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Papers of John H. Wotiz, 1927-2002 (inclusive) 1943-2000 (bulk)

Extent:
17.8 linear feet (24 boxes)
Abstract:
Correspondence, notebooks, overhead slides, article reprints, manuscripts, photographic slides, and photographs created and maintained by John H. Wotiz. The collection documents Wotiz's career as both an organic chemist and a science historian, with perhaps a greater emphasis on the latter. There is a significant amount of material relating to the life and career of Friedrich August Kekule, his bête noir, and to the holdings of various European museums dedicated to the history of science. There are also photographs, audio tapes, videotapes, and a selection of posthumous papers assembled by his friend and colleague Herbert T. Pratt.

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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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Henry C. McBay Papers, 1934-1998 (inclusive)

Extent:
7.0 linear feet (5 record boxes)
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Correspondence, professional files, manuscripts, personal files, printed materials, and photographs of African American chemist and chemistry educator Henry C. McBay.

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G. Malcolm Dyson Collection, 1976-1983 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.10 linear feet (1 folder)
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Printed thesis, correspondence, photocopied magazine articles, and photocopied notes pertaining to British organic chemist and information scientist G. Malcolm Dyson and the Dyson Notation chemical nomenclature system.

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

Extent:
1 linear feet (1 folder)
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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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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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