Leo H. Baekeland Papers

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Leo H. Baekeland Papers

1976;1863 - 1968

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The papers document Leo H. Baekeland, a Belgian born chemist who invented Velox photographic paper (1893) and Bakelite (1907), an inexpensive, nonflammable, versatile plastic. The papers include student notebooks; private laboratory notebooks and journals; commercial laboratory notes; diaries; patents; technical papers; biographies; newspaper clippings; maps; graphs; blueprints; account books; batch books; formula books; order books; photographs; and correspondence regarding Baekeland, 1887-1943.

15 Cubic feet (49 boxes)

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 11663339

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center

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Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944

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