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Oral history interview with Doron Levin
- 2001-Dec-01
- 2021-Jan-19
Doron Levin grew up in Johannesburg, South Africa, one of four children. His father was an auto mechanic and his mother a bookkeeper. Levin followed the science track in high school, and he was inspired to study…
- Interviewee Levin, Doron, 1970-
- Interviewer Reynolds, Ron
- Sponsor Society of Chemical Industry (Great Britain). American Section
- Subject Levin, Doron, 1970-, Chemical engineering, Exxon Corporation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. David H. Koch School of Chemical Engineering Practice, Mobil Oil Company, Catalysts, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Petroleum chemicals industry
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Monopoly: Go Green Edition
- 2020
A rectangular box with an illustration of a city using multiple forms of renewable energy and the iconic Mr. Monopoly. Box contains 1 instruction booklet, 1 gameboard, 6 plastic tokens, 18 title deed cards, 16 chance…
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Oral history interview with Norman R. Augustine
- 2020-Sep-22
- 2020-Oct-15
Norman R. Augustine was born on July 27, 1935, in Denver, Colorado. An only child, he grew up just about on the prairie and loved spending time in the nearby mountains. His father fought in World War I, and Augustine…
- Interviewee Augustine, Norman R.
- Interviewer Caruso, David J. (David Joseph), 1978-, Evans, Kenneth M., (Kenneth Mellinger), Matthews, Kirstin R. W.
- Subject Augustine, Norman R., Aerospace engineering, Douglas Aircraft Company, Pentagon (Va.), United States. Defense Science Board, Martin Marietta Corporation, Science and state, Lockheed Martin
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Oral history interview with Shirley Mahaley Malcom
- 2020-Aug-05
- 2020-Aug-25
Shirley Mahaley Malcom was born in 1946 in Birmingham, Alabama, which was a segregated city. She grew up in her grandmother’s house with her parents and sister and was surrounded by other family and a strong Black…
- Interviewee Malcom, Shirley M., 1946-
- Interviewer Caruso, David J. (David Joseph), 1978-, Evans, Kenneth M., (Kenneth Mellinger), Matthews, Kirstin R. W.
- Subject Civil rights movements, Race discrimination, Minorities in science, Women in science, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Science and state, National Science Board (U.S.), Sputnik satellites, African American women scientists, Clinton, Bill, 1946-, Scientists, Black, Ecologists, Malcom, Shirley M., 1946-
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Bellen's More than Peach Working Document and Crayon Prototypes
- 2019
Bellen Woodard’s collection of thirteen crayon samples and working document from the process of naming colors for More Than Peach™ crayons.
In 2019, Bellen Woodard (2010-) founded Bellen’s More Than Peach™ Project.…
- Creator Of Work Bellen's More than Peach
- Subject Coloring for children, Commercial products, Crayons, Human skin color, Woodard, Bellen
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Bellen's More than Peach National Crayon Day Coloring Sheet
- Circa 2019
A coloring page by Bellen Woodard (2010-) in celebration of National Crayon Day 2019. The image foreground depicts a fence of crayons labeled with Bellen's More than Peach™ crayon names and colored with the…
- Creator Of Work Bellen's More than Peach
- Artist Woodard, Bellen
- Subject Crayons, Coloring for children, Human skin color, Commercial products, Woodard, Bellen
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7 items
Oral history interview with Sandra Harding
- 2019-Apr-23 – 2019-Apr-25
- 2019-Aug-28
Sandra Harding was born in San Francisco, California, the first of five children born to Lloyd and Constance Harding. Her father's struggle to find work during the Great Depression led the family to Los Angeles, where…
- Interviewee Harding, Sandra G.
