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Michael A. Morgan Philatelic Chemistry Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-541

Scope and Content

The Michael A. Morgan Philatelic Chemistry Collection includes a business card for Michael A. Morgan that lists his occupation as a Chemistry teacher for the Francisco Bravo Medical School in Los Angeles, California. Also included in the collection is a postal cover for the Pittsburgh Conference and Exposition On Analytical and Applied Chemistry from March 12-17, 2000, with a color stamp featuring an illustration of chemistry equipment and a stamp featuring a color illustration of English chemist Joseph Priestley adhered to the cover.

Also included in the collection is a letter of correspondence dated February 15, 1994 from American chemist Foil A. Miller to Morgan detailing various resources that Morgan may refer to as an emerging philatelist. Attached to the letter is a first-class mail envelope addressed to Morgan from Miller with four stamps predominantly related to the field of chemistry adhered to the cover. The following stamps are included on the cover of the envelope: a stamp featuring a black and white illustration of American showman William Frederick “Buffalo Bill” Cody; a stamp featuring a color illustration of English chemist Joseph Priestley; a stamp featuring a color illustration of Hungarian-American mathematician Theodore von Kármán; a stamp featuring a color illustration of African-American research chemist Percy Lavon Julian; and a stamp featuring a color photograph of the mineral azurite.

Dates

  • Creation: 1994

Creator

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 Michael A. Morgan Philatelic Chemistry 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

Abstract

A collection of postal covers, stamps, and a letter of correspondence between American chemist Foil A. Miller and Michael A. Morgan collected by Morgan.

Acquisition Information

The Michael A. Morgan Philatelic Chemistry Collection was donated to the Science History Institute by Michael A. Morgan in 2022.

Related Materials

The Foil A. Miller Photograph Collection is preserved at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Foil A. Miller Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy Postal Cover Collection is preserved at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Title
Michael A. Morgan Philatelic Chemistry Collection
Status
Completed
Author
Finding aid created and encoded into EAD by Sean Cureton.
Date
2023
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Science History Institute Archives Repository

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