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Meeting minutes for the National Resource for Computation in Chemistry, October 1977
- 1977-Oct-08
Meeting minutes for 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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Proposal for Quantum Monte Carlo for Molecular Studies
- 1988-Jan-11 – 1988-Mar-24
Proposal for Quantum Monte Carlo for Molecular Studies by William A. Lester, Jr. (1937-) and Peter J. Reynolds (1949-). The proposal includes a letter from Rachel Chrisman, from the San Diego Supercomputer Center, an…
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Memorandum for the Presidential Directive on Black Colleges
- 1979-Jan-17 – 1979-Feb-15
Memorandum for the heads of executive departments and agencies on the Presidential Directive on Black Colleges, from Jimmy Carter (1924-). The first page of the memorandum was written by Lawrence G. Stewart (1933-2016),…
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Pilot Program to Increase Supply of Minorities and Women in Physical and Life Sciences
- 1979
A report by the United States Department of Energy which was written to develop a plan 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 1978
- 1978-Jan-27
Edward F. Hayes (1941-) informs Andrew M. Sessler that the National Science Foundation approves of the selection of William A. Lester, Jr. (1937-) as the Director of the National Resource for Computational Chemistry…
- Author Hayes, Edward F., 1941-
- Addressee Sessler, A. M. (Andrew Marienhoff)
- 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-25
James S. Kane tells Earl K. Hyde that he endorses William A. Lester, Jr. (1937-) as the director of the National Resource for Computation in Chemistry (NRCC).
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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.
- 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, African American scientists
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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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General Organizational Guidelines for the World Black Researchers Association
- Circa 1976
General Organizational Guidelines to World Black Researchers Association (WBRA), written by Cheikh Anta Diop (1923-1986).
WBRA, which was founded around 1976, was a group that worked against racial limits in science…
- Author Diop, Cheikh Anta
- Creator Of Work World Black Researchers Association
- Subject Diop, Cheikh Anta, World Black Researchers Association, Scientists, Black, African American scientists
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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, African American scientists, 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, Scientists, Black, 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 a 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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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…
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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…