SUMMARY DESCRIPTION

Published material related to the biological effects of microwave radiation and government documents, acquired under the Freedom of Information Act, related to the microwave bombardment of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. Steneck collected the material during research for his book, The Microwave Debate.

QUANTITY
4.0 linear feet (ca. 8000 pages)

DONOR
Nicholas Steneck (accession number 91-NLF-018)

ACCESS
Open.

COPYRIGHT
Nicholas Steneck donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them. Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain.

Prepared by Jennifer A. Sternaman, April 1993
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CONTAINER LIST

Box 1 - Microwave Documents and Articles File

• Volume I, 1964-67 (1)-(2)
• Volume II, 1972-74 (1)-(3)
• Volume III, 1975
• Volume IV, Jan. - Mar. 1976 (1)-(4)
• Volume V, April - June 1976 (1)-(2)

Box 2 - Microwave Documents and Articles File

• Volume V, April - June 1976 (3)-(4)
• Volume VI, July - Dec. 1976 (1)-(5)
• Volume VII, Jan. - Mar. 1977 (1)-(3)

Box 3 - Microwave Documents and Articles File

• Volume VII, Jan. - Mar. 1977 (4)-(5)
• Volume VIII, Mar. - June 1977 (1)-(3)

Box 3 (Continued) - Publications File

• Adler, E. - "Irradiation and the Pituitary-Cortico-Adrenal System", 1955
• Allam, D.S. - "Conference Report: Radio and Microwave Radiations, Applications and Potential Hazards", 1969
• Allen, C.E. - "Shortwave Radio therapy in Vincent's Infection", 1936
• Armstrong, Kenneth - "Measuring w/Microwaves", 1978
• Austin, George - "Production of Convulsions in Rats by High Frequency Electrical Currents", 1954
• Bachem, A. - "Selective Heat Production by Ultrashort (Hertzian) Waves", 1935
• Baldwin, W.M. - "High Frequency Current Burns in Rats", 1929
• Baldwin, W.M. - "The Histologic Effects Produced in Albino Rats by High Frequency Currents"., 1929
• Barron, Charles - "Medical Considerations of Exposure to Microwaves (Radar)", 1958
• Barron, Charles - "Physical Evaluation of Personnel Exposed to Microwave Emanations", 1955
• Barnothy, Madeleine F. - "Biological Effects of Magnetic Fields", 1964
• Bateman, John - "Microwave Magic", 1977
• Bell, W.H. - "Effects of Super-High-Frequency Radio Current on Health of Men Exposed under Service Conditions", 1931
• Bellows, John G. - "Biochemistry of the Lens", 1941
• Bernhardt, J. - "Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields, " 1979
• Bernhardt, J. - "The Direct Influence of Electromagnetic Fields on Nerve- and Muscle Cells of Man Within the Frequency Range of 1 HZ to 30 MHz", 1979
• Bernhardt, J. - "Properties of a Three-Terminal Bridge for Dielectric Measurements of Biological Materials with a Well Defined Sample Field from 20 Hz to 500 kHz", 1971
• Bernhardt, J.H. - "Strahlenwirkungen, Strahlenschaden und deren Vermeidung", 1980
• Bernhardt, J. - "Dielectric Measurements of Nitellopsis obtusa Cells with Intracellular Electrodes", 1973
• Bernhardt, J. - "On the Generation of Potential Differences across the Membranes of Ellipsoidal Cells in an Alternating Electrical Field", 1973
• Bibliography of Selected Rand Publications, 1981
• Bierman, William - "The Therapeutic Use of Short Wave Currents", 1935
• Boyle, A.C. - "The Effects of Micro-Waves: A Preliminary Investigation", 1950

