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Oral history interview with Herbert T. Pratt
- 2006-Jun-13 – 2006-Jun-14
Herbert T. Pratt was born in Leaksville, North Carolina (now Eden, North Carolina) in 1926. An only child, Pratt grew up surrounded by books. His parents valued history, and he relays stories of his grandfather, Josiah…
- Interviewee Pratt, Herbert T.
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject Pratt, Herbert T., Fieldcrest Mills Inc., Chemical engineering, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Quality control, Forensic sciences, American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists, Book collecting, Enfield, William, 1741-1797, Mott, Henry A. (Henry Augustus), 1852-1896, Hymnals, Coat hangers
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Oral history interview with Robert Carpenter
- 2012-Jan-10
- 2012-Apr-03
- 2013-Jan-29
Robert Carpenter was born in San Diego, California, in 1945. He moved to South Bend, Indiana, where his father started a family bakery when he was an infant. When Carpenter was in elementary school, the family moved to…
- Interviewee Carpenter, Robert, 1945-
- Interviewer Jones, Mark, 1958-, Stokes, Cassandra
- Subject Carpenter, Robert, 1945-, United States Military Academy, Vietnam War (1961-1975), Harvard University. Graduate School of Business Administration, Baxter International Inc., Recombinant DNA, Biotechnology, Tissue plasminogen activator, Genzyme Transgenics Corporation
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Oral history interview with Sidney Edelstein
- 1987-Aug-31 (First session)
- 1988-Feb-24 (Second session)
In this interview Sidney Edelstein begins with his family life in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and includes his early education and experiences at the Baylor School in Chattanooga. He describes his undergraduate career at…
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Oral history interview with Gabriel Schmergel
- 2011-Dec-15
- 2012-Sep-18
Gabriel Schmergel was born in 1940 in Budapest, Hungary. He immigrated to the United States at the age of sixteen shortly after the Soviet Union defeated the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. His parents worked manual labor…
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Oral history interview with Peter Baumann
- 2009-Sep-09 – 2009-Sep-10
At the request of the interviewee, the abstract of the interview and interviewee’s biographical data have not been included. For more information, please contact the Center for Oral History.
- Interviewee Baumann, Peter, 1969-
- Interviewer Domush, Hilary
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Baumann, Peter, 1969-, Molecular biology, Imperial Cancer Research Fund (Great Britain), DNA repair, Telomerase, University of Colorado Boulder, Proteins, Herpetology
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Oral history interview with Vishva M. Dixit
- 2022-Feb-28
- 2022-Apr-18
Vishva M. Dixit was born in Kisii, Kenya in 1956. His parents, who were originally from India, served as physicians in Kenya with the British Army, and they stayed in the country after their service. Dixit experienced…
- Interviewee Dixit, Vishva
- Interviewer Caruso, David J. (David Joseph), 1978-, Schneider, Sarah, 1991-
- Subject Emigration and immigration, Physicians, Molecular biology, Apoptosis, Cancer--Research, Genentech, Inc., Biotechnology, University of Michigan. Medical School, Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.). School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, Thrombospondins, Cancer--Treatment, Dixit, Vishva
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Musaeum Metallicum in Libros IIII
- 1648
Volume 13 of the monumental Opera omnia (Bologna, 1599–1668) by Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522–1605), professor of natural history at Bologna. Only the first four volumes of the Opera were published in his lifetime, and the…
- Author Aldrovandi, Ulisse, 1522-1605?
- Editor Ambrosini, Bartolommeo, 1588-1657
- Publisher Typis lo. Battista Ferronij
- Subject Geology, Natural history, Mineralogy, Metallurgy, Fossils, Archaeology
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Metallotheca : Opus Posthumum
- 1717
Although written in the sixteenth century, this first edition printing was edited and published by Giovanni Maria Lancisi (1654–1720) in 1717. By as early as 1574, Mercati (1541–1593), director of the Vatican botanical…
- Author Mercati, Michele, 1541-1593
- Publisher Ex officina Jo: Mariae Salvioni
- Editor Lancisi, Giovanni Maria, 1654-1720
- Subject Minerals, Fossils, Shells, Mineralogy, Paleontology, Sixtus V, Pope, 1520-1590
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8 items
Henry C. McBay Papers
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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Ray Dawson-Percy Julian Collection
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 Papers
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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Metamerism Samples
- Decade starting 2000
Three small squares of gray fabric placed under different lighting conditions to demonstrate the phenomena of metamerism. From left to right, the fabric samples are placed under commercial fluorescent, daylight…
- Manufacturer Black Swan Textiles
- Subject Colors, Textile fabrics, Optical illusions, Dyes and dyeing--Chemistry, Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers
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Metrohm E 1009 Spectrocolorimeter
- 1963
A spectrocolorimeter is a form of spectrophotometer that can calculate tristimulus values, or the the light intensity of primary color values in a sample.
