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Papers of Gabor B. Levy

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Call Number:
004.001
Repository:
Science History Institute Archives
Extent:
9.1 linear feet (25 boxes)
Language:
English, German, and Hungarian
Preferred Citation:
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Papers of Gabor B. Levy, 1896-1999, Science History Institute Archives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Date:
1896-1999 (inclusive) and 1940-1990 (bulk)
Creator:
Levy, Gabor B., 1913-
Form:
Archival materials
Abstract:
Correspondence, research files, articles, article reprints, and technical writings of Hungarian analytical chemist, science editor, and science essayist Gabor B. Levy.

Gabor Bela Levy (1913-1999) was a Hungarian analytical chemist, science editor, and science essayist. Born in Budapest, Hungary on July 16, 1913, Levy attended Sample Grammar School in Budapest, which had been founded by his great-uncle in 1872, and The Technical University, Karlsruhe, Germany. With war clouds gathering in Europe and the Nazi Party firmly in control of Germany, Levy and his wife Friedel (nee Kotljar) emigrated to the United States in 1938.

After his arrival in the United States, Levy worked as a research assistant at New York University from 1938 to 1941 and received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the Institutum Divi Thomae in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1953. Levy's first professional position was as an analytical chemist at Schenley Laboratories, initially working at the firm's plant in Lawrenceburg, Indiana (1942-1955). When Schenley Laboratories closed this operation, Levy was transferred to New York City. When Schenley Laboratories subsequently decided to eliminate their laboratory division in 1955, he moved to the Consumers Union, where he served as head of its chemistry division for two years.

After his stint at the Consumers Union, Levy went to work for Photovolt Corporation, where he worked his way up to vice-president and technical director. Photovolt was subsequently bought out by Bio-Science Enterprises (BSE) and Levy retired in October 1981.

Upon retiring from Photovolt, Levy embarked on a second career as a consulting editor for International Scientific Communications, Incorporated, whose publications included such titles as American Laboratory, American Biotechnology Laboratory, and International Laboratory. Levy's essays became a highly anticipated feature of these journals. He later collected and published the best of his essays in the book Views from my Underground Ivory Tower (1995).

Gabor B. Levy passed away in Connecticut in July 1999. He left behind one last posthumously published essay questioning the value of religious belief to a scientist.

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Papers of Gabor B. Levy, Science History Institute Archives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Papers of Gabor B. Levy contain the personal and professional papers of Hungarian analytical chemist, science editor, and science essayist Gabor B. Levy. The bulk of the materials in this collection relate to his later career as a science editor and science essayist. Some materials documenting his first career as an analytical chemist, including his early work with polarimeters, are also found in this collection. Also present in this collection are some materials created by members of Levy's family, including artworks by a granddaughter and the typescript of an English-language translation of his sister-in-law Elizabeth Freund's memoir, published in German in 1996, which concerns her experiences as a slave laborer in Germany during World War II.

The Papers of Gabor B. Levy are arranged into the following two series:

  1. Biographical Material
  2. Professional Career

The Papers of Gabor B. Levy were donated to the Science History Institute (formerly the Chemical Heritage Foundation) by Michael B. Levy in 2001.

The Papers of Gabor B. Levy were processed by Andrew Mangravite in December 2004.

The Photographs from the Papers of Gabor B. Levy are preserved at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Finding Aid Author
Finding aid created by Andrew Mangravite and encoded into EAD by Kenton G. Jaehnig.
Finding Aid Date
2004
Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes and the collection is open to the public.

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The Science History Institute holds copyright to the Papers of Gabor B. Levy. The researcher assumes full responsibility for all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Collection Inventory

Series Description

This series contains Gabor B. Levy's biographical files. It consists of biographical materials created by Levy and members of his family. The contents of this series are arranged into the following three sub-series:

  1. Levy Family Material
  2. Family Correspondence
  3. General Correspondence
Sub-series Description

Arranged in its original order, this sub-series contains miscellaneous materials created by and/or pertaining to Gabor B. Levy and members of his family. Its contents consist of a variety of materials, including, but not limited to, genealogical materials, notes, a notebook, correspondence, typescripts, and artwork. Of particular interest is Levy's sister-in-law Elizabeth Freund's typescript "Forced Labor for Hitler", which documents her experiences as a slave laborer in Germany during World War II.

Genealogical Material (Includes charts.), 1986-1995.
Box 1 Folder 1
Personal Writings (Includes notes for a talk given at Princeton University in 1995.), 1981, 1995, undated.
Box 1 Folder 2
Notebook (Includes notes on an experiment to create radiation-shielding "bricks" and a later section of philosophical musings.), 1961-1962, 1971.
Box 1 Folder 3
Works written by members of GBL's family - Folder 1 of 2 - (Includes correspondence between Michael Levy and an army buddy and a typescript of German-language poems written by GBL's niece Johanna.), 1963, 1965, 1985.
Box 1 Folder 4
Works written by members of GBL's family - Folder 2 of 2 - (Contains a typescript "Forced Labor for Hitler" written by GBL's sister-in-law Elisabeth D. Freund.), undated.
Box 1 Folder 5
Artwork by GBL's grandchildren, 1983, 1985, undated.
Box 1 Folder 6
Art Sketchbook (Owned by grandchild Elisabeth Rouse?), undated.
Box 1 Folder 7
Levy Family Passports - Bela and Gabor, 1896-1949.
Box 1 Folder 8
Hungarian and Russian Currency, 1898, 1909, undated.
Box 1 Folder 9
Sub-series Description

Arranged in its original order, this sub-series contains Gabor B. Levy's correspondence with members of his family. Its contents consist of letters and postcards.

