H. H. Lowry papers, 1930-1937, 1941-1953

Mss.Ms.Coll.9

Date: 1930-1953 1941-1953 | Size: 2 Linear feet, Ca. 2000 items
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Abstract

There are letters, reports, and photographs relating to his work in coal research. There is much correspondence concerning research at Bell Telephone Laboratories and Carnegie Institute matters relating to coal technology and machinery and to the steel industry. There are also several photographs, taken shortly after World War II, showing the industrial destruction in Germany.

Background note

Homer Hiram Lowry was a physical chemist at Bell Telephone Laboratories, inc. (1925-1930) and director of the Coal Research Laboratory at Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh (1930-1953).

Collection Information

Physical description

Ca. 2000 items.

Provenance

Purchased ($1200.00) and accessioned, 12/08/1981 (1981 1479ms).

Indexing Terms


Corporate Name(s)

  • AT&T Bell Laboratories
  • Bell Telephone Laboratories
  • Carnegie Institute of Technology. -- Coal Research Laboratory.

Family Name(s)

  • Burns, Robert M.

Genre(s)

  • Photoprints.
  • Reports.

Geographic Name(s)

  • Germany -- History -- 1945-

Personal Name(s)

  • Baker, Thomas Stockholm, 1871-1939
  • Hulett, G. A. (George Augustus), 1867-1955
  • Janeway, Eliot
  • Johnston, John, 1881-1950
  • Lowry, H. H.

Subject(s)

  • Chemistry, Physical and theoretical.
  • Coal -- Research.
  • Coal-mining machinery.
  • Steel industry and trade.