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Henry C. McBay Papers
The Henry C. McBay Papers contain the professional and personal papers of African-American chemist and chemistry educator Henry C. McBay (1914-1995). In 1945, McBay was appointed Assistant Professor at Morehouse…
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Ray Dawson-Percy Julian Collection
This is a small but detailed collection of business and professional correspondence dealing with Percy Lavon Julian's project to cultivate and harvest Dioscorea in Guatemala for medicinal uses. Only a small selection of…
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Robert J. Baptista Papers
Robert J. Baptista (1944-) is a chemist and a colorant industry historian. He was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey and attended the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. He received his B.S. in chemistry…
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Metamerism Samples
- Decade starting 2000
Three small squares of gray fabric placed under different lighting conditions to demonstrate the phenomena of metamerism. From left to right, the fabric samples are placed under commercial fluorescent, daylight…
- Manufacturer Black Swan Textiles
- Subject Colors, Textile fabrics, Optical illusions, Dyes and dyeing--Chemistry, Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers
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Metrohm E 1009 Spectrocolorimeter
- 1963
A spectrocolorimeter is a form of spectrophotometer that can calculate tristimulus values, or the the light intensity of primary color values in a sample.
- Manufacturer Metrohm AG
- Subject Colorimetry, Spectrophotometry, Colors, Spectrum analysis
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Upcycled Denim Backpack
- Circa 2023
A backpack constructed from light blue wash denim fabric. The bag is "upcycled" from denim pants picked from Gikomba, the largest second-hand market in Kenya. Includes a bright pink dust cover made from an upcycled…
- Creator Of Work Suave Kenya
- Subject Denim, Backpacks, Dress accessories, Upcycling (Waste, etc.), Textile waste--Recycling, Textile waste
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Badische Anilin & Soda-Fabrik Dye Tin
- After 1978 – before 2000
A black, aluminum dye box with a pry-off lid decorated by green text and the Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik insignia.
- Creator Of Work Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik
- Subject Dyes and dyeing, Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik, Dye industry
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Oral history interview with Albert Eschenmoser
- 1985-Oct-07
Albert Eschenmoser begins the interview with a discussion of his early life and education. Born in Switzerland, he attended school in the canton of Uri. At the age of sixteen, he decided that he wanted to become a…
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Oral history interview with Michael Szwarc
- 1986-Sep-11
In this interview, Michael Szwarc begins with his early interest in science while growing up in Poland, leading to his studies at the Warsaw Polytechnic Institute. Szwarc next describes his experiences from 1935, when…
- Interviewee Szwarc, Michael
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Szwarc, Michael, Chemistry, Organic, Chemical engineers, Emigration and immigration
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Watercolor Portrait of Max Planck
- 1967
Watercolor portrait of Max Planck (1858-1947). Planck was a German theoretical physicist whose discovery of energy quanta won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918. Planck deduced the relationship between the energy…
- Artist Egolf, Christopher
- Subject Planck, Max, 1858-1947, Nobel Prize winners, Quantum theory, Radiation
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Fritz Haber attending a preparatory meeting at the Universidad Internacional de Verano de Santander
- 1933-Aug
Photograph taken at the “first scientific meeting” of the Santander Summer School. This 11-day meeting, dedicated to chemistry, was held August 9th through 20th, 1933 by International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry…
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Letter from Charles F. Chandler to the Henry H. Otters Manufacturing Company.
- 1911-Oct-11
Charles F. Chandler (1836-1925) writes to the Henry H. Otters Manufacturing Company to discuss calculations concerning the proportion of arsenic in food dye.
Chandler was an American Chemist known for his work in…
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Excerpt of a letter from Charles F. Chandler
- Circa 1910
A letter excerpt, likely by Charles F. Chandler (1836-1925) in which he posits that time spent extracting trace quantities of Arsenic from food coloring dyes is impractical as the proportion of Arsenic is too small to…
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Letter from the Badische Company to Charles F. Chandler
- 1911-Aug-08
A representative from the Badische Company sends Charles F. Chandler (1836-1925) a sample of "Jelly Red" dye and a sample of candy colored with it. They have enclosed a copy of a letter from Coca-Cola bottlers and…
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The Seven Food Colors
- 1907
Notebook in which Charles F. Chandler (1836-1925) has pasted an assortment of government regulations and other items of interest related to food inspection and public health. Alongside these printed regulations are…
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Letter from the United States Department of Agriculture to Charles F. Chandler
- 1911-Aug-07
R. E. Doolittle, Chief of the New York Food and Drug Laboratory, of the USDA Bureau of Chemistry, discusses Charles F. Chandler (1836-1925) a method for the detection of Martius Yellow dye in coloring mixtures and gives…
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United States Department of Justice Application for Certification of Identification
- 1942-Feb-18
Georg Bredig's (1868-1944) completed application for a United States certificate of identification. Document contains identifying information about Bredig, and a written statement with his reason for leaving Germany.
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Photo of Dyestuff equipment
- Undated
Black and white photograph of a dyestuff laboratory. Pictured equipment may be dyestuff dryers.
- Subject Dye industry, Dyes and dyeing, Industries, Laboratories
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Dye Laboratory
- After 1940 – before 1970
Black and white photograph showing the interior of a dye laboratory of the General Dyestuff Corporation, likely in Providence, Rhode Island.
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Bibliography on Albumen as a Mordant for Anilin [sic] Colors
- Circa 1898
In 1856, while attempting to synthesize quinine, William Henry Perkin (1839-1907) serendipitously produced a synthetic purple dye that came to be known as mauve. The popularity and success of this dye in the textile…
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Paul Lauterbur's Coconut
- 1970s
Large, brown, hard-shelled seed of the coconut palm. One side of the coconut has a deep incision.
Prior to 1980 most techniques for obtaining NMR images produced only two-dimensional projections which were far too…
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Oral history interview with Barbara A. Schaal
- 2022-May-26
- 2022-Jun-30
Barbara A. Schaal was born in 1947 in Berlin, Germany. In 1950 the family immigrated to the United States where they met her aunt and uncle (her father’s brother) in Chicago, Illinois. As Schaal grew up, she started to…
- Interviewee Schaal, Barbara A., (Barbara Anna), 1947-
- Interviewer Caruso, David J. (David Joseph), 1978-, Evans, Kenneth M., (Kenneth Mellinger)
- Subject Emigration and immigration, Schaal, Barbara A., (Barbara Anna), 1947-, Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.), Levin, Donald A., Science and state, Botany, Varmus, Harold, Agriculture, Immigrants--Cultural assimilation, COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-), Plants--Evolution
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Oral history interview with George A. Olah
- 2000-Feb-03
George A. Olah begins the interview with a description of his family and childhood years in Budapest, Hungary. Olah first developed an interest in chemistry after taking a chemistry course at the Technical University of…
- Interviewee Olah, George A. (George Andrew), 1927-2017
- Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Traynham, James G.
- Subject University of Southern California, Dow Chemical Company, Chemists, Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute, Chemists--Biography, Nobel Prize winners, Olah, George A. (George Andrew), 1927-2017, Emigration and immigration
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Osterland Blowpipe Analysis Kit
- Circa 1870
A wooden case containing glass, ivory, and wooden analytical apparatus, including blowpipes. A blowpipe refers to one of several tools used to direct streams of gases into a working media. In chemistry, blowpipes have…
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Microscope
- Circa 1890
A brass microscope with two objective lenses.
- Creator Of Work James W. Queen & Company
- Subject Microscopy, Microscopes, Scientific apparatus and instruments
