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Papers of Myron S. Simon

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Call Number:
025
Repository:
Science History Institute Archives
Extent:
18.0 linear feet ((28 boxes))
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Papers of Myron S. Simon, 1941-1990, Science History Institute Archives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Date:
1941-1990 (inclusive) and 1958-1988 (bulk)
Creator:
Simon, Myron S. (Sydney), 1926-
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Archival materials
Abstract:
Notebooks, reports, company memoranda, correspondence, and other technical materials created and maintained by American chemist Myron S. Simon during his career with Polaroid Corporation.

Myron S. Simon

Myron S. Simon (1926-2022) was an American chemist and a specialist in instant color photography processes. Born in Burlington, Vermont in 1926, Simon was educated at Harvard University, where he earned his bachelor's degree (1946), master's degree (1948), and Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry (1949). At Harvard, he studied with many notable chemists, including Paul D. Bartlett and Gilbert Stork. He completed his Ph.D. research under Robert Burns Woodward.

Upon completing his studies at Harvard, Simon went to work as a research scientist at Polaroid Corporation in 1949, where he went on to enjoy a distinguished thirty-nine year career. At Polaroid, he became a noted specialist in instant color photography. Simon produced the first effective cyan dye developer. Under the direction of Stanley Bloom, he worked on the opacification process, which was an essential step in the development of Polaroid's SX-70 instant color photography system. He also developed the "Chemical Curtain", which protects SX-70 photographs while they are developing in light.

Simon rose through the ranks of Polaroid's research hierarchy, eventually becoming Research Fellow and Associate Director of Organic Chemistry. Over the course of his career with Polaroid, he was awarded over seventy patents in the field of instant color photography. Simon retired from Polaroid Corporation in 1988.

In addition to his work at Polaroid, Simon was the founder of Image-Imation Associates and served as a consultant through 1996. He was also an active member of the American Chemical Society (ACS), becoming chairman of ACS' Northeastern Section in 1985. In this capacity, he sponsored Glenn Seaborg's proposal to end nuclear testing. Simon also served on numerous ACS committees and was co-editor of NUCLEUS.

Myron S. Simon passed away on May 23, 2022.

Polaroid Corporation

Polaroid Corporation was an American photography firm. Founded in 1937 by Edwin H. Land, it was long synonymous with instant photography. Polaroid introduced its first instant camera, the Model 95 Land Camera, in 1948. The success of this camera prompted the company to further develop instant photography technology over the next several decades. Initially confined to black and white images only, the corporation worked long years to perfect instant color photography. It succeeded with its SX-70 System, which debuted in 1972.

Polaroid successfully defended itself against arch-rival Eastman Kodak's attempts to market their own instant color photography system in a 1986 court case. Unfortunately, the corporation's hierarchy remained indifferent to the growing popularity of digital photography. The failure to move aggressively into this growing new field led to a steady erosion of profits, causing Polaroid to declare bankruptcy in 2001.

After Polaroid declared bankruptcy, most of the firm's assets were acquired by Polaroid Holding Company (PHC). PHC licensed the use of the Polaroid name to other companies for use on a number of products. Flextronic Limited, the purchaser of Polaroid's former manufacturing facilities, ceased production of Polaroid instant cameras in 2007 and discontinued sales of Polaroid film in 2009. Polaroid Holding Company declared bankruptcy in 2008. It subsequently ended up under the control of PLR IP Holdings, LLC, a private equity firm.

In 2017, the brand and intellectual property of Polaroid Corporation were acquired by Polish investor Wiacezlaw Smolokowski. Smolokowski was the largest shareholder of the Impossible Project, a manufacturer of Polaroid compatible film. The Impossible Project was renamed Polaroid Originals in 2017. This firm currently markets instant cameras, instant film, and other products under the Polaroid name.

Sources

Papers of Myron S. Simon, Science History Institute Archives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Polaroid Corporation Records, Baker Library Special Collections, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts - https://hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories/11/resources/619.

Polaroid Originals Website - https://us.polaroid.com/.

