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  Business correspondence

  Letter from John Cornforth to David Brock

  • 2000-Mar-22

  Letter regarding attendance at the Nobel Laureate Symposium held at the Chemical Heritage Foundation on November 9, 2000.

  • Addressee Brock, David C.
  • Author Cornforth, John, 1937-
  • Subject Cornforth, John, 1937-, Nobel Prize winners
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Dudley Herschbach to Corinne Sebesta

  • 2000-Nov-13

  Letter regarding attendance at the Nobel Laureate Symposium held at the Chemical Heritage Foundation on November 9, 2000.

  • Addressee Sebesta, Corinne
  • Author Herschbach, Dudley R.
  • Subject Herschbach, Dudley R., Nobel Prize winners
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Susumu Tonegawa to David Brock

  • 2000-Apr-21

  Letter regarding attendance at the Nobel Laureate Symposium held at the Chemical Heritage Foundation on November 9, 2000.

  • Addressee Brock, David C.
  • Author Tonegawa, Susumu, 1939-
  • Subject Nobel Prize winners, Tonegawa, Susumu, 1939-
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  Business correspondence

  Email from George Matsuyama to Pat A. Ashton

  • 2000-Feb-07

  This email describes an attempt to develop a glucose electrode in the 1960s. This project was abandoned when Beckman Instruments focused instead on the Glucose Analyzer.

  • Addressee Ashton, Pat A.
  • Author Matsuyama, George
  • Subject Electrodes, Glucose--Analysis, Blood sugar, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, inc.
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from James D. Watson to David Brock

  • 2000-Mar-08

  Letter regarding attendance at the Nobel Laureate Symposium held at the Chemical Heritage Foundation on November 9, 2000.

  • Addressee Brock, David C.
  • Author Watson, James D., 1928-
  • Subject Watson, James D., 1928-, Nobel Prize winners
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Arnold O. Beckman to potential Beckman@Science conference attendees

  • 1999-Sep-24

  This letter from Arnold O. Beckman invites potential attendees (and potential donors) to a conference on the future of science education in Orange County, California. This initiative to improve science education was…

  • Creator Of Work Beckman, Arnold O.
  • Subject Science--Study and teaching, California--Orange County, Humanitarianism, Public schools, Education
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Vladimir Prelog to Theodore Benfey

  • 1987-Dec-16

  Autographed correspondence.

  • Addressee Benfey, O. Theodor (Otto Theodor), 1925-
  • Author Prelog, V. (Vladimir), 1906-1998
  • Subject Prelog, V. (Vladimir), 1906-1998, Nobel Prize winners
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Lord Todd to Paul Bartlett

  • 1979-Oct-31

  Concerns Todd's receipt of the Lomonosov medal from the USSR Academy of Science as well as possible lecture topics for his upcoming trip to the United States.

  • Addressee Bartlett, Paul D.
  • Author Todd, Alexander R. (Alexander Robertus), 1907-
  • Subject Akademii︠a︡ nauk SSSR, Bartlett, Paul D., Todd, Alexander R. (Alexander Robertus), 1907-, Nobel Prize winners, DNA
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Derek Barton to Paul Bartlett

  • 1978-Nov-06

  Concerns recent conversation between Barton and Bartleet about a chemical experiment.

  • Addressee Bartlett, Paul D.
  • Author Barton, Derek H. R., 1918-1998
  • Subject Barton, Derek H. R., 1918-1998, Bartlett, Paul D., Nobel Prize winners
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Herbert A. Simon to Harrison Shull

  • 1978-Oct-30

  Acknowledgement of congratulatory note on the occasion of Simon being awarded the 1978 Nobel Prize in Economics.

  • Addressee Shull, Harrison
  • Author Simon, Herbert A. (Herbert Alexander), 1916-2001
  • Subject Shull, Harrison, Economists, Chemists, Simon, Herbert A. (Herbert Alexander), 1916-2001, Nobel Prize winners
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  2 items
  Business correspondence

  Users of the First Hundred Beckman Quartz Spectrophotometers

  • 1977-Aug-19

  The photostat document lists the first hundred companies and institutions to use Beckman's quartz spectrophotometers; the original document was undated.

  The first Beckman Instruments DU Spectrophotometer was developed…

  • Subject Ultraviolet spectroscopy, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, Beckman Instruments, inc.
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Linus Pauling to Theodor Benfey

  • 1976-Aug-27

  Concerning possibility of publishing an early Pauling manuscript in a high school textbook or in an issue of "Chemistry."

  • Addressee Benfey, O. Theodor (Otto Theodor), 1925-
  • Author Pauling, Linus, 1901-1994
  • Subject Science--Study and teaching, Benfey, O. Theodor (Otto Theodor), 1925-, Pauling, Linus, 1901-1994
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  11 items
  Business correspondence

  Account of Beckman Instruments sales trip to China

  • 1975

  Ed Cherniss, a Beckman executive, recounts his trip to China in the spring of 1975. (The first page is a photocopy.)

  Beckman Instruments and its Research & Industrial Instrumentation Company (RIIC) exhibited passive…

  • Author Cherniss, E. H.
  • Subject Business meetings, China--Shanghai, Business travel, China--Beijing, Beckman Instruments, inc.
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Linus Pauling to Harrison Shull, 1975

  • 1975-Jul-30

  Concerns congratulatory note on the occasion of Pauling being awarded the National Medal of Science.

