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 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Autographed letters of famous chemists

 Collection
Identifier: 2006-517
Scope and Content For a more detailed inventory, please view this record in our library catalog: https://othmerlib.sciencehistory.org/record=b1063863~S6Collection consists of 54 loose letters in mylar sleeves. They are autographed letters by famous chemists on various subjects. The letters are a mix of personal and scientific correspondence. One letter from Joseph Fourier to John Dalton is in French and one from...
Dates: 1717-1969; Majority of material found within 1791-1964

Benfey autographed letter collection

 Collection
Identifier: 88-13
Scope and content

For a more detailed inventory, please view this record in our library catalog: https://othmerlib.sciencehistory.org/record=b1072427~S6


This is a collection of 21 letters, signed by eminent chemists of the modern era. All are typed and all but one is in English. Signers include Linus Pauling, Peter Debye, Road Hoffmann and Robert Woodward.

Dates: 1947-1984

Frank H. Stodola Nobel laureate letter collection

 Collection
Identifier: 88-8
Scope and content

For a more detailed inventory, please view this record in our library catalog: https://othmerlib.sciencehistory.org/record=b1064219~S6


This is a collection of signed letters sent to Frank H. Stodola by various Nobel laureates in Chemistry. Letters are typed with the signature of the Nobel Laureate and addressed to Dr. Stodola at a variety of institutions.

Dates: 1937-1971

Frederick Carl Strong III autograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-004
Scope and content

There is no real focus to the collection, in that Strong's principal interest was in the autograph rather than the contents, which are, for the most part, routine notes or inquiries. There are several Nobel laureates and a few outstanding American chemists represented.

Dates: 1938-1983; Majority of material found within 1940-1950