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Oral history interview with Allen G. Debus

2007-Mar-29

Allen G. Debus grew up in Evanston, a suburb to the north of Chicago, where he attended public schools. He earned a BS in chemistry, with almost enough credits for a second major in history. After working at Abbott…

Interviewee Debus, Allen G.
Interviewer Bohning, James J.
Subject Historians of science, Chemistry, Chemists, Chemists--Biography, Science--Historiography, Debus, Allen G.

9 items

Ephemera

R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "Some Calabash Alkaloids"

Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

Circa 1959 – 1966

Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Alkaloids, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry

3 items

Ephemera

R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "Sesquiterpenes"

Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

Circa 1959 – 1966

Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry, Sesquiterpenes

11 items

Ephemera

R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "Oxidations in Basic Medium"

Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

Circa 1959 – 1966

This folder contains notes written by Robert E. Kohler concerning chemical syntheses from R. B. Woodward's seminar lectures, specifically his Thursday Evening Seminars predating the formulation of the Woodward-Hoffmann…

Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Oxidation, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry

6 items

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Professor R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward’s Harvard lecture entitled "Towards the Synthesis of Chlorophyll"

Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

Circa 1959 – 1966

Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chlorophyll--Synthesis, Chemistry, Organic, Harvard University, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry

6 items

Ephemera

R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "Claude Seminar"

Circa 1959 – 1966

Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry

10 items

Ephemera

R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "Amino Esters (Ethers)"

Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

Circa 1959 – 1966

Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry, Local anesthetics

7 items

Ephemera

Untitled R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar mentioning camphor

Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

Circa 1959 – 1966

Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Camphor, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry

5 items

Ephemera

R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "Some recent advances in Natural Products"

Circa 1959 – 1966

Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry

11 items

Ephemera

R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "[Chemistry] of Azoxylic Acid [Derivatives]"

Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

Circa 1959 – 1966

Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry

7 items

Ephemera

R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "Benzynes"

Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

Circa 1959 – 1966

Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry

14 items

Ephemera

R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "Aldosterone & C-18, C-19 [Final] Steroids"

Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

Circa 1959 – 1966

Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
Subject Historians of science, Aldosterone, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry

41 items

Manuscripts

Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

Circa 1959 – 1966

This folder contains notes written by Robert E. Kohler concerning chemical syntheses from R. B. Woodward's seminar lectures, specifically his Thursday Evening Seminars predating the formulation of the Woodward-Hoffmann…