The material also contains correspondence between Waddington and Principal Swann, concerning the School of Man Made Future, including reports titled 'Institute for Human Ecology: General Scope' and a typescript by Percy Johnson Marshall titled 'Ideas for Centre of Human Ecology', as well as meeting papers of the Steering Committee on Environmental Standards.

The material contains photocopies of minutes of the Council, related papers and various articles (original and photocopied) on subjects such as genetic diseases, genetic screening and fetal research.

The material contains various meeting papers of the Committee and a report titled 'Environmental Standards: Informal Survey of Relevant Departmental Activity carried out July-November 1970'.

Contains correspondence relating to Waddington's unsuccessful appeal for funding to the MacRobert Trust for the proposed Centre for Human Ecology and School of the Man Made Future. The University was also considering applying to the Trust to fund a Department or Chair of Land Economics and Centre for Reproductive Biology at this time.

Contains a photocopy of a planning permission application to the South of Scotland Electricity Board for the nuclear power station at Torness, East Lothian, plus accompanying letter from L.J Hale, then Director of the Centre for Human Ecology to Waddington (24 April 1975) and typed notes headed 'An Investigation into the Social and Environmental Impact of the Building of the Torness Power Station'.