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12 items
Szymanowitz Autographed Letter Collection
Collected by Raymond Szymanowitz, this collection of 54 pieces of correspondence include signatures of some of the greatest minds in 19th- and 20th-century chemistry, including but not limited to, Humphry Davy, Michael…
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10 items
Benfey Autographed Letter Collection
Collected by O. Theodor Benfey, this archival collection includes 21 autographed letters by many eminent chemists of the 20th century. The collection includes letters from several Nobel laureates including Roald…
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11 items
Frank H. Stodola Nobel Laureate Letter Collection
Collected by Frank H. Stodola, this collection of autographs from 11 Nobel laureates, includes but is not limited to, Joshua Lederberg, Richard Kuhn, Harold Urey, E. J. Corey, and Melvin Calvin. Of particular interest…
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71 items
Photographs from the Papers of J. Hartley Bowen
This collection, digitized here in its entirety, consists of photographs depicting the facilities, machinery, and operations of the Aeronautical Materials Laboratory, part of the Naval Air Material Center located in…
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27 items
Handling Collection
The museum's Handling Collection serves to provide visitors to the Science History Institute with the opportunity for hands-on engagement with historic objects related to the history of science and technology.
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11 items
Henry Earle Lumpkin Photograph Collection
This collection, digitized here in its entirety, consists of photographs associated with the use of mass spectrometry at the Humble Oil and Refining Company and Exxon laboratories located in Baytown, Texas. Dating from…
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44 items
Photographs from the Records of the Althouse, Bates, and Crompton Chemical Companies
This collection, digitized here in its entirely, consists of photographs of the laboratory apparatus and facilities used in the manufacture of dyes at the Althouse, Bates, and Crompton Chemical Companies. The…
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291 items
Dow Chemical Company Historical Image Collection
This archival collection consists of photographs and slides depicting the facilities, operations, and products of The Dow Chemical Company. The images primarily date from the second half of the 20th century, with the…
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2 items
Willliams-Miles Historical Collection
The reprints which make up this collection are closely associated with the Williams-Miles History of Chemistry Collection located at Harding University in Arkansas. It is a wide-ranging collection in both chronology and…
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13 items
Records of the Commission on Atomic Weights and Isotopic Abundances of IUPAC
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is an association of National Adhering Organizations, which represent the chemists of different member countries. IUPAC was founded in 1919 and its primary…
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4 items
Papers of Bernhard Witkop
This collection consists of material related to Bernhard Witkop's professional and personal relationship with the famed African American chemist, Percy Lavon Julian, primarily in the form of correspondence. Witkop also…
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4 items
Papers of Paul D. Bartlett
Paul Doughty Bartlett was a physical-organic chemist who was well known for his insights into the mechanics of organic reactions. Dr. Bartlett retired from Harvard University in 1975 after more than 40 years on the…
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3 items
Papers of Paul J. Flory
The Paul J. Flory papers afford the scholar a unique glimpse into the working life of an American chemist who was equally at home in the academic and the industrial sectors. Professor Flory carefully maintained his…
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64 items
Williams Haynes Portrait Collection
This collection, only a small portion of which is digitized here, consists of approximately 1,700 portraits of chemists, chemical industrialists, and notable individuals from chemical-related fields, including Leo…
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123 items
Fisher Collection
This collection ranges from oil paintings, woodcuts, and works on paper to 3D objects including laboratory glassware, commemorative medals, and scientific equipment. The highlight of this collection includes oil…
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28 items
Eddleman Collection
The Eddleman Collection contains oil paintings depicting early modern activities related to alchemy, the emerging sciences, and medicine, including distillation, early pharmacies, and medical shops by Dutch, Flemish,…
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48 items
Underwood & Underwood Stereographs of Manufacturing Industries
This collection, digitized here in its entirety, consists of 48 stereographs depicting various stages in the industrial manufacture of glass, steel, iron, and salt, published by Underwood & Underwood after 1895. The…
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2,507 items
Beckman Historical Collection
The Beckman Historical Collection contains the corporate records of the American scientific and medical instrument manufacturer Beckman Coulter, Incorporated and the personal papers of American scientist and…
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39 items
Norda Essential Oil and Chemical Company Photograph Collection
This collection, digitized here in its entirety, consists of black-and-white print photographs of the Norda Essential Oil and Chemical Company manufacturing and laboratory facilities in Boonton, New Jersey, circa…
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Johnny Horizon Environmental Test Kit
- 1971
Cardboard box with color printing on lid, showing young men and women engaged in chemical testing of environmental factors (air, water). Inside is a blue plastic tray with wells for test equipment, including a…
- Manufacturer Parker Brothers, inc.
- Subject Games, Chemistry sets, Toys, Chemicals, Environmental testing
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Gilbert Electric Eye Kit
- 1949
- Manufacturer A.C. Gilbert Company
- Subject Electric apparatus and appliances, Electricity, A.C. Gilbert Company, Electron tubes
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Gilbert Chemistry Experiment Lab No. 12006
- 1955 – 1959
Chemistry sets reached their heyday in the 1950s, but production of them began in the United States during World War I. Playing with a toy chemistry set inspired many a boy to become a chemist, and not until the late…
- Manufacturer A.C. Gilbert Company
- Subject Chemistry sets, A.C. Gilbert Company
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Gilbert No. 1 Chemistry Outfit
- 1954
Chemistry sets reached their heyday in the 1950s, but production of them began in the United States during World War I. Playing with a toy chemistry set inspired many a boy to become a chemist, and not until the late…
- Manufacturer A.C. Gilbert Company
- Subject Chemistry sets, A.C. Gilbert Company
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Gilbert Tele-Set Telegraph Outfit No. 3502
- Circa 1935
- Manufacturer A.C. Gilbert Company
- Subject Telegraph, A.C. Gilbert Company
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First Day Cover commemorating chemistry
- 1976
Colorano cachet includes a silk depiction of two alchemists in a laboratory. Stamp depicts chemical glassware and fluids.