A Guide to the Papers of
Ann and William Scott
Collection No. 95-92
Ann Herbert Scott
1926-
Ann Herbert Howe was born in Philadelphia on November 19, 1926, the only child of Henry Laux Herbert, a newspaper editor, and Gladys Howe Herbert, a singer and artist. She was educated at a Quaker Boarding School and later attended the University of Pennsylvania, where she graduated with distinction and honors in English and was class valedictorian. After teaching for a few years at various Friends (Quaker) schools, she entered Yale University, where she earned a Master’s Degree in Social Ethics in 1958.
While at Yale, Ann became involved with and later employed by the Wider City Parish, an interdenominational group ministry program focusing on the problems of inner city children. She developed a program called “Link,” which paired one Yale student with a few children in an ongoing counseling venture. She spent several summers as a camp counselor, and later director, of the University Girls Camp, which offered low-income teen girls the opportunity to escape the stresses of the city and to explore their spiritual beliefs. Ann did volunteer work at the Elm Haven Housing Project, the Dixwell Area Teenage Committee, the Social Relations Committee of the Council of Churches, and the Big Brother Program. Ann met William Scott during his sabbatical at Yale in 1960, where thy both attended Quaker worship services.
After moving to Reno in 1961, Ann began to explore her interest in multi ethnic children’s literature, and in 1964 published her first book, Big Cowboy Western, one of very few books at the time to depict African American inner city life. She published twelve more children’s books, including beautifully illustrated counting and picture books, many emphasizing Nevada or western desert themes. In addition, Ann also published a popular book on the U.S. Census for high school and college students. Her publications have won awards and distinction from the American Library Association and other organizations and several have been translated into foreign languages. In 1995, Ann Scott received the Nevada Writer’s Hall of Fame award. A list of her published work can be found in this guide.
Ann’s interest in ethnic children’s literature, coupled with her commitment to her community, led her to plan, develop and direct a variety of festivals and workshops aimed at increasing literacy in Nevada. In 1979, she worked with librarians and teachers to create “Open Door to the Humanities,” bringing popular children’s authors to remote Nevada communities. Ann also planned and directed “All Colors of the Race: A Festival of Ethnic Children’s Writers” in 1982, which brought the Reno and University community together to explore ethnicity and culture in general, and in children’s literature in particular. Ann co-founded the Children’s Literature Interest Group in Reno, which has planned the yearly “Art of the Children’s Book Festival” since 1982, and has also been an active participant in several local writers groups.
Ann’s Quaker beliefs have led her to live a life committed to pacifism, political action, and service to others. Upon her arrival in Reno, she helped form the Reno Area Committee of the American Friends Service Organization, whose activities included acquiring assistance for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, and lobbying for prison reform and for victims of domestic violence. Ann and William Scoot also co-founded the Reno Friends Meeting, the West Coast Quaker Association on Religion and Psychology, and Sierra Interfaith Action for Peace.
At the local level, Ann was committed to the interdenominational solutions to a variety of social and political concerns. She helped plan vigils, fasts, walks runs, tree plantings, educational forums, and discussion meetings as ways of furthering the peace movement in Nevada. The war in Vietnam, civil rights, poverty, women’s equality, Central America, the MX missile, the death penalty, the nuclear freeze movement, and much, much more all found expression in Nevada, largely through the efforts of Ann Scott.
In 1995, Ann and William Scott moved to the Friends House, a Quaker retirement facility in Santa Rosa, California.
William Taussig Scott
1916-1999
William Taussig Scott was born in the 1916 in Yonkers, New York to Carl and Dorthea Scott. He attended Scarborough School, a college preparatory school, and graduated from Swathmore in 1937. He received his graduate degree in physics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where for two years he held a Rackham Fellowship.
While at Swathmore College, William joined the Society of Friends, and began a life long devotion to Quaker action and theological discussion. He was a conscientious objector during World War II, and received a deferment to teach civilians. After three years at Amherst, William accepted a position at Smith College, where he remained for sixteen years. His summers were usually spent at Brookhaven National Laboratory, where he studied multiple scattering theory and worked with Samuel Goudsmit on time-of-flight mass spectrometry.
In 1959 William received a National Science Faculty Fellowship and spent a sabbatical year at Yale University, working with Henry Margenau on quantum measurement theory and studying theology with Robert Calhoun and other Divinity School faculty. In the spring of 1960 he met Ann Howe Herbert, a fellow Quaker. Their common interests, goals, and religious beliefs bonded their relationship and resulted in their marriage in 1961 and their move to Reno, where William accepted an offer from the University of Nevada to set up a graduate program in physics.
During his tenure at the University of Nevada, Reno, William continued to pursue his interests in science, religion, and peace, and became an activist in both the University and local communities. At the University, he formed the Peace Studies Group, brought distinguished speakers like Andrew Sakahrov and Kenneth Boulding to speak, and directed the committees on Philosophical Inquiry, which developed courses that bridged the gaps between disciplines. His courses on “Science and Religion” and “Philosophy and Methods of Physical Science” were well attended by students and colleagues, and he frequently attended conferences and gave papers in the topic of social responsibility and scientists.
William Scott was a prolific writer and published numerous research papers in theoretical physics, atmospheric physics, and the philosophy of science. He published two editions of a basic textbook on electricity and magnetism, and a biography of Nobel Prize nominee Erwin Schrodinger. He also served as associate editor of the American Journal of Physics and a referee of several physics journals. One of William’s articles, a review of Michael Polanyi’s Personal Knowledge, facilitated an ongoing correspondence with the author, and in 1969 William received a National Science Foundation History and Philosophy of Science grant for preliminary research on a biography of Polanyi. William spent his sabbatical year at Oxford University, studying the philosophy of science under Polanyi and Rom Harre.
William’s religious and moral beliefs led him to write and speak tirelessly on the subject if peace and nonviolent social change. His particular focus was on the dangers of nuclear weapons, a subject he approached as both a scientist and a Quaker. William headed the Peace Education Committee of the Reno Area Program of the American Friends Service Committee, and was a member of the East-West Committee of the Pacific Yearly Meeting. He also served on the College Park Education Association, and helped create John Woolman School, a Quaker boarding school in Grass Valley, California.
William Scott’s efforts toward the cause of peace earned him a Thornton Peace Prize in both 1972 and 1990.
Abraham McLean Scott
1809-1881
Abraham McLean Scott, William Scott’s great grandfather, was born in the township of Little Washington, in Washington County, Pennsylvania, in 1809, descended from Hugh Scott who emigrated from Ireland in 1670. Abraham’s grandfather, Hugh Scott (1726-1819), was an officer in the Revolutionary Army and owned property on the Gettysburg battleground. Abraham was the youngest child of Hugh Scott (1763-1849) and Jane Latta (1766-1839), who owned a large farm in Washington County until they moved to Ohio in 1811, along with their nine children, in two covered wagons. Hugh and Jane Scott purchased 240 acres of land in Licking County, near Newark, for $700.
Abraham McLean Scott lived with his family in a log cabin in the woods, some of which was later cleared to farm. He worked on the farm off and on until 1826, when his father sent him off to be tutored by Dr. Benjamin Harrison, brother to the future president. Eventually Abraham entered Ohio University and later Jefferson College and moved to West Virginia, where he taught and headed the English Department at the Academy. Abraham met and married Julia Ann Boyers, a fellow schoolteacher, 1837. They moved to Dayton, Ohio where Abraham taught, practiced law and eventually became a Justice of the Peace. Abraham was a strong advocate of temperance, an abolitionist, and was appointed by President Lincoln to the post of Examiner of Pensions, a position he held until he died in 1881.
Charles Payson Gurley Scott
1853-1936
Charles Payson Gurley Scott, William Scott’s grandfather, was the 10th of 13 children born to Abraham and Julia Scott in Dayton, Ohio. He was educated in public schools in Washington, D.C., and later at Lafayette University, where he graduated in 1878 with honors. For several years, he taught Greek, English, and Anglo-Saxon at Columbia University in New York. In 1881 he married Jane Smedley and moved to Columbus, Ohio.
In 1883, Charles was appointed assistant editor and etymologist of the new Century Dictionary, which was published in 1889. Charles moved his family to Yonkers, New York, in 1889, and enjoyed the busy social life of the upper class, joining a variety of literary and anthropological study clubs. In 1891, Charles was admitted to the bar, though he never practiced law. When the Lippincott Co. of Philadelphia undertook a revision of Worcester’s Dictionary, Charles was appointed Editor-in-Chief. He also joined the Spelling Reform Association and corresponded with other etymologists. In 1905 the Simplified Spelling Board was formed through the sponsorship of Andrew Carnegie, and Charles became the Secretary. Charles devoted many years to this language movement, but the idea of simplifying the spelling of English language words never caught on.
Long a member of the Oriental Society, Charles and Jane spent several years in China, visiting their daughter Kate and son Roderick. During the Depression, Charles and Jane came to live with their other son, Carl, where they remained until their deaths.
Carl Scott
1887-1976
Carl Scott, the youngest child of Charles and Jane Scott, was born in New York and grew up in Yonkers and in the rural community of Radnor. He attended private schools at Bardwell and Haverford, and graduated from Haverford College in 1908. He was employed at Sprague Electric Works, a subsidiary of General Electric Company, where he worked as an electrician, installing motors and electric hoists and developing equipment for testing automobile engines.
Carl was a charter and life-long member of the Society of Automotive Engineers. In 1911 he also joined the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, where he chaired the Committee on Commercial and Domestic Applications, and later became a Fellow. Although he did not receive an engineering degree, he received a license from the state of Connecticut to practice as a professional engineer. He wrote several articles, handbooks, and manuals for apprentices, and had nine patents granted to him, all assigned to the General Electric Company.
In 1914 Carl married Dorothea Taussig, a Wellesley graduate with an interest in the stage. They had two children William and Barbara, and their social life included attending plays and musicals directed by Dorothea. Carl’s employment during a hiatus form General Electric included selling elevators, furnaces, bonds, and trucks before returning to serve on Atomic Energy Commission contracts until his retirement in 1952.
Carl and Dorothea Scott moved to Florida in 1954 and built a home in Holmes Beach. Carl became active in local politics, serving on the Manatee County Beach Commission, the Parks and Recreation Board, the Board of Governors of the United Fund, and the Executive Committee of the Manatee County Democratic Committee, as well as six terms as mayor. The Scotts traveled worldwide until Dorothea’s death in 1975. Carl Scott died a year later at the age of 89.
Roderick Scott (1885-1971)
and
Agnes Kelly Scott (1891-1986)
Roderick Scott, William Scott’s uncle, earned an undergraduate degree in Philosophy and Religion form Haverford College in 1906 and masters degrees form Haverford in 1907 and Harvard in 1908. He taught at Bowdoin College in 1908-1909 and Earlham College from 1909-1913. At Earlham College he met Agnes Kelly, daughter of Robert Kelly, the president of Earlham College. Agnes earned her undergraduate degree in music at Oberlin Conservatory of Music and did graduate work at both the school of Sacred Music at Union Theological Seminary, and at Teachers College in New York. Agnes also taught math for a brief time at Oakwood Seminary.
After their marriage, Agnes and Roderick undertook the first of two religious foreign missions at the Fukien Christian University in Foochow, China. In 1916 they were appointed by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, now the United Church Board for World Ministries, to build and strengthen Fukien Christian University. Agnes taught music and Roderick taught English and Philosophy, also serving as Dean of the university form 1920-1930, and again from 1947-1948. The Scotts witnessed firsthand the coming of Chiang Kai-Shek and his Communist army into Nanjing and the evacuation of American women and children by the American Consul. In 1942, the Scotts spent six weeks in a tiny compound, hiding themselves and the University’s library from Japanese soldiers. In addition, they witnessed political battles, often violent, within the university itself by rebels attempting to overthrow American control.
