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Letter to William A. Lester, Jr. from Fillmore Freeman, January 6, 1978
- 1978-Jan-06
Fillmore Freeman (1936-) congratulates William A. Lester, Jr. (1937-) on being elected Vice-Chairperson of the Division of Physical Chemistry.
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Letter from Moddie D. Taylor to William A. Lester, Jr., August 30, 1974
- 1974-Aug-30
Moddie D. Taylor (1912-1976) writes to William A. Lester, Jr. (1937-) about an upcoming talk Lester will be giving at Howard University.
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Letter to William A. Lester, Jr. from Fillmore Freeman, June 14, 1974
- 1976-Jun-14
Letter from Fillmore Freeman (1936-) to William A. Lester, Jr. (1937-) about proposals for the National Science Foundation.
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1H 13M 53S
Henry Taube lecture at Brooklyn College
- 1986-Mar-19
This talk is part of the H. Martin Friedman Lecture series at Brooklyn College, which was intended to introduce high school students to careers in chemistry. Introductions to the talk and speaker are given by Leon…
- Creator Of Work Taube, Henry, 1915-2005, Brooklyn College
- Subject Chemistry--Study and teaching, Taube, Henry, 1915-2005, Nobel Prize winners, Lectures
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2 items
Memo from J. Robert Oppenheimer to all members of the Los Alamos Laboratory, 1945
- 1945-Aug-08
J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967) passes along a message from Robert P. Patterson (1891-1952) to the staff of the Los Alamos Laboratory. The message congratulates the team for their work on the Manhattan Project in the…
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1H 37M 05S
Chemical Heritage Foundation Conversazione
- 2000-Jul-03
A panel discussion about the past and future of the chemical industry, held in 2000 as part of the opening of the Chemical Heritage Foundation's new facilities in Philadelphia. Introductory remarks are given by Arnold…
- Creator Of Work Chemical Heritage Foundation
- Producer Bain & Associates, Inc.
- Subject Chemical Heritage Foundation, Chemical industry, Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Churchill, Stuart Winston, 1920-, Baker, Dexter F., Holliday, Charles, Stavropoulos, William Spyros, 1939-, Bryant, David R., 1936-, Johnstone, John W., 1932-2011, Sinfelt, John H., Terrorism, Science--Study and teaching
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President Announces: Pacific War Ends; [Japanese] Accept Allied Terms
- 1945-Aug-14
Front page of an extra August 14, 1945 issue of The Knoxville News-Sentinel with the headline "President Announces: Pacific War Ends; Japs Accept Allied Terms. MacArthur is Top Commander," announcing that Japan has…
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A-Bomb Staggers [Japanese]
- 1945-Aug-07
Front page of the August 7, 1945 issue of The Knoxville News-Sentinel with the headline "A-Bomb Staggers Nips." The page has articles relating to the Oak Ridge Laboratory and the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan.…
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Terror Bomb Hits Nagasaki
- 1945-Aug-09
Front page of the August 9, 1945 issue of The Knoxville Journal with the headline "Terror Bomb Hits Nagasaki." The page has articles relating to the dropping of the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki; and Japan and Soviets…
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Atom Bomb Falls Again Millions Soviets Attack [Japanese]
- 1945-Aug-09
Front page of August 9, 1945 issue of The Knoxville News-Sentinel with the headline "Atom Bomb Falls Again Million Soviets Attack Japs." Notably, racist ethnic slurs are used to refer to the Japanese in the headline and…
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Atomic Bomb Equal to 20,000 Tons of TNT Dropped on Japanese Port
- 1945-Aug-06
Front page of the August 6, 1945 issue of The Chattanooga News-Free Press with the headline "Atomic Bomb Equal to 20,000 Tons of TNT Dropped on Japanese Port." Notably, a racist ethnic slur is used to refer to the…
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The Los Alamos News Letter, October 25, 1945
- 1945-Oct-25
1945 Introductory issue of the Los Alamos News Letter. The publication provides an overview of the organization, committees and membership.
