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CONTEMPORARY  SCIENTIFIC  ARCHIVES  CENTRE 
British  National  Committee  for  the  History  of  Science,  Medicine  and  Technology 
under  the  guidance  of  the  Royal  Society’s 
Catalogue  of  the  papers  of 
PATRICK  MAYNARD  STUART  BLACKETT,  O.M.,  F.R.S. 
BARON  BLACKETT,  OF  CHELSEA 
(1897  -  1974) 
VOLUME  II 
Sections  E 
- 
J 
List  of  publications 
Index  of  correspondents 
Conspectus  of  publications 
Deposited  in  the  Library  of  the  Royal  Society,  London,  1979  
Compiled  by:  Jeannine  Alton 
Harriot  Weiskittel 
Jutia  Latham-  Jackson 
PLM.S.  Blackett 
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SECTION  E 
POLITICAL  ACTIVITIES  E.1  -  E.76 
The  papers  in  this  Section  fall  into  two  groups. 
There  is  a  relatively  small  amount  of  material  relating  to  the  Association  of 
Scientific  Workers,  with  which  Blackett  had  a  long  connection  and  of  which  he  was 
President  1943-47. 
The  bulk  of  the  material  consists  of  papers  relating  to  the  work  of  discussion 
groups  in  the  Labour  Party  which  met  under  various  names  and  sponsors  with  the  aim 
of  preparing  a  policy  for  science  and  technology  to  be  implemented  under  a  future 
Labour  Government,  and  in  particular  to  the  development  of  the  idea  of  a  Ministry 
of  Technology  which  was  instituted  after  the  Party's  victory  in  the  General  Election 
of  October  1964. 
A  considerable  amount  of  duplicated  or  typescript  reports,  research  and  dis- 
cussion  papers  and  similar  documents,  circulated  to  Blackett  by  the  Labour  Party 
or  other  groups, 
or  by  individuals,  remains  in  the  folders. 
Blackett  drew  upon  it 
as  recorded  in  the  collection. 
Reference  should  also  be  made  to  Section  F, 
in 
particular  to  F.26  -  F.38  (The  Trend  Committee),  and  to  lectures  and  writings  in 
formation  of  the  Ministry  of  Technology. 
as  background  material  at  various  times  for  his  own  papers,  and  it 
is  alsoa  record 
Although  all  the  material  in  this  Section  is  concerned  with  political  activity, 
of  activity  in  one  aspect  of  the  preparation  for  the  1964  General  Election  and  the 
it  by  no  means  represents  the  whole  of  Blackett's  involvement  in  political  matters 
Sections  G.  and  H.  
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-  Political  Activities 
The  material  is  presented  in  the  following  sub-sections,  though  there  is 
inevitably  some  degree  of  overlap. 
Each  sub-section  is  preceded  by  an  intro- 
ductory  note. 
Ett 
E  saa 
Association  of  Scientific  Workers 
1939-48,  1963-67 
(A.  Se.  W.) 
E.24 
E.34 
'The  Gaitskell  Group' 
1956-63 
E.35 
E.47 
Misc.  Socialist  and  Labour  Party  activities 
1956-64 
E.48 
E.65 
Ministry  of  Technology  (Mintech) 
1963-72 
E.66 
; 
Misc.  Labour  Party  and  official  committees 
1954-69 
E;75;.6:76 
Press-cuttings  and  printed  matter  
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-  Political  Activities   
E.4-§.23 
ASSOCIATION  OF  SCIENTIFIC  WORKERS 
(A.Sc.W.) 
Blackett  became  a  Vice-President  of  the  Association  in  1939  and  served 
as  its  President  from  1943  to  1947. 
During  his  term  as  President,  Blackett 
delivered  numerous  lectures  relating  to  the  work  of  the  Association  in  which 
he  stressed  the  need  for  scientists  to  play  a  larger  role  in  post-war  economic 
and  political  affairs. 
He  also  called  for  closer  links  between  scientists  and 
the  organised  trade 
union  movement. 
To  this  end,  he  sponsored  a  resolu- 
tion  at  the  1945  T.U.C.  that  a  scientific  advisory  committee  should  be 
established; 
Blackett  was  one  of  the  three  A.Sc.W.  representatives  on  the 
first  committee,  which  was  formed  in  1946. 
In  addition  to  the  lectures  and  publications,  the  papers  also  include 
2  chronological  sets  of  correspondence,  1939-48  and  1963-67,  and  one 
folder  of  printed  matter  re  the  Association. 
See  also  F.11. 
Includes: 
Be: 
One  folder  of  early  correspondence  and  papers  re  A.Sc.W. 
1939-48 
Letter  from  secretary,  Mrs.  R.  Fremlin,  16  October 
1939,  asking  Blackett  if  he  would  accept  nomination 
as  a  Vice-President  of  the  Association. 
Ms.  notes  for  and  drafts  of  Blackett's  correspondence 
with  the  secretary  re  publications  of  the  A.Sc.W. 
One  set  of  notes is titled  'Dangers  of  academic 
scientists  going  too  industrial’,  written  from 
Admiralty. 
November  1948.  
Correspondence  with  W.A.  Wooster  re  finance 
for  World  Federation  of  Scientific  Workers, 
c.  1945 
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-  Political  Activities 
Correspondence  and  papers  re  A.Sc.W.,  1963-67 
Includes: 
Correspondence  re  question  of  higher  degrees  for 
scientific  workers  in  non-university  institutions. 
Correspondence  re  proposal  for  a  universities 
architectural  advisory  service. 
One  file  of  printed  matter. 
1938-66 
Includes: 
Copy  of  resolution  adopted  at  Council,  1938. 
Report  of  executive  meeting,  1939. 
Summary  of  J.D.  Bernal's  Presidential  address 
to  Council,  1948. 
Misc.  pamphlets  and  brochures. 
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-  Political  Activities 
E.4-E.23 
Lectures  and  publications 
During  his  term  as  President,  Blackett  delivered  numerous  addresses 
either  on  behalf  of  the  Association  or  to  its  members. 
from  brief  jottings  on  a  postcard  to  very  full  ms.  drafts; 
remain  in  the  form  of  typescripts  written  up  for  publication  in  the 
Association's  journals  or  for  distribution  to  the  national  press. 
His  notes  vary 
some  lectures 
The  material  is  presented  below  in  date  order. 
E.4 
"Science  and  Society',  10  March  1937. 
2  pp.  ms.  notes. 
used  in  lectures  at  Oxford  and  Hampstead  (see  below). 
Second  page  was  reworked  and  material 
‘Background  of  Scientific  Discovery  in  17th  X',  Oxford, 
20  October  1937. 
November  1937.) 
(Lecture  was  also  delivered  in  Hampstead, 
7  pp.  ms.  notes, 
are  very  full  and  were  reworked  and  annotated  by  Blackett 
before  his  address  in  Hampstead. 
pages  numbered  1-3a,  4-6. 
The  notes 
2  sets  of  ms.  notes,  one  has  been  reworked  by  Blackett 
(possibly  for  delivery  in  Edinburgh). 
Talk  by  Blackett  in  Liverpool,  16  June  1938,  prior  to  the 
formation  of  an  A.Sc.W.  branch  there. 
Letter  from  A.Sc.W.  Secretary,  Mrs.  R.  Fremlin,  enclosing 
4  typescript  pp.  of  notes  on  the  origin  and  objectives  of  the 
organisation. 
Conference  on  the  planning  and  direction  of  scientific  work, 
sponsored  by  A.Sc.W.,  January  1943. 
the  third  session  on  the  problems  of  re-building  research 
teams  after  the  war. 
see  H.6-H.14.  
7  pp.  typescript  on  'Some  Immediate  Problems  of  the  Post- 
War  Period’. 
(This  is  probably  Blackett's  talk  written  up 
for  publication.) 
Blackett  spoke  at 
Correspondence  with  A.Sc.W.  Secretary  re  the  scope  of  his 
talk;  3  pp.  ms.  notes  for  talk. 
For  further  talks 
and  papers  on  the  organisation  of  science, 
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Article  by  Blackett  on  post-war  science,  for  publication 
by  A.Sc.W. 
9  pp.  typescript  amended  and  annotated  by  Blackett, 
14  September  1943. 
Related  to  E.7  above. 
‘Planning  of  Science'.,  2  pp. 
Ms.  notes  for  talk  delivered  in  Manchester,  October  1943. 
Talk  delivered  by  Blackett  in  1943,  place  and  date  not 
known. 
4  pp.  misc.  ms.  notes. 
"A.Sce.W.  Council  1944',  2  pp. 
Ms.  notes  for  Blackett's  Presidential  Address  c.  25  May 
(see  Blackett's  address  to  Council  1945,  in  E.15,  in  which 
he  refers  to  previous  year's  meeting  as  being  on  ‘What  was 
to  turn  out  to  be  D-12  day’). 
‘Reflections  on  the  Trades  Union  Congress  1944'. 
union  movement. 
Short  notes  by  Blackett  for  his  opening  remarks  as  Chairman 
and  for  his  introduction  of  the  speakers. 
A.Sc.W.  Conference  on  ‘Science  in  Peace’,  Caxton 
Hall,  London,  February  1945. 
the  initiative  for  the  formation  of  the  World  Federation 
of  Scientific  Workers'  (see  Lovell,  Memoir,  pp.95-96). 
This  Conference  'led  to 
7  pp.  typescript  report  by  Blackett  on  the  Congress  at 
Blackpool  -  with  special  reference  to  the  Congress's 
acceptance  of  the  A.Sc.W.  Council's  interim  Report  on 
Post-War  Reconstruction,  and  to  the  internationalism  of 
the  trade 
Ms.  notes  written  on  postcard  for  talk  by  Blackett.  
"Fundamental  Science'. 
speech  at  session  2. 
of  Blackett's  speech  (10  pp.  numbered  105-114)  with 
2  pp.  of  notes  and  comments  by  'I.C.P.' 
3  pp.  ms.  notes  for  Blackett's 
Typed  transcript  of  shorthand  account 
See 
also  H.8. 
‘Delegates  Conference,  London  area,  15.4.45.' 
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Presidential  address  to  Council,  June  1945,  1T  pp.  ms.draft. 
1945 
if 
In  this  speech  Blackett  made  the  statement  'We  believe  that 
the  Association  of  Scientific  Workers  can  aspire  - 
it  works 
hard  and  draws  into  its  ranks  the  ablest  scientists  in  the 
country  who  sympathise  with  its  aims  - 
Scientific  Advisory  Council,  to  the  Trade  Union  movement’. 
Later  in  the  year  Blackett  'moved  a  resolution  at  the 
Blackpool  T.U.C.  that  a  scientific  advisory  committee  to 
the  T.U.C.  General  Council  should  be  constituted’. 
Blackett  then  became  a  member  of  this  committee  when  it 
was  constituted  (see  Lovell,  Memoir,  p.96). 
to  acting  as  a 
Talk  delivered  in  Oxford,  14  July  1945. 
3  pp.  ms.  notes. 
Talk  delivered  in  Bristol,  September  1945. 
1 
p.  ms.  notes. 
'The  A.Sc.W.  and  the  tasks  of  the  next  few  years’. 
Talk  in  Nottingham,  1  December  1945. 
2  pp.  notes  on  the  literature. 
2  pp.  ms.  notes, 
"Atomic  Energy  and  the  United  Nations  Charter’,  15  pp. 
stencilled  typescript  of  article  by  Blackett,  30  January 
1946,  for  distribution  by  A.Sc.W. 
Rud  .54: 
Talk  delivered  in  Sheffield,  16  November  1946. 
ms.  notes,  with  1  additional  unnumbered  page. 
3  pp. 
"Science  and  Human  Needs’,  talk  delivered  in  Glasgow, 
7  April  1946. 
3  pp.  ms.  notes. 
Later  published  as  a  booklet  'The  Atom  and  the  Charter’, 
the  first  in  a  ‘Science  and  Social  Affairs'  Series  of  the 
Fabian  Society  and  the  A.Sc.W.,  September  1946. 
relationship  to  the  Trades  Union  Congress.  
This  was  Blackett's  last  address  as  President  and  he  took 
the  opportunity  to  express  his  ‘personal  views  on  some  aspects 
of  current  events',  including  the  Barlow  Report  on  Scientific 
Manpower,  the  fuel  crisis  in  the  spring  of  1947,  the  newly- 
formed  Advisory  Council  on  Scientific  Policy,  etc. 
'The  Development  of  Associations  of  Scientific  Workers'. 
4  pp.  typescript  of  brief  history  of  A.Sc.W.  and  of  its 
Presidential  Address  to  Council,  24  May  1947. 
stencilled  typescript  for  distribution  to  the  press. 
10  pp. 
c.  1948 
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Section  E 
-  Political  Activities 
E.24-E.34 
THE  'GAITSKELL  GROUP' 
1956-63 
This  was  a  group  of  senior  scientists  and  politicians  who  met  occasionally 
‘with  the  aim  of  evolving  a  scientific  and  technological  policy  for  the  country’. 
The  meetings  were  organised  and  hosted  by  J.R.M.  Brumwell,  who  also  acted 
as  secretary. 
When  the  group  began  meeting  in  July  1956,  H.  Gaitskell  was 
the  Leader  of  the  Labour  Party  and  attended  the  meetings. 
Later  he  was  rep- 
resented  by  H.  Wilson. 
Even  after  Wilson  succeeded  Gaitskell  as  Leader, 
Blackett  continued  to  refer  to  it  as  the  'Gaitskell  Group’,  and  this  description 
has  been  used  in  the  entries. 
In  1959  a  set  of  ‘Cabinet  Papers'  was  prepared  for  Gaitskell  (see  E.27  and 
E.28). 
Blackett  often  used  or  commented  on  these  papers  during  the  next 
several  years  -  see  especially  E.39  and  E.54. 
In  July  1963  another  set  of 
‘Cabinet  Papers'  was  prepared,  this  time  for  H.  Wilson  and  R.H.S.  Crossman. 
See  E.41,  E.44,  E.45,  and  E.50  for  copies  of, 
or  comments  on  these  papers. 
The  composition  of  the  group  varied  over  the  years  but  it  included  on 
activities. 
After  Crossman  became  Shadow  Minister  for  Education, 
he  initiated  more  official  conferences,  several  of  which  were  held  in  the 
Bonnington  Hotel,  London. 
and  one  of  its  most  senior  scientists. 
The  note  sent  along  with  the  letter  to 
R.H.S.  Crossman,  J.D.  Bernal,  J.  Bronowski,  G.  Dickson,  R.G.  Forrester, 
and  G.  Mitchison. 
Blackett  was  a  senior  member  of  the  group  from  its  inception 
D.  Glass,  B.  Lockspeiser,  P.M.  Newitt,  C.P.  Snow,  B.R.  Williams,  P.  Shore 
occasion  (in  addition  to  ti.  Gaitskell  and  H.  Wilson)  J.  Callaghan,  A.  Robens, 
Gaitskell  in  November  1962  (E.33)  provides  a  useful  summary  of  the  group's 
(See  E.42,  E.56,  F.33,  F.34.)  
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=  Political  Activities 
The  'Gaitskell  Group’  1956-63. 
11  folders  in  chronological  order. 
E.24 
1956 
Minutes  of  a  meeting  at  the  Reform  Club,  17  July  1956: 
6  pp.  typescript. 
Folder  also  includes  3  pp.  typescript  titled  'The  Labour  Party 
and  Science’  (notes  to  begin  the  discussion  on  17  July  - 
presumably  written  by  Brumwell)  and  2  pp.  typescript  appendix 
on  the  'social  sciences’. 
This  1956  meeting  seems  to  be  the  first  one  although 
Note: 
Lovell  (Memoir,  p.76)  states  that  they  began  in  1950. 
The  note  sent  to  Gaitskell  in  November  1962  (E.33)  states 
specifically  'We  have  been  meeting  as  a  group  since  July 
T¥90": 
1958 
1958 
Minutes  of  meeting  at  Brown's  Hotel,  27  June  1958,  to  discuss 
draft  report  on  'Science  and  the  Labour  Party’. 
of  Blackett's  contribution  to  the  discussion  was  amended  and 
annotated  by  Blackett  anda 
prepared. 
p.  ‘suggested  revision’  was 
The  report 
7  pp.  typescript  of  comments  by  J.D.  Bernal  on  the  draft 
report,  printed  and  circulated  September  1958. 
The 
Blackett's  correspondence  with  Brumwell,  June-December 
The  letters  refer  to  arrangements  for  meetings,  topics 
1958. 
and  papers  te  be  discussed,  drafts  of  policy  statements  and  of 
report  'Science  and  the  Labour  Party'  (see  E.26). 
correspondence  also  includes  references  to  the  set  of  'Cabinet 
Papers'  produced  by  the  Senior  Scientists  Group  (see  E.27 
and  E.28). 
leaders.  
This  report  was  prepared  by  a  Working  Party. 
printed  and  circulated  through  A.  Robens  to  Labour  MP's  and 
Trade  Union 
19  pp.  typescript  of  comments  by  Cecil  Gordon  on  draft  report, 
sent  to  Blackett  September  1958. 
It  was  eventually 
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1958 
"Senior  Scientists  Group’. 
This  subset  of  the  larger  group 
held  several  meetings  in  1958-59  with  the  aim  of  preparing 
a  series  of  ‘Cabinet  Papers'  for  Gaitskell. 
a  copy  of  the  report  as  produced. 
section  on  'Government  Machinery'.) 
prepared  a  leaflet  based  on  these  papers; 
rewritten  and  issued  as  a  pamphlet  by  the  Labour  Party  for 
the  October  1959  election. 
(Blackett  contributed  the 
Later  C.P.  Snow 
See  E.28  for 
this  was  eventually 
Minutes  of  Ist  meeting,  26  September  1958. 
Minutes  of  2nd  meeting,  13  October  1958. 
not  attend  the  first  2  meetings.) 
(Blackett  did 
Includes  copy  of  notes  by  George  Dickson  on  'Priorities,  etc.' 
which  was  tabled  by  him  at  the  meeting. 
Minutes  of  4th  meeting,  8  December  1958. 
1959 
"Science  and  a  Labour  Government.  Some  Policy  Points’. 
32  pp.  typescript  dated  31  July  1959,  annotated  by  Blackett. 
Included  here  are  the  Minutes  of  a  meeting  of  the  full  group 
to  discuss  the  above  dccument,  held  at  Brown's  Hotel,  27 
August  1958. 
The  introductory  notes  state  that  ‘this  set  of  papers  was 
written  at  Mr.  Gaitskell's  request,  by  a  group  cf  distinguished 
scientists,  as  a  series  of  brief  statements  to  help  Labour 
Ministers  to  points  of  decision’  on  scientific  and  technical 
manpower,  fundamental  science,  civil  research  and  development, 
science  and  industry,  government  machinery  (see  E.27  and 
E.24),  and  priorities. 
to  power’.  
Mr.  Gaitskell  attended  the  meeting  and  ‘said  that  the  docu- 
ment  is  precisely  what  he  asked  for  and  that  he  is  prepared 
to  accept  it  as  the  basis  for  his  policy  on  Science  if  returned 
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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E.2? 
1959 
Section  E 
-  Political  Activities 
Correspondence  from  Brumwell  re  the  document. 
Copy  of  letter  from  B.  Lockspeiser  re  proposals  for  research 
contracts  as  set  out  in  Blackett's  paper  'Government 
participation  in  industrial  research  and  development’. 
(See  E.38  and  E.53  for  copies  of  this  paper.) 
E.30. 
1960 
Blackett's  correspondence  with  Brumwell,  April  and  July  1960. 
Minutes  of  meeting  held  on  27  June  1960. 
3  pp.  typescript. 
Appended  to  the  minutes  isa  1p.  ‘Progress  Report  on  "Labour 
and  Science"'  summarising  results  and  future  programme  of 
the  Group. 
1961 
Correspondence  with  Brumwell,  March-June  1961. 
1962 
Copy  of  3  pp.  typescript  note  by  Brumwell  on  ‘Labour  Party 
and  Science’. 
A  shorter  version  was  distributed  by  Brumwell! 
prior  to  meeting  called  for  23  June  1961. 
Minutes  of  25  June  1961  meeting,  which  was  held  at  the 
suggestion  of  H.  Wilson  'to  enable  him  to  consult  our  senior 
scientists  and  tell  them  what  the  Party  needs’. 
Correspondence  with  Brumwell,  March-June  1962,  re  arrange- 
ments  and  dates  for  meeting. 
Includes  list  of  questions  sug- 
gested  by  G.R.  Mitchison  (Shadow Minister  for  Science)  for 
discussion  at  5  June  1962  meeting. 
bilities  of  the  Shadow  Minister  for  Science.  
Attached  to  the  minutes  is 
date  for  Co-ordination  of  Scientific  Activity’  which 
recommended  (1)  a  Minister  for  Science  with  a  ‘high 
powered’  Secretariat, 
Board, 
(3)  Inter  Departmental  Scientific  Co-ordinating 
Committee  and  (4)  Development  Contracts  Programme  . 
2  pp.  typescript  memorandum  from  J.  Bronowski  to  Brumwell, 
13  July  1962,  beginning 
between  scientists  and  representatives  of  the  Parliamentary 
Labour  Party  on  5th  June  1962'. 
Bronowski  then  goes  on 
to  make  suggestions  for  expanding  the  office  and  responsi- 
‘|  was  distressed  by  the  meeting 
Minutes  of  the  5  June  meeting,  3  pp.  typescript. 
a 
1 
p.  ‘Summary  of  proposals  of 
(2)  a  Scientific  and  Technical  Planning 
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E.33 
1962 
Section  E 
-  Political  Activities 
Correspondence  between  Brumwell  and  Blackett  re 
Bronowski's  letter,  and  re  draft  of  letter  to  be  sent  to 
Gaitskell  on  behalf  of  the  group. 