In between missions to China, Roderick entered the University of Southern California, where he earned a Ph.D. in 1946 before returning to Foochow for three more years. The Scotts left China for good in 1948 because of pressures brought about by the social and political revolutions. Roderick taught philosophy and religion at Olivet College for six years before retiring to Pilgrim Place in Claremont, California, in 1957. At the Claremont Church of Christ Roderick taught adult church classes and served as church librarian.
Roderick Scott authored three books: The Seeker Finds (1930), A Logic for Living (1933), and Fukien Christian University (1954). In addition he published several articles on China, theology, and the missionary movement and sustained a lively discourse with other writers, educators, and theologians, including his nephew, William Scott.
Scope and Content
The majority of the papers comprising the Ann and William Scott Papers were acquired in 1995, when the Scotts moved to a Quaker retirement facility in Santa Rosa. Previously, materials relating to Ann Scott’s work on Census U.S.A. were deposited in Special Collections and remain a separate entity, as do the archives of William Scott, which are housed at the University Archives.
Two related collections were also donated by the Scotts to the Special Collections Department and remain separate from the Ann and William Scott Papers. The records of the Reno Friends Meeting, a Quaker worship group co-founded by the Scotts, and Sierra Interfaith Action for Peace, a non-profit peace organization also co-founded by the Scotts, were acquired in 1995. Materials relating to Census U.S.A, the Reno Friends, and the Sierra Interfaith Action for Peace have been extracted from the Ann and William Scott Papers and integrated into their respective collections. Materials from the William Scott archives that related to William Scott’s personal life were extracted from the archives and integrated into the manuscript collection.
The Ann and William Scott Papers compromise 48 cubic feet of material in a variety of formats, including photographs, audio and video-recordings, posters and realia. Although the inclusive dates of the collection range between 1833 and 1994, the majority of materials date between 1940 and 1990.
Where possible, the original order has been maintained within the collection. This was feasible primarily with the professional records of Ann and William Scott, while many of the personal and political papers of the Scotts arrived in a very miscellaneous form. In general, materials dated before 1960, when the Scotts met were placed with the individual personal papers. Correspondence addressed to either Ann or William were placed with the individual personal papers, while correspondence addressed jointly to Ann and William became part of their family papers. Because of the cooperative nature of Ann and William’s relationship, the majority of the religious and political materials in the collection were organized into a section of their family papers, even though one or the other may have been more involved in a particular organization or peace action. Exceptions to this arrangement occur when materials relating to a particular endeavor have clearly been placed with an individual’s personal papers.
The scope of the Ann and William Scott papers reflects the rich life of two people deeply committed to their professional and careers and their personal convictions. Ann’s professional papers document her struggles and development as a writer, including many revisions of a particular work and comments by fellow writers. William’s professional papers reflect the growth of his interest from pure physics to the philosophy of science. On a personal level, the William and Ann Scott papers document family relationships and friendships through extensive correspondence and memorabilia. Their personal spiritual reflections and service to the Society of Friends and to peaceful social change is documented through journal notes, organizational records, and subject files. Except for royalty statements and a sampling of bank and tax records, the majority of the Scott financial records were extracted.
The Scott extended family is represented in the papers of Abraham McLean Scott, William Scott’s great-grandfather; Charles P.G. Scott, William’s grandfather; Carl and Dorothy Scott, William’s parents; and Roderick and Agnes Scott, William’s uncle and aunt. Correspondence, diaries, and memorabilia make up a large part of these subgroups. Materials belonging to Roderick and Agnes Scott, missionaries to China until the revolution in the 1950s, include sermons, syllabi, and lecture notes relating to Roderick’s work as a teacher at Fukien Christian University in Foochow, and later at Olivet College and Claremont Church. Of particular interest in the Roderick and Agnes subgroup is the theological and philosophical correspondence between Roderick and William.
One large portion of the Scott collection consists of brochures, flyers, newsletters, and correspondence relating to a wide variety of social organizations and concerns. This material, arranged alphabetically by organization and by subject, offers a unique glimpse into the modern peace movement. Subjects include conscientious objection to World War II, the Vietnam conflict, nuclear disarmament, civil liberties, race relations, capital punishment, domestic violence, poverty, Native Americans, Central America, and much more. Usually, the emphasis in these materials is on Nevada organizations and actions, although some national material is included.
Of particular interest in the Ann and William Scott papers is the groups of materials relating to the national, regional and local arms of the American Friends Service Committee, a Quaker –based public service organization whose purpose is to promote peace and nonviolent change. Flyers, brochures, pamphlets, newsletters, and correspondence show the variety of programs and interests of the this influential organization over the last fifty years, from the High School Conference on Human Values in the 1940s to the East-West Committee to improve U.S.- Soviet relations in the late 1980s. The inception of the Reno Area Program, the development of its local programs, and its subsequent restructuring reveal the inner workings of a unique organization with unique corporate goals and methods. See also 97-15, 97-26, and 97-27 for a continuation of this collection.
Processed by: Victoria Yturralde
Date: March 13, 1996
Note: At the request of the donors, boxes 38 (correspondence portion only) and 39 have been closed until after the death of Ann and William Scott.
The papers of Ann and William Scott have been divided into the following groups and subgroups, and series and subseries.
Group I: Ann Scott Papers
Subgroup 1: Professional Records
Series 1: Publications
Series 2: Activities
Series 3: Associations
Subgroup 2: Personal Papers
Series 1: Diaries and personal notes
Series 2: Calendars
Series 3: Personal correspondence
Series 4: School Records
Series 5: Employment records
Series 6: Peace and political concerns
Group II: William Scott Papers
Subgroup I: Professional Records
Series 1: Physics research and publications
Series 2: Philosophy of science research and publications
Series 3: Grants and sabbaticals
Series 4: Conferences
Series 5: Associations
Series 6: Speeches and Articles
Series 7: Teaching
Series 8: Correspondence
Series 9: Reprints and bibliographical notes
Subgroup II: Personal Papers
Series 1: Personal correspondence
Series 2: Financial records
Series 3: School Records
Series 4: Quaker concerns
Series 5: Peace and political concerns
Group III: Scott Family Papers
Subgroup 1: Ann and William Scott Family Papers
Series 1: Correspondence
Series 2: Financial and legal records
Series 3: Family concerns
Series 4: Quaker concerns
Subseries 1: American Friends Service Committee
Subseries 2: AFSC Regional Office
Subseries 3: AFSC Reno Area Program
Subseries 4: Quaker meetings and conferences
Subseries 5: Quaker-related organizations
Series 5: Peace and Political Concerns
Subgroup 2: Abraham McLean Scott Papers
Series 1: Diary
Subgroup 3: Charles P.G. Scott Papers
Series 1: School records
Subgroup 4: Carl Scott Papers
Series 1: Diaries and memorabilia
Series 2: Account books
Series 3: Correspondence
Subgroup 5: Roderick and Agnes Scott Papers
Sub-Subgroup 1: Agnes Scott Papers
Series 1: Diaries and notebooks
Series 2: Account books
Series 3: Correspondence
Series 4: Memorabilia
Sub-Subgroup 2: Roderick Scott Papers
Series 1: School records
Series 2: Correspondence
Series 3: Teaching records
Series 4: Articles and book reviews
Series 5: Memorabilia
Group I: Ann Scott Papers
Subgroup 1: Professional career 1964-1994. 5 cu. feet
Materials collected in this subgroup pertain to Ann’s career as a children’s author, including her activities at the local and national level to advance children’s literacy. In addition to her publishing efforts, this subgroup contains background and planning materials for the many festivals and workshops developed by Ann and others. Ann’s membership in various professional associations and local critique groups is also documented in this grouping.
Publishers’ correspondence forms an independent entity until about 1970, when Ann became more firmly established as an author. At this time she began to file all correspondence according to book title.
95-92/I/1/1/1-43. Series 1. Publications, 1964-1994. 1.2 cu. feet
Ann’s published work is arranged chronologically in this category, beginning with the earliest Big Cowboy Western drafts. Several complete and partial drafts exist for most titles. Document types include galleys, page proofs, correspondence with publishers and illustrators, and reviews of her work.
Box 1
| I/1/1/1 | Manuscript fragments, undated and untitled |
| I/1/1/2 | Big Cowboy Western draft mss. 1964. |
| I/1/1/3 | Big Cowboy Western correspondence, reviews, clippings. 1964-1967 |
| I/1/1/4 | Big Cowboy Western, 1965. |
| I/1/1/5 | “From Pyramid Lake to San Francisco.” 1965 |
| I/1/1/6 | Let’s Catch a Monster draft mss. And notes. 1965-1966 |
| I/1/1/7 | Let’s Catch a Monster reviews, clippings, correspondence. 1966-1967 |
| I/1/1/8 | Sam draft mss., galleys, reviews, correspondence, notes. 1967-1982 |
| I/1/1/9 | Sam, 1967 (2 copies). |
| I/1/1/10 | Not Just One draft mss. 1965-1967. |
| I/1/1/11 | Not Just One reviews, clippings, galleys, correspondence, notes. 1967-1982 |
| I/1/1/12 | Not Just One, 1968. |
| I/1/1/13 | “The Crossing of the Journeys.” 1982. |
| I/1/1/14 | On Mother’s Lap mss., notes, correspondence. 1971-1972. |
| I/1/1/15 | On Mother’s Lap reviews 1992. |
| I/1/1/16 | On Mother’s Lap by the Alphabet Tree Kids. |
| I/1/1/17 | On Mother’s Lap, 1972. |
| I/1/1/18 | On Mother’s Lap, 1992. |
| I/1/1/19 | Someday Rider draft, mss. 1987-1988. |
| I/1/1/20 | Someday Rider correspondence, reviews, publicity. 1987-1989. |
| I/1/1/21 | Someday Rider, 1989. |
| I/1/1/22 | One Good Horse draft mss. 1987-1988. |
| I/1/1/23 | One Good Horse, 1990. |
| I/1/1/24 | Grandmother’s Chair draft mss., galleys, illustrations. |
| I/1/1/25 | Grandmother’s Chair reviews, clippings, correspondence. 1988-1990. |
| I/1/1/26 | Grandmother’s Chair, 1990. |
| I/1/1/27 | “Branding Day” I. 1998. |
| I/1/1/28 | “Branding Day” II. 1989. |
| I/1/1/29 | “Branding Day” III. 1990. |
| I/1/1/30 | A Brand is Forever IV. 1990-1993. |
| I/1/1/31 | A Brand is Forever correspondence, reviews. 1992-1993. |
| I/1/1/32 | A Brand is Forever, 1993. |
| I/1/1/33 | Cowboy Country draft, mss., notes, correspondence. 1990-1992. |
| I/1/1/34 | Cowboy Country critique group comments. 1990-1991. |
| I/1/1/35 | Cowboy Country, 1993. |
Box 2
| I/1/1/36 | Hi! draft, mss., galleys, illustrations, correspondence. 1985-1990. |
| I/1/1/37 | Hi! 1994. |
| I/1/1/38 | Publisher’s correspondence. 1964-1965. |
| I/1/1/39 | Publisher’s correspondence. 1966. |
| I/1/1/40 | Publisher’s correspondence. 1967. |
| I/1/1/41 | Publisher’s correspondence. 1968. |
| I/1/1/42 | Publisher’s correspondence. 1969-1971. |
| I/1/1/43 | Royalty Statements. 1972-1974. |
95-92/I/1/2/1-133. Series 2. Activities, 1964-1994. 3.0 cu. feet
This series contains general professional correspondence, grant applications, program planning, and working notes, budgets and publicity for children’s literature projects developed by Ann and others. Conferences taught at the Old College, guest lectures, book talks, conference reports, and liaison work with a variety of community organizations are also documented.