Box 4 - Publications File

• Boysen, John Edward - "The Biological Effects of Electro Magnetic Radiation", 1951
• Boysen, John - "Hyperthermic and Pathologic Effects of Electromagnetic Radiation", 1953
• Brody, Sidney - "The Operational Hazard of Microwave Reflection", 1953
• Buchanan, Archibald R. - "Biomedical Effects of Exposure to Electromagnetic Radiation", 1961
• Burner, Alvin - "Biological Effects of Microwaves: Future Research Directions", 1968
• Carpenter, C.M. - "Effect of Heat Produced by an Ultra-High Frequency Oscillator on Experimental Syphilis in Rabbits", 1930
• Carpenter, Russell - "Evidence for Nonthermal Effects of Microwave Radiation", 1971
• Carpenter, Russell - "Experimental Study of the Biological Effects of Microwave Radiation in Relation to the Eye", 1962
• Carpenter, Russell - "Microwave Radiation", 1977
• Carpenter, Charles M. - "Production of Fever in Man by Short Radio Waves", 1930
• Chaffee, E.L. - "Physics of High Frequency Currents as Used in Medicine - Diathermy, Radiothermy, and the Electric Knife", 1935
• Christie, Ronald V. - "An Experimental Study of Diathermy", 1928
• Clark, John W. - "Effects of Intense Microwave Radiation on Living Organisms", 1950
• Clark, John - "Effects of Intense Microwave Radiation on Living Organisms", 1950
• Clark, William - "Microwave Diathermy in Ophthalmology, " 1952
• Cleary, Steven F. - "Analysis of the Exposure Levels and Potential Biologic Effects of the PAVE PAWS Radar System", 1979
• Cleary, S.F. - "Cataract Incidence in Radar Workers", 1965
• Cleary, Stephen - "Considerations in the Evaluation of the Biological Effects of Exposure to Microwave Radiation", 1970
• Cleary, S.F. - "Lenticular Changes in Microwave Workers", 1966
• Cogan, David G. - "Cataracts and Ultra-High-Frequency Radiation", 1958
• Cogan, David - "Lesions of the Eye from Radiant Energy", 1959
• Cornelio, Francesco - "Le onde corte in Medicina"
• Cornelius, W.A. - "Biological Effects of Microwave Radiation - A Review", 1979
• Cornelius, W.A. - "Recommended Permissible Levels for Exposure to Microwave and Radiofrequency Radiation", 1979
• Coulter, John S. - "Heating of Human Tissues by Short Wave Diathermy", 1936
• Coulter, John S. - "Short Wave Diathermy", 1936
• Crooks - "High Intensity Radiation Produces Convulsions, Death in Monkey", 1959
• D'arsonval - "Influence de L'electricite sur la cellule Microbienne", 1893
• Daily, Eugene - "Clinical Study of the Results of Exposure of Laboratory Personnel to Radar and High Frequency Radio", 1943
• Daily, Louis - "The Effects of Microwave Diathermy on the Eye", 1950
• Daily, Louis - "Effects of Microwave Diathermy on the Eye of the Rabbit", 1952
• Daily, Louis - "Influence of Microwaves on Certain Enzyme Systems in the Lens of the Eye", 1951
• Davis, Leroy D. - "Bibliography of the Biological Effects of Magnetic Fields", 1962

