Series I. Autographed Documents

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  Urey, Harold - Yalow, Rosalyn

  Manuscripts

  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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  Echo I satellite, Palomar Mountain Observatory, and other space initiatives

  Manuscripts

  Includes first day covers for the dedication of the Palomar Mountain Observatory, Palomar Mountain, California (1948), signed by Ira Sprague Bowen (1898-1973) (Item 61); for Echo I, Communications for Peace (1960), signed by Thomas Keith Glennan (1905-1995), James B. Fisk (1910-1981), and Wernher von Braun (1912-1977) (Items 62-64); and for the launch of the Ranger VII spacecraft to the moon (1964) signed by Harold C. Urey (Item 65). Also includes a first day cover commemorating the Apollo 15 mission and the Kennedy Space Center (1971) signed by Hermann Oberth (1894-1989) (Item 66); the stamps are affixed on a two-page typescript by Oberth entitled Moon Car.

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  Dibner Autographed Documents and First Day Covers collection

  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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  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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  Arthur Korn photograph of King Edward VII, the first photograph transmitted by long-distance photography, and Korn's autograph letter, signed

  Manuscripts

  Collection is comprised of a photograph, an autograph letter, signed by A. Korn, and a newspaper clipping. The photograph (a portrait of Edward VII) is the first image transmitted by wire to a British newspaper, the Daily Mirror. It is inscribed by A. Korn in the margin: "mit fal. Grüssen Arthur Korn". Accompanying is an autograph letter, signed, in German, to an unidentified correspondent, dated London, 1907, November 9. This letter also contains an integral leaf containing a draft of the receipent's response dated Sunday, November 1 [1907]. The third and final item is a German newspaper clipping, in Fraktur, announcing Korn's shared prize in theoretical physics and his successful work in phototelegraphy.

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  Series II. First Day Covers

  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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