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[Identification of item], in the John Lyman Papers, #3812, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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• College teachers--North Carolina--History--20th century.
• Environmental chemistry--Study and teaching.
• Lyman, John.
• Marine sciences--Study and teaching.
• North Carolina Marine Science Council.
• Nuclear industry--North Carolina.
• Nuclear power plants--North Carolina.
• Nuclear power plants--South Carolina.
• Public utilities--North Carolina.
• U.S. Atomic Energy Commission--History.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Faculty--History--20th century.

John Lyman (1915-1977), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor of environmental chemistry and oceanographer, with interests in state and federal planning and support of development programs for marine resources.

Correspondence, reports, and minutes relating to the North Carolina Marine Sciences Council, 1968-1970, and reports, petitions, testimony, correspondence, and other materials relating to licensing nuclear power plants in North Carolina and South Carolina by the United States Atomic Energy Commission, 1971-1976.