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Oral history interview with Craig R. Barrett
- 2005-Dec-14
- 2006-Mar-23
Craig R. Barrett begins the interview by describing his family background and the origins of the "Barrett" last name. Influenced by his biological father, Barrett gravitated towards the outdoors and had to choose…
- Interviewee Barrett, Craig R., 1939-
- Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Brock, David C.
- Sponsor Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Subject Moore, Gordon E., 1929-2023, Grove, Andrew S., Noyce, Robert N. (Robert Norton), 1927-1990, Intel Corporation, Fairchild (Firm), Microelectronics industry--Employees, Materials science, Barrett, Craig R., 1939-
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2 items
Oral history interview with Charles K. Barlowe
- 2002-Oct-07 – 2002-Oct-09
Charles K. Barlowe was raised during the time of desegregation in Saluda, Virginia near the Chesapeake Bay, the youngest of three children. His father was a World War II veteran who used the G. I. Bill to become,…
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Oral history interview with James C. A. Bardwell
- 2004-Apr-05 – 2004-Apr-06
James C. A. Bardwell was born and raised in Saskatoon, Canada. He was influenced early on by his family and by his religion, and knew that he had the interest and drive to go into science. Bardwell entered the…
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Oral history interview with Brian D. Dylnacht
- 2004-Aug-19 – 2004-Aug-20
Brian D. Dynlacht spent much of his youth in Coral Gables, Florida, one of three children. From his youth Dynlacht was impressed by his father, a man who suffered through the Holocaust as a child and survived through…
- Interviewee Dylnacht, Brain D., 1965-
- Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Molecular biologists, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Molecular biology--Research, Science and state, Genomics, Dylnacht, Brain D., 1965-
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2 items
Oral history interview with John D. Baldeschwieler
- 2003-Jun-13
John D. Baldeschwieler begins the interview with a discussion of his family and childhood interests. He was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, on 14 November 1933. He attended a public school in Cranford, New Jersey, before…
- Interviewee Baldeschwieler, John D., 1933-
- Interviewer Daemmrich, Arthur, Brock, David C.
- Subject Science and state, Baldeschwieler, John D., 1933-, United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps, Cyclotron resonance, Infrared spectroscopy, United States. Commission on Science and Technology, California Institute of Technology, Chemical engineers, Nuclear magnetic resonance
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Oral history interview with Beth Pilling
- 2014-Jan-06
Beth Pilling grew up in Spring House, Pennsylvania. She had very little interaction in Ambler, and she remembers the White Mountains as being just part of the landscape; there was no concern about asbestos then. Pilling…
- Interviewee Pilling, Beth, 1945-
- Interviewer Berry, Lee Sullivan
- Sponsor National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
- Subject Asbestos, Asbestos--Environmental aspects, Asbestos--Health aspects, Asbestosis--Research, Community development--Environmental aspects, Environmental sciences, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, Piling, Beth
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Oral history interview with Anne McDonough
- 2014-Jan-20
Anne McDonough grew up in State College, Pennsylvania. At Pennsylvania State University she majored in biology and environment and in education. She now teaches science at Wissahickon High School. Her husband is also in…
- Interviewee McDonough, Anne, 1958-
- Interviewer Berry, Lee Sullivan
- Sponsor National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
- Subject Asbestos, Asbestos--Environmental aspects, Asbestos--Health aspects, Asbestosis--Research, Community development--Environmental aspects, Environmental sciences, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, McDonough, Anne
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Oral history interview with Sharon McCormick
- 2013-Nov-08
Sharon McCormick grew up Northeast Philadelphia. Moving when her children were adolescent, she chose Ambler for its walkability, quaintness, and neighborhood feel. At that time she did not know about the asbestos dumps…
- Interviewee McCormick, Sharon, 1964-
- Interviewer Berry, Lee Sullivan
- Sponsor National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
- Subject Asbestos, Asbestos--Environmental aspects, Asbestos--Health aspects, Asbestosis--Research, Community development--Environmental aspects, Environmental sciences, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, McCormick, Sharon, 1964-
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Oral history interview with Tim Hughes
- 2014-Apr-02
Tim Hughes grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, one of eight children; his father was a surgeon. Hughes took a degree in business from St. Francis University and started his own business. He now lives in Whitpain…
- Interviewee Hughes, Tim, 1954-
- Interviewer Berry, Lee Sullivan
- Sponsor National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
- Subject Asbestos, Asbestos--Environmental aspects, Asbestos--Health aspects, Asbestosis--Research, Community development--Environmental aspects, Environmental sciences, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, Hughes, Tim, 1954-
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Oral history interview with James Feeney
- 2014-Mar-07
James Feeney grew up in Philadelphia and earned degrees in chemical engineering and biological sciences. He became a remedial project manager for the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Ambler asbestos piles…
- Interviewee Feeney, James J.