  • Addressee Shull, Harrison
  • Author Pauling, Linus, 1901-1994
  • Subject Shull, Harrison, Chemists, Pauling, Linus, 1901-1994, Molecular orbitals, Nobel Prize winners, Physicists
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  4 items
  Business correspondence

  Letter from Philip Handler to Harrison Shull, 1974

  • 1974-May-24

  Describes recent accomplishments of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Research Council. Includes a passage on the significant increase of membership among "women and blacks" on NRC committees, but notes,…

  • Addressee Shull, Harrison
  • Author Handler, Philip, 1917-1981
  • Subject Shull, Harrison, Biochemists, National Academy of Sciences (U.S.), Women scientists, Chemists, Scientists, Black, Handler, Philip, 1917-1981, National Research Council (U.S.), Minority scientists
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  Postage stamps, Business correspondence, Ephemera

  Facsimile of a Pasteur letter, with French postage stamps commemorating Louis Pasteur

  • 1973-Jun-10

  Semipostal stamps commemorating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Louis Pasteur. Includes two postmarks depicting Pasteur, with Pasteur also featured on the first day of issue cancel. A semipostal stamp is a postage…

  • Artist Gauthier, Jacques
  • Subject Microbiologists, France, Chemists, Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895, Semipostal stamps, Vaccination, Science on postage stamps, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Robert B. Woodward to Theodor Benfey

  • 1973-Jul-30

  Acknowledgement for receipt of an issue of "Chemistry" containing Benfey's account of Woodward's vitamin B12 work.

  • Addressee Benfey, O. Theodor (Otto Theodor), 1925-
  • Author Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979
  • Subject Benfey, O. Theodor (Otto Theodor), 1925-, Vitamin B12, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from E. J. Corey to Frank Stodola

  • 1971-Feb-01

  Concerns Corey's favorable comments on Stodola's azoamide reaction.

  • Addressee Stodola, Frank Harold, 1905-1992
  • Author Corey, E. J.
  • Subject Chemistry, Organic, Nobel Prize winners, Stodola, Frank Harold, 1905-1992, Corey, E. J.
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Gerhard Herzberg to Marvin Margoshes

  • 1971-Dec

  Thank you note, on occasion of Herzberg winning the Nobel prize.

  • Addressee Margoshes, Marvin
  • Author Herzberg, Gerhard, 1904-1999
  • Subject Herzberg, Gerhard, 1904-1999, Nobel Prize winners, Margoshes, Marvin
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Frank H. Westheimer to Theodore Benfey

  • 1971-Jul-22

  Westheimer expresses gratitude for being included in the dedication of a book authored by Benfey.

  • Addressee Benfey, O. Theodor (Otto Theodor), 1925-
  • Author Westheimer, Frank H.
  • Subject Benfey, Theodor, 1809-1881, Westheimer, Frank H., Hammett, Louis P. (Louis Plack), 1894-1987, Ingold, Christopher
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Robert S. Mulliken to Harrison Shull, 1967

  • 1967-Feb-14

  Congratulatory note from Robert S. Mulliken to Harrison Shull, on the occasion of Mulliken being awarded the 1966 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

  • Addressee Shull, Harrison
  • Author Mulliken, Robert Sanderson
  • Subject Shull, Harrison, Mulliken, Robert Sanderson, Chemists, Quantum chemistry, Nobel Prize winners, Physicists
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  8 items
  Business correspondence

  Narrative of glucose analyzer development

  • 1967

  The handwritten account, possibly written by James C. Sternberg, is missing early pages.

  The Glucose Analyzer was developed by James Sternberg in 1969 and was one of several very successful medical testing and analysis…

  • Subject Medical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Glucose--Analysis, Blood sugar--Analysis, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, inc.
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from John D. Bernal to Theodor Benfey

  • 1967-Feb-13

  Acknowledgement of letter from Benfey concerning references to assist Bernal with a forthcoming paper in the "Journal of Molecular Biology."

  • Addressee Benfey, O. Theodor (Otto Theodor), 1925-
  • Author Bernal, J. D. (John Desmond), 1901-1971
  • Subject Benfey, O. Theodor (Otto Theodor), 1925-, Bernal, J. D. (John Desmond), 1901-1971
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  Business correspondence

  Memo from James C. Sternberg to R. J. Steinmeyer

  • 1967-Jan-26

  This internal Beckman Instruments memo was written just as the first five research prototypes for the new Glucose Analyzer were being sent to external laboratories for evaluation. Dr. Sternberg questions the Beckman…

  • Addressee Steinmeyer, R. J.
  • Author Sternberg, James C.
  • Subject Glucose--Analysis, Blood sugar--Analysis, Blood sugar, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Blood sugar--Measurement, Scientific apparatus and instruments--Testing, Beckman Instruments, inc., Mayo Clinic, Duke University
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Charles Coulson to Harrison Shull, 1967

  • 1967-Dec-22

  Concerns Coulson's appreciation for Shull's work on the Quantum Chemistry Program Exchange (QCPE) Newsletter.

  • Addressee Shull, Harrison
  • Author Coulson, C. A. (Charles Alfred), 1910-1974
  • Subject ALGOL (Computer program language), Shull, Harrison, FORTRAN (Computer program language), Mathematicians, Chemists, Quantum chemistry, Coulson, C. A. (Charles Alfred), 1910-1974