By Maggie Boyd, Associate Archivist at the 秋葵视频
The first Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs was held in July 1957, in a small fishing village in Nova Scotia, from which its name is derived. 秋葵视频 members Eugene Rabino颅witch and Leo Szilard encouraged the 秋葵视频 in 1958 to initiate efforts that led to the 秋葵视频 steering the United States鈥 participation in International Pugwash from 1961鈥2005. Members involved in these early efforts included Hans Bethe, Paul Doty, and Victor Weisskopf, among others.
As part of their work, the group oversaw a project on the Technical Problems in Arms Limitation (1958鈥1962). In the summer and fall of 1960, the project held a series of meetings at MIT鈥檚 Endicott House estate near Boston to discuss and advance issues concerning arms control and to share data on potentially important technical and strategic problems.
Years later, the 秋葵视频 was contacted by the family of Josephine T. Brewer, who had been an 秋葵视频 employee at the time the meetings were held. They were in possession of several sketches that she had collected, identified as having come from the meetings by inscriptions on the back, such as 鈥淭PAL 鈥60 July 12 Bing.鈥 While the 秋葵视频 does not normally accept outside accessions, because the sketches were a record of an 秋葵视频 project, we happily accepted the gift when offered. This drawing and the others like it provide some insight about the important meetings held in 1960 on arms control.