Family Correspondence (In Hungarian and English.), 1920-1943, undated.
Box 2 Folder 1
Postcards (In Hungarian and English.), 1926-1999, undated.
Box 2 Folder 2
Correspondence with Michael Levy (GBL's older son.) - Folder 1 of 2, 1957-1966, undated.
Box 2 Folder 3
Correspondence with Michael Levy - Folder 2 of 2, 1957-1966, undated.
Box 2 Folder 4
Correspondence with Mici Teller (Edward Teller's wife, in Hungarian, German, and English.), 1932-1941.
Box 2 Folder 5
Correspondence on various topics - Folder 1 of 2, 1935-1955, 1965-1967.
Box 2 Folder 6
Correspondence on various topics - Folder 2 of 2, 1987-1998.
Box 2 Folder 7
Correspondence - Letters of Recommendation, 1947-1958, 1981, 1987.
Box 2 Folder 8
Sub-series Description

Arranged alphabetically by name, this sub-series contains Gabor B. Levy's general correspondence files. Its contents consist of Levy's correspondence with science colleagues.

General Correspondence, 1939-1999.
Box 3 Folder 1
Correspondence - ACS, 1945-1995.
Box 3 Folder 2
Correspondence - Cook, E.S., Institutum Divi Thomae Foundation (Co-author of a paper on mutarotase.), 1953, 1955.
Box 3 Folder 3
General Note

See also Box 9 Folder 15.

Correspondence - Durbin, Enoch J., 1966-1998, undated.
Box 3 Folder 4
Correspondence - Eckhoff, Hans Breien (In German.), 1933-1937, undated.
Box 3 Folder 5
Correspondence - Frank, H.P. (Co-author of two papers on polyvinylpyrrolidone.), 1951-1956, undated.
Box 3 Folder 6
General Note

See also Box 9 Folder 14 and Box 9 Folder 19.

Correspondence - Greene, H.S., Dean of University of Cincinnati Department of Chemistry Education, 1943-1953.
Box 3 Folder 7
Correspondence - Halama, D.V., Bratislava (Halama translated some of GBL's essays into Slovak.), 1993-1997 .
Box 3 Folder 8
Correspondence - Horwitz, Dr. Lester (Horwitz was a colleague of GBL, his letters offer some insight into GBL's situation at Schenley Laboratories.), 1952-1955, undated.
Box 3 Folder 9
Correspondence - Lees, Sidney, Sc.D. (Lees was a fan of Levy's essays.), 1987-1998.
Box 3 Folder 10

Series Description

This series contains Gabor B. Levy's professional files. The bulk of the materials in this series document Levy's second career as a science editor and science essayist. A smaller, but noticeable, amount of materials regarding his career as an analytical chemist are also present here.

This series is arranged into the following ten sub-series:

  1. Schenley Laboratories
  2. Consumers Union
  3. Photovolt Corporation
  4. International Scientific Communications, Incorporated (ISCI)
  5. Technical Writing
  6. Research Notes for Published Articles and Papers
  7. Published Articles
  8. Conference Notes
  9. Book Projects
  10. Topically Arranged Reprint Files
Sub-series Description

Arranged in its original order, this sub-series contains Gabor B. Levy's Schenley Laboratories files. Consisting of seven files, it provides a limited amount of documentation regarding Levy's activities at Schenley Laboratories. The contents of these files consist mainly of correspondence.

Schenley Laboratories - Chemical Analysis of Penicillin, 1945-1949, undated.
Box 4 Folder 1
Schenley Laboratories - Correspondence, 1949.
Box 4 Folder 2
Schenley Laboratories - (Electronic) Polarimeter, 1949, undated.
Box 4 Folder 3
Schenley Laboratories - Correspondence, 1953.
Box 4 Folder 4
Pilot Process - Vacuum Can Opener, 1954.
Box 4 Folder 5
Schenley Laboratories - Correspondence, 1954 January-1955 March.
Box 4 Folder 6
Schenley Laboratories - Rotography/Mutarotase - Correspondence, 1952-1954.
Box 4 Folder 7
Sub-series Description

This sub-series contains a single file generated during Gabor B. Levy's tenure at the Consumers Union. Its contents consist of the paper "A Note on Sampling Problems (co-authored with Irving Michelson) and accompanying correspondence.

Consumers Union - "A Note on Sampling Problems", GBL and Irving Michelson (Includes correspondence.), 1956-1957.
Box 4 Folder 8
Sub-series Description

Arranged in its original order, this sub-series contains Gabor B. Levy's Photovolt Corporation files. These files provide some documentation of Levy's activities at Photovolt. The contents of these files consist of a variety of materials, including, but not limited to, correspondence, memoranda, article reprints, reports, and patent documents.

