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Roald Hoffmann and Carl Djerassi Signed Play and Articles Collection

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Call Number:
023
Repository:
Science History Institute Archives
Extent:
0.1 linear feet (1 folder.)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Item Description, Roald Hoffmann and Carl Djerassi Signed Play and Articles Collection, 2001-2019, Science History Institute Archives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Date:
2001-2019 (inclusive)
Creator:
Djerassi, Carl, Hoffmann, Roald, and Rakita, Philip E., 1944-
Form:
Archival materials and Plays
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.

The Roald Hoffmann and Carl Djerassi Play and Articles Collection includes a signed copy of the play "Oxygen" by Polish-American theoretical chemist Roald Hoffmann and Bulgarian-American pharmaceutical chemist Carl Djerassi from 2001. The copy of the play is humorously signed, "Carl Hoffmann + Roald Djerassi." As collected and maintained by Philip Rakita, the collection also includes the following: a print advertisement for the world premiere dated April 2-7, 2001 at the San Diego Repretory Theater in San Diego, California; a ticket stub from the premiere dated April 3, 2001; a description of how the signed copy of the play was created as written by Rakita; newspaper articles reviewing the play from 2001; excerpts from the original program published in 2001; and ,"An essay on oxygen, by Carl Djerassi," article as published by Chemical & Engineering News on January 7, 2019.

The Roald Hoffmann and Carl Djerassi Signed Play and Articles Collection was donated to the Science History Institute by Philip Rakita in 2019.

The Oral History of Roald Hoffmann is preserved at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Roald Hoffmann Papers are preserved at the Cornell University Library Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections in Ithaca, New York.

The Oral History of Carl Djerassi is preserved at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Carl Djerassi Papers are preserved at the Stanford University, University Archives in Stanford, California.

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Science History Institute Archives
Finding Aid Author
Finding aid created and encoded into EAD by Sean Cureton.
Finding Aid Date
2023
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