Register of the Sidney D. Drell papers

Finding aid prepared by Beth Goder

Hoover Institution Library and Archives

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Stanford University

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Title: Sidney D. Drell papers

Date (inclusive): 1941-2017

Collection Number: 80074

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 63 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 2 oversize folders, digital media (33.2 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Speeches and writings, notes, correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, and printed matter relating to scientific and technological aspects of United States national security and intelligence issues, including nuclear weapons, nuclear stockpile management, satellite reconnaissance, biological and chemical warfare issues, and terrorism issues. Also includes material relating to the dissident Soviet physicist Andreĭ Sakharov, and to efforts on his behalf by Western scientists. Includes writings and letters by Sakharov.

Creator: Drell, Sidney D. (Sidney David), 1926-2016

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

Box 41 closed. The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Use

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1980, with increments received in 1981 and 2016.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Sidney D. Drell papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

1926	Born, Atlantic City, New Jersey
1946	A.B. in Physics, Princeton University
1947	M.A. in Physics, University of Illinois
1949	Ph.D. in Physics, University of Illinois
1966	Member, President's Science Advisory Committee
1969	Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
1969-1981	Consultant, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
1969-1986	Executive Head, Theoretical Physics, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
1974	First met Andrei Sakharov in Moscow
1977	Accepted the Joseph Human Rights Award for Sakharov
1977-1990	Member, American Committee on U.S.-Soviet Relations (formerly Committee on East-West Accord)
1980	Advisory Board, Andrei Sakharov Defense Campaign
1981	Chairman, International Conference in Honor of Andrei Sakharov
1983-1989	Founding Co-Director, Stanford's Center for International Security and Arms Control
1984	Prize Fellowship of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
1986	President, American Physical Society
1989-1996	Adjunct Professor, Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
1990-1991	Chairman, House Armed Services Committee Panel on Nuclear Weapons Safety
1995	Chair, JASON Study for Department of Energy on Nuclear Testings
1998	Retired as deputy director from Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
1998-2016	Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
2000	Received Enrico Fermi Award
1992-2001	Member, President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
2006	With George Shultz, initiated a program at the Hoover Institution to develop practical steps towards achieving a world without nuclear weapons
2016	Died
2013	Awarded National Medal of Honor

Source: http://www.hoover.org/profiles/sidney-d-drell

Scope and Content of Collection

The Sidney D. Drell papers include speeches and writings, notes, correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, and printed matter related to scientific and technological aspects of United States national security and intelligence issues, including nuclear weapons, nuclear stockpile management, satellite reconnaissance, biological and chemical warfare issues, and terrorism issues. In addition, the papers include material related to the dissident Soviet physicist Andrei Sakharov, and to efforts on his behalf by Western scientists.

These latter records document Drell's efforts to aid Andrei Sakharov during Sakharov's arrest and exile, as well as his personal relationship with Sakharov and Elena (Yelena) Bonner. The Andrei Sakharov Chronological File includes correspondence with Sakharov and family members such as Elena Bonner, Tat'iana Yankelevich (Bonner's daughter and Sakharov's step-daughter), and Tat'iana's husband Efrem Yankelevich. Letters to scientists and members of various organizations document Drell's efforts to arrange petitions, plan conferences, and disseminate information about Sakharov's work and exile in Gor'kii (Gorky). The series includes open letters between Drell and Sakharov discussing topics such as Sakharov's arrest and arms control. Also included are writings and typescripts by Drell and Sakharov. Material concerning the Andrei Sakharov Institute can also be found in this series.

In 1981, Drell was the chairman of the International Conference in Honor of Andrei Sakharov, a birthday tribute to Sakharov designed to recognize his scientific contributions as well as express support for him. The Andrei Sakharov Collected Materials and Andrei Sakharov Chronological File contain correspondence and conference materials related to this event.

The Speeches and Writings series includes typescripts, manuscripts, and clippings written by Drell and Sakharov. Writings by Sakharov include physics papers (with typescripts in Russian), interviews with Sakharov, articles describing Sakharov's views on human rights, and descriptions of his experience in exile. For more writings by Drell, see also Incremental Speeches and Writings.

In addition to his work as a physicist, Drell was an arms control specialist. He advised the United States government on technical national security and defense issues and consulted for Los Alamos National Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He served on various advisory committees, including the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. The Advisory Work File documents Drell's consulting work through his research files, correspondence, and writings. Included are documents concerning the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and the Stockpile Stewardship Program.