Box 2
| I/1/2/1 | Professional correspondence. 1968-1994. |
| I/1/2/2 | “Open Door to the Humanities” correspondence and planning notes. 1978-1979. |
| I/1/2/3 | “Open Door to the Humanities” scrapbook. 1978-1979. |
| I/1/2/4 | “From Pen to Press” correspondence and planning notes. |
| I/1/2/5 | Nevada Storytelling Festival. 1982-1984. |
| I/1/2/6 | “All the Colors of the Race: Ethnic Children’s Writers Festival” draft grant application. |
| I/1/2/7 | “All the Colors of the Race” grant background notes. |
| I/1/2/8 | Nevada Humanities Committee grant application examples. |
| I/1/2/9 | “All the Colors of the Race” grant application. |
| I/1/2/10 | “All the Colors of the Race” reports to Nevada Humanities Committee |
| I/1/2/11 | “All the Colors of the Race” grant budget and ledger |
| I/1/2/12 | “All the Colors of the Race” grant expenses |
| I/1/2/13 | “All the Colors of the Race” in-kind contribution forms |
| I/1/2/14 | “All the Colors of the Race” planning notebook |
| I/1/2/15 | “All the Colors of the Race” planning notes |
| I/1/2/16 | “All the Colors of the Race” brochures and posters |
| I/1/2/17 | “All the Colors of the Race” publicity |
| I/1/2/18 | “All the Colors of the Race” press releases |
| I/1/2/19 | “All the Colors of the Race” proclamations |
| I/1/2/20 | “All the Colors of the Race” clippings |
| I/1/2/21 | “All the Colors of the Race” correspondence |
| I/1/2/22 | “All the Colors of the Race”, Arnold Adoff |
| I/1/2/23 | “All the Colors of the Race”, Jeanette Caines |
| I/1/2/24 | “All the Colors of the Race”, Denise Chavez |
| I/1/2/25 | Denise Chavez manuscripts |
Box 3
| I/1/2/26 | “All the Colors of the Race”, Harriet Rohmer |
| I/1/2/27 | “All the Colors of the Race”, Yoshiko Uchida |
| I/1/2/28 | “All the Colors of the Race”, Yerrington Paiute Tribe, Linda Howard |
| I/1/2/29 | “All the Colors of the Race”, Washoe County School District |
| I/1/2/30 | “All the Colors of the Race”, Old College “Day of Sharing” |
| I/1/2/31 | “All the Colors of the Race”, Poetry workshop |
| I/1/2/32 | “All the Colors of the Race”, cassette (3) recording of program |
| I/1/2/33 | Old College mini-course planning notes. 1983 |
| I/1/2/34 | Old College Class. 1984. |
| I/1/2/35 | Old College Class resource sheets |
| I/1/2/36 | Art of the Children’s Book Festival planning notes 1982-1985. |
| I/1/2/37 | Art of the Children’s Book Festival. 1982. |
| I/1/2/38 | Art of the Children’s Book Festival. 1983-1985. |
| I/1/2/39 | Art of the Children’s Book Festival. 1986. |
| I/1/2/40 | Art of the Children’s Book Festival. 1987. |
| I/1/2/41 | Art of the Children’s Book Festival. 1989. |
| I/1/2/42 | Art of the Children’s Book Festival. 1990. |
| I/1/2/43 | Art of the Children’s Book Festival notes. 1990? |
| I/1/2/44 | Art of the Children’s Book Festival. 1992. |
| I/1/2/45 | Art of the Children’s Book Festival. 1993. |
| I/1/2/46 | Art of the Children’s Book Festival, Linda Hale Memorial Fund. |
| I/1/2/47 | Nevada State Council on the Arts “Old Buckaroo” grant application. 1987. |
| I/1/2/48 | “Old Buckaroo” grant notes and misc. |
| I/1/2/49 | “Old Buckaroo” expenses, calendar, notes |
| I/1/2/50 | “Old Buckaroo” grant book ideas, beginnings. 1987. |
| I/1/2/51 | “Old Buckaroo” grant working notes. 1990. |
| I/1/2/52 | “Old Buckaroo” grant correspondence to interviewees. 1990. |
| I/1/2/53 | Frank Baker. 1987. |
| I/1/2/54 | Frank Baker. 1988. |
| I/1/2/55 | Frank Baker notes. 1989. |
| I/1/2/56 | Frank Baker. 1989. |
| I/1/2/57 | Frank Baker transcript. 1990. |
| I/1/2/58 | Betty Baker. 1987. |
| I/1/2/59 | Ted Baker. 1987. |
| I/1/2/60 | Sharon Badger. 1986-1988. |
| I/1/2/61 | Beau Badger. 1987. |
| I/1/2/62 | Brett Badger. 1987. |
| I/1/2/63 | Mike Badger. 1986-1987. |
| I/1/2/64 | Children’s Comments/Questions on Cowboys. 1987. |
| I/1/2/65 | Jack and Irene Walther. 1987. |
| I/1/2/66 | Hillery Barnes. 1987. |
| I/1/2/67 | Hank and Wendy Ispisua/ Jack Creek. 1987. |
| I/1/2/68 | Clair and Katie Knudsen. 1987. |
| I/1/2/69 | Connie Satterwaite. 1987. |
| I/1/2/70 | May Ellison and Connie Satterwaite. 1987. |
| I/1/2/71 | Willis and Shirley packer. 1987. |
| I/1/2/72 | Waddie and Tootie Mitchell. 1987. |
| I/1/2/73 | Charley and Della Van Normans. 1987. |
| I/1/2/74 | Edna Patterson. 1987. |
| I/1/2/75 | Jim and Sylvia Marchetti. 1987. |
| I/1/2/76 | Fritz Merrick/ Spanish Ranch. 1987. |
| I/1/2/77 | Walt James. 1987. |
| I/1/2/78 | Ely-Nick Kravitz. 1988. |
| I/1/2/79 | Frank Dota/ Sierra Valley. 1988. |
| I/1/2/80 | Paul and Karen De Forest/ Sierra Valley. 1989. |
| I/1/2/81 | Sierraville Junior Rodeo. 1989. |
| I/1/2/82 | Sierra Valley Notes. |
| I/1/2/83 | Della Johns. |
| I/1/2/84 | Bill Kane. |
Box 4
| I/1/2/85 | Cowboy Poetry Gathering. 1985. |
| I/1/2/86 | Cowboy Poetry Gathering. 1986. |
| I/1/2/87 | Cowboy Poetry Gathering. 1987. |
| I/1/2/88 | Cowboy Poetry Gathering notes. 1987. |
| I/1/2/89 | Cowboy Poetry Gathering. 1988. |
| I/1/2/90 | Cowboy Poetry Gathering. 1989. |
| I/1/2/91 | Cowboy Poetry Gathering notes. 1989. |
| I/1/2/92 | Cowboy Poetry Gathering. 1990. |
| I/1/2/93 | Cowboy Poetry Gathering notes. 1991. |
| I/1/2/94 | Cowboy Poetry Gathering notes. 1993. |
| I/1/2/95 | Cowboy Poetry Gathering misc. 1987-1990. |
| I/1/2/96 | Other Cowboy Poetry gatherings. 1988-1994. |
| I/1/2/97 | Cowboy background reading notes and clippings. |
| I/1/2/98 | Cowboy poetry children’s books notes. |
| I/1/2/99 | Cowboys making poetry. |
| I/1/2/100 | Festival of Children’s Books, California State university, Fresno. 1975-1982. |
| I/1/2/101 | International Reading Association, Sierra Nevada Council. 1982. |
| I/1/2/102 | Nevada State Council on the Arts, mss. Submitted. |
| I/1/2/103 | Rocky Mountain Writer’s Conference program notes and story ideas. 1964. |
| I/1/2/104 | University of Chicago programs. 1980. |
| I/1/2/105 | Nevada Library Association Conference. 1987. |
| I/1/2/106 | American Booksellers Association Conference. 1990. |
| I/1/2/107 | California Reading Association Conference. 1993. |
| I/1/2/108 | Conferences and workshops. 1976-1991. |
| I/1/2/109 | Reno Association for the Education of Young Children newsletter and program flyers. 1986. |
| I/1/2/110 | Veterans Memorial School, Reno. Extensions of Children’s Literature. 1991. |
| I/1/2/111 | Thank you letters from children. 1990-1991. |
| I/1/2/112 | Thank you letters from children. 1991. |
| I/1/2/113 | Thank you letters from children. 1991. |
| I/1/2/114 | Thank you letters from children. undated. |
| I/1/2/115 | Thank you letters from children. undated. |
| I/1/2/116 | Children’s Literature lectures, Elizabeth Francis. 1980. |
| I/1/2/117 | Editorial correspondence, in-service workshop for Washoe County librarians. 1983. |
| I/1/2/118 | Bibliography for Parents and Children Learn Together, by Katherine Whiteside Taylor. 1981. |
| I/1/2/119 | Washoe County Library programs and flyers. |
| I/1/2/120 | Nevada Reading Week program notes. 1989. |
| I/1/2/121 | Nevada Reading Week. 1993. |
| I/1/2/122 | Nevada Department of Education, Silver State Book Slate. 1991. |
| I/1/2/123 | Nevada State Council on the Arts “Artists Fellowship” grant application. |
| I/1/2/124 | Nevada State Council on the Arts programs. 1988-1994. |
| I/1/2/125 | Nevada Humanities Committee Newsletter 1990-1992. |
| I/1/2/126 | Sierra Arts Foundation grant program. 1990. |
| I/1/2/127 | Background notes for Greek vases children’s book. 1986-1988. |
Box 5
| I/1/2/128 | American Indian Children’s book background. 1978-1983. |
| I/1/2/129 | Report to the Secretary of the Interior by the task force on Indian Affairs. 1961. |
| I/1/2/130 | Washoe County School District Indian Education Newsletter 1982-1983. |
| I/1/2/131 | Drama programs for children. 1967. |
| I/1/2/132 | Bibliotherapy articles and notes. 1980-1982. |
| I/1/2/133 | Big Peace book notes and correspondence. 1990. |
95-92/I/1/3/1-23. Series 3: Associations. 1969-1993. .8 cu. ft.
Ann belonged to several professional associations and frequently attended conferences and workshops to improve her writing skills. Materials in this series consist primarily of the newsletters, flyers, and minutes of several writers’ organizations, as well as Ann’s study notes and critiques.
Box 5
| I/1/3/1 | Author’s Guild membership materials. 1970-1981. |
| I/1/3/2 | Author’s Guild Bulletin. 1969-1976. |
| I/1/3/3 | Society of Children’s Book Writers conference handouts and notes. 1982-1992. |
| I/1/3/4 | Society of Children’s Book Writers Notes. 1984. |
| I/1/3/5 | Society of Children’s Book Writers notes 1985. |
| I/1/3/6 | Society of Children’s Book Writers membership rosters. 1983-1989. |
| I/1/3/7 | Society of Children’s Book Writers, Nor/Cal Galleys. 1989-1991. |
| I/1/3/8 | Society of Children’s Book Writers, Nor/Cal “Creating the Novel” Workshop. 1990. |
| I/1/3/9 | Society of Children’s Book Writers, Nor/Cal, “Nonfiction” workshop. 1992. |
| I/1/3/10 | Society of Children’s Book Writers, Southern California Chapter. |
| I/1/3/11 | Society of Children’s Book Writers Bulletin. 1980-1987. |
| I/1/3/12 | Society of Children’s Book Writers Bulletin. 1988-1990. |
| I/1/3/13 | Society of Children’s Book Writers Bulletin. 1991-1994. |
| I/1/3/14 | Society of Children’s Book Writers Writer’s Group notes. |
| I/1/3/15 | Children’s Writers and Illustrators Critique Group mss. And notes. 1987-1991. |
| I/1/3/16 | Children’s Writers and Illustrators Critique Group mss. and notes. 1987-1991. |
| I/1/3/17 | Manuscripts by friends. 1976-1988. |
| I/1/3/18 | Paschis, Victor. Untitled ms. Edited by AHS. 1963-1964. |
| I/1/3/19 | Nevada Children’s Literature Interest Group minutes and correspondence. 1982-1992. |
| I/1/3/20 | Nevada Writers. |
| I/1/3/21 | Notes on ethnic children’s literature. 1964-1983. |
| I/1/3/22 | General notes on children’s literature. 1985-1993. |
| I/1/3/23 | Children’s literature booklists and brochures. 1980-1993. |
Subgroup 2: Personal Papers. 1952-1994. 5 cu. ft.