Photovolt Corporation - Miscellaneous Material, 1952-1982, undated.
Box 4 Folder 9
Photovolt Corporation - Consultation: Polarimetric Adapter, 1956-1957.
Box 4 Folder 10
Photovolt Corporation - Consultation: Herbert O. Jason, Urea Production, 1958.
Box 4 Folder 11
Photovolt Corporation - Consultation: International Salt Company, Evaluation of pH in Salt, 1958.
Box 4 Folder 12
Photovolt Corporation - Projects (Includes memos, reports, and correspondence.), 1958-1980.
Box 4 Folder 13
Photovolt Corporation - Standards (Includes correspondence and printed reports.), 1959, 1968, 1971.
Box 5 Folder 1
Photovolt Corporation - ISFET (Ion-Sensitive Field-Effect Transistor) pH Measurements, 1960.
Box 5 Folder 2
Photovolt Corporation - Leiss Double Monochromator, 1960-1969.
Box 5 Folder 3
Photovolt Corporation - Enzyme Transducer, 1967-1968.
Box 5 Folder 4
Photovolt Corporation - Ion Exchange Membranes, 1968-1969.
Box 5 Folder 5
Photovolt Corporation - Phototropic Color Filter Design, 1968, 1969, 1972, undated.
Box 5 Folder 6
Photovolt Corporation - Projects (Includes memos, reports, and correspondence.), 1968, 1976.
Box 5 Folder 7
Photovolt Corporation - Budget, 1969-1979.
Box 5 Folder 8
Photovolt Corporation - "Na-K" (Sodium electrodes.), 1971-1982.
Box 5 Folder 9
Photovolt Corporation - I8 (Electrophoresis), 1974.
Box 5 Folder 10
Photovolt Corporation - Enzymes, 1972.
Box 5 Folder 11
Photovolt Corporation - pH Meters - Calculations, 1975, undated.
Box 5 Folder 12
Photovolt Corporation - Automatic Infrared Moisture Analyzer (Patent-related correspondence.), 1977.
Box 5 Folder 13
Photovolt Corporation - PVA-4 Electrolyte Analyzer (Development binder.), 1977.
Box 5 Folder 14
Photovolt Corporation - Interoffice Memos, 1981-1985.
Box 6 Folder 1
Photovolt Corporation - Ion-Measuring Device with Self-Contained Storage of Standardizing Solution, 1982-1983.
Box 6 Folder 2
Photovolt Corporation - Trips, 1971-1972, 1974, 1975, 1981.
Box 6 Folder 3
Photovolt Corporation – Moisture, undated.
Box 6 Folder 4
Photovolt Corporation - Statistics (Reports and reprints.), 1940-1978.
Box 6 Folder 5
Consultation - American Cyanamid Company - Folder 1 of 2, 1990-1991.
Box 6 Folder 6
Consultation - American Cyanamid Company - Folder 2 of 2 (GBL testified for American Cyamid in a lawsuit brought against them.), 1990-1991.
Box 6 Folder 7
Analyzers - Glucose - Correspondence, 1975-1980.
Box 6a Folder 1
Calcium - Correspondence, Re: Ionized Calcium, 1972-1976.
Box 6a Folder 2
Coulometry - Includes a photocopy of a manuscript (by GBL?) and a "Bibliography of Coulometric Procedures", undated.
Box 6a Folder 3
Dow Chemical and Dow Diagnostic - Correspondence, memos, reprints, and patent documents, 1973-1980.
Box 6a Folder 4a
Electrophoresis - Correspondence, memos, and patent disclosure re: a serum protein electrophoresis system, 1968-1974.
Box 6a Folder 4b
Filters - Data Readouts, Charts, and Specifications, 1954-1969.
Box 6a Folder 5
Filters - PV Filters Spectral Transmission Factor Charts, 1943.
Box 6a Folder 6
Galvanometers - General - Memo on a G.E. Galvanometer and a product-improvement sketch, 1956, 1957.
Box 6a Folder 7
Ion Selective Electrodes - Memo (by GBL?) and Graphs, undated.
Box 6a Folder 8
Leiss - Correspondence and Product Data, Re: Leiss Single and Double-Mirror Monochromators (Sold by Photovolt.), 1954-1976.
Box 6a Folder 9
Osram - Exciter Lamp Information, 1966.
Box 6a Folder 10
Oxygen Analyzer - Correspondence and Three Reprints, 1959-1977.
Box 6a Folder 11
Paper Chromatograph - Correspondence and advertising materials for several different makes and models, 1951-1964.
Box 6a Folder 12
Photometer (Flame) - Memo (by GBL?), undated.
Box 6a Folder 13
Photovolt Electrodes - Material from the firm of Gebr. Moeller (Includes notebook pages re: electrode testing and schematics.), 1965-1969.
Box 6a Folder 14
Polarimeters - Memos (by GBL?) and Reprints, 1950-1967, undated.
Box 6a Folder 15
Reflectance - Memos, Reprints Re: Reflectance, 1958, undated.
Box 6a Folder 16
Technicon vs. Coleman - Photocopies of patents and 6 reprints, 1957-1984, undated.
Box 6a Folder 17
Thermometer - Letter expressing Photovolt's disinterest in an electric thermometer, 1968.
Box 6a Folder 18
Sub-series Description

Arranged alphabetically by contributor, this sub-series consists of Gabor B. Levy's International Scientific Communications, Incorporated correspondence files. The contents of these files consist of correspondence between Gabor B. Levy and contributors of articles and papers submitted for publication in ISCI journals.

ISCI - Anderson - 1986, 1986.
Box 7 Folder 1
ISCI - Applied Biosystems CEPhor '90, 1990.
Box 7 Folder 2
ISCI - Berliner - 1990, 1986, 1988, 1990.
Box 7 Folder 3
ISCI - Clinical Products Review - Birnholz - 1986, 1985-1986.
Box 7 Folder 4
ISCI - American Biotechnical Laboratory - Carazo - 1987, 1987-1989.
Box 7 Folder 5
ISCI - Denning - 1986, 1986-1991.
Box 7 Folder 6
ISCI - Biotechnology Laboratory - Dovichi - 1989, 1989.
Box 7 Folder 7
ISCI - Duran - 1989, 1989, 1997-1998.
Box 7 Folder 8
ISCI - Durbin - 1997, 1997.
Box 7 Folder 9
ISCI - American Biotechnology Laboratory - "Electrophoresis" - 1987, 1987.
Box 7 Folder 10
ISCI - American Biotechnology Laboratory - "Fluorescence" - 1988, 1978, 1988.
Box 7 Folder 11
ISCI - American Biotechnical Laboratory - Gendreau - 1987, 1986-1987.
Box 7 Folder 12
ISCI - American Laboratory - Gibbons - 1986, 1987, 1988, 1986-1989.
Box 7 Folder 13
ISCI - Guilbault - 1990, 1990.
Box 7 Folder 14
ISCI - American Biotechnical Laboratory - Heller - 1990, 1990.
Box 8 Folder 1
ISCI - American Laboratory - Johnson - 1999, 1991.
Box 8 Folder 2
ISCI - Latex Papers, 1987.
Box 8 Folder 3
ISCI - American Laboratory - Lowenstein - 1986, 1986.
Box 8 Folder 4
ISCI - American Laboratory - Matthiesen - 1990, 1990.
Box 8 Folder 5
ISCI - American Laboratory - Meng and Fenn - 1989, 1989-1990.
Box 8 Folder 6
ISCI - American Laboratory - Mayerhoff, Chang et al - 1990, 1990.
Box 8 Folder 7
ISCI - American Clinical Products Review - Ng - 1987, 1987.
Box 8 Folder 8
ISCI - American Clinical Laboratory - Nyiredy - 1990, 1989-1991.
Box 8 Folder 9
ISCI - American Biotechnology Laboratory - Reuveny and Eppstein - 1986, 1986-1987.
Box 8 Folder 10
ISCI - American Biotechnology Laboratory - Schneider - 1990, 1990.
Box 8 Folder 11
Sub-series Description

Arranged chronologically by year, this sub-series contains Gabor B. Levy's technical writing files. These files provide some documentation of research and development work conducted by Levy as an analytical chemist. Scientific papers authored and co-authored by Levy make up the bulk of the materials in this sub-series. Three files concerning patents awarded to Levy are also preserved in this sub-series. A file concerning an article citing Levy's contributions as a lab assistant and a file regarding an article edited by Levy are found here as well.