Drell was a founding member of JASON, an independent group of scientists formed to advise the United States government. The JASON File includes documentation related to meetings, such as the annual summer study, as well as many reports for which Drell served as chair, study leader, or a contributor. Topics of reports include stockpile stewardship, nuclear testing, tritium, subcritical experiments, lasers, and stockpile aging. Although most reports are in their final form, these materials include some drafts and notes.

The collection includes Printed Matter related to topics such as Sakharov, nuclear weapons, and intelligence, as well as histories compiled by the National Reconnaissance Office. All other printed matter, consisting of widely available publications, has been removed. See the Separated Materials note for a bibliography of all printed matter that was not retained as part of the collection.

Finally, the Audiovisual Material series contains sound recordings of the conference "Implications of the Reykjavik Summit on Its Twentieth Anniversary," as well as a photograph, and a videorecording about Sakharov.

Related Materials

Sidney D. Drell papers, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) Archives and History Office Scientists for Sakharov, Orlov, and Shcharansky records, Hoover Institution Library & Archives Paul J. Flory papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives William Shockley miscellaneous papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Separated Materials

Click the link below to download a bibliography of widely available books that were removed from the collection. Bibliography of Books Removed

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Biological warfare

Dissenters -- Soviet Union

Civil rights -- Soviet Union

Physics

Nuclear weapons

Arms control

United States -- Defenses

Terrorism

Chemical warfare

Intelligence services -- United States

Science -- United States

Scientists -- Soviet Union

Sakharov, Andreĭ, 1921-1989

Andrei Sakharov Chronological File 1968-1992

Scope and Contents note

Includes correspondence, writings, typescripts, and clippings, arranged chronologically. Retains many of Drell's original folder labels (folders labeled by year) and his original order.

box 1, folder 1

Articles about Sakharov 1968

box 1, folder 2

1974-1976

box 1, folder 3

1977

box 1, folder 4

1978

box 1, folder 5

Article by Sakharov, "Nuclear Energy and the Freedom of the West," 1978 June

box 1, folder 6

1979

box 1, folder 7

1980

box 1, folder 8

1980-1982

box 1, folder 9

1981

box 1, folder 10

Open letter from Sakharov to Drell 1981 January 31

box 1, folder 11

Letter from Sakharov to Drell 1981 June

box 1, folder 12

Article by Sakharov, "The Social Responsibility of Scientists," 1981 June 1

box 1, folder 13

1982

box 1, folder 14

1983

box 2, folder 1

Open letter from Sakharov to Drell, "The Danger of Thermonuclear War," 1983 February 2

box 2, folder 2

Drell's reply to Sakharov's February 2, 1983 open letter 1983 September 20

box 2, folder 3

1984

box 2, folder 4

1985

box 2, folder 5

1986

box 2, folder 6

Elena Bonner 1986

box 2, folder 7

Congressional Record regarding Sakharov's 65th birthday 1986 May 21

box 2, folder 8

1987

box 2, folder 9

Sakharov and Bonner commencement addresses 1987 June 14

box 2, folder 10

Sakharov book chapters with English translations 1987-1988, undated

box 2, folder 11

1988

box 3, folder 1

Edward Teller 1988 November 11

Scope and Contents note

Includes speech by Sakharov.

box 3, folder 2

1989

box 3, folder 3

1990-1992

Andrei Sakharov Collected Materials 1966-2000

Scope and Contents note

Includes clippings, conference materials, correspondence, and printed matter, arranged alphabetically by subject or format.

box 3, folder 4-5

General 1980, 1984

Andrei Sakharov Institute

box 3, folder 6

1966-1967, 1984-1985

box 3, folder 7

1984-1985

box 3, folder 8

Tribute to Sakharov, Carnegie Hall 1984

Biographical material

box 3, folder 9

General circa 1986

box 3, folder 10

Autobiographical note 1981

box 3, folder 11-12

Bonner, Elena 1981-1986

Clippings

box 3, folder 13

Undated

box 3, folder 14

1970-1975

box 3, folder 15

1977

box 3, folder 16

1979

box 3, folder 17

1980

box 4, folder 1

1981

box 4, folder 2

1982

box 4, folder 3

1983

box 4, folder 4

1984

box 4, folder 5

1985

box 4, folder 6

1986

box 4, folder 7

1987

box 4, folder 8

1988

box 4, folder 9

1990

box 4, folder 10

Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) 1980-1981

Correspondence

box 4, folder 11

General 1968-1986

box 4, folder 12

Sakharov, Andrei and Elena Bonner, 1978-1983, undated

map_case case

"Humanity in the Universe" poster (New York Academy of Sciences Symposium) undated

