By Finding aid prepared by Trevor Sandgathe
Title: David A. Marcus Letters, 1972-1985
ID: MSS Marcus
Primary Creator: Marcus, David A.
Extent: 0.07 cubic feet. More info below.
Arrangement: The David A. Marcus Letters are arranged into one series: I. Correspondence, 1972-1985.
Languages of Materials: English [eng]
More Extent Information: 1 photograph; 1 box
Statement on Access: The collection is open for research.
Acquisition Note: The David A. Marcus Letters were purchased by the Oregon State University Special Collections in 1990 as part of the History of Atomic Energy Collection. The materials were separated from the larger collection in 2015 and are now held by the OSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives Research Center.
Related Materials:
The Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers (MSS Pauling) include a letter from Marcus to Linus Pauling in which Marcus expresses his condolences regarding the death of Ava Helen Pauling and asks Pauling's support for a global peace initiative. Enclosed are copies of correspondence with the Nobel Peace Prize Committee, George Karman (Princeton University), and E. I. Chazov (National Cardiology Research Institute). The collection also includes a reply from Pauling indicating agreement with Marcus' anti-militarization beliefs. The text of a 1975 letter from Marcus to Richard Feynman appears in Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track: The Letters of Richard P. Feynman held in the Oregon State University History of Science Rare Book Collection (RB HistSci).
Other collections with materials relating to nuclear warfare, international relations, and the antinuclear movement include the Charter Heslep Papers (MSS Heslep), the Theodore Rockwell Papers (MSS Rockwell), the Barton C. Hacker Papers (MSS HackerB), the Chih H. Wang Papers (MSS Wang), and the History of Atomic Energy Rare Book Collection (RB Energy).
Preferred Citation: David A. Marcus Letters (MSS Marcus), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Marcus, David A.
Antinuclear movement.
History of Science
Marcus, David A.
Nuclear warfare.
Pacifists--California.
Peace movements.
Photographic prints.