Conference on Solar Energy: the Scientific Basis (Papers), 1955 October 31-November 1

This collection consists of a comprehensive body of material covering the period 1954-1974 and is divided into ten series. The bulk of the material pertains to the early history of the International Solar Energy Society when it was known as the Association for Applied Solar Energy (AFASE).

Important groupings that help describe the history and structure of the organization as well as its affiliations with the Stanford Research Institute and Arizona State University include the Correspondence sub-series of Series I: Administrative and Series II: Board of Directors. In addition, a folder of historical materials on AFASE collected by the organization itself can be found in the Miscellaneous sub-series of Series I: Administrative. Records of various administrative meetings of AFASE, located in Series II: Board of Directors, are also helpful. Groupings that include documentation on important activities of AFASE/ISES are Series I: Administrative; Series III: Library; Series IV: Meetings/Conferences; and Series VII: Publishing/Printed Matter. Within these series are documents addressing an AFASE architectural competition, solar house construction, solar furnace designs, and the World Symposium of Applied Solar Energy held in Phoenix November 1-5, 1955.