Harold G. Bryer and Martin D. Whitaker, "Interference Phenomenon in the Scattering of Slow Neutrons" (GBL's contributions as lab assistant are cited.), 1940.
Box 9 Folder 1
GBL and R. Rosenblatt, "Acidity in Alcoholic Beverages", 1943.
Box 9 Folder 2
GBL, "Electric Heating Unit", 1943.
Box 9 Folder 3
GBL, "Dark Field Illumination in Electron Microscopy", 1944.
Box 9 Folder 4
Justin J. Murtaugh and GBL, "Chemical Method for the Determination of Penicillin", 1945.
Box 9 Folder 5
GBL, Philip Schwed, and Warren Sackett, "Polarographic Analysis of Streptomycin", 1946.
Box 9 Folder 6
GBL, D. Shaw, E.S. Parkinson, and D. Fergus, "Determination of Penicillin G", 1948.
Box 9 Folder 7
GBL, D. Fergus, J.M. Caldas, "Benzylpenicillin Content of Broth", 1949.
Box 9 Folder 8
GBL, P. Schwed, D. Fergus, "A Recording Polarimeter", 1950.
Box 9 Folder 9
GBL, "A Unit of Penicillinase", 1950.
Box 9 Folder 10
GBL and D. Fergus, "Spectrophotometric Analysis of Amithiozone Preparations", 1951.
Box 9 Folder 11
GBL, "Automatic Measurements of Optical Rotation", 1951.
Box 9 Folder 12
GBL, I. Caldas, Jr., and D. Fergus, "Evaluation of Polyvinyl-Pyrrolidone Preparations", 1952.
Box 9 Folder 13
H.P. Frank and GBL, "Determination of Molecular Weight of Polyvinylpyrrolidone", 1953.
Box 9 Folder 14
General Note

See also Box 3 Folder 6.

GBL and E.S. Cook, "A Rotographic Study of Mutarotase", 1953.
Box 9 Folder 15
General Note

See also Box 3 Folder 3.

GBL and D. Fergus, "Microdetermination of Polyvinyl-Pyrrolidone in Aqueous Solutions and in Body Fluids", 1953.
Box 9 Folder 16
U.S. Patent No. 2,663,685 - GBL, "Electrolytic Production of Dihydrostreptomycin and Salts Thereof", 1950, 1953.
Box 9 Folder 17
GBL, "Accelerated Shelf Testing", 1955.
Box 9 Folder 18
GBL and H.P. Frank, "Determination of Molecular Weight of Polyvinylpyrrolidone. II", 1955.
Box 9 Folder 19
General Note

See also Box 9 Folder 14 and Box 3 Folder 6.

GBL, "Measurement of Color", 1958.
Box 9 Folder 20
K. Landenburg and GBL, "pH of Salt and Brine", 1959.
Box 9 Folder 21
General Note

See also Box 3 Folder 9 for more on Landenburg's relations with his co-workers.

GBL, "Compensated Recording for Paper Electrophoresis", 1963.
Box 9 Folder 22
GBL, "Thin Layer Chromatography", 1964.
Box 9 Folder 23
D.M. Seltzer and GBL, "A Novel Micro Method of Water Determination", 1969.
Box 9 Folder 24
GBL and D.M. Seltzer, "Coulometric Determination of Moisture Content", 1970.
Box 9 Folder 25
H. Dahms, D.M. Seltzer, and GBL, "Performance of Aquatest II Automatic Micro Moisture Analyzer in Industrial Quality Control", PITTCON, Cleveland, Ohio, March 1971, 1971.
Box 9 Folder 26
U.S. Patent No. 3,682,783 - GBL, "Method for Coulometric Karl Fischer Titration" - 1971, 1972.
Box 9 Folder 27
U.S. Patent No. 3,726,778 - GBL, "Coulometric Water Titrator"- 1971, 1973.
Box 9 Folder 28
A. Pelleg and GBL, "Determination of Na+ and K+ in Urine with Ion-Selective Electrodes in an Automated Analyzer", 1975.
Box 9 Folder 29
GBL, "Determination of Sodium with Ion-Selective Electrodes", 1981.
Box 9 Folder 30
GBL, "Process Supercritical Chromatography: An Introduction", 1986.
Box 9 Folder 31
GBL, "Supercritical Fluid Chromatography Combustion Engineering", 1986.
Box 10 Folder 1
GBL and A. Fox, "Sedimentation Field Flow Fractionation" - Folder 1 of 2, 1988.
Box 10 Folder 2
GBL and A. Fox, "Sedimentation Field Flow Fractionation" - Folder 2 of 2, 1988.
Box 10 Folder 3
M. Zief and R. Kiser, "Solid Phase Extraction for Sample Preparation" (This paper was edited and abridged by GBL for publication in American Laboratory.), 1988.
Box 10 Folder 4
Sub-series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this sub-series contains Gabor B. Levy's research files. These files contain the raw materials from which Levy's ISCI articles on scientific and social topics were derived. Newspaper clippings, tearsheets, and photocopied portions of books are found in these files. Notes, drafts of early versions of Levy's articles, and correspondence regarding Levy's articles are preserved in these files as well.

