Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140

MS 640
Weinberg, Stanley L. (1911-2001)
Papers, 1927-2001, undated


Descriptive summary

creator: Weinberg, Stanley L. (1911-2001)
title: Papers
dates: 1927-2001, undated
extent: 5.63 linear feet (13 document boxes and 1 half-document box)
collection number: MS 640
repository: Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

 

Administrative information

access: Open for research
publication rights: Consult Head, Special Collections Department
preferred citation: Stanley L. Weinberg Papers, MS 640, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

 

Biographical note

Stanley L. Weinberg was born on August 21, 1911 in New York City, New York to Morris and Ethel Newman Weinberg. He graduated from City College of New York with a B.S. (1933) in biology and from Northeast Missouri State University (now Truman State University) in 1971 with a Masters degree.

Weinberg's professional career started at the Bronx High School of Science where he taught science courses. He continued to teach science courses in New York City from 1935-1957. At one time he served as chairman of the biology department for Seward Park High School, New York. After moving to his wife's home town of Ottumwa, Iowa in 1967, he taught at Ottumwa High School, Iowa (1970-1971). Weinberg authored several textbooks and lab manuals on biology, including Biology: An Inquiry Into the Nature of Life and also co-edited Reviews of Thirty-One Creationist Books (1984).

In 1981, Weinberg founded the Committees of Correspondence in response to the creation science movement, which encouraged public schools to give a balanced view of both evolution and scientific creationism and promoted the introduction of state bills and resolutions to put this practice into law. Weinberg worked to create a nationwide network of the Committees of Correspondence, inspired by the work of the Committees of Correspondence before and during the Revolutionary War. Weinberg's vision was that there would be a Committee of Correspondence organized in each state as a grassroots network of scientists and teachers ready to respond to creationist initiatives, often through sending correspondence to people within the movement and to legislators in their home states. By the end of 1981 there were Committees of Correspondence in 42 states. The first national meeting of the Committees of Correspondence was held in 1982 at the American Association for the Advancement of Science conference. The goals of the Committees of Correspondence were continued by the National Center for Science Education in 1983. The National Center for Science Education promotes the teaching of the scientific theory of evolution in public schools.

Weinberg married Irene Meyer on December 28, 1952, with whom he had two daughters, Ellen and Susan.

Stanley Weinberg died March 21, 2001.

 

Collection description

The collection (1927-2001, undated) includes correspondence, financial records, subject files, and research material which document Weinberg's relationship with the Committees of Correspondence and the creationist/evolution debate. Unless otherwise noted, most of the files are subject files which contain publications, articles, and letters to and from Stanley Weinberg relating to his work within the Committees of Correspondence and assistance with various publications and authors. Subject files of states (Arkansas, California, Iowa, Florida, Georgia,Texas) often contain material concerning court cases and legislation related to the teaching of creationism and evolution in public schools .

For a related collection, please see the Evolution/Creation Archive (MS 181).

 

Organization

The collection is organized alphabetically.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

2

1

Academy of Science:  presentation

1980

2

2

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Conference: Religious Liberty and Schools

1980

2

3

American Association for the Advancement of Science

1980-1987

2

4-6

Arkansas

1968-1992

2

7

Arkansas, Creationism in

1981

2

8

Articles

1979-1982

2

9

Articles

1980-1981, undated

2

10

Articles Favoring Creationism

1973-1984

2

11

Articles from Creation Research Society Quarterly

1970-1981

2

12

Articles Opposing Creationism

1980-1991

3

1

Asimov, Issac

1981

3

2

Awbrey, Frank and Thwaites, William

1980-1982, undated

3

3

Aulie, Richard

1983-1994

3

4

Ayala, Francisco

1990

14

1

Bergman, Jerry "Teaching About the Creation/Evolution Controversy"

1979

3

5

Bliss, Richard:  Survey Questions from Dissertation A Comparison of Two Approaches to the Teaching of Origins of Living Things to High School Biology Students in Racine, Wisconsin

undated

14

2

BSCS Newsletter (Biological Sciences Curriculum Study)

1972

3

6

California 1972 (Grose and Ford)

1972-1973

3

7-8

California II

1985-1990

3

9-10

California II: Committee of Correspondence

1982-1983

3

11

California II: Science Framework for California Public Schools

1970

1

4

Committees of Correspondence - Correspondence

1985-1992

1

14

Committees of Correspondence - Financial records

1988-1991

1

3

Committees of Correspondence Fundraising - Carnegie Corporation

1984-1993

1

5

Committees of Correspondence Fundraising - Deer Creek Foundation

1986-1987

1

6

Committees of Correspondence Fundraising - Gregory Curtis (Laurel Foundation, Cordelia May Family Trust)

1986-1987

1

2

Committees of Correspondence Fundraising - Iowa Humanities Board

1982-1991

1

10

Committees of Correspondence Fundraising - Klingenstein Fund

1986-1991

1

13

Committees of Correspondence Fundraising - Lounsbery Foundation

1987-1993

1

7

Committees of Correspondence Fundraising - Reference

1986-1988

1

11

Committees of Correspondence Fundraising - Reference on Carnegie Corporation

1986-1993

1

9

Committees of Correspondence Fundraising - Requests

1986-1990

10

9

Committees of Correspondence (Iowa): Correspondence, Memoranda

1980-1987

12

7-8

Committees of Correspondence: Memoranda to Liaisons

1981-1983

4

1

Comparative Theory of Origin (Cobb County Public Schools, Marietta Georgia)

undated

4

2

Florida, Georgia, New York: Correspondence and Clippings

1980-1981

4

3

Correspondence: Lippard, Jim

1993

4

4

Cosmology

1984-1990

4

5

"Creation or Evolution?" Part I by Winkie Pratney

undated

4

6-8

Creation/ Evolution articles: Authors A-D

1969-1996

5

11

Creation/ Evolution articles: Authors E-G (1 of 2)

1974-1989

6

1

Creation/ Evolution articles: Authors E-G (2 of 2)

1974-1989

4

9

Creation/ Evolution Bibliography by Ernie Lazar: Articles, Correspondence, Directories

1982-1984

5

1-2

Creation/ Evolution Bibliography by Ernie Lazar: Articles, Correspondence, Directories

1982-1984

5

3-4

Creation/ Evolution: Bibliography/ Directory

undated

5

5

Creation/ Evolution: Brush, Stephen G.

