Milton Harris Papers, 1925-1996

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Series 1: Publications, 1929-1991 Add to Shelf

Series 1 is comprised of publications authored by Harris during his education and career, including articles on the properties and treatment of silk, wool, and cotton; his Perkin Medal award address; and the textile industry. Of particular note is Harris' 1929 doctoral dissertation and three bound volumes of Harris' scientific works.

Box-Folder 1.1: Dispersed Systems of the Protein-silk Fibroin. Dissertation, Yale University, 1929 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.2: Study of the Fibroin from silk in the Isoelectric Region. Ind. and Eng. Chem., 22, 539 (1930) [Milton Harris and Treat B. Johnson], 1930 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.3: Study of Silk Fibroin in the Dispersed State. Ind. and Eng. Chem., 22, 965 [Milton Harris and Treat B. Johnson], 1930 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.4: The Effect of pH on the Photochemical Decomposition of Silk. Bureau of Standards J. of Research. 7, 1179-1184 [Milton Harris and Daniel Jessup], 1931 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.5: The Chemical Aspects of Salts in Silk Manufacture. The Melliand Textile Monthly, February 1931 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.6: The Isoelectric Point of Wool. Bureau of Standards J. of Research. 8, 779-786, 1932 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.7: The Isoelectric Point of Silk. Bureau of Standards J. of Research. 9, 557-560, 1932 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.8: The Physical Chemistry of the Proteins of Silk and Wool. American Dyestuff Reporter. 58-62, February 1, 1932 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.9: The Combination of Silk and Wool with Positive and Negative Ions. Bureau of Standards J. of Research. 10, 475-478, 1933 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.10: The Carbonization Process: A Study of the System Wool-Sulphuric Acid-Water. Bureau of Standards J. of Research. 10, 475-478, 1934 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.11: Iodine Number of Wool: A Method for Determining the Action of Various Chemical Reagents on Wool and Other Proteins. Bureau of Standards J. of Research. 12, 803-809. [Milton Harris, Harvey A. Neville and William C. Fritz], 1934 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.12: Photochemical Decomposition of Silk. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 13, 151-155, 1934 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.13: Amino-Nitrogen Contents of Wool and Collagen. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 14, 563-574. [Joseph R. Kanagy and Milton Harris], 1935 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.14: Selective Adsorption from Soap Solutions. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 14, 765-770. [Harvey A. Neville and Milton Harris], 1935 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.15: Effect of Alkalies on Wool. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 15, 63-71, 1935 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.16: Oxidation of Wool: Effect of Hydrogen Peroxide on Wool. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards, 16, 301-307, [Arthur L. Smith and Milton Harris], 1936 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.17: Oxidation of Wool: The Lead Acetate Test for Hydrogen Peroxide Bleached Wool. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 16, 309-313. [Arthur L. Smith and Milton Harris], 1936 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.18: Mechanism of the Sulfur Lability of the Alkali Degradation of Wool Protein. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 16, 475-480. [J.A. Crowder and Milton Harris], 1936 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.19: Oxidation of Wool: Photochemical Oxidation. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 17, 97-100. [Arthur L. Smith and Milton Harris], 1936 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.20: Oxidation of Wool: Alkali-Solubility Test for Determining the Extent of Oxidation. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 17, 577-583. [Milton Harris and Arthur L. Smith], 1936 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.21: Reaction of Wool with Strong Solutions of Sulfuric Acid. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 18, 343-350. [Milton Harris, Ralph Mease and Henry Rutherford], 1937 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.22: State of Sulphur in Oxidized Wool. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 18, 623-628, 1937 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.23: Nature of the Acid-Dyeing Process. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 19, 81-87 [Arthur J. Smith and Milton Harris], 1937 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.24: Estimation of Amino Nitrogen in Insoluble Proteins. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 19, 467-477 [Henry A. Rutherford, Milton Harris and Arthur L. Smith], 1937 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.25: Stress Strain Characteristics of Wool as Related to its Chemical Constitution. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 19, 535-549 [Arnold M. Sookne and Milton Harris], 1937 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.26: Communication Re: Stress-Strain Characteristics of Wool as related to Chemical Constitution. Proceedings of the American Association of Textile Chem. and Color [Milton Harris and Arnold M. Sookne], December 23, 1937 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.27: What Can the Mill Man Expect from Fundamental Research? American Dyestuff Reporter, January 10, 1938 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.28: Detection of Oxidation in Wool. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards, 20, 555-557 [Henry A. Rutherford and Milton Harris], 1938 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.29: Reaction of Wool with Hydrogen Peroxide. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 20, 559-561 [Henry A. Rutherford and Milton Harris], 1938 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.30: Photochemical Reactions of Wool. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 20, 563-569 [Milton Harris and Arthur L. Smith], 1938 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.31: Base-Combining Capacity of Wool. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 22, 535-542 [ Milton Harris and Henry A. Rutherford], 1939 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.32: Electrophoretic Studies of Silk. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 23, 299-308 [Arnold M. Sookne and Milton Harris], 1939 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.33: Electrophoretic Studies of Wool. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 23, 471-477 [Arnold M. Sookne and Milton Harris], 1939 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.34: Photochemical Decomposition of the Cystine in Wool. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 23, 597-601 [Henry A Rutherford and Milton Harris], 1939 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.35: Determination of Uronic Acids in Cellulosic Materials. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 24, 13-23 [Roy L. Whistler, Albert R. Martin and Milton Harris], 1940 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.36: Combination of Wool Protein with Acid and Base: Hydrochloric Acid and Potassium Hydroxide. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 24, 335-367 [Jacinto Steinhardt and Milton Harris], 1940 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.37: Concerning the Existence of Fractions of the Sericin in Raw Silk. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 24, 415-421 [Henry A. Rutherford and Milton Harris], 1940 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.38: Pectic Substance in Cotton and its relation to the Properties of the Fiber. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 24, 555-565 [Roy L. Whistler, Albert R. Martin and Milton Harris], 1940 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.39: Microscopic Examination of Cotton Fibers in Cuprammonium Hydroxide Solutions. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 24, 743-748 [Charles W. Hock and Milton Harris], 1940 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.40: Relation of Cation Exchange to the Acidic Properties of Cotton. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 25, 47-60 [Arnold M. Sookne and Milton Harris], 1940 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.41: Reaction of Silk Fibroin with Diazomethane. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 25, 451-458 [Henry A. Rutherford, Wilbur I. Patterson and Milton Harris], 1940 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.42: Combination of Wool Protein with Acid and Base: The Effect of Temperature on the Titration Curve. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 25, 519-544 [Jacinto Steinhardt, Charles H. Fugitt and Milton Harris], 1940 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.43: Cotton and Other Textile Fibers. American Wool and Cotton Reporter, August 8, 1940 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.44: Surface Characteristics of Cotton Fibers, As Indicated by Electrophoretic Studies. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 26, 65-69 [Arnold M. Sookne and Milton Harris], 1941 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.45: Combination of Silk Fibroin with Acid and with Base. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 26, 71-79 [Leland F. Gleysteen and Milton Harris], 1941 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.46: Microscopic Structure of the Cotton Fiber. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 26, 93-104 [Charles W. Hock, Robert C. Ramsay and Milton Harris], 1941 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.47: Base Combining Capacity of Cotton. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 26, 205-211 [Arnold M. Sookne and Milton Harris], 1941 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.1: Electrophoretic Studies of Nylon. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 26, 289-292 [Milton Harris and Arnold M. Sookne], 1941 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.2: Relative Affinities of the Anions of Strong Acids for Wool Protein. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 26, 293-320 [Jacinto Steinhardt, Charles H. Fugitt and Milton Harris], 1941 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.3: Photochemical Reactions in Silk. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 27, 81-88 [Henry A. Rutherford and Milton Harris], 1941 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.4: Role of Cystine in the Structure of the Fibrous Protein, Wool. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 27, 89-103 [Wilbur I. Patterson, Walton B. Geiger, Louis R. Mizell and Milton Harris], 1941 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.5: Microscopic Structure of the Wool Fiber. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 27, 181-190 [Charles W. Hock, Robert C. Ramsay and Milton Harris], 1941 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.6: Estimation of Aldehyde Groups in Hydrocellulose from Cotton. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 27, 449-457 [Albert R. Martin, Leonard Smith, Roy L. Whistler and Milton Harris], 1941 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.7: Nature of the Resistance of Wool to Digestion by Enzymes. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 27, 459-468 [Walton B. Geiger, Wilbur I. Patterson, Louis R. Mizell, Milton Harris], 1941 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.8: Wool Can Be Improved. Textile Research, November 1941 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.9: Further Investigations of the Affinities of Anions of Strong Acids for Wool Protein. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 28, 201-216 [Jacinto Steinhardt, Charles H. Fugitt and Milton Harris], 1942 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.10: Elasticity of Wool as Related to Its Chemical Structure. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 29, 73-86 [Milton Harris, Louis R. Mizell and Lyman Fourt], 1942 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.11: Fractionation of Cellulose Acetate. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 29, 123-130 [Arnold M. Sookne, Henry A. Rutherford, H. Mark and Milton Harris], 1942 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.12: Oxidation of Cellulose: The Reaction of Cellulose with Periodic Acid. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 29, 131-141 [Henry A. Rutherford, Francis W. Minor, Albert R. Martin and Milton Harris], 1942 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.13: Dependence of the Indigestibility of Wool Protein Upon Its Polymeric Structure. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 29, 271-277 [Walton B. Geiger and Milton Harris], 1942 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.14: Chemically Modified Wools of Enhanced Stability. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 29, 381-389 [Walton B. Geiger, F.F. Kobayashi and Milton Harris], 1942 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.15: Combination of Wool Protein with Acids in Mixtures, and Its Relation to the Acid Dyeing of Wool. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 29, 417-424 [Jacinto Steinhardt, Charles H. Fugitt and Milton Harris], 1942 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.16: Mechanical Properties of Cellulose Acetate as Related to Molecular Chain Length. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 30, 1-14 [Arnold M. Sookne and Milton Harris], 1943 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.17: Nature of the Reaction of Wool with Alkali. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 30, 47-53 [Louis R. Mizell and Milton Harris], 1943 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.18: Combination of Wool Protein with Weak Acids. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 30, 123-128 [Jacinto Steinhardt, Charles H. Fugitt and Milton Harris], 1943 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.19: Thermal Properties of Moist Fabrics. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 32, 229-252 [Charles W. Hock, Arnold M. Sookne and Milton Harris], 1944 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.20: Intrinsic Viscosities and Osmotic Molecular Weights of Cellulose Acetate Fractions. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 34, 459-465 [Arnold M. Sookne and Milton Harris], 1945 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.21: Polymolecularity and Mechanical Properties of Cellulose Acetate. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 34, 467-476 [Arnold M. Sookne and Milton Harris], 1945 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.22: Some Factors Contributing to the Felting of Wool. American Dyestuff Reporter, February 12, 1945 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.23: Cellulose Acetate Fractions: Intrinsic Viscosity and Osmotic Molecular Weight. Ind. and Eng. Chem. 37, 475, [Arnold Sookne and Milton Harris], May 1945 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.24: Evaluation of Rayon Warp Sizing Materials. Rayon Textile Monthly [G.B. Frankenberg, A.M. Sookne and Milton Harris], June 1945 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.25: The Future of Industrial Textile Research. American Dyestuff Reporter. 35, 103-106, 1946 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.26: Developments in Textiles in 1945. Chem. and Eng. News. 24, 327, [Milton Harris and Gypsy Frankenberg], February 1946 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.27: Relation of Fiber Diameter to Modification of Wool Resulting from Chemical Processing. Textile Research Journal. 16, (4), [Daniel Frishman, Arthur L. Smith and Milton Harris], April 1946 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.28: Drop Penetration Apparatus for Evaluation Water Repellent Fabrics. American Dyestuff Reporter, June 17, 1946 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.29: The Use of Water-Permeability Measurements on Swelling-Type Fabrics. Textile Research Journal. 16, (11), November 1946 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.30: Chemical Developments In Textiles in 1946. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 25, (2), January 13, 1947 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.31: Diffusion of Water Vapor Through Textiles. Textile Research Journal. 17, (5), May 1947 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.32: New Developments in the Chemical Modification of Wool. American Dyestuff Reporter, June 16, 1947 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.33: Natural and Synthetic Protein Fibers. Textile Research Journal. 17, (6), June 1947 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.34: Textile Fiber Developments. Chem. and Eng. News. 26, (21), January 5, 1948. [Robert E. Wright and Milton Harris], January 5, 1948 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.35: Some Aspects of the Chlorination of Wool to Produce Shrink Resistance. American Dyestuff Reporter [Milton Harris and Daniel Frishman], January 26, 1948 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.36: Chemical Modification of Wool-Replacement of Disulfide Groups by More Stable Linkages. Ind. and Eng. Chem.. 40, (316), [Alfred E. Brown and Milton Harris], February 1948 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.37: Measurement of the Frictional Properties of Wool Fibers. Textile Research Journal. 