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Smithsonian Institution, Office of the Smithsonian Chemist
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1880-1883
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0.1 linear meter.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 241
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of one letterpress book recording Taylor's reports of chemical analysis to various inquirers.
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National Museum of Natural History. Division of Meteorites
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1963-1970 and undated
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4.5 cu. ft. (9 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 269
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of correspondence documenting the operation of the Division of Meteorites, 1963-1970. The correspondence is both incoming and outgoing and concerns the identification and acquisition of specimens; the publication of scientific manuscripts; exhibits; participation in professional societies; and divisional administratio...
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National Museum of Natural History. Division of Meteorites
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1965-2004
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 07-151
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the tenure of Eugene Jarosewich (1926-2007). Jarosewich was a Chemist in the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Mineral Sciences, Division of Meteorites from 1964 to 1998, and remained on as chemist emeritus until his death in 2007. Materials include a series of record books that record Jarosewich's a...
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Correspondence
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National Museum of Natural History. Division of Meteorites
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circa 1970-1988
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 548
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence and memoranda documenting the operations of the Division of Meteorites, 1970-1988. The records concern the identification and acquisition of specimens, divisional administration, and professional activities of its staff members. Staff members represented by correspondence includ...
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Draper, John Christopher, (chemist), 1835-1885
Draper, Henry, 1837-1882
Draper, John William, 1811-1882
Mora, José Maria, ca. 1846-1926
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circa 1826-1936
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4.3 Cubic feet (13 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0121
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Miscellaneous documents and photographs related to the scientific careers of members of the Draper family. Includes publications of the University of the City of New York, with which the Drapers were associated, reprints of papers by John William Draper, F. Melloni, John C. Draper, and Henry Draper, publications of the New York Meteorological Observatory, photographs of the observatory, rare scientific photographs, including photomicrographs (paper prints) by the Drapers, correspondence addressed to Daniel Draper, certificates, diplomas, and other documents.
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Trigg, Charles W., 1898-1989 (chemist)
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1834-1961
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4.5 Cubic feet (13 boxes, 1 oversized folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0411
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Most material in this collection was generated by Trigg early in his career as an industrial research fellow at Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh, 1916-1920. It includes laboratory notebooks; formal weekly reports (typewritten) on his investigations; correspondence with his industrial sponsors; a few personal letters and some correspondence relating to ...
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Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Sherman, Patsy
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March 12, 1997.
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0.35 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0599
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Videohistory contains original and reference videos and photographs documenting a lecture program for children by Patsy Sherman, inventor of Scotchgard.
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Crane, H. Irving
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1927-1950
bulk 1935-1945
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5.5 Cubic feet (12 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1119
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
H. Irving Crane worked as a chemist for Atlantic Research Associates, Inc. (a division of National Dairy Corporation) from 1933-1940s on the production of several products utilizing casein, a protein found in milk. These products include Aralac (a synthetic fiber), Aracide (a fungicide and moth repellent), spray-dried milk, casein paints, and synthetic rubbers. The H. Irving Crane papers document Crane's work as a chemist at Atlantic Research Associates, Inc. and the development of Aralac and Aracide.
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Henderson, Edward P. (Edward Porter), 1898-
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circa 1930-1987 and undated, with materials from 1859
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7349
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers consist of correspondence and photographs documenting Henderson's career at the USNM and NMNH, and his research on meteorites. Most of the material dates from the 1960s and 1970s when Henderson was Curator Emeritus. Also included is an 1859 letter from an ancestor of Henderson's, Charles Henderson, to Martha M. Henderson, chronicl...
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Welsbach, Carl Auer von, Baron
Forscher, Frederick
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1890.
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1 Item
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0438
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Letter, written by Carl Auer Von Welsbach to the Austrian Gas and Electric Company, February 23, 1890. It records his sale to that utility of the gaslight mantle he invented.