2.5 Linear Feet, Summary: 2 ft. 6 in. (2 records cartons)
Creator
Cooper, Bernard R.
Creator
West Virginia University. Department of Physics
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
Correspondence, newsletters, minutes, photographs, and other material dating from 1977-1981 regarding human rights of refusenik
scientists in the Soviet Union. This collection is minimally processed. These materials were collected by West Virginia University
(WVU) physics professor Bernard R. Cooper, a member of the Committee on the International Freedom of Scientists (CIFS) of
the American Physical Society. Scientists documented include Victor Brailovsky, Naum Meiman, Emil Mendzheritzky, and Anatoly
Sakharov, among others. There is a 50 p. manuscript by Bernard R. Cooper titled "Science and Human Rights." Also includes
documents from "Institute on Scientific Problems Relevant to Coal Utilization" at West Virginia University, May 23-25, 1977.
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Bernard R. Cooper, Physicist, Papers Regarding Human Rights of Scientists,
A&M 5126, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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