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These papers of Dr. Halvorson are all related to his activities in the American Society for Microbiology, and cover two periods: from his election as President-elect through his tenure as Past-President (1975-1979), and his service as Chairman of the Society's Public and Scientific Affairs Board (1979-1987). The PSAB materials are particularly notable in that they cover the period of the Board's beginnings, and also in that they document the Society's approach to many public policy issues: clinical laboratory regulation, research funding, biotechnology, etc.
SERIES 1: GENERAL ASM PAPERS, 1973-87. 2.5 feet.
SUBSERIES 1: COUNCIL POLICY COMMITTEE, 1973-81, 1986. 10"
BOX I, FOLDERS 1-6
BOX II, FOLDERS 1-6
SUBSERIES 2: BOARDS, 1984-86. 1"
Board Retreat, 1984-85: III,1
Meetings Board, 1984-86: III,2
Publications Board, 1980, 1984-85: III, 3
SUBSERIES 3: COMMITTEES, 1975-86. 6"
ad hoc Constitution/Bylaws Revision, 1975-77: III,4-6
ad hoc Task force on Primate Tissue Availability, 1979: III,7
Ethics, 1984-85: III,8
ASM Foundation, 1984-85: III,9
Nominating, 1976-79: II,10; IV,1
Placement, 1985: V,2
Public Relations, 1984-86: V,3
US/USSR Working Group, 1978-81: V,4
SUBSERIES 4: AWARDS, 1971-79, 1987. 3"
Becton/Dickinson, 1977: V,5
Carski, 1975-77: V,6
Congressional Fellow, 1976-79, 1987: IV,7
Eli Lilly, 1971-79: V,8
Fisher Scientific, 1976-78: V,9
President's Fellowships, 1976-77: V,10
Wyeth, 1976-77: IV,11
Non-Society, 1978-79: V,12
SUBSERIES 5: MISCELLANEOUS, 1975-87. 5"
Acker Correspondence, 1975-80: V,1
ASM Budget, 1986-87: V,2
ASM Miscellaneous, 1984-86: V,3
ASM Policies, 1984-86: V,4
Executive Director, 1984-85: V,5
Grants and Contracts, 1975-77: V,6
Handbook Revision ASM, 1976-77: V,7
Headquarters Relocation, 1986: V,8:
IRS, 1975-79: V,9
Microbiology & Media Round Table, 1985: V,10
Personnel Manual, 1978(?): V,11
Possible purchase of 2011 I St., 1984: V,12
Survey of Membership, 1984-86: V,13
Whiteley, Helen: Nomination to National Academy of Sciences, 1978: V,14
SUBSERIES 6: AMERICAN ACADEMY OF MICROBIOLOGY, 1974-1981. 5"
Miscellaneous, 1974-76:VI,1
Miscellaneous, 1976-81: VI,2
Duplicated correspondence of William J. Cromartie: responses to survey re role of Academy, 1975: VI,3
SERIES 2: PRESIDENTIAL FILES, 1975-1980. 1.75 feet.
AIBS, 1976: VII,1
Aims and Goals Meeting, 1976: VII,2:
Aims and Goals Meeting, 1977: VII,3:
Aims and Goals Meeting, 1978: VII,4
Annual Meeting, 1976: VII,5
Annual Meeting, 1977: VII,6
Annual Meeting, 1978: VII,7
Appointments, 1976-77: VII,8:
BET Correspondence, 1975-77: VIII,1
Branch Councilor Letter, 1976-77: VIII,2
California Trip, 1977: VIII,3:
NOTE: After the 1977 Aims and Goals meeting in California, ASM officers visited a number of CA Universities to evaluate the microbiology programs.
Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1974-77 VIII,4
Council, CPC, May, 1977: VIII,5-7, IX,1
Day, Robert, 1977, 1980: X,2
Duties of Officers, 1976: X,3
Friedman, Samuel, 1971-78 (files of several presidents):X,4
ICAAC, 1976: X,5
International Activities Committee, 1975-76: X,6
International Association of Microbiological Societies, 1976-77: X,7:
Lennette, Ed, 1976-79: X,8
Meetings Board, 1975-77: X,9
Northeast Branch, 1975-78: X,1
President-elect, 1976: X,2:
Publications Board Correspondence, 1976-78: X,3
Rasmussen, A.F., 1976-80: X,4
Reimbursement Policy, 1976-77: X,5
Textbook Publication, 1976-77: X,6
Whiteley, Helen, 1975-78: X,7
SERIES 3: PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, 1974-1980. 1.75 feet.
[NOTE: Some materials overlap demise of committee and establishment of Public and Scientific Affairs Board)
Miscellaneous files I, 1974-77: XI,1-4
Miscellaneous files II, 1976-77: II,1-5
Clinical Laboratories Improvement Act, 1976-80: III,1-3 [see also material regarding New York State legislation on licensing of clinical lab personnel ca. 1959, ASM Archives 11-II U, Folder 12]
Coalition Statement on Basic Research, 1979: III,4
Fetal Tissue, 1978-79: III,5
News Clippings, 1977-78: III,6-7, XIV,1
Peer Review, 1975: IV,2
President's Biomedical Research Panel, 1975-76: IV,3,4
Senate Human Resources Committee, 1977: IV,5
SERIES 4: PUBLIC AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS BOARD 1978-87. 10 feet.
