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Natta, Giulio - Shockley, William
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Atoms for Peace and Atomic Energy Act
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Includes first day covers for the Atoms for Peace campaign signed by Edward Teller and Lewis L. Strauss (1896-1974) (Items 55-56, 1955). Also includes an Atomic Energy Commission postcard commemorating James O'Brien McMahon (1903-1952) and featuring stamps for the Atoms for Peace campaign and the Atomic Energy Act, signed by several people, including Glenn T. Seaborg and Robert R. Wilson (1914-2000) (Item 57, 1962); and first day covers for the Atomic Energy Act signed by J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967), Glenn T. Seaborg, and Edward Teller (Items 58-60, 1962).
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Series I. Autographed Documents
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Items include a typed statement written by British Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill (1874-1965) regarding the Israel Institute of Technology's decision to name buildings in his honor, dated 1954, November 20 (Item 3); a letter written by American-British entrepreneur, philanthropist, and director of the Atlantic Cable Company George Peabody (1795-1869) to Pliny Miles, Esquire, regarding a piece of Atlantic cable (Item 34); a photograph of American physicist William Shockley (1910-1989), signed beneath his sketch of a transistor (Item 40); and a legal agreement from Rensselaer County, New York, dated 1791, September 22, between Wouter Knickerbacker (1712-1797?) and Enoch Leonard (approximately 1755-1810), signed by Knickerbacker and by John Van Rensselaer (1708-1793?) (Item 49).
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Various
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First day covers include Progress in Electronics, 25 Years of Transistors, signed by Walter Brattain (1902-1987) (Item 67, 1973); Prominent Americans series, Albert Einstein, signed by Melvin Calvin (1911-1997) (Item 68, 1966); World Health Day - Canada, signed by André F. Cournand (1895-1988) (Item 69, 1972); 50th Year of Naval Aviation, signed by Donald W. Douglas (1892-1981) and Donald W. Douglas, Jr. (1917-2004) (Items 70-71, 1961); International Geophysical Year 1957-1958, signed by Joseph Kaplan (1902-1991) (Item 72, 1958); a stamp commemorating progressive politician George W. Norris (1861-1944), signed by David E. Lilienthal (1899-1981) (Item 73, 1961); and Honoring Those Who Fight Polio, signed by Jonas Salk and Albert B. Sabin (Item 74, 1957).
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Urey, Harold - Yalow, Rosalyn
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Signatures include Harold C. Urey (1893-1981) (Item 48, undated); John van Rensselaer (1708-1793?) (Item 49, 1791); Artturi Iimari Virtanen (1895-1973) (Item 50, 1973); Selman A. Waksman (1888-1973) (Items 51-52, 1964 and 1972); George Wald (1906-1997) (Item 53, undated); and Rosalyn S. Yalow (1921-2011) (Item 54, 1978).
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Dibner Autographed Documents and First Day Covers collection
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This collection contains 74 items, chiefly documents including letters, postcards, typescripts, photographs, handwritten notes, and blank cards, autographed by leading figures in the sciences, including multiple Nobel Prize winners; several documents contain multiple signatures. The collection also includes autographed 20 first day covers, mostly stamps dedicated to science-related themes such as nuclear energy, communications, electronics, space exploration, and naval aviation; dates of these items range from 1948-1973. Signatures on various types of documents include those of British explorer John Franklin (1786-1847); Joseph Henry (1797-1878), first secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; American medical physicist Rosalyn S. Yalow (1921-2011); American medical researcher Albert B. Sabin (1906-1993); polar explorer Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922); and American president Herbert Hoover (1874-1964). Many of the autographed letters are addressed to R. Frederick Allen of Lewiston, Maine, often in response to birthday greetings or other communications from Allen, and several autographed items are accompanied by information about the signers in the form of clippings or typed or handwritten annotations. The first day covers commemorate developments and events including the Atoms for Peace campaign (initiated in 1953) and the Atomic Energy Act (1962); the launch of Echo I, the world's first communications satellite, in 1960; the dedication of the Palomar Mountain Observatory, Palomar Mountain, California, in 1948; and various other innovations and innovators. Signatures on first day covers include those of Edward Teller (1908-2003), on Atoms for Peace covers; Wernher von Braun (1912-1977), on a cover featuring Echo I (1960); J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967), on a cover marking the Atomic Energy Act (1962); Jonas Salk (1914-1995), on a cover honoring those battling polio (1957); and Donald W. Douglas (1892-1981), on two covers celebrating the 50th anniversary of naval aviation (1961).
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Manuscripts
This collection contains 74 items, chiefly documents including letters, postcards, typescripts, photographs, handwritten notes, and blank cards, autographed by leading figures in the sciences, including multiple Nobel Prize winners; several documents contain multiple signatures. The collection also includes autographed 20 first day covers, mostly stamps dedicated to science-related themes such as nuclear energy, communications, electronics, space exploration, and naval aviation; dates of these items range from 1948-1973. Signatures on various types of documents include those of British explorer John Franklin (1786-1847); Joseph Henry (1797-1878), first secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; American medical physicist Rosalyn S. Yalow (1921-2011); American medical researcher Albert B. Sabin (1906-1993); polar explorer Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922); and American president Herbert Hoover (1874-1964). Many of the autographed letters are addressed to R. Frederick Allen of Lewiston, Maine, often in response to birthday greetings or other communications from Allen, and several autographed items are accompanied by information about the signers in the form of clippings or typed or handwritten annotations. The first day covers commemorate developments and events including the Atoms for Peace campaign (initiated in 1953) and the Atomic Energy Act (1962); the launch of Echo I, the world's first communications satellite, in 1960; the dedication of the Palomar Mountain Observatory, Palomar Mountain, California, in 1948; and various other innovations and innovators. Signatures on first day covers include those of Edward Teller (1908-2003), on Atoms for Peace covers; Wernher von Braun (1912-1977), on a cover featuring Echo I (1960); J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967), on a cover marking the Atomic Energy Act (1962); Jonas Salk (1914-1995), on a cover honoring those battling polio (1957); and Donald W. Douglas (1892-1981), on two covers celebrating the 50th anniversary of naval aviation (1961).
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