The Papers of Myron S. Simon contain the personal and professional papers of American chemist and instant color photography specialist Myron S. Simon. The materials in this collection document his career with Polaroid Corporation. The collection is arranged into the following ten series:

  1. Technical Notes
  2. Research Notes
  3. Notebooks
  4. Files/Memos
  5. Meetings with Sir Derek Barton
  6. Patents & Reprints
  7. Polaroid Company Reports
  8. Company Seminars and Meetings
  9. Conference Notes
  10. Correspondence & Files on Colleagues

The Papers of Myron S. Simon were donated to the Science History Institute (formerly the Chemical Heritage Foundation) by Myron S. Simon in 2007.

The Papers of Myron S. Simon were processed by Andrew Mangravite in April 2008.

There are three other known collections created by Myron S. Simon preserved at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:

  1. Myron S. Simon Notebooks.
  2. Photographs from the Papers of Myron S. Simon.
  3. Streetlights Named Distinctive Scrapbook.

The Polaroid Corporation Records are preserved at Harvard University's Baker Library Special Collections in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Finding Aid Author
Finding aid created by Andrew Mangravite and encoded into EAD by Kenton G. Jaehnig.
Finding Aid Date
2008
Access Restrictions

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

Use Restrictions

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

Collection Inventory

Series Description

Arranged chronologically by year, this series contains Myron S. Simon's technical notes. These files provide technical information regarding various subjects that were of interest to Simon during his career at Polaroid Corporation. Technical notes make up the bulk of the materials in this series. A few accompanying materials, including reprints and spectra, are also present here.

Color Coupling - Includes Some Reprints, 1941-1980.
Box 1 Folder 1-2
Color Developer Synthesis Program, 1951-1986.
Box 1 Folder 3
"Rates of Silver Halide Development", 1953-1979.
Box 1 Folder 4
Dye Developer Types, 1954-1978.
Box 1 Folder 5
Structure and Spectra of Dyes - Includes Some Reprints, 1956-1981.
Box 1 Folder 6
Color-Shifting Yellows, Cyans, and Magentas, 1955-1967.
Box 1 Folder 7
Black Dye Developers, 1955-1978.
Box 1 Folder 8
Dye Developer Notes, 1957-1968.
Box 1 Folder 9
Cyan Dyes - Includes Meetings with Carwin Company (Colorless developing and other topics.), 1957-1980.
Box 2 Folder 1
Colorless Developers, 1959-1961.
Box 2 Folder 2
Developer Dropping, 1959-1966.
Box 2 Folder 3
"13254" - Color Spectra, 1959-1969.
Box 2 Folder 4
Dye Transfer, 1964-1984.
Box 2 Folder 5
Dye Release System, 1965-1966.
Box 2 Folder 6
Desensitizers, 1967-1968.
Box 2 Folder 7
Stabilization, 1971-1987.
Box 2 Folder 8
Anthrapyridones (Notes and spectra - work by E. Ellis.), 1973.
Box 2 Folder 9
Developer Dyes, 1977-1982.
Box 2 Folder 10
Dye Developers List, 1978.
Box 2 Folder 11
Development Study, 1979, undated.
Box 2 Folder 12

Series Description

Arranged chronologically by year, this series contains Myron S. Simon's research notes. These files provide documentation of research conducted by Simon during his career at Polaroid Corporation. Of particular interest are the files concerning opacification, which was an essential step in the development of Polaroid's SX-70 instant color photography system.

Research notes make up the bulk of the materials in this series. A few accompanying materials, including patents and lecture overheads, are also preserved here.

