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National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Physical Sciences
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1955-1966 and undated
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3.5 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 579
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of the research files of Robert P. Multhauf, Curator in the Division of Physical Sciences. The records contain scripts for Hall of Chemistry exhibitions; historical information and illustrations pertaining to chemistry, chemical apparatus, and industrial laboratories; biographies of distinguished chemists; and se...
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National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Physical Sciences
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1956-1976
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3.5 cu. ft. (7 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 293
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of public inquiries about scientific instruments; layout plans, scripts, and photographs for exhibitions; proposals for the Hall of Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy in MHT; general correspondence with domestic and foreign science museums, universities, manufacturers and collectors of scientific instruments, and profess...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Physical Sciences and Mathematics
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1956-1988 and undated
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12 cu. ft. (24 document boxes) (oversize materials)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 332
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records include administrative files of the Division of Mathematics and its predecessors; Merzbach correspondence with computer industries, university professors, and pioneers or experts in the field of computing science; exhibition scripts, research material, and blueprints for the Hall of Mathematics; Computer History Project research ...
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National Museum of History and Technology. Section of Mathematics
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circa 1954-1968
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1 cu. ft. (2 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 88-152
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of weights and measurements records. Materials include articles, clippings, photographs, lists of objects, and a small amount of correspondence. See also Record Unit 332 for Section of Mathematics records.
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History of Science Society
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1978-1984
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1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 99-120
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records were created and maintained by Joan Warnow-Blewett in her duties as chair of the Joint Committee on Archives of Science and Technology (JCAST) from 1978 through 1984. They were kept in the archives of the Niels Bohr Library at the American Institute of Physics after the project was completed until April 1999. The records of ...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Physical Sciences
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1972-1980
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0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 18-132
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Jon B. Eklund, curator of chemistry, which document planning, development and production activities for the exhibitions "Henry Wurtz (1828-1910): An American Chemist," "Aspects of Art and Science," "Ceramics as Historical Evidence," and the Hall of American Science at the National Museum of American ...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Medicine and Science
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1962-2011
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15 cu. ft. (15 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 12-384
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Paul Forman, Curator of modern physics, which document his curatorial and professional activities in the Division of Medicine and Science, and during the years when modern physics was part of the Division of Electricity and Nuclear Energy, the Division of Electricity and Modern Physics, and the Divisio...
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1866, 1954-1997
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 20-126
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records created and maintained by Uta C. Merzbach, Associate Curator and Curator, 1964-1988. Merzbach earned her Bachelors and Masters degrees in Mathematics from the University of Texas, Austin in 1952 and 1954 respectively. She then completed her Ph.D. in Mathematics and the History of Science at Harvard University...
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1927-1970
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11 cu. ft. (11 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 13-034
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of Science Service subject files pertaining to medical science, chemistry, chemical technology, and physics. Materials include correspondence and memoranda; news releases; clippings, photographs and negatives; articles, reports, research papers, and related topical information.
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Becker, Leonard, ?-1985
- Dates:
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1976
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2 Cubic feet (1 box , 5 audiocassete tapes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0248
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Leonard Becker was a major participant in the development and marketing of Vinyl plastic.
