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Letter from William A. Lester, Jr. to Fillmore Freeman, October 11, 1977
- 1977-Oct-11
William A. Lester, Jr. (1937-) congratulates Fillmore Freeman (1936-) on being selected as a Fulbright-Hays Scholar and being awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung fellowship.
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Letter to William A. Lester, Jr. from Fillmore Freeman, January 6, 1978
- 1978-Jan-06
Fillmore Freeman (1936-) congratulates William A. Lester, Jr. (1937-) on being elected Vice-Chairperson of the Division of Physical Chemistry.
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Letter to William A. Lester, Jr. from Fillmore Freeman, June 14, 1974
- 1976-Jun-14
Letter from Fillmore Freeman (1936-) to William A. Lester, Jr. (1937-) about proposals for the National Science Foundation.
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1H 13M 53S
Henry Taube lecture at Brooklyn College
- 1986-Mar-19
This talk is part of the H. Martin Friedman Lecture series at Brooklyn College, which was intended to introduce high school students to careers in chemistry. Introductions to the talk and speaker are given by Leon…
- Creator Of Work Taube, Henry, 1915-2005, Brooklyn College
- Subject Chemistry--Study and teaching, Taube, Henry, 1915-2005, Nobel Prize winners, Lectures
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1H 10M 36S
A Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the American Chemical Society Publication, "The Journal of Inorganic Chemistry"
- 1986-Sep-10
Speakers at a dinner celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, held at the 192nd American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting. Remarks at this lively event mostly focus on the history…
- Creator Of Work American Chemical Society
- Subject American Chemical Society, Chemistry, Inorganic, Chemistry, Inorganic--Research, Periodicals, Chemistry--Periodicals, Hawthorne, M. Frederick, Parry, Robert W. (Robert Walter), 1917-, King, Edward L. (Edward Louis), 1920-, Pimentel, George C., Lippard, Stephen J., Stucky, Galen D., 1936-, Kaesz, Herbert D., Shriver, D. F. (Duward F.), 1934-, Bowen, D. H. Michael, Congresses and conventions
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31M 49S
Where There's A Need, There's Hercules
- 1970s
Promotional film for Hercules, Inc., formerly Hercules Powder Company. Although Hercules, Inc. was founded as a munitions and explosives company, this film focuses on its other products and services. These include…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Hercules Incorporated, Cellulose industry, Corporations, Chemical industry, Polyester fibers industry
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35M
The Influence of R. B. Woodward on Physical Organic Chemistry
- 1981
Filmed at the Woodward Memorial Symposium held at the 1981 ACS Annual Meeting in New York City, this is a discussion between three chemists remembering R. B. Woodward: Christopher S. Foote, Jerome A. Berson, and David…
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1H 12M 54S
Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri
- 1986-Dec-18
One of many in a series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The 1986 demonstrations focus on…
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1H 21M 31S
Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri
- 1985
One of many in a series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The video of the 1985 lecture…
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59M 12S
Once Upon a Christmas Cheery, in the Lab of Shakhashiri
- 1983-Dec-06
One of many in a series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The 1980 lecture focuses more on…
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58M 49S
Once Upon a Christmas Dreary in the Lab of Shakhashiri
- 1982
One of many in a series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The 1982 lecture includes…
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20M 36S
American Institute of Chemists in China
- Scientific Exchange Tour 1984
- 1984
This video is a narrated slide show of photographs taken during the American Institute of Chemists' tour of China in 1984. Photographs were taken and the slideshow is narrated by organic chemist Peter Throckmorton and…
- Creator Of Work Throckmorton, Phyllis, Throckmorton, Peter Eugene
- Subject China, American Institute of Chemists, Petroleum industry and trade, Communes (China)
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59M 10S
Once Upon a Christmas Dreary in the Lab of Shakhashiri
- 1975
One of many in a series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The 1975 lecture opens with an…
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Oral history interview with Andrew Streitwieser
- 1981-Jan-22
Andrew Streitwieser begins this interview by describing his family, early education, and undergraduate days at Columbia University. He then discusses his graduate education at Columbia, stressing the influence of…
- Interviewee Streitwieser, Andrew, 1927-
- Interviewer Gortler, Leon B.
- Subject Streitweiser, Andrew, 1927-, Molecular orbitals, Chemistry, Organic, Chemists, Chemistry--Research, Chemistry, Organic--Research
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59M 28S
Once Upon a Christmas Dreary in the Lab of Shakhashiri
- 1980-Dec-10
One of many in a series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The 1980 lecture begins with an…
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6 items
AstroTurf® artificial grass sample
- 1977-Apr-09 – 1981-Dec-22 (Dates in use in stadium)
A square sample of AstroTurf® artificial grass from Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The stadium hosted the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1971 to 2003 and the Philadelphia…
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Consumer bag, industrial bag, any bag is our bag. That's Marlex® in action.
- 1977
Phillips Chemical Company advertisement printed in volume 54 of Modern Plastics. The advertisement promotes the chemical company's brandname plastic film, Marlex, a high density polyethylene plastic. The ad is…
- Creator Of Work Charles H. Phillips Chemical Co.
- Publisher Breskin & Charleton Publication Corp.
- Subject Plastics industry and trade, Plastics, Charles H. Phillips Chemical Co., Plastic bags, High-density polyethylene
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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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4 items
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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9 items
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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2 items
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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2 items
Tintex Neon Yellow Neon Fabric Dye
- After 1970 – before 2000
Black cardboard box with a bright yellow design containing neon fabric dye. Dye instructions are printed in white on the back of the box. The powdered dye is contained in a paper packet. Dye instructions are also…
- Creator Of Work Kiwi Brands, Inc.
- Subject Dyes and dyeing, Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers, Dyes and dyeing--Chemistry, Dyes and dyeing, Domestic
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20 items
Oral history interview with Herman Mark
- 1986-Feb-03 (First session)
- 1986-Mar-17 (Second session)
- 1986-Jun-20 (Third session)
In this first of three interviews Herman Mark starts with his study of relatively stable free radicals under the direction of Wilhelm Schlenk, first in Vienna and then in Berlin. After a post doctoral period at the…
- Interviewee Mark, H. F. (Herman Francis), 1895-1992
- Interviewer Bohning, James J., Sturchio, Jeffrey L. (Jeffrey Louis), 1952-
- Subject Canadian International Paper Company, Polymers, Alfrey, Turner, 1918-1981, Macromolecules, Carothers, Wallace Hume, 1896-1937, Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, Chemists--Biography, Mark, H. F. (Herman Francis), 1895-1992, Meyer, Kurt H. (Kurt Heinrich), 1883-1952, Kaiser Wilhelm Institut für Chemie, Haber, Fritz, 1868-1934, Chemists, Cellulose, Emigration and immigration
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6 items
Oral history interview with Herbert Morawetz
- 1986-Apr-01
In this interview, Herbert Morawetz traces his early life prior to leaving Czechoslovakia on the Nazi invasion and resettling in Canada, where he studied chemical engineering at the University of Toronto. He describes…
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Oral history interview with Allan S. Hay
- 1986-Jul-24
Allan S. Hay begins the interview with a description of his secondary and undergraduate education in Alberta. After briefly describing his graduate work at the University of Illinois and a summer job at Du Pont, he…
- Interviewee Hay, Allan S., 1929-2017
- Interviewer Wise, George, Fine, Leonard W.
- Subject Hay, Allan S., 1929-2017, Plastics--Research, Chemistry, Polymers, Chemists, General Electric Company, Chemists--Biography, Polyphenylene oxide, University of Alberta, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Emigration and immigration