The NCSE Archives holds the administrative records of the NCSE. These records serve to document the efforts of the NCSE in its goal of supporting the continued teaching of evolution. In addition the Archives collects materials of historical, current, or future importance to the creationism/evolution controversy. The Archives also collects material to assist and document NCSE's goal of promoting public awareness of the importance of science education, and the role of evolution in science education.

Online Library Catalog

A catalog of NCSE's collection of books and pamphlets relating to the creationism/evolution controversy is available online here.

If you'd like to purchase a book for NCSE's library, we have a wishlist here.

Archival Collections

Notable NCSE collections include the Creation/Evolution Journal Records, the McLean v. Arkansas Collection, the G. Brent Dalrymple Papers, the William V. Mayer Papers, the Wayne Moyer Papers, the Robert Schadewald Creationism/Evolution Rare Book Collection and the NCSE Creationism/Evolution Audio and Video Collection.

The NCSE Archives also maintains a highly focused research library whose holdings include over 1600 books, periodicals, pamphlets and related material, detailing, discussing and documenting the continued controversy between science, and evolution specifically, and various forms of creationism, including "intelligent design."

The Archives are open for research Monday through Friday, by appointment only.

To contact the Archives:
National Center for Science Education
420 40th Street, Suite 2
Oakland, CA 94609
Phone: (510) 601 7203
Fax: (510) 601 7204
Email archivist@ncse.com