Box 5 - Publications File

• Deichman, William - "Biological Effects of Microwave Radiation of 24, 000 Megacycles", 1966
• Deichmann, Wm. B. - "Effect of Microwave Radiation on the Hemopoietic System of the Rat", 1964
• Deichmann, William B. - "Effects of Environmental Temperature and Air
• Microwave Documents and Articles - Volume Exchange on Survival of Rats Exposed to Microwave Radiation of 24, 000 Megacycles", 1959
• Deichmann, William B. - "Microwave Radiation of 10 mw/cm", 1961
• Deichmann, Wm. B. - "Relation of Interrupted Pulsed Microwaves to Biological Hazards", 1959
• Dutta, S.K. - "Genetic and Cellular Effects of Microwave Radiation", 1980
• Einhorn, Ira - "A Disturbing Communique", 1977
• Ely, T.S. - "Heating Characteristics of Laboratory Animals Exposed to Ten-Centimeter Microwaves", 1964
• Epstein - Consumer Health and Product Hazards", 1974
• Follis, Richard H. - "Studies on the Biological Effect of High Frequency Radio Waves (Radar), 1946
• Frey, Allan - "Auditory System Response to Radio Frequency Energy", 1961
• Frey, Allan - "Behavioral Biophysics", 1965
• Frey, Allan - "Biological Functions Influenced by Low-Power Modulated RF Energy", 1971
• Frey, Allan - "Brain Stem Evoked Responses Associated with Low-Intensity Pulsed UHF Energy", 1967
• Frey, Allan - "Human Auditory System Response to Moculated Electromagnetic Energy", 1962
• Frey, Allan - "Human Response to Very-Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Energy", 1963
• Frey, Allan - "Some Effects on Human Subjects of Ultra-High-Frequency Radiation", 1963
• Gandhi, Om P. - "State of Knowledge for Electromagnetic Absorbed Dose in Man and Animals", 1980
• Gersten, Jerome - "Effect of Microwave Diathermy on the Peripheral Circulation and on Tissue Temperature in Man", 1949
• Glaser, Zorach - "Biomedical Aspects of Radio Frequency and Microwave Radiation", 1976
• Goldman, N. - "Role of Occupational Hazard: Definitions in the Establishment of Microwave Standards", 1982
• Gournay, Luke S. - "Conversion of Electromagnetic to Accoustic Energy by Surface Heating", 1966
• Graves, H.B. - "Biological Effects of 60-Hz Alternating-Current Fields: A Cheshire Cat Phenomenon?", 1978
• Gunn, Samuel A. - "The Effect of Microwave Radiation on Morphology and Function of Rat Testis", 1961
• Guy, Arthur - "Non-ionizing Radiation: Dosimetry & Interaction", 1979
• Hall, W. - "A Study of Experimental Heat-Stroke", 1927
• Halphen, A. - "A New Form of D'Arsonvalization the Short Waves", 1933
• Heller, J.H. - "Effect of Radio-Frequency Fields on the Zeta-potential of a Colloidal Suspension", 1963
• Herrick, J.F. - "Certain Physiologic and Pathologic Effects of Microwaves", 1953
• Hicks, Robert Alan - "The Biologic Action of Ultrahigh Frequency Currents", 1932
• Hill, Leonard - "Effects of the High-Frequency Field on Some Physiological Preparations", 1936
• Hines, H.M. - "Possible Industrial Hazards in the Use of Microwave Radiation", 1952
• Hirsch, Frederic G. - "Bilateral Lenticular Opacities Occurring in a Technician Operating a Microwave Generator", 1952
• Hollander, Joseph L. - "Changes in Joint Temperature Produced by Diseases and by Physical Therapy", 1949
• Hollander, Joseph L. - "The Influence of Physical Therapy Procedures on the Intra-Articular Temperature of Normal and Arthritic Subjects", 1949
• Holmes, Geoffrey - "Discussion on Short-Wave Therapy", 1937
• Holmquest, H.J. - "Inductothermy", 1936
• Hoptman, Julian - "External Biological Factors Related to Stress", 1961
• Horvath, Steven M. - "Heating of Human Tissues by Micro Wave Radiation", 1948
• Horvath, Steven M. - "Intra-Articular Temperature as a Measure of Joint Reaction", 1949
• Hosmer, Helen - "Heating Effects Observed in a High Frequency Static Field", 1928
• Hughes, M.S. - "Special Aspects of Aviation Occupational and Environmental Medicine", 1976
• Hutt, B.K. - "The Influence of Microwave Irradiation on Bone Temperature in Dog and Man", 1952
• Imig, C.J.; - "Testicular Degeneration as a Result of Microwave Irradiation", 1948
• Ivanoff, B. - "Effets des microondes sur la reponse immunitaire cellulaire de la Souris Swiss", 1979
• Jacobsen-Hosoi - "High Frequency and Morphology", 1931
• Johnson, C.C. - "Research Needs for Establishing a Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Radiation Safety Standard", 1973
• Justesen, Don - "Behavioral and Psychological Effects of Microwave Radiation", 1979
• Justesen, Don - "Microwaves & Behavior", 1975
• Kahler, H. - "Nature of the Effect of a High-Frequency Electric Field Upon Paramaecium", 1929
• Kalant, H. - "Physiological Hazards of Microwave Radiation", 1959
• Kinoshita, J.H. - "Biochemical Changes in Microwave Cataracts", 1965
• Knauf, George M. - "The Biological Effects of Microwave Radiation on Air Force Personnel", 1958
• Knauf, George M. - "Industrial Medical Problems in an Electronic Research Center", 1958
• Knauf, George - "Microwave Exposure and Missile Propellants as Occupational Health Problems", 1960
• Koslov, Samuel - "Radiophobia: The Great American Syndrome", 1979
• Krusen, Frank Hammond - "Short Wave Diathermy", 1935
• Krusen, Frank - "Staff Meetings of the Mayo Clinic", 1947