Copy  of  draft  letter  to  Gaitskell  (which  was  sent  in 
November  1962)  with  2  pp.  attached  note  on  ‘Science 
and  the  Labour  Party'. 
activities  of  the  group  to  date, 
decisions  and  implementations  by  the  Labour  Party  in 
the  science  field  and  its  recommendations  for  the  future. 
This  note  summarises  the 
its  reactions  to  various 
1963 
Minutes  of  meeting,  24  June  1963,  at  which  it  was 
agreed  to  prepare  various  documents  for  use  by  the 
Labour  Party  in  election  or  in  government. 
Correspondence  between  Blackett  and  Brumwell,  February- 
October  1963. 
Note: 
See  introductory  note  to  E.43-E.47  for  papers 
and  correspondence  resulting  from  24  June  meeting.  
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E.35-E.47 
MISCELLANEOUS  SOCIALIST  AND  LABOUR  PARTY  ACTIVITIES 
1956-64 
The  Fabian  Society  Science  Group,  1962-63. 
Folder  of  duplicated  or  typescript  papers,  prepared  by  various 
authors  for  the  Science  Group  of  the  Fabian  Society,  on 
science  and  politics  with  special  reference  to  a  Labour  Govern- 
ment. 
claim  the  purpose  of  the  Group  ‘to  be  a  blue-print  for  the 
next  Labour  Government’. 
The  introductory  notes,  prepared  by  Stanley  Mayne, 
Includes  1 
16.2.63. 
p.  ms.  notes  on  the  papers  by  Blackett,  dated 
E.36 
Misc.  correspondence  re  the  Labour  Party  and  its  activities. 
1956-62 
E.37-E.40 
Labour  Party  Science  and  Industry  Sub-Committee 
1960-64 
See  also  E.67,  E.68. 
The  Sub-Committee  was  reconstituted  several  times,  so  that 
there  are  sets  of  minutes  for  four  firs?  meetings.  It  was 
chaired  by  H.  Wilson  until  January  1963  when  R.H.S. 
Crossman  took  over  the  duties. 
December  1960  and  continue  to  mid-1964. 
The  papers  begin  in 
4  folders. 
Includes  draft  programmes  of 
papers  on  civil  space  programme, 
notes  on  technical 
Blackett's  correspondence  with  P.  Shore,  J.  Millwood  and  from 
M.  Zvegintzov,  January  1961-May  1962. 
Includes  invitation 
to  Blackett  to  serve  on  Sub-Committee  (16  March  1961). 
Committee  papers,  1960-62. 
work;  agenda;  minutes; 
scientific  and  technical  resources; 
assistance,  on  the  Report  on  Long-Term  Demand  for  Scientific 
Manpower;  paper  on  training  skilled  workers  for  industry. 
Several  of  the  papers  are  annotated  by  Blackett. 
See.  also  ©.49,  E.53./H.  123:  
Folder  also  includes  a  copy  of  the  paper  prepared  by  Blackett 
in  July  1959  on  'Government  Participation  in  Industrial 
Research  and  Development'  which  was  discussed  at  the  meeting 
on  13  April  1961. 
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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-  Political  Activities 
Committee  papers,  1963-64. 
Includes: 
Draft  programmes  of  work;  agenda;  minutes, 
papers  on  industrial  training,  apprenticeship. 
Several  papers  prepared  by  and  for  Redundancy 
Policy  Group  whose  remit  was  to  'work  out  the 
machinery  of  Government  and  social  provisions 
necessary  to  deal  with  the  whole  problem  of  re- 
dundancy  and  industrial  mobility’  (minutes  of 
21  November  1963  meeting). 
Notes  prepared  for  various  meetings,  etc. 
Scientific 
Copies  of  Blackett's  ‘Note  on  Paper  |: 
and  Technical  Manpower'  (Revised  March  1963) 
and  ‘Comment  on  Paper  5  -  Government  Machinery 
to  Co-ordinate  Science’  (March  1963). 
These 
papers  are  part  of  the  ‘Cabinet  Papers'  prepared 
for  Gaitskell  in  1959. 
‘Misc.  papers  collected  by  Blackett  for  his  work  on  this 
committee  -  press  releases,  press-clippings,  Labour  Party 
background  papers,  etc.  
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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Section  E 
-  Political  Activities 
Scientific  Manpower  Working 
Labour  Party  Science  Group: 
Party   
Includes: 
Minutes  of  13  March  1963  meeting  of  the  Science  Group 
at  which  3  working  parties  were  established: 
Scientific 
Manpower,  Government  Machinery  for  Science  Policy, 
and  Civil  Research  and  Development. 
(Blackett  served 
on  the  Scientific  Manpower  Working  Party.) 
List  of 
members  of  the  Science  Group  (which  was  chaired  by 
R.H.S.  Crossman). 
Copies  of  papers  by  W.F.K.  Wynne-Jones:  ‘Note  on 
Rate  of  University  Development’  and  ‘Memorandum  on 
Development  of  Higher  Education’  as  considered  by  the 
Scientific  Manpower  Working  Party  at  its  meeting  on 
1  April  1963. 
Correspondence  with  R.H.S.  Crossman  and  T.J.  Pitt 
(Secretary  of  the  Science  Group),  May-June  1963,  re 
preparation  of  report  for  use  in  science  debate  at  House 
of  Commons  at  end  of  July. 
Crossman  and  concluded  by  Wilson. 
Debate  was  to  be  opened  by 
10  pp.  annotated  typescript  by  Blackett  of  ‘Draft  Report 
of  Scientific  Manpower  Panel’  (5  June  1963)  circulated 
to  other  working  party  members  for  comment. 
Replies 
from  Bowden,  Annan,  Wynne-Jones. 
Copy  of  'Draft  Report  of  Scientific  Manpower  Panel’  as 
printed  for  distribution  (June,  1963),  annotated 
3  pp.  typescript  list  of  amendments  agreed 
by  Blackett. 
at  meeting. 
This  was  later  used  as  Background  Paper 
No.4  of  the  ‘Cabinet  Papers'  prepared  for  Wilson  and 
Crossman  in  July  1963. 
science  teachers,  etc.  
Committee  papers  and  discussion  papers  circulated  by  the 
Science  Group  or  by  its  working  parties. 
Topics  include 
the  expansion  of  technical  colleges,  correspondence 
colleges  in  UK  and  abroad,  technical  education  in  uni- 
versities,  single  subject  honours  degrees,  maths.  and 
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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Section  E 
-  Political  Activities 
E.43-E.47 
‘Labour  Party  Conference  1963' 
At  the  meeting  of  the  'Gaitskell  Group’  on  24  June  1963,  several  points 
of  action  were  agreed: 
a  Labour  Party  and  Science  Conference  to  be  held  in 
London  on 
20  and  21  July  1963,  a  set  of  Cabinet  papers  to  be  prepared  by 
mid-July,  an  ‘association  of  labour  scientists'  to  be  formed,  and  an  election 
manifesto  to  be  written. 
Blackett  assembled  numerous  papers  which  followed  from  that  meeting  and 
kept  them  in  a  folder  labelled  'Labour  Party  Conference  20-7-63'. 
The 
papers  are  itemised  below  and  are  cross-referenced  to  other  material  in  the 
collection  where  necessary. 
See  especially  the  folder  on  the  Scientific  Man- 
power  Working  Party  (E.41)  which  contains  Blackett's  correspondence  with 
Crossman  and  T.J.  Pitt  re  the  July  debate  in  the  House  of  Commons  and  the 
Report  on  Scientific  Manpower  which  was  used  as  ‘Background  Paper  No.4! 
of  the  Cabinet  papers. 
of  timetable  for  cunference  (1  p.) 
The  notes  were  probably  made 
‘Comments  on  Background  Papers’. 
E.43 
'Gaitskell  Group  1956-59". 
typescript  (photocopy)  of  comments  by  Bernal  on  ‘Cabinet 
5  pp. 
Papers’  prepared  by  scientists  for  the  Labour  Party,  as  agreed 
at  24  June  meeting. 
See  also  E.50,  folder  of  papers  used  by  Blackett  in  writing  a 
lengthy  memo.  to  Crossman  in  February  1964. 
11  pp.  ms.  noite  by  Blackett: 
followed  by  10  pp.  of  notes  of  individuals’  opinions  or  preferences 
on  various  ideas  for  scientific  research  and  development  and 
relations  with  government,  etc. 
from  committee  papers  and  correspondence  of  the  Gaitskell  Group 
(see  E.24-E.34). 
Letter  of  comment  on papers,  from  R.R.  Neild,  June  1945.  
Letter  from  R.G.  Forrester  (16  July  1963)  commenting  on  Back- 
ground  Paper  No.4,  the  Report  on  Scientific  Manpower  (see  E.41) 
and  enclosing  5  pp.  typescript  of  paper  'The  Machinery  of  Government’ 
which  he  had  sent  to  Wilson  and  Crossman. 
rP.M.S.  Blackett 
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Section  E 
-  Political  Activities 
Correspondence  with  R.H.S.  Crossman,  July-August  1963 
re  proposed  association  of  labour  scientists  and  re  proposal 
to  hold  annual  Labour  Party  and  Scientists  Conferences  on 
_the  lines  of  the  July  1963  conference. 
p.  typescript  memorandum  by  Crossman. 
Includes  1 
is  made  to  the  forthcoming  Annual  Conference  of  the  Labour 
Party. 
This  Conference,  at  which  H.  Wilson  made  his  famous 
speech  on  the  ‘white  heat'  of  the  Labour  Party's  technological 
revolution,  was  held  at  Scarborough  30  September-4  October 
1963. 
Reference 
‘Miscellaneous  problems'  on  science  and  education  with 
special  reference  to  Labour  Party,  prepared  for  discussion  by 
‘Crossman  Group',  perhaps  by  Tam  Dalyell  (Secretary  of 
Labour  Party  Standing  Committee  on  the  Sciences,  1962-64). 
22  numbered  pp.  (+  1  with  note  from  Dalyell)  of  typescripts 
of  problems,  suggestions,  considerations. 
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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Section  E 
-  Political  Activities 
E.48-E.65 
MINISTRY  OF  TECHNOLOGY  (MINTECH)  1963-72 
The  formation  of  the  Ministry  of  Technology  followed  the  victory  of  the 
Labour  Party  at  the  General  Election  of  October  1964; 
the  Minister  was 
F.  Cousins. 
Blackett  became  Deputy  Chairman  of  the  Advisory  Council  on 
Technology  and  Scientific  Adviser  to  the  Ministry. 
This  gave  him  at  the 
time  ‘immense  power'  (Lovell,  Memoir,  p.80),  but  he  had  also  had  an  important 
say  in  the  formation  of  the  Ministry,  through  many  writings  and  discussions  and 
through  his  close  relations  with  H.  Wilson  and  R.H.S.  Crossman. 
He  wrote 
himself  of  his  paper  'The  case  for  a  Ministry  of  Technology’  (E.49):  'I  believe 
that  this  memorandum  had  considerable  influence  in  the  setting  is  of  the 
Ministry  of  Technology  soon  after  the  General  Election  of  1964'. 
The  folders  E.48-E.65  contain  various  writings,  reports  and  correspondence 
relating  to  this  period. 
Reference  shou!d  also  be  made  to  F.26-F.38  (The  Trend 
Committee)  since  Blackett  used  much  of  the  material  and  ideas  contributed  by 
scientific  colleagues  for  the  Royal  Society's  submission  to  the  Trend  Committee 
in  the  formation  of  his  plans  for  the  organisation  of  science  and  technology  at 
ministerial  level. 
science  and  government. 
E.48 
‘Ministry  of  Industry’. 
Many  of  the  lectures  and  talks  in  Section  G  deal  with  similar  problems  of 
Correspondence  with  officials  of  N.R.D.C.  re  science  and 
scientists  and  relations  with  government,  the  Trend  Report, 
research  and  development,  and  civilian  economy. 
annotations  by  Blackett.  
Memorandum  on  government  purchasing,  A.E.R.  E 
transcript 
of  Gallery  (Television  programme  in  which  H.  Wilson  answered 
questions from  businessmen,  30  January  1964)  -  almost  all  with 
1963-64, 
1967 
., 
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Section  E 
-  Political  Activities 
E.49 
Papers  and  correspondence  on  the  new  ministry. 
4  papers  by  Blackett: 
"Government  participation  in  industrial  research  and 
development'. 
16  July  (revised  20  September)  1959. 
(This  is  the  paper  submitted  to  N.R.D.C.,  Board 
of  Trade,  D.S.1.R.  and  Minister  of  Science. 
See  Lovell,  Memoir,  pp.76-77.) 
5  pp.  typescript. 
appear  in  E.38,  E.53,  H.123. 
Further  copies  or  versions 
'The  cost  of  a  new  deal  for  British  scientists  and 
technologists’. 
2  pp.  typescript. 
April  1963. 
'The  case  for  a  Ministry  of  Industry  and  Technology’. 
5  pp.  typescript. 
January  1964, 
With  a  covering  1 
Ministry  of  Industry  and  Technology  (M.O.1.T.)' 
8.2.64. 
p.  'Note  on  memorandum  on 
1]  pp.  typescript. 
September  1964. 
'The  case  for  a  Ministry  of  Technology’. 
This  has  a  ms.  note  by  Blackett  at  the  foot  of  the 
last  page  ‘This  report  appears  to  have  been  incorrect. 
PMSB  1966'. 
Another  copy  appears  in  H.123. 
(This  was  the  forerunner  of  the  Ministry  of  Tech- 
nology  and  ‘made  use  of  much  material  prepared 
by  the  Crossman  Group'.) 
and  D.  Jay,  January-February  1964.  
Copies  of  Blackett's  letters  to  Crossman  (February,  November 
1963,  February  1964). 
6  pp.  heavily  corrected  typescript  beginning:  ‘In  view  of  the 
debate  tomorrow  |  send  some  tentative  conclusions  about  the 
ministerial  set  up  relative  to  technology  and  industry’. 
is  an  earlier  ms.  draft  (first  page  only)  of  this  letter,  which 
differs  significantly  from  the  typescript. 
File  also  includes  copies  of  Blackett's  letters  to  J.  Hart, 
T. 
Pitt 
His  letter  of  24  February  1964  isa 
There 
P.M.S.  Blackett 
CSAC  63/1/79 
Section  E 
-  Political  Activities 
One  folder  of  selected  papers  of  the  Labour  Party's  Science 
Group,  Science  and  Industry  Sub-Committee,  and  ‘Science 
Meetings’  which  Blackett  'found  very  useful'  in  reaching  the 
conclusions  set  out  in  his  letter  to  Crossman (E. 49). 
One  folder  of  papers  and  correspondence  re  formation  and 
organisation  of  the  Ministry  of  Technology  after  the  General 
Election  of  October  1964. 
1964-65 
Blackett's  official  role  was  as  Deputy  Chairman  of  the 
Advisory  Council  on  Technology  and  Scientific  Adviser  to 
the  Ministry. 
The  press  release  of  28  October  1964  states 
that  Blackett  'will  be  employed  substantially  full-time  on 
his  work  for  the  Ministry  of  Technology’. 
Folder  includes  press  announcements,  correspondence  and 
papers  re  appointment  of  John  Adams  as  Controller, 
memoranda  and  notes  re  organisation  of  Mintech  and  its 
p.  typescript  of  note  by 
Principal  Officers,  annotated  | 
Blackett  commenting  on  the  Estimates  Committee  Report 
(22  July  1965),  misc.  internal  memoranda  and  correspondence. 
ErDZ 
Letters  of  congratulation  on  Blackett's  appointment  at 
Mintech. 
1964 
E.53-E.60 
Ministry  of  Industry  and  Tech- 
'L.P.  Conference  1964. 
nology’. 
One  folder  of  notes  and  papers  assembled  by  Blackett  from 
The  contents  are  itemised  below  and 
various  sources. 
cross-referenced  to  other  items  in  the  collection  where 
necessary. 
of  this  paper.  
"Government  Participation  in  Industrial  Research  and  Develop- 
ment',  paper  prepared  by  Blackett,  16  July  1959,  revised 
20  September  1959,  for  Board  of  the  N.R.D.C. 
See  Lovell, 
Memoir,  pp.76-77  for  a  full  description  of  the  proposals  and 
recommendations  set  out  in  this  paper. 
copy  of  letter  from  B.  Lockspeiser  to  M.  Brumwell  commenting 
on  Blackett's  proposals,  and  E.38  for  meeting  of  Labour 
Party  Science  and  Industry  Sub-Committee  which  discussed 
the  paper  in  March  1961. 
See  also  E.38,  E.49,  H.123  for  further  copies  of  versions 
See  also  E.29  for 
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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Section  E 
-  Political  Activities 
Government  Machinery  to  Co- 
‘Comment  on  Paper  5. 
ordinate  Science’. 
6  pp.  typescript  of  paper  in  which  Blackett  sets  out  his 
conclusions  as  to  'the  most  practical  and  useful  steps’  for 
reorganising  civil  science,  26  February  1963. 
of  covering  letter  to  R.H.S.  Crossman. 
With  copy 
This  'Paper  5' 
Senior  Scientists  Group  for  H.  Gaitskell  (see  E.28). 
in  the  sequence  of  papers  prepared  by  the 
is 
Note  from  M.  Zvegintzov,  7  January  1964,  re  F.B.1. 
Research  Delegation  to  Russia,  enclosing  copy of  his 
4  pp.  memorandum  on  the  subject,  10  December  1963. 
Ms.  notes  titled  ‘Bonnington  1-3-64'. 
Extensive  notes  of  individuals'  opinions  and  preferences 
as  expressed  at  meeting  of  the  Science  Committee  to 
discuss  the  ‘Organisation  of  Civil  Science’  (the  ‘Trend 
Report’). 
5  pp. 
ms. 
See  also  papers  re  the  Trend  Committee  (F.26-F.38)  and 
list  of  references  to  meetings  at  the  Bonnington  Hotel 
a 
in  the  introductory  note  to  E.24-E.34,  The  'Gaitskell  Group’. 
‘Constitution  and  Function  of  the  Proposed  Civil  Science 
Board’. 
5  pp.  typescript  of  note  which  ‘is  an  elaboration  of 
Section  6(a)  of  the  paper  "Notes  on  Ministerial  set-up 
for  Science  and  Technology"  by  RHSC,  11.3.64.' 
Blackett's  note  is  dated  28  March  1964. 
Copy  of  letter  from  B.  Flowers  to  R.H.S.  Crossman  comment- 
ing  on  Blackett's  note. 
economic  statistics.  
‘Civil  R  and  D’. 
2  pp.  ms.  notes  by  Blackett  of  points  on  which  "Immediate 
Decisions’  were  required. 
3  pp.  typescript  setting  out  points  for  ‘immediate  decision’ 
as  discussed  by  two  Science  Group  working  parties. 
E.58  for  Blackett's  ms.  notes  for  this  paper. 
Selected  Labour  Party  papers,  re  N.R.D.C.  and  various 
Misc.  ms.  notes  by  Blackett. 
See  E.59  for  typescript  of  this  paper. 
‘Organisation  of  Civil  Research  and  Development’. 
See 
P.M.S.  Blackett 
CSAC  63/1/79 
Section  E 
-  Political  Activities 
Industrial  Reorganisation  Corporation. 
3  files  relative  to  the  planning  and  organisation  of  this 
government  body  (which  was  created  in  December  1966) 
to  deal  with  the  restructuring  of  industry. 
See  Lovell,  Memoir,  p.83. 
Correspondence,  notes  and  memoranda. 
discussion  of  UK  engineering,  executive  salaries,  productivity 
vs.  size  of  organisation,  export  sales,  and  statistical  data 
sent  to  Blackett  for  his  information. 
Papers  include 
1965-69 
Blackett's  ms.  and  typescript  notes: 
‘Paper  on  Structure  for  Advisory  Council. 
1965". 
33s  ,.:ap: 
September 
3  pp.  heavily  annotated 
'The  Structure  of  Industry’. 
typescript  written  after  the  establishment  of  the 
[.R.C.  C  Industrial  Reorganisation  Corporation]. 
"It 
be  done’. 
is  the  object  of  this  note  to  argue  that  more  needs  to 
Misc.  ms.  notes  and  statistics  taken  by  Blackett  from 
official  publications. 
42+pp. 
Includes  copy  of  speech  by 
Some  are 
1965-67 
"Successful  Development',  report  by  Central  Advisory  Council 
for  Science  and  Technology. 
1970 
Report  by  Mintech  on  ‘Employment  of  Persons  with  Qualifica- 
tions  in  Engineering,  Technology  and  Science,  1959  to 
1968', 
Misc.  printed  papers  re  organisation  of  Mintech. 
annotated  by  Blackett. 
C.P.  Snow  at  Caxton  Hall,  London,  3  December  1965, 
on  ‘Technology  and  the  Nation's  Needs’  in  which  he  made 
the  statement  that  'the  inception  of  the  Ministry  of  Tech- 
nology  was  Blackett's  idea  put  forward  in  the  1950s’. 
Retrospect’,  1972.  
Correspondence  and  memoranda  re  Blackett's  resignation 
as  Deputy  Chairman  of  the  Advisory  Council  on  Tech- 
nology  and  as  Scientific  Adviser  to  the  Minister. 
