Sub-series 1. Personal Correspondence, 1946-2005, undated
Scope and Content
The Norman G. Anderson Papers contain the professional and personal papers of American clinical chemist, inventor, and corporate executive Norman G. Anderson. The collection is arranged into the following fifteen series:
- Chronological Files
- United States Navy Files
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory Files
- Argonne National Laboratory Files
- Large Scale Biology Corporation Files
- Viral Defense Foundation Files
- Notebooks
- Patent Files
- Paper, Article, and Speech Files
- Research Files
- Personal Files
- Printed Materials
- Oversized
- Electronic Storage Materials
- Images
Dates
- Creation: 1946-2005, undated
Sub-series Description
Arranged alphabetically by subject, this sub-series contains Norman G. Anderson’s Personal Correspondence files. Files containing Anderson’s correspondence with members of his family, including his wife Mary Lloyd Anderson, son N. Leigh Anderson, and daughter Elizabeth Anderson, make up the largest component of this sub-series. Small numbers of files containing Anderson’s correspondence with fellow scientists, universities, and miscellaneous individuals are also present in this sub-series. Single files of correspondence with an instrument manufacturer and a chemical company are also preserved here.
Letters make up the largest component of the Personal Correspondence files. A noticeable amount of photocopied publications from Electro Nucleonics, Incorporated, which were sent to Anderson by Richard M. Mandle, are also found this sub-series. Small amounts of other miscellaneous materials, including, but not limited to, emails, transparencies, and photocopied articles are preserved here as well.
Repository Details
Part of the Science History Institute Archives Repository
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