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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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International Year of the Periodic Table of Elements Philatelic Collection, 2019

Extent:: 0.1 linear feet (1 folder.)
Abstract:: A collection of philatelic materials commemorating the International Year of the Periodic Table of Elements created by the Postal Union of the Americas and Spain as collected and maintained by Pedro Lozano Rodríguez from 2019.

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Records of the American Chemical Society Division of the History of Chemistry, 1924-2019 (inclusive) 1956-2019 (bulk)

Extent:: 19.6 linear feet (55 hollinger boxes and 3 half hollinger boxes)
Abstract:: Institutional records of the American Chemical Society Division of the History of Chemistry.

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Roald Hoffmann and Carl Djerassi Signed Play and Articles Collection, 2001-2019 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.1 linear feet (1 folder.)
Abstract:: A signed copy of the play "Oxygen" by Polish-American theoretical chemist Roald Hoffman and Bulgarian-American pharmaceutical chemist Carl Djerassi with related articles and correspondence as collected and maintained by Philip Rakita.

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Kurt M. Mislow Papers, 1897-2018 (inclusive) 1935-2009 (bulk)

Extent:: 35.5 linear feet (23 record boxes, 1 half hollinger box, 2 hollinger boxes, 1 audiocassette box, and 1 cd-rom box.)
Abstract:: Correspondence, professional files, personal files, manuscripts, printed materials, notebooks, audio-visual materials, and photographic materials of German-American organic chemist Kurt M. Mislow.

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James Cloyd Downs Papers, 1902-2018 (inclusive) 1923-1957 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3.5 linear feet (2 record boxes and 1 hollinger box.)
Abstract:: Diaries, correspondence, printed materials, and photographs of American chemical engineer James Cloyd Downs.

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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.

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Richard L. Hall Papers, 1908-2018 (inclusive) 1970-2015 (bulk)

Extent:: 8.0 linear feet (3 record boxes, 1 hollinger box, and 1 half hollinger box. )
Abstract:: Business records, correspondence, papers, and personal research files of American flavor chemist Richard L. Hall.

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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.

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Lloyd H. Conover Papers, 1937-2016 (inclusive) 1950-2012 (bulk)

Extent:: 6.6 linear feet ((4 record boxes, 1 hollinger box, and 1 half hollinger box))
Abstract:: Professional files, legal files, patent files, personal files, papers and speeches, printed materials, audio-visual materials, and photographic materials of American chemist, pharmaceutical industry executive, and inventor Lloyd H. Conover.

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Jane Frommer Collection, 1991-2016 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.75 linear feet (1 hollinger box and 1 half hollinger box.)
Abstract:: Sales literature, articles, and newsletters regarding scanning probe instruments and scanning probe microscopy collected by American research chemist Jane Frommer.

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

Extent:: 0.5 linear feet ((1 hollinger box))
Abstract:: 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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Papers of Seymour Meyerson, 1910-2016 (inclusive) 1947-1997 (inclusive)

Extent:: 16.0 linear feet (64 boxes)
Abstract:: Research files, professional files, correspondence, reports, and publications of American analytical chemist and historian of mass spectrometry Seymour Meyerson.

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Adelbert T. Tweedie Papers, 1964-2016 (inclusive) 1966-1986 (bulk)

Extent:: 1.4 linear feet (1 record box.)
Abstract:: Proposals, manuscripts, and memoranda of American research chemist Adelbert T. Tweedie.

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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.

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FLOWTRAN System Collection, 1962-2016 (inclusive) 1966-1993 (bulk)

Extent:: 5.6 linear feet (4 record boxes.)
Abstract:: Manuals, instructional materials, business records, and miscellaneous printed materials documenting FLOWTRAN, a computer-based chemical process simulation system developed by Monsanto Company. The files in this collection were created by Monsanto Company and collected by Edward M. Rosen, a chemical engineer and a member of Monsanto's Applied Mathematics Group, which developed FLOWTRAN.