- Interviewer Klett, Joseph, Roberts, Jody A., 1976-
- Subject Harding, Sandra G., Philosophers, Women philosophers, Feminism, Feminist theory, Feminists, Science--Philosophy, Women in higher education
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2 items
Reproduction of Voltaic Pile
- 2018
Modern reproduction of the first electric battery invented by Alessandro Volta in 1800. Base and top are wooden. Between the base and top rests a stack or pile of 46 copper-zinc cells. Electrodes used to tranfer the…
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Ballet Pointe Shoes
- Circa 2018
A pair of customized ballet pointe shoes worn and donated by Chanel Holland (1990 – ), founder and artistic director of Philadelphia’s Chocolate Ballerina Company. In 2016, Holland wore these shoes when she launched her…
- Manufacturer Bloch
- Subject Chocolate Ballerina Company, Ballet, Ballet slippers, Human skin color, African American ballerinas, Ballerinas, Ballet dancing
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52 items
Distillations, Volume 3 Number 3
- 2017 (Fall)
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52 items
Distillations, Volume 3 Number 2
- 2017 (Summer)
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Research interview with Rasheedah Phillips
- 2017-Sep-11
Rasheedah Phillips was born in Trenton, New Jersey in 1984. She moved to Philadelphia at fourteen years old, the same year she became a mother. Four years later, Rasheedah graduated with honors from Abraham Lincoln High…
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3 items
Research interview with Adam Garber
- 2017-Aug-07
Adam Garber was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1983. He has three sisters, including a twin, and both his parents have PhDs. Adam and his family were very involved in their synagogue and Atlanta’s Jewish community. At the…
- Interviewee Garber, Adam, 1983-
- Interviewer Eardley-Pryor, Roger
- Sponsor Climate & Urban Systems Partnership
- Subject Garber, Adam, 1983-, Air--Pollution, Air quality, Judaism, Clean energy, Environmental policy, Pollution
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Research interview with Peter Handler
- 2017-Aug-03
Peter Handler was born in 1947 in Brooklyn, New York, and spent much of his childhood in New Jersey. Self-described as an atheist-Jew, Peter spent his summers as a teenager at the Shaker Village Work Camp in New…
- Interviewee Handler, Peter, 1947-
- Interviewer Eardley-Pryor, Roger
- Sponsor Climate & Urban Systems Partnership
- Subject Handler, Peter, 1947-, Woodstock Festival, Communal living, Climatology, Environmentalists--Political activity
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Research interview with Tykee James
- 2017-Aug-02
Tykee James was born on January 21, 1994, at Temple Hospital in North Philadelphia. He soon moved with his parents to the Fort Irwin Army Base in the High Mojave Desert of California. In 2000, after his parents’…
- Interviewee James, Tykee, 1994-
- Interviewer Eardley-Pryor, Roger
- Sponsor Climate & Urban Systems Partnership
- Subject James, Tykee, 1994-, Environmentalists--Political activity, Air quality, Air--Pollution
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Research interview with Kirtrina Baxter
- 2017-Jul-27
- 2017-Aug-02
Kirtrina Baxter was born in 1969 in New Brunswick, New Jersey. She grew up in a diverse neighborhood in Willingboro, New Jersey, where her parents are Evangelical pastors. Katrina spent childhood summers in Philadelphia…
- Interviewee Baxter, Kirtrina, 1969-
- Interviewer Eardley-Pryor, Roger
- Sponsor Climate & Urban Systems Partnership
- Subject Baxter, Kirtrina, 1969-, Women in science, Scientists, Black, African American women, Urban agriculture, Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
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Research interview with Pouné Saberi
- 2017-Jul-14
Pouné Saberi was born in Tehran, Iran, and experienced the 1979 Iranian Revolution as a child. Her family left Iran in the mid-1980s during its war with Iraq and settled briefly in Boston. Pouné’s parents and younger…
- Interviewee Saberi, Pouné
- Interviewer Eardley-Pryor, Roger
- Sponsor Climate & Urban Systems Partnership
- Subject Saberi, Pouné, Women in science, Women in medicine, Physicians, Women physicians, Revolution (Iran : 1979), Public health, Physicians for Social Responsibility (U.S.), Toxins--Environmental aspects, Emigration and immigration
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Research interview with Damali Rhett
- 2017-Jul-13
Damali Rhett was born in October 1977, in Cleveland, Ohio. Her name derives from a Nigerian praise poem and means “beautiful vision.” As an infant, Damali moved to Washington, D.C. During high school Damali was accepted…
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Research interview with Eileen Flanagan
- 2017-Jul-07
Eileen Flanagan was born in Philadelphia in 1962. She grew up in a one-bedroom apartment in Bala Cynwyd, just outside of Philadelphia. She attended Friends Central High School and graduated from Duke University. In the…
- Interviewee Flanagan, Eileen, 1962-
- Interviewer Eardley-Pryor, Roger
- Sponsor Climate & Urban Systems Partnership
- Subject Flanagan, Eileen, 1962-, Women in science, Quakers, Social justice, Environmental justice, Peace Corps (U.S.)
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Research interview with Jalyn Williams
- 2017-Jul-06
Jalyn Williams was born in Philadelphia in January 2001. She has lived in West Philadelphia, in Upper Darby, and in Chester. Jalyn is an honors student at Central High School in Philadelphia, a four-year college…
- Interviewee Williams, Jalyn, 2001-
- Interviewer Eardley-Pryor, Roger
- Sponsor Climate & Urban Systems Partnership
- Subject Williams, Jalyn, 2001-, Environmentalists