Includes  letter  from  Sir  Richard  Clarke  requesting  Blackett's 
views  on  his  (Clarke's)  proposed  article  'Mintech  in 
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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-  Political  Activities 
Section  E 
E.66-E.74. 
MISCELLANEOUS  LABOUR  PARTY  AND  OFFICIAL  COMMITTEES 
1954-69 
Blackett  was  often  called  upon  to  give  evidence  to  various  political 
committees. 
Papers  relative  to  these  occasions  are  listed  below  in  date  order. 
E.66 
Labour  Party  Joint  Committee  on  Civil  Defence. 
1954-55 
Blackett  addressed  the  Committee  on  the  possible  effects 
of  an  atomic  or  hydrogen  bomb  attack. 
Correspondence 
re  scheduling  of  Blackett's  appearance  and  re 
on  the  Committee's  Report. 
=e 
his  comments 
Parliamentary  Labour  Party  Science  Group. 
1960-62 
Blackett  addressed  the  first  meeting  of  the 
This  Group  was  formed  in  1960  under  the  Chairmanship  of 
A.  Robens. 
Group  (25  February  1960)  and  spoke  on  the  ‘pre-Election 
Scientific  Report  to  the  Labour  Party'  (this  Report  was  the 
set  of  papers  prepared  by  senior  scientist  members  of  the 
Gaitskell  group  -  see  E.28). 
Arrangements  were  made  for  Blackett  to  address  a 
Labour  Party  Science  and  Industry  Sub-Committee:  Study 
Group  on  Further  Education. 
1962,  1964 
File  includes  correspondence  with  the  Secretary  (F.  Barlow) 
and  with  F.  Peart. 
List  of  members. 
Correspondence  with  P.  Shore  re  invitation  to  Blackett 
to  attend  meeting  of  the  Group,  November  1962. 
(Meeting  was  postponed.) 
later  meeting  of  the  Group  (8  February  1962)  on  the  'Long- 
Term  Demand  for  Scientific  Manpower  Report'  but  Blackett 
had  to  cancel  his  appearance  at  this  meeting  and  it  was  not 
rescheduled. 
See  also  E.37-E.40.  
See  also  E.37-E.40. 
Misc.  committee  papers  on  adult  education,  industrial 
training,  technical  colleges,  etc. 
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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Section  E 
-  Political  Activities 
E.69-E.71 
Committee  on  the  Civil  Service  (the  'Fulton  Committee’). 
1966-67 
This  committee  was  established  in  February  1966  'to 
examine  the  structure,  recruitment  and  management,  in- 
cluding  training,  of  the  Home  Civil  Service’. 
Blackett  was  called  upon  to  give  evidence  on  the  role 
of  the  scientist  in  the  Civil  Service. 
This  he  did  on 
7  March  1967. 
3  folders  as  follows: 
Correspondence  re  arrangements  for  Blackett's  meeting 
with  the  Committee.  |  Correspondence  and  papers  arising 
from  Blackett's  evidence. 
Ms.  notes  and  draft  prepared  by  Blackett  prior  to  his 
appearance  before  the  Committee. 
Copies  of  evidence  presented  to  the  Fulton  Committee 
by  the  Royal  Society,  the  Council  of  Engineering 
Institutions,  H.M.  Treasury,  Labour  Party. 
1966-67 
Press-cuttings  assembled  by  Blackett. 
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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Section  E 
-  Political  Activities 
E.72-E.74 
The  Select  Committee  on  Science  and  Technology. 
1967-69 
This  Select  Committee  of  the  House  of  Commons  was 
appointed  in  November  1967. 
enquire  into  'the  system  for  the  proper  and  effective  use 
of  qualified  scientists  and  engineers  and  of  resources 
in  defence  research  and  development  in  relation  to  - 
(a)  defence  needs, 
(c) 
the  broader  needs  of  the  national  economy’. 
(b)  defence  procurement,  and 
Its  brief  was  to 
3  folders  as  follows: 
Correspondence  re  memorandum  submitted  by  Blackett 
to  the  Committee prior  to  his  appearance  at  the  formal 
hearings  of  evidence,  March  1968. 
Includes  3  pp. 
typescript  of  comments  by  |.  Maddock  on  Blackett's 
paper,  and  correspondence  received  by  Blackett 
following  his  presentation  of  evidence. 
Blackett's  memorandum  of  evidence: 
-  9  pp.  typescript 
Committee  and  press 
-  copy  us  published  in  The  Science  of  Science 
Foundation  Newsletter,  February  1969 
B.S.  115. 
~  related  press-cuttings,  September  1968. 
-  7  pp.  duplicated  typescript  for  distribution  to 
Includes  misc.  typescript  pages  taken  from  other  speeches  or 
Background  papers  used  by  Blackett  in  preparing  his  memorandum. 
-  text  as  published  by  The  Times  Business  News, 
July  1968    
reports,  not  dated  or  identified.  
P.M.S.  Black 
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Section  E 
-  Political  Activities 
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PRINTED  MATERIAL 
E:/5 
Extensive  folder  of  press-cuttings,  duplicated  reports,  news 
releases,  etc.,  some  annotated  by  Blackett,  re  science 
education,  industry  and  technology,  with  special  reference 
to  the  Labour  Party  and  its  science  policies. 
Not  itemised. 
Various  dates,  1957-64. 
Folder  of  press-cuttings  and  printed  material,  press  releases, 
party  manifestos,  lists  of  candidates  relating  to  the  General 
Election  of  October  1964. 
Not  itemised. 
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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SECTION  F 
SCIENCE-RELATED  INTERESTS 
F.1  -  F.85 
This  Section  assembles  notes  and  working  papers,  lectures,  broadcasts  and 
publications,  and  correspondence  on: 
Pits 
= 
PB 
History  of  Science  and  Technology 
1936-59 
Fe Pes 
F.51 
Science,  Education  and  Government 
1944-70 
F.52 
- 
 F.85 
Nuclear  Weapons  and  Disarmament 
1948-64 
Each  sub-section  is  preceded  by  an  introductory  note  on  the  material  and 
its  presentation. 
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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Section  F 
-  Science-related  interests 
F.1-F.8 
HISTORY  OF  SCIENCE  AND  TECHNOLOGY  1936-59 
This  Section  comprises  material,  chiefly  notes  and  lectures,  specifically 
related  to  the  history  of  science. 
It  should  be  noted  that  many  of  Blackett's 
major  lectures  and  addresses  on  developing  countries,  overseas  aid  and  allied 
subjects  elsewhere  in  the  collection,  also  use  material  on  the  history  of  science 
and  technology  and  in  particular  on  the  disparate  rates  of  growth  of  Eastern  and 
Western  science. 
All  material  is  autograph  manuscript,  in  pencil  or  pen. 
Ms.  notes,  perhaps  for  talk,  headed  ‘Highgate  February 
1936',  1 
p. 
‘Birkbeck  Physical  Society.  Presidential  address. 
1 
p.  ms.  notes. 
May  1937". 
n.d. 
Shorter  ms.  ‘History  of  Science’,  5  pp.,  probably  similar 
date. 
2  ms.  drafts, 
and  16  pp.  on  ‘Science  Today',  n.d.,  but  probably  similar. 
11  pp.  headed  ‘Draft  for  article? 
1938?', 
'New  York'. 
history  of  science  and  social  function  of  science. 
8  pp.  ms.  notes  (p.1  missing)  for  lecture  on 
3  ms.  lectures  on  History  of  Science  with  ms.  note  ‘Faculty 
of  Arts  1938-39?'  (probably  given  at  Manchester  University). 
ms.  notes.  
2  lectures  given  at  Manchester  University  Faculty  of  Arts 
1947  on  'The  History  of  Science  from  Columbus  to  Newton', 
5  pp.  and  7  pp. 
'The  study  of  the  history  of  science’. 
11  pp.  typescript  with  ms.  corrections. 
1943-44. 
"History  of  Science  Ill 
E,  May  1951. 
3  lectures’. 
'‘Baconian  Society  St.  Albans,  January  1941'. 
2  pp.  ms.  notes. 
n.d.,  probably 
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-  Science-related  interests 
‘Historic  Trends  of  Technology’. 
Lecture  given  at  Calcutta,  February  1958. 
2  pp.  ms.  notes. 
2  lectures  at  Nottingham  under  title  ‘Alteration  of  order’, 
3  pp.  ms.  notes. 
'Reflexions  on  History  of  Technology  since  3000  B.C.' 
(the  Mond  Lecture,  Manchester  1959). 
5  pp.  ms.  notes. 
‘Aspects  of  the  History  of  Technology. 
lectures  at  Imperial  College,  October-November  1959'. 
outline,  ms.  notes  for  lectures,  quotations,  etc. 
Three  lunch  time 
‘History  of  Science. 
Folder  of  background  material  on  history  of  science  and 
technology; 
Notes  and  statistics’. 
notes  on  the  literature,  graphs,  statistics,  offprints,  press- 
cuttings,  etc. 
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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Section  F 
-  Science-related  interests 
F.9-F.51 
SCIENCE,  EDUCATION  AND  GOVERNMENT _  1944-70 
The  topics  covered  here  include  university  expansion  (especially  in  science 
and  technology);  student  intake,  intelligence  quotient,  economic  background 
and  achievement; 
the  financing  and  organisation  of  science  and  its  relations 
with  government. 
Blackett's  interest  in  these  topics  developed  during  the  war  and  his  service 
on  the  Barlow  Committee  (F.9  -  F.14). 
The  items  below  fall  into  2  main 
periods  of  activity: 
at  Manchester  c.1945-51,  and  1962-68  when  formulation 
of  ideas  was  encouraged  both  by  the  preparation  for  the  1964  General  Election 
and  by  the  institution  of  the  Trend  Committee. 
Many  lectures  and  writings 
here  and  in  Section  H  and  his  pressure  on  Labour  Party  leaders  to  devise  a  policy 
for  government  involvement  with  science  and  technology  (see  Section  E) 
scientists  and  engineers  (referred  to  passim  in  his  notes  on  QSEs),  and  the 
organisation  of  science  both  nationally  and  internationally  were  frequently 
referred  to  in  his  Anniversary  Addresses  as  President  of  the  Royal  Society 
and  formed  the  main  theme  of  the  1969  Address  (R.S.119,  see  F.49  -  F.51). 
Unfortunately,  no  manuscripts  remain  related  to  Blackett's  long  service 
but  F.23  -  F.25  show  his  concern  with  the  organisation  and  financing  of 
science  asa  member  of  the  Council  of  the  Department  of  Scientific  and 
testify  to  Blackett's  lifelong  commitment  to  these  matters. 
The  training  of 
on  the  National  Research  and  Development  Council  (N.R.D.C.)  (1949-64), 
Committee  1956-60.  
Industrial  Research  (D.S.1.R.)  from  1955  and  Chairman  of  its  Research  Grants 
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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-  Science-related  interests 
The  material  is  presented  as  follows: 
F.9 
F.14 
The  Barlow  Committee 
1945-46 
Ete 
F.22 
Manchester  University 
c.  1944-53 
F.25 
Advisory  Committees 
1954-57,  1963-64, 
1967 
The  Trend  Committee 
University  expansion 
1962-64 
1962-68 
Anniversary  Address  to  the  Royal 
Society 
1969-70 
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Section  F 
-  Science-related  interests 
F.9-F.14 
Committee  on  Future  Scientific  Policy  (the  Barlow  Committee) 
Blackett  was  one  of  the  six  members  of  this  Committee,  which  produced 
the  report  ‘Scientific  Manpower'  in  April  1946. 
The  Committee  also  produced 
a  second  report,  never  published,  on  proposed  ‘central  government  machinery 
for  science’. 
See  Lovell,  Memoir,  p.45. 
a 
Agendas  and  minutes  of  the  Barlow  Committee,  many  annotated 
by  Blackett,  covering  Meeting  1  (December  1945)  -  Meeting  24 
(October  1946). 
A  copy  of  the  published  report  is  included  here. 
Official  Committee  papers  of  the  Barlow  Committee,  many 
annotated  by  Blackett. 
There  is  a  partial  index  to  the  contents 
inside  the  folder  and  a  note  on  the  outside  cover  of  those  which 
are  missing. 
1945-46. 
F.11,F.12  Correspondence  with  members  of  the  Committee  and  other 
interested  parties. 
August  1945-March  1946 
Includes  drafts  of  various  proposals  and  statements,  with  com- 
ments,  suggestions  and  annotations. 
Includes  Blackett's  letter  as  President,  Association  of  Scientific 
Workers,  to  Herbert  Morrison  (then  Lord  President  of  the 
Council)  urging  the  setting-up  of  a  Committee  on  the  organisa- 
tion  of  science  and  education,  August  1945,  committee  and 
discussion  papers  and  misc.  papers  relating  toa  Two-Day 
Conference  on  Industry  and  Research,  March  1946,  organised 
by  the  Federation  of  British  Industries. 
April  1946.  
Drafts,  reports  and  correspondence,  mainly  concerned  with  the 
organisation  of  science  through  various  central  or  advisory 
bodies,  and  the  unpublished  section  of  the  Barlow  Committee's 
work  continuing  after  the  publication  of  the  official  Report  in 
See  E.1-E.23  for  other  material  on  Blackett's  long  connection 
with  the  Association  of  Scientific  Workers. 
April-AAugust  1946 
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-  Science-related  interests 
Blackett's  misc.  notes  and  drafts  (one  dated  November  1944) 
on  organisation  of  science. 
Misc.  typescript  and  duplicated  reports  and  papers  on  science 
and  government,  assembled  as  background  material,  some 
annotated  by  Blackett. 
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Section  F 
-  Science-related  interests 
F.15-F.22 
Material  assembled  at  Manchester  University 
B.tS 
‘Britain's  need  for  higher  education’. 
3  pp.  notes,  dated  1946  and  1949. 
Statistics  on  careers  of  Honours  Physics  graduates  of 
Manchester  University  1949,  with  notes  and  drafts  by 
Blackett  for  an  article  or  talk,  variously  paginated. 
Correspondence  1950  with  The  Times  Educational  Supplement, 
re  articles  on  University  Selection  and  request  for  a  con- 
tribution  by  Blackett. 
Correspondence  and  data  1949-52  re  possible  relation 
between  1.Q.  and  parental  income,  especially  re  statis- 
tical  survey  carried  out  at  Manchester  University  Depart- 
ment  of  Mathematics  (at  Blackett's  suggestion). 
The  results  of  the  investigation  were  published  as  'A  note 
‘on  the  relation  between  intelligence  and  parental  income! 
by  A.M.  Walker  (J.  Roy.  Statistical  Soc.,  1953),  a  copy 
of  which  is  enclosed. 
including  1 
p. 
Pelyer  sz) 
‘Training  for  the  professions’. 
Later  correspondence  on  the  subject  and  re  paper,  1955,  1956. 
The  fifth  talk  in  a  series  of  6,  broadcast  on  BBC  Third  Pro- 
gramme  under  the  title  'The  Idea  of  a  University’,  March- 
April  1950. 
Blackett's  notes  and  data  on  the  subject, 
ms.  notes  for  a  talk  on  '1.Q.  and  Universities’  at  Adelaide, 
1953. 
manpower,  university  expansion,  etc.,  1944-49,  
Correspondence  with  Ronald  Lewin  (Organiser,  Third  Programme 
Talks)  re  series  and  Blackett's  talk,  1950. 
Ms.  draft  of  talk,  and  copy  of  The  Listener,  6  April  1950, 
in  which  it  was  printed. 
Copies  of  talks  by  other  participants  in  series,  with  Blackett's 
comments  and  annotations,  are  included  in  the  folder. 
Correspondence  with  members  of  the  public  following  the  broad- 
cast  and  publication. 
Misc.  reports,  articles,  press-cuttings,  etc.  re scientific 
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-  Science-related  interests 
F.23-F.25 
Advisory  Committees 
F.29,F.24 
Department  of  Scientific  and  Industrial  Research  (D.S.1.R.) 
F.23 
Blackett's  folder  inscribed  'Pure  Science  and  the  R.S.', 
October  1954-October  1955. 
Correspondence  with  officials  and  colleagues  re  grants  for 
scientific  research  as  distributed  by  the  D.S.1.R.  and  the 
Royal  Society,  especially  re  D.S.1.R.  grants  for  Special 
Researches  (Blackett  was  appointed  to  the  D.S.1.R.  Advisory 
Council  in  October  1955). 
1954-55 
The  correspondence  mainly  reflects  Blackett's  concern  at  the 
dwindling  proportion  of  scientific  research  funds  distributed 
by  the  Royal  Society,  and  his  wish  to  increase  the  total  amount 
of  government  money  available  for  scientific  research. 
refer  also  to  his  own  research  plans  at  Imperial  College. 
Some 
Also  includes: 
2  copies  of  article  by  Sir  Francis  Simon 
The  Sunday  Times,  7  August  1955,  titled 
"A  Ministry  of  Science?'. 
in 
1955 
1954-55 
Blackett's  ms.  notes  on  D.S.1.R.  ex- 
penditure. 
— 
"DSIR  5  year  Plan’. 
Copy  of  letter  from  D.S.1.R.  to  Royal 
Society,  3  February  1948,  sent  as  background 
information. 
; 
Papers  relating  to  Research  Grants  Committee's  estimates  and 
expenditure  for  period  1959-64; 
includes  committee  papers 
and  estimates  1957-58  (some  annotated  by  Blackett),  memorandum 
on  quinquennial  financing  scheme,  and  Blackett's  4-page  ms. 
note  on  'Grants  for  Special  Researches',  n.d.  ¢.1957. 
Council  for  Scientific  Policy  for  further  three  years,  1967.  
Blackett  did  not  attend  a  formal  meeting  of  the  Council  but 
met  informally  with  the  Chairman,  Lord  Todd. 
Folder  also  includes  invitation  to  Blackett  to  serve  on 
invitation  to  Blackett  to  attend  meeting  of  the 
Includes: 
group;  set  of  committee  papers  sent  to  him  for  information 
(with  comments  by  C.C.  Butler,  prepared  at  Blackett's 
request). 
Deliberations  re  future  policy  on  High  Energy  Physics  in 
Europe. 
Department  of  Education  and  Science 
Advisory  Council  on  Scientific  Policy 
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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-  Science-related  interests 
F.26-F.38 
Committee  of  Enquiry  into  the  Organisation  of  Civil  Science 
(the  Trend  Committee)   
Blackett  assisted  C.F.  Powell  (Chairman,  Sub-Committee  on  Physics)  in 
assembling  evidence  submitted  by  the  Royal  Society  to  the  Committee,  and 
attended  various  meetings,  interviews,  etc.  both  before  and  after  the  drawing- 
up  of  the  Society's  report  on  its  evidence. 
He  continued  to  compile  material 
and  draft  discussion  papers  for  wider  use,  including  meetings  with  the  Labour 
Party  under  the  Shadow  Minister  for  Education, 
R.H.S.  Crossman. 
Several  of  the  papers  in  F.31-F.34  are  headed  ‘Bonnington  Hotel’  where  cne-day 
conferences  were  held  (see  Lovell,  Memoir,  p.76). 
See  also  E.48,  E.56. 
F.26 
Correspondence 
and  papers  on  the  Trend  Committee,  August- 
December  1962. 
copy  of  official  request  to  Royal  Society  to  submit 
Includes: 
evidence,  invitation  to  Blackett  to  serve  on  Physics  Sub- 
Committee,  annotated  minutes,  Blackett's  notes  of  meetings, 
his  draft  report  of  evidence  (12  November,  4  ccpies),  a  second 
version  after  discussion  with  Lord  Bridges,  and  final  agreed 
version  drafted  by  F.C.  Williams. 
Folder  inscribed  'Royal  Society  Evidence  to  Trend  Committee’. 
Duplicated  copies  of  views  on  organisation  of  civil  science, 
sought  from  Feliows  of  the  Royal  Society  and  submitted  to 
The 
C.F.  Powell  as  Chairman  of  Physics  Sub-Committee. 
documents  were  sent  to  Blackett  with  a  covering  letter, 
9 
October  1962. 
arising.  
From: 
L.F.  Bates,  J.D.  Bernal,  W.L.  Bragg,  W.E.  Burcham, 
J.M.  Cassels,  J.D.  Cockcroft,  C.A.  Coulson,  B.H.  Flowers, 
N.  Kurti,  K.  Lonsdale,  A.B.  Pippard,  O.G.  Sutton. 
Misc.  Royal  Society  duplicated  reports,  memos.,  etc.  on 
Trend  Committee  and  organisation  of  science,  and  matters 
Many  are  annotated  by  Blackett. 
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-  Science-related  interests 
Copy  of  published  Report,  with  many  annotations  and  comments 
by  Blackett,  and  3  pp.  typescript  'Comments'  dated  2?  November 
1963. 
F.30-F.38 
Blackett's  notes,  reports,  writings  and  discussion  papers  on 
the  organisation  and  finance  of  scientific  research,  1961-64. 
Some  of  these  antedate  the  Trend  Committee,  and  some  represent 
the  continuing  evolution  of  Blackett's  ideas.  Many  were  prepared 
for  Labour  Party  meetings  at  the  Bonnington  Hotel  and  elsewhere. 
See  also  Section  E. 
Writings  and  speeches  by  Blackett,  1961-62. 
‘Finance  of  University  Research’,  letter  in  Manchester  Guardian 
(press-cutting),  10.7.61. 
‘Science  and  Government'. 
-3  pp.  ms.  notes,  perhaps  for  speech  for  Labour  Party,  21.7.61. 
‘Policy  for  University  Expansion’,  April  1963. 
Part  | 
University  Expansion  1945-1962 
Part  Il 
Planning  for  the  Future. 
with  ms.  corrections. 
