Hi My sincerely thanks to all who have responded to my query Monday concerning research on the history of de/classification processes pursued by historians, archivists, etc. [See below.] I have been aware of and impressed by the scholars who are conducting research on cold war science and engineering fields/projects and in so doing have worked to open previously re/classified government documents on their topics of interest. I also have been aware of and impressed by the archivists, historians, lawyers, engineers, and scientists who have persisted in opening previously classified government documents. I teach about their work and the relevant organizations. I have been looking for historical surveys, reviews, and analyses of these research processes during the last twenty years, at least, in the US, as well as other countries, such as China, France, Germany, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Korea, Soviet Union, Sweden, UK, etc, where sci/tech research & development would have been strongly shaped by the cold war. I was taught long ago that for 50 years [early 40s to early 90s] about 50% of the S&T workforce with 50% of national R&D funding worked on clandestine projects in the US and the former Soviet Union. I try to teach students how historians have been investigating that half of our topic and its relationship with the other half. I use various examples from the work of historians and archivists; I would like to include surveys, reviews, and analyses of these process. Sincerely, Sharon Traweek, UCLA ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 16:39:52 -0800 (PST) From: Sharon Traweek <traweek@history.ucla.edu> To: members@sigcis.org Subject: de/classification of US government archives re sci/technology Hi, I would appreciate references to any scholarly studies focused specifically on the opening of US cold war government archives of classified [secret] research in the sciences and engineering fields. I have searched for a review article on this topic, including the changing US government strategies for de/classification, but have not found one. That is, I am looking for research on the history of the de/classification process at US government archives 1945 to the present and public access to such materials concerning science and technology. I am aware of passages on this topic distributed in various histories of particular cold war sciences and technologies and in some histories and legal studies of the US Freedom of Information Act of 1966 and the relevant Presidential Executive Orders [12958/13292/13526] on this topic issued since 1995. Cordially, Sharon Traweek, UCLA