Box 6 - Publications File

• Leary, Frank - "Researching Microwave Health Hazards", 1959
• Leggett, Nickolaus - "How Safe is Your Ham Shack?", 1978
• Lerman, Sidney - "Radiation Cataractogenesis", 1962
• Liburdy, Robert - "Effects of Radio-frequency Radiation on Inflammation", 1977
• Liburdy, Robert - "Radiofrequency Radiation Alters the Immune System", 1979
• Lidman, Bernard - "Effect of Radar Emanations on the Hematopoietic System", 1945
• Liebesny, P. - "Athermic Short Wave Therapy", 1988
• Lilienfeld, Abraham - "Foreign Service Health Status Study", 1976
• Lindsay, I.R. - "A Review of Microwave Radiation Hazards & Safety Standards", 1975
• Lowe, J.F. - "Disinfecting Process", 1975
• Lubin, Martin - "Effects of Ultra-High-Frequency Radiation in Animals", 1960
• Maack, Erich - "La Radiacion De La Energia Y Su Influencia En La Vida", 1983
• MacCreight, Jean - "Biological Effects of Temperature Variations with High Frequency Oscillations", 1930
• MacGregor, R.J. - "A Brief Survey of Literature Relating to the Influence of Low Intensity Microwaves on Nervous Function", 1970
• MacGregor, R.J. - "Directo Mechanism for the Influence of Microwave Radiation on Neuro-Electric Potentials", 1970
• Marha, Karel - "Electromagnetic Fields and the Life Environment", 1971
• Marha, Karel - "Microwave Radiation Safety Standards in Eastern Europe", 1971
• Mayo Clinic - "Symposium on Physiologic and Pathologic Effects of Microwaves", 1956
• McAfee, R.D. - "Analeptic Effect of Microwave Irradiation on Experimental Animals", 1971
• McAfee, Robert - "Effect of 2400 MHz Microwave Irradiation on the Growth of Mice", 1973
• McAfee, R.D. - "Low Power Density Behavior Effects", 1972
• McAfee, Robert - "Microwave Stimulation of the Sympathetic Nervous System", 1963
• McAfee, Robert - "Neurophysical Effect of 3-cm Microwave Radiation", 1961
• McAfee, Robert - "Physiological Effects of Thermode and Microwave Stimulation of Peripheral Nerves", 1962
• McAfee, R.D. - "Survival of Rana Pipiens in Deionized Water", 1972
• McGehan, Frederick P. - "A Problem of Growing Concern: EMI", 1978
• McKinley, G. Murray - "Short Electric Wave Radiation in Biology", 1936
• McKinley, G.M. - "Some Biological Effects of High Frequency Electrostatic Fields", 1930
• McKinley, John, Jr. - "High Frequency Equipment for Biological Experimentation", 1930
• McLaughlin, John - "Health Hazards from Microwave Radiation", 1962
• McLaughlin, John - "Tissue Destruction and Death from Microwave Radiation (Radar)", 1956
• McRee, D.I. - "Biological Effects of Microwave Radiation", 1974
• McRee, D.I. - "Enviromental Aspects of Microwave Radiation", 1972, 1974
• Meahl, H. R. - "Using Microwaves Safely", 1956
• Mellon, Ralph R. - "Effect of Short Electric Waves on Diptheria Toxin Independent of Heat Factor", 1930
• Merriman, John - "A New Method of Producing Heat in Tissues: the Inductotherm", 1934
• Michaelson, Sol - "Comparative Studies on 1285 and 2800 Mc/sec Pulsed Microwaves", 1965
• Michaelson, Sol - "Effects of Electromagnetic Radiations on Physiologic Responses", 1967
• Michaelson, S.M. - "Hematologic Effects of Microwave Exposure", 1964
• Michaelson, Sol - "Human Leukocyte Functions and the U.S. Safety Standard for Exposure to Radio-Frequency Radiation", 1983
• Michaelson, S.M. - "The Influence of Microwaves on Ionizing Radiation Exposure", 1963
• Michaelson, Sol - "Physiologic Aspects of Microwave Irradiation of Animals", 1961
• Michaelson, Sol - "Standards for Protection of Personnel Against Nonionizing Radiation", 1974
• Michaelson, Sol - "Tri-Service Program - Tribute to George M. Knauf, USAF", 1971
• Mickey, George - "Electromagnetism and its Effect on the Organism", 1963
• Mickey, G.H. - "Radio-Frequency Treatment for Breaking Dormancy and Controlling Virus Infections of Plants", 1964
• Miscellaneous
• Moressi, W.J. - "Mortality Patterns of Mouse Sarcoma 180 Cells Resulting from Direct Heating and Chronic Microwave Irradiation", 1963
• Mortimer, Bernard - "Experimental Hyperthermia Induced by the High Frequency Current", 1931
• Mortimer, Bernard - "Tissue Heating in Short Wave Diathermy", 1935
• Mumford, W.W. - "Heat Stress Due to R.F. Radiation", 1969
• Mumford, William - "Introductory Remarks", 1971
• Mumford, William - "Some Technical Aspects of Microwave Radiation Hazards", 1961
• Murphy, Alma J. - "A Comparative Study of the Temperature Changes Produced by Various Thermogenic Agents", 1950
• Neidlinger, Robert - "Microwave Cataract", 1971
• Nieset, Robert - "Investigation of the Biological Effects of Microwave Radiation", 1963