SUBSERIES 1: BOARD RECORDS, 1978-1987. 15"
ad hoc Committee for New Board of Public & Scientific Services, 1978-79: V,1
Charges to Committees, 1979: V,2
Appointments, 1979, 1986-87: V,3
Board Meeting, March, 1979: V,4
Board Meeting, Nov., 1979: V,5
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1979-80: V,6
Board Meeting, Nov., 1980: V,7
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1980-81: V,8
Board Meeting, March, 1980: V,9
Annual Meeting, 1981: V,10
Board Meeting, 1981: V,11
Annual Meeting, 1984: VI,1
Board Meeting, Oct., 1984: VI,2
ASM Handbook (PSAB Section), 1984-85: VI,3
Action Items, 1984-86: VI,4
Budget, 1984-86: VI,5
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1985-86: VI,6
Board Meeting, March, 1985: VI,7-8, XVII,1
Board Meeting, Oct., 1985: VII,2
Board Meeting, March, 1986: VII,3
Board Meeting, Oct., 1986: VII,4
Board Meeting, March, 1987: VII,5
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1987: VII,6-7
SUBSERIES 2: COMMITTEES, 1978-87. 17"
ad hoc Task Force on Good Laboratory Practices, 1978-80) [succeeded by Laboratory Practices Committee in 1980]: VIII,1
Agricultural, Food and Industrial Microbiology, 1980-86: VIII,2
Agricultural, Food and Industrial Microbiology, 1984-86: VIII,3
Civil Service Affairs, 1982-86: VIII,4
Congressional Science Fellows, 1984-85: VIII,5
Culture Collections, 1985-86: VIII,6
Environmental Microbiology, 1984-86: VIII,7
Genetics, Molecular and Systematic Microbiology, 1984-86: VIII,8
International Activities, 1975-79: VIII,9
International Activities, China Exchange, 1984: IX,1:
International Activities, 1984-85: IX,2
International Activities, 1985-86: IX,3
International Activities, Schaechter/Orrego Report, Latin America, 1987: IX,4
Laboratory Practices, 1984-85: IX,5
Laboratory Practices, 1985-86: IX,6
Manpower, 1984-86: IX,7
Manpower: ASM Membership Survey of 1980, 1976-80: X,1
Medical Microbiology and Immunology, 1984-86: X,2
New Brunswick Lecture, 1984-87: X,3
Status of Minority Microbiologists, 1984-86: X,4
Status of Minority Microbiologists, NIH Grant Application, 1984-85: X,5
Status of Minority Microbiologists, Minority Programs, 1984-86: X,6
Status of Women Microbiologists, 1974-78: XI,1
Status of Women Microbiologists, 1984-86: XI,2
SUBSERIES 3: MEETINGS, 1984-87. 3"
Miscellaneous Board-sponsored meetings, 1984-86: XI,3
Engineered Organisms in the Environment, 1985: XI,4-5
Project Share, 1985-87: XI,6
SUBSERIES 4: GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, 1976-87. 30"
Centers for Disease Control, 1984-87: XII,1
Department of Agriculture, 1985, 1987: XII,2
Department of Energy, 1985-86: XII,3
Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1976 (Forward Plan for FY 1978-82); 1978: XII,4
Environmental Protection Agency (and Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development), 1985-87. Includes materials relating to Federal Insecticide, Rodenticide and Fungicide Control Act, Toxic Substances Control Act, and regulation of biotechnology: XII,5-6
Food and Drug Administration, 1976-77: XII,7
House Science Policy Task Force, 1984-86: XII,8
National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects, 1976-80: XII,9, XXIII,1
National Commission on Bioethics, 1985: XIII,2
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 1976-81. Includes material on Workshop on Medical Mycology Research and Training National Needs and Problems, 1977: XIII,3-7
National Institutes of Health, 1976-79, 1985-87: XIII,8, XXIV,1-6, XXV, 1-2
National Science Board, 1979: XV,3
National Science Foundation, 1979: XV,4-6
National Science Foundation, 1985-87: XVI, 1-2
Office of Management and Budget, 1984-87. Material regarding circular A-21: Indirect Cost Accounting: XVI, 3-4:
Office of Naval Research, 1985-86: XVII,1
Office of Science and Technology Policy, 1981; 1984-86: XVII,2
Office of Technology Assessment, 1984: XVII,3
White House Science Council, Panel on the Health of Universities, 1986: XVII,4
SUBSERIES 5: OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, 1976-86. 11"
ad hoc group for Medical Research Funding, 1986-87: XVIII,1: See also GOVERNMENT AGENCIES: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1976-78: XVIII,2
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1984-86: XVIII,3
American Chemical Society, 1980: XVIII,4
American Institute of Biological Sciences, 1976-78: XVIII,5-6
American Society of Biological Chemists, 1977-80: XVIII,7
Association of American Medical Colleges, 1976-81. Materials on Biomedical and Behavioral Research Principles, 1978 (see also HEW): XVIII,8; XXIX,1
Association of American Medical Colleges, 1984-86: XIX,2
American Society of Plant Physiologists, 1984. Contains HOH lecture on Scientific Societies and Public Policy: XIX,3
American Type Culture Collection, 1976-78: XIX,4. Also materials on proposed Bacillus Genetic Culture Center.
