Herman Schroeder Collection of Dupont Company Audiovisual Materials 2010.204
Herman Schroeder collection of DuPont Company audiovisual materials 2010.204
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Audiovisual Collections PO Box 3630 Wilmington, Delaware 19807 [email protected] URL: http://www.hagley.org/library Herman Schroeder collection of DuPont Company audiovisual materials 2010.204
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Summary Information ...... 3 Biographical Note ...... 3 Scope and Content ...... 4 Administrative Information ...... 4 Controlled Access Headings ...... 5 Collection Inventory ...... 5 Photographs ...... 5 Negatives ...... 6 Documents ...... 6 Slides ...... 6 Videotapes ...... 6 Albums ...... 7 Scrapbooks ...... 7 Other ...... 8
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Summary Information
Repository: Audiovisual Collections Creator: Schroeder, H. E. Title: Herman Schroeder collection of DuPont Company audiovisual materials ID: 2010.204 Date [inclusive]: 1938-1993 Physical Description: 1.5 Linear Feet General Physical 77 photographic prints : color : 3.5 x 5 in. 22 photographic prints : Description: b&w : 8 x 10 in. or smaller 1 photographic print : color : ca. 8 x 10 in. 1 photographic print : b&w : ca. 10 x 18 in. 154 slides : color and b&w : 35 mm 25 negatives : color : 35 mm 8 negatives : b&w : 4 x 5 in. or smaller 1 negative : b&w : 5 x 7 in. 2 albums : b&w and color : 11 x 11.5 in. 1 album (28 photographic prints) : b&w : 8.5 x 11 in. 7 videocassettes Language of the English . Material: Abstract: Herman Schroeder joined the DuPont Company's Chemical Department in 1938 and held various positions at the Organic Chemistry Department at Jackson Laboratory and the Elastomer Chemicals Department. This collection consists primarily of materials related to Schroeder's professional activities after his retirement from the DuPont Company in 1980.
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Biographical Note
Herman E. Schroeder (1915-2009) was a chemist at the DuPont Company from 1938 until 1980. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and graduated from Harvard University in 1939 with a doctorate in organic chemistry. Schroeder joined the DuPont Company's Chemical Department in 1938, and in 1946 moved to the Organic Chemistry Department at Jackson Laboratory where he became division head in 1949 and assistant laboratory director in 1951. In 1957, Schroeder moved to the Elastomer Chemicals Department as assistant research director and was promoted to director of Research and Development in 1963, a post he held until his retirement in 1980.
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In 1984, Schroeder received the Charles Goodyear Medal from the Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society in recognition of his accomplishments in the field of elastomer research. While serving as assistant research director in the Elastomer Chemicals Department, Schroeder oversaw the work of DuPont research scientist Charles Pedersen (1904-1989). In 1961, under Schroeder's advice, Pedersen began a series of experiments in the field of hydrocarbon polymers, which ultimately led Pedersen to discover a new compound, "crown" ethers. In 1987, Pedersen was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry for his discovery; Schroeder accompanied Pedersen to Sweden for the Nobel Prize ceremonies.
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Scope and Content
This collection consists primarily of materials related to Schroeder's professional activities after his retirement from the DuPont Company in 1980, though there is some coverage of his career with DuPont from 1938 to 1980. Most notable is an album of 28 photographs from Jackson Lab dating to 1956, where Schroeder is pictured alongside his colleagues and staff. The collection contains a number of color snapshots from the Charles Goodyear Medal Reception in 1984, as well as slides and lecture notes from the 12th International Symposium on Macrocyclic Chemistry in Hiroshima, Japan, where Schroeder gave a presentation on Charles Pedersen's discovery of crown ethers. Finally, there is very good coverage of Charles Pedersen's winning of the Nobel Prize, including two scrapbooks of photos, clippings, postcards, documents, and ephemera assembled by Schroeder and his wife, Elizabeth, both of whom accompanied Pedersen to Sweden to accept the Nobel Prize. The collection also includes seven VHS tapes. There is one tape of the Nobel Prize award ceremony on December 10, 1987 and a profile of Charles Pedersen from late 1988. Four tapes contain footage of the DuPont Company's 1992 and 1993 Lavoisier Medal award ceremonies, including interviews with Herman Schroeder. Finally, there is a copy of DuPont's video "Shaping the Future." The collection contains a small number of family photographs of Herman Schroeder with his wife, Elizabeth, and children, Nancy, Edward, Peter, and Martha.
