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28M 59S
Atomic Power at Shippingport
- 1958
Atomic Power at Shippingport is a tour of America's first nuclear power plant devoted entirely to peaceful uses, located in Shippingport, Pennsylvania. Includes footage the plant's construction and work done at the…
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28M 17S
Plowshare
- 1961
Plowshare is a short film about the U.S. government's Project Plowshare, which ran from 1957 to 1977, and explored peaceful uses for nuclear explosives, mostly around earth moving and construction.
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53S
First Private Atom Power Plant Opens
- 1957
This 1-minute short film shows the opening of the Vallecitos Atomic Electric Power Plant in Alameda County, California. This plant was a boiling water reactor and the first privately owned nuclear power plant in the…
- Creator Of Work Universal newsreel
- Subject Vallecitos Superheat Reactor, Nuclear energy, Nuclear power plants, Boiling water reactors
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20M 54S
Pick of the Pod
- 1939
Pick of the Pod is about pea farming and the vegetable canning process, specifically promoting the Del Monte brand of the California Packing Corporation. This version is taken from a DVD copy and not from the original…
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1H 10M 41S
The Miracle of the Can
- 1956
The Miracle of the Can uses skits to show the development of canning technology throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries and how that technology was a boon to American farmers, the economy, the employment rate,…
- Creator Of Work American Can Company
- Producer Caravel Films, Inc.
- Subject Canning and preserving, Food industry and trade, Vegetables--Preservation, Housewives, Canned foods industry
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Alaska's Silver Millions
- 1936
Alaska's Silver Millions is about the many natural resources in Alaska, but focuses on the salmon fishing and canning industry. Narrated by Father Bernard R. Hubbard, "The Glacier Priest." This version is taken from a…
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1H 50M 29S
Samuel Natelson lecture to the Ohio Valley Section of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry
- 1992
Samuel Natelson's lecture focuses on his time at the Rockford Memorial Hospital (Rockford, Illinois) as a clinical chemist, where he worked on improving the odds for survival of the premature infants. Specifically,…
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Samuel R. Natelson Collection
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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5 items
Papers of Spofford Grady English
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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26M 03S
Expand Your Horizons
- 2000-Apr-01
One of a series of events held in Philadelphia for sixth grade girls interested in careers in science. Speakers talk about their careers as women in science and lead attendees in conducting experiments related to their…
- Creator Of Work American Chemical Society. Philadelphia Section
- Subject Women in science, Science--Study and teaching, Science--Experiments
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4 items
Workshop on a National Resource for Computation in Chemistry
- 1976
Overview of a workshop for a National Resource for Computation in Chemistry (NRCC) to be held at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in November, 1976. Documents include the workshop objectives and travel information.
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4 items
Bulletin for the National Resource for Computation in Chemistry
- 1977-Oct
Bulletin for the National Resource for Computation in Chemistry (NRCC), published in October 1977. Included in the bulletin is a questionnaire and the NRCC policy board.
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Letter from William A. Lester, Jr. to Harry L. Morrison, April 7, 1975
- 1975-Apr-07
William A. Lester, Jr. (1937-) accepts Harry L. Morrison's (1932-2002) invitation to speak at the upcoming Symposium of Afro-American Scientists at Howard University.
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3 items
Scientific Program agenda, May 1975
- 1975-May-01
Draft of the agenda for the second Award Ceremony for Outstanding Black Physicists, to be held at Howard University on May 1, 1975. This ceremony was a part of a Day of Scientific Lectures and Seminars (DOSLAS). These…
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4 items
Second Awards Ceremony for Outstanding Black Physicists
- 1975-May-01
Booklet for the second Awards Ceremony for Outstanding Black Physicists, held at Howard University on May 1, 1975. The award ceremony honored Dr. Herman Branson (1914-1995), Dr. Warren E. Henry (1909-2001), and Dr.…
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Letter from Harry L. Morrison to William A. Lester, Jr., March 25, 1975
- 1975-Mar-25
Invitation from Harry L. Morrison (1932-2002) to William A. Lester, Jr. (1937-) to speak at the upcoming Symposium of Afro-American Scientists at Howard University.
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4 items
Howard University Cooperative Physics Program for Developing Institutions brochure
- 1974
Brochure for Howard University's cooperative physics program for developing institutions. This brochure covers the objectives of the program, financial aid, and application procedures.
- Creator Of Work Howard University
- Subject Howard University, Physics, Physics--Study and teaching
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23 items
Proposal for a National Center for Computational Chemistry at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory of the University of California
- 1974-May-17
Proposal for the University of California to operate the Center for Computational Chemistry at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
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Letter to William A. Lester, Jr. from Fillmore Freeman, September 29, 1977
- 1977-Sep-29
Letter from Fillmore Freeman (1936-) to William A. Lester, Jr. (1937-) about receiving various grants and fellowships.
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Letter to William A. Lester, Jr. from Ayodeji Jeje, October 23, 1977
- 1977-Oct-23
Letter from Ayodeji Jeje to William A. Lester, Jr. (1937-) inviting him to a conference in Lagos, Nigeria sponsored by the World Black Researchers Association (WBRA). Themed "Survival," the conference was about the…
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9 items
Memorandum of Understanding Between the Energy Research and Development Administration and the National Science Foundation Concerning Procedures to be Used in the Establishment of the National Resource for Computation in Chemistry.
- 1976
Memorandum regarding the establishment of the National Resource for Computation in Chemistry (NRCC) between the two entities, the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Energy Research and Development Administration…
- Creator Of Work National Science Foundation (U.S.), United States. Energy Research and Development Administration, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. National Resource for Computation in Chemistry
- Subject United States. Energy Research and Development Administration, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. National Resource for Computation in Chemistry, National Science Foundation (U.S.), Kane, James S.
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Shirley Ann Jackson's application for employment at IBM
- 1977-Nov-08
Shirley Ann Jackson's (1946-) application for employment at IBM.
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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.
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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 I.B.M. Thomas J. Watson Research Center.
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Letter from Sidney L. Hantler to staff at the IBM Research Center
- 1977-Nov-10
Letter from Sidney L. Hantler to J.G. Armstrong, Hollis Leland Caswell (1901-1988) and J.C. McGroddy. The letter discusses interviewing Shirley Ann Jackson (1946-).
- 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, Scientists, Scientists, Black, International Business Machines Corporation, African American women physicists