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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))
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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.

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Max Tishler Papers, 1893-2009 (inclusive) 1937-1989 (bulk)

Extent:
14.0 linear feet ((7 record boxes, 1 hollinger box, and 1 oversized box))
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Correspondence, research files, subject files, publications, books, audio-visual materials, and photographic materials of American chemist, pharmaceutical industry executive, and chemistry professor Max Tishler.

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Syntex Syva Alumni Association Collection, 1960-2010 (inclusive) 1964-1996 (bulk)

Extent:
33.6 linear feet (14 record boxes, 1 videotape box, 6 oversized boxes, and 8 oversized folders.)
Abstract:
Printed materials, photographic materials, business records, and audio-visual materials collected by the Syntex Syva Alumni Association, a mutual organization of former employees of Syntex Corporation and its subsidiary Syva Company. A large majority of the materials in this collection were created by or pertain to Syntex Corporation, a defunct pharmaceutical manufacturer.

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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) )
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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.

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Witco Stamp Collection, 1910-1983 (inclusive)

Extent:
340 sheets (7 boxes)
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A collection of international postage stamps and philatelic material depicting various aspects of chemistry and related sciences.

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Martin S. Frant Papers, 1964-2016 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.5 linear feet ((1 hollinger box))
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Laboratory notebooks, report, letter, and article reprint of American analytical chemist and inventor Martin S. Frant, which relate to his work on ion-selective electrodes at Orion Research, Incorporated.

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Alpha Chi Sigma Grand Chapter Records, 1985-2010 (inclusive)

Extent:
4.2 linear feet (3 record boxes)
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Bound proceedings of the Grand Chapter of Alpha Chi Sigma, an American professional chemistry fraternity. The materials in this collection were collected and maintained by Gary D. Anderson, a Professor of Chemistry at Marshall University and a longtime active member of Alpha Chi Sigma who served on the fraternity's Grand Chapter.

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Eugene Jules Houdry Collection, 1919-2000 (inclusive) 1942-1962 (bulk)

Extent:
0.5 linear feet (1 hollinger box and 1 half hollinger box.)
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Printed materials, paper manuscripts, personal documents, and photographic materials concerning French mechanical engineer and inventor Eugene Jules Houdry and Houdry Process Corporation, an American chemical company that specialized in catalytic technology. The materials in this collection were collected and maintained by G. Alex Mills, a former employee of Houdry Process Corporation.

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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.)
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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.

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Heinz Heinemann Papers, 1939-2005 (inclusive)

Extent:
5.5 linear feet (10 boxes.)
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Lectures, correspondence, abstracts, event programs, course notes, publications, overheads, presentations, slides, and reports belonging to German-American chemist Heinz Heinemann.

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Papers of Laurence E. Strong, 1941-1972 (inclusive)

Extent:
2.0 linear feet (4 hollinger boxes.)
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This collection contains the professional papers of American physical chemist and chemistry educator Laurence E. Strong. These papers document two distinct phases of Strong's professional career: his work on the Harvard Blood Plasma Project at Harvard Medical School, and his work on the Chemical Bond Approach (CBA) Project at Earlham College.

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Papers of Jerome B. Schapiro, 1954-1986 (inclusive) 1983-1986 (inclusive)

Extent:
9.66 linear feet (7 boxes)
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Organizational files collected and maintained by American chemical engineer and dry cleaning industry executive Jerome B. Schapiro. The files in this collection document Schapiro's involvement with several policy making and advocacy organizations concerned with textile product and safety standards, especially as applicable to the dry cleaning industry.

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Papers of Eugene G. Rochow, 1932-1999 (inclusive) 1935-1998 (bulk)

Extent:
1.0 linear feet (1 record box)
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Correspondence, lecture and symposia materials (speech typescripts, lecture notes, etc.), notebooks, journal articles, and biographical materials of American inorganic chemist Eugene G. Rochow.

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Samuel Meites Collection, 1980-1989 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.44 linear feet (1 box)
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This collection contains material from two publications: Pediatric Clinical Chemistry: Reference (Normal) Values, edited by Samuel Meites and published in 1988 and Otto Folin: America's First Clinical Biochemist, written by Samuel Meites and published in 1989.

