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10M 46S
AATCC: Your Leader in the Textile Industry
- Standards for the Textile Industry
- After 1980 – before 1993
Promotional video produced by the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists to encourage new membership. Features then-president of the AATCC, William R. Martin, Jr. The AATCC is a professional organization…
- Creator Of Work American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists
- Producer Horizon Video Productions, Inc.
- Subject American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists, Textile industry, Textile chemistry, Career development, Congresses and conventions, Chemical industry, Dyes and dyeing, Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers, Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers--Testing
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Portrait of Samuel P. Massie
- Circa 1987
Black and white portrait of Samuel P. Massie (1919-2005).
Massie was an African American chemist who researched the synthesis and development of therapeutic drugs, focusing on treating malaria, herpes, meningitis, and…
- Subject African American chemists, Portraits, Massie, Samuel, Chemists
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Let's Go to Dookey Chase's
- 1987-Mar
Draft of an address given by Samuel P. Massie (1919-2005) on the occasion of receiving the Henry A. Hill Award. The Henry A. Hill Award, now known as the Dr. Henry A. Hill Distinguished Lecturer, is awarded by the…
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Draft of a biography of Samuel P. Massie
- 1987-Mar
Draft of a biography of Samuel P. Massie (1919-2005). Massie was an African American chemist who researched the synthesis and development of therapeutic drugs, focusing on treating malaria, herpes, meningitis, and…
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Letter from Samuel P. Massie to Charles Harper, March 1987
- 1987-Mar-11
Letter from Samuel P. Massie (1919-2005) to Charles Harper, an African American physics professor at California State University at Hayward. Massie expresses his gratitude for receiving the Henry A. Hill Award and…
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Letter to William A. Lester, Jr. from W. A. Clemens, August 5, 1994
- 1994-Aug-05
Letter from William A. Clemens, Jr. (1932-2020) to William A. Lester, Jr. (1937-) informing Lester that he has been elected a Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences.
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Letter from William A. Lester, Jr. to W. A. Clemens, August 9, 1994
- 1994-Aug-09
Letter from William A. Lester, Jr. (1937-) to William A. Clemens, Jr. (1932-2020), August 9, 1994. Lester thanks Clemens for informing him that he was elected as a Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences.
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12 items
Minutes of the meeting of the Policy Board of the National Resource for Computation in Chemistry, October 1977
- 1977-Oct-08
Meeting minutes of the first meeting of the policy board of the National Resource for Computation in Chemistry (NRCC), held at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory on October 8, 1977. Included are outlines of the…
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16 items
Materials relating to the Quantum Monte Carlo for Molecular Studies project's use of the San Diego Supercomputer Center, 1988
- 1988-Jan-11 – 1988-Mar-24
A January 1988 letter informing William A. Lester, Jr. (1937-) that the computing resources at the San Diego Supercomputer Center allocated to the Quantum Monte Carlo for Molecular Studies project will expire in March…
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18 items
Memorandum regarding the Presidential Directive on Black Colleges
- 1979-Jan-17 – 1979-Feb-15
A February 15, 1979 memorandum from Lawrence G. Stewart, Director, Office of Education, Business and Labor Affairs, sharing "Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies," a January 17, 1979 White…
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9 items
Pilot Program to Increase Supply of Minorities and Women in Physical and Life Sciences
- 1979
A report by the United States Department of Energy on a pilot program intended to increase the number of women and minorities in the physical and life sciences.
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Letter from Edward F. Hayes to Andrew M. Sessler, January 27, 1978
- 1978-Jan-27
Edward F. Hayes (1941-) of the National Science Foundation (NSF) informs Andrew M. Sessler of the Lawrence Berkley Laboratory that the NSF approves of the selection of William A. Lester, Jr. (1937-) as the director…
- Author Hayes, Edward F., 1941-, National Science Foundation (U.S.)
- Addressee Sessler, A. M. (Andrew Marienhoff), Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. National Resource for Computation in Chemistry
- Subject Sessler, A. M. (Andrew Marienhoff), Hayes, Edward F., 1941-, Lester, William A., Jr., 1937-, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. National Resource for Computation in Chemistry, National Science Foundation (U.S.), Chemists, African American chemists
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Letter from James S. Kane to Earl K. Hyde, January 1978
- 1978-Jan
James S. Kane of the United States Department of Energy informs Earl K. Hyde at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory that he approves of the selection of William A. Lester, Jr.'s (1937-) selection as the director of the…
- Author Kane, James S., United States. Department of Energy
- Addressee Hyde, Earl K.
