Papers of Seymour Meyerson
Collection
Identifier: 2008-038-001
Papers of Seymour Meyerson
Collection
Identifier: 2008-038-001
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
- Access Restrictions
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There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes and the collection is open to the public.
- Dates
- Creation: 1910-2016
- Creation: Bulk 1947-1997
- Extent
- 16.0 Linear Feet (64 Boxes)
- Related Names
- Meyerson, Seymour
- American Oil Company
- American Society for Mass Spectrometry
- American Society for Testing and Materials
- Amoco Corporation
- Fields, Ellis Kirby, 1917-2003
- Land, Edwin H., 1909-1991
- Ramírez, Fausto
- Standard Oil Company (Indiana)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Language of Materials
- German
- Language of Materials
- French
Series I. Mass Spectrometry, 1910-2002, undated
Series
Identifier: I
- Dates
- Creation: 1910-2002, undated
- Dates
- Creation: 1952-1999
VG Instruments - correspondence, trade ads, technical ads, 1977, 1981
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
- Dates
- Creation: 1977, 1981
Mass Spectrometry 30 & 50 - trade ads and correspondence re: service agreements with Kratos, AEI, and others, 1976-1981
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
- Dates
- Creation: 1976-1981
Mass Spectrometry Reviews - correspondence, meeting minutes, etc. (Seymour Meyerson served as a member of this publication’s Advisory Board), 1980-1987
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
- Dates
- Creation: 1980-1987
Mass Spectrometry - Surveys and Reviews - two early mass spectrometry bibliographies, 1952, 1953
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
- Dates
- Creation: 1952, 1953
- Dates
- Creation: 1948-1999
American Society for Testing Materials - minutes, announcements, and correspondence, 1968-1979
File — Box: 2, Folder: 1
- Dates
- Creation: 1968-1979
American Society for Testing Materials - Committee E-14 - meeting memoranda, 1948-1960
File — Box: 2, Folder: 3
- Dates
- Creation: 1948-1960
American Society for Testing Materials - Committee E-14 - correspondence, minutes, articles, and announcements (Folder 1 of 2.), 1956, 1959-1990
File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
- Dates
- Creation: 1956, 1959-1990
American Society for Testing Materials - Committee E-14 (Folder 2 of 2.), 1956, 1959-1990
File — Box: 2, Folder: 5
- Dates
- Creation: 1956, 1959-1990
American Society for Testing Materials - Committee E-14 - Membership Handbook (ring binder), 1972
File — Box: 2, Folder: 6
- Dates
- Creation: 1972
- Dates
- Creation: 1957-2002
American Chemical Society Division of Petroleum Chemistry Newsletters (Folder 1 of 2.), 1984-2001
File — Box: 3, Folder: 1
- Dates
- Creation: 1984-2001
American Chemical Society Division of Petroleum Chemistry Newsletters (Folder 2 of 2.), 1984-2001
File — Box: 3, Folder: 2
- Dates
- Creation: 1984-2001
American Chemical Society Division of Petroleum Chemistry Annual Reports, 1987-1996
File — Box: 3, Folder: 3
- Dates
- Creation: 1987-1996
Madison-Chicago-Milwaukee Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group (This was an informal get-together of mass spectrometry specialists working in the Madison-Chicago-Milwaukee area.) - newsletters, 1984-1986
File — Box: 3, Folder: 4
- Dates
- Creation: 1984-1986
Other Organizations (Includes American Chemical Society Division of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry.) - correspondence and conference announcements, 1957-1991
File — Box: 3, Folder: 5
- Dates
- Creation: 1957-1991
Miscellaneous Analytical Chemistry - Post May 1984 - includes material by Seymour Meyerson and reprints by others, 1984-2002
File — Box: 3, Folder: 6
- Dates
- Creation: 1984-2002
- Dates
- Creation: 1910-1995, undated
Broad Fundamental Aspects of Chemistry - 33 reprints, mostly on isotopes and atomic weights, 1955-1985
File — Box: 4, Folder: 1
- Dates
- Creation: 1955-1985
Carbenes and Arynes - 18 reprints by various authors, 1944-1981
File — Box: 4, Folder: 2
- Dates
- Creation: 1944-1981
Catenanes - 2 reprints, 1970, 1977
File — Box: 4, Folder: 3
- Dates
- Creation: 1970, 1977
Common Contaminants/Artifacts - 6 reprints, 1985-1993
File — Box: 4, Folder: 4
- Dates
- Creation: 1985-1993
Cyclopropyl Derivatives - notes and readings - 1958-1959/4 reprints - 1969-1979 (Includes one by Carl Djerassi.), 1958-1979
File — Box: 4, Folder: 5
- Dates
- Creation: 1958-1979
Double-Bond Location, Related Syntheses and Labeling - 21 reprints, 1959-1981
File — Box: 4, Folder: 6
- Dates
- Creation: 1959-1981
Emission Spectra of Organic Compounds - Emissions - 16 reprints, tables, and notes, 1912-1976
File — Box: 4, Folder: 7
- Dates
- Creation: 1912-1976
Emission Spectra of Organic Compounds - Porter - correspondence and 3 reprints, 2 by George Porter, 1957-1959
File — Box: 4, Folder: 8
- Dates
- Creation: 1957-1959
Emission Spectra of Organic Compounds - V Spectra - correspondence, notes, and reprints (Folder 1 of 2.), 1910-1972
File — Box: 5, Folder: 1
- Dates
- Creation: 1910-1972
Emission Spectra of Organic Compounds - V Spectra (Folder 2 of 2.), 1910-1972
File — Box: 5, Folder: 2
- Dates
- Creation: 1910-1972
Hot Atom Chemistry - correspondence and reprints, 1960-1978
File — Box: 5, Folder: 3
- Dates
- Creation: 1960-1978
IPs, Electronic Structures - Ionization Potentials/Measurements and Correlations - 18 reprints, 1951-1972, undated
File — Box: 5, Folder: 4
- Dates
- Creation: 1951-1972, undated
IPs, Electronic Structures - Electron Impact Spectroscopy (Work with J.H. McMechan; correspondence with R.I. Reed.), 1960
File — Box: 5, Folder: 5
- Dates
- Creation: 1960
IPs, Electronic Structures-Bond Strengths and Distances/Conjugations and Resonances - 3 reprints, 1948-1966
File — Box: 5, Folder: 6
- Dates
- Creation: 1948-1966
Isotope Correction Factors - tables of data (In a binder.), 1957
File — Box: 6, Folder: 1
- Dates
- Creation: 1957
Mass Spectrometry - Kinetic Interpretations - Kinetics - Thermodynamics - Isotope Effects - correspondence and 7 reprints, 1953-1982
File — Box: 6, Folder: 2
- Dates
- Creation: 1953-1982
Citation
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Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Papers of Seymour Meyerson, 1910-2016, Science History Institute Archives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Papers of Seymour Meyerson, 1910-2016, Science History Institute Archives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. https://sciencehistory.libraryhost.com/repositories/3/resources/117 Accessed April 05, 2025.