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Committee for Environmental Information, 1972-1973

Interviewee
Bauer, Walter April 27, 1973 

Call Number
73-009

Physical Description

18 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 45 minutes; index; photocopy of picture of interviewee

Interviewer
Peterson, D. Scott

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Dr. Walter C. Bauer tells about how the Committee for Environmental Information formed out of concern over radioactivity in the late nineteen fifties. A non-partisan group, it attracted those who were interested in stopping arms proliferation and testing, as well as those who were concerned with radioactive contamination of food, air, and soil. Bauer was one of the founding members and remained with the group despite its growth.

  • Keywords
    • Corporation Names
    • Atomic Energy Commission
    • Barnes Hospital
    • Bulletin Nuclear Information
    • Committee for Nuclear Information
    • Globe Democrat
    • Hardy Salt Company
    • Ohio State University
    • Washington University
    • Family Names
    • Compton
    • Occupation Names
    • surgical pathologist
    • Personal Names
    • Baumgardner, Walter
    • Brodine, Virginia
    • Commoner, Barry
    • Eisenhower, Dwight David
    • Folwer, John
    • Gellhorn, Edna
    • Hardy, Walter
    • Pauling, Linus C.
    • Pond, Alex
    • Reynolds, J.B.
    • Stevenson, Adlai
    • Place Names
    • St. Louis, Missouri
    • Subjects
    • atomic energy
    • radiation