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  Artifacts

  LEGO Seaweed

  • 1990s

  A small green plastic LEGO accessory shaped like a patch of seaweed. This piece was part of the Lego Lost at Sea Project, started by Tracey Williams.

  On February 13, 1997, approximately five million LEGO pieces were…

  • Creator Of Work LEGO koncernen (Denmark)
  • Subject Plastics, LEGO toys, Water--Pollution, Pollution, Plastic marine debris, Plastic marine debris--Environmental aspects
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  6 items
  Artifacts

  Oil Spill

  • 1990

  A blue rectangular game box decorated with an illustration of an oil tanker. The box contains 1 instruction booklet, 1 manufacturer’s printing error sheet, 1 game board, 42 Coast Guard cards, 1 plastic die, 39 metal…

  • Publisher NewHagy, Inc.
  • Subject Board games, Environmental protection, Environmental protection--Study and teaching, Oil spills, Oil spills--Environmental aspects, Oil spills--Cleanup
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  9 items
  Artifacts

  Save the World

  • 1990

  A rectangular box decorated with an illustration of the Earth. The box contains 1 rule sheet, 1 game board, 250 Environmental Issue question cards, 50 Environmental Chance cards, 60 Environmental Category tokens, 8…

  • Artist Shreeve, David
  • Publisher Crown & Andrews, Ltd.
  • Subject Board games, Environmental protection, Environmental protection--Study and teaching, Bellamy, David, 1933-2019
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  8 items
  Artifacts

  Envir-o-mania

  • 1990

  A rectangular game box decorated by an image of two people playing the enclosed game. The box contains 1 instruction sheet, 1 game board, 6 white cloth gloves, 6 plastic player pieces, 1 plastic die, and 1 deck of…

  • Publisher Rea Ransom, Creative Concepts, Inc.
  • Subject Board games, Environmental protection, Environmental protection--Study and teaching
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  Photographs

  Unidentified employee of the Institute for Scientific Information at work

  • After 1986 – before 1996

  A black and white photographic view depicting a female employee at the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) in Philadelphia. The ISI was an academic publishing service, founded by Eugene Garfield (1925-2017) in…

  • Subject Garfield, Eugene, Information science, Information storage and retrieval systems, Citation indexes, Science publishing, Science--Information services, Institute for Scientific Information, Computers, Employees, Women employees
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  2 items
  Artifacts

  Prosthetic arm with hook

  • 1900s

  A hollow, fiberglass prosthetic arm with attached pincher hooks and a rubber grip. The left hook can be manipulated by the wearer by a lever mechanism. The hooks are not detachable and the elbow joint is missing from…

  • Creator Of Work Robbins, Morris A., 1916-2004
  • Subject Amputees, People with disabilities, Physicians, Robbins, Morris A., 1916-2004, Scientists, Scientists with disabilities, Surgeons, Prosthesis, Prosthesis--Design and construction
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  Artifacts

  Prosthetic arm with strings

  • 1900s

  A prosthetic arm and detachable hand with wrist and mechanisms that allow the joints to be manually rotated and locked into place. The hand has a wide, hinged, non-jointed thumb with a large surface and a curved pointer…

  • Creator Of Work Robbins, Morris A., 1916-2004
  • Subject Amputees, People with disabilities, Physicians, Robbins, Morris A., 1916-2004, Scientists, Scientists with disabilities, Surgeons, Prosthesis, Prosthesis--Design and construction
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  8 items
  Artifacts

  Standing Wheelchair Model

  • 1900s

  A wooden model of a standing wheelchair with a figure. The model is constructed of three pieces: two sides of the wheelchair, and one figure. The model was built by Morris A. Robbins, M.D. (1916-2004), an orthopedic…

  • Creator Of Work Robbins, Morris A., 1916-2004
  • Subject Scientists with disabilities, People with disabilities, Amputees, Scientists, Wheelchairs, Wheelchairs--Design and construction, Robbins, Morris A., 1916-2004, Physicians, Surgeons
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  Photographs

  Dr. Bettye Washington Greene (1935-1995)

  • After 1964 – before 1991

  Photograph of Dr. Bettye Washington Greene (1935-1995), believed to be the first African-American female chemist employed to work in a professional position at the Dow Chemical Company.