Research File - Abundance ("Era of Abundance", American Biotechnology Laboratory, June 1998), undated.
Box 11 Folder 1
Research File - Accurate Assays ("The Agony of Accurate Assays", American Biotechnology Laboratory, May 1988, undated.
Box 11 Folder 2
Research File - Agribusiness ("Biotechnology and Agribusiness", American Biotechnology Laboratory, May 1996), undated.
Box 11 Folder 3
Research File - Arithmetic ("Sixth Grade Arithmetic Revisited", American Biotechnology Laboratory, September 1990), 1990-1991.
Box 11 Folder 4
Research File - Arrogance ("Supreme Arrogance", American Laboratory, January 1998), undated.
Box 11 Folder 5
Research File - Art of Healing ("Art of Healing", American Biotechnology Laboratory/American Laboratory News, October 1990) , 1990-1991.
Box 11 Folder 6
Research File - Artificial Stupidity ("Artificial Stupidity", American Biotechnology Laboratory, July 1997), undated.
Box 11 Folder 7
Research File - Asymmetry ("The Great Asymmetry", American Laboratory News, July 1998), undated.
Box 11 Folder 8
Research File - At 120 ("Good Health to 120", American Laboratory, October 1998), undated.
Box 11 Folder 9
Research File - Barbarians ("Barbarians at the Gate", American Laboratory, May 1995), undated.
Box 11 Folder 10
Research File - Bell Curve ("The Controversial Bell Curve", American Laboratory, March 1998), undated.
Box 11 Folder 11
General Note

See also Box 18 Folder 3.

Research File - Biosensors ("Small Science and Biosensors", American Biotechnology Laboratory, February 1990), undated.
Box 11 Folder 12
Research File - Biotechnology ("Biotechnology in Jeopardy", American Biotechnology Laboratory, October 1989), undated.
Box 11 Folder 13
Research File - Black and White ("Black and White and Gray", American Laboratory, March 1997), undated.
Box 11 Folder 14
Research File - Books ("Are Books Becoming Obsolete?", International Laboratory, September 1986), undated.
Box 11 Folder 15
Research File - Boston Fax Party ("The Boston Fax Party", American Laboratory News, July 1991), undated.
Box 11 Folder 16
Research File - C-Word ("That Dirty C-Word - Chemicals", American Biotechnology Laboratory, March 1991), undated.
Box 12 Folder 1
Research File - Call for Missionaries ("A Call for Missionaries", American Laboratory, July 1990), undated.
Box 12 Folder 2
Research File - Capitalism ("A Chemist's Guide to Capitalism", American Laboratory, April 1997), undated.
Box 12 Folder 3
Research File - Castro vs. DNA Testing ("Castro vs. DNA Testing", American Biotechnology Laboratory, May-June 1990), undated.
Box 12 Folder 4
Research File - Chemophobia ("Chemophobia and Bibliophobia", American Laboratory News, April 1989), undated.
Box 12 Folder 5
Research File - Chimera ("Our Own Chimera", American Biotechnology Laboratory, November 1997), undated.
Box 12 Folder 6
Research File - Cholesterol ("The Great Cholesterol Hoax", American Laboratory, January 1990), undated.
Box 12 Folder 7
Research File - Civility ("Civility, Manners, Morals", American Laboratory, August 1998), undated.
Box 12 Folder 8
Research File - Computer Viruses ("Computer Pathology", American Biotechnology Laboratory, October 1988), undated.
Box 12 Folder 9
Research File - Conserpience ("Conserpience, Perhaps?", American Laboratory News, October 1998), undated.
Box 12 Folder 10
Research File - Crocodile Dundee ("Beyond Crocodile Dundee", International Laboratory, May-June 1990), undated.
Box 12 Folder 11
Research File - Deconstruction ("Deconstruction and Construction", American Laboratory, May 1997), undated.
Box 13 Folder 1
Research File - Dimensions ("Dimensions", American Laboratory, July 1997), undated.
Box 13 Folder 2
Research File - Divide ("Crossing the Divide", American Laboratory, November 1997), undated.
Box 13 Folder 3
Research File - Dolly ("Hello Dolly", American Biotechnology Laboratory, May 1997), undated.
Box 13 Folder 4
Research File - Dreck Apotheke ("Dreck Apotheke", American Biotechnology Laboratory, May 1990), undated.
Box 13 Folder 5
Research File - Drugs and the Law ("Drugs and the Law", American Biotechnology Laboratory/American Laboratory News, February 1988), undated.
Box 13 Folder 6
Research File - Earth Birthday ("Happy Birthday, Mother Earth", American Laboratory, September 1996 - File includes reprint "The Relativity of Wrong" by Isaac Asimov.), undated.
Box 13 Folder 7
Research File - Educated ("The Educated", 1999), undated.
Box 13 Folder 8
Research File - XI Commandment ("The Missing Commandment", American Laboratory, May 1991 - File includes reprint "Blue As the Sea" by Roald Hoffmann; file concerns the Baltimore Case.), undated.
Box 13 Folder 9
General Note

See also Box 15 Folder 13.