1974-1990

5

6

Creation/ Evolution: Dalrymple, G. Brent

1984-1985

5

7

Creation/ Evolution: Dawkins, Richard

1977-1987, undated

5

8

Creation/ Evolution: Denton

undated

5

9

Creation/ Evolution: Dickerson, Richard E.

1982-1983, undated

5

10

Creation/ Evolution: Edword, Fred

1980, undated

6

2

Creation/ Evolution: Eiseley, Loren

1979, undated

6

3

Creation/ Evolution: Eldredge, Niles

1975-1981, undated

6

4

Creation/ Evolution: Kenyon, Dean H.

1993-1994

6

5-6

Creation/ Evolution: authors M-O

1969-1991

6

7

Creation/ Evolution: Moyer, Wayne

1981-1984, undated

6

8

Creation/ Evolution: Newell, Norman D.

1973-1983

6

9

Creation/ Evolution: Pippard, Sir Brian

1982-1990

6

10-11

Creation/ Evolution articles: Authors P-S

1938-1991

7

1-2

Creation/ Evolution articles: Authors P-S

1938-1991

7

3-5

Creation/ Evolution: Authors T-Z

1969-1991

1

12

Creation/Evolution Experts

1987-1988

1

1

Creation/Evolution Symposium

1981

14

3

Creation and Evolution Articles from The American Biology Teacher

1973

7

6

Creationism: Articles

1972-1991

8

1-3

Creationism: Articles

1972-1991

8

4-5

Creationism

1990-1992

8

6-7

Creationism: Brochures

1970-1991

14

4

Creationism: Brochures

1970-1991

9

1

Creationist Tactics

1961-1987

9

2

Curriculum Guides on Creationism (DeKalb and Cobb)

1979-1980

9

3

Dealing with Creationism

1982-1993

9

4-5

Demonstrations and Projects (1 6x10 b/w photograph)

1982-1991

9

6

Design

1984-1985

9

7

Education Newsclippings

1990

9

8

Embryology, Development and Vestiges: Articles

1969-1987

9

9

Evolution: Articles

1958-1993

14

5

Evolution (journal)

1927-1937

9

10

"Eyes in Evolution": Article

1955

9

11

Flat-Earth/ Round-Earth Controversy: Article

1986

9

12

Flood: Articles

1983-1987

14

6

Freedom of Religion and Science Instruction in Public Schools: Article

1978

9

13

Gabler, Norma and Mel: Text Book Screeners - Articles

1987

10

1

Georgia General Assembly Subcommittee Report

1979

10

2

Georgia, Creationism in

1979-1981

10

3-6

Gould, Stephen Jay: Articles

1974-1996

10

7

Heard, Alex: Education Week Article

1982

10

8

ICR Accreditation Report

1987

11

1-3

Iowa Creationism Clippings

1977-1989

11

4

Jukes, Tom

1983-1987

11

5

Legal aspects of Creation/Evolution

1968-1982

12

1

Legislation

1980-1981, undated

12

2

Lewin, Roger Articles

1980-1988

12

3

Lisonbee Arizona Article

1965

12

4-5

Magrane’s Science Issues Project

1980-1987

12

6

Mayr, Ernst

1964-1988, undated

12

9

Moore, John A.

1966-1982

12

10

National Association for Research in Science Teaching: article

1984

12

11

National Center for Science Education (NCSE)

2000-2001

1

8

National Center for Science Education (NCSE)

1986-1987

12

12

National Science Teacher’s Association Knoxville

1978-1982, undated

14

7

On Being a Scientist (Committee on the Conduct of Scientists, National Academy of Sciences)

1989

12

13

On Darwin

1956-1982

14

9

Proceedings of the Public Symposium on "Understanding Science and Its Human Impact," May 1990, Des Moines Area Community College

1992 circa

13

1

Research: Creationism - articles, bibliographies, questionaires

1980-1982

13

2

Ruse, Michael: correspondence, articles

1983-1994

13

3

Saladin Article

undated

14

8

Science and Creationism: A View from the National Academy of Sciences

1984

13

4

Science and Religion: General Articles

1978-1982

13

5

Skoog, Gerald: articles, correspondence, graphs

1983

13

6

Sonleitner, Frank: articles

1984, undated

13

7

Symposium on Scientific Creationism at Emory University

1980

13

8

Texas, Creationism in

1983-1984

13

9-11

Texas: General

1963-1982

13

12

Texas: Schafersman, Steve - articles, correspondence

1989

13

13

Theologians, articles by

1980-1982

13

14

Troost, Cornelius John: "An Analysis of Factors Influencing the Teaching of Evolution in the Secondary Schools of Indiana"

1966

13

15

Tyson-Bernstein, Harriet" "The Values Vacuum: A Provocative Explanation for Parental Discontent"

undated