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Alfred Bader Papers, 1938-2016 (inclusive) 1955-2006 (bulk)

Extent:: 23.0 linear feet (11 record boxes, 2 hollinger boxes, 8 oversized boxes, and 2 map tubes.)
Abstract:: Business records, correspondence, personal files, notebooks, printed materials, audio-visual materials, and photographic materials of Austrian Canadian research chemist, entrepreneur, art historian, and art collector Alfred Bader.

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

Extent:: 0.6 linear feet (1 hollinger box.)
Abstract:: 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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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.

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Weston Anderson Papers, 1953-2015 (inclusive) 1957-1998 (bulk)

Extent:: 2.8 linear feet ((1 record box, 1 hollinger box, 1 half hollinger box, 1 videotape box, and 1 artifact box))
Abstract:: Laboratory notebooks, printed materials, personal files, audio-visual materials, and photographic materials of American physicist and inventor Weston Anderson.

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Israel Chemical Society Stamps and Postal Covers Collection, 2011-2015 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.1 linear feet (1 folder.)
Abstract:: A collection of stamps and postal covers created by the Israel Postal Company (Rashut ha-doʼar) and the Israel Chemical Society (Ḥevrah ha-Yiśreʾelit le-khimyah) as collected by Ehud Keinan.

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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) )
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.

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David N. Clark Scientific Research Institutions Collection, 1969-2014 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.6 linear feet (1 hollinger box.)
Abstract:: A collection of materials collected by David N. Clark comprising documents and materials pertaining to several scientific research institutions, organizations, and companies with a focus on chemical and biological warfare.

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L. Arthur D'Asaro Papers, 1946-2013 (inclusive) 1955-2008 (bulk)

Extent:: 91.0 linear feet ((61 record boxes, 1 hollinger box, 1 cd-rom box, 2 photo negative boxes, and 2 oversized boxes) )
Abstract:: Research files, personal files, printed materials, audio-visual materials, electronic storage materials, and photographic materials of American physicist and electronics engineer L. Arthur D'Asaro.

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Kenneth R. Shoulders Papers, 1940-2013 (inclusive) 1955-2008 (bulk)

Extent:: 37.8 linear feet (27 boxes (20 record boxes, 2 film cans, 1 half hollinger box, 1 audiocassette box, 2 videotape boxes 2 oversized boxes, 4 map tubes, 1 artifacts box, and 1 photographs box) )
Abstract:: Correspondence, research files, personal files, patent files, papers and presentations, publications, audio-visual materials, electronic storage materials, and photographic materials of American electronics engineer, experimental physicist, and inventor Kenneth R. Shoulders.

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Herbert T. Pratt Papers, 1793-2013 (inclusive) 1945-2000 (bulk)

Extent:: 9.0 linear feet (5 record boxes, 1 hollinger box, 2 half hollinger boxes, and 1 oversized box. )
Abstract:: Research files, printed materials, manuals, sample cards and sample books, notebooks, and signed items of Herbert T. Pratt, an American chemical engineer, chemistry historian, and collector of rare chemistry books, chemistry memorabilia, and textiles memorabilia.

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The Papers of Michael P. Barnett, 1948-2012 (inclusive) 1957-1967 (bulk)

Extent:: 1.38 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:: This is a small collection of papers and reprints mostly covering the later portion of Barnett's career in the U.S. working in the computer printing and composition.

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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.

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Bassam Z. Shakhashiri Christmas Lecture Collection, 1989-2012 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.2 linear feet (1 hollinger box)
Abstract:: A collection of recordings and materials of and pertaining to the "Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri" lecture series.

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Robert Frank corporate ephemera collection, 1958 2011

Extent:: 0.10 linear feet (1 folder)
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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))
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.

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American Chemical Society Division of Organic Chemistry Records, 1934-2011 (inclusive) 1934-1983 (bulk)

Extent:: 12.5 linear feet (11 boxes.)
Abstract:: Financial records, ledgers, meeting agenda and minutes, institutional records, publications, correspondence, conference programs, reports, and abstracts belonging to the American Chemical Society Division of Organic Chemistry.

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Eugene Garfield Papers, 1944-2011 (inclusive)

Extent:: 167.0 linear feet ((115 record boxes, 10 photo album boxes, 2 cd-rom boxes, 2 film cans, 1 hollinger box, and 1 videotape box) )
Abstract:: Professional files, personal files, papers and presentations, journal articles, publications, audio-visual materials, electronic storage materials, and photographic materials of American information scientist and Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) founder Eugene Garfield.