Research File - Elitists ("The Elitists", American Laboratory, September 1998), undated.
Box 13 Folder 10
Research File - End of Science ("The End of Science", American Laboratory, February 1997), undated.
Box 13 Folder 11
Research File - Entropy ("Entropy Revisited", 1998), undated.
Box 13 Folder 12
Research File - Ephemera ("Ephemera", American Laboratory, August 1997), undated.
Box 13 Folder 13
Research File - Expert ("The Experts' Trap", American Laboratory News, October 1996), undated.
Box 13 Folder 14
Research File - Feedback ("The Inexorable Feedback", American Laboratory News, August 1995), undated.
Box 13 Folder 15
Research File - Garbology ("Global Garbology", American Laboratory, August 1990), undated.
Box 14 Folder 1
Research File - Genius ("A Measure of Genius", American Laboratory News, January 1999), undated.
Box 14 Folder 2
Research File - Genophobia ("Genophobia", American Biotechnology Laboratory, March 1999), undated.
Box 14 Folder 3
Research File - The Gentle Monk ("The Gentle Monk of Benares", American Biotechnology Laboratory, March 1989), undated.
Box 14 Folder 4
Research File - The Gods ("The Gods Must be Crazy", American Laboratory, August 1995/International Laboratory, October 1995), undated.
Box 14 Folder 5
Research File - Golden Anniversary ("Reflections at a Golden Anniversary", American Laboratory, May 1999), undated.
Box 14 Folder 6
Research File - Golden Years ("The Golden Years", American Laboratory, June 1997), undated.
Box 14 Folder 7
Research File - Hard Place ("Science Between A Rock and A Hard Place", American Laboratory, December 1995 with "Silent Minority", 1994), undated.
Box 14 Folder 8
Research File - Hardware ("About Hardware", American Laboratory, March 1996), undated.
Box 14 Folder 9
Research File - Herbal ("Herbal Medicine", American Biotechnology Laboratory, 1995), undated.
Box 15 Folder 1
Research File - Hobbyhorse ("My Hobbyhorses", American Biotechnology Laboratory, August 1997), undated.
Box 15 Folder 2
Research File - Homo Ecophagus ("Homo Ecophagus", American Laboratory, July 1991/International Laboratory, November-December 1991), undated.
Box 15 Folder 3
Research File - Homo Videns ("Homo Videns", American Laboratory, April 1995), undated.
Box 15 Folder 4
Research File - Hypothesis ("An Intriguing Hypothesis", 1999), undated.
Box 15 Folder 5
Research File - Ich bin ein Berliner ("I am a Berliner", American Biotechnology Laboratory, September 1989), undated.
Box 15 Folder 6
Research File - Illegitimacy ("Scientifically Illegitimate vs. Politically Clueless", American Laboratory, March 1998), undated.
Box 15 Folder 7
Research File - Immortality ("About Immortality", American Biotechnology Laboratory, May 1991), undated.
Box 15 Folder 8
Research File - Instructions ("Those Awful Instructions", American Biotechnology Laboratory, February 1995), undated.
Box 15 Folder 9
Research File - Inventors ("Inventors in Science", American Biotechnology Laboratory, October 1998), undated.
Box 15 Folder 10
Research File - Island ("The Forgotten Lessons of the Islands", American Biotechnology Laboratory, March 1997), undated.
Box 15 Folder 11
Research File - Jouan (Jouan, Incorporated - Ghostwritten article on the plate-pouring system, American Biotechnology Laboratory, April 1988), undated.
Box 15 Folder 12
Research File - Justice Triumphant ("Justice Triumphant", American Laboratory, November 1996 - On the Baltimore Case.), undated.
Box 15 Folder 13
General Note

See also Box 13 Folder 9.

Research File - Language ("Our Language", 1999), undated.
Box 16 Folder 1
Research File - Letters to the Editor ("Letters to the Editor", American Laboratory, January 1996/International Laboratory, June 1996), undated.
Box 16 Folder 2
Research File - Liberty ("Liberty - The Illusion", American Laboratory, February 1999), undated.
Box 16 Folder 3
Research File - Limits to Growth ("The Limits to Growth", American Biotechnology Laboratory, November 1988), 1988.
Box 16 Folder 4
Research File - Little PACmen ("The Little PACmen", American Biotechnology Laboratory, July 1990), undated.
Box 16 Folder 5
Research File - Loose Talk ("Loose Talk", American Biotechnology Laboratory, September/October 1987), undated.
Box 16 Folder 6
Research File - Made in America ("Made in America", American Laboratory, December 1989), undated.
Box 16 Folder 7
Research File - Male Chauvinist ("Confessions of a Male Chauvinist", American Laboratory, September 1997), undated.
Box 16 Folder 8
Research File - Materials ("Materials and Civilization", American Laboratory News, December 1998), undated.
Box 16 Folder 9
Research File - Mercury ("Mercury on the Brain", American Biotechnology Laboratory, July 1991), undated.
Box 16 Folder 10
Research File - Metric System ("Through the Meandering Metric System", American Laboratory, October 1985/International Laboratory, January 1986), undated.
Box 16 Folder 11
Research File - Misconduct ("Scientific Misconduct", American Laboratory, May 1996 - This article discusses the definition of the term.), undated.
Box 16 Folder 12
Research File - Mystery ("Mystery and Miracles", American Laboratory, July 1998), undated.
Box 16 Folder 13
Research File - Nano World ("The Seven Dwarves", American Laboratory, May 1988), undated.
Box 16 Folder 14
Research File - New Year ("A New Year's Resolution", American Laboratory, December 1990), 1990-1991.
Box 16 Folder 15
Research File - Nostalgia ("Nostalgia", American Laboratory, November 1995), undated.
Box 16 Folder 16
Research File - Obsolescence ("Blessed Obsolescence", American Biotechnology Laboratory, April 1999), undated.
Box 17 Folder 1
Research File - Optimistic View ("An Optimistic View of Biotechnology", American Biotechnology Laboratory, March 1990), 1989-1990.
Box 17 Folder 2
Research File - Other Sciences ("Those Other Sciences", American Laboratory, September 1995), undated.
Box 17 Folder 3
Research File - Out There ("What's Out There", American Laboratory, April 1987), undated.
Box 17 Folder 4
Research File - Own Writing, 1964-1994 (This file is a "mini-anthology" of scattered critical writing by GBL, covering both scientific and social topics, plus a bit of purely creative material thrown in. This was GBL's own arrangement.), 1964-1994.
Box 17 Folder 5
Research File - Paper Chase ("The Paper Chase", American Laboratory, June 1991), undated.
Box 17 Folder 6
Research File - Peer Review ("Peer Review", American Biotechnology Laboratory, 1991), undated.
Box 17 Folder 7
Research File - Perfection ("Perfection", American Laboratory, February 1998), undated.
Box 17 Folder 8
Research File - Philosophy ("Upside-Down Science", American Biotechnology Laboratory, November 1998 - GBL contrasts philosophy with science.), undated.
Box 17 Folder 9
Research File - Politically Incorrect ("Politically Incorrect", 1999), undated.
Box 17 Folder 10
Research File - Pons Asinorum ("Pons Asinorum", American Biotechnology Laboratory, October 1990), undated.
Box 17 Folder 11
Research File - Proceed with Caution ("Proceed with Caution", 02-09-99), undated.
Box 17 Folder 12
Research File - Prudence and Cowardice ("Prudence, Cowardice, Hysteria", American Biotechnology Laboratory News, April 1990), undated.
Box 17 Folder 13
Research Note - Pseudo-Science ("Pseudo-Science", American Laboratory, November 1990), undated.
Box 17 Folder 14
Research File - Rationing ("Rationing Health Care", American Biotechnology Laboratory, April 1991), undated.
Box 18 Folder 1
Research File - Really Want To? ("Do We Really Want to Know?", American Biotechnology Laboratory, December 1996), 1996-1997.
Box 18 Folder 2
Research File - Roller Coaster ("On the Bell Curve Roller Coaster", American Laboratory, July 1995), undated.
Box 18 Folder 3
General Note