Ann’s busy personal life is documented in this subgroup, particularly in the daily worksheets which note appointments, family, and motional concerns, and spiritual reflections. A significant portion of this subgroup consists of Ann’s papers and study notes at the University of Pennsylvania and at Yale, showing the development of her personal theology and social activism.
95-92/I/2/1/1-22. Series 1: Diaries and Personal Notes. 1977-1994. 1 cu. ft.
For about a decade Ann created daily worksheets that helped her plan her day. Her health concerns and daily priorities form the basis of these worksheets, and dreams and feelings are often noted and explored. Sketches, craft ideas, garden plans, and recreational activities are also included in this series.
Box 6
| I/2/1/1 | Daily Worksheets. 1977-1983. |
| I/2/1/2 | Daily Worksheets. 1984. |
| I/2/1/3 | Daily Worksheets. 1985. |
| I/2/1/4 | Daily Worksheets. January 1986- June 1986. |
| I/2/1/5 | Daily Worksheets. July 1986-Decemeber 1986. |
| I/2/1/6 | Daily Worksheets. January 1987- June 1987. |
| I/2/1/7 | Daily Worksheets. July 1987-Decemeber 1987. |
| I/2/1/8 | Daily Worksheets. January 1988- June 1988. |
| I/2/1/9 | Daily Worksheets. July 1988-Decemeber 1988. |
| I/2/1/10 | Daily Worksheets. January 1989- June 1989. |
| I/2/1/11 | Daily Worksheets. July 1989-Decemeber 1989. |
| I/2/1/12 | Daily Worksheets. January 1990- April 1990. |
| I/2/1/13 | Daily Worksheets. May 1990-Decemeber 1990. |
| I/2/1/14 | Daily Worksheets. January 1993- June 1993. |
| I/2/1/15 | Daily Worksheets. July 1993-Decemeber 1993. |
| I/2/1/16 | Daily Worksheets. 1994. |
| I/2/1/17 | Health and diet notes. |
| I/2/1/18 | Art, dance and music programs. |
| I/2/1/19 | Sketches and designs. |
| I/2/1/20 | Craft ideas, articles, and notes. |
| I/2/1/21 | Garden notes and sketches. |
| I/2/1/22 | Memorabilia. |
95-92/I/2/2/1-6. Series 2: Calendars. 1970-1992. .2 cu ft.
This series consists of over twenty years of calendars, some incomplete, documenting Ann’s travel plans, medical appointments, meetings, and other scheduled activities.
Box 7
| I/2/2/1 | Calendars. 1970-1973. |
| I/2/2/2 | Calendars. 1974-1976. |
| I/2/2/3 | Calendars. 1977-1979. |
| I/2/2/4 | Calendars. 1980-1984. |
| I/2/2/5 | Calendars. 1987-1989. |
| I/2/2/6 | Calendars. 1990-1992. |
95-92/I/2/3/1-14. Series 3: Correspondence. 1952-1994. .6 cu ft.
Very little of Ann’s personal correspondence documents her life before her move to Reno in 1961. Correspondents include old school friends, members and co-workers of the Wider City Parish, and fellow Quakers, as well as a few family members. A large portion of the correspondence consists of William’s letters, written while away at conferences and professional meetings. In general, letters addressing Ann as “Patsy” are form family members, while letters addressed to “Herbie” are from college chums.
Box 7
| I/2/3/1 | Legal correspondence and notes. 1955-1959. |
| I/2/2/2 | Personal correspondence. 1952-1961. |
| I/2/2/3 | Personal correspondence. 1962-1963. |
| I/2/2/4 | Personal correspondence. 1964-1965. |
| I/2/2/5 | Personal correspondence. 1967-1969. |
| I/2/2/6 | Personal correspondence. 1970-1979. |
| I/2/2/7 | Personal correspondence. 1980-1989. |
| I/2/2/8 | Personal correspondence. 19890-1994. |
| I/2/2/9 | Personal correspondence, William Taussig Scott. 1961- 1971. |
| I/2/2/10 | Personal correspondence, William Taussig Scott. undated. |
| I/2/2/11 | Personal correspondence, undated, addressed to “Patsy.” |
| I/2/2/12 | Personal correspondence, undated, addressed to “Herbie.” |
| I/2/2/13 | Personal correspondence, undated. |
| I/2/2/14 | Personal correspondence, undated. |
95-92/I/2/4/1-30. School Records, 1944-1960. 1.2. cu. ft.
The majority of Ann’s school records consist of original papers written in creative writing classes at the University of Pennsylvania, and in the lecture notes ands papers created while she was acquiring a master’s degree in social ethics from Yale. These papers have been arranged chronologically, and many contain teacher’s comments.
Box 7
| I/2/4/1 | George School Records |
| I/2/4/2 | Springside School Records. |
| I/2/4/3 | University of Pennsylvania papers: creative writing. 1944-1945. |
| I/2/4/5 | University of Pennsylvania papers: creative writing. 1944-1945. |
Box 8
| I/2/4/6 | University of Pennsylvania class notes. 1944-1945. |
| I/2/4/7 | University of Pennsylvania class notes and papers: British literature. 1948. |
| I/2/4/8 | Yale class notes: church history. 1956-1958. |
| I/2/4/9 | Yale class notes: church history. 1956-1958. |
| I/2/4/10 | Yale class notes: church history. 1956-1958. |
| I/2/4/11 | Yale class papers and notes. 1956-1959. |
| I/2/4/12 | Yale class notes: Old Testament. 1956. |
| I/2/4/13 | Yale class notes: social ethics. 1956. |
| I/2/4/14 | Yale class notes: ethics and social sciences. 1957. |
| I/2/4/15 | Yale class notes: Old Testament. 1957. |
| I/2/4/16 | Yale class notes: personal counseling. 1957. |
| I/2/4/17 | Yale class notes: theology. 1957. |
| I/2/4/18 | Yale class notes: theology. 1957. |
| I/2/4/19 | Yale paper: “Confessional history in the Book of Psalms.” 1957. |
| I/2/4/20 | Yale class notes: psychiatric seminar. 1957. |
| I/2/4/21 | Yale class notes: sociology of religion. 1957. |
| I/2/4/22 | Yale class notes: mental health movement. 1958. |
| I/2/4/23 | Yale class notes and papers: theology. 1958. |
| I/2/4/24 | Yale class notes: recent Christian social thought. 1958. |
| I/2/4/25 | Yale class notes: the church school. 1958. |
| I/2/4/26 | Yale class notes and papers. 1957-1958. |
| I/2/4/27 | Yale memorabilia. 1956-1958. |
| I/2/4/28 | Yale Student Directory. 1959-1960. |
| I/2/4/29 | New York School of Social Work class notes and bibliographies. 1959-1960. |
| I/2/4/30 | New York School of Social Work class notes. 1959-1960. |
95-92/I/2/5/1-19. Series 5. Employment records. 1956-1965. .7 cu. ft.
Ann Scott ‘s employment records consist mostly of her work with the Wider City Parish, where she was employed part time while attending Yale, and later full time. Her development of the Link Program, mentoring low-income children with Yale students, is documented through planning and budget notes, correspondence, and evaluation essays. Administrative records of the Wider City Parish include memos, minutes, meeting notes, annual reports, newsletters, and brochures explaining the program to community and church groups and soliciting volunteers and funding. Supporting documents include recreation and health surveys and some social agency reports.
Other employment interests represented in this series include correspondence with the American Friends Service Committee and the Peace Corps, and lecture notes relating to Ann’s brief career as a teacher in the Newtown Friends school.
Box 9
| I/2/5/1 | Job opportunities. 1958-1963. |
| I/2/5/2 | Wider City Parish administration. |
| I/2/5/3 | Wider City Parish annual reports. |
| I/2/5/4 | Wider City Parish newsletters and brochures. |
| I/2/5/5 | Wider City Parish church participation. |
| I/2/5/6 | Council of Social Agencies. 1959-1960. |
| I/2/5/7 | Wider City Parish volunteer materials. |
| I/2/5/8 | Big Brother program. |
| I/2/5/9 | Wider City Parish Link program. |
| I/2/5/10 | Wider City Parish Link program notes and tapes. |
| I/2/5/11 | Wider City Parish workshop: Vacation Church Schools Institute. 1958-1959. |
| I/2/5/12 | University Camp for Girls. 1957. |
| I/2/5/13 | Wider City Parish evaluation of group ministry. |
| I/2/5/14 | New York recreation survey. 1960. |
| I/2/5/15 | New Haven Community Progress, Inc. 1962-1965. |
| I/2/5/16 | New Haven Community Progress, Inc. 1962, 1964. |
| I/2/5/17 | Teacher’s notebook of Negro history and culture. 1963. |
| I/2/5/18 | Fellowship House newsletters. 1959-1961. |
| I/2/5/19 | Newton Friends School correspondence and lecture notes. 1956-1957. |
95-92/1/2/6/1-27. Series 6. Peace and political concerns. 1917-1990. 1.3 cu. ft.
This series relates to Ann’s pacifist and social justice activities, including local vigils, walks, prayer meetings, and educational gatherings for peace in Vietnam, nuclear disarmament,
test bans treaties, prison reform, racial justice, and women’s rights. Document types include flyers, correspondence, newspaper clippings, articles, and peace action planning notes. Also included in this series are articles and notes relating to various spiritual retreats. Organizational records of both the League of Women Voters and the Young Women’s Christian Association consist of minutes, memos, correspondence, budgets, and operating procedures.
Box 9
| I/2/6/1 | Misc. religious articles. |
| I/2/6/2 | Misc. peace and Quaker notes. 1982-1991. |
| I/2/6/3 | Pacific Yearly Meeting Religious Education Committee correspondence, budgets, and book lists. 1967-1969. |
| I/2/6/4 | Full Circle. 1981. |
| I/2/6/5 | Retreat brochures. 1984-1990. |
| I/2/6/6 | Retreat notes. 1986. |
| I/2/6/7 | Peace actions. 1986-1990. |
| I/2/6/8 | People’s Bus for Vietnam planning notes. 1973. |
Box 10
| I/2/6/9 | World Peace March for Disarmament flyers and notes. 1982. |
| I/2/6/10 | Lenten Desert Experience. 1981-1989. |
| I/2/6/11 | Nevada Test Site vigil. 1988. |
| I/2/6/12 | Committee to Aid Abused Women newsletters. 1978-1985. |
| I/2/6/13 | Committee to Aid Abused Women programs and handouts. 1978-1984. |
| I/2/6/14 | YWCA history. 1917-1962. |
| I/2/6/15 | YWCA national organization. 1961-1966. |
| I/2/6/16 | YWCA national program resources. |
| I/2/6/17 | YWCA University of Nevada, Reno chapter, administrative records. 1961-1966. |
| I/2/6/18 | YWCA University of Nevada, Reno, correspondence. 1961-1966. |
| I/2/6/19 | World University Service correspondence and programs. 1962-1964. |
| I/2/6/20 | League of Women Voters national correspondence. |
| I/2/6/21 | League of Women Voters of Nevada correspondence. |
| I/2/6/22 | League of Women Voters of Reno correspondence. |
| I/2/6/23 | Misc. women’s organizations. 1961-1990. |
| I/2/6/24 | Pregnancy, abortion, and adoption notes and articles. |
| I/2/6/25 | Poverty articles and notes. |
| I/2/6/26 | Prison articles and notes. |
| I/2/6/27 | Race articles and notes. |
Group II: William Taussig Scott Papers
Subgroup1: Professional Records. 18.4 cu. ft.