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Wil Lepkowski Papers, 1966-2011 (inclusive) 1984-2005 (bulk)

Extent:: 12.2 linear feet (9 banker boxes and 1 half hollinger.)
Abstract:: The Papers of Wil Lepkowski (1934-2019) consist of correspondence, subject files, printed materials, legal files, reports, and photographic materials from American science journalist Wil Lepkowski. The focus of this collection is Lepkowski's reporting on the 1984 Bhopal disaster for Chemical & Engineering News.

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Robert Van Egghen Perkin-Elmer Corporation Collection, 1950-2011 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3.0 linear feet (3 record boxes.)
Abstract:: A collection of technical and marketing documents and materials from 1950-2011 pertaining to American scientific instrument and apparatus manufacturer Perkin-Elmer Corporation, which were collected and maintained by Robert Van Egghen.

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Papers of John B. Fenn, 1909-2010 (inclusive) 1970-1990 (bulk)

Extent:: 26.6 linear feet (20 boxes)
Abstract:: Biographical materials, correspondence, scientific files, research files, professional files, patent files, and legal files of American analytical chemist and Nobel laureate John B. Fenn.

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The Joseph A. Castellano LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) materials, 1966-2010 (inclusive) 1966-1972 (bulk)

Extent:: .25 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:: This is a compilation of materials relating to the development of LCDs by a co-inventor. Collection includes a scrapbook, plaque and a CD.

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

Extent:: 4.2 linear feet (3 record boxes)
Abstract:: 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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Papers of Paul C. Lauterbur, 1945-2010 (inclusive)

Extent:: 84.72 linear feet (67 boxes)
Abstract:: 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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Herman Fialkov Papers, 1958-2010 (inclusive) (bulk 1968-1999) (bulk)

Extent:: 2.0 linear feet ((1 record box, 1 hollinger box, and 1 artifact box))
Abstract:: Business records and personal papers of American electronics entrepreneur and venture capitalist Herman Fialkov.

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Papers of Jerome A. Berson, 1923-2010 (inclusive) 1950-1999 (bulk)

Extent:: 53.3 linear feet (40 boxes)
Abstract:: This collection consists of research notes, drafts of papers, lab materials, and other documents of American physical organic chemist Jerome A. Berson.

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The Papers of John D. Roberts, 1940-1992 (inclusive) 1960-2000 (bulk)

Extent:: 109 linear feet (79 boxes)
Abstract:: The collection gives a good overview of the arc of Roberts career as a chemist and educator. It is however weighted slightly more toward his accomplishments as a university administrator and board member of various organizations.

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William H. Brock Papers, 1963-2009 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.25 linear feet (1 half holliinger box.)
Abstract:: Personal and professional correspondence of British chemist and science historian William H. Brock.

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Dimitry Mendeleyev Bulgarian Postage Stamps, Postcard, and Postal Cover Collection, 2005-2009 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.1 linear feet (1 folder.)
Abstract:: A collection of Bulgarian postage stamps, postcard, and postal cover commemorating the life and work of Russian chemist and inventor Dimitry Mendeleyev.

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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))
Abstract:: 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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Richard W. Dodson Papers, 1921-2008 (inclusive) 1934-1988 (bulk)

Extent:: 22.4 linear feet (16 boxes (15 record boxes, 1 hollinger box, and 1 oversized box))
Abstract:: Correspondence, professional files, scientific files, personal files, and publications of American scientist Richard W. Dodson.

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Records of the American Chemical Society Division of Chemical Information, 1949-2008 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6.9 linear feet (6 boxes.)
Abstract:: Institutional records of the American Chemical Society Division of Chemical Information.

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

Extent:: .5 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:: 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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Robert J. Baptista Papers, 1921-2008 (inclusive) 1972-2008 (bulk)

Extent:: 9.7 linear feet (7 boxes.)
Abstract:: Research files, business files, publications, reports, sales agreements, forms, statements, testimonies, and proceedings belonging to Robert J. Baptista.

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