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  Business correspondence

  Western Oil and Gas Association letter to the Air Pollution Policy Committee

  • 1956-Mar-15

  The letter suggests that the Air Pollution Foundation change its focus.

  Felix Chappellett (1902–1976) spent three decades as an executive with the General Petroleum Corporation and later served as the vice president of…

  • Addressee Air Pollution Policy Committee
  • Author Chappellet, Felix
  • Subject Environmental policy--Public relations, California--Los Angeles, Air--Pollution
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  Letter from Lee de Forest to Arnold O. Beckman

  • 1952-Nov-19

  This letter suggests Beckman might be interested in commercial development of de Forest's new invention, a "sandwich, non-vacuous, light amplifier."

  • Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
  • Author De Forest, Lee, 1873-1961
  • Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Light amplifiers
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Lee de Forest to Arnold O. Beckman

  • 1936-Nov-10

  Lee de Forest states that he returned from a trip to Chicago to find his company in financial disarray. He regrets that Beckman's contracted work was continued, despite an inability to pay for it, and assures him that…

  • Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
  • Author De Forest, Lee, 1873-1961
  • Subject Financial crises
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Lee de Forest to Arnold O. Beckman

  • 1936-Oct-09

  Lee de Forest states that he has "temporarily become disassociated from the activities of De Forest Television Corporation" and advises Beckman to retain any equipment currently in his possession.

  Lee de Forest…

  • Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
  • Author De Forest, Lee, 1873-1961
  • Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Financial crises
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  Letter from Lee de Forest to Arnold O. Beckman

  • 1934-May-10

  In this letter, de Forest discusses the possibility of using chemicals to fight forest fires.

  Lee de Forest (1873–1961) was an inventor, most notably of Audion vacuum tubes in the early twentieth century. His serial…

  • Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
  • Author De Forest, Lee, 1873-1961
  • Subject Fire extinction, Forest fires--Prevention and control, United States. Forest Service
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from W. L. Pereira to Arnold O. Beckman

  • 1957-Sep-20

  Architect William Pereira writes to invite Arnold O. Beckman to a dinner in celebration of an award for the Helipot building in Newport Beach, California. The Pereira & Luckman-designed building was to be honored as one…

  • Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
  • Author Pereira, William L., 1909-1985
  • Subject Pereira, William L., 1909-1985, American Institute of Architects, Architecture--Awards, Beckman Instruments, Inc., Luckman, Charles, 1909-1999
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Edwin W. Taylor to Arnold O. Beckman

  • 1947-Aug-15

  This letter includes a report on existing Beckman trademarks as of 1947, including information on the "acidimeter" and the point at which that instrument became known as the pH meter (1935).

  • Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
  • Author Taylor, Edwin W.
  • Subject Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement--Instruments, Patents, Trademarks, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Advertisements

  When people count on you, you can count on Beckman.

  • 1975

  The advertisement was created for publication in Service Station Management and Motor Age. It emphasizes the reliability of the Model 590 infrared exhaust analyzer, an instrument designed to detect pollutants in the…

  • Creator Of Work Ayer Jorgensen Macdonald, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
  • Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Motor vehicles--Pollution control devices, Automobiles--Motors--Exhaust gas--Measurement, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Vessels (Containers), Medical instruments and apparatus

  Bottle for Peels insomnia relief pills

  • Undated

  Empty container of Peels brand insomnia relief pills.

  • Manufacturer Johnston Drug Company
  • Subject Hypnotics, Pharmaceutical chemistry, Drugs, Medicine bottles, Insomnia--Treatment
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  Letter from I. H. Lyons to Arnold Beckman

  • 1937-Aug-25

  This letter, written while Arnold Beckman was on a multi-city trip promoting his pH meter, concerns strategies for marketing the instruments and concern about the friction between a salesman and distributor.

  Arnold…

  • Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
  • Author Lyons, I. H.
  • Subject Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement--Instruments, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Hydrogen-ion concentration, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Photographs

  Nurse in maternity ward, using Beckman Model D oxygen analyzer to monitor an infant in an incubator

  • Circa 1960

  Los Angeles County General Hospital nurse Mary Finlay is monitoring the oxygen levels of a prematurely born infant in an incubator, to provide just the right oxygen mixture. Too little oxygen has obvious repercussions,…

  • Photographer Preston E. Mitchell Commercial Photography
  • Subject Los Angeles County General Hospital, Newborn infants, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Oxygen--Measurement, Oxygen--Analysis, Nurses, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Photographs

  Nurse in maternity ward, using Beckman Model D oxygen analyzer to monitor an infant in an incubator

  • 1950s

  Los Angeles County General Hospital nurse Mary Finlay is monitoring the oxygen levels of a prematurely born infant in an incubator, to provide just the right oxygen mixture. Too little oxygen has obvious repercussions,…

  • Photographer Preston E. Mitchell Commercial Photography
  • Subject Los Angeles County General Hospital, Newborn infants, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Oxygen--Measurement, Oxygen--Analysis, Nurses, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from I. H. Lyons to Arnold O. Beckman

