Correspondence on nominations and elections, composition and policy of sectional committees, publications policy, and other Society business.

Correspondence on nominations and elections, composition and policy of sectional committees, publications policy, and other Society business.

Papers and correspondence regarding a proposal by Peierls and N. Kurti for an enlarged or modified membership of the Royal Society.

Peierls's reports on publications submitted to him for reference, or by him for publication in Proceedings of the Royal Society

General correspondence on Society business, invitations to serve on committees, etc.: includes short correspondence on a report on mathematical training for physicists (to be prepared by Peierls, see also MS. Eng. misc. b. 224/F.18) and Peierls's reactions to the Green Paper 'A Framework for Government Research and Development'.

Shorter correspondence regarding the Nuclear Physics Committee, on which Peierls served.

Correspondence regarding Peierls's service as a member of the the SRC Science Board (Chairman: Hans L. Kornberg) and as Chairman, Atlas Computer Committee: includes correspondence and memoranda on policy (see also MS. Eng. misc. b. 223/F.2).

Correspondence regarding Rutherford High Energy Laboratory: meetings, Advisory Committee on the use of an IBM 360/195, study groups, etc. See also MS. Eng. misc. b. 223/F.2 and MS. Eng. misc. b. 226/F.50.

Correspondence regarding SRC Cognitive Sciences Panel, of which Peierls was Chairman.

Correspondence regarding the International Theoretical Physics Institute, submitted for consideration to the SRC Nuclear Physics Committee: draft proposal and comments; Peierls's draft alternative proposal (5 pp.), minutes and correspondence.

NATO Advanced Study Institute and SRC Research Grants: miscellaneous correspondence and reports on research projects and grant applications.

Formerly the Academic Assistance Council; contains miscellaneous correspondence on work and circumstances of scholars abroad.

Includes brief correspondence regarding the Klaus Fuchs case, 1950.

Peierls served on the Committee 1968-1974 as Scientific Adviser. When the Committee was reorganised as a Working Group he continued to act as a consultant. As he was rarely able to attend meetings in person, he contributed several papers for committee consideration, often after consultation and assessment among scientific colleagues. Topics dealt with include the test-ban, chemical and biological warfare, gas centrifuges, the SALT treaties, operation Plowshare, etc.

American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science, 1964. (Peierls served on the International Committee organising the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Institute.) Association of University Teachers, 1974. Birmingham Jewish Graduates Association, Presidency (declined), 1969. Center for Theoretical Studies, University of Miami (declined),…

Correspondence regarding the formation of the Theoretical Physics Group at Geneva (1955), selection of UK research students for CERN Copenhagen (1955), and careers for theoretical physicists (1969-1970). See also MS. Eng. misc. b.223/F.2 and MS. Eng. misc. b. 226/F.41.