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    The Albert Shansky Collection consists of one letter from J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967) regarding the death of Albert Einstein (1879-1955).

    Digitization and cataloging of this item was made possible through the…

  • 28 items
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    NOBCChe News and its predecessor, the NOBCChE Newsletter, are the publications of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemist and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE), a professional society…

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    Exhibitions

    Select digitized items from the outdoor exhibition, The Story of Ramie: From Seed to Finished Garment, on display from April 2024 to October 2024.

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    Exhibitions

    Select digitized items from the outdoor exhibition, Is the Plastic Bag History?, on view October 30, 2023–April 26, 2024. Also available as a digital exhibition.

  • 27 items
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    The Society of Flavor Chemists Society News collection contains 27 issues of Society News, including a special issue titled Photographs from the Flavors '94 Symposium.

    Society News was newsletter published by the…

  • 63 items
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    The Society of Flavor Chemists Newsletters collection contains 63 issues of the Society of Flavor Chemists newsletter, from 1963-1990. The collection lacks issues no. 7, 41, and 58. The newsletter was succeeded by…

  • 90 items
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    The Society of Flavor Chemists Collection contains 100 issues, ranging from 1973-2006, of two publications, the Society of Flavor Chemists Newsletter and Society News.

    The Society of Flavor Chemists is an American…

  • 117 items
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    The William A. Lester, Jr. Papers contain the professional and personal papers of African American theoretical chemist and chemistry educator William A. Lester, Jr (1937-). Lester is noted for his theoretical studies of…

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    This collection consists of writings and oral history materials by and about Samuel R. Natelson which were compiled by Amadeo J. Pesce. Natelson was a prominent American clinical chemist and a founding member of the…

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    Spofford G. English (1916-1981). In 1942 he became involved in the Manhattan Project as a member of Glenn T. Seaborg's group at the University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory. In 1947 he went to work for the Atomic…

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    Periodical containing popular history of science articles and organizational news from the Science History Institute (formerly known as the Chemical Heritage Foundation). Prior to 2015, the magazine was published under…

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    Periodical containing popular history of science articles and organizational news from the Chemical Heritage Foundation (now the Science History Institute) issued in cooperation with the American Chemical Society, the…

  • 22 items
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    The Hercules Mixer is the company publication of the Hercules Powder Company. The periodical provides both historical and technical information and offers a glimpse of employees' day-to-day lives at the company.

  • 5 items
    Exhibitions

    Select digitized items from the outdoor exhibition Playing Dirty, on view April 25, 2023–October 30, 2023. Also available as a digital exhibition.

  • 11 items
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    A journal publication from the National Aniline Division of the Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation issued on a monthly to quarterly basis from 1898 to 1964 (suspended briefly from 1916 to 1917). The journal contains…

  • 9 items
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    Selected videos from our modern, circulating library collection.

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    The Bassam Z. Shakhashiri Christmas Lecture Collection contains an assortment of materials concerning the “Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri” and “Once Upon a Springtime Cheery in the Lab of…

  • 21 items
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    This collection’s scope covers the professional career and a large portion of the personal life of Max Bredig (1902-1977), a research chemist who immigrated to the United States to escape the effects of National…

  • 46 items
    Exhibitions

    Select digitized items from the exhibition Bold, on view in the Hach Gallery from September 22, 2023-August 3, 2024

  • 4 items
    Exhibitions

    Select digitized materials from the digital exhibition, Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Poisonous Plants.

  • 8 items
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    The Henry C. McBay Papers contain the professional and personal papers of African-American chemist and chemistry educator Henry C. McBay (1914-1995). In 1945, McBay was appointed Assistant Professor at Morehouse…

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    This is a small but detailed collection of business and professional correspondence dealing with Percy Lavon Julian's project to cultivate and harvest Dioscorea in Guatemala for medicinal uses. Only a small selection of…

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    Robert J. Baptista (1944-) is a chemist and a colorant industry historian. He was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey and attended the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. He received his B.S. in chemistry…

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    Black and white photograph of a dyestuff laboratory. Pictured equipment may be dyestuff dryers.

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    This continuously growing library collection includes rare books from the Othmer Library of Chemical History. The collection includes works donated to the library by notable collectors including Donald Othmer, the…