See also Box 11 Folder 11.

Research File - Sanscybers ("The Sanscybers", American Laboratory, December 1997), 1997-1998.
Box 18 Folder 4
Research File - Science Literacy ("Science Literacy", American Laboratory, May 1991), 1991, 1993.
Box 18 Folder 5
Research File - Shortage of Science ("The Nebulous Shortage of Science", American Laboratory, December 1990), undated.
Box 18 Folder 6
Research File - Silent Minority ("The Silent Minority", American Laboratory, 1996), undated.
Box 18 Folder 7
Research File - Soc. Medicine ("Inching Toward a Comprehensive National Health Service", American Biotechnology Laboratory, December 1998), undated.
Box 18 Folder 8
Research File - To Cheat or Not ("To Cheat or Not to Cheat", American Biotechnology Laboratory, April 1989), undated.
Box 19 Folder 1
Research File - Toc, Tic, Poc, Pox ("Toc, Tic, Poc, Pox", 1986), undated.
Box 19 Folder 2
Research File - Small Science ("The Triumph of Small Science", American Biotechnology Laboratory, May 1989), undated.
Box 19 Folder 3
Research File - Truth ("The Truth about Truths", American Laboratory, October 1996), undated.
Box 19 Folder 4
Research File - Try Ignorance ("Try Ignorance", American Laboratory, March 1999), undated.
Box 19 Folder 5
Research File - Two Cultures ("Two Cultures", American Laboratory, June 1996), undated.
Box 19 Folder 6
Research File - A Very Sick Horse ("A Very Sick Horse", American Laboratory, June 1996), undated.
Box 19 Folder 7
Research File - Victimhood ("A Culture of Victimhood", American Laboratory, June 1998), undated.
Box 19 Folder 8
Research File - Voyager 2 ("Marriages are Made in Heaven", American Laboratory, November 1989), undated.
Box 19 Folder 9
Research File - Wattenberg ("Dr. Ben Wattenberg versus Reverend Professor Malthus", American Laboratory News, June 1998), undated.
Box 19 Folder 10
Research File - Year's End ("At Year's End", American Laboratory, December 1995), undated.
Box 19 Folder 11
Sub-series Description

Consisting of sixteen folders and two binders, this sub-series contains tearsheets and photocopies of Gabor B. Levy's articles that were published in ISCI publications. The folders are arranged alphabetically and the contents of the two binders are arranged chronologically by year.

The materials in this sub-series do not represent a complete run of Levy's essays. The essays in the two binders were chosen by Levy himself.

Published Articles - A, undated.
Box 20 Folder 1
Published Articles - B, undated.
Box 20 Folder 2
Published Articles - C, undated.
Box 20 Folder 3
Published Articles - D, undated.
Box 20 Folder 4
Published Articles - E, undated.
Box 20 Folder 5
Published Articles - F, undated.
Box 20 Folder 6
Published Articles - G, undated.
Box 20 Folder 7
Published Articles - H, undated.
Box 20 Folder 8
Published Articles - I-J, undated.
Box 20 Folder 9
Published Articles - L, undated.
Box 20 Folder 10
Published Articles - M, undated.
Box 20 Folder 11
Published Articles - N-O, undated.
Box 20 Folder 12
Published Articles - P, undated.
Box 20 Folder 13
Published Articles - R, undated.
Box 20 Folder 14
Published Articles - T, undated.
Box 20 Folder 15
Published Articles - U-W, undated.
Box 20 Folder 16
Binder containing published PITTCON review articles, 1986-1992.
Box 20 Folder 17
Binder containing published ISCI journal articles, 1993-1996.
Box 20 Folder 18
Sub-series Description

Gabor B. Levy began his second career as a science essayist by writing a series of lengthy reviews of Pittsburgh Conference (PITTCON) scientific instrumentation conferences.

Arranged chronologically by year, this sub-series contains files regarding Levy's reviews of Pittsburgh Conferences between 1987 and 1999. The contents of these files consist of notes taken by Levy, conference handouts, trade advertisements, drafts of Levy's PITTCON articles, and tearsheets of Levy's published PITTCON articles.

Conference Notes - Pittsburgh Conference, 1987.
Box 21 Folder 1
Conference Notes - Pittsburgh Conference, 1988.
Box 21 Folder 2
Conference Notes - Pittsburgh Conference, 1989.
Box 21 Folder 3
Conference Notes - Pittsburgh Conference, 1990.
Box 21 Folder 4
Conference Notes - Pittsburgh Conference (PITTCON), 1991.
Box 21 Folder 5
Conference Notes - PITTCON '92 (New Orleans), 1992.
Box 21 Folder 6
Conference Notes - PITTCON 1993 (Atlanta), 1993.
Box 21 Folder 7
Conference Notes - PITTCON 1994 (Chicago), 1994.
Box 21 Folder 8
Conference Notes - PITTCON '95 (New Orleans - File contains an interesting "visual overview" of the show created by GBL utilizing advertising clippings.), 1995.
Box 21 Folder 9
Conference Notes - PITTCON '96 (Chicago), 1996.
Box 22 Folder 1
Conference Notes - PITTCON '97 (Atlanta), 1997.
Box 22 Folder 2
Conference Notes - PITTCON '98 (New Orleans), 1998.
Box 22 Folder 3
Conference Notes - PITTCON '99 (Orlando), 1999.
Box 22 Folder 4
Sub-series Description

Arranged in its original order, this sub-series contains Gabor B. Levy's book project files. The bulk of the materials in this sub-series concern Views from my Underground Ivory Tower, a collection of the best of Levy's ISCI journal essays. Two files regarding Levy's proposed dictionary of bioengineering terminology, which found no takers, are also preserved here.

