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Keith Griffith papers, 1983-2012 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.5 linear feet ((5 boxes))
Abstract:: Darrell Keith Griffith (1959-2012) was an AIDS activist and founder of the website CruisingForSex.com. The collection is divided into two series: Personal materials and AIDS activism. The personal materials date from 1983 to 2012, the year of Griffith's death. The series on AIDS activism covers Griffith's years of involvement in the social justice movement, 1985-1992.

Held at: John J. Wilcox, Jr. LGBT Archives, William Way LGBT Community Center [Contact Us]

Gloria Casarez papers, 1987-2015 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5 linear feet ((3 document boxes, 3 flat boxes, 3 record cartons))
Abstract:: Gloria Casarez (1971-2014) was a prominent community activist and civic leader in the LGBTQ community in Philadelphia. The Gloria Casarez papers are made up of materials produced, collected, and saved by Casarez over the course of her professional career. They are arranged into seven series: 1) Empty the Shelters, 2) Kensington Welfare Rights Union, 3) GALAEI, 4) Miscellaneous, 5) News media, 6) Trophies, awards, and artifacts, and 7) Oversize graphics.

Held at: John J. Wilcox, Jr. LGBT Archives, William Way LGBT Community Center [Contact Us]

Taylor family papers addition, 1870-2013 (inclusive)

Extent:: 11.46 linear ft. (14 boxes and 7 volumes)
Abstract:: The Taylor Family Papers Addition primarily contains correspondence, other printed materials, and photographs related to William Nicholson Taylor who was born June 22, 1882 to Frank Hendrickson Taylor (1855-1943) and Rebecca "Bessie" Nicholson Taylor (1857-1944) and his family. The collection includes materials belonging to his wife, Gertrude Christine Duret de Brie (1897-1983), their three children, Constance Alix (1921), Benjamin de Brie "Brie" (1923), and Marie-Celine "Mimi" (1925), and other family members.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Beckman Historical Collection, 1911-2011 (inclusive) 1935-2004 (bulk)

Extent:: 137.2 linear feet (131 boxes (81 record boxes, 10 hollinger boxes, 3 half hollinger boxes, 26 photo album boxes, 2 videotape boxes, 1 audiocassette box, 4 cd-rom boxes, and 4 oversized boxes))
Abstract:: Business records, correspondence, research files, financial records, photographs, publications, and audio-visual materials of American scientist and industrialist Arnold O. Beckman and the American scientific and medical instrument manufacturer Beckman Coulter, Incorporated.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

Spinco Historical Collection, 1942-2014 (inclusive) 1962-2007 (bulk)

Extent:: 85.4 linear feet ((52 record boxes, 4 videotape boxes, 1 cd-rom box, 1 half hollinger box, 9 oversized boxes, 1 photo negative box, and 15 film cans) )
Abstract:: Printed materials, photographic materials, business records, and audio-visual materials of the Spinco Division of Beckman Coulter, Incorporated, an American manufacturer of scientific and medical instruments.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

The Nuclide Corporation Archives and The Papers of Leonard F. Herzog, 1923-2015 (inclusive) 1957-2002 (bulk)

Extent:: 35.2 linear feet (25 record boxes and 1 half hollinger box.)
Abstract:: Corporate records of American scientific instrument manufacturer Nuclide Corporation and the professional files and personal files of American geophysicist, scientific instrument industry executive, and Nuclide Corporation founder Leonard F. Herzog.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

Norman G. Anderson Papers, 1904-2018 (inclusive) 1943-2010 (bulk)

Extent:: 26.6 linear feet (13 record boxes, 1 hollinger box, 1 half hollinger box, 4 photo negative boxes, and 5 oversized boxes )
Abstract:: Correspondence, research files, business records, notebooks, printed materials, and photographic materials of American clinical chemist, inventor, and corporate executive Norman G. Anderson.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

John B. Sharkey American Chemical Society New York Section Collection, 1873-2016 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.0 linear feet (1 record box.)
Abstract:: A collection of correspondence, publications, and photographs pertaining to the history of the American Chemical Society New York Section from 1873 to 2016 as collected and maintained by John B. Sharkey.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

Robert Alcott Collection of Crystalline Photographs, 1994-2012 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 linear feet (1 box; ca. 152 print photographs, research notes, cd-r and dvd)
Abstract:: Photographs, digital photographs and notes on Alcott's work as a "crystallographer", making art pieces by exposing chemical compounds to light to make flat crystalline structures.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

William A. Lester, Jr. Papers, 1950-2017 (inclusive) 1965-2013 (bulk)

Extent:: 70.0 linear feet (67 record boxes, 1 hollinger box, 2 half hollinger boxes, 1 oversized hollinger box, and 2 cd-rom boxes.)
Abstract:: Correspondence, professional files, manuscripts, printed materials, notebooks, electronic storage materials, audio-visual materials, and photographic materials of African American theoretical chemist and chemistry educator William A. Lester, Jr.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]