Box 7 - Publications File

• Oldendorf, W.H. - "Focal Neurological Lesions Produced by Microwave Irradiation", 1949
• Olsson, Ulf - "Animal Experiments at FOA Show that Microwaves have both Physical and Psychological Effects", 1979
• O'Meara, John - "What Can be Expected from Microwave Energy", 1973
• Osborne, Stafford - "Electropyrexia", 1934
• Paff, George H. - "The Embryonic Heart Subjected to Radar", 1963
• Pauly, H. - "Biologische Wirkungen nichtionisierender Strahlen", 1980
• Presman, A. S. - "Electromagnetic Fields and Life", 1970
• Rae, James W. - "A Comparative Study of the Temperatures Produced by Microwave and Short Wave Diathermy", 04/1949
• Paff, George H. - "The Embryonic Heart Subjected to Radar", 1963
• Richardson, Alfred - "Role of Energy, Pupillary Diameter, and Alloxan Diabetes in the Production of Ocular Damage by Microwave Irradiations", 1952
• Richardson, A.W. - "Experimental Lenticular Opacities Produced by Microwave Irradiations", 1948
• Robinette, C. Dennis - "Effects upon Health of Occupational Exposure to Microwave Radiation (Radar)", 1980
• Roman, John - "RF Burn Hazards Aboard Navy Ships", 1974
• Salisbury, W. W. - "Exposure to Microwaves", 1949
• Salisbury, W. W. - "Physiological Damage Due to Microwaves", 1948
• Sanchez, S.A. - "Danger. When You Transmit You Can Turn Off a Pacemaker", 1973
• Schereschewsky, J.W. - "Action of Currents of Very High Frequency Upon Tissue Cells", 1928
• Schereschewsky, J.W. - "Biological Effects of Very High Frequency Electromagnetic Radiation", 1931
• Schereschewsky, J.W. - "Physiological Effects of Very High Frequency", 1926
• Schereschewsky, J.W. - "Heating Effect of Very High Frequency Condenser Fields on Organic Fluids and Tissues", 1933
• Schwan, Herman P. - "The Absorption of Electromagnetic Energy in Body Tissues", 1954
• Schwan, H. - "Biomedical Engineering and Basic Research: Historical Perspectives", 1979
• Schwan, Herman P. - Chapters from Unidentified Book, 1958
• Schwan, Herman - "Interaction of Microwave & Radio Frequency Radiation with Biological Systems", 1971
• Schwan, H. - "Microwave Bioeffects Research: Historical Perspectives on Productive Approaches", 1977
• Schwan, Herman P. - "Nonionizing Radiation Hazards", 1973
• Shapiro, A.R. - "Induced Fields and Heating Within a Cranial Structure Irradiated by an Electromagnetic Plane Wave", 1970
• Shinn, D.H. - "Avoidance of Radiation Hazards from Microwave Antennas", 1981
• Sigler, Arnold T. - "Radiation Exposure in Parents of Children with Mongolism (Down's Syndrome)", 1965
• Smith, George - "Effect of Diathermy Currents on Metal Implants in the Body Wall", 1950
• Sommer, H.C. - "Hearing Sensations in Electric Fields", 1964
• Stuchly, M.A. - "Potentially Hazardous Microwave Radiation Sources", 1977
• Szymanowski, W.T. - "The Biologic Action of Ultrahigh Frequency Currents", 1932
• Taylor, H.J. - "The Effect of the High-Frequency Field on Experimental Rat Tumours with Special Reference to the So-Called "Specific Effect", 1935
• Teixerira-Pinto, A.A. - "The Behavior of Unicellular Organisms in an Electromagnetic Field", 1959
• Thomas, John R. - "Microwave Radiation and Chlordiazeporoxide", 1978
• Thomson, R.A.E. - "Modification of X-Irradiation Lethality in Mice by Microwaves", 1965
• Troyanskiy, M.P. - "On the Irreversible Biological Effects of Long-Term Exposure to SHF", 1968
• Turner, John - "Effects of Radar on Human Body", 1961
• Valtonen, E.J. - "Giant Mast Cells-ASpecial Degenerative Form Produced by Microwave Radiation", 1966
• VanUmmersen, Claire - "Experimental Microwave Cataracts", 1965
• Voss, W.A. Geoffrey - "Microwave Safety", 1972
• Wacker, Paul - "Quantifying Hazardous Electromagnetic Fields", 1971
• Wagner-Jauregg - "Message", 1931
• Wakim, Khalil - "Therapeutic Possibilities of Microwaves", 1949
• Wallach, Charles - "Effects of Cathode Ray Video Displays on Human Health", 1982
• Weiss, M.M. - "Microwave Radiation Hazards", 1960