Report  of  speech  at  Newcastle  (press-cutting),  17.3.62. 
’  Heavily-corrected  ms.  draft,  2  copies  of  typescript  version 
This  paper,  probably  prepared  for  the  Labour  Party,  is  concerned 
primarily  with  organisation  and  finance  of  university  expansion. 
See  F.39-F.48  below  for  correspondence  and  material  on 
academic  aspects  of  the  question. 
in  E.49.  
‘The  cost  of  a  new  deal  for  British  scientists  and  technologists', 
April  1963. 
2  pp.  typescript  and  ms.,  perhaps  prepared  for  same  occasion 
as  above. 
Another  copy  is 
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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-  Science-related  interests   
Shorter  drafts  and  writings,  mostly  for  Labour  Party  discussion 
group: 
‘Additional  finance of  Scientific  Research  1964-67',  May  1963. 
"The  Cost  of  a  New  Deal  for  British  Scientists  and  Technologists', 
June  1963 
(3  pp.  ms.,  different  from  F.32  above). 
‘The  Recurrent  Grant  to  the  Universities,  June  1963. 
"University  Finance. 
Bonnington  Hotel',  July  1963. 
"Grants  for  University  Building’,  n.d.,  but  probably  for  the 
same  occasion. 
Shorter  drafts  and  writings: 
‘Organisation  of  Science  in  U.K.',  ms.  notes  for  a  talk  in 
Zagreb,  September  1963. 
-'The  finance  of  Robbins's  short-term  emergency',  February  1964. 
Another  ms.  with  same  title,  for  Bonnington  Hotel,  March  1964. 
_  ‘Public  Schools',  4  pp.  ms.  draft,  n.d.  probably  later. 
‘The  Research  Councils. 
Office',  prepared  February  1964  for  meeting  at  Bonnington 
Hotel,  held  in  March  1964. 
Function  of  the  Lord  President's 
Correspondence  and  papers  re  organisation  and  proposed  re- 
constitution  of  University  Grants  Committee,  mainly  re  paper 
on  the  subject  prepared  by  R.H.S.  Crossman,  March-July  1964. 
Misc.  research  material.  
Official  statements  on  Trend  Committee  Report  and  consequences, 
annotated  by  Blackett. 
Correspondence  and  papers  on  science  organisation,  mainly  re 
contribution  by  Royal  Society. 
Blackett's  research  material,  with  dated  notes  of  meetings  and 
discussions,  various  dates,  1964. 
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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-  Science-related  interests 
F.39-F.48 
Work  on  University  expansion 
Working  papers  and  correspondence,  mainly  related  to  1.Q. 
and  the  academic  aspects  of  the  problem. 
General  correspondence  on  university  expansion,  |.Q.,  parental 
income,  etc. 
In  chronological  order. 
R.V.  Jones 
W.D.  Wright 
Socialist  Medical  Association 
D.V.  Glass 
R.W.B.  Stephens 
B.H.  Flowers 
University  Grants  Committee   —-: 
M.J.  Davies 
“N.F.  Mott 
1962 
1962 
1963 
1963 
1963 
1963 
1963 
1963 
1963 
D.V.  Glass 
A.R.D.  Wright 
D.V.  Glass 
W.L.  Bragg 
1963 
1968 
1968 
1968 
Misc.  ms.  graphs  and  charts  on  university  numbers,  |.Q., 
parental  income,  etc. 
Ms.  notes,  statistics  and  drafts  on  various  aspects  of  university 
expansion,  some  dated  1963,  probably  prepared  for  Labour 
Party  discussion  papers. 
Delegation  visit,  1968.  
Ms.  notes  on  the  literature,  from  reports,  data,  etc.  supplied 
by  University  Grants  Committee  and  on  work  by  E.  Ashby, 
Boyd  Carpenter,  C.  Burt,  W.D.  Furneaux,  D.  Glass,  F.Newsom, 
etc.,  1963-68. 
Ring-backed  notebook  of  notes  on  universities  and  research 
in  S.  America,  mainly  Brazil,  probably  taken  on  Royal  Society 
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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-  Science-related  interests 
Folder  of  press-cuttings  on  university  expansion. 
Typescripts  and  duplicated  reports  collected  by  Blackett 
for  his  university  expansion  investigation. 
Includes  work  by  G.  Leybourne-White,  B.V.  Bowden, 
E.  Ashby,  W.D 
Various  dates,  1946-63. 
Furneaux,  C.C.  Butler,  R.P.  Linstead. 
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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-  Science-related  interests 
F.49-F.5] 
‘Thoughts  on  the  Ph.D.  degree’ 
Presidential  Address  to  the  Royal  Society,  Anniversary 
Day  1969. 
RvSi7 iy. 
Blackett's  ms.  notes. 
Press-cutting,  timetable  of  meeting,  copy  of  published 
version,  and  a  corrected  copy. 
Misc.  reports,  articles,  statistics  on  post-graduate  education, 
science  and  industry,  etc.,  assembled  by  Blackett  for  his 
lecture 
and  many  annotated  by  him. 
Correspondence  arising  from  lecture,  1969-70. 
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-  Science-related  interests 
F.52-F.85 
NUCLEAR  WEAPONS  AND  DISARMAMENT  1948-64 
Blackett's  earlier  involvement  with  the  problems  of  atomic  weapons  began 
in  1945  (see  especially  D.148  -  D.218). 
It  will 
be  seen  from  the  itéms  below  that  he  continued  to  voice  his  concern 
on  the  subject  almost  continuously  until  1964  (cf.  Lovell,  Memoir,  p.75). 
It 
is  also  clear  how  widely  he  lectured  on  this  topic,  to  political,  military, 
religious  and  academic  audiences  of  varying  composition  and  influence. 
Several  items  in  the  list  below  represent  published  talks  and  lectures 
omitted  from  the  Bibliography  in  the  R.S.  Memoir,  and  many  more  are  un- 
published. 
F.52 
F.80 
- 
- 
F.82 
1948-64 
1958-64 
F.83 
- 
F.85 
F.79 
Lectures,  broadcasts,  talks 
Correspondence 
Research  notes  and  background  material 
The  material  is  presented  as  follows: 
Additional  material  on  these  topics  appears  widely  in  the  collection,  and 
especially  in  Sections  D,  Gand  H.  
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-  Science-related  interests 
FiS2-Fi79 
Lectures,  broadcasts,  talks,  1948-64 
Pipe 
‘The  Use  and  Limitations  of  Weapons  of  Mass  Destruction’. 
Talk  at  Imperial  Defence  College,  February  1948. 
4  pp.  ms.  notes. 
‘Military  consequences  of  atomic  energy’. 
The  Sir  Halley  Stewart  Lecture  1948,  published  as  Chap.  || 
of  The  Atomic  Age,  London  1949,  reprinted  in  Studies  of  War, 
Edinburgh  1962. 
Heavily-corrected  typescript  pages  numbered  1-20,  and 
renumbered  for  later  publication  37-57. 
R.S.94. 
Blackett's  reply  to  article  by  Sir  John  Anderson  in  Evening 
Standard,  19  June  1950,  criticising  Blackett's  remarks  in  his 
introduction  to  Association  of  Scientific  Workers  pamphlet 
"Atomic  Attack’. 
7  pp.  typescript,  no  title  or  indication  of  place  of  publication. 
‘Also  included  here  is  a  letter  from  Sunday  Pictorial,  21  June 
1950,  re  possible  contributions  by  Blackett. 
"R.U.S.1.' 
4  pp.  ms.  notes  for  talk,  21  October  1954. 
(Royal  United  Services  Institution). 
"Scientific  method  and  the  conduct  of  war’. 
Talk  at  King's  College,  London,  March  1955,  and  at 
Londonderry,  February  1956. 
3  pp.  ms.  notes  +  8  pp.  ms.  draft. 
'The  peacefui  uses  of  atomic  energy’. 
Summary  of  a  discussion  meeting  at  Royal 
Institute  of 
International  Affairs  (Chatham  House),  29  June  1954. 
6  pp.  typescript. 
4  pp.  +  notes.  
'The  Role  of  Atomic  Weapons  in  Western  Defence’. 
Imperial  Defence  College,  4  November  1957. 
6  pp.  +  notes  on  the  literature. 
"Implications  of  the  Atomic  Age’. 
Ruskin  College,  5  March  1958. 
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-  Science-related  interests 
Copy  of  New  Statesman,  17  May  1958,  with  article  by 
Blackett,  ‘Limited  nuclear  war',  pp.625-6. 
‘Tactical  Atomic  Weapons’. 
Talk  for  Labour  Party  Disarmament  Group,  15  July  1958. 
2  pp.  ms.  notes  (uses  similar  material  to  above). 
‘Why  the  Tests’. 
Discussion  between  Blackett  and  R.  Goold-Adams,  broadcast 
on  BBC  Home  Service,  22  August  1958. 
2  sets  of  ms.  notes,  transcription  of  broadcast. 
‘Atomic  Heretic’. 
Talk  given  on  BBC  Home  Service,  September  1958. 
7  pp.  heavily-corrected  typescript  (corrections  not  in 
Blackett's  hand),  press-cutting  of  version  published  in 
The  Listener,  correspondence  from  members  of  general 
public  (mainly  hostile). 
eee  SF 
‘The  Nuclear  Controversy’. 
Talk  at  Imperial  Defence  College,  3  November  1958. 
5  pp.  +  notes. 
"Strategy  in  the  Nuclear  Age’. 
Talk  at  NATO  Defence  College,  8  January  1959. 
3  pp.  and  4  pp.  ms.  notes  (2  drafts). 
‘Essential  Facts  of  Situation’. 
Talk  delivered  to  'Canon  Bentley's  Group’(25  May  1959), 
'The  Religious  Bodies’  Consultative  Group’  (25  May  1959), 
and  ‘Lambeth  Meeting’  (28,  29  May  1959). 
] 
Reprinted  from  New  Statesman,  December  1959.  
‘Conversation  on  Nuclear  Warfare  and  the  Strategy  of 
Defence’. 
Lambeth  Palace,  May  1959. 
6  pp.  ms.  (including  notes  on  discussion). 
'The  Nuclear  Controversy’. 
Talk  at  Imperial  Defence  College,  October  1959. 
3  pp.  ms.  notes. 
‘Thoughts  on  British  defence  policy’. 
p.  ms.  notes. 
See  also  item  above. 
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-  Science-related  interests 
‘Cambridge. 
2  pp.  ms.  and  notes. 
Scientists  Lunch  Club’,  20  January  1960. 
"Manchester  Left  Club',  11  March  1960. 
2  pp.  ms. 
'L.P.  CLabour  Party  Chelsea,  27  January  1961,  Peace- 
ful  Uses  of  Atomic  Energy’. 
1 
p.  ms.  notes. 
‘Bow  Group',  House  of  Commons,  28  June  1961. 
1 
p.  ms.  notes. 
"Some  Notes  for  Consideration  by  the  British  Team'. 
Draft  with  sub-title:  'On  Maintaining  the  Balance  during 
the  First  Stages  of  Disarmament'. 
Typescript  and  duplicated  drafts,  both  with  ms.  annotations, 
June  1961. 
, 
F.67 
‘Prelude  to  Disarmament’. 
14  pp.  typescript. 
December  1961. 
‘Report  to  the  Plenary  Session  of  Meeting  of  Group  3' 
(at  Pugwash  Conference  on  Science  and  World  Affairs,  Stowe, 
Vermont). 
3  pp.  ms.  notes  on  own  views  and  those  of  other  participants. 
September  194]. 
'The  Relationship  between  East  and  West  Military  Policies 
and  Disarmament  Plans’. 
Talk  at  Imperial  Defence  College  (11  October  1961)  and 
Birmingham  (21  November  1961). 
6  pp.  ms. 
International  Affairs,  1962.  
Copies  of  both  articles,  with  Blackett's  circulation  list  for 
each,  and  typescript  copy  of  Foreword  to  translation  of 
Blackett's  New  Statesman  article  which  appeared  in 
F360,  F269 
‘The  Real  Road  to  Disarmament.  The  military  background 
to  the  Geneva  talks’. 
New  Statesman,  2  March  1962  and 
‘Steps  toward  Disarmament',  a  shorter  version  published 
in  Scientific  American,  April  1962. 
Rio.  275, 
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Section  F 
-  Science-related  interests 
Correspondence  arising  from  the  articles,  1962: 
C.  Bay 
Blatter  fur  deutsche  ...  Politik 
E.  Diamond  (Newsweek) 
A.  Etzioni 
J.  Freeman 
A.T.  Hart 
G.  Holton 
T.H.  Hunter 
L.  Marsh 
J.A.  Miles 
Requests  for  reprints  (not  itemised  or  indexed). 
See  also  J.63. 
"Brussels  and  Cuba’. 
14  pp.  ms.  heavily  corrected. 
n.d.  but  probably  1962. 
"Science  and  Disarmament',  Vienna,  September  1962. 
1 
p.  ms. 
Talk  to  the  Imperial  Defence  College,  October  1962. 
3  pp.  ms. 
'The  Relationship  between  Eastern  and  Western  Military 
Policies  and  Disarmament  Plans’. 
Institute  for  Strategic  Studies,  12  December  1962. 
2  sets  of  draft  notes. 
to  above.  
‘What  are  the  H-Bomb  Tests  for? 
4  pp.  ms.  heavily  corrected. 
n.d.  but  probably  related 
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-  Science-related  interests 
F.72-F.74 
‘The  first  real  chance  for  disarmament',  Harper's  Magazine, 
January  1963. 
This  was  an  expanded  and  revised  version  of  Blackett's  address 
‘The  way  ahead'  given  to  the  Ninth  Pugwash  Conference  on 
Science  and  World  Affairs  at  Cambridge,  September  1962. 
Correspondence  with  Harper's  Magazine  and  other  publishers 
re  publication  of  article,  revisions,  royalties  on  sale  of 
reprints,  foreign  rights  and  later  reprints,  etc.,  1962-64,  1966. 
Misc.  texts  of  the  lecture  and  article  as  follows: 
Address  as  given  to  Pugwash,  September  1962 
19  pp.  heavily-corrected  typescript; 
Copy  of  above,  with  extensive  alterations  suggested  by  editor 
for  American  publication; 
2  duplicated  copies  of  'revised  and  shortened'  version  of  speech 
peecn, 
“10  pp.  each  with  different  ms.  corrections; 
p 
Pp 
C.  Bay 
G.  Dessart 
W.  Massie 
E.A.  Pesonen 
- 
G.R.  Swafford 
H.D.W.  Lamoureux 
W.A.  Turner 
Reprint  of  article  as  published  in  Harper's  Magazine. 
Correspondence  arising  from  article  and  editorial  comment  in 
Harper's  Magazine,  1963: 
4  pp.  (includes  copy  of  address  given  by  A.  Yarmolinsky).  
'The  Nuclear  Balance  -  Cuba  and  After’. 
London  School  of  Economics,  3  May  1963,  3  pp.  notes 
(includes  notes  for  talk  to  'P.S.'  on  10  May  in  Cambridge). 
‘NM .LE,’ 
Talk  at  Anglo-American  Conference  at  Ditchley  Park, 
29  September  1963. 
‘Disarmament  Prospects’. 
Talk  at  11th  Pugwash  Conference,  Dubrovnik,  September  1963. 
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-  Science-related  interests 
'The  Western  Defence  Posture’. 
Imperial  Defence  College,  Wilton  Park,  15  October  1963. 
4  pp.  +  notes. 
‘Disarmament  Prospects  and  Western  Defence  Posture’. 
Imperial  Defence  College,  28  October  1963. 
ms.  and  typescript  notes. 
‘What  are  the  prospects  of  disarmament?'. 
The  Cyril  Foster  Lecture  given  at  Oxford,  26  November 
1963. 
34  pp.  typescript  with  ms.  note  by  Blackett  on  p.1 
‘corrected’. 
‘Memorandum  on  possible  British  initiatives  at  the  Geneva 
Disarmament  Conference’. 
22  pp.  typescript  with  Appendices  A,  B  andC,  anda 
second  annotated  copy  of  the  appendices. 
December  1963. 
on  Discimament 
e- 
Folder  inscribed  'L.P.  Disarmament  Committee’. 
‘Minutes  of  Labour  Party  Joint  Committee  on  Disarmament, 
25  February  1964. 
at  a  meeting  of  the  Committee.) 
(This  was  Blackett's  first  attendance 
Includes  report  'Llow  Gear  at  Geneva', 
Conference,  March  1964. 
‘Deadlock  or  progress  at  Geneva?',  March  1964. 
29  pp.  typescript  with  ms.  note  by  Blackett  'Rome,  April 
1964.!  
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-  Science-related  interests 
F.80-F.82 
Correspondence  on  Blackett's  writings  and  other  matters  connected 
  with  disarmament,  1958-64. 
Sir  Hugh  Constantine 
K.  Hahn 
H.A.  Kissinger 
1964 
1959 
1959 
Mountbatten  of  Burma 
1958  (comments  on  a  lecture  by  Blackett) 
R.R.  Nield 
Bertrand  Russell 
1961  (Blackett's  carbon  only),  1963 
1963  (on  nuclear  arms  race  in  Middle  East) 
T.C.  Schelling 
1961  (copy  of  letter  to  Editor  of  Encounter 
re  article  by  Blackeit) 
E.  Simon 
H.K.  Smith 
1959 
1958,  1959 
F.83-F.85 
Research  notes  and  background  material 
atomic  weapons,  etc.,  mainly  1962-63.  
Folder  of  notes  and  graphs  inscribed  'USSR-USA  Total  Man  Power', 
Misc.  ms.  notes  by  Blackett  on  defence,  atomic  power,  etc. 
Misc.  notes  on  the  literature,  and  of  discussions  re  defence, 
Includes  letter  from  J.P.  Wright,  n.d. 
F.83 
F.84 
1961. 
* 
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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SECTION  G 
OVERSEAS  ACTIVITIES  G.1  -  G.126 
This  Section  comprises  material  relating  specifically  to  India  (G.1  -  G.55), 
and  that  concerned  with  matters  more  generally  affecting  developing  countries  (G.56  - 
G.126). 
The  items  under  ‘Visits  and  Conferences’  include  some  wholly  scientific 
meetings,  but  mainly  refer  to  conferences  on  international  co-operation,  overseas 
aid,  etc. 
Blackett's  involvement  in  India,  from  which  sprang  his  general  concern  with 
the  problems  of  developing  countries,  had  a  double  origin. 
Through  his  researches 
on  cosmic  rays,  he  had  become  acquainted  with  Homi  Bhabha,  whose  research  establish~ 
ments,  and  those  of  other  scientific  colleagues,  he  visited  for  lectures,  conferences 
and  discussions  and  whose  plans  -  especially  for  atomic  energy  research  in  India  - 
he 
encouraged  (see  his  correspondence  with  Bhabha  in  G.33). 
Secondly,  his  visit  to 
India  for  the  Indian  Science  Congress  Association  in  1947,  and  his  consequent  meeting 
with  Nehru,  led  to  his  reports  and  advice  to  the  Government  of  India  on  military  and 
defence matters,  using  the  technique  of  Operational  Research  developed  in  wartime 
period,  and  for  recollections  of  Nehru. 
These  two  interests,  fostered  by  frequent  visits  to  India,  encouraged  a  broaden- 
wealth,  overseas  aid,  population  control  and  the  like. 
In  this  later  work,  India  re- 
mained  the  principal,  though  not  the  exclusive,  example  of  the  disparity  between 
developed  and  undeveloped  countries  in  Blackett's  thinking. 
Blackett's 
lasting  sense  of  personal  commitment  to  India  can  be  seen  from 
ing  of  Blackett's  concern  to  include  problems  of  economic  growth,  distribution  of 
(see  D.83  -  D.125). 
See  especially  G.1  -  G.6,  G.23,  G.29  for  material  on  this 
G.23  -  G.31,  a  folder  probably  made  up  in  1972,  containing  a 
list  of  his  visits  to 
presence  and  advice  were  valued.  
but  reference  to  India  is  frequently  made  in  lectures  and  writings  in  other  sections  of 
material,  intended  as  part  of  a  book  or  section  of  collected  writings  devoted  to  the 
India  and  his  own  collection  of  his  earlier  writings,  together  with  some  new  linking 
the  collection,  some  of  which  were  indeed  given  there. 
Repeated  invitations  in  the 
It  will  be  seen  that  relatively  little  material  survives  for  the  period  c.  1955-70, 
correspondence  for  Blackett  to  visit,  lecture  or  tour  in  India  show  how  greatly  his 
problems  of  India. 
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Section  G  -  Overseas  activities 
The  material  is  presented  as  follows: 
G.1-G.55 
INDIA  1947-73 
G.] 
G.31 
Reports,  lectures,  papers,  1947-72 
G.32 
G.43 
Correspondence,  mainly  on  science  and  defence,  1949-73 
G. 44 
G.45 
G.52 
j 
: 
Miscellaneous  correspondence,  1963,  1966 
Correspondence,  mainly  on  development,  1970-73 
Visits 
G.56-G.126 
DEVELOPING  COUNTRIES,  VISITS  AND  CONFERENCES  1944-73 
G.56 
G.77 
G.81 
1959-73 
G.82 
G.84 
G.85 
G.126 
G.76 
lectures  and  addresses,  1953-70 
Correspondence,  1951, 
1964-71 
Visits  and  Conferences,  1944-71 
Organisations  and  Committees, 
With  an  introductory  note.  
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Section  G  -  Overseas  activities 
INDIA 
REPORTS,  LECTURES,  PAPERS  AND  RELATED  CORRESPONDENCE 
1947-72 
Speech  at  Delhi,  January  1947. 