Materials in this subgroup relate to William Scott’s professional career as a physicist and a professor of both physics and the philosophy of science. Included are research files relating to William’s work in electricity and magnetism, multiple scattering of finite particles, mass spectrometry, quantum physics and measurement, and cloud physics, including files from Brookhaven National Laboratory, Sloane Physics Laboratory, and the Desert Research Institute.
Conference notes, papers, and speeches are included in this category and reflect William’s growing interest in the philosophy of science and scientific method. Grant applications and sabbatical proposals depict the development of William’s research interests, as do the speeches and articles included in this subgroup. Materials relating to William’s membership in professional associations as well as his correspondence with other colleagues, indicate his compelling interest in the social effects of scientific development. Records relating to William’s teaching career at both Smith College and the University of Nevada include committee minutes and notes and course lecture notes and handouts, emphasizing peace studies and interdisciplinary inquiry.
Interspersed throughout William’s professional papers are references to, lectures on, and manuscripts about Michael Polanyi, a Nobel-quality physical chemist William met at Yale. Polanyi’s influence on William is documented through articles, course proposals, conference invitations, and grant proposals aimed at integrating Polanyi’s theories into the college curriculum and scientific dialogue.
95-92/II/1/1/1-224. Series 1. Physics research and publications. 1946-1984. 7 cu. ft.
Materials in this series relate to William Scott’s work in electricity and magnetism, multiple scattering, mass spectrometry, quantum theory and measurement, and cloud physics. Manuscript
drafts, calculations, research notes, background materials, and correspondence relating to these subjects are included. Materials relating specifically to the Desert Research Institute of the University of Nevada were extracted and sent to the University Archives.
Box 11
| II/1/1/1-42: | Electricity and magnetism text research. |
|
| II/1/1/1 | Electricity and magnetism notes. 1953-1957. | |
| II/1/1/2 | Electricity and magnetism orig. mss. ch. 1-3. | |
| II/1/1/3 | Electricity and magnetism ch. 5 mss. and notes. | |
| II/1/1/4 | Electricity and magnetism ch. 6 mss. and notes. | |
| II/1/1/5 | Electricity and magnetism ch. 6 mss. and notes. | |
| II/1/1/6 | Electricity and magnetism ch. 6 mss. and notes. | |
| II/1/1/7 | Electricity and magnetism ch. 6 mimeograph ms. | |
| II/1/1/8 | Electricity and magnetism ch. 7 mss. and notes. | |
| II/1/1/9 | Electricity and magnetism ch. 7 mss. and notes. | |
| II/1/1/10 | Electricity and magnetism ch. 8 mss. and notes. | |
| II/1/1/11 | Electricity and magnetism ch. 9 mss. | |
| II/1/1/12 | Electricity and magnetism ch. 9 mss. and notes. | |
| II/1/1/13 | Electricity and magnetism ch. 10 mimeograph ms. | |
| II/1/1/14 | Electricity and magnetism ch. 10 mss. and figures. | |
| II/1/1/15 | Electricity and magnetism ch. 11 mimeograph mss. and notes. | |
| II/1/1/16 | Electricity and magnetism ch. 12 mss. and notes. | |
| II/1/1/17 | Electricity and magnetism ch. 13 mimeograph and mss. | |
| II/1/1/18 | Electricity and magnetism ch. 13 mimeograph mss. | |
| II/1/1/19 | Electricity and magnetism index. | |
| II/1/1/20 | Electricity and magnetism problems and solutions. | |
| II/1/1/21 | Electricity and magnetism 2d ed. answers and correspondence. | |
| II/1/1/22 | Electricity and magnetism 2d ed. index, contents, and notes. | |
| II/1/1/23 | Electricity and magnetism 2d ed. publisher’s correspondence. 1965-1966. | |
| II/1/1/24 | Electricity and magnetism 2d ed. comments, notes. | |
| II/1/1/25 | Electricity and magnetism 2d ed. changes and omissions. | |
| II/1/1/26 | Electricity and magnetism 2d ed. corrections and changes. | |
| II/1/1/27 | Electricity and magnetism 2d ed. Ms., correspondence. | |
| II/1/1/28 | Electricity and magnetism 3d ed. correspondence & notes. | |
| II/1/1/29 | Electricity and magnetism pre-publication reviews: Sill. 1980. | |
| II/1/1/30 | Electricity and magnetism publisher’s correspondence: Krieger. 1975-1989. |
Box 12
| II/1/1/31 | Electricity and magnetism figures and corrections. 1957. |
| II/1/1/32 | Electricity and magnetism changes: Wiley. |
| II/1/1/33 | Electricity and magnetism figure drafts and rejects. |
| II/1/1/34 | Electricity and magnetism publisher’s correspondence: Wiley, 1951-1960. |
| II/1/1/35 | Electricity and magnetism publisher’s correspondence. 1958-1966. |
| II/1/1/36 | Electricity and magnetism publisher’s correspondence. 1953-1956. |
| II/1/1/37 | Electricity and magnetism correspondence. 1959-1967. |
| II/1/1/38 | Electricity and magnetism comments and corrections. |
| II/1/1/39 | Electricity and magnetism reviews. |
| II/1/1/40 | Electricity and magnetism royalty statements. 1959-1974. |
| II/1/1/41 | Electricity and magnetism promotion. |
| II/1/1/42 | The Physics of Electricity and Magnetism 2d. ed. Wiley, 1966. |
II/1/1/43-165: | Multiple scattering research and publications. |
| II/1/143 | “The theory of small angle multiple scattering of fast charged particles” mss. 1963 |
| II/1/144 | Multiple scattering article and correspondence. 1963. |
| II/1/1/45 | Articles notes, section 1 |
| II/1/1/46 | Articles notes, section 2 |
| II/1/1/47 | Articles notes, section 3 |
| II/1/1/48 | Articles notes, section 4 |
| II/1/1/49 | Articles notes, section 5 |
| II/1/1/50 | Articles notes, section 6 |
| II/1/1/51 | Articles notes, section 7 |
| 12/1/1/52 | Articles notes, section 8 |
| II/1/1/53 | Articles notes, section 9 |
| II/1/1/54 | Articles notes, section 10 |
| II/1/1/55 | Articles notes, section 11 |
| II/1/1/56 | Articles notes, section 12 |
Box 13
| II/1/1/57 | Articles notes, section 13 |
| II/1/1/58 | Articles notes, section 14 |
| II/1/1/59 | Articles notes, section 15 |
| II/1/1/60 | Articles notes - appendix |
| II/1/1/61 | Articles notes - figures |
| II/1/1/62 | Multiple scattering calculations: E. Kaine |
| II/1/1/63 | Multiple scattering calculations: Olson |
| II/1/1/64 | Multiple scattering calculations: DHR |
| II/1/1/65 | Multiple scattering calculations: Colburn |
| II/1/1/66 | Multiple scattering calculations: R+C |
| II/1/1/67 | Multiple scattering theory - 3D |
| II/1/1/68 | Multiple scattering tables |
| II/1/1/69 | Track scattering - emulsions |
| II/1/1/70 | Multiple scattering check sheets |
| II/1/1/71 | Snover’s work |
| II/1/1/72 | BNL calculations, series A - H |
| II/1/1/73 | P + R calculations : numbers |
| II/1/1/74 | Folder II : DH Romer |
| II/1/1/75 | Olsen calculations |
| II/1/1/76 | First BNL calculations |
| II/1/1/77 | Misc. calculations - mean value |
| II/1/1/78 | General multiple scattering notes |
| II/1/1/79 | Finite size multiple scattering. 1958. |
| II/1/1/80 | Outlines and write-up |
| II/1/1/81 | NRL talks on multiple scattering 1956 |
| II/1/1/82 | “Mean value calculations for spatial multiple scattering” by Goldberg, Snyder, and Scott, mss. and calculations. 1954-1955. |
| II/1/1/83 | Multiple scattering mss., ch. 1. |
| II/1/1/84 | Multiple scattering mss., ch. 1, 2. |
| II/1/1/85 | Multiple scattering mss., ch. 2 |
| II/1/1/86 | Multiple scattering mss., ch. 1, 3, appendix. |
Box 14
| II/1/1/87 | NSW graphs, tables |
| II/1/1/88 | Mailing list 1951 |
| II/1/1/89 | Asympt. calculations 1961 II/1/1/90 Tables |
| II/1/1/91 | Teichnayer, et.al. |
| II/1/1/92 | Reprints on multiple scattering. 1952-1955. |
| II/1/1/93 | Energy spectrum model |
| II/1/1/94 | 2nd distribution: Cole, etc. |
| II/1/1/95 | Multiple scattering calculations - Double L transform |
| II/1/1/96 | Furry model - N calculations |
| II/1/1/97 | Multiple scattering calculations: M2 attempts |
| II/1/1/98 | Misc. calculations, Saddle point improvements |
| II/1/1/99 | Multiple scattering notes: 1st distribution |
| II/1/1/100 | Multiple scattering notes: track length, etc. |
| II/1/1/101 | Secondary research |
| II/1/1/102 | Thesis - multiple scattering |
| II/1/1/103 | Old nuclear size notes |
| II/1/1/104 | K - W, path lengths 1959 |
| II/1/1/105 | Synder final tables |
| II/1/1/106 | Unused theory - 3 dim. |
| II/1/1/107 | P for Z = 100 |
| II/1/1/108 | Theory - 2d scattering |
| II/1/1/109 | Work & graphs - arc-chord differences, 1st scattering |
| II/1/1/110 | Results on 3rd scattering |
| II/1/1/111 | Theory, 1st scattering |
| II/1/1/112 | Mean angle - 1st scattering 1951 |
| II/1/1/113 | Gausian asection |
| II/1/1/114 | Multiple scattering notes - 3d scattering, for expansion |
| II/1/1/115 | Asymptotic expansion & tables |
| II/1/1/116 | P for Z = 400 |
Box 15
| II/1/1/117 | Statistics: Tippett, Craver |
| 11/1/1/118 | Multiple scattering: M - means articles |
| II/1/1/119 | Misc. calculations 1948 |
| II/1/1/120 | Multiple scattering mss. |
| II/1/1/121 | Multiple scattering - emulsion |
| II/1/1/122 | Multiple scattering - correlations. 1955-1958. |
| II/1/1/123 | Odds and ends to write up. 1955-1959. |
| II/1/1/124 | Correlations, Cole, effort |
| II/1/1/125 | Polarization 1961 |
| II/1/1/126 | Multiple scattering - other authors |
| II/1/1/127 | Whittemore - distribution from Moliere. 1951 |
| II/1/1/128 | Brueckner - form factor |
| II/1/1/129 | Spencer’s work |
| II/1/1/130 | Spatial vs. projected distribution |
| II/1/1/131 | Butler calculations |
| II/1/1/132 | Recent penetration through matter reprints 1963-1966 |
| II/1/1/133 | Dalitz’ work |
| II/1/1/134 | Multiple scattering reprints. 1960. |
| II/1/1/135 | Multiple scattering reprints. 1962-1969. |
| II/1/1/136 | Misc. multiple scattering reprints, not relevant. 1954-1961 |
| II/1/1/137 | Olbert work on multiple scattering |
| II/1/1/138 | “On fluctuations and the general distribution problem in electron cascades” mss. & notes. 1950 |
| II/1/1/139 | Emulsion scattering reprints. 1951-1955. |
