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Found in 12 Collections and/or records:

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Edward Lindley Bowles Papers

Identifier: MSS67993
Abstract

Inventor, engineer and educator. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, manuscripts, speeches, transcripts of recorded recollections, reports, minutes, subject files, notes, legal documents, printed material, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to Bowles's career as an engineer and consultant in private industry and in government, his association with research universities, and work relating to the securing and defense of patents.

Dates 1869-1990; Majority of material found within 1920-1982
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Vannevar Bush Papers

Identifier: MSS14498
Abstract

Physicist, engineer, government official, and science administrator. The collection relates primarily to Vannevar Bush's role as coordinator of the scientific community for defense efforts during and after World War II when he served as chairman of the National Defense Research Committee and director of its successor, the Office of Scientific Research and Development, where he supervised the Manhattan Project and other programs.

Dates 1901-1974; Majority of material found within 1932-1955
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Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics Records

Identifier: MSS17699
Abstract Fund to facilitate technical development, improve safety, and expand the popularity of aviation; active from 1926-1930. Correspondence, reports, articles, pamphlets, legal and financial records, printed matter, and other records relating chiefly to commercial aviation in the United States and to a history of the fund written by R. H. Mayo. Subjects include aeronautical education and research, aviation safety, technical development, the use of aviation for passenger travel and the transport...
Dates 1925-1943; Majority of material found within ( 1926-1930)
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Henry Aaron Hill Papers

Identifier: MSS59331
Abstract

Chemist. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, notes, reports, scientific papers, transcripts, writings, academic records, family papers, financial and business records, newspaper clippings, blueprints, plans, map, memorabilia, printed matter, and photographs documenting Hill's career in the chemical industry, activities in related organizations, service on governmental and education advisory boards, and his personal and family life.

Dates 1867-1979; Majority of material found within 1933-1979
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Herbert T. Kalmus Papers

Identifier: MSS28175
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Chemical engineer, inventor, and businessman. Correspondence, diaries, writings including drafts of his memoir Mr. Technicolor, financial records, printed matter, photographs, and other papers relating to Kalmus's business ventures and personal affairs.

Dates 1904-1963; Majority of material found within ( 1927-1963)
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Edward N. Lorenz Papers

Identifier: MSS85426
Abstract

Meteorologist and mathematician. Correspondence, articles, scientific papers, speeches, presentations, photographs, data and data visualizations in both physical and digital formats. Material in physical format also includes military records, subject files, and book files. Material in digital format also includes games and sound recordings. The collection documents Lorenz's activities as a meteorology professor and his discovery of deterministic chaos.

Dates circa 1895-2009; Majority of material found within 1942-2000
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Daniel F. Margolies Papers

Identifier: MSS86306
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Nuremberg prosecutor and foreign policy advisor to the President's Science Advisory Committee. Reports, press releases, printed matter, memoranda, photographs, clippings, and other material pertaining chiefly to Margolies's work as a consultant for the United States Agency for International Development and other organizations.

Dates 1935-1999; Majority of material found within ( 1942-1995)
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I. M. Pei Papers

Identifier: MSS83787
Abstract

Architect. Correspondence, planning files, biographical material, maps, blueprints, drawings, proposals, minutes, reports, scrapbooks, press releases, clippings, invitations, brochures, interviews, appointment calendars, travel records, certificates, awards, and photographs related to architectural activities, urban planning, and professional associations of I. M. Pei.

Dates 1920-2016; Majority of material found within 1960-2000
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Henry S. Pritchett Papers

Identifier: MSS36947
Abstract

Astronomer, superintendent of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, and president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Correspondence, travel diaries and autobiographical fragments, drafts and reprints of writings, speeches, essays, reports, Pritchett's book entitled What is Religion? (1906), and other papers relating to Pritchett's career in science and education.

Dates 1876-1967; Majority of material found within ( 1900-1939)
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Nathaniel Rochester Papers

Identifier: MSS84839
Abstract

Electrical engineer and computer designer. Correspondence, biographical material, data processing manuals, reports, oral history interviews, writings, photographs, certificates, and printed matter primarily documenting Rochester’s work with military radar at Sylvania Electric Products and his endeavors to design computers and computer programs while employed with the International Business Machines Corp.

Dates 1935-1999; Majority of material found within ( 1943-1977)
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Charles H. Townes Papers

Identifier: MSS84413
Abstract

Physicist, astrophysicist, and educator. Correspondence, computation notebooks, technical memoranda and notes, patents, teaching files, astronomical observations, grants and projects, subject files, legal files, speeches, writings, biographical material, awards, printed matter, photographs, digital files, microfilm, and other papers relating to Townes's career beginning in 1948.

Dates 1898-2014; Majority of material found within 1950-2010
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Clay Thomas Whitehead Papers

Identifier: MSS85763
Abstract United States government official and businessman. Memoranda, correspondence, notes, briefing books, position papers, conference proceedings, university coursework, Ph.D. dissertation, subject files, research material, reports, speeches, writings, trip itineraries and records, printed matter, corporate annual reports, and miscellaneous items documenting Whitehead's service as special assistant to the president and director of the Office of Telecommunications Policy in the White House during...
Dates 1927-2012; Majority of material found within 1968-2008