- Creator Of Work Association of Los Alamos Scientists
- Subject Association of Los Alamos Scientists, Newsletters, Nuclear energy
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J. Robert Oppenheimer's acceptance speech for scroll presented to the Los Alamos Laboratory
- 1945-Oct-16
Transcription of Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer's (1904-1967) acceptance speech for a scroll presented to the Los Alamos Laboratory by Major General Leslie R. Groves (1896-1970). The Los Alamos Laboratory was given the…
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76 items
In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer: Texts of Principal Documents and Letters of Personnel Security Board General Manager Commissioners
- 1954
This booklet details the security clearance hearing of J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967), a pivotal figure in the development of nuclear physics and the atomic bomb, conducted between April and May 1954. The…
- Creator Of Work U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Publisher United States. Government Printing Office
- Subject Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Legislative hearings
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4 items
War Department press release
- 1945
Press release created by the United States War Department providing background information on Los Alamos, New Mexico, the site for the Los Alamos Laboratory. The Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory is best known as the…
- Creator Of Work United States. War Department
- Subject United States. War Department, New Mexico--Los Alamos, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
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26M 54S
Analysis by Mass: An introduction to the Mass Spectrometer
- 1962
This educational film explains how mass spectrometers identify elements in compounds using the different masses of atoms to distinguish between the elements. It also introduces different kinds of mass spectrometers,…
- Creator Of Work Associated Electrical Industries
- Subject Mass spectrometry, Mass spectrometers, Scientific apparatus and instruments
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1H 10M 36S
A Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the American Chemical Society Publication, "The Journal of Inorganic Chemistry"
- 1986-Sep-10
Speakers at a dinner celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, held at the 192nd American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting. Remarks at this lively event mostly focus on the history…
- Creator Of Work American Chemical Society
- Subject American Chemical Society, Chemistry, Inorganic, Chemistry, Inorganic--Research, Periodicals, Chemistry--Periodicals, Hawthorne, M. Frederick, Parry, Robert W. (Robert Walter), 1917-, King, Edward L. (Edward Louis), 1920-, Pimentel, George C., Lippard, Stephen J., Stucky, Galen D., 1936-, Kaesz, Herbert D., Shriver, D. F. (Duward F.), 1934-, Bowen, D. H. Michael, Congresses and conventions
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58M 50S
Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri
- 1997
One of many in a series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The 1996 lecture includes the…
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Oral history interview with O. Theodor Benfey
- 1991-May-24
- 1991-Jun-05
O. Theodor Benfey begins the interview with a description of his childhood in Germany during the rise of the Third Reich. He tells of his experiences in England, where he was a student during the war, and then his move…
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56M 56S
Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri
- 1996
One of many in a series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The 1996 lecture includes the…
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47M 22S
Chemical Heritage Foundation Innovation Day: Gordon E. Moore Award presentation
- 2004-Sep-14
This video captures the first ever presentation of the Society of Chemical Industry's (SCI) Gordon E. Moore Medal for early-career success in innovation, given to George Barclay of Rohm and Haas for his work in creating…
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56M 33S
Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri
- 1994
One of many in a series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The 1994 lecture includes the…
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57M 19S
Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri
- 1993
One of many in a series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The 1993 lecture includes the…
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11M 13S
Alan MacDiarmid's Comments at the Dedication of the Alan MacDiarmid Energy Research Laboratory at Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea
- 2005-Nov-07
The first 30 seconds of this video are a stationary introductory slide. MacDairmid was unable to travel to the institute dedication in South Korea due to medical concerns, but sent this video along in his stead. His…
- Creator Of Work MacDiarmid, Alan G., 1927-2007
- Subject Renewable energy sources, MacDiarmid, Alan G., 1927-2007, Fossil fuels, Korea (South)
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7 items
Oral history interview with David M. Hercules
- 2002-Mar-20
David M. Hercules begins his interview by discussing his childhood and education. He describes his youth in Somerset, Pennsylvania, and his childhood curiosity with science. When he was in high school, he continued to…
- Interviewee Hercules, David M.
- Interviewer Daemmrich, Arthur, Brock, David C.
- Subject Hercules, David M., Lehigh University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Electron spectroscopy, University of Georgia, Business consultants, Catalysis, University of Pittsburgh, Mass spectrometry, Spectrum analysis, Chemical apparatus, Chemists