  • 1935-Aug-23

  Lyons writes to Beckman during Beckman's travels around the United States to market his new "acidimeter." This letter in particular mentions the orders rolling in following the first advertisement for the pH meter and…

  • Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
  • Author Lyons, I. H.
  • Subject Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement--Instruments, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Patents, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from the Braun Corporation to Adolph Coors

  • 1935-Aug-14

  From an unknown author at the Braun Corporation (and carbon copied to its president, J.A. Hartley). The author wants Aldoph Coors (the brewing magnate) to meet Arnold O. Beckman during Beckman's trip to promote his new…

  • Addressee Coors, Adolph
  • Author Braun Corporation
  • Subject California Institute of Technology, Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement--Instruments, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Coors Porcelain Company, Sillimanite, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from I. H. Lyons to Arnold O. Beckman

  • 1937-Sep-02

  Lyons thinks the new system of distribution for the Beckman pH meter will be an important change for the "industrial field." The National Postal Meter Company on the letterhead was one of Arnold Beckman's first…

  • Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
  • Author Lyons, I. H.
  • Subject Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement--Instruments, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Scientific apparatus and instruments--Marketing
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  Business correspondence

  Memo from Harold W. Wright to Arnold O. Beckman

  • 1955-Nov-17

  Memo regarding criticisms of Regulation VII, an ordinance proposed by the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce's Air Pollution Committee to control Los Angeles smog. Among the criticisms: the difference between smoke and…

  • Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
  • Author Wright, Harold W.
  • Subject Air quality management, Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, Air--Pollution, Smog
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Calvin E. Bream to Arnold O. Beckman

  • 1955-Nov-01

  Letter from Calvin Bream, Secretary of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Air Pollution Committee, asking Arnold O. Beckman to appear on a radio program discussing air pollution. This series was produced by the Air…

  • Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
  • Author Bream, Calvin E.
  • Subject California--Los Angeles, Smog, Air--Pollution, Radio programs
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Charles Detoy to Arnold O. Beckman

  • 1954-Feb-19

  Call for Arnold O. Beckman to serve on the Los Angeles Air Pollution Committee, from the L.A. Chamber of Commerce president, Charles Detoy.

  • Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
  • Author Detoy, Charles
  • Subject California--Los Angeles, Air--Pollution
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Bill Tesche to Stuart M. Salisbury

  • 1954-Mar-23

  Highlights from a meeting about Los Angeles air pollution, which included representatives from different industries and companies, including the Pure Air Committee and the "Citizen's Committee." Attendees expressed…

  • Addressee Salisbury, Stuart M.
  • Author Tesche, William
  • Subject California--Los Angeles, Air--Pollution, Gasoline--Transportation--Environmental aspects, California Walnut Growers Association
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Carl P. Miller to members of the Los Angeles business community

  • 1955-Oct-03

  This letter from then LA Chamber of Commerce president Carl Miller asks Los Angeles business and industry leaders to collaborate to fight smog.

  • Author Miller, Carl P.
  • Subject California--Los Angeles, Smog, Air--Pollution
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  Business correspondence

  Memo from Howard A. Miller to Harold W. Wright

  • 1955-Oct-11

  This memo recounts a mostly off the record meeting involving members of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce about potential causes of public resistance to placing air pollution monitoring or reducing instruments in…

  • Author Miller, Howard A.
  • Creator Of Work Wright, Harold W.
  • Subject Motor vehicles--Pollution control devices, Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, Air--Pollution
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from P. S. Magruder to Arnold O. Beckman

  • 1955-Aug-30

  This letter from P. S. Magruder, the Executive Vice President of the General Petroleum Corporation, to Arnold O. Beckman, at the time the Chairman of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Air Pollution Committee,…

  • Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
  • Author Magruder, P. S.
  • Subject Beaver, Hugh, Sir, 1890-1967, Smog, Air--Pollution
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  Business correspondence

  Memo from Harold W. Wright to Arnold O. Beckman

  • 1955-May-26

  A list of organizations rejecting the proposed Regulation VII of the Air Pollution Control District's Rules and Regulations to fight air pollution. This list includes: the Western Oil and Gas Association, the California…

  • Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
  • Author Wright, Harold W.
  • Subject California Restaurant Association, California Hotel & Motel Association, Air--Pollution--Law and legislation, Air--Pollution, Los Angeles County Chamber of Commerce (Los Angeles County, Calif.), California Manufacturers Association, Los Angeles Realty Board
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from L. M. K. Boelter to Arnold O. Beckman

  • 1953-Jul-16

  In this letter, Dr. Boetler thanks Arnold O. Beckman for donating several components of an EASE computer to the University of California Los Angeles's Department of Engineering. Dr. Boetler also thanks Dr. Beckman…

  • Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
  • Author Boelter, L. M. K. (Llewellyn Michael Kraus), 1898-1966
  • Subject Electronic analog computers, Gifts, Computers, Computer industry--United States--History, University of California, Los Angeles, Computers--History, Beckman Instruments, Inc.