- Manufacturer Metrohm AG
- Subject Colorimetry, Spectrophotometry, Colors, Spectrum analysis
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Upcycled Denim Backpack
- Circa 2023
A backpack constructed from light blue wash denim fabric. The bag is "upcycled" from denim pants picked from Gikomba, the largest second-hand market in Kenya. Includes a bright pink dust cover made from an upcycled…
- Creator Of Work Suave Kenya
- Subject Denim, Backpacks, Dress accessories, Upcycling (Waste, etc.), Textile waste--Recycling, Textile waste
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Badische Anilin & Soda-Fabrik Dye Tin
- After 1978 – before 2000
A black, aluminum dye box with a pry-off lid decorated by green text and the Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik insignia.
- Creator Of Work Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik
- Subject Dyes and dyeing, Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik, Dye industry
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Oral history interview with Albert Eschenmoser
- 1985-Oct-07
Albert Eschenmoser begins the interview with a discussion of his early life and education. Born in Switzerland, he attended school in the canton of Uri. At the age of sixteen, he decided that he wanted to become a…
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Oral history interview with Michael Szwarc
- 1986-Sep-11
In this interview, Michael Szwarc begins with his early interest in science while growing up in Poland, leading to his studies at the Warsaw Polytechnic Institute. Szwarc next describes his experiences from 1935, when…
- Interviewee Szwarc, Michael
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Szwarc, Michael, Chemistry, Organic, Chemical engineers, Emigration and immigration
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Watercolor Portrait of Max Planck
- 1967
Watercolor portrait of Max Planck (1858-1947). Planck was a German theoretical physicist whose discovery of energy quanta won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918. Planck deduced the relationship between the energy…
- Artist Egolf, Christopher
- Subject Planck, Max, 1858-1947, Nobel Prize winners, Quantum theory, Radiation
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Fritz Haber attending a preparatory meeting at the Universidad Internacional de Verano de Santander
- 1933-Aug
Photograph taken at the “first scientific meeting” of the Santander Summer School. This 11-day meeting, dedicated to chemistry, was held August 9th through 20th, 1933 by International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry…
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Letter from Charles F. Chandler to the Henry H. Otters Manufacturing Company.
- 1911-Oct-11
Charles F. Chandler (1836-1925) writes to the Henry H. Otters Manufacturing Company to discuss calculations concerning the proportion of arsenic in food dye.
Chandler was an American Chemist known for his work in…
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Excerpt of a letter from Charles F. Chandler
- Circa 1910
A letter excerpt, likely by Charles F. Chandler (1836-1925) in which he posits that time spent extracting trace quantities of Arsenic from food coloring dyes is impractical as the proportion of Arsenic is too small to…
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Letter from the Badische Company to Charles F. Chandler
- 1911-Aug-08
A representative from the Badische Company sends Charles F. Chandler (1836-1925) a sample of "Jelly Red" dye and a sample of candy colored with it. They have enclosed a copy of a letter from Coca-Cola bottlers and…
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The Seven Food Colors
- 1907
Notebook in which Charles F. Chandler (1836-1925) has pasted an assortment of government regulations and other items of interest related to food inspection and public health. Alongside these printed regulations are…
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Letter from the United States Department of Agriculture to Charles F. Chandler
- 1911-Aug-07
R. E. Doolittle, Chief of the New York Food and Drug Laboratory, of the USDA Bureau of Chemistry, discusses Charles F. Chandler (1836-1925) a method for the detection of Martius Yellow dye in coloring mixtures and gives…