box 4, folder 13

Human rights (Sakharov and Orlov) 1983

box 4, folder 14

Hunger strike 1981

box 5, folder 1-7

International Conference in Honor of Andrei Sakharov (May 1-2, 1981) 1968, 1980-1981, undated

box 5, folder 8

Joseph Prize for Human Rights 1977

box 5, folder 9

Khronika Press Information Bulletins 1983-1985

Memorial and death

box 5, folder 10

General 1981-1990

box 6, folder 1

International Andrei Sakharov Memorial Congress 1991

box 6, folder 2

National Academy of Sciences (NAS) 1980-1985

box 6, folder 3

Photographs, Drell and Sakharov 1989 August

Physics Today Sakharov issue (August 1990)

box 6, folder 4

Printed matter 1990

box 6, folder 5

Eisenhower, Susan and Sagdeev, Roald, "Sakharov in His Own Words," 1990

box 6, folder 6

Fainberg, Vladimir, "Precursor of Perestroika," 1990

box 6, folder 7

Gol'danskiĭ, Vitalii, "Scientist, Thinker, Humanist," 1990

box 6, folder 8

Protests and statements of support 1980-1983

box 6, folder 9

Reports and lectures 1981-1982

box 6, folder 10

Scientists for Orlov and Shcharansky (SOS) 1979

box 6, folder 11

Stanford Daily and Stanford University Campus Report 1984

box 6, folder 12

Testimony 1980

box 6, folder 13

Miscellany 1969-1990, undated

Speeches and Writings 1966-2000

Scope and Contents note

Includes typescripts, manuscripts, clippings, and interviews, arranged into two groups, Drell and Sakharov, then chronologically thereunder.

Drell

box 6, folder 14

Travelogue 1976

box 6, folder 15

"Panel on U.S.-Soviet Relations in a World Perspective," The Dickinson Symposia, Stanford University 1976 May 27

box 6, folder 16

"Introductory Remarks for Special Symposium to Honor Andrei Sakharov," 1981 January 26

box 6, folder 17

"Basing the MX Missile: A Better Idea," 1981 May/June

box 6, folder 18

"Opening Remarks at the International Conference in Honor of Andrei Sakharov," 1981 May 1-2

box 6, folder 19

"News Media Coverage of Nuclear Weapons," keynote address to Conference on War, Peace, and the News Media 1983 March 18

box 6, folder 20

"On Sakharov, Human Rights, and Arms Control," 1983 September/October

box 6, folder 21

"Statement on Andrei Sakharov to the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe," 1984 May 22

box 6, folder 22

"Remarks at Dinner for Yelena Bonner," 1986 February 11

box 6, folder 23

"Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov, 1921-1989," circa 1989

box 6, folder 24

"Andrei Sakharov and the Nuclear Danger," 2000 May

Sakharov

box 6, folder 25

"The Initial Stage of an Expanding Universe and the Appearance of a Nonuniform Distribution of Matter," 1966 January

box 6, folder 26-27

"Maximum Temperature of Thermal Radiation" (1966 June) 1966, undated

box 6, folder 28

Book review, The Sakharov Manifesto, reviewed by Marshall Shulman 1968 November

box 6, folder 29

"A Letter from Dr. Sakharov," 1970 April 13

box 6, folder 30

Interview of Sakharov, "Dissent in the Soviet Union," 1973

box 7, folder 1

"How I Came to Dissent," 1974 March 21

box 7, folder 2

"Tomorrow: The View From Red Square," 1974 August 24

box 7, folder 3

"Spectral Density of Eigenvalues of the Wave Equation and Vacuum Polarization," 1975

box 7, folder 4

"Soviet Physicist Urges 'Full' Disarming," 1975 October 27

box 7, folder 5

"The Need for an Open World," 1975 November

box 7, folder 6

Interview of Sakharov by Coleman, "Sakharov on Human Rights," 1977 March 14

box 7, folder 7

"The Baryonic Asymmetry of the Universe," 1979 April

box 7, folder 8

"World Security, Human Rights Linked," circa 1980

box 7, folder 9

Sakharov quote from the New York Times, 1980

box 7, folder 10

"Mass Formula for Mesons and Baryons" (1980 April) 1980

box 7, folder 11

"Estimate of the Quark-Gluon Coupling Constant," 1980 May

box 7, folder 12

"Sakharov: A Letter from Exile," 1980 June 8

box 7, folder 13

"Observations in Exile: Sakharov Sends a Letter to the West," 1980 June 13

box 7, folder 14

"Sakharov's Statement Carried from Gorky to Moscow by His Wife," 1980 June 27

box 7, folder 15

"Cosmological Models of the Universe with Rotation of Time's Arrow" (1980 July) 1980, undated