Metallized Dyes, 1955-1970.
Box 3 Folder 1
Magenta Dye Developers, 1955-1977.
Box 3 Folder 2
Hydroquinones, 1958-1969.
Box 3 Folder 3
"The K-Process and K-Process Color Formers", 1959.
Box 3 Folder 4
Hydrolyzable Pyridine Quaternaries (As mordants.), 1960, 1970-1975.
Box 3 Folder 5
Miscellaneous Loose Research Notes, 1960-1969.
Box 3 Folder 6
EK-R Numbers and Shipping List, 1962.
Box 3 Folder 7
Plant Ventilation Studies, 1963.
Box 3 Folder 8
Developer Dropping Dyes, 1963-1971.
Box 3 Folder 9
13049 Review, 1966, 1970.
Box 3 Folder 10
Color Developer - Includes Patents, 1966-1987.
Box 3 Folder 11
Blue Dyes for Pod Work, 1967.
Box 4 Folder 1
Mouse Tumor Testing Program for Compounds - Lab Results, 1969-1972.
Box 4 Folder 2
Cyanine Dye Scale-Up, 1962, 1969.
Box 4 Folder 3
Poly Pyrazolyl Borates as Ligands, 1971-1988.
Box 4 Folder 4
Miranol Microcrystals/Micelles, 1973-1980.
Box 4 Folder 5
IR Dyes, 1981-1984.
Box 4 Folder 6
Bleachable Dyes, 1982-1983.
Box 4 Folder 7
ORR (Notes in binder - loose notes laid in.), 1982-1984.
Box 4 Folder 8
Polacolor Notes - Miscellaneous Notes, undated.
Box 4 Folder 9
Anthrapyridone Magentas and Anthraquinone Cyans - Miscellaneous Notes (In a binder.), 1958-1977.
Box 4 Folder 10
OPAX: "Opacification 1986" - Meeting Notes in Binder, 1986.
Box 5 Folder 1
OPAX: "Opacification 1987-A" - Meeting Notes in Binder, 1987.
Box 5 Folder 2
OPAX: "Opacification 1987-B" - Meeting Notes in Binder, 1987.
Box 5 Folder 3
OPAX: "OPAX '88" - Meeting Notes in Binder, 1988.
Box 6 Folder 1
Spectra of Phtalein Dyes, 1967-1968.
Box 6 Folder 2
References for 3-Methyl-4-Phenanthrol, 1987.
Box 6 Folder 3
"Chronology of the Long Wavelength Opacification Program" - Lecture Overheads, 1988.
Box 6 Folder 4
Simon, M.S. "Organic Chemical Research on Indicator Dyes and Desensitizers Supporting Project Aspirin", 1967 November 27.
Box 6 Folder 5

Series Description

Arranged chronologically by year, this series consists of eight notebooks kept by Myron S. Simon while employed by Polaroid Corporation between 1965 and 1988. Three of the notebooks document research conducted by Simon at Polaroid. Five of the notebooks provide documentation of conferences and symposia attended by Simon.

"Developer Dropping Dyes", 1965.
Box 7 Folder 1
Polaroid Laboratory Notebook No. 369 - 03/80-08/81, 1980-1981.
Box 7 Folder 2
Polaroid Laboratory Notebook No. 404 - 07/81 (Contains notes taken by MSS at Gordon Research Conferences - Conference on Heterocyclic Compounds.), 1981.
Box 7 Folder 3
Research Notebook - 08/81-02/84, 1981-1984.
Box 7 Folder 4
Meetings 1985 - Contains Notes Taken by MSS at the 9th Internationales Farbensymposium, Engelberg, Switzerland, 1985.
Box 7 Folder 5
Untitled Notebook - Contains Notes Taken by MSS at the 11th International Congress of Heterocyclic Chemistry, Heidelberg, Germany, 1987.
Box 7 Folder 6
General Note

See also Box 27 Folder 2.

Untitled Notebook - Contains Notes Taken by MSS at the 10th Internationales Farbensymposium, Trier, Germany, 1988.
Box 7 Folder 7
General Note

See also Box 27 Folder 5.

"G.C. Heterocycles 1988" - Contains Notes Taken by MSS at Gordon Research Conferences - Conference on Heterocyclic Compounds, 1988.
Box 7 Folder 8
General Note

See also Box 26 Folder 2.

Series Description

Arranged chronologically by year, this series contains Myron S. Simon's memo files. Its contents consist of seven ring binders of memos, which were collected and maintained by Simon at Polaroid Corporation between 1978 and 1985.

"Files" - Memos (In a ring binder.), 1978-1979.
Box 8 Folder 1
"Files" - Memos (In a ring binder.), 1980.
Box 8 Folder 2
"Files" - Memos (In a ring binder.), 1981.
Box 8 Folder 3-4
"Files" - Memos (In a ring binder.), 1982-1983.
Box 9 Folder 1
"Files" - Memos (In a ring binder.), 1984.
Box 9 Folder 2
"Files" - Memos (In a ring binder.), 1985.
Box 9 Folder 3
"Files" - Loose Memos, 1982.
Box 9 Folder 4

Series Description

Arranged chronologically by year, this series contains files documenting Myron S. Simon's meetings with Sir Derek Barton, an English organic chemist and co-recipient of the 1969 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Barton served as a consultant to Polaroid Corporation. He also participated in Polaroid company seminars, in which notable chemists, including several Nobel laureates, addressed employees.

