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Interview with Helen Duncan [transcript]
Title
Interview with Helen Duncan [transcript]
Date(s)
1978
Contributor(s)
Strange, Adeline Bassett Cook, 1917-2004 (Interviewer), Duncan, Helen (Interviewee)
Description
Transcript of a conversation about Wallace Carothers between Helen Duncan and Cookie Strange. Duncan served as the Experimental Station Librarian, and she recalls Carothers's visits to the library, the chemists' interest in bird watching, and Helen Sweetman's affection for Carothers.
Collection ID
Carothers Oral History Project (Accession 1985)
Hagley ID
MSS_1985_01_01_08
Collection
Oral history interviews on Wallace Carothers
Virginia Duncan, librarian at the Lavoisier Library, examining works by Lavoisier
Title
Virginia Duncan, librarian at the Lavoisier Library, examining works by Lavoisier
Date(s)
1955
Contributor(s)
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description
Mrs. Virginia Duncan, librarian at the DuPont Company Lavoisier Library, examines a collection of ancient books written by Lavoisier, known as the 'father of modern chemistry'. Mrs. Duncan spent 18 months accumulating this group of the great chemist's works, chasing them down through antique and book dealers here and abroad.
Collection ID
DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID
1972341_4407
Collection
DuPont Product Information photographs