Series III. Ledger and Research Notebooks, 1947-1966
Scope and Content
The Alfred Bader Papers contain the business records and personal papers of Austrian Canadian research chemist, entrepreneur, art historian, and art collector Alfred Bader. The contents of the Alfred Bader Papers had very little original order to them when donated to the Science History Institute. The collection has been arranged artificially by the processor into the following seven series:
- Sigma-Aldrich Corporation Files
- Personal Files
- Ledger and Research Notebooks
- Printed Materials
- Oversized
- Audio-Visual and Electronic Storage Materials
- Images
Dates
- Creation: 1947-1966
Series Description
Arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically by date, this series contains one Aldrich Chemical Company ledger and eight research notebooks kept by Alfred Bader.
The ledger was kept by Aldrich Chemical Company in 1959-1960. Its lists a few of the firm’s customers and the chemicals they ordered.
The research notebooks were kept by Alfred Bader himself. They mainly document chemistry research conducted by Bader as a graduate student at Harvard University. A small amount of documentation regarding chemistry research conducted by Bader at Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company and Aldrich Chemical Company is also found in these notebooks. A very small amount of information regarding Bader’s personal financial transactions and a few notes and graphs are found within the research notebooks as well.
Repository Details
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