Notes and memoranda make up the bulk of the materials in this series. A variety of other miscellaneous materials, including correspondence and transcripts, are preserved in this series as well.

DHR Barton '58-'72 - Lecture Notes and Company Memos, 1958-1972.
Box 10 Folder 1
DHR Barton '73-'76 - Lecture/Session Notes and Company Memos, 1973-1976.
Box 10 Folder 2
DHR Barton - Session Notes, June 1974, 1974.
Box 10 Folder 3
1975 - Typed Session Notes for Meeting of 01/13/75, 1975.
Box 10 Folder 4
DHR Barton '77-'79 - Session Notes and Company Memos, 1977-1979.
Box 10 Folder 5
1979 - Typed Session Notes for Meeting of 04/20/79, 1979.
Box 10 Folder 6
DHR Barton '80-'81 - Session Notes and Company Memos, 1980-1981.
Box 10 Folder 7
1980 - Typed Session Notes for Meeting of 04/11/80, 1980.
Box 10 Folder 8
Dr. Barton - August-September 1982 - Session Notes for Meeting 08/31-09/01/1982, 1982.
Box 11 Folder 1
1982 - Typed Session Notes for Meeting of 04/07/82, 1982.
Box 11 Folder 2
Dr. Barton - August-September 1981, 1981.
Box 11 Folder 3
Barton August 31-September 1, 1982 - Session Notes and Company Memos, 1982.
Box 11 Folder 4
Barton 1982 - Miscellaneous Material, 1982.
Box 11 Folder 5
Barton 82-3 - Session Notes for Meetings of 04/07/82 and 04/18-19/83, 1982-1983.
Box 11 Folder 6
D. Barton April 1983 - Company Memos & Typed Session Notes for Meeting of 04/18-19/83, 1983.
Box 11 Folder 7
1983 - Typed Session Notes for Meetings of 04/18-19/83 and 11/07-08/83, 1983.
Box 12 Folder 1
Barton 1983 - Preparation for Meeting of November 7-8, 1982-1983.
Box 12 Folder 2
DHR Barton November 7-8, 1983 - Session Notes, 1983.
Box 12 Folder 3
Barton November 7-8, 1983 - Typed Session Transcript, 1983.
Box 12 Folder 4
Post-Session Review, 1983.
Box 12 Folder 5
Professor Barton - Notes May 1984 - Typed Session Transcript April 10-11, 1984.
Box 12 Folder 6
DHR Barton 4/10-11/84 - Follow-Up Suggestions by Barton 04/17/84, 1984.
Box 12 Folder 7
Agenda & Typed Session Notes for Meeting of 10/18-19/84, 1984.
Box 12 Folder 8
Derek H. R. Barton 1984 - Preparation and Follow-Up for October Visit, 1983-1984.
Box 13 Folder 1
Professor Barton October 18/19-1984 - Session Notes, 1984.
Box 13 Folder 2
Professor Barton June 6 & 7, 1985 - Preparation (Prep work only - no notes.), 1985.
Box 13 Folder 3
Barton Visit of November 5 & 6, 1985 - Preparation, 1985-1986.
Box 13 Folder 4
Typed Session Notes for Meeting of November 5 & 6, 1985, 1985.
Box 13 Folder 5
D. Barton Visit of April 7 & 8 1986 - Consulting Session Notes - Typed Notes (3 copies.), 1986.
Box 13 Folder 6
Barton's Visit April 7 & 8, 1986 & January '87 Visit - Preparations, 1986-1987.
Box 13 Folder 7
Typed Session Notes for Meeting of January 19-20, 1987 (3 copies, one in a ring binder.), 1987.
Box 13 Folder 8-9
Sir Derek Barton's Consulting Session on September 10 & 11, 1987 - Typed Session Notes, 1987.
Box 14 Folder 1
Professor Barton, September 10 & 11, '87 - Preparations, 1987.
Box 14 Folder 2
Typed Session Notes for Meeting of June 20-21, 1988 (3 copies.), 1988.
Box 14 Folder 3
Professor Barton Expenses - Visit of June 20-21, 1988, 1988.
Box 14 Folder 4
D.H.R. Barton – Correspondence (Includes Barton's letter of resignation.), 1983-1988.
Box 14 Folder 5
Barton, D.H.R. and Zard, S.Z. "Invention of New Organic Reactions", Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, C.N.R.S., undated.
Box 14 Folder 6

Series Description

This series contains Myron S. Simon's patent files and reprint files. The contents of this series are arranged into the following two sub-series:

  1. Patents
  2. Reprints
Sub-series Description

Arranged in its original order, this sub-series consists of Myron S. Simon's patent files. These files provide documentation of patents applied for by and awarded to Simon and Polaroid Corporation.

