The collection documents American attorney Marshall MacDuffie's work as chief of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration's Mission to the Ukraine, and his trip to the Soviet Union in 1953.
This collection documents Richard B. Scandrett, Jr.'s service as a member of the Allied Reparations Commission in 1945 and chief of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration Mission to Byelorussia, 1946.
Notes and correspondence of MacDuffie pertaining to the life of Szilard. The collection contains several letters written by Szilard, interviews by MacDuffie with Szilard, and two manuscripts concerning the early development of nuclear power. Also, a large number of clippings from magazines and newspapers describing Szilard's life and activities; and many of Szilard's publications.