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Administrative Information
Publication Statement Audiovisual Collections
PO Box 3630 Wilmington, Delaware 19807 [email protected]
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Access Restrictions This collection is open for research.
Processing Notes Albums have been unbound and removed from their covers. Two Pedersen scrapbooks were in "magnetic" albums - items in these albums have been removed from pages for preservation purposes and empty albums discarded.
Existence and Location of Copies View selected items online in the Hagley Digital Archives.
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Controlled Access Headings
• Career development • Professional associations • Pedersen, Charles J., 1904-1989 • Jackson Laboratory (E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company)
Collection Inventory
Photographs Title/Description Instances Group portrait [Jackson Lab?], 1938 box 1 folder 1
Family photos – Herman Schroeder with wife (Elizabeth) and box 1 folder 2 children (Nancy, Edward, Peter, Martha), 1944-1958
Group portrait – Attendees of the Gordon Research Conference, box 1 folder 4 1979
Charles Goodyear Medal Reception, 1984 box 1 folder 6-7
Unidentified men, undated box 1 folder 11
Miscellaneous, undated box 1 folder 12
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Group portrait- DuPont Executive Seminar, 1966 June 24 box 1 folder 14
Group of seven men, including Herman Schroeder, circa 1980s box DF 16
Jackson Lab staff, circa 1951-1956 box DF 16
Portrait of Herman Schroeder, undated oversize Hanging
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Negatives Title/Description Instances Goodyear Reception, portraits of Schroeder, unidentified, box 1 folder 13 1984undated
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Documents Title/Description Instances Invitation – Charles Goodyear Medal Reception, 1984 box 1 folder 5
Lecture notes presented by Schroeder on Charles Pedersen's work box 1 folder 8 at 12th International Symposium on Macrocyclic Chemistry, Japan, 1987
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Slides Title/Description Instances Slides presented by Schroeder on Charles Pedersen's work at 12th box 1 folder 8 International Symposium on Macrocyclic Chemistry, Japan, 1987
Charles Pedersen and Nobel Week, Sweden, 1987 box 1 folder 9
Miscellaneous chemistry slides, 1987undated box 1 folder 10
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Videotapes Title/Description Instances Nobel Prize Distribution, 1987 December 10 box 3
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Physical Description: 1 0.5 in. VHS. This video has been digitized [ID: VID_2010204_B03_ID06].
Charles Pedersen profile, 1988 December 8 box 3 Physical Description: 1 0.5 in. VHS: 30 min. This video has been digitized [ID: VID_2010204_B03_ID04].
DuPont Company Lavoisier Awards, 1992 box 3 Physical Description: 1 0.5 in. VHS: 20 min. This video has been digitized [ID: VID_2010204_B03_ID01].
DuPont Company Lavoisier Award Ceremony (main speaker not box 3 included), 1992 Physical Description: 1 0.5 in. VHS: 52 min. This video has been digitized [ID: VID_2010204_B03_ID02].
Raw footage from 1993 Lavoisier film – interviews with Dr. box 3 Herman Schroeder, 1993 Spring Physical Description: 1 0.5 in VHS: 45 min. This video has been digitized [ID: VID_2010204_B03_ID05].
DuPont Company Lavoisier Awards, 1993 box 3 Physical Description: 1 0.5 in. VHS: 10 min. This video has been digitized [ID: VID_2010204_B03_ID03].
DuPont Company "Shaping the Future" , undated box 3
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Albums Title/Description Instances Jackson Lab pictures and DuPont Executive Seminar group box 1 folder 3 portraits , 19561966
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Scrapbooks Title/Description Instances Charles J. Pedersen, Nobel Laureate 1987, album 1, part 1 of 2, box 2 folder 1 1987
Charles J. Pedersen, Nobel Laureate 1987, album 1, part 2 of 2, box 2 folder 2 1987
Charles J. Pedersen, Nobel Laureate 1987, album 2, part 1 of 2, box 2 folder 3 1987
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Other Title/Description Instances Portrait of Herman Schroeder, undated oversize Hanging
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