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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Sidney L. Hantler to Shirley Ann Jackson, January 1977

  • 1977-Jan-12

  Sidney L. Hantler asks Shirley Ann Jackson (1946-) to fill out an application in order to visit the Thomas J. Watson Research Center at IBM.

  • Addressee Jackson, Shirley Ann, 1946-
  • Author Hantler, Sidney L.
  • Subject Hantler, Sidney L., African American physicists, Physicists, African American women physicists, Thomas J. Watson IBM Research Center, Jackson, Shirley Ann, 1946-, Women physicists
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Shirley Ann Jackson to Sidney L. Hantler, November 1977

  • 1977-Nov-08

  Shirley Ann Jackson (1946-) writes to Sidney L. Hantler, informing him that she would like to be considered for employment at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center.

  • Author Jackson, Shirley Ann, 1946-
  • Addressee Hantler, Sidney L.
  • Subject Jackson, Shirley Ann, 1946-, Hantler, Sidney L., African American physicists, Physicists, African American women physicists, Thomas J. Watson IBM Research Center, Women physicists
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Sidney L. Hantler to staff at the IBM Research Center, November 10, 1977

  • 1977-Nov-10

  Letter from Sidney L. Hantler to J.G. Armstrong, Hollis Leland Caswell (1901-1988) and J.C. McGroddy. The letter discusses Shirley Ann Jackson (1946-) strengths as an employment candidate, and the desirability of…

  • Author Hantler, Sidney L.
  • Addressee McGroddy, J. C., Caswell, Hollis L. (Hollis Leland), 1901-1988, Armstrong, J. G.
  • Subject Hantler, Sidney L., Armstrong, J.G., Caswell, Hollis L. (Hollis Leland), 1901-1988, McGroddy, J.C., Jackson, Shirley Ann, 1946-, African American physicists, Physicists, International Business Machines Corporation, African American women physicists, Women physicists
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from William A. Lester, Jr. to Fillmore Freeman, October 11, 1977

  • 1977-Oct-11

  William A. Lester, Jr. (1937-) congratulates Fillmore Freeman (1936-) on being selected as a Fulbright-Hays Scholar and being awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung fellowship.

  • Addressee Freeman, Fillmore, 1936-
  • Author Lester, William A., Jr., 1937-
  • Subject Lester, William A., Jr., 1937-, Freeman, Fillmore, 1936-, Fulbright scholarships, African American chemists, Chemists, Scholarships
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  Business correspondence

  Letter to William A. Lester, Jr. from Fillmore Freeman, January 6, 1978

  • 1978-Jan-06

  Fillmore Freeman (1936-) congratulates William A. Lester, Jr. (1937-) on being elected Vice-Chairperson of the Division of Physical Chemistry.

  • Addressee Lester, William A., Jr., 1937-
  • Author Freeman, Fillmore, 1936-
  • Subject Lester, William A., Jr., 1937-, Freeman, Fillmore, 1936-, Chemists, African American chemists
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Moddie D. Taylor to William A. Lester, Jr., August 30, 1974

  • 1974-Aug-30

  Moddie D. Taylor (1912-1976) writes to William A. Lester, Jr. (1937-) about an upcoming talk Lester will be giving at Howard University.

  • Author Taylor, Moddie D. (Moddie Daniel), 1912-
  • Addressee Lester, William A., Jr., 1937-
  • Subject Howard University, Lester, William A., Jr., 1937-, Taylor, Moddie D., 1912-1976, Chemists, African American chemists
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  Business correspondence

  Letter to William A. Lester, Jr. from Fillmore Freeman, June 14, 1974

  • 1976-Jun-14

  Letter from Fillmore Freeman (1936-), a professor of chemistry at University of California, Irvine, to William A. Lester, Jr. (1937-) about funding proposals submitted to the National Science Foundation (NSF).

  • Author Freeman, Fillmore, 1936-
  • Addressee Lester, William A., Jr., 1937-
  • Subject National Science Foundation (U.S.), Lester, William A., Jr., 1937-, Freeman, Fillmore, 1936-, Chemists, African American chemists
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  1H 13M 53S
  Video Recordings

  Henry Taube lecture at Brooklyn College

  • 1986-Mar-19

  This talk is part of the H. Martin Friedman Lecture series at Brooklyn College, which was intended to introduce high school students to careers in chemistry. Introductions to the talk and speaker are given by Leon…

  • Creator Of Work Taube, Henry, 1915-2005, Brooklyn College
  • Subject Chemistry--Study and teaching, Taube, Henry, 1915-2005, Nobel Prize winners, Lectures
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  2 items
  Business correspondence

  Memo from J. Robert Oppenheimer to all members of the Los Alamos Laboratory, 1945

