Finding Aid to the William P. Elliott papers on carbon dioxide and climate change, 1975-1996.Niels Bohr Library & Archives 1.0 American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives
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2009 Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Melanie J. Brown in 2005. Any revisions made to this finding aid occurred as part of the editing and encoding process. Finding aid is written in English Description of the CollectionElliott, William P. William P. Elliott papers on carbon dioxide and climate change, 1975-1996. American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. 1 linear foot2 manuscript boxes AR2005645 English William Elliot's files pertaining to his work at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Air Resources Laboratories. Selected Search Terms

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Broecker, Wallace S., 1931- Elliott, William P. Machta, Lester. Slade, David H. Air Resources Laboratories. United States. Dept. of Energy. United States. Energy Research and Development Administration. United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Climatic changes. Research Global warming. Research Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric Biographical Note

Geophysicist. Affiliations include: Air Resources Laboratories, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce; Environmental Programs, Biomedical and Environmental Research, U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA). Research in carbon dioxide and climate change.

Scope and Contents of Collection

William Elliot's files pertaining to his work at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Air Resources Laboratories. These papers include correspondence between NOAA and other orgainizations - chiefly the United States Department of Energy (DOE). The collection also contains Elliott's personal diaries/notebooks detailing his research and daily work on carbon dioxide, emissions and climate change. Correspondents include: Lester Machta, David H. Slade, and Wallace Broecker.

 Organization and Arrangement of Collection

This collection is organized into two series:

Series I: Correspondence Series II: Notebooks

The collection is arranged chronologically within each series.

 Access to Collection

Researchers must have an approved access application on file in order to access archival materials. http://www.aip.org/history/nbl/access.html.

 Restrictions on Use of Collection

Provenance and Acquisition Information

Gift of William P. Elliott, 2005.

 Processing Information

Melanie J. Brown 2005.

Preferred Citation of Collection

Box [number], Folder [number], William P. Elliott papers on carbon dioxide and climate change. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.

 Container List Series I: Correspondence 11 Correspondence – early CO2 work with Department of Energy (DOE), 1975-1976 12 Correspondence – CO2 workshops, 1975-1977 13 Correspondence – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – CO2 plan, 1976-1988 14 Correspondence – Department of Energy (DOE), 1977 15 Correspondence and drafts – Comprehensive Plan for Carbon Dioxide Effects Research, 1978-1979 16 Correspondence – Air Research Laboratories (ARL) and science, 1978-1992 17 Correspondence – Department of Energy (DOE), 1979 18 Correspondence – policy and climate, 1979-1982 19 Correspondence – Lamont-Doherty Geological Observator, Columbia University (Broecker), 1980 110 Correspondence – Department of Energy (DOE), 1980 111 Correspondence – Department of Energy (DOE), 1981 112 Correspondence – Department of Energy (DOE), 1982-1986 Series II: Notebooks 21 Notebooks, 1977-1978 22 Notebooks, 1978-1980 23 Notebooks, 1980-1982 24 Notebooks, 1982-1984 25 Notebooks, 1984-1987 26 Notebooks, 1987-1991 27 Notebooks, 1991-1994 28 Notebooks, 1994-1996