Myron S. Simon Patents (In binder.), 1958-1976.
Box 15 Folder 1
Myron S. Simon Patents (Loose in folder.), 1973-1976.
Box 15 Folder 2
Patents, Re: Anthraquinone Dye - Development, 1961-1967.
Box 15 Folder 3
Patents, Re: Formation of Diffusion Transfer Color Images, 1951-1962.
Box 15 Folder 4
Polaroid Patents, 1961-1965.
Box 15 Folder 5
Polaroid Patents, 1966-1971.
Box 15 Folder 6
Patent Actions (Mostly Allowance of Application reports.) (Folder 1 of 2), 1961-1987.
Box 15 Folder 7
Patent Actions (Folder 2 of 2), 1961-1987.
Box 16 Folder 1
Myron S. Simon Preprints & Reprints, 1961-1988, undated.
Box 16 Folder 2
Sub-series Description

Arranged in its original order, this sub-series consists of Myron S. Simon's reprints files. These files primarily regard articles and papers authored and co-authored by Simon. A small amount of materials regarding articles and papers written by other chemists are also found here.

Reprints make up the bulk of the materials preserved in this sub-subseries. Small amounts of accompanying materials, including correspondence, drafts, and preprints, are preserved in this sub-series as well.

Simon, M.S. and H.M. Seyferth. "Carbonyl Stretching Frequencies of Some Oxalate Esters", Journal of Organic Chemistry, 23, p. 1078 (1958) - Includes Correspondence, Drafts, and Reprints, 1958.
Box 16 Folder 3
Simon. M.S. and P.T. Moore. "Novel Polyviologens: Photochromic Redox Polymers with Film-Forming Qualities", Journal of Polymer Science, Vol. 13, p. 1-16 (1975) - Requests for Reprints, Drafts, Correspondence, 1973-1977.
Box 16 Folder 4
Simon, M.S. "Photographic Diffusion Transfer Processes" - Correspondence, Draft, and Reference Materials (Includes early Edwin H. Land articles.), 1971-1972.
Box 16 Folder 5
Simon, M.S. - Two Papers on Opacification, 1988, 1990.
Box 16 Folder 6
Reprints by Other Authors on Various Topics, 1961-1983.
Box 16 Folder 7
Reprints on Instant Photography and Color by Edwin H. Land and Others, 1947-1976, undated.
Box 16 Folder 8

Series Description

Arranged in its original order, this series consists of Polaroid company reports collected and maintained by Myron S. Simon. Its contents consist of summary reports and reports concerning specific subjects that were of interest to Simon. Many of the reports in this series are stored in binders.

Summary Reports (In eight binders.) - 09/51-06/67, 1951-1967.
Box 17 Folder 1-8
Summary Reports (In eight binders.) - 07/67-12/71, 1967-1971.
Box 18 Folder 1-8
Summary Reports (In eight binders.) - 01/72-06/81, 1972-1981.
Box 19 Folder 1-8
Summary Reports (In four binders.) - IV/81-III/88, 1981-1988.
Box 20 Folder 1-4
"Photo" Reports (Bi-weekly, then monthly - in four binders.), 1964-1968.
Box 20 Folder 5-8
"Photo" Reports (Binder), 1964-1967.
Box 21 Folder 1
Test Results (Binder), 1961-1962.
Box 21 Folder 2
Laboratory Reports (In three binders.), 1968-1970.
Box 21 Folder 3-5
"1981 Projects" (Binder), 1981.
Box 21 Folder 6
S. Deshowitz & W. Solodar - Special Reports (Binder), undated.
Box 21 Folder 7
"Sesame" (Binder), 1965.
Box 21 Folder 8
"Organic" (Three binders.), 1967-1975.
Box 21 Folder 9-11
Weekly Reports M.S.S. (Small ring notebook.), 1953-1957.
Box 22 Folder 1
Research Synthesis Group Requests (Ledger), 1966-1986.
Box 22 Folder 2
"K" (Binder), undated.
Box 22 Folder 3
"E K Co K Processes" (Binder), undated.
Box 22 Folder 4
"Image Mechanisms" (Binder), undated.
Box 22 Folder 5
"Heterocycles" (Binder), undated.
Box 22 Folder 6
Optical Plastics (Binder), undated.
Box 22 Folder 7
Thermal Imaging (Binder), undated.
Box 22 Folder 8
Indicator Dyes and Desensitizers (Includes an interim report on opacification dyes - 1968.), 1967-1968.
Box 22 Folder 9
General Note