  Bettye Greene was born on March…

  • Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
  • Subject Women in science, Greene, Bettye Washington, 1935-1995, African American women, Dow Chemical Company, African Americans, Employees, Chemists, Women employees, Women chemists, Scientists, Black
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  3 items
  Oral histories

  Oral history interview with Marla B. Luskin

  • 1990-Mar-06

  Marla Luskin grew up in the San Fernando Valley, near Los Angeles, California, one of three children. Her father was a plumber and her mother a housewife. Neither of her parents valued the need for higher education,…

  • Interviewee Luskin, Marla B.
  • Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Sawyer, Richard
  • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
  • Subject Luskin, Marla B., Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Molecular biology, Women in science, Women in medicine, Neurobiology, Developmental neurobiology
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  Oral histories

  Oral history interview with M. Bishr Omary

  • 1990-Mar-06

  M. Bishr Omary was born in New York City, New York, one of three children. His parents were Syrian Kurds, and the family moved back to Syria when Omary was four. They returned to the Washington D.C. area when Omary was…

  • Interviewee Omary, M. Bishr, 1954-
  • Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Sawyer, Richard
  • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
  • Subject Syria, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Cell membranes, Biochemistry, Clinical medicine, Stanford University. School of Medicine, Gastroenterology, Epithelial cells, Cells--Growth--Regulation
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  Oral histories

  Oral history interview with Connie Holm

  • 1990-Nov-16

  At the request of the interviewee, the abstract of the interview and interviewee’s biographical data have not been included. For more information, please contact the Center for Oral History.

  • Interviewee Holm, Connie, 1954-
  • Interviewer Kohler, Robert, Sawyer, Richard
  • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
  • Subject Holm, Connie, 1954-, Yeast, Biology, Mitosis, Harvard University, Women in science, Women biologists
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  Oral histories

  Oral history interview with Paul T. Matsudaira

  • 1990-Apr-23

  At the request of the interviewee, the abstract of the interview and interviewee’s biographical data have not been included. For more information, please contact the Center for Oral History.

  • Interviewee Matsudaira, Paul T.
  • Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Morrissette, Naomi
  • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
  • Subject Matsudaira, Paul T., Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Molecular biology, Microscopy, Cells--Motility, Epithelial cells, Cytology
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  Oral histories

  Oral history interview with Richard Lemons

  • 1990-Mar-07

  At the request of the interviewee, the abstract of the interview and interviewee’s biographical data have not been included. For more information, please contact the Center for Oral History.

  • Interviewee Lemons, Richard
  • Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Sawyer, Richard
  • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
  • Subject Lemons, Richard, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Molecular biology, Oncogenic viruses, Leukemia, Genetics
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  Oral histories

  Oral history interview with Douglas DeSimone

  • 1990-Mar-07

  At the request of the interviewee, the abstract of the interview and interviewee’s biographical data have not been included. For more information, please contact the Center for Oral History.

  • Interviewee DeSimone, Douglas W., 1957-
  • Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Sawyer, Richard
  • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
  • Subject DeSimone, Douglas W., 1957-, Cytology, Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.), Cell adhesion, Sea urchins, Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Virginia
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  Oral histories

  Oral history interview with Gregory A. Clark

  • 1990-Mar-08

  At the request of the interviewee, the abstract of the interview and interviewee’s biographical data have not been included. For more information, please contact the Center for Oral History.

  • Interviewee Clark, Gregory A., 1954-
  • Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Sawyer, Richard
  • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
  • Subject Clark, Gregory A., 1954-, Neurosciences, Neurobiology, Hippocampus (Brain)--Research, Neuroplasticity, Princeton University, Memory
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  Oral histories

  Oral history interview with Jim Jung-Ching Lin

  • 1990-Mar-08

  At the request of the interviewee, the abstract of the interview and interviewee’s biographical data have not been included. For more information, please contact the Center for Oral History.