- Subject Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. National Resource for Computation in Chemistry, Hyde, Earl K., Kane, James S., Lester, William A., Jr., 1937-, Chemists, African American chemists, United States. Department of Energy
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Letter to William A. Lester, Jr. from Florence L. Williams, June 1, 1977
- 1977-Jun-01
Florence L. Williams informs William A. Lester, Jr. (1937-) about an upcoming workshop in Nigeria for the World Black Researchers Association (WBRA). She gives Lester Olagoke Olabisi's (1943-) address for further…
- Author Williams, Florence L., 1102 National Organization for Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers
- Addressee Lester, William A., Jr., 1937-
- Subject World Black Researchers Association, Lester, William A., Jr., 1937-, National Organization for Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers, Olabisi, Olagoke, 1943-, Williams, Florence L., Congresses and conventions, Scientists, Black
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Letter from Ayodeji Jeje to Olagoke Olabisi, March 28, 1977
- 1977-Mar-28
Letter from Ayodeji Jeje writes to Olagoke Olabisi (1943-) about starting the World Black Researchers Association (WBRA).
- Author Jeje, Ayodeji
- Addressee Olabisi, Olagoke, 1943-
- Subject World Black Researchers Association, Jeje, Ayodeji, Olabisi, Olagoke, 1943-
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Letter from William A. Lester, Jr. to Norman Mineta, December 6, 1977
- 1977-Dec-06
William A. Lester, Jr. (1937-) writes to Congressman Norman Yoshio Mineta (1931-2022) about the World Black Researchers Association (WBRA). Lester asks Mineta if there are any concerns relating to U.S. policy and the…
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Letter from William A. Lester, Jr. to Ayodeji Jeje, January 3, 1978
- 1978-Jan-03
William A. Lester, Jr. (1937-) writes to Ayodeji Jeje, letting him know he can no longer participate in the founding congress of the World Black Researchers Association (WBRA).
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9 items
General Organizational Guidelines for the World Black Researchers Association
- Circa 1976
General Organizational Guidelines for the World Black Researchers Association (WBRA), written by Cheikh Anta Diop (1923-1986).
WBRA, founded around 1976, was a group that worked against racial limits in science and…
- Author Diop, Cheikh Anta
- Creator Of Work World Black Researchers Association
- Subject Diop, Cheikh Anta, World Black Researchers Association, Scientists, Black
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6 items
Statutes of the World Black Researchers Association
- Circa 1976
Statues of the World Black Researchers Association (WBRA).
WBRA, which was established around 1976, was a group that worked against racial limits in science and technology. Its goal was to bring together Black…
- Creator Of Work World Black Researchers Association
- Subject World Black Researchers Association, Scientists, Black, Statutes
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Invitation to the International Secretariat for the Natural Sciences of the World Black Researchers Association
- 1977
Invitation to the founding congress of the International Secretariat for the Natural Sciences of the World Black Researchers Association. Anthropologist and physicist Cheikh Anta Diop (1923-1986) wrote the invitation,…
- Creator Of Work World Black Researchers Association
- Author Diop, Cheikh Anta
- Subject Diop, Cheikh Anta, World Black Researchers Association, African American scientists
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Letter from Andrew M. Sessler to William A. Lester, Jr., October 19, 1976
- 1976-Oct-19
Letter from Andrew M. Sessler to William A. Lester, Jr. (1937-) about establishing a National Resource for Computation in Chemistry (NRCC). Sessler invites Lester to an NRCC workshop to be held at the Lawrence Berkeley…
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Letter from Olagoke Olabisi to Florence L. Williams, May 12, 1977
- 1977-May-12
Olagoke Olabisi (1943-) asks Florence L. Williams to send him a membership application for the National Organization of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers [i.e., the National Organization for the Professional…
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17M
Atoms for Peace
- 1950s
Atoms for Peace is a 17-minute film describing how atomic energy is used in the oil, automotive, power, medical, and agricultural industries. This version is taken from a DVD copy and not from the original film.
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27M 30S
Atomic Energy As a Force For Good
- 1955
Atomic Energy As a Force For Good is a dramatization of a town debating whether or not to allow the Atomic Energy Commission to build a nuclear power plant nearby. Community members initially afraid of nuclear energy…
- Creator Of Work The Christophers
- Subject Nuclear energy, Atomic bomb, Nuclear medicine, Nuclear power plants, World War (1939-1945), Cancer--Treatment
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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…