Citizens League Against the Sonic Boom.
Citizens League Against the Sonic Boom records, 1967-1978.
The collection documents the attempts of a small, grass-roots citizens movement to sway public opinion and influence the decision-making process of Congress. The collection consists of correspondence, newsletters, fact-sheets, reports, books, articles, clippings, pamphlets, bibliographies, and photographs. When Dr. Shurcliff founded the League, he formulated a classification scheme for his files, and a copy of this scheme is included in the inventory. The collection has been maintained in this order, and folder headings reflect Dr. Shurcliffs original numbering system. In some cases the numbers for specific categories do not appear in the final folder list as these categories were never actually used. The inventory includes the symbol (in parentheses) originally designated by William Shurcliff in his classification system.
The Citizens League Against the Sonic Boom was founded on March 9, 1967, by Dr. William A. Shurcliff, physicist and senior research associate at the Cambridge Electron Accelerator, and Professor John T. Edsall, Harvard biochemist. The incentive to form Citizens League Against the Sonic Boom derived from Dr. Shurcliffs concern over government publications concerning the acceptability of sonic boom. In December 1971, Citizens League Against the Sonic Boom, at Dr. Shurcliffs request, went into hibernation. However, the League did not formally terminate until November 15, 1978, when the papers of the group were turned over to the MIT Institute Archives. As a result, the bulk of the collection contains material from 1967-1971, but there is additional information covering subsequent SST-related issues from 1971-1978.
Edsall, John Tileston, 1902-
Shurcliff, William A.
Citizens League Against the Sonic Boom.
Sonic boom -- Research.
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