3  pp.  ms.  notes,  headed  'Indian  Association  of  Scientific 
Workers',  for  a  speech  delivered  at  Indian  Science  Congress 
Association. 
It  was  at  a  lunch  at  this  meeting  that  Blackett 
met  Nehru  and  was  consequently  asked  to  advise  on  the 
development  of  Indian  defence  forces. 
See  G.2-G.6  below,  and  Lovell,  Memoir,  pp.96-97. 
See  also  G.23. 
Blackett's  Report  to  the  Defence  Minister  of  India. 
Carbon  of  original  typescript  report  and  covering  letter 
dated  10  September  1948. 
29  pp. 
‘Duplicated  version,  37  pp.,  with  ms.  annotations  perhaps  of 
a  later  date. 
W.E.  Parry 
H.M.  Patel 
Correspondence  with  Jawaharlal  Nehru: 
Letter  from  Nehru  on  Blackett's  report,  1948. 
Letter  from  Blackett  on  atomic  warfare,  1951. 
These  are  photocopies  of  originals  in  the  possession  of  Lady 
Blackett. 
Printed  version  of  Report  dated  23  November  1948,  under 
title  ‘Scientific  problem  of  defence  in  relation  to  the  needs 
of  the  Indian  armed  forces’. 
1950  
1949  (announcing  'l  am  glad  to  be  able  to 
inform  you  that  the  Government  have 
accepted  your  Report  practically  in 
its  entirety') 
Correspondence  and  papers  re  report,  its  implementation  and 
Indian  defence  matters,  1948-52. 
E.C.  Williams 
B.P.  Pal 
S.S.  Bhatnagar 
1948 
1950 
1950 
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H.A.  Sargeaunt 
1951  (on  weapons  for  Indian  army) 
H.H.  Williams 
1951 
Blackett's  folder  of  notes  and  discussions,  mainly  on  tanks 
for  India. 
Includes  his  2  pp.  ms.  ‘Some  Notes  on  Supply  of  Tanks’, 
December  1952  and  some  background  material. 
N.B. 
Blackett  in  a  separate  folder,  see  G.24-G.26. 
Some  lectures,  reports,  etc.  for  1955-62  were  kept  by 
Notes  for  talks  and  lectures  given  in  India. 
‘Operational  Research. 
1 
p.  ms.  notes  only. 
Kanpur. 
December  1950'. 
"Atomic  Weapons  and  Military  Planning. 
1955. 
_2  pp.  ms.  notes. 
War  Room'. 
New  Delhi.  January 
‘War  Room. 
2  pp.  ms.  notes. 
Delhi,  28  January  1958'. 
13  pp.  heavily  annotated  by 
5  January  1962  to  Defence  College,  New 
‘Military  Policy  and  Disarmament’. 
2  lectures, 
Delhi. 
8  pp.  +  notes. 
3, 
Report  on  National  Physical  Laboratory,  New  Delhi,  1963. 
Letters  from  Director-General,  Council  of  Scientific  and 
Copy  of  report  of  meeting  of  N.P.L.  Council  to  discuss 
Blackett's  recommendations. 
Blackett. 
Industrial  Research,  accepting  'the  basic  recommendations’.  
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Section  G  -  Overseas  activities 
G.12-G.16 
First  Jawaharlal  Nehru  Memorial  Lecture,  New  Delhi, 
‘Science  and  Technology  in  an  unequal  world’. 
1967. 
R.S.114. 
No  manuscript  survives  of  this  lecture  (though  see  G.14  below) 
but  while  Blackett  was  in  Delhi  he  recorded  an  interview 
with  B.R.  Nanda  for  the  Oral  History  Project  of  the  Nehru 
Memorial  Museum  and  Library,  with  reminiscences  of  Nehru, 
Indian  scientists,  etc. 
Correspondence  with  B.R.  Nanda,  1971-72,  when  Blackett 
was  preparing  his  4th  Nehru  lecture  given  in  December  1971 
(see  G.17-G.22  below)  and  wished  to  refresh  his  memory. 
He  intended  to  revise  the  transcript  of  the  1967  interview  but 
found  the  required  emendations  to  be  so  extensive  that  he 
preferred  to  leave  the  text  as  a  classified  document  in  the 
Museum. 
A  photocopy  of  the  transcript,  24  pp.,  heavily  annotated  and 
revised,  is  included  in  the  folder. 
Includes  copies  of  various  versions  as  published. 
1967-70 
Blackett's  ms.  notes  and  plans  for  the  lecture, 
dated  August,  September  1967. 
7  pp.,  some 
Correspondence  and  press-cuttings  re  lecture  ,  arrangements 
for  publication  of  shortened  versions  in  various  journals, 
letters  of  thanks,  etc. 
Includes  a  letter  of  comment  on  the  draft  speech  from  W.D.  Clark 
in  which  he  says  '|  do  wonder  whether  in  delivering  it  you  should 
not  explain  some  of  the  initials  (R  &  D,  QSE,etc.)  more  than 
once. 
1973  
Press-cuttings,  quotations,  background  material  re  Nehru,  and 
re  Blackett's  lecture, 
1967 
Otherwise  |  fear  the  Indians  may  get  lost’. 
Brief  correspondence,  1973, re  publication  of  1967  lecture. 
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Section  G  -  Overseas  activities 
G.17-G.22 
‘Aspects  of  India's  Development’. 
The  Fourth  Jawaharlal  Nehru  Memorial  Lecture,  given  in 
London,  December  1971. 
R.S.130. 
Correspondence  with  Earl  Mountbatten  of  Burma  (Chairman, 
Jawaharlal  Nehru  Memorial  Trust)  re  invitation  to  lecture, 
arrangements,  and  comments  on  text. 
1970-71 
3  copies  of  draft  text,  all  with  ms.  revisions. 
Copy  of  'Text  for  publication',  typescript  with  ms.  revisions. 
‘Science  and  Wealth  in  developing  Countries',  with  heading 
‘Royal  Scottish  Museum!  (deleted),  17  February  1972. 
This  is  an  adapted  version  of  the  above,  typescript,  with 
ms.  revisions  and  new  pagination  (lacks  p.1). 
1971-72 
1971 
L.  Meitner- Graf 
D.V.  Glass 
ge 
riort 
(Blackett's  carbons  only) 
Misc.  correspondence  re  lecture. 
Correspondence  with  Secretary,  Nehru  Memorial  Trust,  re 
delivery  and  publication  of  lecture. 
es 
A.B.  Pant  
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G.23-G.31 
Blackett's  folder  of  material  on  India,  assembled  probably  in 
1972  for  a  collection  of  his  writings  on  the  subject,  or  for 
an  autobiography. 
The  material  has  been  split  into  separate  folders  for  ease  of 
handling,  but  remains  in  Blackett's  order. 
: 
This  is  Blackett's  original  folder,  inscribed  'Defence. 
Book',  and,  affixed  to  cover,  his  list  of  visits  to  India  1947-71. 
India 
Includes: 
1p.  ms.  plan  for  contents  of  book. 
Offprint  of  proceedings  of  34th  Indian  Science 
Congress,  January  1947. 
Blackett's  Address  at  Inaugural  Meeting  of  above, 
A  pp. 
Blackett's  ms.  report  on  the  British  Delegation's 
visit  to  above. 
p.  only. 
1 
Report  on  Blackett's  visit,  December  1954-January  1955, 
prepared  by  Scientific  Adviser,  with  ms.  annotations  by 
Blackett  (on  Indian  Air  Force). 
Typed  transcript. 
1 
December  1963. 
p.  ms.  notes  for  speech  at  'C.R.  [Cosmic  Rays]  Conference, 
Typed  transcript  with  extensive  ms.  corrections. 
Another  (untitled)  lecture  on  same  subject,  4  January  1962. 
'Military  policy  and  disarmament',  3  January  1762. 
Lecture  at  India  International  Centre,  New  Delhi. 
Version  published  in  Science  Reporter,  1968.  
‘Britain  and  India's  development  plans’,  16  November  1964. 
(The  Rickman  Godlee  Lecture). 
Typescript  with  extensive  ms.  corrections,  24  pp.  +  2  pp. 
additions  on  China,  and  his  visit  there. 
Speech  at  Tata  Institute,  to  introduce  First  Homi  Bhabha 
Memorial  Lecture  (given  by  C.F.  Powell),  November  1948. 
3  pp.  ms. 
‘Science  and  Technology  in  an  unequal  world’. 
(First  Jawaharlal  Nehru  Memorial  Lecture). 
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‘India  and  Defence’. 
Draft  of  recollections  of  first  meeting  with  Nehru  and  work 
on  Indian  defence,  adapted  from  1967  lecture  and  1969 
Rede  Lecture  (see  G.72),  12  pp. 
3  pp.  document  headed  ‘Personal. 
Atma  Ram!  (not  by  Blackett). 
Drafts  on  population  problem  and  contraception  (adapted 
from  1971  Nehru  lecture). 
Another  draft  on  population  problem. 
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G.32-G.43 
CORRESPONDENCE,  MAINLY  ON  SCIENCE  AND  DEFENCE 
1949-73 
The  correspondence  is  presented  alphabetically,  dated  and  with  a  brief 
indication  of  any  material  of  particular  personal  or  scientific  interest. 
Extensive  correspondence  with  an  individual  is  allotted  a  separate  folder  or 
folders; 
shorter  exchanges  are  grouped  together. 
All  correspondents  are  listed  in  the  general  index. 
G.32 
G.33 
Godfrey  Armitage 
1951  (Blackett's  carbons  only) 
Correspondence  with  Homi  Bhabha 
£1941],  1951-55,  1963 
The  letter  of  1941  (on  mesons)  is  p.2  only  and  dated  only 
Note: 
from  internal  evidence. 
General  correspondence  on  scientific  research,  Conference  on 
Elementary  Particles  and  publication,  atomic  warfare,  etc. 
Correspondence  with  family  and  colleagues  following  Bhabha's 
death,  1966. 
S.S.  Bhatnagar 
1951 
195] 
1951 
D.S.  Kothari 
1950-53,  1960,  1966,  1972-73 
(Scientific  Adviser,  Ministry  of  Defence,  New  Delhi). 
J.D.  Cockcroft  and 
-  Bergeron  (on  solar  energy) 
Includes  printed  material,  tributes,  etc.  and  letter  from  Indira 
Gandhi. 
The  early  correspondence,  which  constitutes  the  bulk  of  the 
folder,  relates  to  aspects  of  Indian  military  research,  and 
Blackett's  advice  and  visits. 
1951  (on  family  planning  in  India)  
oS  Krishna 
K.  Krishnan 
C.H.  Madge 
1951  (Blackett's  carbons  only,  on  solar  energy) 
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P.C.  Mahalanobis 
1950-53,  1971-73  (on  village  economy 
in  India) 
The  later  correspondence  contains  a  letter  of  reminiscence 
dictated  by  Mahalanobis  while  awaiting  a  rectal  operation. 
1972 
A.W.  Mailvaganam 
1950-51  (on  cosmic  ray  lectures  in 
R.G.W.  Norrish 
H.M.  Patel 
L.  Pearson 
F.  Richter 
M.N.  Saha 
N.  Srinivasan 
R.S.  Thakur 
_M.  Tyagi 
M.  Young 
Colombo) 
1951 
1949 
1951 
1951 
(Blackett's  carbon  only) 
1953 
195] 
1952 
1953 
1951-52  (on  a  Labour  Party  pamphlet  on 
India) 
Shorter  personal  and  social  correspondence,  1951-52  (not 
indexed). 
and  problems  of  aid).  
1966  (report  on  Wynne's  visit  to  India, 
MISCELLANEOUS  CORRESPONDENCE 
J.B.S.  Haldane 
1963 
C.G.  Wynne 
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G.45-G.5]1 
CORRESPONDENCE,  MAINLY  ON  DEVELOPMENT  1970-73 
G.45 
Correspondence  with  Atma  Ram,  1971-72 
(Director-General,  Council  of  Scientific  and  Industrial 
Research,  New  Delhi). 
Includes  lectures  by  Atma  Ram,  reminiscences  of 
P.C.  Mahalanobis,  award  of  Man  of  the  Year  Award  to 
Atam  Ram  in  1972,  etc. 
B.  Behari 
S.N.  Bose 
M.L.  Dhar 
V.  Kalidas 
-G.L.  Kapoor 
1972-73 
1971 
1971  (includes  paper  by  Dhar  on  development 
of  Indian  economy  and  comments  on  book 
by  Graham  Jones. 
See  also  G.80,  G.81) 
1972  (re  book  on  Indira  Gandhi) 
1973  (re  Man  of  the  Year  Award  to  M.S. 
Swaminathan) 
1971 
1970-71 
1971-72 
1971 
1971 
1971 
197] 
1971 
W.  Marshall 
B.N.  Mukerjee 
news  of  Pant's  death,  1973) 
K.S.R.  Murthy 
Y.  Nayudamma 
A.B.  Pant 
P.  Pant 
1971  (includes  letter  from  Pamela  Robinson  with 
thanks  for  visits,  social  and  personal  exchanges  (not  indexed).  1971-73  
Misc.  shorter  correspondence:  requests  for  lectures  or  publications, 
1972  (re  Festschrift  for  K.R.  Ramanathan) 
1972  (re  Award  of  Meghnad  Saha  Medal) 
1972  (re  population  growth  in  India) 
1971  (re  Symposium  on  Nehru) 
M.  Srinivasan 
S.R.  Valluri 
P.C.  Randeria 
C.R.  Rao 
R.G.  Rastogi 
B.R.  Seshachar 
K.  Singh  Narang 
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G.52-G.55 
VISITS  TO  INDIA 
See  G.23  for  Blackett's  complete  list  of  his  visits  to  India. 
G.52 
Schedule  of  visit,  December  1965-January  1966. 
G.53-G.55  Visit  as  Royal  Society  Leverhulme  Visiting  Professor, 
March-May  1971. 
Much  of  the  correspondence  in  G.45-G.51  above  refers  to  this 
visit  and  matters  arising. 
Itineraries  and  schedules  for  the  visit. 
Misc.  reports  on  visit  and  on  conferences  and  meetings, 
by  Blackett  and  by  Royal  Society  Delegation. 
Includes  Summary  of  Blackett's  contribution  to  Appropriate 
Technology  Symposium,  New  Delhi. 
Misc.  ms.  notes  for  talks  and  speeches  at  various  centres 
during  visit  to  India,  1970  and  1971.  
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G.56-G.126 
DEVELOPING  COUNTRIES,  VISITS  AND  CONFERENCES 
G.56-G.76 
LECTURES  AND  ADDRESSES  1953-70 
The  lectures  and  writings  deal  with  such  topics  as  economic  aid,  world 
poverty,  population  growth,  and  the  disparity  between  'rich'  and  ‘poor’  countries. 
Blackett  described  the  latter  as  the  'Gap',  a  term  which  he  used  and  adapted  in 
various  ways  as  the  title  of  several  of  his  published  works  on  the  subject. 
See  G.60, 
G.72,  G.120,  and  also  'H.57-H.73,  H.146-H.153. 
The  material  is  presented  chronologically. 
G.56 
Speech  (untitled,  on  the  'gap')  at  Canberra,  31  March  1953. 
Heavily-corrected  typescript. 
6  pp. 
Speech  at  R.P.A.,  11  June  1953. 
2  pp.  ms.  notes. 
"Science  and  the  Future’. 
R.S.78. 
‘Science  and  World  Poverty',  December  1955. 
With  ms.  note  ‘Japanese  Paper’. 
9  pp.  heavily-corrected  typescript  draft,  probably  for 
newspaper  article. 
Speech  at  UNESCO,  Paris,  November  1955,  heavily-corrected 
3  pp.  and  similar  3  pp.  ms.  material  headed  'T.V.',  ree 
ms. 
for  broadcast  on  same  occasion. 
date  being  1955,  and  the  latest  Cornell,  1960.  
Accompanying  correspondence,  and  Blackett's  own  notes  on 
p.  1,show  that  this  was  the  title  and  substance  of  material  for 
the  David  Davies  Memorial  Lecture  given  in  December  1959 
under  the  title  'The  Problem  of  the  underdeveloped  countries’. 
The  notes  indicate  that  Blackett  gave  the  lecture  both  before 
and  after  the  occasion  of  the  David  Davies  Lecture,  the  earliest 
'The  Widening  Gap',  November  195  ?8. 
5  pp.  heavily-corrected  ms.  notes. 
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‘Technology  and  World  Advancement’. 
Lecture  to  the  Bow  Group,  March  1960,  and  elsewhere. 
Heavily-corrected  ms.  notes  and  background  statistics. 
"Science  and  the  underdeveloped  countries’. 
Speech  to  Council  on  Foreign  Relations,  New  York,  November 
1960, 
2  pp.  ms.  notes. 
‘What  |  am  interested  in’. 
Speech  at  Chicago,  November  1960. 
1 
p.  ms.  notes. 
‘Science  and  technology  and  the  developing  countries’. 
(Tenth  Hinchley  Memorial  Lecture,  February  1961). 
Correspondence,  typescript  summary  of  lecture,  offprint 
‘of  published  version. 
(On  underdeveloped  countries.) 
‘Science,  technology  and  world  advancement’. 
(The  Irvine  Memorial  Lecture,  University  of  St.  Andrews). 
Offprint  of  published  version  only. 
1962. 
Ri  5,86. 
Transcript  of  discussion  on  BBC  Third  Programme,  March  1961. 
a:  3.77; 
‘The  University's  Mission’. 
R.S.101.  
7  pp.  typescript,  perhaps  for  speech  at  United  Nations  Conference, 
Geneva. 
‘Government  and  scientific  and  technical  development  in  emerging 
countries',  February  1963. 
Offprint  of  article  in  Bulletin  of  the  Atomic  Scientists  with 
ms.  date  'May  1962'.   
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Notes  for  speech  at  City  and  Guilds  College,  October  1964. 
lp.  ms. 
‘British  Scientist's  Impression  of  China’. 
Photocopy  of  excerpt  from  recorded  talk  from  Peking  in 
English  for  Australasia. 
10  October  1964. 
‘The  Contribution  of  Science  to  Development’. 
Address  to  World  Conference  of  Society  for  International 
Development,  Washington,  March  1968. 
6  pp.  ms.  notes; 
13  pp.  heavily-corrected  draft  (pages  variously  numbered); 
Copy  of  1967  Nehru  lecture  (R.S.114)  edited  and  adapted 
for  Washington  Conference. 
G.70 
‘Reflections  on  science  and  technology  in  developing  countries’. 
(The  Gandhi  Memorial  Lectures,  delivered  at  University 
College,  Nairobi,  January  1969). 
8.54120; 
M.L.E.  Oliphant 
S.  Zuckerman 
Blackett's  folder,  containing: 
Copy  of  lectures  as  published,  1970. 
Correspondence  with  University  College,  Nairobi  and  with 
East  African  Publishing  House  Limited  re  publication  of  lectures. 
Correspondence  with  colleagues  re  Gandhi  lectures  and  the  Rede 
lecture  on  similar  subject,  R.S.121, 
see  G.72,  with  comments, 
letters  of  thanks  for  copies,  etc. 
J.  Humphrey  
A.W.  Benn 
A.  Salam 
C.P.  Snow 
S.S.  Sokhey 
S.P.  Ambasta 
J.B.  Hutchinson 
C.F.  Goodeve 
J.W.  Bray 
J.  Cook 
‘ 
D.G.  Osborne 
Atma  Ram 
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Contribution  to  conference  on  ‘The  Social  Control  of 
Science  and  its  applications’,  University  of  Chicago,  March 
1969. 
15  pp.  heavily-corrected  notes  and  drafts; 
Offprint  of  version  of  address  as  published  in  Bulletin  of  the 
Atomic  Scientists,  May  1969. 
'The  Gap  Widens'. 
(The  Rede  Lecture,  Cambridge,  May  1969). 
RS.  bers 
Blackett's  folder  containing: 
Corrected  text  of  lecture  as  for  publication  by  C.U.P., 
23  pp.  typescript  with  ms.  corrections. 
Copy  of  published  version  and  of  agreement  with  C.U.P. 
Later  typescript  copy,  c.1972,  for  projected  collection  of 
writings,  with  extensive  annotations  and  corrections  by 
Blackett  and  another. 
Correspondence  with  C.U.P.  re  diminished  sales,  1973. 
R.S.124, 
Brief  editorial  correspondence,  1971. 
'The  role  of  science  and  technology  in  economic  development'. 
Speeches  at  Conference  on  Urbanisation  and  Regional  Change, 
Oxford,  Aprii  1970. 
"Science,  Technology  and  Aid  in  Developing  Countries’. 
(Third  Encyclopaedia  Britannica  Lecture,  Edinburgh,  1970). 
"Science  and  Technology  in  under-developed  countries’. 
24  pp.  ms.  notes  and  drafts. 
6  pp.  ms.  notes  headed  ‘Blackett,  Oxford',  probably  for 
same  occasion. 
2  ms.  drafts  for  talk  so  titled,  n.d.  
15  pp.  typescript,  with  ms.  note  'for  O.D.1.  Review',  n.d.  but 
after  1970. 
2  typescript  versions,  one  incomplete,  both  with  ms.  revisions 
and  corrections. 
"Science  policy  in  an  unequal  world’. 
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G.77-G.81 
ORGANISATIONS  AND  COMMITTEES  1959-73 
G.77.G.78  Overseas  Development  Institute  (ODI) 
Blackett  played  an  active  part  in  establishing  ODI  (see  especially  G.77), 
acting  as  Secretary  at  its  early  meetings,  some  of  which  were  held  in  his  room 
at  Imperial  College,  London. 
