Invitation to the founding congress of the International Secretariat for the Natural Sciences of the World Black Researchers Association. Anthropologist and physicist Cheikh Anta Diop (1923-1986) wrote the invitation,…

Resume and references for Shirley Ann Jackson (1946-), written between 1976 and 1977. References are addressed to Y. J. van der Meulen and are written by Benjamin W. Lee (1935-1977) of Fermi National Acceleration…

Sidney L. Hantler asks Shirley Ann Jackson (1946-) to fill out an application in order to visit the Thomas J. Watson Research Center at IBM.

Letter from Ayodeji Jeje to Olagoke Olabisi (1943-) about starting the World Black Researchers Association (WBRA).

Issue number 5 of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) newsletter, published April 1977.

Olagoke Olabisi (1943-) asks Florence L. Williams to send him a membership application for the National Organization of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers [i.e., the National Organization for the Professional…

Florence L. Williams informs William A. Lester, Jr. (1937-) about an upcoming workshop in Nigeria for the World Black Researchers Association (WBRA). She gives Lester Olagoke Olabisi's (1943-) address for further…

Issue number 6 of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) newsletter, published July 1977.

Letter from Fillmore Freeman (1936-) to William A. Lester, Jr. (1937-) about receiving various grants and fellowships.

Volume 1, no. 1 (October 1977) issue of the Bulletin of the National Resource for Computation in Chemistry (NRCC). Included in the bulletin is a questionnaire and list of the members of the NRCC policy board. 4 volumes…

Issue number 7 of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) newsletter, published October 1977.

Meeting minutes of the first meeting of the policy board of the National Resource for Computation in Chemistry (NRCC), held at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory on October 8, 1977. Included are outlines of the…

William A. Lester, Jr. (1937-) congratulates Fillmore Freeman (1936-) on being selected as a Fulbright-Hays Scholar and being awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung fellowship.

Letter from Ayodeji Jeje to William A. Lester, Jr. (1937-) inviting him to a conference in Lagos, Nigeria sponsored by the World Black Researchers Association (WBRA). Themed "Survival," the conference was about the…

Shirley Ann Jackson (1946-) writes to Sidney L. Hantler, informing him that she would like to be considered for employment at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center.

Shirley Ann Jackson's (1946-) application for employment at IBM.

Letter from Sidney L. Hantler to J.G. Armstrong, Hollis Leland Caswell (1901-1988) and J.C. McGroddy. The letter discusses Shirley Ann Jackson (1946-) strengths as an employment candidate, and the desirability of…

William A. Lester, Jr. (1937-) writes to Congressman Norman Yoshio Mineta (1931-2022) about the World Black Researchers Association (WBRA). Lester asks Mineta if there are any concerns relating to U.S. policy and the…

James S. Kane of the United States Department of Energy informs Earl K. Hyde at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory that he approves of the selection of William A. Lester, Jr.'s (1937-) selection as the director of the…

William A. Lester, Jr. (1937-) writes to Ayodeji Jeje, letting him know he can no longer participate in the founding congress of the World Black Researchers Association (WBRA).

Fillmore Freeman (1936-) congratulates William A. Lester, Jr. (1937-) on being elected Vice-Chairperson of the Division of Physical Chemistry.

Edward F. Hayes (1941-) of the National Science Foundation (NSF) informs Andrew M. Sessler of the Lawrence Berkley Laboratory that the NSF approves of the selection of William A. Lester, Jr. (1937-) as the director…

Prospectus for the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE). Accompanying the prospectus is an October 2, 1978 letter from NOBCChE's President James H.…

A report by the United States Department of Energy on a pilot program intended to increase the number of women and minorities in the physical and life sciences.

A February 15, 1979 memorandum from Lawrence G. Stewart, Director, Office of Education, Business and Labor Affairs, sharing "Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies," a January 17, 1979 White…