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Letter: Norman R. Smith to Ida M. Tarbell, April 9, 1901
No full textHandwritten letter, 3 pages, writes of his father, Victor Smit
Norman R. Glenn Papers
No full textNorman R. Glenn (born in 1909 as Norman R. Goldman) was the founding editor and publisher of Sponsor and Marketing and Media Decisions. Glenn createdSponsor in 1946 as a publication geared towards the broadcasting advertiser. The magazine wrote well known and influential commentary, including a series of editorials on McCarthyism and blacklisting entitled "Red Channels" which earned the magazine a George Polk Memorial Award for distinguished journalism. Glenn created another trade magazine Marketing and Media Decisions which provided guidance to advertisers during the television era. The Norman R. Glenn Collection spans the years 1933 to1998. The collection contains two scrapbooks, correspondence, and publications
Interview with Norman R. Davidson
Get PDFAn interview in three sessions, August and September 1987, with Norman R. Davidson, Chandler Professor of Chemical Biology, emeritus, in the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. He received his BS (1937) and PhD (1941) from the University of Chicago and a BSc from the University of Oxford (1938). He came to Caltech as an instructor in 1946, becoming a full professor in 1957 and Chandler Professor in 1982.
He recalls growing up in Hyde Park, Chicago; his years at the university; his Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford. Discusses his wartime work: with Anton Burg at USC; recruitment by Harold Urey for uranium isotope separation at Columbia; stint at University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory on the plutonium project under Glenn Seaborg. Postwar move to RCA Labs, Princeton, working on electron microscopy with James Hillier.
Recalls the chemistry division, Linus Pauling, and Robert A. Millikan, among others, during his early years at Caltech. His interest in organometallic chemistry, gas-phase reaction mechanisms, formation of complex ions in solution. Recalls serving on the Freshman Admissions Committee; designing flash-lamp photodissociation apparatus; work on dissociation by shock tubes with grad student Tucker Carrington. Growing interest in molecular biology; attending 1958 NIH biophysics conference, Boulder, CO; the evolution of chemical biology.
Discusses work of 1968 presidential search committee and Harold Brown’s selection; advocacy of an enriched humanities curriculum; his support for proposed affiliation with Immaculate Heart College. Recalls three of his outstanding postdocs/graduate students: James C. Wang, Phillip A. Sharp, Ronald W. Davis. Offers his views on Linus Pauling in an appendix
Letter Written by Norman R. Noble to the Bryant College Service Club Dated January 13, 1943
Get PDF[Transcription begins] U.S. AIR FORCES
January 13, 1943 Wednesday morn.
Bryant Service Club Bryant College
Dear Students,
I wish to express my sincere thanks for the candy sent to me. I received it this morning at [sic] it was quite a surprise.
I am out here in Sioux Falls attending an army radio technical school. I am coming along fine and expect to see action in the near future.
Thanks again and I wish everyone a happy, happy new year.
Yours truly, Pvt. Norman R. Noble, U. S. A. 803rd TSS (sp) AAFU Barracks 1436 Sioux Falls Air Base South Dakota [Transcription ends
Letter Written by Norman R. Noble to the Bryant College Service Club Dated April 4, 1943
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U. S. ARMY AIR FORCES BOCA RATON FIELD BOCA RATON, FLORIDA
April 4, 1943 Sunday morning
Dear Members of the Bryant Service Club,
I wish to thank all of you for the gift if candy. It was swell and I appreciate it.
I can’t write an interesting letter on my work because army censorship prohibits me from even mentioning it. What I do must remain secret until this country wins the war and we all want to get it over with as quickly as possible.
The weather down here has been fine. I’ve got a pretty good coat of tan.
Thanks again and best of luck to all of you.
So long for now, Cpl Norman R Noble 637 TSS Brk 296 Boca Raton Field Florida [Transcription ends
Norman R. Dillard
No full textPhotograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Norman R. Dillard, Hefner Junior High Principal, played Santa the other day for more than 100 Walnut Grove Head Start Students.
Norman R. Fletcher is Sheriff
No full textNorman R. Fletcher was voted in on the Democratic Party ticket as the new Uintah County Sheriff. He was sworn into office January 1959 and was sheriff until 1971
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