box 7, folder 16

"An Open Letter to the President of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, A. P. Aleksandrov," 1980 October 20

box 7, folder 17

"Statement for Press and Radio," 1981

box 7, folder 18

Open letter to Drell 1981 January

box 7, folder 19

"A Letter from Sakharov in Exile," 1981 April 22

box 7, folder 20

"The Responsibility of Scientists" (1981 June 25) 1981

box 7, folder 21

"An Appeal," 1981 August 16

box 7, folder 22

"The Danger of Thermonuclear War," 1983

box 7, folder 23

"Multisheeted Models of the Universe" (1983 February) 1982-1983

box 7, folder 24

"Andrei Sakharov from Exile," International League for Human Rights 1983 October

box 7, folder 25

"Cosmological Transitions with a Change in Metric Signature" (1984 May) 1984, undated

box 7, folder 26

"Andrei Sakharov's Appeal on Beginning His Hunger Strike," Khronika Press Information Bulletin, 1984 May

box 7, folder 27

"My KGB Ordeal," 1986 February 24

box 7, folder 28

"Commencement Addresses," The College of Staten Island 1987 June 14

Scope and Contents note

Includes speech by Elena Bonner.

box 7, folder 29

Interview of Andrei Sakharov and Elena Bonner by Mark Levin 1988

box 7, folder 30

"Remarks of Dr. Andrei Sakharov for the Seventh Annual Ethics and Public Policy Dinner Honoring Dr. Edward Teller," 1988 November 16

Incremental Speeches and Writings 1960-2012, undated

Scope and Contents note

Includes typescripts, printed matter, notes, and correspondence, arranged chronologically.

box 8, folder 1

"The Running Coupling Constant in Quantum Electrodynamics," undated

box 8, folder 2

"Infrared Radiation from the Atmosphere," with Malvin A. Ruderman, Institute for Defense Analysis, JASON Division 1960

box 8, folder 3

"Radio Propagation Through Artificially Enhanced Scattering," 1956, 1981

box 8, folder 4

Relativistic Quantum Mechanics, with James D. Bjorken, Russian translation 1978

box 8, folder 5

"SALT and Beyond," Common Sense in U.S.-Soviet Relations, 1978

box 8, folder 6

"Experimental Status of Quantum Electrodynamics" 1979

box 8, folder 7

"Anomalous Magnetic Moment and Limits on Fermion Substructure," 1980

box 8, folder 8

"Arms Control: Is There Still Hope?," Daedalus, 1980

box 8, folder 9

"The Moral Issue and Deterrence," Societal Issues 1987

box 8, folder 10

Sakharov Remembered, edited by Drell and Sergei P. Kapitza 1991

box 8, folder 11

Notes on Compton back-scattering 1992

box 9, folder 1

"Theoretical Aspects of Lepton-Hadron Scattering" 1992

box 9, folder 2

"Technical Issues of a Nuclear Test Ban," 1994

box 9, folder 3

"Reminiscences of Work on National Reconnaissance," Recollections of the Pioneers and Founders of National Reconnaissance, 2002

box 9, folder 4

"A Safer Nuclear Enterprise" 2012

Advisory Work File 1945-2014

Scope and Contents note

Includes correspondence, writings, research files, and printed matter related to Drell's advisory work for the United States government and private organizations, arranged alphabetically, mainly in two groups: organizations file and subject file.