  • Interviewee Lin, Jim Jung-Ching, 1946-
  • Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Morris, Stephanie
  • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
  • Subject Lin, Jim Jung-Ching, 1946-, Medical technology, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Escherichia coli, Eukaryotic cells--Research, Cytoplasmic filaments, Minorities in science, Biochemistry
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  Oral histories

  Oral history interview with J. Michael Koomey

  • 1990-Mar-05

  At the request of the interviewee, the abstract of the interview and interviewee’s biographical data have not been included. For more information, please contact the Center for Oral History.

  • Interviewee Koomey, John Michael, 1955-
  • Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Morrissette, Naomi
  • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
  • Subject Koomey, John Michael, 1955-, Biology, Microbiology, Viruses, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, University of Michigan, National Institutes of Health (U.S.), Research grants
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  Oral histories

  Oral history interview with Bruce D. Kohorn

  • 1990-Mar-06

  At the request of the interviewee, the abstract of the interview and interviewee’s biographical data have not been included. For more information, please contact the Center for Oral History.

  • Interviewee Kohorn, Bruce D., 1957-
  • Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Sawyer, Richard
  • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
  • Subject Kohorn, Bruce D., 1957-, Botany, Genetics, Drosophila, Duke University, Molecular biology, Cytology
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  Oral histories

  Oral history interview with Daniel D. Kalderon

  • 1990-Apr-27

  At the request of the interviewee, the abstract of the interview and interviewee’s biographical data have not been included. For more information, please contact the Center for Oral History.

  • Interviewee Kalderon, Daniel D., 1959-
  • Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Morrissette, Naomi
  • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
  • Subject Kalderon, Daniel D., 1959-, Biochemistry, Imperial Cancer Research Fund (Great Britain), Medicine--Research, Cell interaction, Genetics, Columbia University
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  Oral histories

  Oral history interview with Marc K. Jenkins

  • 1990-Mar-05

  At the request of the interviewee, the abstract of the interview and interviewee’s biographical data have not been included. For more information, please contact the Center for Oral History.

  • Interviewee Jenkins, Marc K., 1958-
  • Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Morrissette, Naomi
  • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
  • Subject Jenkins, Marc K., 1958-, Immunology, Immune system, Immune response--Regulation, Immune response--Research, National Institutes of Health (U.S.), University of Minnesota, T cells, Cyclosporine--Physiological effect
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  Oral histories

  Oral history interview with James Posakony

  • 1990-Jun-20

  At the request of the interviewee, the abstract of the interview and interviewee’s biographical data have not been included. For more information, please contact the Center for Oral History.

  • Interviewee Posakony, James
  • Interviewer Sawyer, Richard, Thackray, Arnold, 1939-
  • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
  • Subject Posakony, James, Medical scientists, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Drosophila, Genetics, Nerves, Peripheral, Developmental biology
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  Oral histories

  Oral history interview with Richard Padgett

  • 1990-Mar-07

  At the request of the interviewee, the abstract of the interview and interviewee’s biographical data have not been included. For more information, please contact the Center for Oral History.

  • Interviewee Padgett, Richard
  • Interviewer Morrissette, Naomi, Kohler, Robert
  • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
  • Subject Padgett, Richard, Medical scientists, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Recombinant DNA, RNA splicing, HeLa cells, Genetic engineering
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  Oral histories

  Oral history interview with Glen Nemerow

  • 1990-Jun-19

  At the request of the interviewee, the abstract of the interview and interviewee’s biographical data have not been included. For more information, please contact the Center for Oral History.

  • Interviewee Nemerow, Glen
  • Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Sawyer, Richard
  • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
  • Subject Nemerow, Glen, Medical scientists, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Virology, Herpesviruses, Viruses--Receptors
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  Oral histories

  Oral history interview with Virginia Miller

  • 1990-Mar-05

  At the request of the interviewee, the abstract of the interview and interviewee’s biographical data have not been included. For more information, please contact the Center for Oral History.

  • Interviewee Miller, Virginia
  • Interviewer Morrissette, Naomi, Thackray, Arnold, 1939-
  • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
  • Subject Miller, Virginia, Medical scientists, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Women in science, Women in medicine, Salmonella, Microbiology, Yersinia