  • 1945-Aug-08

  J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967) passes along a message from Robert P. Patterson (1891-1952) to the staff of the Los Alamos Laboratory. The message congratulates the team for their work on the Manhattan Project in the…

  • Author Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967
  • Addressee Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • Subject Los Alamos National Laboratory, Patterson, Robert Porter, 1891-1952, Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967, Bombardment of Hiroshima-shi (Hiroshima-shi, Japan : 1945), Manhattan Project (U.S.)
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  1H 37M 05S
  Video Recordings

  Chemical Heritage Foundation Conversazione

  • 2000-Jul-03

  A panel discussion about the past and future of the chemical industry, held in 2000 as part of the opening of the Chemical Heritage Foundation's new facilities in Philadelphia. Introductory remarks are given by Arnold…

  • Creator Of Work Chemical Heritage Foundation
  • Producer Bain & Associates, Inc.
  • Subject Chemical Heritage Foundation, Chemical industry, Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Churchill, Stuart Winston, 1920-, Baker, Dexter F., Holliday, Charles, Stavropoulos, William Spyros, 1939-, Bryant, David R., 1936-, Johnstone, John W., 1932-2011, Sinfelt, John H., Terrorism, Science--Study and teaching
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  Ephemera, Publications

  President Announces: Pacific War Ends; [Japanese] Accept Allied Terms

  • 1945-Aug-14

  Front page of an extra August 14, 1945 issue of The Knoxville News-Sentinel with the headline "President Announces: Pacific War Ends; Japs Accept Allied Terms. MacArthur is Top Commander," announcing that Japan has…

  • Publisher Knoxville News Sentinel Company
  • Subject World War (1939-1945), Japan, Racism, Racism in mass media, Newspapers, Tennessee--Knoxville, MacArthur, Douglas, 1909-
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  Ephemera, Publications

  A-Bomb Staggers [Japanese]

  • 1945-Aug-07

  Front page of the August 7, 1945 issue of The Knoxville News-Sentinel with the headline "A-Bomb Staggers Nips." The page has articles relating to the Oak Ridge Laboratory and the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan.…

  • Publisher Knoxville News Sentinel Company
  • Subject World War (1939-1945), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Atomic bomb, Japan, Racism, Racism in mass media, Tennessee--Knoxville, Newspapers
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  Ephemera, Publications

  Terror Bomb Hits Nagasaki

  • 1945-Aug-09

  Front page of the August 9, 1945 issue of The Knoxville Journal with the headline "Terror Bomb Hits Nagasaki." The page has articles relating to the dropping of the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki; and Japan and Soviets…

  • Publisher Journal and Tribune Co.
  • Subject China--Manchuria, Atomic bomb, Japan, World War (1939-1945), Nuclear weapons, Racism, Racism in mass media, Newspapers, Tennessee--Knoxville
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  Ephemera, Publications

  Atom Bomb Falls Again Millions Soviets Attack [Japanese]

  • 1945-Aug-09

  Front page of August 9, 1945 issue of The Knoxville News-Sentinel with the headline "Atom Bomb Falls Again Million Soviets Attack Japs." Notably, racist ethnic slurs are used to refer to the Japanese in the headline and…

  • Publisher Knoxville News Sentinel Company
  • Subject Japan--Nagasaki-shi, Atomic bomb, World War (1939-1945), Racism, Racism in mass media, Soviet Union, Newspapers, Tennessee--Knoxville
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  Ephemera, Publications

  Atomic Bomb Equal to 20,000 Tons of TNT Dropped on Japanese Port

  • 1945-Aug-06

  Front page of the August 6, 1945 issue of The Chattanooga News-Free Press with the headline "Atomic Bomb Equal to 20,000 Tons of TNT Dropped on Japanese Port." Notably, a racist ethnic slur is used to refer to the…

  • Publisher Chattanooga Publishing Company
  • Subject World War (1939-1945), Atomic bomb, Racism in mass media, Racism, Nuclear weapons, Japan, Newspapers, Tennessee--Chattanooga
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  2 items
  Publications

  The Los Alamos News Letter, October 25, 1945

  • The Los Alamos Newsletter, October 25, 1945

  • 1945-Oct-25

  The first issue of the Los Alamos News Letter, to be published weekly by the Association of Los Alamos Scientists, and covering national and international news about atomic energy. The first issue provides an overview…

  • Creator Of Work Association of Los Alamos Scientists
  • Subject Association of Los Alamos Scientists, Newsletters, Nuclear energy, New Mexico--Los Alamos, Los Alamos National Laboratory
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  Manuscripts, Records (Documents)

