Eric Hutchinson papers 1954-1982

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Eric Hutchinson papers 1954-1982

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Although Hutchinson's professional field was chemistry, these papers pertain to his interest in history. They primarily relate to his research (done in the late 1960s) on scientific research in England prior to World War II and includes notes on the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, the Chemistry Research Board, National Physical Laboratory, Physics Research Board, and the Radio Research Board and his typescript paper "The Radio Research Board and the Early History of Radio Direction Finding." Materials pertaining to Stanford University's history include Helen Dwight Fisher's paper on Leland Stanford, photocopy of the minutes from the first faculty meeting, 1891, correspondence with Joshua Lederberg on Medical School history, 1982, and a photograph of D. S. Jordan with Prof. Franklin, ca. 1926. Other items in the collection include miscellaneous correspondence with James Beck, Philip A. Leighton, and Edward Shils, 1969-77; and a genealogy booklet on the Hoadley family, 1972.

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Hutchinson, Eric.

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Biographical/Historical Sketch Eric Hutchinson, born in England in 1920, was educated at the University of Cambridge (1938-1945), earning all three of his degrees in chemistry. He taught at Sheffield University and Fordham University, before joining the Stanford faculty in 1949. In addition to his research and teaching duties, he served a term as academic secretary to the University; designed the shields and flags that represent the Universit...

Lederberg, Joshua

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Professor of Genetics at Stanford Medical School (1959-1978). Lederberg received a Nobel prize in 1958 and became president of Rockefeller Univeristy in 1978. From the description of Stanford University, ACME Project, records, 1961-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122446055 Lederberg earned his Ph.D. at Yale University in 1947. He taught genetics at the University of Wisconsin before coming to the Stanford University School of Medicine in 1959 as Professor of genetics an...

Leighton, Philip Albert, 1897-

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Includes original introduction by Richard H. Eastman, 1981, photocopy of biography of Leighton by Douglas A. Skoog, c. 1981, and photocopy of Leighton's manuscript, 1978, which concerns his viewing of the sunset from Point Arguello (Santa Barbara County), with a brief history of the exploration of California. From the description of A Solstician Adventure, December 21, 1978 : photocopy of manuscript and printed pamphlet, 1978-1981. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122289475 ...

Fisher, Helen Dwight

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Great Britain. Dept. of Scientific and Industrial Research.

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Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931

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Educator, author, and naturalist. From the description of Papers of David Starr Jordan, 1861-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068098 Zoologist David Starr Jordan was elected president of Indiana University in 1885. He left IU in 1891 to become Stanford University's first president. Jordan died in 1931. From the description of David Starr Jordan papers, 1874-1929, bulk 1895-1929. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 61225195 American ichthyolog...

National Physical Laboratory (Great Britain)

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Stanford university

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Stanford entered into a research project with the National Iranian Radio and Television agency in 1974 to study and recommend a satellite-based communication system for Iran and how to utilize it for Iran's educational radio and television. From the description of Stanford NIRT project records, 1974-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122510722 The Leland Stanford Junior University was established in 1885 in memory of Leland Stanford Jr., the only child of Senator and Mrs. ...

Shils, Edward, 1910-1995

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Historian Edward Potts Cheyney taught at the University of Pennsylvania. From the guide to the Drafts of chapters for "Freedom of inquiry and expression, " 1936-1938, 1936-1938, (American Philosophical Society) ...