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Papers of Norbert M. Bikales, 1952-1997 (inclusive) 1973-1997 (bulk)

Extent:

4.1 linear feet (3 boxes)

Abstract:

This collection contains administrative records collected and maintained by German-American polymer chemist Nobert M. Bikales. The files in this collection document Bikales' activities with the American Chemical Society Division of Polymer Chemistry (ACS POL) and the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).

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Papers of Charles Phelps Smyth, 1870-1990 (inclusive) 1910-1970 (bulk)

Extent:

3.32 linear feet (4 boxes)

Abstract:

Personal papers of American physical chemist Charles Phelps Smyth. The materials in this collection are mainly of a biographical nature. This collection contains little information regarding Smyth's work as a scientist and educator.

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Papers of Walter Slavin, 1936-2003 (inclusive) 1977-2000 (bulk)

Extent:

6.5 linear feet (50 boxes)

Abstract:

Correspondence files, working papers, presentation/instructional materials, reports, and publications of American engineer, scientific instrument designer, and science journal editor Walter Slavin. The materials in this collection document Slavin's career at Perkin-Elmer Corporation and his editorship of the science journal Spectrochimica Acta, Part B.

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Herbert T. Pratt Papers, 1793-2013 (inclusive) 1945-2000 (bulk)

Extent:

9.0 linear feet (5 record boxes, 1 hollinger box, 2 half hollinger boxes, and 1 oversized box. )

Abstract:

Research files, printed materials, manuals, sample cards and sample books, notebooks, and signed items of Herbert T. Pratt, an American chemical engineer, chemistry historian, and collector of rare chemistry books, chemistry memorabilia, and textiles memorabilia.

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Papers of Jerome A. Berson, 1923-2010 (inclusive) 1950-1999 (bulk)

Extent:

53.3 linear feet (40 boxes)

Abstract:

This collection consists of research notes, drafts of papers, lab materials, and other documents of American physical organic chemist Jerome A. Berson.

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Arno Viehoever FIAT Records, 1943-1949 (inclusive) 1945-1947 (bulk)

Extent:

3.5 linear feet (2 record boxes and 1 index card box.)

Abstract:

Correspondence, reports, memoranda, reference cards, and other miscellaneous materials belonging to German-American pharmaceutical chemist Arno Viehoever. The materials in this collection document his activities with the Field Information Agency, Technical (FIAT), a U.S. Army agency that evaluated the state of German science and technology and made public German scientific and technological advances in the years immediately following World War II.

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Chinese American Chemical Society Records, 1977-2007 (inclusive) 1981-1997 (bulk)

Extent:

5.5 linear feet (14 hollinger boxes)

Abstract:

Organizational records of the Chinese American Chemical Society.

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The Papers of Max Bredig, 1889-1978 (inclusive) 1925-1965 (bulk)

Extent:

27.0 linear feet (23 boxes.)

Abstract:

The Papers of Max Bredig contain manuscripts, photographs, publications, and artifacts which were created or collected by Max Bredig. The collection documents Max's early life and career in Germany and contains a large amount of family and personal correspondence. The personal correspondence shifts to predominantly professional correspondence after he immigrated to the United States in 1933. Max's career as a physical chemist at the Vanadium Corporation of America and later the Oak Ridge National Laboratory is well documented among these papers. This collection is an addendum to the Papers of Georg and Max Bredig located at the Science History Institute.

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Records of the American Chemical Society National Headquarters, 1890-1997 (inclusive) 1940-1978 (bulk)

Extent:

5.3 linear feet (12 boxes)

Abstract:

This is a collection of printed materials including reports, meeting programs, books of meeting abstracts, special publications, and directories that were produced by the National Headquarters of the American Chemical Society (ACS) for dissemination to society members.

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Records of the Althouse, Bates, and Crompton Chemical Companies, 1903-2005 (inclusive) 1930-1999 (bulk)

Extent:

3.0 linear feet (8 boxes)

Abstract:

The Records of the Althouse, Bates, and Crompton Chemical Companies consist mainly of the corporate records of Althouse Chemical Company, Bates Chemical Company, and Crompton Corporation (including its corporate predecessors Crompton & Knowles Loom Works and Crompton & Knowles Corporation). The files in these records contain annual reports, newsletters, appraisal materials, design plans, and other miscellaneous materials. The records were collected by James Feeman, a longtime employee of Althouse Chemical Company, Incorporated.

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