File Missing

Walworth, V.K. and S.H. Mervis. "Instant Photography and Polaroid Reprographic Processes" (Binder), 1988.
Box 22 Folder 10
Life, 1972 October 27.
Box 22 Folder 11
Report on Optical Plastic Material, v. 1, p. 1-80, 1945.
Box 23 Folder 1
Report on Optical Plastic Material, v. 2, p. 81-174, 1945.
Box 23 Folder 2
Report on Optical Plastic Material, v. 3, p. 175-246; xvi-lxvii, 1945.
Box 23 Folder 3
Suggestions Submitted by Myron S. Simon, 1957-1984.
Box 23 Folder 4
Work Reports, 1962-1984.
Box 23 Folder 5
Colorless to Colored 1963-1964, 1978.
Box 23 Folder 6
Management Issues, 1964-1978, undated.
Box 23 Folder 7
Administrative Memos - From S. Buckler, Et Al, 1964-1971.
Box 23 Folder 8
Investigation into a Plant Explosion at Waltham, Massachusetts on April 7, 1975, undated.
Box 23 Folder 9
Chemical Research Quarterly Reports, 1984 June-December.
Box 23 Folder 10
Simon, M.S. "Dye Releasing Systems vs. Dye Developer Systems", 1986 December 15.
Box 23 Folder 11

Series Description

Arranged in its original order, this series consists of Myron S. Simon's company seminars and meetings files. These files document various Polaroid company meetings and seminars that Simon participated in. Of particular interest are the files concerning Polaroid company seminars, in which notable chemists, including several Nobel laureates, addressed employees. Meeting notes make up the bulk of the materials in this series.

Polaroid Seminars - Handwritten Notes on Talks Given by Melvin Calvin, Sir Derek Barton, Robert Burns Woodward, and Others, 1955-1978.
Box 24 Folder 1
Seminars - Handwritten Notes on Talks Given by Robert Burns Woodward, Gilbert Stork, Vladimir Prelog, Albert Eschenmoser, and Others, 1960-1985.
Box 24 Folder 2
Seminars I - Handwritten Notes from Polaroid Research Seminars, 1972-1987.
Box 24 Folder 3
Seminars II - Handwritten Notes from Polaroid Research Seminars, 1970-1988.
Box 24 Folder 4
Seminars III - Handwritten Notes from Polaroid Research Seminars, 1971-1985.
Box 24 Folder 5
AS-70 Conferences on Developers - 1951-1953 (Includes additional materials 1953-1967 laid in folder.), 1953-1967.
Box 24 Folder 6
Eastman-Kodak - Meeting Notes, 1957-1966, 1980-1983.
Box 24 Folder 7-8
Color File - Meeting Notes, 1959-1966.
Box 24 Folder 9-10
Long-Range Chemical Synthesis Program - Meeting Notes, 1960.
Box 25 Folder 1
Polacolor Debut, Atlantic City Meeting, SPSE, 1963.
Box 25 Folder 2
Scientific Publications Committee - Meeting Notes, 1963-1974.
Box 25 Folder 3
Physical Organic Group - Meeting Notes, 1966-1967.
Box 25 Folder 4
Colorless-to-Colored - Meeting Notes, 1962-1963, 1979-1982.
Box 25 Folder 5
Colored-to-Colorless - Meeting Notes, 1980-1984.
Box 25 Folder 6
Review of Chemical Research January/February 1979 - Meetings with S.G. Cohen, E.H. Land, and R.B. Woodward - Binder, 1979.
Box 25 Folder 7
Roald Hoffmann Lectures on Bonding - Handwritten Notes by MSS and a Photocopy in a Binder, 1984.
Box 25 Folder 8

Series Description

Arranged chronologically by year, this series contains Myron S. Simon's conference files. These files document several conferences and symposia that Simon participated in between 1961 and 1988.