| II/1/1/140 | Graphs for talks: summary of multiple scattering calculations. 1951. |
| II/1/1/141 | Figures. 1963. |
| II/1/1/142 | Tables |
| II/1/1/143 | Fluctuations reprints |
| II/1/1/144 | Stanford Accelerator Center. 1966. |
| II/1/1/145 | L.V. Spencer work |
| II/1/1/146 | Knecht, Bothe work |
| II/1/1/147 | Maurer work |
| II/1/1/148 | Berger and Seltzer work. 1964. |
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| II/1/1/149 | Muhlschlegal & Koppe work. 1958-1962. |
| II/1/1/150 | Gregory, Flieshman, Mukherjee, Maglic, Ayer. 1958-1962. |
| II/1/1/151 | Moliere. 1947-1955. |
| II/1/1/152 | Single strategy reprints. 1949-1956. |
| II/1/1/153 | Solntseff, Whittemore & Shutt, Frieds, Godfrey, & Peterson reprints. |
| II/1/1/154 | Misc. multiple scattering reprints. 1949-1969. |
| II/1/1/155 | Misc. multiple scattering reprints. |
| II/1/1/156 | Misc. multiple Scattering reprints. |
| II/1/1/157 | Monte Carlo calculations. |
| II/1/1/158 | References and outlines. |
| II/1/1/159 | Multiple scattering mss. ch. 1 |
| II/1/1/160 | Multiple scattering mss. ch. 2 |
| II/1/1/161 | Multiple scattering mss. ch. 4 |
| II/1/1/162 | Notes on literature. |
| II/1/1/163 | Angular and lateral distribution. |
| II/1/1/164 | Multiple scattering correspondence. 1951-1969. |
| II/1/1/165 | Multiple scattering book correspondence. 1947-1961 |
II/1/1/166-179: |
Mass spectrometer research. |
| II/1/1/166 | Cosmic ray research. 1946-1950. |
| II/1/1/167 | W.E. Lamb paper and notes. 1947. |
| II/1/1/168 | Mass spectrometer reprints. 1946-1964. |
| II/1/1/169 | Mass spectrometer - Pittsburg conference notes 1953. |
| II/1/1/170 | Mass spectrometer - experimental graph. |
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| II/1/1/171 | Time of flight mass spectrometer. 1953. |
| II/1/1/172 | Mass spectrometer - Brookhaven drawings and notes. 1953. |
| II/1/1/173 | Bendrix time of flight mass spectrometer consultancy. 1952-1962. |
| II/1/1/174 | Correlated fluctuations. |
| II/1/1/175 | “Resource letter on the evolution of the electromagnetic field concept” mss. drafts and notes. 1962-1963. |
| II/1/1/176 | Melting reprints and correspondence. 1961-1963. |
| II/1/1/177 | Melting reprints. |
| II/1/1/178 | Meson theory calculations. |
| II/1/1/179 | Measurement. 1958. |
II/1/1/180-204: |
Quantum mechanics research. |
| II/1/1/180 | Quantum mechanics reprints. 1928-1968. |
| II/1/1/181 | Quantum mechanics reprints. 1969.1976. |
| II/1/1/182 | Quantum theory and measurement reprints. 1957-1970. |
| II/1/1/183 | Quantum measurement reprints. 1957-1970. |
| II/1/1/184 | Margeneau reprints on quantum theory. |
| II/1/1/185 | Margeneau reprints on quantum theory. |
| II/1/1/186 | Quantum mechanics notes. 1953-1970. |
| II/1/1/187 | Quantum mechanics notes. 1953-1970. |
| II/1/1/188 | Quantum theory, old notes. |
| II/1/1/189 | Measurement in quantum mechanics I, mss. drafts. |
| II/1/1/190 | Theory of measurement I, notes and calculations. 1961. |
| II/1/1/191 | Quantum measurement mss. drafts and notes. |
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| II/1/1/192 | Quantum measurement paper II. 1966. |
| II/1/1/193 | Quantum mechanics: Dick Holze. |
| II/1/1/194 | Quantum mechanics and measurement: Dick Holze. |
| II/1/1/195 | Uncertainty principles. 1965. |
| II/1/1/196 | Quantum measurement II. |
| II/1/1/197 | Quantum measurement II. |
| II/1/1/198 | Quantum measurement II. |
| II/1/1/199 | Quantum measurement II. |
| II/1/1/200 | Intersection operator calculations. 1960. |
| II/1/1/201 | Particle packet calculations. 1960. |
| II/1/1/202 | Review of Allock’s quantum theory papers. 1968. |
| II/1/1/203 | Information theory: Watanabe. |
| II/1/1/204 | Quantum field theory. 1949-1968. |
| II/1/1/205 | Current interrupter studies, David Grahame. |
| II/1/1/206 | Brookhaven momentum range relations papers and calculations. |
| II/1/1/207 | Brookhaven: O’Neill’s thesis. |
| II/1/1/208 | Disk field calculations |
| II/1/1/209 | Disk field calculations |
II/1/1/210-217: | Cloud physics research and publications. |
| II/1/1/210 | Telford-Winterberg correspondence. 1974-1976. |
| II/1/1/211 | Telford-Winterberg controversy, papers. 1974-1976. |
| II/1/1/212 | Winterberg-Scott controversy 1974-1976. |
| II/1/1/213 | Physics talk on Telford-Winterberg-Scott controversy. 1975. |
| II/1/1/214 | Physics reprints--cosmic rays. |
| II/1/1/215 | Review of Takahashi’s study of warm rain. 1975. |
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| II/1/1/216 | “Two stream Maxwellian kinetic theory of cloud droplet growth by condensation.” 1980. |
| II/1/1/217 | “On mixing structures in cumulus clouds.” 1984. |
| II/1/1/218-224 | Physics crackpots, articles and correspondence. |
95-92/II/1/2/1-36. Series 2. Philosophy of science research and publications. 1953-1975. 2 cu. ft.
Materials in this category include manuscript drafts, reviews, royalty statements, and publisher’s correspondence relating to William’s biography of Erwin Shrodinger, physicist, philosopher, and Nobel Prize nominee for his work in wave mechanics. Research notes and several drafts of William’s attempt to integrate the philosophy of Michael Polanyi into the physics of cloud precipitation are included as well.
| II/1/2/1 | Shrodinger preface drafts |
| II/1/2/2 | Shrodinger ch.1 drafts |
| II/1/2/3 | Shrodinger ch.2 drafts |
| II/1/2/4 | Shrodinger ch.3 drafts |
| II/1/2/5 | Shrodinger ch.4 drafts |
| II/1/2/6 | Shrodinger ch. 2-4 final drafts |
| II/1/2/7 | Shrodinger ch.5 ms. and notes |
| II/1/2/8 | Shrodinger ch.5 ms |
| II/1/2/9 | Shrodinger old ch. 5 |
| II/1/2/10 | Shrodinger ch.5 final drafts |
| II/1/2/11 | Shrodinger ch.5 footnotes |
| II/1/2/12 | Shrodinger ch.6 drafts |
| II/1/2/13 | Shrodinger ch.6 ion exchange |
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95-92/2/1/3/1-24. Grants and sabbaticals. 1959-1979. .8 cu. ft.
William Scott applied for a myriad of research grants to fund his physics and philosophy of science research, and to attend conferences and workshops relating to his research interests. Successful and unsuccessful grants and sabbatical applications are included in this series, along with supportive background and budget documentation. Extensive research notes relating to William’s 1969-1970 sabbatical are included here, and present his first extended, formal study of the philosophy of science.
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| II/1/3/1 | NSF Fellowship application. 1959-1961. |
| II/1/3/2 | NSF-Shrodinger grant application. 1962. |
| II/1/3/3 | ESSA grant application. 1966. |
| II/1/3/4 | DRI grant application. 1966. |
| II/1/3/5 | NSF grants, Howard Cannon correspondence. 1966. |
| II/1/3/6 | NSF grant application, haze project. 1966-1968. |
| II/1/3/7 | NIH Fellowship application. 1968-1969. |
| II/1/3/8 | NSF grant application, cloud droplet growth. 1969. |
| II/1/3/9 | NHC grant application: Summer Conference on Man and Technology. 1976. |
| II/1/3/10 | NSF EVIST program and application. 1975-1977. |
| II/1/3/11 | NHC grant application. 1979. |
| II/1/3/12 | Sabbatical leave. 1958-1960. |
| II/1/3/13 | Sabbatical leave. 1969-1970. |
| II/1/3/14 | Oxford sabbatical correspondence. 1969-1970. |
| II/1/3/15 | Oxford class notes. 1969. |
| II/1/3/16 | Oxford democracy class notes |
| II/1/3/17 | Oxford, Harre reprints. |
| II/1/3/18 | Oxford, Harre’s “Philosophy of Physics” class notes. |
| II/1/3/19 | Oxford, Harre’s “Philosophical Psychology” class notes. |
| II/1/3/20 | Oxford, Harre’s class notes |
| II/1/3/21 | Oxford, Harre’s “Philosophy of Science” class notes |
| II/1/3/22 | Oxford, Harre’s “Technical Problems in the Philosophy of Science” notes. |
| II/1/3/23 | Oxford, Philosophy of Science misc. notes. |
| II/1/3/24 | Perception, art and science notes. |
| II/1/3/25 | Summer stipend proposal. 1975. |
95-92/II/1/4/1-21. Series 4. Conferences. 1959-1991. .8 cu. ft.
William Scott was a frequent speaker at a variety of conferences and workshops, some strictly relating to physics, but most exploring the connections between science and religion or philosophy. Included in this series are conference flyers and programs, and papers, lectures, and speeches given by William Scott and other attendees. Notable in this grouping are the many drafts and notes relating to William’s keynote speech at the Centennial Celebration of the Life and Times of Michael Polanyi Conference at Rent State in 1991.
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| II/1/4/1 | Faculty Christian Fellowship, The Christian Scholar 1963-1964. |
| II/1/4/2 | Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. 1959. |
| II/1/4/3 | Faculty Institute for Theological Inquiry. 1964. |
| II/1/4/4 | Foundations of Cultural Unity Conference. |
| II/1/4/5 | Biology, Man, & Morality Conference. 1970. |
| II/1/4/6 | Biology & Personality Conference notes. 1970. |
| II/1/4/7 | CHERS lecture I. 1970. |
| II/1/4/8 | CHERS lecture 11. 1970. |
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| II/1/4/9 | CHERS lecture I & II notes. 1970. |
| II/1/4/10 | CHERS lectures - French translation. 1971. |
| II/1/4/11 | 2nd CHERS Polanyi Conference. 1972. |
| II/1/4/12 | Higher Education Programs in Science, Technology, Society, and Human Values. |
| II/1/4/13 | David Bohm Conference. 1976. |
| II/1/4/14 | First Leonard Conference. 1978. |
| II/1/4/15 | Philosophy, Where are You? Conference. 1979. |
| II/1/4/16 | NHF Conference on Science, Technology, and Values. 1983. |
| II/1/4/17 | Centennial Celebration - Polanyi working notes 1991 |
| II/1/4/18 | At the Wheel of the World: The life and times of Michael Polanyi Conference. 1991. |
| II/1/4/19 | At the Wheel of the World, drafts with Ann’s notes. |
| II/1/4/20 | At the Wheel of the World, drafts. |
| II/1/4/21 | At the Wheel of the World, early edited mss. |
| II/2/4/22 | Symposium on Reality. 1961. |
95-92/II/1/5/1-12. Series 5. Associations. 1947-1967. .7 cu. ft.