- Interviewer Berry, Lee Sullivan
- Sponsor National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
- Subject Asbestos, Asbestos--Environmental aspects, Asbestos--Health aspects, Asbestosis--Research, Community development--Environmental aspects, Environmental sciences, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, Feeney, James, 1969-, Waterways, Water quality
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Oral history interview with Helen DuTeau
- 2014-Mar-13
Helen DuTeau has been working with Superfund community involvement programs in the Environmental Protection Agency for more than twenty years. She explains the law that cites community involvement as an important factor…
- Interviewee DuTeau, Helen
- Interviewer Berry, Lee Sullivan
- Sponsor National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
- Subject Asbestos, Asbestos--Environmental aspects, Asbestos--Health aspects, Asbestosis--Research, Community development--Environmental aspects, Environmental sciences, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, DuTeau, Helen, 1969-
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Oral history interview with Joseph P. Dougherty
- 1993-May-07
- 1993-May-11
- 1993-May-18
- 1993-May-21
Joseph P. Dougherty begins his oral history with a discussion of his youth in various parts of New York City and raises such topics as his family's religion and his father's experiences with the local unions. Dougherty…
- Interviewee Dougherty, Joseph P., 1952-
- Interviewer Hathaway, Neil D.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Virologists, Virology--Research, Medical scientists, HIV (Viruses), Medicine--Research, Genetic engineering, Dougherty, Joseph P., 1952-
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2 items
Oral history interview with Peter R. Arvan
- 1993-Jun-29
- 1993-Jul-02
- 1993-Jul-05 – 1993-Jul-06
Peter R. Arvan begins the interview discussing his childhood in Queens, New York. Arvan’s family background played an important role in his development, including his mother’s escape from Nazi Germany as a teenager.…
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Oral history interview with Paul S. Anderson
- 2002-Oct-28
Paul S. Anderson begins the interview with a discussion of his family and his childhood in Vermont. Though he was born in Concord, Vermont, in 1938, his father became the superintendent of Swainton, Vermont, schools…
- Interviewee Anderson, Paul S., 1938-
- Interviewer Traynham, James G.
- Sponsor Society of Chemical Industry (Great Britain). American Section
- Subject Pharmaceutical industry -- Research, Pharmaceutical chemistry, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, DuPont-Merck Pharmaceutical Company, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Anderson, Paul S., 1938-
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Oral History Interview with Paul J. Anderson
- 1995-May-18 – 1995-May-19
- 1995-May-22
Paul J. Anderson, the oldest of four children, was born in 1954; he grew up in a suburb of Syracuse, New York. His father was a school teacher and administrator, his mother a housewife. He discovered a love of science…
- Interviewee Anderson, Paul J., 1956-
- Interviewer Novak, Steven J.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Microbiologists, Medical scientists, Cancer--Treatment--Research, Cancer--Immunological aspects, Clinical immunology, Medicine--Research
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Oral history interview with Bernadette Dougherty
- 2014-Jan-08
Bernadette Dougherty grew up in Abington, Pennsylvania, moving to Ambler after her marriage. She attended Temple University, Ambler, for two years, returning later to complete a degree in community and regional…
- Interviewee Dougherty, Bernadette, 1950-
- Interviewer Berry, Lee Sullivan
- Sponsor National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
- Subject Asbestos, Asbestos--Environmental aspects, Asbestos--Health aspects, Asbestosis--Research, Community development--Environmental aspects, Environmental sciences, Asbestos Abatement, Dougherty, Bernadette, 1950-
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Oral history interview with Richard I. Dorsky
- 2009-Jul-15 – 2009-Jul-16
Richard I. Dorsky grew up in Palo Alto, California. His father was a chemist; his mother was a computer programmer. Dorsky always liked to understand how things worked, and his father promoted Dorsky's early interest in…
