Letters to W. G. Machetanz, 1915-1947 (bulk, 1917-1922).

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Letters to W. G. Machetanz, 1915-1947 (bulk, 1917-1922).

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This collection of Carothers' letters was written to and preserved by a close friend, Wilko Gustad Machetanz, with whom he had roomed for two of his years at Tarkio. The bulk of the letters were written between 1917 and 1922, before Carothers became absorbed in his doctoral studies, although the two corresponded as late as 1936.

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Machetanz, W. G. (Wilko Gustad), 1895-1973.

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Carothers, Wallace Hume, 1896-1937

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Wallace H. Carothers was born in Burlington Iowa on April 27, 1896. He attended undergraduate and graduate classes at the University of Illinois, Urbana where he studied under Roger Adam. In 1928 after several years teaching undergraduates at Harvard he accepted a position in Du Pont's newly formed fundamental research program. By 1930 he and his group, which included Julian W. Hill and the future Nobel Laureate in chemistry, Paul Flory, discovered both Nylon and Neoprene. Carothers was plagued ...

Tarkio College (Tarkio, Mo.)

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Secor, Robert M. (Robert Miller), d 1932-2001.

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