G.77 
Blackett's  folder  inscribed  'O.D.1.  Beginnings’. 
Includes: 
‘Project  for  an  institute  for  development 
5  pp. 
studies',  typescript  with  ms,  revisions,  signed  by 
E.A.G.  Robinson  and  Blackett,  dated  11  December 
1959. 
establishment  of  such  an  Institute,  its  terms  of 
reference,  sources  of  finance,  staffing,  etc. 
This  memorandum  sets  out  the  case  for  the 
Agendas,  committee  papers  and  Minutes  of  the 
meetings  of  the  provisional  Executive  Committee, 
March-July  1960. 
1961-71 
1970-72 
Misc.  committee  papers. 
Press  Release  announcing  establishment  of  ODI 
(Director: 
Council,  etc.,  16  September  1960 
William  Clark), 
list  of  Inaugurating 
Includes  letter  from  Richard  Wood  (Minister  of  Overseas 
Development)  thanking  Blackett  for  his  services  to  ODI  on 
his  retirement  from  the  Governing  Body,  December  1970. 
Correspondence  and  papers  re  publication  of  a  series  of  ODI 
Agricultural  Pamphlets,  discussion  meeting  on  the  Robbins 
Report,  financial  appeals. 
on  the  committee.  
UN  Advisory  Committee  on  the  Application  of  Science  and 
Technology  to  Development  and  Ad  Hoc  Working  Group  on 
Population  (ACAST). 
Correspondence  re  arrangements  for  meetings  in  New  York 
(February), 
and  Geneva  (July,  September,  November  1971). 
Letter  of  thanks  from  Secretary-General  for  Blackett's  service 
1971-72 
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G.80,  G.81 
Committee  on  Science  and  Technology  in  Developing 
1970-72   
Countries  (COSTED). 
Established  by  the  International  Council  of  Scientific  Unions 
(ICSU)  at  its  General  Assembly,  Bombay,  January  1966,  under  Blackett's 
Chairmanship. 
Only  material  for  1970-72  survives,  and  is  largely  concerned  with 
the  publication  of  The  role  of  science  and  technology  in  developing 
countries,  by  Graham  Jones  (OUP  1971). 
See  Lovell,  Memoir,  p.100. 
G.80 
COSTED  committee  papers  and  ICSU  reports,  includes 
material  re  book  by  Graham  Jones. 
Correspondence  with  Secretary,  F.W.G.  Baker,  especially 
re  future  programme  and  membership  of  COSTED. 
Correspondence  re  publication  and  circulation  of  book  written 
“by  Graham  jones,  under  Blackett's  direction. 
Correspondence  with  OUP,  members  of  ICSU  and  other 
interested  organisations  in  UK  and  overseas  re  circulation 
and  promotion  of  book,  requests  for  copies,  etc. 
1971  
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G.82-G.84 
CORRESPONDENCE  1951,  1964-71 
The  correspondence  is  presented  alphabetically,  with  dates  and  a 
brief  indication  of  any  material  of  particular  personal  or  scientific  interest. 
G.82 
K.O.  Dike 
J.L.  Loam 
K.  Natarajan 
1965 
1971 
1971  (Blackett's  carbon  only)  on 
population  control  in  Pakistan 
A.  Nove 
1964  (on  development  of  Soviet  Central 
Asia) 
H.C.  Pereira 
1971  (on  high  wage  costs  in  developing 
countries) 
Royal  Inst.  International 
Affairs 
i  Saunders 
1951 
1970 
R.S.  Scorer 
D.  Seers 
S.  Unwin 
H.1.  Usmani 
Britain) 
J.A.V.  Willis 
1970 
1970 
1971-72  (includes  programme  of  visit  to 
1967  (request  for  Blackett  to  write  book  on  subject) 
197]  
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G.85-G.126 
VISITS  AND  CONFERENCES  1944-71 
The  material  is  presented  chronologically. 
It  includes  correspondence,  travel  arrangements,  manuscripts  or  notes 
for  lectures,  papers,  broadcasts,  publications,  etc. 
This  Section  contains  all  surviving  records  of  Blackett's  attendance  at 
international  conferences,  and  of  his  foreign  tours  (see  G.23  -  G.3]1  for  visits 
to  India).  though  it 
is  clear  that  many  other  journeys  were  made  and  have  left 
no  documented  evidence. 
G.85  -  G.91  is  of  interest  in  recording  Blackett's  view  of  the  episode 
in  1945  when  he  and  other  eminent  British  scientists  were  refused  visas  to  visit 
Russia  (see  the  note  to  these  items). 
The  majority  of  the  visits  referred  to  in  this  Section  were  concerned  with 
international  co-operation,  aid  to  developing  countries,  disarmament,  etc.  
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G.85-G.91 
Proposed  visit  to  Russia 
June  1945 
The  visit  was  for  the  celebration  of  the  220th  Anniversary  of  the  Soviet 
Academy  of  Sciences. 
Invitations  to  a  large  number  of  British  representatives  were  issued  and 
accepted  (see  G.85  for  a 
list  of  those  invited,  and  Blackett's  own  invitation 
At  the  last  moment,  visas  were  refused  for  J.D.  Bernal, 
and  acceptance). 
P.M.S.  Blackett,  Sir  Charles  Darwin,  P.A.M.  Dirac,  E.A.  Milne,  N.F.  Mott, 
R.G.W.  Norrish  and  E.K.  Rideal,  on  the  grounds  that  they  could  not  be  spared 
until  the  conclusion  of  hostilities  with  Japan. 
Blackett  led  protests  against  this,  by  letters  and  interviews,  but  the  ban 
remained. 
The  items  below  are  kept  in  Blackett's  folder,  variously  marked  '1945 
‘Blackett  Bernal  Mott  Norrish’; 
these  notes  were 
in  a  proposed 
autobiography. 
G.85 
Invitation, 
including  Blackett's  application  for  exit  permit. 
list  of  others  invited,  travel  arrangements, 
Previous  correspondence  with  Sir  Henry  Tizard  and  E.F. 
Collingwood  re  possible  scientific  missions  or  conferences 
in  Russia,  1943,  1945. 
Russia’,  ‘Visas  Refused', 
probably  added  at  a  late  date  in  his  career,  indicating  the  lasting  impression 
made  on  him  by  the  matter,  or  perhaps  the  intention  to  refer  to  it 
at  government  advisory  councils,  June-July  1945.  
13  June  1945,  and 
Letter  from  Home  Office  refusing  visa, 
Blackett's  correspondence  with  other  colleagues  involved 
requesting  meeting  with  Royal  Society  to  discuss  the  matter. 
Includes  letters  from:  P.A.M.  Dirac,  E.A.  Milne,  E.K. 
Rideal,  Sir  Charles  Darwin. 
Draft  letter  of  protest  to  President,  Royal  Society,  and 
misc.  letters  by  Blackett  declining  to  continue  attendance 
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2  letters  from  Lord  Woolton  (Lord  President  of  Council) 
on  subject. 
Correspondence,  preliminary  notes,  and  ms.  and  typescript’ 
account  for  President,  Royal  Society,  of  meeting  between 
Sir  John  Anderson,  Bernal,  Blackett  and  Sir  Thomas  Merton. 
Misc.  correspondence  re  colleagues,  etc.  whom  Blackett 
was  to  have  looked  up  in  Moscow; 
includes  a  characteristic 
letter  from  G.|.  Taylor  to  be  delivered  to  P.  Kapitza,  with 
personal  and  university  news. 
(A  copy  of  this  letter  is  held, 
by  permission,  in  Trinity  College,  Cambridge.) 
Misc.  press  releases. 
Folder  of  printed  material  relating  to  visit,  misc.  press 
releases,  address  and  reports,  etc. 
Includes  also  (duplicated)  address  by  P.  Kapitza  to  Soviet 
Academy  of  Sciences  1943  and  subsequent  discussion,  and 
-note  on  organisation  of  Science  in  USSR,  written  1944, 
published  1945. 
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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World  Congress  for  Peace,  Paris,  April  1949. 
Correspondence  with  F.  Joliot-Curie  re  organisation  of 
Congress. 
Blackett  was  unable  to  attend,  but  folder  includes  3  pp. 
heavily-corrected  ms.  draft  of  his  letter  to  Joliot-Curie 
stating  his  own  views  on  dangers  of  war  with  USSR. 
Visit  to  Australia,  New  Zealand  and  Singapore  1952-53. 
Correspondence  re  visit  and  itinerary,  lectures  and  arrange- 
ments  (including the  possibility  of  a  return  journey  via  Canada 
which  did  not  take  place). 
correspondence  is  included. 
Schedule  for  engagements  in  Australia,  February-March  1953. 
Some  personal  and  scientific 
G.94-G.97 
International  Conference  on  Science  in  the  Advancement 
of  New  States,  Weizmann  Institute,  Rehovoth,  Israel, 
August  1960. 
Conference  agenda,  programme,  list  of  participants. 
Included  here  is  a  letter  from  Roger  Quirk  re  possible  links 
with  Overseas  Research  Council,  May  1960. 
Correspondence  with  Abba  Eban  (President,  Weizmann 
Institute)  re  aims  of  conference,  contribution  by  Blackett, 
and  letter  after  conference  (January  1961)  re  possible 
Continuation  Committee  and  possible  links  with  Overseas 
Development  Institute  (ODI),  1959-61. 
paper,  etc.  
Misc.  correspondence  re  travel  arrangements,  publication  of 
"New  science  or  old  technology’. 
Blackett's  contribution  to  conference,  given  at  opening 
session. 
4  pp.  ms.  notes; 
typescript  version  with  ms.  corrections,  5  pp. 
R.S.84. 
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Section  G  -  Overseas  activities 
World  Food  and  Population  Symposium,  British  Association 
Annual  Meeting,  Cardiff,  31  August-7  September  1960.   
The  Australian  press  reported  Blackett  as  saying  in  his 
summing  up  at  the  conclusion  of  the  symposium  that  a 
nuclear  war  was  'the  only  answer  to  the  problem  of  the 
growing  world  population’. 
letter  for  publication  and  a  copy  of  the  written  version  of 
In  his  covering  letter  to  the  editors  Blackett 
his  remarks. 
wrote  that 
'The  remark  about  atomic  bombs  which  became 
somewhat  distorted  in  the  reporting,  was  an  aside  not  con- 
tained  in  the  original  script'. 
printed  Blackett's  letter  of  disavowal. 
Many  of  the  newspapers 
Blackett  replied  with  a 
The  folder  includes: 
2  draft  ms.  notes  (1 
4  pp.  typescript  copy  for  distribution. 
p.  each)  by  Blackett  for  his  remarks. 
Letters  from  members  of  the  Australian  public,  many 
enclosing  clippings  from  the  local  press  re  Blackett's 
“  remarks. 
Copies  of  other  papers  (by  W.A.  Lewis  and  T.A.1.  Grillo) 
of  various  dates. 
Anglo-Soviet  Conference,  February  1961. 
Correspondence  with  Fitzroy  Maclean  (Chairman)  and 
organisers,  1960-61. 
Correspondence  re  formation  of  B.A.  Committee  on  World 
Food  and  Population  (Blackett  was  a  member). 
Organised  by  Great  Britain-USSR  Association  and  USSR- 
Great  Britain  Society. 
Russian  delegate,  and  on  usefulness  of  the  conference.  
Includes  agenda,  programme,  communiqué  (annotated  by 
Blackett),  speeches  and  background  material. 
Group  photograph  of  members  of  the  conference. 
3  pp.  ms.  note  by  Blackett  on  Test  Ban,  on  comments  by 
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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G.100,  G.101 
Centennial  Celebration,  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Tech- 
nology,  April  1961. 
G.100 
Invitation  from  President  to  participate,  and  correspondence 
with  organisers  re  travel  arrangements,  Blackett's  paper, 
etc. 
Includes  list  of  UK  participants,  papers  to  be  given,  etc. 
Blackett  was  the  official  Delegate  of  Imperial  College  at 
the  Conference,  and  folder  includes  letter  from  Rector  con- 
firming  this. 
G.101 
‘Scientific  and  engineering  education  in  newly-developing 
countries’. 
Includes: 
Inaugural  address'  by  Blackett  for  Topic  A  of 
Conference. 
2  pp.  ms.  notes. 
5  pp.  typescript  with  ms.  revisions. 
G.102 
3  pp.  ms.  notes  on  speeches  and  discussions  at 
Conference. 
Duplicated  summary  of  discussions  of  Topic  A, 
16  pp. 
Printed  material:  conference  programme,  list  of participants, 
reports  on  visit. 
G.102,  G.103  International  Conference  on  Magnetism  and  Crystallography, 
  Kyoto,  Japan,  September  1961. 
Correspondence  with  organisers  re  conference  arrangements, 
Blackett's  paper  and  publication,  with  colleagues  in  Japan 
re  programme  of  visit,  requests  to  visit  and  lecture,  letters 
of  thanks,  etc.,  1961. 
See  also  J.69.  
Invitation  (declined)  and  prospectus. 
Includes  also  brief  correspondence  re  Pugwash  conferences. 
Includes: 
typescript  with  ms.  corrections. 
duplicated  copy  of  Blackett's  contribution,  8  pp. 
Rio.  20. 
See  also  C.97,  C.207. 
International  Seminar, 
Yugoslavia,  July  1964.   
‘University  Today',  Dubrovnik, 
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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G.105-G.108  Visit  to  China,  September-October  1964,  and  correspondence, 
1965   
Blackett  visited  China  as  a  member  of  a  Royal  Society  Delegation,  with 
Professor  A.R.  Clapham. 
He  lectured  on  rock  magnetism,  and  participated  in  discussions  with  repre- 
sentatives  of  Academia  Sinica  re  exchanges  of  information,  training,  visits,  etc. 
between  British  and  Chinese  scientists. 
He  heard  the  result  of  the  General 
Election  of  October  1964  while  in  China,  and  returned  for  the  setting-up  of 
Mintech  (see  Section  E). 
Blackett's  visit  to  China  made  a  considerable  impression  on  him,  and  he 
referred  to  it  frequently  in  talks  and  correspondence  and  made  serious  efforts  to 
~ 
help  Chinese  scientists  with  equipment,  exchanges  of  information  and  the  like. 
See  also  C.216,  C.247-C.249,  G.27,  G.68. 
G.106 
Programme  of  activities  in  China. 
Note  of  discussion  with  Academia  Sinica  (by  A.R.  Clapham). 
Correspondence  with  Indian  Chargé  d'affaires  in  Peking. 
G.105 
Correspondence  re  visit,  and  visit  to  Hong  Kong  during  return 
journey,  letters  of  thanks  to  colleagues  in  China,  1964. 
Correspondence  with  W.B.  Harland  re  geological  co- 
operation  with  China. 
Correspondence,  reports  and  memoranda  re  scientific  visits 
and  exchanges  between  Academia Sinica and  Royal  Society, 
meetings  to  discuss  same,  and  especially  re  work  on  rock 
magnetism  (see  below),  November  1964-June  1965. 
until  1966.  
Correspondence,  October  1964-June  1965, 
re  his  visit  to  China  to  advise  on  rock  magnetism  research 
under  exchange  scheme  (see  above). 
planned  for  1965,  was  postponed  at  the  request  of  the  Chinese 
with  R.L.  Wilson 
The  visit,  originally 
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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Section  G  -  Overseas  activities 
Administration  and  Management  of  Research  and  Development. 
A  series  of  discussion  meetings  held  at  Caius  College, 
Cambridge,  6  July-3  August  1965. 
Blackett  attended  the  meeting  held  on  the  weekend  16-17 
July,  when  a  small  (12)  group  of  people  met  at  the  invitation 
of  N.F.  Mott. 
the  relationship  between  Government  and  the  Universities, 
and  the  function  of  University  Grants  Committee. 
The  general  theme  of  the  discussion  was 
Folder  includes  correspondence  re  arrangements  for  meeting, 
publication  of  an  account  of  the  meeting,  draft  report  (22  pp. 
typescript)  and  an  amendment  by  Blackett. 
G.110,  G.111  Visit  to  National  Academy  of  Sciences,  Washington,  April 
1966.   
(On  the  occasion  of  Blackett's  election  as  Associate  Member, 
National  Academy  of  Sciences). 
Address  at  dinner  (on  organisation  of  science),  26  April  1966. 
2  corrected  typescript  versions,  16  pp. 
G.112 
G.111 
"Science  and  the  national  interest’. 
Folder  includes: 
6  pp.  ms.  notes 
10  pp.  ms.  draft 
7  pp.  summary  of  speech  for  publication  in 
News  Report. 
Copy  of  N.A.S.  News  Report  with  summary 
of  address. 
Science  Foundation,  assembled  by  Blackett  as  background  material.  
Agenda,  list  of  participants,  timetables  and  speakers, 
Blackett's  ms.  notes  for  his  introductory  remarks  on  Item  5 
of  Agenda  ‘Relation  between  academies  of  science  and 
government',  and  on  other  speeches  and  discussions  at  meeting. 
Folder  of  reports,  articles,  etc.  mainly  on  science  and  govern- 
ment,  includes  material  on  changes  in  American  National 
ms.  notes  for  talk  at  Council  for  Foreign  Relations, 
5  pp. 
New  York,  29  April  1966. 
G.112,  G.113  Visit  by  Royal  Society  Delegation  to  National  Academy  of 
Sciences,  Washington,  26-27  May  1966. 
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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Section  G  -  Overseas  activities 
Tercentenary  Celebrations,  Académie  des  Sciences,  Paris, 
June  1966.   
Printed  matter  and  letter  of  acceptance  only. 
G.115-G.119  Chancellor's  Lectures,  Victoria  University  of  Wellington, 
New  Zealand,  September  1966.   
(and  Blackett's  visit  to  Australia  on  same  occasion) 
Correspondence  with  Convenor  and  with  Vice-Chancellor 
of  Victoria  University,  re  arrangements  and  scheduling 
of  lectures,  fees,  etc.  1964-66. 
-  Includes  press-cuttings  of  visit. 
Blackett's  four  Chancellor's  Lectures  were: 
Shorter  private  correspondence  re  tour,  1966. 
Correspondence  with  officers  of  Royal  Society  of  New 
Zealand  re  meeting  during  Blackett's  visit,  1965-66. 
Includes  schedules  and  itineraries,  and  ] 
for  talk  at  seminar  in  Canberra  on  ‘War  against  Hunger’. 
p.  ms.  notes 
Correspondence  with  colleagues  in  Australia,  June- 
October  1966,  re  visits  and  lectures. 
Schedule  and  itinerary  in  New  Zealand  are  included  here.  
Folder  includes  ms.  notes  and  drafts  for  lectures  3  and  4 
(labelled  by  Blackett  1  and  2),  and  also  notes  for  a  version 
to  be  broadcast  on  New  Zealand  radio. 
Technology,  Science  and  Government  Today. 
The  Drift  of  the  Continents? 
The  History  of  the  Earth's  Magnetic  Field 
Technology,  and  Science  in  the  Past 
ile 
2 
3. 
4 
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G.120-G.121  Visit  to  Washington,  December  1966. 
Blackett  delivered  an  address  'The  Ever  Widening  Gap'  (R.S.107)  ata 
meeting  of  the  American  Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Sciences  (AAAS), 
held  on  the  general  topic  of  ‘Science  in  International  Perspective’. 
The 
AAAS  meeting  was  widened  to  become  a  joint  meeting  with  the  Washington 
Academy  of  Sciences  (WAS)  which  sponsored  Blackett's  lecture  as  part  of  its 
500th  meeting  programme. 
G.120 
Invitation,  correspondence  re  lecture  and  publication,  with 
AAAS  and  WAS  officials,  programme  of  meeting,  letters 
of  thanks. 
1 
p.  ms.  draft  for  introduction  to  speech,  not  used  in 
-  published  version  in  Science. 
Copy  of  published  version. 
Visit  to  University  College,  Dar-es-Salaam,  December  1968- 
January  1969.   
(This  was  a  Royal  Society  visit  with  Dr.  R.W.J.  Keay.) 
he  also  acted  as  Delegate 
Blackett  was  made  Hon.  Fellow  of  WAS,  and  enrolled  as 
Fellow  of  AAAS  on  this  occasion; 
of  the  British  Association. 
Duplicated  report  on  visit,  by  R.W.J.  Keay.  
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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Section  G  -  Overseas  activities 
European  Physical  Society. 
Conference  on 
April  1969. 
'The  Growth  Points  of  Physics',  Florence, 
Blackett  delivered  a lecture,  ‘The  old  days  of  the  Cavendish’. 
R.S.118, 
Correspondence  re  conference  and  lecture. 
Includes  transcript,  copy  of  printed  text,  and  of  other 
speeches  at  conference; 
misc.  printed  matter  and  newsletters. 
8  pp.  ms.  notes  on  'The  Old  Cavendish’. 
Also  included  is  correspondence  with  President  of  Italian 
Physical  Society  asking  Blackett  to  serve  on  Steering  Com- 
mittee  of  European  Physical  Society  (declined),  1966. 
“See  G.125,  and  under  Rutherford  in  the  index  of  corres- 
pondents,  for  other  talks  and  material  on  Rutherford, 
and 
Blackett's  period  at  the  Cavendish. 
Visit  to  Spain,  September  1969. 
Brief  correspondence  and  background  material  only. 
Blackett  declined  nomination  as  Corresponding  Member,  Real 
Academia  de  Ciencas. 
Rutherford  Centenary  Celebrations,  Moscow,  August  1971. 
