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Oral history interview with Raymond F. Boyer
- 1986-Jan-14 (First session)
- 1986-Aug-19 (Second session)
Raymond Boyer begins the interview with a brief description of his family, childhood, and school days in Ohio, touching on his early interest in electricity. He then tells of his undergraduate and graduate years at Case…
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Oral history interview with Ray H. Boundy
- 1986-Aug-21
Ray Boundy begins his interview by describing his family background in western Pennsylvania, his grammar school experience and his college studies at Grove City College. He then studied chemical engineering at Case…
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Oral history interview with Elkan Blout
- 1991-May-30 (First session)
- 2002-Sep-13 (Second session)
- 2002-Nov-22 (Third session)
Elkan R. Blout begins the interview with a description of his family and childhood. Growing up in Manhattan as an only child, Blout was cared for by his parents, aunts, and uncles. He attended DeWitt Clinton High…
- Interviewee Blout, E. R. (Elkan Rogers), 1919-2006
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject Blout, E. R. (Elkan Rogers), 1919-2006, Harvard School of Public Health, Land, Edwin H., 1909-1991, Polaroid Corporation, Children's Hospital Medical Center (Boston, Mass.), Harvard Medical School, Chemists--Biography, Columbia University, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979
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Oral history interview with Julius Blank
- 2006-Mar-20
Julius Blank begins the interview with a look at his childhood and early education. He graduated high school at the age of fifteen and began taking classes at the City College of New York while working various jobs.…
- Interviewee Blank, Julius
- Interviewer Brock, David C.
- Subject Fairchild (Firm), Noyce, Robert N. (Robert Norton), 1927-1990, Integrated circuits--Very large scale integration, Mechanical engineers, Microelectronics industry, Shockley, William, 1910-1989, Moore, Gordon E., 1929-2023, Electronic industries, Blank, Julius, Semiconductor industry, Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory, Crystal growth
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Oral history interview with Frank J. Biondi
- 1996-Mar-19
This interview discusses Frank J. Biondi's education, career, and involvement in The Electrochemical Society, beginning with college experiences as a chemical engineering major at Lehigh University and initial work at…
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Oral history interview with John H. Beynon
- 2008-Apr-22
John H. Beynon was born in Ystalyfera, Wales, the older of two sons whose parents ended their education at secondary school. Beynon grew up in a coal mining town and attended a local university, the University of Wales…
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Oral history interview with Jerome A. Berson
- 2001-Mar-21
Jerome Berson begins this interview with a discussion about his family, his early interest in chemistry, and his childhood in Florida. After high school, Berson attended college at City College of New York. He then…
- Interviewee Berson, Jerome A.
- Interviewer Gortler, Leon B.
- Subject Roche Diagnostics, Physical organic chemistry, Biradicals, Conservation of orbital symmetry, Hückel, Erich, 1896-1980, University of Wisconsin, Doering, W. von E. (William Von Eggers), 1917-, Molecular orbitals, Berson, Jerome A., Chemists--Biography, Isotope dilution analysis, University of Southern California, Yale University, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Carbonium ions
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Oral history interview with Manson Benedict
- 1991-Jan-24
Manson Benedict begins the interview with a discussion of his family background, including the highlights of his father's career in chemistry. He recalls how his early enthusiasm for chemistry was promoted both by his…
- Interviewee Benedict, Manson
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject Massachusetts Institute of Technology, M.W. Kellogg Company, National Aniline and Chemical Company, Hydrocarbon Research, Inc., Manhattan Project (U.S.), U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Harvard University, United States. Federal Energy Administration, Advisory Council on Radiation Protection (Ma.), National Research Corporation (U.S.), Chemists--Biography, Kellex Corporation, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Benedict, Manson
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Oral history interview with Arnold O. Beckman
- 1985-Jul-23
The second interview begins with Arnold Beckman describing the National Technical Laboratories in the late 1930s. He details NTL policies and operations. The majority of the transcript focuses on the change from NTL to…
- Interviewee Beckman, Arnold O.
- Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Sturchio, Jeffrey L. (Jeffrey Louis), 1952-
- Subject California Institute of Technology, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Beckman, Arnold O., Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, Instrument manufacture, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement, Potentiometer, Chemical engineers, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Oral history interview with Arnold O. Beckman
- 1985-Apr-23
This interview, the first of several with Arnold Beckman conducted by the Chemical Heritage Foundation, begins with a discussion of Beckman's teenage experience as an industrial chemist at a local gas works in…
- Interviewee Beckman, Arnold O.
- Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Sturchio, Jeffrey L. (Jeffrey Louis), 1952-
- Subject California Institute of Technology, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Beckman, Arnold O., Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, Instrument manufacture, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement, Potentiometer, Chemical engineers, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Oral history interview with Fred Basolo
- 2002-Sep-27
Fred Basolo begins the interview discussing his arrival at Northwestern University as an inorganic chemist in 1946. At that time, organic chemistry dominated the field of chemistry, and inorganic chemistry was seen as…
- Interviewee Basolo, Fred, 1920-2007
- Interviewer Daemmrich, Arthur, Thackray, Arnold, 1939-
- Subject Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.), Basolo, Fred, 1920-2007, Reaction mechanisms (Chemistry), Metal carbonyls, Gordon Research Conferences, Rohm and Haas Company, Chemists--Biography, Chemistry, Inorganic
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Oral history interview with Fred Basolo
- 1991-Mar-01
Fred Basolo begins this interview by discussing his childhood in Coello, Illinois, and his elementary and high school education. He attended Southern Illinois University where he studied to be a chemistry teacher but…
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Oral history interview with William O. Baker
- 1985-May-23 (First session)
- 1985-Jun-18 (Second session)
This interview with William O. Baker begins with a discussion of Baker's childhood on Maryland's Eastern Shore, where his parents were involved in raising fowl and developing therapy for turkey pathology; this, along…
- Interviewee Baker, William O. (William Oliver), 1915-2005
- Interviewer Goldstein, Marcy, Sturchio, Jeffrey L. (Jeffrey Louis), 1952-
- Subject Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Rubber Reserve Company, Polymers, AT & T Bell Laboratories, Carothers, Wallace Hume, 1896-1937, Chemists--Biography, Debye, Peter J. W. (Peter Josef William), 1884-1966, Baker, William O. (William Oliver), 1915-2005, Crystalline polymers, Solid state physics, Solid state chemistry
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Oral history interview with Dexter F. Baker
- 1995-Jan-27
Dexter Baker begins the interview by discussing his childhood and early education in the suburbs of Philadelphia. After graduating from Upper Darby High in 1945, Baker was drafted into the US Navy and admitted to the…
- Interviewee Baker, Dexter F.
