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  Photographs

  Beckman Facilities, Berkeley Scientific Corporation

  • 1950s

  Berkeley Scientific Corporation was founded in 1945 and acquired by Beckman in 1952. The company manufactured high-speed electronic counters and radioactivity instruments, and the Berkeley name was retained for the…

  • Subject Factories, Buildings, Workshops, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Photographs

  Woman injecting a sample into a Beckman Model E Centrifuge component

  • Circa 1955

  Black and white photograph of a Beckman Instruments employee modeling the use of a syringe to inject a sample into a Model E Ultracentrifuge vial.

  Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after its January 1,…

  • Photographer Illig, Russell
  • Contributor Beckman Instruments, Inc.
  • Subject Women in science, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Centrifuges, Syringes, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  2 items
  Business correspondence

  Letter from George Spencer Wice to Arnold O. Beckman

  • 1956-Aug-27

  This is one of many letters written to Arnold Beckman in response to his speech on the topic of education. George Spencer Wice writes of his disapproval of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce’s apparent apathy about the…

  • Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
  • Author Wice, George Spencer
  • Subject Beckman, Arnold O., Methodist Church (U.S.), Speeches, addresses, etc., Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, Education, Communism
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from J. S. Criswell to Arnold O. Beckman

  • 1956-Dec-03

  This is one of many letters written to Arnold Beckman in response to his comments on the topic of education. In this handwritten letter, J. S. Criswell identifies as a teacher and threatens legal action against Beckman,…

  • Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
  • Author Criswell, J. S.
  • Subject Teachers, Beckman, Arnold O., Actions and defenses, Education
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  Ephemera

  Resolution of the California Legislature Assembly Honoring Glenn Seaborg

  • 1961-Feb-06

  Commemorates Glenn Seaborg's appointment as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission.

  • Contributor Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Nuclear Science Division
  • Creator Of Work California. Legislature. Assembly
  • Subject Seaborg, Glenn T. (Glenn Theodore), 1912-1999, Brown, Ralph M. (Ralph Milton), 1908-1966, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, California. Legislature. Assembly, Nobel Prize winners
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  Ephemera

  Certificate Honoring Glenn Seaborg

  • 1968

  Presented for distinguished achievements, and notable service to the University of California.

  • Contributor Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Nuclear Science Division
  • Creator Of Work University of California, Berkeley
  • Subject Seaborg, Glenn T. (Glenn Theodore), 1912-1999, University of California, Berkeley, Nobel Prize winners
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  Photographs

  California Mobile Emission Laboratory

  • Circa 1971

  The Air Pollution Control District mobile emissions van tested automobile exhaust with PID analysis systems.

  Beckman Instruments, Inc. became interested in measuring, controlling, and fighting air pollution in the late…

  • Subject Motor vehicles, Laboratories--United States, Motor vehicles--Pollution control devices, Automobiles--Motors--Exhaust gas--Measurement, Beckman Instruments, Inc., Air--Pollution--Measurement, Air quality management
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from William A. Lester, Jr. to William A. Guillory, February 7, 1975

  • 1975-Feb-07

  Letter from William A. Lester, Jr. (1937-) to William A. Guillory regarding the constitution for the National Organization for Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE), which he refers to as "NBCCE."

  • Author Lester, William A., Jr., 1937-
  • Addressee Guillory, William A.
  • Subject National Organization for Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers, Guillory, William A., Lester, William A., Jr., 1937-, Chemists, African American chemists, African American engineers, Chemical engineers, Engineers
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  Video Recordings

  Proposition 65: Troubled Waters for California

  • 1986

  This film produced by the group Californians Against the Toxics Initiative encourages Californians to vote against Proposition 65, formally titled The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986. This bill…

  • Creator Of Work Californians Against the Toxics Initiative
  • Subject California, Water--Pollution, Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (California), Environmental law, Environmental policy
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  Records (Documents), Manuscripts

  Materials relating to the Quantum Monte Carlo for Molecular Studies project's use of the San Diego Supercomputer Center, 1988

  • 1988-Jan-11 – 1988-Mar-24

  A January 1988 letter informing William A. Lester, Jr. (1937-) that the computing resources at the San Diego Supercomputer Center allocated to the Quantum Monte Carlo for Molecular Studies project will expire in March…

  • Author Lester, William A., Jr., 1937-, Reynolds, Peter J., 1949-, University of California, San Diego. Computer Center
  • Subject Lester, William A., Jr., 1937-, Reynolds, Peter J., 1949-, Quantum Monte Carlo methods, San Diego Supercomputer Center, Physicists, Chemists, African American chemists
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  Ephemera

  Resolution of the California Legislature Honoring Glenn Seaborg

  • 1992-Nov-09

  Commemorates celebration of Glenn Seaborg's 80th birthday and recognizes November 9, 1992 as "Glenn T. Seaborg Day."

  • Contributor Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Nuclear Science Division
  • Creator Of Work California. Legislature
  • Subject Seaborg, Glenn T. (Glenn Theodore), 1912-1999, Nobel Prize winners, California. Legislature