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Letter from Michael Heidelberger to the Editor of Industrial and Engineering News

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Identifier: 101584940X45
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Dates

  • Creation: 7 May 1951

Extent

1 pages

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Description

In this letter Heidelberger forcefully expressed his concern for the freedom of science and of international scientific exchange, which in the early 1950s, at the height of McCarthyism, was threatened by travel restrictions imposed on scientists with leftist or pacifist political leanings.

Language of Materials

English

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DHBBDD

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Physical Condition - Good

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Part of the Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collections Collecting Area

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