The contents of these files include correspondence, cover art and illustrations, publicity and reviews, and proposal materials.

Views from my Underground Ivory Tower - Cover Art and Illustrations, 1993-1994.
Box 22 Folder 5
Views from my Underground Ivory Tower - Correspondence (Mostly concerning permissions for use of illustrations.), 1993-1994.
Box 22 Folder 6
Views from my Underground Ivory Tower - Back Cover (Correspondence), 1993-1994.
Box 22 Folder 7
Views from my Underground Ivory Tower - Correspondence, 1993-1996.
Box 22 Folder 8
Views from my Underground Ivory Tower - Publicity and Reviews, 1995, 1996.
Box 22 Folder 9
Proposed Reference Book for Bioengineers - Proposal Material, 1986.
Box 22 Folder 10
Proposed Reference Book for Bioengineers - Correspondence (Letters of rejection.), 1986.
Box 22 Folder 11
Sub-series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this sub-series contains Gabor B. Levy's reprint files. These files concern science topics that were of interest to Levy. Article reprints make up the bulk of the materials in these files. A few patents are also preserved here.

Analyzers - Blood - 2 Reprints, 1980, 1982.
Box 23 Folder 1
Analyzers - Centrifugal - 1 Reprint, 1967.
Box 23 Folder 2
Analyzers - Clinical - 1 Reprint, 1983.
Box 23 Folder 3
Analyzers - Electrolyte - 3 Reprints, 1979, undated.
Box 23 Folder 4
Analyzers - Glucose - 7 Reprints, 1967-1992, undated.
Box 23 Folder 5
Blood pH - 5 Reprints, 1963-1977, undated.
Box 23 Folder 6
Calcium - 14 Reprints, 1965-1981.
Box 23 Folder 7
Cellulose Acetate - 6 Reprints, 1961-1965.
Box 23 Folder 8
Column Chromatograph - 3 Reprints, 1966-1967.
Box 23 Folder 9
Densitometers - 4 Reprints, 1965-1967.
Box 23 Folder 10
Disc Electrophoresis - 3 Reprints, 1962-1969.
Box 23 Folder 11
Dosimetry - 3 Reprints, 1963, 1966, undated.
Box 23 Folder 12
Electro Chemistry - 6 Reprints, 1968-1983, undated.
Box 23 Folder 13
Electrode Membrane - Two Reprints, 1966, 1974.
Box 23 Folder 14
Electrophoresis - 15 Reprints, 1950-1975, undated.
Box 23 Folder 15
Enzyme Machines - 3 Reprints, 1966-1971.
Box 23 Folder 16
Enzymes - 1 Reprint, 1966.
Box 23 Folder 17
Fluorescence References - 23 Reprints, 1964-1986, undated.
Box 23 Folder 18
Fourier (Transform Spectrometry) - 1 Reprint, 1968.
Box 23 Folder 19
Free Flow Fractionation - 20 Reprints, 1966-1986, undated.
Box 23 Folder 20
Gas Leakage and Detection - 6 Reprints, 1960-1983.
Box 24 Folder 1
Immunochemistry - 15 Reprints, 1969-1987.
Box 24 Folder 2
Ion Selective (Electrodes) - 35 Reprints and Patents, 1958, 1966-1988, undated.
Box 24 Folder 3
Karl Fisher (Titration) - 2 Reprints, 1945, 1951.
Box 24 Folder 4
General Note

Includes samples of anionic and cationic membranes.

Leiss - 1 Reprint (In German.) (Article concerns a double-monochromator from the Carl Leiss firm with a special lens arrangement designer to avoid coma.), 1962.
Box 24 Folder 5
Light Sources - 2 Reprints, 1952, 1966.
Box 24 Folder 6
Materials - 1 Reprint, 1951.
Box 24 Folder 7
General Note

Includes sample of "Ionac MC-3470" membrane material.

Moisture (Content in Various Products) - 5 Reprints, 1970, 1983, undated.
Box 24 Folder 8
Munsell (Book of Color) - 6 Reprints, 1940-1943.
Box 24 Folder 9
Optics - 2 Reprints, 1965, 1968.
Box 24 Folder 10
pH Electrodes - 6 Reprints (1 in German.), 1947-1995.
Box 24 Folder 11
pH Meter - 3 Reprints, 1963-1965.
Box 24 Folder 12
Photometer (Flame) - 6 Reprints, 1952-1968.
Box 24 Folder 13
Polarography - 1 Reprint, 1968.
Box 24 Folder 14
Polymetron - 2 Reprints (In German.), 1960, 1965.
Box 24 Folder 15
RIA - 1 Reprint, 1976.
Box 24 Folder 16
Reflectance - Color and Gloss (On the Lovibond Color System - Scientific Papers of the Bureau of Standards No. 547.) - 1 Reprint, 1927.
Box 24 Folder 17
Reflectance-2 - 20 Reprints, 1942-1980.
Box 24 Folder 18
Spectrophoto - 5 Reprints, 1967, 1968, undated.
Box 24 Folder 19
Thrombographs - 3 Reprints (1 in German.), 1958, 1967, 1968.
Box 24 Folder 20
Titrator - 3 Reprints, 1948, 1952, 1955.
Box 24 Folder 21
TLC - 9 Reprints, 1963-1978.
Box 24 Folder 22
Water Analysis - 2 Reprints, 1961, 1967.
Box 24 Folder 23

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