Series II. Meeting Notes, 1948-1995
Scope and Content
The Papers of Seymour Meyerson contain the personal papers of American analytical chemist and historian of mass spectrometry Seymour Meyerson. The contents of this collection document Meyerson’s professional career at Standard Oil Company (Indiana) and his retirement career as a historian of mass spectrometry. The files in this collection also document the early use of mass spectrometry in the petroleum industry.
The Papers of Seymour Meyerson are arranged into the following six series:
- Mass Spectrometry
- Meeting Notes
- Professional Life
- Publications
- Supplementary Files
- Addenda to the Collection
Dates
- Creation: 1948-1995
Series Description
Arranged in its original order (mostly chronological), this series contains Seymour Meyerson’s Meeting Notes files. The files in this series provide documentation of the professional meetings Meyer attended over the course of his career. Of special interest are the notes taken by Meyerson at the Gordon Research Conferences he attended, as these were all strictly “off the books”.
The contents of these files consist mainly of handwritten notes and typewritten summaries by Meyerson. A variety of other meeting materials, including programs, mimeographed handouts, and black and white photographs of lecture slides taken by Meyerson are preserved in this series as well.
Repository Details
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