- Interviewee Dorsky, Richard I., 1969-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject University of Utah, Neurobiology, Neurobiology--Research, Neurobiologists, Wnt proteins, Developmental neurobiology, Dorsky, Richard I., 1969-
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Oral history interview with John D. Altman
- 2006-Jan-30 – 2006-Jan-31
- 2006-Feb-01
John D. Altman was born and raised in Birmingham, a suburb of Detroit, Michigan. He and his sister, two years younger, attended public schools, where, without parental prodding (or so he remembers), both were good…
- Interviewee Altman, John D., 1962-
- Interviewer Frenkel, Karen A.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Emory University, Immunologists, Vaccines -- Research, HIV (Viruses)--Research, Altman, John D., 1962-, Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
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267 items
Chemistry, Theoretical, Practical, and Analytical, as Applied and Relating to the Arts and Manufactures, Vol. 1
- 1860
The first of two encyclopedic volumes seeking to provide a comprehensive exposition of the state of chemical manufactures at the turn of the 19th century. Written by James Sheridan Muspratt (1821-1871), an Irish-born…
- Author Muspratt, Sheridan, 1821-1871
- Publisher Mackenzie, William
- Contributor Horsford, Eben Norton, 1818-1893
- Engraver Cook, Conrad
- Subject Chemistry, Technical, Chemistry--Dictionaries, Encyclopedias and dictionaries, Science--Study and teaching, Science--Encyclopedias, Science--Terminology
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344 items
The Development of the Periodic Law
- 1896
This reference work represents a comprehensive study of the development of the natural law underlying the relations of the elements and their properties. Provides a detailed description of the events, discoveries, and…
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358 items
The Microscopical Examination of Foods and Drugs
- A practical introduction to the methods adopted in the microscopical examination of foods and drugs, in the entire, crushed and powdered states
- 1903
A textbook specifically devoted to the "practical instruction in the methods of examining vegetable foods, drugs, and their powders" written by Henry George Greenish, Professor of Pharmaceutics to the Pharmaceutical…
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460 items
Chemical Warfare
- 1921
Written by officers of the United States Army Chemical Warfare Service and National Research Council, Chemical Warfare serves to provide a historical sketch of the development and personnel of the Chemical Warfare…
- Author Fries, Amos A. (Amos Alfred), 1873-1963, West, Clarence J. (Clarence Jay), 1886-1953
- Publisher McGraw-Hill Book Company
- Subject Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous -- War use., Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous, Chemical warfare, Chemical agents (Munitions), World War (1914-1918), Gas masks, Chlorine, Phosgene, Carbon monoxide, Smoke--Toxicology
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Styron...the Right Plastic!
- Circa 1946
Color print advertisement for Styron, the trade name for Styrenic plastics historically manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for a variety of consumer applications. The advertisement features photographs of…
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4 items
Oral history interview with Thomas M. Aitchison and Jean Aitchison
- 2000-Jul-04
In his joint interview with Jean Aitchison, Thomas M. Aitchison begins his interview by detailing his educational background and then continues by discussing how he first became interested in the field of information…
- Interviewee Aitchison, Jean, 1925-, Aitchison, Thomas M., 1923-
- Interviewer Rayward, W. Boyd
- Sponsor Eugene Garfield Foundation
- Subject Aitchison, Thomas M., 1923-, Aitchison, Jean, 1925-, British Aircraft Corporation, Librarians, Institution of Electrical Engineers, Classification, INSPEC, National Electronics Research Council (England), Ranganathan, S. R. (Shiyali Ramamrita), Bliss Classification Association, Information storage and retrieval systems
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354 items
Flesh Foods, with Methods for their Chemical, Microscopical, and Bacteriological Examination
- A practical hand-book for medical men, analysts, inspectors, and others
- 1900
Written by Charles Ainsworth Mitchell (1867-1948), a British chemist who specialized in the microscopic and chemical study of handwriting for forensic analysis, Flesh Foods summarizes the various contemporary…