Notes make up the bulk of the materials in this series. A variety of other miscellaneous materials, including, but not limited to, reports, abstracts, photographs, and a paper presented by Simon are preserved in this series as well.

Gordon Research Conferences: Steroids and Other Natural Products, Then Heterocyclic Compounds (In individual envelopes with photographs of each conference group.), 1961-1988.
Box 26 Folder 1-2
General Note

See also Box 7 Folder 8.

General Note

Contains photographs.

6th Internationales Farbensymposium - 27 September-1 Oktober, Freudenstadt, Federal Republic of Germany, 1976.
Box 26 Folder 3
International Congress of Photographic Science - August 20-26, Rochester, New York (Includes photograph of conference attendees.), 1978.
Box 26 Folder 4
General Note

Contains photograph.

8th Internationales Farbensymposium - 26-30 September, Baden-Baden, Federal Republic of Germany (Includes conference material and MSS' written notes and report.), 1982.
Box 26 Folder 5
Phoenix Chemistry Review, 1983.
Box 26 Folder 6
Fifth IUPAC Conference on Organic Synthesis, August 26-30, Freiburg, Federal Republic of Germany (Includes MSS' narrative report and conference abstracts.), 1984 .
Box 26 Folder 7
9th Internationales Farbensymposium, September 22-26, Engelberg, Switzerland (Includes MSS' narrative report.), 1985.
Box 26 Folder 8
General Note

See also Box 7 Folder 5.

1987 ACS Biennial Inorganic Chemistry Symposium - Narrative Report and Notes, 1987.
Box 27 Folder 1
Eleventh International Congress of Heterocyclic Chemistry (11th ICHC), August 16-21, Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany (Programme and abstracts.), 1987.
Box 27 Folder 2
General Note

See also Box 7 Folder 6.

Trier Conference - Correspondence and Prep Work, 1986-1987.
Box 27 Folder 3
Trier Conference - Paper Presented by MSS on "New Developments in Instant Photography", 1988.
Box 27 Folder 4
10th Internationales Farbensymposium, 2-6 Oktober, Trier, Federal Republic of Germany (Includes programme, abstracts, and MSS' narrative report.), 1988.
Box 27 Folder 5
General Note

See also Box 7 Folder 7.

Series Description

Arranged in its original order, this series contains Myron S. Simon's correspondence files. Five of the files in this series concern a handful of Simon's colleagues. Two of the files contain correspondence of a more general nature.

The contents of the files in this series consist mainly of correspondence. Small amounts of a variety of other miscellaneous materials, including reprints, obituaries, a magazine article, speeches, and a notebook, are preserved here as well.

Bloom, S.M. - Reprints and Obituaries (One by MSS.) (Bloom was Senior Vice-President and Associate Director for Research at Polaroid. He spearheaded the development of the SX-70 system.), 1958-1979.
Box 28 Folder 1
Blout, E. - Photocopy of a Magazine Profile (Blout was Vice-President of Polaroid Corporation. He left in 1961 to return to academic pursuits.), 1978.
Box 28 Folder 2
Cohen, S.G. - Two Speeches by Cohen Re: His Career at Polaroid and at Brandeis University (One is an interesting anti-S.D.I. speech.), 1978, 1986.
Box 28 Folder 3
MacGregor, Paul T. - Notebook Kept by MSS Detailing the Progress of a Missing Persons Case (MacGregor was later located, the victim of a robbery resulting in amnesia. He returned to Polaroid and continued as a member of MSS' research group.), 1967.
Box 28 Folder 4
Venkataraman, K. - Correspondence (MSS wrote a chapter on the Polaroid color process for a publication on chemistry of synthetic dyes.), 1973-1978.
Box 28 Folder 5
Polaroid Corporation - Miscellaneous Internal Correspondence, 1965-1969, 1979.
Box 28 Folder 6
Correspondence by Date (These are actually company memoranda, re: research queries collected in a binder.), 1970-1971.
Box 28 Folder 7

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