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The Subject Files subseries contains Simon's notes, published materials, news clippings, and meeting minutes.

The Projects subseries includes material related to various projects Loretta Simon championed while serving as project director for Environmental Advocates, such as billboards, pesticides, urban development, and transportation. The majority of material in this subseries relates to transportation. The inclusive dates are 1979 to 1997 with bulk dates of 1994-1996.

Willowbrook Developmental Center was formerly known as the Willowbrook State School. In 1979 its name was changed to Staten Island Developmental Center, but some still referred to it as Willowbrook. The name Willowbrook Developmental Center has been used for all folder titles.

Correspondence with numerous organizations and groups concerned primarily with aspects of social work and social welfare. Of special note are the correspondences dealing with Arbeiterwohlfahrt, the National Association of Social Workers (National and Golden Gate Chapter), National Conference on Social Welfare, Selfhelp of Chicago, and the Society for the Study of Social Problems.

The subject files feature documents and photographs directly related to Project Cirrus, but not to specific flights. Photos include equipment, precipitation, general cloud photos, and Schaefer appearing at functions during the Cirrus years. Researchers will also find some data on cloud seeding endeavors elsewhere, such as California and Sydney, Australia. Correspondence files do exist within this subseries, but researchers might also want to consult the correspondence files in Series #1 for the years 1947 to 1952 as it is likely that Schaefer kept Cirrus letters with his other General Electric correspondence. Other documents include news clippings, bulletins from meteorological conferences, and weather radar reports from MIT.