Rutherford's  achievements’).  
Blackett  had  intended  to  attend,  and  to  give  a  paper  based 
substantially  on  his  1954  Rutherford  Memorial  Lecture  (R.S.69, 
see  H.51). 
read  for  him  by  N.  Feather. 
Folder  includes  correspondence  with  Russian  and  UK  colleagues 
re  conference,  and  2  typescripts  of  the  lecture  (draft  titled 
"Memories  of  Rutherford',  and  text  as  read  'Some  remarks  on 
In  the  event,  he  did  not  go,  and  his  paper  was 
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Section  G  -  Overseas  activities 
Misc.  invitations  to  conferences: 
Nobel  Prizewinners  Conference,  Lindau 
1971  (declined) 
International  Conference  on  Product  Development 
and  Manufacturing  Technology,  University  of 
Strathclyde 
1971  (declined) 
USSR  Academy  of  Sciences  Jubilee  Celebration 
1972  (declined) 
Possible  UN  conference  on  'One  World  -  Prospects 
and  Problems',  suggested  for  1972-73. 
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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SECTION  H 
~~  LECTURES,  PUBLICATIONS,  ADDRESSES,  BROADCASTS  1934-73 
Fl 
de 
Hye  157 
This  Section  assembles  in  chronological  order  all  surviving  material  in  these 
categories  not  included  among  any  of  the  specific  topics  in  Sections  B 
-  G  above, 
although  there  is  often  a  considerable  degree  of  overlap  in  subject-matter. 
The  material  varies  from  brief  manuscript  notes  for  an  informal  talk  to 
substantial  folders  including  several  drafts,  comments  from  colleagues  and  from  the 
general  public,  particulars  of  conferences  or  symposia  at  which  the  lecture  or  address 
was  given,  editorial  correspondence,  arrangements  for  foreign  publication, 
translation 
rights,  etc. 
Some  entries  are  accompanied  by  explanatory  notes,and  references  are  given 
to  related 
matters  in  other  Sections  of  the  collection. 
Several  items  include  or  refer  to  publications  not  listed  in  the  Royal  Society 
Bibliography. 
See  especially  H.8,  H.45,  H.74,  H.77,  H.105,  H.122,  H.132, 
H.136,  H.137,  H.139. 
Many  more  are  unpublished. 
‘ 
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Section  H  -  Lectures,  publications,  addresses,  broadcasts 
‘ 
‘The  frustration  of  science’. 
Originally  a  broadcast  talk  given  in  March  1934  and  subsequently 
published  as  Ch.  VII!  of  a  book  of  that  title. 
This  is  a  late  typescript,  c.1972,  with  some  ms.  corrections  by 
Blackett,  prepared  for  a  collection  of  readings  to  be  published 
by  Weidenfeld  &  Nicolson  under  the  title  The  Government  of 
Science  in  Britain,  and  perhaps  for  Blackett's  own  proposed 
collection  of  writings. 
brief  editorial  correspondence  and  information  about 
Includes 
the  book,  1971-72. 
RS  592: 
"Some  Aspects  of  Present  Day  Affairs. 
December  10,  1934'. 
Very  heavily-revised  ms.  10  pp.,  with  1 
hand. 
: 
p.  notes  partly  in  another 
‘Science  and  Politics. 
Dalton  Hill. 
11.3.37.' 
1 
p.  ms.  notes  only. 
Misc.  ms.  undated  political  speeches. 
Includes: 
¢.1942. 
‘The  Frustration  of  Science  Exhibition. 
May  16,  1938'. 
1 
p.  ms.  notes  for  speech  or  lecture  at  opening. 
2  pp.  notes  on  necessity  of  help  to  Russia  (possibly  an 
Operational  Research  paper). 
3  pp.  notes  in  the  form  of  an  open  letter  to  'Dear  Mr.  C.' 
[Neville  Chamberlain],  attacking  armament  race.  c.1938. 
‘The  Triumph  of  Chamberlainism' 
4  pp.  ms.  draft  for  speech  on  similar  subject  and 
attacking  Churchill. 
at  Dartington  Hall,  March  1944,  
Misc.  manifestos,  quotations,  background  material, 
particulars  of  conference  on  ‘Progressive  Politics',  held 
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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Section  H  -  Lectures,  publications,  addresses,  broadcasts 
Talks  and  papers  on  organisation  of  post-war  science,  and  fundamental 
research  1943-45 
‘Science  and  Society. 
International  Youth  Centre,  22.9.43.' 
ms.  5  pp. 
‘Churchill  Club,  January  1944. 
Science  after  the  War'. 
ms.  3  pp. 
‘Fundamental  Research  in  Relation  to  Industry’. 
Blackett's  contribution  to  a  British  Association  discussion. 
Includes: 
1 
p.  ms.  plan  of  talk  dated  January  1944, 
9  pp. 
Typescript  and  ms.  draft  dated  January  1945. 
5  pp.  typescript  'Stenographer's  report’. 
Offprint  of  a  talk  entitled  ‘Relation  between 
Fundamental  and  Applied  Science’,  same  text 
with  minor  differences. 
See  also  E.13. 
ms.  13  pp. 
Correspondence  from  A.P.  Rowe  re  talk. 
‘Fundamental  Science. 
Relation  with  Society’. 
l 
p.  ms.  notes. 
n.d.  probably  1944. 
p.  ms.  notes. 
n.d.  but  kept  with  correspondence  exchanged 
‘The  Social  Duty  of  Fundamental  Scientists’. 
Talk  on  science  after  the  war,  at  T.R.E.  Malvern,  December  1944. 
1 
with  'Martin'  re  science  in  socialist  and  capitalist  societies, 
March-May  1944. 
p.  ms.  notes.  
"Instructors  Course,  Bloomsbury  House. 
and  the  Education  of  the  Citizen’. 
2  pp.  ms.  notes. 
n.d.  probably  1944. 
Notes  on  similar  subject,  2  pp. 
n.d.  probably  1944. 
‘Fundamental  and  applied  Science’. 
1 
122.1.45. 
Science 
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Section  H  -  Lectures,  publications,  addresses,  broadcasts 
( 
Papers  and  talks  on  science  and  society  by  others,  collected  by 
Blackett,  many  annotated  by  him. 
J.D.  Bernal,  ‘Applied  Science  and  Technology’,  February  1945. 
E.L.  Bowler,  'A  growing  challenge  to  technological  education’,  n.d. 
E.C.  Bullard,  ‘Science  in  national  life’  (broadcast  talk),  December  1943. 
J.G.  Crowther,  'The  Royal  Society’  (2  copies),  November  1944. 
A.V.  Hill,  a  paper  on  neutrality,  1938,  a  printed  copy  of  a  British 
Association  address  with  annotations  by  Blackett,  and  a  ms.  2  pp. 
‘note  on  A.V.  Hill's  address  to  B.A.'  by  Blackett. 
M.  Polanyi,  'Science  and  the  decline  of  freedom!  (broadcast  talk), 
May  1944,  annotated  by  Blackett. 
A.C.B.  Lovell,  talk  on  post-war  society  given  at  T.R.E.,  October 
1944  as  part  of  A.P.  Rowe's  series  (see  H.10),  annotated  by 
Blackett. 
C.H.  Waddington,  'The  need  for  an  organised  study  of  the  influence 
of  science  on  human  affairs',  n.d. 
"Science  for  peace. 
Synopsis’. 
Printed  reports  on  post-war  scientific  research. 
"How  planning  might  be  organised’,  January  1946. 
Introduction,  and  outline  for  11  chapters. 
Typescript. 
2  talks  on  the  planning  of  science,  for  the  BBC  Chinese  service. 
'The  creation  of  matter  from  energy',  August  1946. 
Typescript  with  ms.  corrections. 
With  ms.  note  by  Blackett  '  Bernal's  draft  for  the  now  abandoned 
book'. 
Brief  correspondence  re  possible  publication  (declined  for  lack  of  time).  
Contribution  to  discussion  following  a  talk  by  R.L.  Oppenheimer, 
on  pure  and  applied  scientific  research. 
'The  Scientist  in  the  Socialist  State’. 
November  1946. 
Typescript  report  of  lecture,  and  of  ensuing  discussion,  14  pp. 
3  pp.  typescript  and  ms. 
Notes  for  speech  at  T.U.C.,  Brighton,  October  1946. 
l 
p.  ms. 
2  pp. 
ms.  notes. 
Fabian  Jubilee  Lecture, 
Press  release  summary  of  points  made  in  lecture,  6  pp. 
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Section  H  -  Lectures,  publications,  addresses,  broadcasts 
H.18-H.23 
Papers  relating  to  Evan  James  Williams  FRS,  1945-47 
Williams  had  been  a  close  wartime  colleague  of  Blackett,  who  was  largely 
responsible  for  his  appointment  to  R.A.E.  Farnborough,  to  Operational  Research, 
Coastal  Command,  and  to  the  Admiralty  where  he  was  Assistant  Director, 
Operational  Research. 
Blackett  wrote  an  obituary  of  Williams  for  Nature  and  the  Biographical 
Memoir  for  the  Royal  Society. 
RiSi  ae: 
The  folders  include  correspondence  with  family  and  colleagues  re  material 
for  the  Memoir,  often  containing  material  of  personal  interest  not  used  in  the 
publication,  and  fuller  notes  of  Williams's  wartime  contribution  than  was  avail- 
able  at  the  time. 
For  further  material,  see  under  E.J.  Williams  in  the  Index  of  correspondents. 
Correspondence  with  family  and  close  friends. 
with 
Williams's  parents,  1945-47 
with 
Williams's  brother,  1945-46,  with  autobiographical  notes 
prepared  by  E.J.  Williams,  comments  on  Blackett's  Memoir 
and  personal  recollections 
Bibliographies  and  summaries  of  Williams's  work. 
Letter  from  Williams,  8  September  1945  CWilliams  died  29  September J 
enclosing  his  own  ‘Summary  of  War  Work',  and  hoping  to  see  Blackett 
before  leaving  London  for  the  last  time. 
September  1946  
Correspondence  with  scientific  colleagues,  with  recollections  and 
information  on  Williams's  work  and  personality. 
W.H.  McCrea 
N.  Bohr 
J.  Chadwick 
W.L.  Bragg 
E.T.  Davies 
H.R.  Hulme 
October  1945 
November  1945 
December  1945  (Blackett's  carbon  only) 
December  1945 
December  1945-January  1946 
September  1946 
from 
Marion  Guild,  1946. 
H.T.  Tizard 
J.D.  Cockcroft 
September  1946 
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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Section  H  -  Lectures,  publications,  addresses,  broadcasts 
Correspondence  with  Royal  Society  re  writing  of  Memoir, 
Brief  correspondence  re  circulation  of  Memoir. 
Misc.  ms.  notes  by  Blackett  for  Memoir. 
Misc.  copies  of  obituaries  of  Williams. 
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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Section  H  -  Lectures,  publications,  addresses,  broadcasts 
‘Industrial  use  of  atomic  energy’. 
Typescript  of  broadcast  talk,  February  1947,  used  as  T.U.C. 
Committee  paper,  April  1947. 
'W.E.A.  Manchester,  April  1947. 
"The  Next  Few  Years"'. 
4  pp.  ms.  notes  for  an  address  given  at  short  notice  after  the 
sudden  death  of  Ellen  Wilkinson,  then  Minister  of  Education. 
Another  talk  using  similar  material,  given  as  'Celebrity  Lecture’, 
November  1947,  under  title  'How  can  science  -help?',  6  pp. 
heavily-revised  ms.  notes. 
'B.A. 
1 
10.5.47. 
p.  ms.  notes. 
Manchester. 
Origin  of  Barlow  Rept. ' 
‘How  can  science  help  us?' 
5  pp.  ms.,  with  note  ‘unfinished  for  Empire  News  May  1947". 
"Science  and  the  British  Economic  Crisis',  Milan,  April  1948. 
3  pp.  ms.  notes. 
2  pp.  ms.  notes. 
'Draft  message  to  N.Y.  Conference,  March  1949', 
'Science  and  Industry.  T.U.C.  Summer  School’,  July  1948. 
Typescript  2  pp.  
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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Section  H  -  Lectures,  publications,  addresses,  broadcasts 
Military  and  political  consequences  of  atomic  energy,  London, 
Turnstile  Press,  1948. 
R.  Sear. 
The  folders  below  contain  only  correspondence,  with 
N.B. 
colleagues,  publishers,  readers,  etc. 
remain. 
No  manuscript  or  drafts 
H.29,H.30 
Correspondence  with  publishers  (Turnstile  Press  Limited,  London) 
re  original  and  subsequent  editions,  foreign  rights,  possible  film 
rights,  sales  and  reviews,  etc.,  exchanged  mainly  with  R.G. 
Ernest  Willison  and  Michael  Hodson. 
Hig? 
H.30 
1948-49 
1950-53 
Sales  and  royalty  figures,  list  of  foreign  and  translation  rights 
of  book. 
Correspondence  re  translations  and  foreign  editions  of  book. 
America  (McGraw-Hill) 
Czechoslovakia 
France  (Albin  Michel) 
Germany 
Holland 
Poland 
Sweden 
Yugoslavia 
under  the  title  ‘Fear,  War  and  the  Bomb’. 
and  international  control  of  atomic  weapons.  
Correspondence  with  Frederick  Osborn,  and  with  BBC,  1948  re 
criticism  of  book  by  Osborn,  and  Blackett's  reply,  broadcast on 
Third  Programme,  15  December  1948. 
is  concerned  mainly  with  bombing  policy  in  the  Second  World  War, 
This  broadcast  is  referred  to  passim  in  the  correspondence  and 
Includes  transcripts  of  both  statements. 
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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Section  H  -  Lectures,  publications,  addresses,  broadcasts 
H.35-H.38 
Correspondence  with  colleagues  and  friends,  1948-49,  re  text 
or  opinions  of  the  book. 
Note: 
Other  correspondence  on  the  book  sometimes  accompanies 
letters  of  congratulation  on  the  Nobel  Prize,  see  also  A.45-A.54. 
J.R.M.  Brumwell  (enclosing  extracts  of  comments  by  Lewis  Mumford) 
J.D.  Cockcroft 
R.  Crawshay-Williams 
S.S.  Dell 
G.C.  Dickens  (copy  only) 
E.M.  Earle  (on  bombing  policy) 
B.H.  Liddell  Hart  (includes  copy  of  an  article  by  Liddell  Hart  on 
‘Global  Strategy’) 
B.  Kingsley  Martin  (2  letters  re  proposed  book  Why  Not  Live? 
with  chapters  by  Martin,  Priestley,  Ritchie  Calder, 
Boyd  Orr,  Blackett) 
N.F.  Mott  (comments  on  draft  text) 
H.  Johnson 
C.H.  King 
M.L.  Oliphant 
G.P.  Thomson 
survived) 
H.T.  Tizard  (detailed  comments  on  draft  text) 
J.B.  Priestley  (ideas  on  East-West  relations) 
S.  Zuckerman  (to  accompany  comments  on  draft  text  which  have  not 
Correspondence  with  friends  or  members  of  the  public,  1948-49 
re  book,  containing  personal  or  factual  information  on  atomic  energy 
or  on  Blackett's  views. 
W.  Lippmann  
G.W.  Cadbury 
R.  Fraser 
J.  Langdon-Davies 
F.  Wood-Jones 
M.  Phillips 
MoH.  Strovs 
J.B.  Thomas 
V.  Torrey 
A.  Lee  (bombing  policy) 
'Norman' 
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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Section  H  -  Lectures,  publications,  addresses,  broadcasts   
Misc.  requests  from  Blackett  for  information,  when  writing  or 
revising  the  book. 
Shorter  correspondence  with  members  of  the  general  public  re 
the  substance  and  reception  of  the  book  (not  indexed). 
Misc.  shorter  correspondence  with  editors  of  newspapers  and 
journals  re  reviews  and  comments  after  publication  of  book 
(not  indexed). 
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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Section  H  -  Lectures,  publications,  addresses,  broadcasts   
H.42-H.45 
Federation  of  British  Industries,  Conference  on  Industry  and 
the  Universities,  Ashorne  Hill,  25-28  November  1949. 
H.42 
Correspondence  with  J.S.B.  Stopford  (Vice-Chancellor)  re 
Manchester  University  representative,  and  with  organisers 
of  conference. 
4  pp.  ms.  notes,  typescript  draft,  typescript  verbatim  record 
(heavily  annotated  by  Blackett),  final  typescript  (for  publica- 
tion)  of  Blackett's  contribution. 
List  of  delegates. 
Reports  of  the  conference  and  other  printed  material. 
Copy  of  N.F.  Mott's  summary  of  the  conference. 
Article  in  the  Universities  Quarterly  based  on  Blackett's 
talk  to  the  Federation  of  British  Industries  Conference, 
November  1949, 
Correspondence  with  C.R.  Morris  (editor),  re  conference 
and  article. 
2  typescripts  (one  is  annotated). 
Galley  proofs.  
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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Section  H  -  Lectures,  publications,  addresses,  broadcasts 
Misc.  short  notes  for  speeches,  1950. 
'L.P.*  Clabour  Party]  6:3.50.' 
3  pp.  ms. 
"Graduands  Dinner,  July  1950' 
TBs  iss 
"Science  Freshmen  1950' 
1 
p.  ms. 
‘Liverpool  Rotary,  November  9,  1950' 
1 
p.  ms. 
Misc.  short  notes  for  speeches,  1951. 
"Stockport  Luncheon  Club,  1.3.51.' 
l 
p.  ms. 
‘Computing  Machine,  9.7.51.' 
1 
p.  ms. 
"Ferranti  Dinner,  11.7.51.' 
lp.  ms. 
‘ReEsA,  10.0.00'. 
4  pp. 
ms.  draft  of  speech. 
‘Bellevue,  October  1951'. 
(for  Labour  Party) 
Misc.  short  notes  for  speeches  at  Imperial  College,  1952-56. 
‘Forward  (sic)  to  The  Physics  of  Experimental  Method',  by  H.J.J.  Braddick. 
(Both  of  these  latter  speeches  were  made  during  the  Inaugural 
Conference  of  the  Manchester  University  Computing  Machine, 
9-12  July  1951.) 
3  pp.  ms.  notes.  
Offprint  of  published  version,  with  some  marginal  scoring. 
Typescript  4  pp.,  October  1953.   
Rutherford  Memorial  Lecture,  1954. 
Re  oe 
"Ashridge,  August  1954. 
The  Power  of  the  Atom’. 
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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Section  H  -  Lectures,  publications,  addresses,  broadcasts 
H.53-H.56 
Atomic  weapons  and  East-West  relations,  C.U.P.  1956 
(The  Lees  Knowles  lectures  on  military  science) 
Reaa  fe. 
Correspondence  with  publishers,  1955-57. 
Includes  negotiations  re  publication,  drafts  for  preface  and 
publisher's  blurb,  agreement,  circulation  arrangements,  etc. 
Correspondence  with  Kurt  Hahn  re  possible  German  translation, 
1956-57. 
The  project  fell  through  as  Blackett  felt  unable  to  adapt  or  up-date 
the  book  to  cover  German  rearmament. 
Correspondence  re  Italian  translation,  1957-61. 
The  original  book  was  rejected  as  being  too  narrowly  aimed  at 
the  ‘anglo-saxon'  public,  but  Einaudi  published  a  collection 
of  Blackett's  writings  on  defence,  including  the  material  of  the 
1956  book,  in  1961. 
A.M.  Compton 
Jawaharlal  Nehru 
A.P.  Singh 
Sir  John  Slessor 
N.  Joviéevié 
B.H.  Liddell  Hart 
F.O.  Miksche 
Sir  Anthony  Buzzard 
D.  Gabor 
J.  Grant 
Includes  correspondence  with  Einaudi  (Blackett's  letter  of  12 
October  1960  describes  his  choice  of  articles  for  the  book), 
with  C.U.P.,  holders  of  copyright,  and  others. 
Letters  of  thanks,  comment,  etc.  from  friends  and  colleagues,  1956. 
See  also  J.15.  
Mountbatten  of  Burma 
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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Section  H  -  Lectures,  publications,  addresses,  broadcasts 
H.57-H.73 
‘Technology  and  World  Advancement' 
Blackett's  Presidential  Address  to  the  British  Association  at  its  meeting 
in  Dublin,  1957. 
This  was  one  of  Blackett's  most  influential  addresses,  in  which  he  developed 
his  theme  of  the  'gap'  between  developed  and  under-developed  countries,  and 
the  necessity  for  financial  and  technological  support. 
The  various  drafts  for  the 
address  (H.62  -  H.66)  show  Blackett's  care  in  the  preparation  of  the  written  and 
spoken  versions  of  the  address,  and  the  folders  of  correspondence  contain  comments 
on  the  draft  material  (H.57  -  H.61),  and  also  on  the  reception  of  the  final  product 
(H.67  -  H.68). 
The  many  requests  for  reprints,  and  the  press-cuttings  testify  to 
the  wide  interest  aroused  by  the  address. 
For  other  writings  on  these  topics,  see  Sections  F  and  G. 
See  Lovell,  Memoir,  pp.97-98. 
R.S.74. 
T.  Balogh 
H.J.  Bhabha  (Blackett's  carbon  only) 
R.  Calder  (comments  on  draft) 
1957. 
In  alphabetical  order. 
C.G.  Clark 
A.M.  D'Rozario 
H.57-H.61  Correspondence  with  colleagues,  advisers  and  friends  in  preparation 
for  Address,  requests  for  information,  statistics,  comments  on  ideas 
or  drafts,  etc. 
