Series V. Meetings with Sir Derek Barton, 1958-1988, undated
Scope and Content
The Papers of Myron S. Simon contain the personal and professional papers of American chemist and instant color photography specialist Myron S. Simon. The materials in this collection document his career with Polaroid Corporation. The collection is arranged into the following ten series:
- Technical Notes
- Research Notes
- Notebooks
- Files/Memos
- Meetings with Sir Derek Barton
- Patents & Reprints
- Polaroid Company Reports
- Company Seminars and Meetings
- Conference Notes
- Correspondence & Files on Colleagues
Dates
- Creation: 1958-1988, undated
Series Description
Arranged chronologically by year, this series contains files documenting Myron S. Simon’s meetings with Sir Derek Barton, an English organic chemist and co-recipient of the 1969 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Barton served as a consultant to Polaroid Corporation. He also participated in Polaroid company seminars, in which notable chemists, including several Nobel laureates, addressed employees.
Notes and memoranda make up the bulk of the materials in this series. A variety of other miscellaneous materials, including correspondence and transcripts, are preserved in this series as well.
Repository Details
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