Bern Porter Collection of Contemporary Letters, 1935-ca. 1989.

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Bern Porter Collection of Contemporary Letters, 1935-ca. 1989.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/83800445

Porter's principal aim has been to create a unique art form, "sci-art," out of the union of science and art. The collection reflects almost wholly Porter's involvement with avant-garde literary activities. Collection includes manuscripts, correspondence, books and periodicals.

15 lin. ft. manuscripts and correspondence; 1500 books; 1500 periodical issues.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Porter, Bern, 1911-2004

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Bernard Harden Porter was born on Feb. 14, 1911 in Porter Settlement, ME; Sc. B, Colby College, 1932; Sc. M, Brown Univ., 1933; special courses at Da Vinci School (1937), Convair School (1957), Univ. of Maine (1960), and Federal School (1963); in 1929 founded Bern Porter (publishing company) in Belfast, ME; became physicist for Acheson Colloids Corp. (1935-40) and for the Manhattan District Engineers (1940-45); became consulting physicist in 1945; director of Contemporary Gallery, West Coast Des...