Record Group 307 contains the records of the National Science Foundation, as follows: General Records, 1949-1987 (62 lin. ft.): Central correspondence, 1949-1963. Subject correspondence of the NSF Director, H. Guyford Stever, in his capacity as Science Advisor to the President, 1973-1976. Subject correspondence of the Associate Director of Educational and International Activities, Harry C. Kelly, including correspondence created when he was Assistant Director for Scientific Personnel and Education (1951-1959), 1951-1962. Legislative files of the general counsel, 1956-1970. Contract case files, 1966-1987. Records of the Division of Science Resources Studies, Office of the Assistant Director for Scientific Personnel and Education, 1954-1970. Machine-readable records (12 data sets): National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel, 1954-1970 (8 data sets), with supporting documentation. Science and Engineers Employment Surveys, 1971 (1 data set), with supporting documentation. National Engineers Register, 1964-1969 (3 data sets), with supporting documentation. Records of the Office of the Director, Government and Public Programs, 1953-1981 (2 lin. ft.): General Records: Selected subject files, 1953-1975. Motion pictures (3 reels): On the Ice, concerning Antarctic research, 1969 (1 reel). That Very Special Ship, about the research ship Glomar Challenger, 1973 (1 reel). TV Testing for the Future, documenting the communications uses of television, 1979 (1 reel). Video recordings (1 item): Science in the Seventies, dealing with scientific research in the 1970's, 1974. Records of the Office of the Assistant Director for Science Education relating to the Public Understanding of Science (PUS) Program. Motion pictures (4 reels): Produced under the PUS Program, and consisting of Well of Life, documenting oceanic exploration, 1976 (1 reel); Exploding Universe, explaining universe expansion theory, 1977 (1 reel); Earth Space, covering the magnetosphere and the Van Allen radiation belts, 1977 (1 reel); and When Rivers Run Dry, dealing with water allocation in the southwestern United States, 1978 (1 reel). Video recordings (17 items): Produced under the PUS Program for broadcast on commerical and public television, dealing with a variety of scientific and technological topics, 1976-1981. Sound recordings (15 items): Produced under the PUS Program for broadcast on commerical and public radio, dealing with a variety of scientific and technological topics, 1977-1981. Records of the Division of Polar Programs and Its Predecessors, 1907-1987 (bulk 1955-1987) 1,624 lin. ft. Records of the Office of the International Geophysical Year and the Office of Special International Programs: Distribution copies of minutes, program plans, budget estimates, and other records of the U.S. National Committee for the International Geophysical Year, 1955-1959. Logs, memorandums, and other records of Little America Station, Antarctica, 1957-1958. Numbered antarctic status reports issued by Office of USARP, 1959-1961. Records of the Office of Antarctic Programs, Office of Polar Programs, and Division of Polar Programs: Central decimal and alphanumeric correspondence, 1957-1987. Messages, mainly between Washington, DC, headquarters and antarctic field stations, 1961-1987. Grant and contract case files, 1959-1987. Antarctic field station reports, 1961-1969. Records relating to the antarctic research vessel, USNS Eltanin 1962-1973. Correspondence, program files, and project files of individual staff members and subordinate offices, 1961-1983. Records retained by the central office representative (USARP Represenative) in Antarctica, 1966-1970; in New Zealand, 1976-1979; and on board USNS Eltanin, 1962-1972. NSF-published translations of Soviet polar studies, 1955-1970. Maps (26 items): British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909 (3 items). Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 (3 items). Antarctic Traverse II, Plateau Station to Queen Maud's Land, 1964 (2 items). Beardmore Glacier traverse, n.d. (1 item). Antarctic International Communications Network, n.d. (1 item). Antarctic air navigation charts, 1958-1963 (5 items). USARP activities, 1960-1961 (2 items). Antarctica, produced by the American Geographic Society, in conjunction with the IGY. 1957-1958 (5 items), and for the USARP, 1962 (1 item) and 1970 (3 items). Aerial Photographs (1,700 items): Satellite views of antarctic region, 1970-1973 (1,459 items). USARP aerial reconnaissance of Beardmore Glacier, December 29, 1958 (141 items). Aerial reconnaissances, Antarctica, December 24, 1958 (63 items), and January 8, 1968 (12 items). Aerial reconnaissance, Bush Mountains, Antarctica, 1959 (17 items). Aerial views, nuclear reactor site, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, December 1, 1968 (8 items). Motion Pictures (12 reels): Films collected or maintained by the Polar Information Service documenting the escort of Thomas B. Owens, NSF Assistant Director for National and International Programs, January 1971 (1 reel); an equipment test, September 25, 1971 (1 reel); and AIDJEX (Arctic Ice Dynamics Joint Experiment) Project, 1972 (1 reel). Office of Antarctic Programs films relating to activities of USNS Eltanin, 1963 (4 reels). OAP International Cooperation and Information Program films Power for Continent Seven, n.d. (1 reel); NBC News Presents: Chet Huntley--Through Drake Passage with USNS Eltanin, n.d. (1 reel); On the Ice, n.d. (1 reel); Soviet Drift Station, 1968 (1 reel); and documenting tests of an under-ice observation chamber, n.d. (1 reel). Sound recordings (9 items): Ceremonies at South Pole Station honoring the fiftieth anniversary of the Scott-Amundsen Expeditions, October 30, 1961 (1 reel). OAP International Cooperation and Information Program recordings, consisting of Stanford University VLF (Very Low Frequency) demonstration tape of nose whistlers, swishy whistlers, and similar VLF phenomena, 1958-1963 (1 item); interviews conducted by U.S. Navy journalist Craig Duncan at McMurdo Sound Station, Antarctica, of Russian exchange scientists Peter Astakov (upper atmosphere physicist) and B. G. Lupatin (geologist), November-December 1967 (1 reel); Operation Deep Freeze 66 postseason interview of USARP Director Tom O. Jones, 1965-1966 (1 reel); lectures by Louis Quam, OAP chief scientist, December 27, 1968 (2 reels); and interview of William A. Briesmeister, cartographer with the American Geographical Society, relating the society's Globe and Antarctic map projects, n.d. (1 reel). Polar Information Service recording of a lecture at McMurdo Sound Station, Antarctica, by Laurence M. Gould, chief scientist with the First Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928-1930), chairman of the Committee on Polar Research (National Academy of Sciences), and member (1952-1962) of the NSF, January 10, 1977 (2 reels). Photographs (899 images): USARP activities, equipment, and facilities, 1957-1963. Records of the Office of the Assistant Director for Biological, Behavioral, and Social Sciences, 1976-1981: Machine-Readable Records (2 data sets): Public use sample of demographic information from the 1900 U.S Census, produced by University of Washington Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology on an NSF grant, 1976-1981, with supporting documentation. Records of the Office of the Assistant Director for Scientific, Technological, and International Affairs, 1974-1983 (11 lin. ft.): Records of the Women in Science Program, consisting of administrative records, 1974-1982; computer printouts of grant awards, 1976-1983; project reports, 1976-1982; papers resulting from NSF grants, 1974-1982; NSF-funded studies on women and the sciences in the 1970's, 1974-1982; and reference materials, 1974-1982. Color slides (80 images): entitled Opportunites in Science and Engineering produced on an NSF grant by Scientific Manpower Commission; with supporting sound track and pamphlet, 1980. Records of Committees, Commissions, and Boards, 1956-1975 (7 lin. ft.): Records of the President's Committee on Scientists and Engineers: Summaries of meetings, 1956-1957. Interim reports and final report, 1956-1958. Press releases, 1956-1958. Pamphlets on training and use of scientific personnel, 1956-1958. Records of the Advisory Committee for Planning and Institutional Affairs: Minutes, reports, correspondence, and other records of the committee and of its predecessors, the Advisory Committee for Planning and the Advisory Committee for Institutional Relations, 1968-1975. Records of the U.S.-U.S.S.R. Joint Commission on Scientific and Technical Cooperation: Records accumulated by NSF Director H. Guyford Stever while serving as chairman of the U.S. representatives on the Joint Commission (1973-1975), consisting of correspondence, minutes, and records of working groups, 1972-1975. Records Relating to Project Mohole, 1962-1968 (38 lin. ft.). Administrative records, including correspondence, project reports, and summaires of meetings, 1962-1968. Records relating to project subcontractors, 1963-1967. Public relations records, 1962-1966. Photographs (230 images): Project Mohole drill site selection; drilling equipment, platform design, development, and erection; and deep drilling technology, 1962-1966.