Andrea Allen Collection

Collection

Identifier: 2023-008

Staff Only

Scope and Content

The Andrea Allen Collection consists of three items collected by Andrea Allen, the daughter of American chemist and longtime Perkin-Elmer Corporation employee Thomas J. Porro. The collection contains a handwritten letter to “Hillary,” which is written on stationary belonging to Thomas J. Porro. It also includes a black and white photograph from the 1960s of Richard Perkin and Kurt Wilde of Perkin-Elmer in a company laboratory located at the firm’s European branch in Bodensee, Germany. Also included is a memorial service program for the late American organic chemist Robert Burns Woodward, who Andrea Allen states was an advisor to her late father when he was a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The letter also refers to two additional Perkin-Elmer marketing photographs featuring Thomas J. Porro that Andrea Allen could not locate at the time of writing the letter.

Dates

Creation: 2020

Creator

Allen, Andrea, active 21st century (Person)

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes and the collection is open to the public.

Copyright Information

The Science History Institute holds copyright to the Andrea Allen Collection. The researcher assumes full responsibility for all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Letter of correspondence, photograph, and memorial service program collected by Andrea Allen, the daughter of American chemist and Perkin-Elmer Corporation employee Thomas J. Porro.

Acquisition Information

The Andrea Allen Collection was donated to the Science History Institute by Andrea Allen in 2023.

Related Materials

The Papers of Thomas J. Porro are preserved at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Thomas J. Porro Collection of Perkin-Elmer Photographs are preserved at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.