About the Archive
A primary way that the ISCMNS supports the cold fusion community is by archiving important historical materials for the field. The objectives are to:
Collect records while they are still available – now 36 years after the field’s announcement.
Preserve the records as a resource for realizing the energy benefits of cold fusion.
Make the information readily available for future study by sociologists and philosophers of science.
Capture the history of the field so that the contributions of early researchers will be preserved.
The scope of the ISCMNS Archive is broad and includes digital files, hardcopy records, and important physical assets, such as hardware from key experiments. Initial emphasis is on collecting, digitizing, and publishing videos from the early years of the field. Prominent examples include many of the International Conferences on Cold Fusion (ICCFs) and presentations by Fleischmann, Pons and other researchers.
Dr. Stanley Pons at the American Chemical Society
annual meeting on April 12 1989
The ISCMNS hard copy and lab hardware materials are stored at Brillouin Energy.
The ISCMNS archive is primarily web-based. For example, the videos are presented on a WordPress website, and the contents are linked to YouTube. The database for the Archive holdings is in AirTable, and workflow is managed on Trello. Storage of electronic files is on Google Workspace. The hardcopy paper files and lab hardware, on the other hand, are in storage tubs in space generously provided by Brillouin Corporation in Emeryville, CA.
The historical materials are being collected by Thomas Grimshaw, ISCMNS Archivist, with volunteers Seamus Lonergan and Rob Christian. The project is an outgrowth of a preceding effort, the LENR Research Documentation Initiative (LRDI), whose objective is to visit cold fusion researchers and other contributors to the field to capture their information while it is still available. Approximately 21 projects have been performed, including, for example, Ed Storms, Mel Miles, Peter Hagelstein, George Miley, Dave Nagel, and Jean-Paul Biberian.
The ISCMNS Archive publishes items from its collection as appropriate. These may be found at:
The LRDI includes many of the foremost participants in the cold fusion field.
The Society is actively soliciting contributions to the archive and welcomes correspondence using the contact form available here: