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BOX 219-238 Miscellany, 1947-2015
The Miscellany series includes material pertaining to Gibbons's personal and professional activities. Chemistry and math notebooks, a yearbook, and material relating to spelunking in Tennessee provide glimpses of Gibbons's college years, early life experiences, and personal activities. Of significance in this series are Bachtel's files. Her dedication towards helping to archive Gibbons's papers are reflected in correspondence, indexes and notes, and a working file. The working file was maintained by Bachtel as she worked for Gibbons and contains Gibbons's handwritten correspondence, speeches, and notes. These documents often appear in typed or final versions in other parts of the collection. Other material in this series were received housed together with inventories and spanned across various positions and decades throughout Gibbons's career. There is documentation of Gibbons's long relationships and interactions with individuals, organizations, and government officials in China. During his trips to China to give keynote speeches, he discussed biotechnology, energy, environmental issues, science and technology policies important to the current and future of Sino-U.S. relations, technology for the 21st century that could provide for people while protecing the planet, and sustainability. Known for his wit, sense of humor, and ability to recite quotes, the series has folders containing jokes, quotes, and cartoons which were amassed by Gibbons throughout his career. Also included in the series are awards, including documentation the Federal Republic of Germany awarding Gibbons the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit in 1991 for his commitment to furthering the U.S.-German relationship in science and technology.
Material types include correspondence, writings, photographs, awards, a yearbook, notebooks, cirriculum vitae, clippings, photocopies of keepsakes, and printed matter. Digital files include text, .jpg, .tif, and .html files.
Arranged alphabetically by topic or type of material and therein alphabetically or chronologically. File structure of the digital content maintained as received.
BOX 219 Awards
BOX 219 1979-1982
BOX 219 1986
BOX 219 1987-1990
BOX 219 1991, Oct. 4, Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, awarded at the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Washington, D.C.
BOX 220 1992
BOX 220 1993
BOX 220 Feb. 15, Philip Hauge Abelson Prize, National Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Boston, Mass.
BOX 220 Orders signed by the president
BOX 220 1994
BOX 220 1995
BOX 220 Mar. 27, Virginia Life Achievement Award in Science, Commonwealth of Virgina and the Science Museum of Virginia's Annual Awards Banquet and Presentation, Richmond, Va.
BOX 220 May 19, Honorary degree, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, N.Y.
BOX 220 1997
BOX 220 Feb. 16, fellow certificate, Association for Women in Science
BOX 220 Apr. 8, Dinner hosted by Governor of Tennessee Don Sundquist
BOX 220 May 18, Honorary degree, Duke University, Durham, N.C.
BOX 220 Sept. 26, Honorary degree, University of Maryland-Baltimore County, Baltimore, Md.
BOX 220 Nov. 6, Seymour Cray HPCC Industry Recognition Award, RCI, Ltd., North American Annual Member Executive Conference, Tysons Corner, Va.
BOX 221 Nov. 21, John P. McGovern Science and Society Award, 1997 Sigma Xi Forum, Washington, D.C.
BOX 221 1998
BOX 221 Oct. 4, Arthur M. Bueche Award, National Academy of Engineering 1998 Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
(2 folders)
BOX 221 General
BOX 221 1999-2009
BOX 221 Bachtel, Susanne ("Susie")
BOX 221 Correspondence, 1979, 1986-2014
BOX 221 General, 1960, 1989-2013
(2 folders)
BOX 221 Index and notes for collection, 2007-2015
(1 folder)
BOX 222 Index and notes for collection, 2007-2015
(2 folders)
BOX 222 Trip to Tennessee, 2012
BOX 222 Working file
BOX 222 Gibbons's handwritten correspondence
BOX 222 1986-1992
(5 folders)
BOX 223 1993-2004
(4 folders)
BOX 223 Gibbons's handwritten drafts and notes, 1986-2006
(5 folders)
BOX 224 Biographical sketches, 1986-2005
BOX 224 Birthday cards and correspondence, 1985, 1998-2010
(4 folders)
BOX 224 Business cards, 1993-2005, undated
BOX 224 Caves in Tennessee, 1954-1956, 2000-2013
(3 folders)
BOX 225 Caves in Tennessee, 1954-1956, 2000-2013
(3 folders)
BOX 225 Chemistry and math notebooks, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Va., 1947-1949
(4 folders)
BOX 226 Chemistry and math notebooks, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Va., 1947-1949
(1 folder)
BOX 226 China
BOX 226 Chandler, William U., 1984, 1999-2009
BOX 226 China-U.S. Center for Sustainable Development, 1998-2010
(4 folders)
BOX 226 China-U.S. Forum on Science and Technology Policy, 1995-2006
(2 folders)
BOX 227 China-U.S. Forum on Science and Technology Policy, 1995-2006
(3 folders)
BOX 227 Correspondence, 1999-2014
BOX 227 Energy and environment, 1995-2002
(4 folders)
BOX 228 Guangdong Golden Glass Technologies, 1998-2006
(5 folders)
BOX 228 General, 1995-2013
BOX 228 Jiang, Zemin, 1995-1997
BOX 228 Li, Daxi, 2004-2006
BOX 228 Notes and chronological lists, 2011-2015
BOX 229 Personal transport vehicles, 1999-2004
(2 folders)
BOX 229 Rolodex cards, 1989-1995
BOX 229 Shanghai CAS Shenglongda Biotech (Group) Co., 2001-2002
(4 folders)
BOX 230 Shanghai CAS Shenglongda Biotech (Group) Co., 2001-2002
(1 folder)
BOX 230 Shanghai Television, television station, 2008
BOX 230 Song, Jian, 1994-2008
(3 folders)
BOX 230 Trips
BOX 230 2001-2002
(2 folders)
BOX 231 2003-2005
(6 folders)
BOX 232 2011
BOX 232 Congressional and federal directories, 1993-1997
BOX 232 Curriculum vitae, 1982-2005, undated
(2 folders)
BOX 232 Harrisonburg, Va., 1935-1938, 1959, 1988-1994, 2008-2012
BOX 232 "Indian pipe stem," 2010
BOX 232 Inscribed books given to Gibbons, 1982-1998
BOX 232 Job offers, 1982-1989
BOX 232 Jokes, quotes, and cartoons
BOX 232 "Closet door cartoons," 1980-1994, undated
BOX 233 Database printouts, 1979-2005
BOX 233 Nos. 1-318, "OTA Joke Book on Humor Data Base," 1979-1992
(3 folders)
BOX 233 Nos. 319-407, "OSTP Joke Book on Humor Data Base," 1992-1998
BOX 234 Nos. 408-1476, "Miscellaneous," circa 1979-2005
(5 folders)
BOX 234 Tenth anniversary as director of the Office of Technology Assessment, 1989
BOX 235 Marquis Who's Who, 1979-2004
BOX 235 Memberships, 1980-1996
BOX 235 Memorabilia, mementos, and keepsakes
BOX 235 circa 1978-1995
(5 folders)
BOX 236 1996-2007, undated
(6 folders)
BOX 237 Pannill, H. Burnell, 1973, 1980-1984, 2007
BOX 237 Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Va., 1999-2011
BOX 237 Rockefeller, Laurance Spelman
BOX 237 1990-1997
(3 folders)
BOX 237 1998, Jan.-June
(3 folders)
BOX 238 1998, Aug.-Dec.
(2 folders)
BOX 238 1999-2006
(4 folders)
BOX 238 "Rumsfeld's Rules," 2001
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