William’s early membership in professional associations tended towards organizations with an interest in science and politics. Flyers, newsletters, and correspondence can be found in this series. The Society for Social Responsibility in Science, cofounded by William Scott, includes minutes, constitutions, memos, pamphlets, speeches, and correspondence, particularly during the years William served as president.
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| II/1/5/1 | American Association for the Advancement of Science. |
| II/1/5/2 | Academy of Independent Scholars. |
| II/1/5/3 | Federation of American Scientists. |
| II/1/5/4 | Science and peace group. 1947-1949. |
| II/1/5/5 | Society for Social Responsibility in Science (SSRS) constitution. 1956-1960. |
| II/1/5/6 | SSRS membership lists. 1962. |
| II/1/5/7 | SSRS minutes & memos. 1956-1963. |
| II/1/5/8 | SSRS minutes and memos. 1964-1967. |
| II/1/5/9 | SSRS correspondence. 1952-1967. |
| II/1/5/10 | SSRS speech to Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. 1955. |
| II/1/5/11-12 | SSRS speeches and audio recording. 1955-1959. |
| II/1/5/13 | SSRS reprints and articles. 1950-1967. |
95-92/II/1/6/1-46. Series 6. Articles and speeches. 1950-1990. 2 cu. ft.
William Scott was a prolific writer and speaker, and his venues included student newspapers, theological quarterlies, major daily newspapers, and professional journals. This series includes drafts of speeches and speech notes given on a variety of topics, published and unpublished articles, and the majority of William’s physics reprints.
| II/1/6/1 | Mss. on science, peace, and Quakerism. 1950-1960. |
| II/1/6/2 | The Philosophical Responsibilities of Science. 1952 |
| II/1/6/3 | Beat Generation 1952 |
| II/1/6/4 | Non-military defense correspondence and articles. 1950-1960. |
| II/1/6/5 | Nonviolent defense articles and speech notes. 1955-1956. |
| II/1/6/6 | Speech notes on pacifism. 1957. |
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| II/1/6/7 | Speeches and talks on science and religion. 1957-1974. |
| II/1/6/8 | Modern Thought and Quaker Beliefs. 1955. |
| II/1/6/9 | Polanyi’s Theory of Personal Knowledge: a Gestalt Philosophy. 1962. |
| II/1/6/10-12 | Polanyi’s Theory mss. drafts and notes. |
| II/1/6/13 | Review of Hesse’s Forces and Fields. 1963. |
| II/1/6/14 | A Course in Science and Religion following the Ideas of Michael Polanyi, correspondence and mss. 1963. |
| II/1/6/15 | The Most Needed Revolution. 1968. |
| II/1/6/16 | Meteorology Transcending Physics. 1968. |
| II/1/6/17 | Science and the Goal of Quaker Education. 1968. |
| II/1/6/18 | Three Uncertainty Principles. 1968. |
| II/1/6/19 | Why did we Destroy Europe? 1969. |
| II/1/6/20 | Nevada Governor’s Day speech. 1969. |
| II/1/6/21 | Tacit knowing notes. |
| II/1/6/22 | Tacit Knowing and the Concept of the Mind. 1970. |
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| II/1/6/23 | Science and the Risk of Faith. 1970. |
| II/1/6/24 | Reply to Ruth Anna Putnam. 1970. |
| II/1/6/25 | Back of the Northwind: a Place for Man. 1970. |
| II/1/6/26 | Structure and Judgement in Science. 1973. |
| II/1/6/27 | Putting Man Back in the Scientific World, speech notes. 1974. |
| II/1/6/28 | And we, who are we, anyhow? 1976. |
| II/1/6/29 | Commitment: a Polanyian view. 1976. |
| II/1/6/30 | An Introduction to the Theology of Community. 1976-1977. |
| II/1/6/31 | The Personal Character of the Discovery of Mechanisms in Cloud Physics. 1978-1979. |
| II/1/6/32 | Science, Determination, and People. |
| II/1/6/33-35 | On the Evidence for Newtonian Mechanics. 1972. |
| II/1/6/36-37 | Philosophy of Cloud Physics. 1971. |
| II/1/6/38 | The Crisis that Science has gotten us into. |
| II/1/6/39 | The Personal and the Objective in Science. |
| II/1/6/40 | Moral Aspirations & Amoral Beliefs. |
| II/1/6/41 | Some Thoughts on Value Problems in Science and Technology. 1983. |
| II/1/6/42 | Lectures and talks on Polanyi. |
| II/1/6/43-45 | Science: its Success, its Mischiefs, and its Humanness, mss. drafts. 1987. |
| II/1/6/46 | Contrasting Realities. 1990. |
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| II/1/6/47 | Scientific America: the Villainy of Descartes. |
| II/1/6/48 | Physics articles by Scott. |
95-92/II/1/7/1-56. Series 7. Teaching. 1955-1980. 2.1 cu. ft.
Most of the materials in this series revolves around William Scott’s development of his science and religion courses, although some pure physics materials are contained here as well. Beginning with his courses at Smith College in the 1940’s, William sought an interdisciplinary science methodology. This effort culminated in courses developed at the University of Nevada, Reno, with the founding of the Committee on Philosophical Inquiry. Course proposals and syllabi, lecture notes, handouts, exams, assignments, evaluations, and student papers are some of the document types included in this series.
Also included in this grouping are materials relating to William’s extra-curricular activities, including his membership on University committees emphasizing on peace education. Among these are the Goals Committee, the Religious Studies Committee, and an ad hoc committee to study the presence of the ROTC on the University of Nevada campus. Minutes, notices, and correspondence make up the bulk of these committee documents. Materials relating to the Interdisciplinary Program Board and the Committee on Philosophical Inquiry were extracted and sent to the University Archives, except for specific courses offered by William Scott.
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| II/1/7/1 | Physics film proposal: optical phenomena. 1958. |
| II/1/7/2 | Physics film proposal: vectors. 1959. |
| II/1/7/3 | Physics film proposal: speed of light. |
| II/1/7/4 | Physics film proposal: waves, calculation |
| II/1/7/5 | Physics 40B, “Science and Society,” Smith College. 1948-1961. |
| II/1/7/6 | Science and religion correspondence and articles. |
| II/1/7/7 | Systemic theology notes. 1959-1960. |
| II/1/7/8 | Meaning and truth in religion notes. |
| II/1/7/9 | Seminar possibilities on Polanyi thought. |
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| II/1/7/10 | Smith courses on science and religion. 1955-1961. |
| II/1/7/11 | Physical Science 194 at Smith, exams & assignments. 1948-1957. |
| II/1/7/12 | Physical Science 194 at Smith, handouts. 1948-1957. |
| II/1/7/13 | Physical Science 391a, “Frontiers of Science” at Smith. 1954-1959. |
| II/1/7/14 | Physical Science 391b, “Science and Religion” at Smith. 1961. |
| II/1/7/15 | Physical Science 193 at Smith. 1950-1952. |
| II/1/7/16 | Physical Science 35a, “Causality” at Smith. 1956-1960. |
| II/1/7/17 | Philosophy 499, “Science and Religion” at UNR. 1961-1964. |
| II/1/7/18 | Philosophy 499, “Science and Religion” at UNR. 1964-1971. |
| II/1/7/19 | Philosophy 300, Honors Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Science and Religion at UNR. 1967. |
| II/1/7/20 | History/Philosophy of Physics, summer institute at UNR. 1966-1968. |
| II/1/7/21 | Honors Board 443, “Science and Religion” at UNR, notes. 1971. |
| II/1/7/22 | Honors Board 443, “Science and Religion” at UNR, term papers. 1971. |
| II/1/7/23 | Honors Board 443, “Science and Religion” at UNR, papers and exams. 1971. |
| II/1/7/24 | Philosophy 323, “Philosophy of Religion” at UNR, lecture notes and handouts. 1973-1974. |
| II/1/7/25 | Philosophy 323, “Philosophy of Religion” at UNR, class papers. 1973-1974. |
| II/1/7/26 | COPI 264, “Science and Religion” at UNR, lecture notes and handouts. 1976. |
| II/1/7/27 | COPI 264, “Science and Religion” at UNR, assignments and handouts. 1978-1979. |
| II/1/7/28 | COPI 264, “Science and Religion” at UNR, lecture notes. 1978-1979. |
| II/1/7/29-30 | Audio recording of COPI 264 lectures, “Science and Religion” at UNR, 1978-1979. |
| II/1/7/31 | Physics/Philosophy 465, “Philosophy and Methods of Physical Sciences” at UNR. 1973. |
| II/1/7/32 | Physics/Philosophy 465, “Philosophy and Methods of Physical Sciences” at UNR, handouts and lecture notes. 1973-1975. |
| II/1/7/33 | Physics/Philosophy 465, “Philosophy and Methods of Physical Sciences” at UNR, Newtonian mechanics. |
| II/1/7/34 | Physics/Philosophy 465, “Philosophy and Methods of Physical Sciences” at UNR. 1975. |
| II/1/7/35 | Physics/Philosophy 465, “Philosophy and Methods of Physical Sciences” at UNR. 1980. |
| II/1/7/36 | Physics comprehensive exams. 1965-1980. |
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| II/1/7/37 | General physics film proposals. 1961-1971. |
| II/1/7/38 | Class notes & lectures: Theophaneus. 1973. |
| II/1/7/39-40 | Class notes & lectures: Theophaneus. 1973. |
| II/1/7/41 | Class notes: Philosophy of education. 1974. |
| II/1/7/42 | Fritz Kunkel notes. 1974-1979. |
| II/1/7/43 | Teaching physics articles and notes. |
| II/1/7/44 | Minutes of the Ad Hoc Committee to study ROTC at UNR, 1965-1966. |
| II/1/7/45 | Ad Hoc Committee to study ROTC at UNR, background material. 1963-1968 |
| II/1/7/46 | ROTC pamphlets and articles. |
| II/1/7/47 | Ad Hoc Committee to study ROTC at UNR, correspondence and reports. 1964-1967. |
| II/1/7/48 | UNR Religious Studies Committee. 1974-1980. |
| II/1/7/49 | UNR Religious Studies Committee, internal correspondence. 1970-1975. |
| II/1/7/50 | UNR Religious Studies grant information. 1975. |
| II/1/7/51 | Religious Studies courses. 1971-1974. |
| II/1/7/52 | UNR Religious Studies Committee: Dale Cannon. |
| II/1/7/53 | Dedication of the UNR Physics Building. 1972. |
| II/1/7/54 | UNR College of Arts and Science, Goals Committee business. |
| II/1/7/55 | Sigma Pi Sigma. 1961-1977. |
| II/1/7/56 | Sigma Xi. 1962-1968. |
| II/1/7/57 | Sigma Xi. 1969-1989. |
| II/1/7/58 | Phillip C. Better Memorial, UNR. 1979. |
| II/1/7/59 | Goudsmit Memorial Fund & lecture series. |
95-92/II/1/8/1-12. Series 8. Correspondence. 1942-1989. .4 cu. ft.
William’s professional correspondence includes some communication with physics colleagues, but for the most part it pertains to his correspondence with philosopher-scientists. Some early correspondence from former physics students is included.
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| II/1/8/1 | Professional correspondence. 1942-1960. |
| II/1/8/2 | Professional correspondence. 1961-1962. |
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| II/1/8/3 | Professional correspondence. 1963-1964. |
| II/1/8/4 | Professional correspondence. 1965-1967. |
| II/1/8/5 | Professional correspondence. 1968-1970. |
| II/1/8/6 | Professional correspondence. 1971-1974. |
| II/1/8/7 | Professional correspondence. 1975-1979. |
| II/1/8/8 | Professional correspondence. 1980-1989. |
| II/1/8/9 | Professional correspondence: Samuel Goudsmit. 1952-1974. |
| II/1/8/10 | Professional correspondence: Virginia Walters. 1947-1964. |
| II/1/8/11 | Professional correspondence: Catharine Stevens. 1950-1954. |
| II/1/8/12 | Professional correspondence: Judith Snow. 1956-1959. |
95-92/II/1/9/1-67. Series 9. Reprints and bibliography. 1950-1989. 2.6 cu. ft.
