Polymers

Abstract

A collection of correspondence between American chemists John D. Ferry and Paul Flory, with additional correspondence between John D. Ferry and other scientists, as well as clippings and ephemera regarding the death of Paul Flory.

Abstract

Collection covers Marvel's post-retirement career at the University of Arizona.

Scope and Content

For a more detailed inventory, please view this record in our library catalog: https://othmerlib.sciencehistory.org/record=b1043342~S6

The Papers of Raymond F. Boyer are biographical in nature and relate almost obsessively to the feud he waged with Paul Flory. The limited nature of the collection is compensated for by the richness of its content. The collection was processed as it was found.

Scope and content For a more detailed inventory, please view this record in our library catalog: https://othmerlib.sciencehistory.org/record=b1023972~S6The main body of the papers consists of working papers for publication. These are left in Flory's preferred arrangement, beginning at the middle years of his career. There are also addendum items that were collected after Flory's death. These have been re-arranged...