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject Turbines, Mechanical engineers, Chemical industry, Baker, Dexter F., Air Products and Chemicals, inc., Gas-turbines, Corporations
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Oral history interview with Dale B. Baker
- 1997-Jun-06
Dale Baker begins the interview with a discussion of his early years and family background. Inspired by a high school teacher, Baker decided to major in chemical engineering upon entering Ohio State University in 1938,…
- Interviewee Baker, Dale B.
- Interviewer Slater, Leo B., Williams, Robert V.
- Subject Chemical engineering, American Chemical Society. Chemical Abstracts Service, Chemistry--Nomenclature, American Chemical Society, National Federation of Science Abstracting and Indexing Services, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Chemical engineers, Garfield, Eugene, Information storage and retrieval systems--Chemistry, Chemistry--Research, Baker, Dale B., Chemists--Biography, Chemistry--Abstracting and indexing
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Oral history interview with Hubert N. Alyea
- 1986-May-22 (First session)
- 1986-May-30 (Second session)
Hubert Alyea was an internationally known popularizer of chemistry. His public demonstrations and academic lectures won him numerous awards and imparted the beauty of chemistry to his students and interested laypeople…
- Interviewee Alyea, Hubert N. (Hubert Newcombe), 1903-
- Interviewer Doel, Ronald E., Sturchio, Jeffrey L. (Jeffrey Louis), 1952-
- Subject Poliomyelitis--Patients, Scientists with disabilities, People with disabilities, Alyea, Hubert N. (Hubert Newcombe), 1903-, General Electric Company, Princeton University, Chemists--Biography, Poliomyelitis
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Harrison Brothers and Company's Town and Country Ready Mixed Paints advertising note
- 1883
Intended to promote sales, Harrison Brothers and Company's advertising note entitles holder to one gallon "and upwards" of Harrison's "Town & Country" ready-mixed paint. Printed to look like a banknote with a scale,…
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Harrison Brothers and Company's Town and Country Ready Mixed Paints advertising note
- 1883
Intended to promote sales, Harrison Brothers and Company's advertising note features a vignette illustration of the Grays Ferry Chemical Works, another name for the manufacturer. Ad claims "One gallon will cover from…
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General Electric Company Chemical Department ten note
- Circa 1950
Issued in the denomination of ten, this green-printed note is styled after a banknote including the General Electric Company logo as well as a vignette of the Chemical Department located in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
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Pyrites Chemical & Mining Company one dollar company scrip
- 1902-Apr-29
Company scrip or chit issued by the Pyrites Chemical & Mining Company in the amount of one dollar in merchandise redeemable at the Company's stores. Edge of chit is printed with numbers that add up to the value of the…
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American Potash & Chemical Corporation five dollar company scrip book cover
- 1937-May-14 (Validated)
- 1937-Jun-01 (Registered)
Company scrip book cover issued by the American Potash & Chemical Corporation in the amount of five dollars. Stamped with validated and registered dates. Verso contains conditions for the sale of the book and where…
- Printer Thomson Ticket Company
- Publisher American Potash & Chemical Corporation
- Subject Currency question, Potash, Chemical industry, Corporations, Bauman, Robert Joel, Borax
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Vereinigte Glanzstoff-Fabriken Zweihunderttausend Mark Gutschein
- Vereinigte Glanzstoff-Fabriken two hundred thousand Mark voucher
- 1923-Aug-10
This zweihunderttausand Mark Gutschein, or two hundred thousand Mark voucher, was issued by Vereinigte Glanzstoff-Fabriken A. G.. This particular company scrip includes a photographic reproduction of the company's…
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Aktiengesellschaft für Anilinfabrikation twenty Mark Gutschein
- Aktiengesellschaft für Anilinfabrikation twenty Mark voucher
- 1919-Jan-02
In the amount of twenty Mark, this Gutschein, or voucher, was issued by Aktiengesellschaft für Anilinfabrikation for their manufacturing facility in Berlin-Treptow. This particular company scrip is styled after a…
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Engrais Chimiques des Manufacture de St. Gobain
- Chemical Fertilizers Manufactured by St. Gobain
- Circa 1925
Advertising postcard for St. Gobain, or Compagnie de Saint-Gobain, depicts a man pointing to a map of St. Gobain's chemical fertilizer plants located in France. Text underneath the map states "26 usines" or factories,…
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Georgi Dimitrov Chemical Company scrip
- 1949
In the amount of one thousand, this company scrip issued by Georgi Dimitrov Chemical Company is printed to look like a banknote. Verso of scrip has an illustration of the chemical complex, which is bustling with…
- Publisher Georgi Dimitrov Chemical Company
- Subject Currency question, Chemical industry, Corporations, Bauman, Robert Joel