Committee for Responsible Genetics, 1985-86: XIX,5
Committee of Scientific Society Presidents, 1975-76. (HOH was Vice-Chairman, 1977-78, Chairman, 1978-79): XIX,6. See also Council of Scientific Society Presidents, below
Committee on Genetic Experimentation, 1979-80: XIX,7
Council of Scientific Society Presidents, 1979: XIX,8
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 1977-79, 1985: XIX,9
Foundation for the Advancement of International Research in Microbiology, 1977: XIX,10
Health Effects Institute, 1985: XIX,11
Inter-Society Council for Biology and Medicine, 1978-79: XX,1
National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council, 1984-86: XX,2
UNESCO, 1984: XX,3
SUBSERIES 6: MISCELLANEOUS LEGISLATION, 1979-80, 1987. 4"
Drug Regulation Reform Act, 1978: XX,3
Women in Science and Technology, 1979: XX,4
Health Sciences Promotion Act, 1979: XX,5-6
Health Research Act, 1980: XX,7
AIDS Education, Information, Risk Reduction, Training Prevention, Treatment, Care and Research Act of 1987: XX,8
Alternative Agricultural Products Research Act of 1987: XX,9
SUBSERIES 7: MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS, 1978-86. 10"
Animal Welfare, 1984-87: XXI,1-5
Biological Warfare, 1985-87: XXI,6
Government Restraints on Biomedical Research, 1978:XXII,1
Peer Review, 1984-85: XXII,2
Professional Standards, 1978-80: XXII,3
Professional Standards, 1987: XXII,4
State Level Activities, 1984: XXII,5
SUBSERIES 8: BIOTECHNOLOGY, 1977-80 (includes some PAC materials). 15"
Lawsuits: Mack v. Califano; Friends of the Earth v. Califano: XXIII,1
Misc. biotech materials, incl. Chakrabarty case, 1979: XXIII, 2
Clippings, 1977-80: XXIII,3
"Regulation of Recombinant DNA Research and the First Amendment," 1977: XXIII,4
ASM-NIAID contract to develop guidelines for training in RDNA techniques, 1977-78; subsequent NIH RFP for course on Biohazards, 1979: III,5-7
ASM Forum on Patentability of Microorganisms, 1980:XXIII,8
Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee, 1979-80. Some materials on ASM ad hoc Task Force on RDNA: XXIV,1-4
Legislation, 1977-80: XXIV,1; XXXV,1-3
"Friends of DNA," 1977-78 (Harvard Office of Government and Community Affairs): XXV,4
SUBSERIES 9: BIOTECHNOLOGY, 1985-87. 15" See also OTHER ORGANIZATIONS: COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE GENETICS and COMMITTEE ON GENETIC EXPERIMENTATION
(Note: The original folders in this subseries were labeled "Biotechnology," "Recombinant DNA," etc. Materials relating to a number of topics were filed here, with no real folder distinctions. As an aid to researchers, the following list of topics covered is offered. The list is not exhaustive; rather, it contains topics with repeated reference throughout the subseries. Letters following the folder numbers will refer back to this list. Materials contained in the folders include correspondence, clippings, congressional testimony, etc.)
- Biotechnology Science Coordination Act of 1986 (HR 4452)
- "Coordinated Framework for Regulation of Biotechnology," Federal Register, June 26, 1986
- Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, 1985-86 (HR 2482). See also SUBSERIES 7: GOVERNMENT AGENCIES: EPA
- Jeremy Rifkin, Biologics Corp., and pseudorabies vaccine, 1986
- ASM's proposed Biological Effects Institute. See also OTHER
- International Conference on Release of Genetically Engineered Organisms, 1986
- Toxic Substances Control Act, 1985, and subsequent amendment, 1986. See also SUBSERIES 7: GOVERNMENT AGENCIES: EPAORGANIZATIONS--HEALTH EFFECTS INSTITUTE
- House Science Policy Task Force Hearings, 1986
- House hearings on Advanced Genetics Sciences Inc. and unauthorized release of genetically engineered bacterium, 1986
XXVI,1: B
XXVI,2: A
XXVI,3: B, D
XXVI,4: H
XXVI,5: A, B, H
XXVI,6: B
XXVII,1: B
XXVII,2: A,B,C,D
XXVII,3: A,B
XXVII,4: C,D,F,G
XXVII,5: A,B,E,G,I
XXVIII,1: B
XXVIII,2: A
XXVIII,3: Misc.: includes testimony before Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, 1984
XXVIII,4: Miscellaneous, 1987
XXVIII,5: Miscellaneous, 1987