Sub-series 5. Meeting Files, 1975-2015

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this sub-series contains meeting files collected and maintained by William A. Lester, Jr. during his tenure at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. These files concern the various meetings Lester participated in as a representative of Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, including conferences, symposia, colloquia, U.S. government agency committee meetings, university visits, and workshops.

Meetings documented in this sub-series include Lester’s service on the National Science Foundation’s Advisory Committee for Chemistry, his participation in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Combustion Contractors’ Meetings, and his 1983 testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Subcommittee on Energy Development and Application and Subcommittee on Energy Research and Production. Files concerning his participation in Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory internal meetings, including reviews of the Chemical Sciences Division and the Materials and Molecular Research Division are also present here.

The contents of the Meeting Files consist of a wide variety of materials. Correspondence, notes, agendas, participant lists, abstracts, and reports are the most common materials found in this sub-series. Smaller, but noticeable, amounts of programs, meeting announcements, photocopied presentations, publications, and transparencies are also present in this sub-series. Small amounts of other miscellaneous materials, including, but not limited to, papers, registration materials, articles, press releases, and reprints, are preserved in this sub-series as well.