World  Power  Conference,  Belgrade,  June  1957)  
H.  Hartley  (comments  on  draft,  and  also  including  photocopy  of  an 
address  on  underdeveloped  countries  given  by  Hartley  at 
H.  Gaitskell  (comments  on  draft) 
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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Section  H  -  Lectures,  publications,  addresses,  broadcasts 
N.  Kaldor 
S.  Kuznets 
P.C.  Mahalanobis  (Blackett's  carbon  only) 
J.  Needham  (Blackett's  carbon  only) 
Correspondence  with  E.A.G.  Robinson  [Sir  Austin  Robinsond  and 
Phyllis  Deane,  January-September  1957,  especially re  comparative 
economic  growth  figures,  financing  of  British  industrial  revolution, 
etc.; 
draft,  annotated  background  material,  ms.  notes,  etc. 
includes  advice  on  expert  advisers,  comments  on  Blackett's 
C.  Singer 
H.W.  Singer 
D.  Tyerman  (Blackett's  carbon  only) 
Drafts  and  versions  of  Address. 
Second  and  third  drafts,  both  typescript  with  extensive  ms.  corrections. 
"Reading  copy',  24  pp.  typescript  with  many  ms.  corrections  and 
deletions. 
Another  typescript  copy,  probably  taken  from  a  published  text  as 
basis  for  later  work  (see  below). 
Misc.  press-cuttings,  reporting  the  British  Association  meeting  and 
Misc.  proofs  for  published  version,  R.S.74,  all  with  ms.  corrections. 
Heavily-revised  and  corrected  version,  probably  prepared  for  a 
The  text  is  considerably 
projected  collection  of  writings,  c.1972. 
cut,  statistics  revised  and  tenses  altered. 
Most  of  the  corrections 
are  in  Blackett's  hand,  but  there  are  some  notes  by  another;  also 
includes  an  offprint  of  R.S.74,  with  deletions  marked  by  Blackett 
for  a  shortened  version. 
the  address.  
Misc.  published  versions,  reports  and  comments  on  Address,  some 
annotated. 
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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Section  H  -  Lectures,  publications,  addresses,  broadcasts 
H.67,H.68 
Correspondence  with  colleagues  and  friends  after  delivery/publication 
of  Address. 
H.67 
|.  Cripps 
G.  Crowther 
C.F.  Goodeve 
T.G.N. 
Haldane 
J.S.  Huxley 
C.  Judd 
R.  Kahn 
B.  Lockspeiser 
P.C.  Mahalanobis  (on  aid  to  underdeveloped  countries,  especially 
Russian  aid  to  China) 
Bertrand  Russell 
A.  Salam 
C.O.  Schaeffer 
R.W.  Urquhart  (on  Crofters  Commission  in  Scottish  Highlands) 
R.H.  Tawney 
B.N.  Wallis 
W.L.  Wyatt 
Brief  correspondence  with  officials  of  B.A.  re  meeting  and  Address. 
C.C.  Tanner  (includes  copies  of  letters  to  Press  disputing  Blackett's  views) 
Copies  of  Blackett's  covering  letters  sent  with  complimentary  copies 
of  Address,  some  with  replies  or  acknowlegements  (not  indexed),  1957. 
Presidential  Toast  to  De  Valera  at  B.A.  dinner  at  Dublin  meeting.  
List  of  recipients  of  complimentary  copies  of  Address. 
Autograph  ms.  and  amended  typescript  versions  of  Blackett's 
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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Section  H  -  Lectures,  publications,  addresses,  broadcasts   
Letters  from  members  of  the  general  public,  requests  for  support 
for  misc.  organisations,  etc.  after  delivery  /publication  of 
Address. 
In  alphabetical  order  (not  indexed),  1957. 
Requests  for  copies  of  the  address  (not  indexed),  1957,  1959. 
Correspondence  with  editors  and  journalists  re  publication/ 
translation  of  the  address,  mainly  in  foreign  journals  (not 
indexed),  1957. 
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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Section  H  -  Lectures,  publications,  addresses,  broadcasts 
'The  Challenge  of  Calder  Hall'  for  News  Chronicle,  17  October 
1956. 
Typescript,  5  pp. 
Speech  at  dinner,  Royal  Aeronautical  Society,  May  1957. 
Typescript  and  ms.  3  pp. 
'Alst  Physical  Society  Exhibition,  1957'. 
Ms.  notes,  5  pp. 
Ms.  plan  and  notes  for  4  lectures  delivered  at  London  University, 
February  1958. 
The  subjects  were: 
Organisation  of  Pure  Science 
Application  of  Science  to  living  standards  in  U.K. 
Application  of  Science  to  living  standards  of  world 
Beyond  Material  Wealth. 
“Speech  at  Elliot's  School,  November  1958. 
2  pp.  ms.  notes. 
'The  education  of  an  agnostic',  Punch,  September  1958. 
2  typescript  and  ms.  drafts,  variously  corrected,  one 
dated  3  September  1958. 
Later  revised  version,  1972. 
Includes: 
Invitation  to  write  article  and  correspondence  with 
Editor  of  Punch  (Bernard  Hollowood),  May-August  1958. 
Later  correspondence  with  Punch  requesting  copy  or 
transcript  of  article  (perhaps  for  projected  collection  of 
writings),  1972. 
this  correspondence  is  all  hostile.  
Correspondence  received  from  readers  after  publication 
of  original  article,  September-November  1958  (not 
indexed). 
toned  down  his  first  ideas  (Hollowood's  letter  of  27 
August  1958  says  '|  am  sorry  that  you  have  taken  out  the 
reference  to  the  Royal  Family  and  the  efficacy  of  prayer’), 
Although  Blackett  seems  to  have  considerably 
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Section  H  -  Lectures,  publications,  addresses,  broadcasts 
H.78-H.80 
The  Rutherford  Memorial  Lecture,  1958. 
Delivered  at  McGill  University,  Montreal,  September  1958  and 
published  in  Proc.  Roy.  Soc.,  A,  1959. 
Re  oe/70 
Offprint  of  published  version. 
Mss.  of  two  earlier,  unrecorded,talks  on  Rutherford  by  Blackett: 
'Cérémonies  Rutherford',  Paris,  8  November  1947,  9  pp. 
'Rutherford',  with  ms.  note  'M.G.  Nov.  30  1950!  (perhaps 
for  Manchester  Guardian),  5  pp.  heavily-corrected 
typescript. 
Background  material. 
Includes  copy  of  'Rutherford  by  those  who  knew  him'  (Physical 
Society,  1954),  ms.  notes  by  Blackett,  and  'Explanatory  Notes' 
on  the  concept  of  'Strangeness'  dated  April  1957  and  with  the 
name  'K.  Barker’  added  by  Blackett. 
Press-cutting. 
Background  material. 
See  Lovell,  Memoir,  p.29.) 
28  pp.  typescript  reminiscences  of  Rutherford  and  others,  by 
William  Kay. 
These  reminiscences  are  of  some  interest. 
(Kay  was  steward  of  the  Physics  Department,  Manchester 
University. 
For  other  material  see  under  Rutherford  in  Index  of  correspondents.  
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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Section  H  -  Lectures,  publications,  addresses,  broadcasts 
Transcript  of  TV  Press  Conference  at  British  Association  meeting 
at  York,  September  1959. 
Typescript  12  pp. 
5  pp.  ms.  notes,  probably  for  speeches  at  B.A.  meeting  or  for 
press  conference  above. 
‘Sloane  School,  29  October  1959'. 
1 
p.  ms.  notes. 
'R.C.  of  Sc.  [Royal  College  of  Science]  Association,  13  November 
tr  es 
2  pp.  ms.  notes. 
‘Scientific  and  technological  change  and  human  values’. 
toThe  Humanists,  University  College,  London,  January  1961. 
Talk 
3  pp.  ms.  notes. 
'Q.M.  CQueen  Mary“I  College,  19.2.60.' 
1 
p.  ms.  notes. 
Duplicated  paper. 
3  pp.  ms.  notes. 
Summing-up  of  World  Food  and  Population  Symposium  at  British 
Association  meeting  at  Cardiff,  September  1960. 
"Speech  of  thanks  to  J.D.C.  [Sir  John  Cockcroft]  at  Opening 
Ceremony  of  Physics  Building,  20.10.60.'  [at  Imperial  College, 
London]. 
See  also  J.19.  
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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Section  H  -  Lectures,  publications,  addresses,  broadcasts 
H.83-H.88 
‘Tizard  and  the  Science  of  War’. 
The  Tizard  Memorial  Lecture,  delivered  at  the  Institute  of 
Strategic  Studies,  February  1960. 
The  folders  of  correspondence  (H.85  -  H.88)  contain  reminiscences 
and  information  about  wartime  events  in  which  Tizard  played  a  part. 
In  his  letter  to  Admiral  Middleton  (H.87),  Blackett  writes  '|  took 
a  great  deal  of  trouble  in  writing  it,  but  feel  it  was  very  worth 
while  because  |  wanted  to  put  across  what a 
did  for  the  country’. 
terrific  amount  Tizard 
R.S.83. 
See  also  under  H.T.  Tizard  in  the  Index  of  correspondents. 
Blackett's  notes  for  lecture,  requests  for  information,  copy  of 
Tizard's  autobiographical  notes  for  his  Royal  Society  record. 
H.84 
Circulation  list  for  reprints,  requests  and  thanks  for  copies  (not 
indexed). 
H.85-H.88 
Correspondence  re  lecture,  1960. 
In  alphabetical  order. 
L.J.F.  Brimble  (Nature) 
D.D.  Dempster 
B. 
Ifor  Evans  (Cherwe!l-Tizard  controversy) 
A.N.  Frankland  (substantial  comments  on  draft) 
Unidentified  (on  Future  Weapons  Committee) 
The  folders  include  comments  on  the  draft  lecture,  and  on  the 
final  version  as  delivered  or  published,  some  with  personal 
recollections  of  Tizard  and  wartime  events. 
J.35).  
A.V.  Hill  (comments  on  draft,  and  recollections  of  wartime  events 
and  controversies. 
Includes  a  copy  of  a  letter  from  Tizard 
to  Hill,  18.6.36.  about  the  presence  of  Lindemann  on  the 
'Tizard  Committee’,  and  on  early  radar  trials. 
See  also 
D.  Ginsburg 
H.B.  Hartley 
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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Section  H  -  Lectures,  publications,  addresses,  broadcasts 
R.C.  Hovendon 
B.H.  Liddell  Hart 
T.R.  Merton  (recollections  of  Cherwell  and  Tizard) 
G.B. Middleton 
A.P.  Rowe  (Cherwell-Tizard  controversy) 
H.M.  Sinclair 
Lord  Swinton 
K.  Tizard 
J.P.M.  Tizard 
R.H.  Tizard 
H.E.  Wimperis 
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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Speech  by  Blackett  delivered  at  Bristol,  28  April  1961,  in  support 
of  Anthony  Wedgwood  Benn 
(now  Tony  Benn),  at  the  by-election 
for  Bristol  South-East. 
Expresses  Blackett's  views  on  science  and  industry,  and  the  Labour 
Party's  plans  for  their  future. 
Heavily-corrected  typescript,  12  pp. 
Misc.  speeches,  1961. 
"Wilson's  Grammar  School. 
July  1961'. 
12  pp.  ms.  notes  for  opening  of  new  laboratories. 
"Eltham  Green  School. 
Tomorrow’. 
2  pp.  ms.  notes. 
19  July  1961. 
Britain  Today  and 
"Rutherford  Celebration,  1961'. 
2  pp.  ms.  notes  for  speech  at  dinner. 
H.91,  H.92 
Contribution  to  'Freedom  From  Want', produced  by  ATV. 
Introductory  background  brochure  on  'The  Four  Freedoms'  by  Lord 
Gladwyn,  annotated  by  Blackett. 
Draft  outline  script,  and  script  intended  for  transmission  on  25 
February  1962. 
Blackett's  notes  on  questions  to  be  asked  of  participants. 
The  programme  was  to  be  produced  by  John  Nelson  Burton  for 
screening  on  25  February  1962,  with  contributions  from  Blackett 
and  many  other  distinguished  participants. 
Filming  took  place 
as  planned,  but  shortly  before  transmission  the  producer  was  replaced 
and  the  programme  revised. 
The  new  script  was  not  acceptable  and 
the  distinguished  contributors  withdrew  from  the  programme,  sending 
an  explanatory  letter  to  The  Times. 
Commons.  
Correspondence  with  contributors,  with  original  producer,  and  with 
ATV  re  change  of  plan  and  withdrawal  of  contribution. 
Press-cuttings  about  the  incident,  including  question  in  House  of 
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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H.93-H.95 
Studies  of  War 
A  collection  of  writings  on  military  and  defence  problems,  published 
by  Oliver  and  Boyd,  1962. 
R.S.91-98. 
H.93,H.94 
Correspondence  with  Paul  Rosbaud  re  plan  of  book,  with  UK 
publishers  Oliver  and  Boyd,  and  American  publishers,  Hill  and 
Wang,  re  agreement,  publication,  UK  and  overseas  editions 
and  reviews,  permission  to  reproduce  previously-published  work, 
and  also  publication  by  Oliver  and  Boyd  of  Blackett's  lecture 
‘Organisational  problems  of  scientific  research  in  the  Universities' 
(R.S.100)  as  a  contribution  to  Physics  in  the  Sixties  (see  H.96). 
2  folders: 
H.93 
H.94 
1961-62 
1963-66 
Reviews  of  Studies  of  War. 
‘Organisational  problems  of  scientific  research  in  the  universities’. 
Typescript  taken  at  later  date,  c.1972,  for  projected  collection 
of  writings. 
Address  at  the  opening  of  the  new  Physics  Building  at  King's  College, 
Newcastle-upon-Tyne,  March  1962,  published  in  Nature,  May  1962. 
Misc.  ms.  notes.  
4  pp.  ms.  (on  the  occasion  of  Blackett's  visit  to  deliver  the 
Irvine  Memorial  Lecture,  R.S.99). 
‘Bridging  Gap  between  Politicians  and  Professions’. 
p.  ms.  notes  for  lunch  of  Fabian  Society. 
"Institute  of  Welding,  1.11.62.' 
2  pp.  ms.  notes. 
"Northampton  CAT,  12.12.62.' 
Lecture  at  British  Association  meeting,  Manchester. 
p.  notes  and  typescript  summary. 
Misc.  shorter  notes  for  speeches,  1962. 
'Toast  of  the  University’  at  St.  Andrews,  April  1962. 
R.S.100. 
Offprint  of  published  version. 
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Section  H  -  Lectures,  publications,  addresses,  broadcasts 
H.98-H.  100 
'The  universities  and  the  nation's  crisis’. 
The  British  Association  Granada  Lecture,  8  October  1963. 
R.S.102. 
H.98,H.99 
Drafts,  revisions,  reading  version,  all  with  extensive  ms.  corrections. 
2  folders. 
Background  material,  notes  and  graphs  on  university  expansion; 
includes  papers  prepared  by  Blackett  for  the  Labour  Party,  March 
-  and  May  1963,  on  scientific  and  technical  manpower. 
‘Chelsea  Labour  Party,  22.1.64. 
Policy’. 
4  pp.  ms.  notes. 
The  Universities  and  Scientific 
"LSS.  Es  Dinner,:  }2.3.64." 
4  pp.  ms.  notes. 
‘Geological  Society,  22.4.64.' 
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p.  ms.  notes. 
Copy  as  published. 
Professionalising  the  Civil 
Article  published  in  the  New  Statesman,  11  September 
"Wanted:  A  Wand  Over  Whitehall. 
Service’. 
1964. 
Photocopy  of  typescript  as  prepared  for  collected  writings  ‘Science, 
Technology  and  Government'  (see  H.123). 
R.S.103.  
Letter  from  J.  Freeman,  outlining  plan  of  a  series  of  articles  by 
various  authors  on  their  expectations  of  a  new  government,  and 
inviting  Blackett  to  contribute  his  ideas  on  science,  July  1964. 
P.M.S.  Blackett 
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Section  H  -  Lectures,  publications,  addresses,  broadcasts 
H.103-H.  107 
Royal  Society's  Anniversary  Meeting  and  Dinner,  1965. 
Blackett  was  elected  President  of  the  Royal  Society  at  the 
Anniversary  Meeting  of  the  Society  on  30  November  1965  and 
presided  at  the  Anniversary  Dinner  that  evening. 
five  folders  contain  material  relative  to  the  Meeting,  Dinner 
and  Blackett's  speech  at  the  Dinner. 
The  following 
Anniversary  Meeting:  agenda,  seating  arrangement,  balloting 
list. 
Proof  copy  of  the  Address  of  the  President,  Lord  Florey, 
and  of  his  remarks  at  the  presentation  of  the  Society's  Medals. 
(Copley  Medal  to  Professor  A.L.  Hodgkin;  Royal  Medals  to 
Dr.  R.A.  Lyttleton,  Dr.  J.C.  Kendrew,  Dr.  H.C.  Husband; 
Davy  Medal  to  Professor  H.W.  Thompson;  Hughes  Medal  to 
Professor  D.H.  Wilkinson). 
Blackett  was  inducted  as  President  following  vote  of  thanks 
to  Florey  for  his  Address. 
proof  copy  of  toast  by  Sir  John  Wolfenden  at 
reply. 
Misc. 
Anniversary  Dinner,  Dorchester  Hotel: 
list  of  principal  guests,  typescript  of  speech  by  Rt.  Hon. 
Harold  Wilson,  Prime  Minister,  who  proposed  the  toast  to  the 
Society  and  to  the  President. 
plan  of  tables,  menu, 
Speech  by  Bluckett  in  response  to  toast  by  Prime  Minister: 
photocopy  of  ‘corrected  copy  2',  typescript  of  final  version 
as  spoken  with  ms.  annotations  by  Blackett. 
Offprint  of 
Prime  Minister's  speech  and  Blackett's  reply,  as  published 
in  Notes  and  Records,  21,  no.1,  June  1966. 
Background  material  compiled  by  Blackett  in  preparation  for 
his  speech: 
Anniversary  Dinner,  1964,  and  of  Florey's 
ms.  notes  by  Blackett  of  statistics  and  of  apposite  quotations 
culled  from  a  variety  of  sources. 
elected  to  the  Presidency,  etc.  
Correspondence  re  preparation  of  speeches,  including  information 
and  references  re  speakers  at  previous  Dinners,  age  of  Fellows 
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Section  H  -  Lectures,  publications,  addresses,  broadcasts 
Misc.  shorter  speeches,  1965. 
'Goldsmiths'  Dinner,  2.2.65. 
Reply  to  The  Guests’. 
9  pp.  ms.  (on  future  plans  for  Royal  Society). 
"M/C  EManchesterJ  Coll.  Sc.  &  Tech. 
10.3.65'. 
3  pp.  ms.  notes. 
Athenaeum  Monthly  Talk  Dinners  -  correspondence  re  Blackett's 
Chairing  of  Talk  on  ‘Science,  Government  and  Industry’  to 
be  opened  by  R.V.  Jones,  November  1965. 
'The  First  Year  of  the  Ministry  of  Technology’. 
Lecture  at  the  annual  conference  of  the  Chief  Scientist  at  the 
Ministry  of  Aviation,  26  November  1965. 
Various  texts  of  the  lecture,  as  follows: 
6  pp.  ms.  plan  of  lecture,  with  additional  notes  in  red 
and  black  pencil. 
11  pp.  typescript  version  described  as  'copy  with  references’ 
with  many  ms.  revisions  and  additions  (lacks  last  page). 
"Science,  technology  and  government’. 
Brief  correspondence  re  lecture. 
R.S.105. 
See  also  H.123  and  Lovell,  Memoir,  pp.81-82. 
Copy  of  text  as  printed  in  Exeter  University  Gazette,  and a 
typescript,  c.1972,  taken  for  projected  collected  writings. 
later 
This  is  the  paper  which  was  used  as  no.4  in  Blackett's  privately- 
Address  at  Inauguration  of  the  Newman  Building,  University 
of  Exeter,  4  December  1965. 
18  pp.  typescript  copy  taken  c.1972  for  projected  collected 
writings. 
circulated  set  of  papers  on  ‘Science,  Technology  and  Government', 
December  1966. 
(both  on  science  and  government)  
Tribute  to  Homi  Bhabha,  broadcast  on  BBC  European  Service, 
26  January  1966. 
Duplicated  copy  of  script. 
‘Spontaneous  speech’,  February  1966. 
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p.  ms.  notes. 
Similar,  February  1966, 
J  p.  ms.  notes. 
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Section  H  -  Lectures,  publications,  addresses,  broadcasts 
‘Education  and  the  Trade  Gap’. 
A  Tizard  Memorial  Lecture,  given  at  Westminster  School, 
24  February  1966. 
Extensively-corrected  duplicated  copy  (lacks  last  page)  and 
typescript  reading  version. 
R.S.106. 
‘Science  and  Government’. 
Talk  at  Imperial  Defence  College,  March  1966. 
4  pp.  ms.  notes. 
Includes  correspondence  with  Commandant  and  others  re  visit, 
list  of  those  attending  course,  etc. 
Speech  of  welcome  to  Piotr  and  Anna  Kapitza  at  Royal  Society 
when  Kapitza  gave  lecture  on  recollections  of  Rutherford,  May 
1966. 
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p.  ms.  notes,  and  press-cutting. 
Includes  published  copy  of  Kapitza's  lecture,  inscribed  by  him 
for  Blackett. 
3  pp.  ms. 
"Science  in  the  service  of  mankind’. 
Royal  Geographical  Society,  toast  at  Dinner,  June  1966. 
Heavily-