Organizations file

box 9, folder 5

Argonne National Laboratory, non-proliferation 2004

box 9, folder 6-7

Charlie Allen Task Force 2001-2002

Director of Central Intelligence

box 9, folder 8

Emerging missile threat 1996-1997

box 9, folder 9

Small Satellite Review Panel 1996

Intelligence Technology Innovation Center

box 9, folder 10-12

Murder Board 2001-2002

box 9, folder 13

Murder Board, Warren Rudman, George Tenet 2002

Los Alamos National Laboratory

box 9, folder 14

Pit Manufacturing/Certification Oversight Committee 2001

box 9, folder 15

Senior Advisory Group 2003-2006

Los Alamos National Security and Lawrence Livermore National Security

box 9, folder 16

Large Bore Power Gun Review Committee 2010

box 10, folder 1-2

Mission Committee 2006-2014

box 10, folder 3

National Nuclear Security Administration Advisory Panel 2002-2004

box 10, folder 4

President's Council on National Laboratories 2007

President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board

box 10, folder 5

1996-1997

box 10, folder 6

1997-2002

box 11, folder 1-2

Non-proliferation 1993-1998

box 11, folder 3-4

Princeton University 1997-2000

box 11, folder 5-6

Senate Select Committee on Intelligence 1989-1992

box 11, folder 7

University of California, Office of the President 2004-2009

Subject file

Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

box 12, folder 1-3

1995-1997, 2006

box 12, folder 4-5

1995-2002

box 13, folder 1

1995-2002

box 13, folder 2-4

1999-2001

box 13, folder 5-6

Stockpile Stewardship Program 1994-2000

box 14, folder 1-3

Stockpile Stewardship Program (cont'd.) 1994-2000

box 14, folder 4-6

Stockpile Stewardship Program and national security 1998-2001

box 15, folder 1-5

Stockpile Stewardship Program and national security (cont'd.) 1998-2001

box 16, folder 1

Concerns about Department of Energy Science 2000

box 16, folder 2-5

Corona Satellite Program 1966, 1995-2002, undated

box 17, folder 1-4

Discriminate force 2000-2002

box 17, folder 5-6

Hart-Rudman Commission 1945, 2001

box 18, folder 1

National Ignition Facility 1997

box 18, folder 2

National Reconnaissance Office 1963, 2000

box 18, folder 3

Propellant Hazard Test and Analysis Program 1994-1998

box 18, folder 4

Red Team 2010

box 18, folder 5-7

Shalikashvili, John 1997-2001

box 19, folder 1

Shalikashvili, John and Los Alamos National Laboratory 2000

box 19, folder 2

Subcritical experiments 1998

box 19, folder 3-5

Terrorism and homeland security 1996-2002

box 19, folder 6

Tritium 1995-1996

box 19, folder 7

Writings by others 1972-2006

JASON File 1988-2015

Scope and Contents note

Includes correspondence, reports, notes, and meeting materials related to Drell's advisory work with JASON, arranged alphabetically by format.

box 20, folder 1-2

Administrative file 2001-2013

Meetings

box 20, folder 3-4

Summer study, hydronuclear testing 1995

box 20, folder 5

Fall meeting 2004

box 20, folder 6-7

Summer study 2005

box 21, folder 1

Winter study 2005

box 21, folder 2-3

Summer study 2006

box 21, folder 4

Spring meeting 2007

box 21, folder 5

Fall meeting 2008

box 21, folder 6

Summer study 2009

box 21, folder 7

Fall meeting 2010

box 21, folder 8

Spring meeting 2012

box 21, folder 9

Summer study 2012

box 21, folder 10

Notes 1995

Reports

box 21, folder 11

1988

box 21, folder 12

1990

box 21, folder 13

1992

box 21, folder 14

1993

box 22, folder 1-2

1994

box 22, folder 3-4

1995

box 22, folder 5-6

1996

box 22, folder 7

1997

box 23, folder 1

1998

box 23, folder 2

1999

box 23, folder 3

2000

box 23, folder 4

2001

box 23, folder 5

2002

box 23, folder 6-7

2003

box 23, folder 8

2005

box 23, folder 9

2006

box 23, folder 10

2007

box 24, folder 1

2008

box 24, folder 2

2011

box 24, folder 3

2012

box 24, folder 4

2014

box 24, folder 5

2015

Subject file

box 24, folder 6

Dismantlement study undated

box 24, folder 7-8

Nuclear testing review and inertial confinement fusion 1995-1996

box 25, folder 1

Nuclear testing review and inertial confinement fusion (cont'd.) 1995-1996

box 25, folder 2

Subcritical experiments 1996-1997

Printed Matter 1969-2001, undated

Scope and contents note

Includes monographs and booklets related to Andrei Sakharov, nuclear weapons, and intelligence, as well as histories compiled by the National Reconnaissance Office.

General

box 25, folder 3

Undated

box 25, folder 4-6

1990s

box 26, folder 1-2

2000s

box 26, folder 3-5

National Reconnaissance Office histories 1969-2001, undated

Audiovisual Material 2006-2008, undated

Scope and Contents note

Includes compact discs, a photograph, and a VHS videocassette, arranged alphabetically by format.

box 27, folder 1

Compact discs, conference, "Implications of the Reykjavik Summit on Its Twentieth Anniversary," 2006

box 27, folder 2

Group photograph, Great Britain 2008

box 27, folder 3

VHS videocassette, "Sakharov, HBO Cable Movie," undated

Incremental Materials

box 28