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Photographs from the Papers of Sam S. Brody
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Sam S. Brody was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1929. He stayed in Tennessee to attend the University of Chattanooga, and then moved on to receive his graduate degree in Organic Chemistry from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville in 1956. E. I. DuPont hired him as a chemist immediately after graduation, and later in 1963 he became a senior chemist at Melpar/Meloy Laboratories. He was later promoted to manager of the program for Instrumentation Development and Applied Research. During his eight years at Melpar/Meloy, Brody co-invented the phosphorus and sulfur selective flame photometric detector.
This collection consists of photographs, slides, and ephemera relating to the research and career of Samuel S. Brody. The bulk of the photographs are from the 1960s and include images of equipment and prints of research/experiment result graphs. This collection is organized into two thematic series. Series I: Equipment contains photographs of machinery and laboratory equipment, primarily relating to the FPD during his time at Melpar/Meloy. There is one photograph of Samuel Brody himself, pictured with the flame photometric detector and his co-inventors Alan Teets and Dominick Cassandra. The majority of the technical photographs are from his career at Melpar/Meloy laboratories, relating to his work with the FPD. Also included are photographs and slides of Agent Diffusion Monitors, also from Brody's time at Melpar/Meloy. Series II: Research contains photographs and slides of graphs, charts, and presentations compiled by Sam Brody, dating between 1965 and 1973. 29 unique research graphs are included, all used to show his research with gas chromatography and the FPD. The majority of the slides include appear to have been created for different conferences where Brody attended and presented, as they are primarily charts and graphs showing his experiment results and other research. Presentation slides from the 1968 Eastern Analytical Symposium (EAS) and the 1973 Ozone First International Symposium are among the most notable, but other presentation sets are included in the collection as well.
Separated from the Papers of Sam S. Brody, 1955-1992 (bulk 1960-1972); Gift of Sam S. Brody, 2004.
Processed by Melanie Grear in 2017. Duplicates and near duplicates weeded at discretion of processing archivist. Materials were organized into series thematically by processing archivist.
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- Science History Institute Archives
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- Finding aid created and encoded into EAD by Melanie Grear. Edited by Alex Asal in 2023.
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- 2017
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There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes and the collection is open to the public.
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Collection Inventory
Black and white 8x10" photographic prints of equipment with inscription "original set up for using flame photometric detector for P and S [phosphorus and sulfur] with a gas chromatograph, 1965."
Physical Description2 Photographic Prints8x10"
1 Photographic Prints4x5"
1 Negatives4x5"
1 Photographic Slides35mm
20 Photographic Prints8x10"
Black and white photographic print of the Flame Photometric Detector in air analyzer and monitor pictured with Sam S. Brody, Dominick Cassandra, and Alan Teets.
Physical Description1 Photographic Prints8x10"
Black and white photographic prints of the Flame Photometric Detector in air analyzer and monitor.
Physical Description2 Photographic Prints8x10"
2 Photographic Prints8x10"
2 Photographic Prints8x10"
Black and white photographic print of an FPD drawing.
Physical Description1 Photographic Prints8x10"
Black and white photographic prints of equipment. Envelope containing prints had "S.S. Brody - S. Hwy. Res." written on it.
Physical Description3 Photographic Prints8x10"
2 Photographic Prints8x10"
Slides of equipment from Goodrich, NW Pipeline PGC.
Physical Description17 Photographic Slides35mm
Information sheet from Melpar Research for the Surface Contamination Detector.
Pamphlet from the 1968 Eastern Analytical Symosium with Sam S. Brody's handwritten notes in it.
Black and white photographic print copies of 29 graphs containing research and experimental results. Each graph is thoroughly labeled.
Physical Description3 Photographic Prints8x10"
Hand-drawn research/experiment result graphs used for prints ordered in 1968 and 1969.
Work orders filled out by Sam S. Brody ordering the prints of his research/experiment result graphs.
1 transparency and 3 black and white photographic prints labeled "OBSOLETE." Image is a chart titled Calibration Curve for Triethyl Phosphate in ISOrRopyl Alcohol with axes of "Quantity Triethyl Phosphate, nanograms" vs. "Peak Ht. Response in amps."
Physical Description4 Photographic Prints8x10"
10 35mm slides including images of equpiment, charts, and graphs presumably used in Sam S. Brody's presentation at the Ozone First International Symposium in 1973.
Physical Description10 Photographic Slides35mm
3 glass slides of charts/graphs containing information assumed to be used in a presentation in Edgewood, Maryland. One graph is labeled "Response vs. Concentration Agent," and the other two are labeled "Hydrogen Flame Emission Response."
9 glass slides used for reasearch and presentation purposes for Sam S. Brody's paper on the flame photometric detector (FPD) in 1965.
13 glass slides used in Sam S. Brody's presentation at the 1968 Eastern Analytical Symposium.
19 glass slides used in Sam S. Brody's presentation at the 1968 Eastern Analytical Symposium.