-1945
[Box 22: T-4-6]
Allotments and Grants to Societies, Journals, and Research Institutes to 1929
American Institute for Sacred Literature, 1922- 1929
Annual Tables of Constants, 1923-1937
Barro Colorado (Panama) Biological Research Institute Table, 1926-1938
Concilium Bibliographicum, 1927-1934
Applications for Grants: 1925, 1934-1943
Academy Grants-General, 1935-1943
Alabama Academy-AAAS Grant, 1935-1944
British Columbia Academy-AAAS Grant, 1939-1945
Goethe Grants-General Correspondence, 1944
Goethe Grants-Alabama Academy, 1944-1945
Goethe Grants-British Columbia Academy, 1944-1945
Goethe Grants-Virginia Academy, 1944
Series V: Academies, Branches, Divisions and Committees
[Box 6: T-4-3]
Branches-General, 1934-1942
Southern Florida Scientific Association, 1935
Mexico branch, 1944
Mobile, Alabama branch, 1935-1936, 1945
Phoenix, Arizona branch, 1935-1937
Southern Rhode Island branch, 1935-1936
State College, Pennsylvania branch, 1921-1927
Westchester, New York branch, 1935-1936
Southwestern Division office copy (member list), 1946
Pacific Division office copy (member list), 1946
Southwestern Division, 1935-1943
Southwestern Division, 1940-1947
Pacific Division, 1940-1945
Council on Human Relations (3 files; US Forest Service project), 1938-1945
[Box 9: T-4-4]
American Council on Education, 1937-1941
Committee on Editor for Science, 1945
Committee on Symbols (2 files; standardizing symbols), 1928-1945
Committee on Science Speakers, 1939-1940
Coordinating Committee on Science Teaching, 1943
Committee on Source Books in the History of Science, 1937-1944
Committee on Popular Science Book List, 1937-1942
Committee on Calendar Refor, 1929, 1937
Committee on Documentation (ie microfilming), 1935-1937
Finance Committee, 1940-1945
Committee on Indexing and Abstracting, 1941-1943
List of Committees, 1945
Committee on Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole), 1944
Policy Committee, Gibson Island Conference, 1943-1944
[Box 10: T-4-4]
Academies Conference-General, 1935-1945
Academies Conference-Committee on Science Clubs and Junior Acads., 1939-1942
Academies Conferences, 1928-1941
Academies Conference, Atlantic City, 1936-1937
Academies Conference, Indianapolis, 1937-1938
Academies Conference, Richmond, 1938-1939
Academies Conference, Columbus, 1939-1940
Academies Conference, Philadelphia, 1940-1941
Academies Conference, Dallas, 1941-1942
National Wartime Conference, 1943
Academies Conference, Cleveland, 1944
Series VI: Meetings
[Box 7: T-4-4]
Universities and Colleges: Invitation to attend ceremonies, 1940-1944
Delegates-Miscellaneous, 1937-1947
Conferences and Congresses, 1940-1943
Exhibitions (2 files), 1937-1944
[Box 20: T-4-5]
Summer Meetings, Committee on, 1939-1940
Proposed Meeting Places: 1
Proposed Meeting Places: 2 (Montreal), 1926-1930
Proposed Meeting Places: 3 (Montreal, Quebec etc.)
Proposed Meeting Places: 4 (Alabama-Cincinnati)
Proposed Meeting Places: 5 (Los Angeles-Springfield)
Proposed Meeting Places: 6 (Miscellaneous)
Series VII: Members
[Box 8: T-4-4]
Emeritus Annual Members, 1936-1943
General Membership, 1936-1940
Emeritus Life Members, 1937-1945
Fifty Year Members, 1939-1943
Membership-Dropped (for reasons other than unpaid dues), 1935-1938
Membership-Questionable, 1937-1940
Fellowships, 1927-1941
Special Members, 1943
Sustaining Members, 1936
Life Members, 1901-1942
Series VIII: Journals
[Box 14: T-4-5]
Editorial Board (Committee), 1917-1943
Notes for Science (drafts submitted for publication), 1938-1941
Science, 1939-1945
Science Policy Committee, 1941
Science Service, 1926-1938
Science Service, 1939-1945
Science Service, 1935-1936, 1944
Scientific Monthly (2 files), 1937-1945
Scientific Monthly Expenses, 1939-1942
Science and Scientific Monthly Orders, 1936-1940
Journals: Contracts and Correspondence, 1925-1943
Series IX: Publications
[Box 15: T-4-5]
Way of an Investigator
Strange Malady
Doubleday Doran and Co.
Aerobiology
Approaches to Tumor Chemotherapy
Mammary Tumors in Mice
Relapsing Fever
Surface Chemistry
[Box 16]
Book Series: Miscellaneous
Committee on Publications
Alcohol Explored
Multiple Human Births
World Civilization
Macmillan Company
[Box 17: T-4-5]
Mental Health (includes general corre. with A. Blakeslee), 1934-1941
Mental Health (includes reviews), 1938-1939
Mental Health (four files of correspondence), 1938-1941
[Box 18: T-4-5]
Printers, Human Malaria
Contributors A-I, Human Malaria
Contributors I-P, Human Malaria
Contributors R-Z, Human Malaria
Reprint orders, Human Malaria
[Box 19: T-4-5]
Human Malaria: Publication Committee
Human Malaria: Promotion (2 files)

 
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