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Frank Henry Verhoek Papers, 1906-1982 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.32 linear feet (3 boxes)
Abstract:
The focus of this collection is Chemical Education. Verhoek's notebooks from Harvard and the University of Wisconsin give a fairly comprehensive overview of how Chemistry was taught in the early years of the 20th Century.

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Papers of James Curtis Booth, 1785-1944 (inclusive) 1830-1895 (bulk)

Extent:
5.1 linear feet (14 boxes)
Abstract:
This collection represents material created by several generations of the Booth Family. The material created by James Curtis Booth is professional in nature. Material by his daughters and other family members is more personal in nature. There are also literary works, some of them published by George ("Amyntor") Booth, the father of James.

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Papers of Joseph X. Labovsky, 1920-1997 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.5 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:
This collection of notebooks, correspondence and Du Pont memos compliments larger collections of Du Pont production photographs and Nylon-related artifacts.

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Papers of Walter O. Snelling, 1899-1965 (inclusive) 1920-1955 (bulk)

Extent:
62.1 linear feet (52 boxes)
Abstract:
This collection is mainly a research collection with much of its content being devoted to the field of military ordnance, explosives and pyrotechnics, but in his capacity as Director of Research for the Trojan Powder Company, Snelling maintained files on many different aspects of industrial chemistry.

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Records of the Burman-Rennerfelt acid aluminia process, 1932-1954 (inclusive) 1932-1937 (bulk)

Extent:
.44 linear feet (2 boxes)
Abstract:
This is a collection and primary and secondary source materials concerning a new method for refining alumina from clays. The method was patented and proved successful but failed to catch on due to cost factors. Collection includes Correspondence, technical data and schematics relating to the refining of alumina.

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Robert B. Woodward reprint collection, 1959-1979 (inclusive) 1962-1965 (bulk)

Extent:
1 linear feet (1 folder)
Abstract:
This is a small collection of 19 reprints by Robert Burns Woodward and various colleagues. A key piece of the collection is the set of three communications co-authored with Roald Hoffmann that came to be known as the Woodward-Hoffmann Rules and resulted in a Nobel Prize for the Roald Hoffmann.

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The Papers of Barbara Hodsdon Ullyot, 1947-1990 (inclusive)

Extent:
.88 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:
This collection is largely comprised of materials relating to the Centennial Celebrations held in honor of the American Chemical Society by which Mrs. Ullyot was employed. There is also some material relating to the educational mission of the ACS. This is a small collection highlighting Barbara H. Ullyot's work with the American Chemical Society.

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The Papers of Robert E. Finnigan, 1953-1995 (inclusive) 1962-1989 (bulk)

Extent:
1.38 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:
This is a small collection of materials collected by the donor Robert E. Finnigan, for their significance in telling the story of the development of Mass Spectroscopy and the part played in that development by the Finnigan Corporation Photographs and slides have been removed from the collection and deposited in CHF Image Archives. There are Finnigan instrumentation manuals and ads in the CHF Instrumentation Manual Collection.

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The Papers of Robert S. Shayne, 1971-1997 (inclusive)

Extent:
.44 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:
This collection is mostly a gathering of technical reports written by Shayne during his days at Westinghouse, General Electric Light Military Electronics Department and the USDA Federal Grain Inspection Service.

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Andrea Allen Collection, 2020

Extent:
0.1 linear feet (1 folder.)
Abstract:
Letter of correspondence, photograph, and memorial service program collected by Andrea Allen, the daughter of American chemist and Perkin-Elmer Corporation employee Thomas J. Porro.

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Elke Eastman Collection, 1991-1992 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.1 linear feet (1 folder.)
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A collection of documents collected and maintained by Elke Eastman that includes Beckman Instruments, Incorporated press releases and six black and white photographs.

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Roald Hoffmann Nobel Prize in Chemistry Autographed Lecture, 1981

Extent:
0.1 linear feet (1 folder.)
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An autographed copy of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Lecture written and delivered by Polish-American theoretical organic chemist Roald Hoffmann with an attached letter of correspondence from the Cornell University Department of Chemistry.

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Dimitry Mendeleyev Spanish Stamp Collection, 2007

Extent:
0.1 linear feet (1 folder.)
Abstract:
A collection of Spanish stamps and assorted materials commemorating the life and work of Russian chemist and inventor Dimitry Mendeleyev.

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James J. Bohning Philatelic Chemistry Collection, 1951-2003 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.1 linear feet (1 folder.)
Abstract:
A collection of postal covers, postcards, and stamps commemorating the American Institute of Chemists, the American Chemical Society, the Pittsburgh Conference and Exposition on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, and other philatelic materials related to the field of chemistry, which were collected by James J. Bohning.

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Exxon Mobil Corporation History Manuscript Draft, 1984

Extent:
0.2 linear feet (1 half hollinger box.)
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A manuscript draft for an Exxon Mobil Corporation history written by Lee Edson in 1984, with several pages of correspondence and notes detailing the manuscript's derivation and importance.

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Leon B. Gortler – Knox Family Collection, 1912-2015 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.6 linear feet (1 hollinger box.)
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A collection of materials created, collected, and maintained by Leon B. Gortler pertaining to the Knox Family, particularly brothers and African-American chemists William Jacob Knox, Jr. and Lawrence Howland Knox.

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