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Samuel R. Natelson Collection, 1947-2003 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.44 linear feet (1 box)
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This collection consists of writings and oral history materials by and about Samuel R. Natelson which were compiled by Amadeo J. Pesce. Natelson was a prominent American clinical chemist and a founding member of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry.

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Samuel Ruben Papers, 1934-1984 (bulk)

Extent:
4.5 linear feet (9 boxes)
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The laboratory notebooks, correspondence, and other miscellaneous items of American electrochemist Samuel Ruben.

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NRCC Proceedings #8: National Resource for Computational Chemistry and Quantum Chemistry Program Exchange proceedings notes, 1979

Extent:
1 linear feet (1 box)
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The collection is composed of print-outs of materials meant to accompany lectures delivered by speakers at the workshop held held at Indiana University August 13-24, 1979 sponsored jointly by the National Resource for Computation in Chemistry and the Quantum Chemistry Program Exchange. The materials presented here are not reprints of the lectures presented; they are accompanying materials that were used by the presenters.

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Papers of Chester M. Brown, 1942-1981 (inclusive) 1962-1968 (bulk)

Extent:
1.38 linear feet (2 boxes)
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This collection offers snapshots of Chester M. Brown at two stages of his career. In 1943-1945, taking on major responsibility as Plant Manager of the Point Pleasant West Virginia Ordinance Works where dynamite for the war effort was being produced, then, in 1962-1968 as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman-of-the-Board of the Allied Chemical Corporation, acting as corporate spokesman and a driving force for modernization within the company.

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Papers of Johann Deisenhofer, 1972-2005 (inclusive) 1981-1999 (bulk)

Extent:
106 linear feet (73 boxes)
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The collection consists of correspondence, reprints of published papers and notebooks kept by Johann Deisenhofer during the years 1972 and 2005. The post-1987 correspondence is also preserved in CD-Rom format. Much of the correspondence and the earlier notebooks are written in German.

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Papers of Paul C. Lauterbur, 1945-2010 (inclusive)

Extent:
84.72 linear feet (67 boxes)
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The collection contains Nobel laureate Paul Lauterbur's groundbreaking work in the field of spectroscopy. His early work, dealing with 13C spectroscopy as well as his invention of NMR zeugmatography/magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are both thoroughly documented. Lauterbur's grant applications research data, publications, presentations, and student work are contained within the collection. There is a collection of photographs and slides. Paul C. Lauterbur's notebook is also at the Chemical Heritage Foundation.

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Papers of Roger Gordon Bates, 1936-2005 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.38 linear feet (1 box)
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This is a small collection of primary and secondary source materials offering an overview of Roger G. Bates' career. The collection includes his Masters and Ph.D. Theses, Technical Notes from the National Bureau of Standards where he spent the bulk of his career, teaching notes and notebooks from his later years at the University of Florida, Gainesville.

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Records of the Commission on Atomic Weights and Isotopic Abundances of IUPAC, 1827-2007 (inclusive) 1920-1995 (bulk)

Extent:
9.24 linear feet (20 boxes)
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This is a collection of published reports, draft manuscripts correspondence files and reprints of published articles, all generated by the Commission on Atomic Weights and Isotopic Abundances of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. The material has been left as received.

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Robert J. Bauman collection, 1870-1993 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 linear feet (868 items)
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Chemical and petroleum industry currency, postcards, and medals collected by currency collector and chemical industry consultant Robert J. Bauman.

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Science in American Life exhibition files, 1989-1997 (inclusive)

Extent:
2.6 linear feet (6 boxes)
Abstract:
This is a fairly extensive collection of ACS and Smithsonian records chosen to document the gradual breakdown in communications between the stakeholders in this exhibition. In assembling this material, Dr. Heindel wanted to insure that both sides of the controversy, not just the curatorial team's version would be heard.

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The Abraham O. Zoss papers, 1945-2008 (inclusive)

Extent:
.5 linear feet (1 box)
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This is material relating to an inspection tour of captured German polymer plants made by Zoss and others for the Office of Technical Services U.S. Department of Commerce.

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