Box 8 - Publications File

• Wildervanck, Albertus - "Certain Experimental Observations on a Pulsed Diathermy Machine", 1959
• Wilkins, David J. "Effect of Radio-Frequency Fields on the Electrophoretic Mobility of Some Colloids", 1963
• Williams, Daniel B. - "Biologic Effects Studies on Microwave Radiation", 1955
• Williams, D.B. - "Biologic Effects Studies on Microwave Radiation", 1955
• Wolf, Heinrich F. - "The Physiological Basis of Short Wave Therapy", 1935
• Zaret, M. - "Occurrence of Lenticular Imperfections in the Eyes of Microwave Workers and Their Association with Environmental Factors", 1961
• National Technical Information Service - "Biological Effects of Microwaves Microwave Documents and Articles - Volume 1", 1964-1977
• Cohen, Bernice H. - "Parental Radiation and Down's Syndrome, with Particular Attention to Ionizing Radiation and Radar", 1976

Box 9 - Publications File

• Guy, A.W. - "Effects of Long-Term Low-level RFR Exposure on Rats", 1980-82
• Janes, David E. - "Evaluation of Health and Environmental Effects of Extra High Voltage (EHV) Transmission", 1979
• Kleinstein, Bruce H. - "Biological Effects of Nonionizing Electromagnetic Radiation: A Digest of Current Literature October 1980 thru June 1981", 1982
• "RCA Earth Station Bainbridge Island, Washington (Battelle Human Affairs Research Center), 1982
• "Response to RCA Earth Station Draft E.I.S" (The Bucklin Hill Neighborhood
• Association Other Bainbridge Islanders and Professionals in the Field of Microwave Radiation), 1982

Box 10 - Publications File

• Technical Report - "Proceedings of Third Annual Tri-Service Conference on Biological Effects of Microwave Radiating Equipments", 1959