Most of the material in this category consists of papers and articles of colleagues and others with a strong influence on William. Many articles are annotated and individual folders may contain notes and draft responses to the ideas expressed by the authors. Other bibliographical materials include card files relating to William’s extensive physics research and to his biography of Erwin Shrodinger. The reference and bibliographical notes relating to the philosophy of science and religion pertain primarily to William’s 1959-1960 sabbatical study at Yale Divinity School.
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| II/1/9/1 | Achtenberg, Deborah. |
| II/1/9/2 | Armstrong, Robert. |
| II/1/9/3 | Backman, Carl W. |
| II/1/9/4 | Barbour, Ian. |
| II/1/9/5 | Biology reprints. |
| II/1/9/6 | Bunge, Mario. |
| II/1/9/7 | Campbell, Donald. |
| II/1/9/8 | Capek, Milic. |
| II/1/9/9 | Caws, Peter. |
| II/1/9/10 | Commoner, Barry. |
| II/1/9/11 | Criswell, Joan. |
| II/1/9/12 | Day, Willard. |
| II/1/9/13 | Downing, Christine. |
| II/1/9/14 | Environment reprints. |
| II/1/9/15 | Feller, William. |
| II/1/9/16 | Gardner, Allen. |
| II/1/9/17 | Gold, Herbert. |
| II/1/9/18 | Greene, Marjorie. |
| II/1/9/19 | Grunbaum, Adolf. |
| II/1/9/20 | Lewis Hill reprints. |
| II/1/9/21 | Holton, Gerald. |
| II/1/9/22 | Howard, Luke. |
| II/1/9/23 | Kelly, Jack. |
| II/1/9/24 | Koch, Sigmund. |
| II/1/9/25 | Lakatos, Imre. |
| II/1/9/26 | LSE philosophy of science reprints. |
| II/1/9/27 | Long, David. |
| II/1/9/28 | Lucash, Frank. |
| II/1/9/29 | Margeneau, Henry. |
| II/1/9/30 | McReynolds, Paul. |
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| II/1/9/31 | Mead, Wally. |
| II/1/9/32 | Michelson, A.A. |
| II/1/9/33 | Mordy, Wendell. |
| II/1/9/34 | Newmann, Erich. |
| II/1/9/35 | Nickles, Thomas. |
| II/1/9/36 | Nickles, Thomas. |
| II/1/9/37 | Nickles, Thomas. |
| II/1/9/38 | Otto notes. |
| II/1/9/39 | Petock, Stuart. |
| II/1/9/40 | Polls, Edward. |
| II/1/9/41 | Price, J.R. |
| II/1/9/42 | Roelofs, Robert. |
| II/1/9/43 | Schwartz, J. |
| II/1/9/44 | Scriven, Michael. |
| II/1/9/45 | Secord proposals. |
| II/1/9/46 | Sellars, Wilfred. |
| II/1/9/47 | Sewell, Elizabeth. |
| II/1/9/48 | Skorpen, Erling. |
| II/1/9/49 | Skorpen, Erling. |
| II/1/9/50 | Skorpen, Erling. |
| II/1/9/51 | Straus & Kindred |
| II/1/9/52 | Tansey, Richard. |
| II/1/9/53 | Taylor, Charles. |
| II/1/9/54 | Theophaneous, Andrew. |
| II/1/9/55 | Tiedeman, Kent. |
| II/1/9/56 | Toulmin, Stephan. |
| II/1/9/57 | Townes, C.H. |
| II/1/9/58 | Vendler, Zero. |
| II/1/9/59 | Weismann, Donald. |
| II/1/9/60 | Wigner, Eugene. |
| II/1/9/61 | Misc. philosophical reprints. |
| II/1/9/62 | Misc. philosophical reprints. |
| II/1/9/63 | Misc. metaphysical reprints and notes |
Box 29 (shoebox)
| II/1/9/64 | Reference and bibliographical notes, general physics. |
Box 30 (shoebox)
| II/1/9/65 | Reference and bibliographical notes, multiple scattering physics. |
Box 31 (shoebox)
| II/1/9/66 | Reference and bibliographical notes, Erwin Shrodinger. |
Box 32 (shoebox)
| II/1/9/67 | Reference and bibliographical notes, philosophy of science and religion. |
Subgroup 2: Personal Papers. 5.6 cu. ft.
This subgroup gathers together all of William Scott’s personal and family records from his Swarthmore College days through 1994. Correspondence, employment and school records, and subject files relating to William’s growing peace concerns are contained in this subgroup.
95-92/II/2/1/1-18. Series 1. Correspondence. 1941-1985. .8 cu. ft.
This series contains letters written to William, often with carbons of his responses attached. Included in this correspondence are letters from William’s parents, sister, and uncle Roderick; his former wife, Helen Gabel Scott; and his six children. William’s letters to his uncle, Roderick Scott, may be found in Roderick Scott’s correspondence, listed in this guide. Letters from Ann to William have remained separately gathered and are a touching history of their courtship and marriage. All correspondence is arranged chronologically.
Box 33
| II/2/1/1 | Personal correspondence. 1941-1949. |
| II/2/1/2 | Personal correspondence. 1950-1955. |
| II/2/1/3 | Personal correspondence. 1956-1959. |
| II/2/1/4 | Personal correspondence. 1960-1964. |
| II/2/1/5 | Personal correspondence. 1965-1969. |
| II/2/1/6 | Personal correspondence. 1970-1979. |
| II/2/1/7 | Personal correspondence. 1980-1989. |
| II/2/1/8 | Personal correspondence. 1990-1994. |
| II/2/1/9 | Personal correspondence, undated. |
| II/2/1/10 | Personal correspondence: Helen Gabel Scott. 1941-1960. |
| II/2/1/11 | Personal correspondence: Helen Gabel Scott. 1961-1984. |
| II/2/1/12 | Legal correspondence. 1961-1969. |
| II/2/1/13 | Family support correspondence. 1961-1976. |
| II/2/1/14 | Personal correspondence: AHS. 1960. |
| II/2/1/15 | Personal correspondence: AHS. 1961. |
| II/2/1/16 | Personal correspondence: AHS. 1964. |
| II/2/1/17 | Personal correspondence: AHS. 1965. |
| II/2/1/18 | Personal correspondence: AHS. 1966-1985. |
| II/2/1/19 | Audio recording of conversations with Roderick Scott. 1970. |
95-92/II/2/2/1-6. Series 2. Financial and household records. 1941-1961. .2 cu. ft.
The financial and household records gathered in this series consist of ledgers, insurance policies, tax returns, and memorabilia up to 1961, when William moved to Reno and married Ann ott. Similar records after 1961 can be found in Group 3, Series
Box 33
| II/2/2/1 | Financial ledger. 1948-1961. |
| II/2/2/2 | Northampton Consumers Association. |
| II/2/2/3 | Leases and insurance policies. 1947-1961. |
| II/2/2/4 | Christmas lists. 1941-1946. |
| II/2/2/5 | Housing correspondence and deeds. 1946-1959. |
| II/2/2/6 | Income tax. 1944-1961. |
| II/2/2/7 | Memorabilia. 1941-1960. |
95-92/11/2/3/1-29. Series 3. School records. 1930-1945. 1.7 cu. ft.
William’s undergraduate honors coursework at Swarthmore College is collected in this series, as well as some graduate physics work at University of Michigan. Document types in this category include papers, calculations, exams, handouts, thesis notes and drafts, and scientific notebooks. Employment applications and correspondence prior to William’s position at Smith College is also represented.
Box 34
| II/2/3/1 | Haverford College. |
| II/2/3/2 | Swarthmore college honor exams. 1950-1952. |
| II/2/3/3 | Swarthmore College physics. 1934-1937. |
| II/2/3/4 | Swarthmore College coursework. 1937. |
| II/2/3/5 | Swarthmore College seminars: advanced physical chemistry. |
| II/2/3/6 | Swarthmore college coursework: inorganic chemistry. 1934. |
| II/2/3/7 | Swarthmore College, general and alumni. |
| II/2/3/8 | University of Michigan physics coursework. 1938-1940. |
| II/2/3/9 | University of Michigan thermodynamics coursework. 1938. |
| II/2/3/10 | University of Michigan theoretical mechanics coursework. |
| II/2/3/11 | Phi Beta Kappa newsletter. |
| II/2/3/12 | Electron theory |
| II/2/3/13 | Theory of functions |
| II/2/3/14 | Group theory |
| II/2/3/15 | Mathematical physics |
| II/2/3/16 | Parity |
| II/2/3/17 | Relativity |
| II/2/3/18 | Variation principles. |
| II/2/3/19 | Sam’s folly. |
| II/2/3/20 | Cascade processes. |
| II/2/3/21 | Scientific notebooks |
| II/2/3/22-26 | Scientific notebooks. |
| II/2/3/27 | Employment applications. 1941-1942. |
| II/2/3/28 | Employment applications. 1944-1945. |
| II/2/3/29 | Employment applications. 1944-1945. |
95-92/II/2/4/1-28. Series 4. Quaker records. 1936-1984. 1 cu. ft.
Materials in this series include newsletters, pamphlets, leaflets, minutes, and meeting notes relating to William’s membership and participation in several east coast Quaker groups.
Box 35
| II/2/4/1 | Swarthmore Friends |
| II/2/4/2 | Ann Arbor Friends |
| II/2/4/3 | Northampton Friends |
| II/2/4/4 | Smith Friends |
| II/2/4/5 | Middle Connecticut Valley Monthly Meeting |
| II/2/4/6 | New England College Program |
| II/2/4/7 | New England Yearly Meeting |
| II/2/4/8 | Mt. Toby Friends |
| II/2/4/9 | Philadelphia Yearly Meeting |
| II/2/4/10 | Friends Newsletter |
| II/2/4/11 | Woolman Hill Quaker Center. 1956-1962. |
| II/2/4/12 | Quaker schools and camps brochures, correspondence. 1954-1961. |
| II/2/4/13 | Scarborough Country Day School. 1953. |
| II/2/4/14 | William Penn College. 1946. |
| II/2/4/15 | General AFSC pamphlets. 1945-1984. |
| II/2/4/16 | Pacifist Family Institute. 1951-1952. |
| II/2/4/17 | Pacific Coast Friends. 1945-1946. |
| II/2/4/18 | Fellowship of Reconciliation. 1951-1955. |
| II/2/4/19 | Fellowship of Reconciliation correspondence. 1952-1963. |
| II/2/4/20 | Friends Intelligencer. 1944-1955. |
| II/2/4/21 | T. Driver, Christology notes. |
| II/2/4/22 | A.J. Muste notes. |
| II/2/4/23 | Quaker correspondence. 1936-1976. |
| II/2/4/24 | Quaker peace proposals. 1945-1957. |
| II/2/4/25 | Quaker conference notes, undated. |
Box 36
| II/2/4/26 | Religion and health. |
| II/2/4/27 | Misc. religion and peace articles. |
| II/2/4/28 | Misc. religion and science articles and audio recordings. |
| II/2/4/29 | Audio recording of Thomas Merton on contemplation and prayer. |
95-92/II/2/5/1-55. Series 5. Peace and political concerns. 1940-1984. 1.9 cu. ft.
Of particular note in this series is the grouping of conscientious objection materials collected by William, who was himself a conscientious objector in World War II and a draft counselor during the Vietnam War. Extensive anti-war materials are gathered here, as are William’s letters to editors and politicians urging pacifist solutions to local and international conflicts. Document types include newsletters, articles, peace talks, pamphlets, correspondence, and sub