  Dr. J. R.Oppenheimer's Speech of Acceptance for Scroll Presented to the Los Alamos National Laboratory by Major General L. R. Groves, October 16, 1945

  • 1945-Oct-16

  Transcript of J. Robert Oppenheimer's (1904-1967) acceptance speech for a scroll presented to the Los Alamos Laboratory by Major General Leslie R. Groves (1896-1970). The Los Alamos Laboratory was given the Army-Navy…

  • Author Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967
  • Subject Los Alamos National Laboratory, Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967, World War (1939-1945), Awards, Groves, Leslie R., 1896-1970, Speeches, Atomic bomb
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  76 items
  Publications

  In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer: Texts of Principal Documents and Letters of Personnel Security Board General Manager Commissioners

  • 1954-May-27 – 1954-Jun-29

  This booklet details the security clearance hearing of J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967), a pivotal figure in the development of nuclear physics and the atomic bomb, conducted between April and May 1954. The…

  • Creator Of Work U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
  • Publisher United States. Government Printing Office
  • Subject Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Legislative hearings, Security clearances
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  4 items
  Records (Documents), Press releases

  War Department press release about Los Alamos, New Mexico

  • 1945

  Press release issues by the United States War Department providing background information on Los Alamos, New Mexico, the site for the Los Alamos Laboratory. The Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory is best known as the…

  • Creator Of Work United States. War Department
  • Subject United States. War Department, New Mexico--Los Alamos, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Manhattan Project (U.S.)
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  26M 54S
  Video Recordings

  Analysis by Mass: An introduction to the Mass Spectrometer

  • 1962

  This educational film explains how mass spectrometers identify elements in compounds using the different masses of atoms to distinguish between the elements. It also introduces different kinds of mass spectrometers,…

  • Creator Of Work Associated Electrical Industries
  • Subject Mass spectrometry, Mass spectrometers, Scientific apparatus and instruments
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  1H 10M 36S
  Video Recordings

  A Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the American Chemical Society Publication, "The Journal of Inorganic Chemistry"

  • 1986-Sep-10

  Speakers at a dinner celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, held at the 192nd American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting. Remarks at this lively event mostly focus on the history…

  • Creator Of Work American Chemical Society
  • Subject American Chemical Society, Chemistry, Inorganic, Chemistry, Inorganic--Research, Periodicals, Chemistry--Periodicals, Hawthorne, M. Frederick, Parry, Robert W. (Robert Walter), 1917-, King, Edward L. (Edward Louis), 1920-, Pimentel, George C., Lippard, Stephen J., Stucky, Galen D., 1936-, Kaesz, Herbert D., Shriver, D. F. (Duward F.), 1934-, Bowen, D. H. Michael, Congresses and conventions
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  58M 50S
  Video Recordings

  Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri

  • 1997

  One of many in a series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The 1996 lecture includes the…

  • Creator Of Work Shakhashiri, Bassam Z.
  • Subject Science--Study and teaching, Lectures, Chemistry--Experiments, University of Wisconsin--Madison, Christmas, Combustion, Polyurethanes, Nylon, Polymers, Liquid nitrogen, Liquid oxygen, Chemiluminescence
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  15 items
  Oral histories

  Oral history interview with O. Theodor Benfey

  • 1991-May-24
  • 1991-Jun-05

  O. Theodor Benfey begins the interview with a description of his childhood in Germany during the rise of the Third Reich. He tells of his experiences in England, where he was a student during the war, and then his move…

  • Interviewee Benfey, O. Theodor (Otto Theodor), 1925-
  • Interviewer Bohning, James J.
  • Subject Benfey, O. Theodor (Otto Theodor), 1925-, Chemists, World War (1939-1945), Chemistry, Physical organic chemistry, Chemists--Biography
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  56M 56S
  Video Recordings

  Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri

  • 1996

  One of many in a series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The 1996 lecture includes the…

  • Creator Of Work Shakhashiri, Bassam Z.
  • Subject Science--Study and teaching, Lectures, Chemistry--Experiments, University of Wisconsin--Madison, Christmas, Combustion, Liquid nitrogen, Carbon dioxide, Sublimation (Chemistry), Chemiluminescence
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  47M 22S
  Video Recordings

  Chemical Heritage Foundation Innovation Day: Gordon E. Moore Award presentation

  • 2004-Sep-14

  This video captures the first ever presentation of the Society of Chemical Industry's (SCI) Gordon E. Moore Medal for early-career success in innovation, given to George Barclay of Rohm and Haas for his work in creating…

  • Creator Of Work Chemical Heritage Foundation
  • Subject Chemical Heritage Foundation, Society of Chemical Industry (Great Britain). American Section, Chemistry--Awards, Chemical industry, Semiconductor industry, Moore, Gordon E., 1929-2023