Joint Committee on Archives of Science & Technology (U.S.)
History of Science Society, Joint Committee on Archives of Science and Technology records, 1978-1984.
The records are primarily those of Joan Warnow-Blewett created in her duties as chair of JCAST from 1978 through 1984. They include the proposals, reports, budgets and expenditures, correspondence, background materials, position papers and drafts, records of meetings, and the final report entitled "Understanding Progress as Process: Documentation of the History of Post-War Science and Technology in the United States."
In 1978, three professional groups: the History of Science Society, the Society for the History of Technology, and the Society of American Archivists appointed representatives to a body that took the title of Joint Committee on Archives of Science and Technology (JCAST). The purpose of the committee was to study the documentation of modern science in the United States by bringing together the concerns of archivists and historians in an evaluation of archival problems. The committee received a planning grant from National Historical Publications and Records Committee, and later when a further grant from NHPRC was received beginning in 1981, the Association of Records Managers and Administrators joined the sponsoring societies.
History of Science Society. -- Archives.
Joint Committee on Archives of Science & Technology (U.S.)
Society of American Archivists.
Society for the History of Technology.
United States. National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Understanding progress as process : documentation of the history of post-war science and technology in the United States.
Science -- History.
Science -- Archival resources.
Science -- Research -- Documentation.
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History of Science Society.
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Smithsonian Institution. Archives. Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507, 600 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20024-2520, USA