Papers of Russell Franks, 1915-1959.

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Papers of Russell Franks, 1915-1959.

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This collection includes one full box of diaries dating from (1930-1959) relating to Russell Franks' work in metallurgy for Union Carbide and Carbon Research Laboratories, Niagara Falls, N.Y., the Super Alloys Branch, War Production Board (World War II) and the Electro Metallurgical Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. Also includes student notebooks and examinations while at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Va.

1.5 cubic ft.

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University of Pittsburgh

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Virginia Tech

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Virginia Tech (VT), formally Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VPI), is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. In 1872, with federal funds provided by the Morrill Act of 1862, the Reconstruction-era Virginia General Assembly purchased the facilities of Preston and Olin Institute and 250 acres of nearby Solitude Farm. The commonwealth incorporated a new institution on the site, a state-supported land-grant military institute named ...

Franks, Russell, 1897-1975.

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Union Carbide Corporation

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Union Carbide and Carbon Research Laboratories.

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