18, (8), [Daniel Frishman, Arthur L. Smith and Milton Harris], August 1948 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.38: Reaction Between Wool and Active Chlorine. Ind. and Eng. Chem.. 40, (12), [Daniel Frishman, Lydia Hornstein, Arthur L. Smith and Milton Harris], December 1948 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.39: Treatment of Wool to Impart Shrinkage Resistance Thereto. United States Patent Office, no. 2,457,033 [Harry F. Clapham, Milton Harris and Arthur L. Smith], December 21, 1948 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.40: Chemistry of Keratin. J. Soc. Cosmetic Chem. 1, 223-230, 1949 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.41: Textile Research Pays Dividends. Chem. and Eng. News. 27, (23) [Robert E. Wright and Milton Harris], January 3, 1949 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.42: Basic Research Benefits Textiles. Rayon and Synthetic Textiles, March 1949 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.43: Method of Treating Wool. United States Patent Office, no. 2,466,695 [Daniel Frishman and Milton Harris], April 12, 1949 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.44: Textile Industry Changes Pace. J. Am. Chem. Soc.. 28, (1) [Robert E. Wright and Milton Harris], January 2, 1950 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.45: Prevention of Supercontraction in Modified Wool Fibers. Textile Research Journal. 20, (1) [Alfred E. Brown, Janet H. Pendergrass and Milton Harris], January 1950 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.46: A Simple Quantitative Test for the Felting of Wool Top. Textile Research Journal. 20, (4) [Herman Bogaty, Daniel Frishman, Arnold M. Sookne and Milton Harris], April 1950 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.47: Textile Chemicals. Chem. Industries. [Robert E. Wright and Milton Harris], August 1950 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.48: Comparative Rain Resistance of Various Wool Fabrics. American Dyestuff Reporter. [Arnold M. Sookne, Francis W. Minor and Milton Harris], August 21, 1950 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.49: Some Felting Properties of Wools of Different Geographical Origins. Textile Research Journal. 20, (9) [Arnold M. Sookne, Herman Bogaty and Milton Harris], September 1950 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.50: Fabric-Making Material. United States Patent Office, no. 2,504,523 [Milton Harris, Lyman Fourt, Byrell W. Bullock and Godfrey Bloch], April 18, 1950 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.51: Process of Treating Keratinous Materials. United States Patent Office, no. 2,508,714. [Milton Harris and Alfred E. Brown], May 23, 1950 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.52: The Rate of Drying of Fabrics. Textile Research Journal. 21, (1) [Lyman Fourt, Arnold M. Sookne, Daniel Frishman and Milton Harris], January 1951 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.53: More Specific Properties...As Related To Any Given End Use Is the Need of the Textile Industry from New Synthetic Fibers. Chem. and Eng. News. 29, 545, February 12, 1951 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.54: Effect of Construction on the Laundering Shrinkage of Knitted Woolens. Textile Research Journal. 21, (2), [Herman Bogaty, Louis I. Weiner, Arnold M. Sookne and Milton Harris], February 1951 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.55: The Chemical Modification of Wool Treatment with Formaldehyde Solutions. Textile Research Journal. 21, (4) [Alfred E. Brown, Lydia R. Hornstein and Milton Harris], April 1951 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.56: Some Tensile Properties of Wool in Solutions Containing Salt and Acid. Textile Research Journal. 21, (7), [Herman Bogaty, Arnold M. Sookne and Milton Harris], July 1951 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.57: The Felting of Shrink-Resistant Wool as Related to Some Properties of the Single Fiber. Textile Research Journal. 21, (11), [Arnold M. Sookne, Herman Bogaty and Milton Harris], November 1951 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.58: The Felting of Wool as Related to the Elastic and Swelling Behavior of the Fiber. Textile Research Journal. 21, (11) [Herman Bogaty, Arnold M. Sookne and Milton Harris], November 1951 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.59: Some Effects of Construction on the Laundering Shrinkage of Wool Fabrics. Textile Research Journal. 21, (12) [Herman Bogaty, Louis I. Weiner, Arnold M. Sookne, Mary L. Cozart and Milton Harris], December 1951 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.60: Textile Chemical Development, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 30, (1) [Milton Harris and Anthony M. Schwartz], January 7, 1952 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.61: Method and Composition for Imparting Water Resistance to Textile Material. United States Patent Office, no. 2,615,824 [Francis W. Minor, Arnold M. Sookne, Milton Harris and Gray L. Pyle], October 28, 1952 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.62: Textile Chemicals...Textiles are Just Emerging From a Slump That Effected Many Segments of the Entire Chemical Industry. Chem. and Eng. News. 31, 43 [Milton Harris and Daniel Frishman], February 5, 1953 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.63: The Felting in Laundering of Wool Blends. Textile Research Journal. 23, (2), [Herman Bogaty, Arnold M. Sookne, Louis I. Weiner and Milton Harris], January 1953 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.64: The Nature of a Fabric Surface: Thickness-Pressure Relationships. Textile Research Journal. 23, (2), [Herman Bogaty, Norman R.S. Hollies, John C. Hintermaier and Milton Harris], February 1953 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.65: Some Properties of Serges Made from Blends of Wool with Acrylic Type Synthetics. Textile Research Journal. 23, (8) [Herman Bogaty, Norman R.S. Hollies, John C. Hintermaier and Milton Harris], August 1953 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.66: Supercontraction of Modified Keratin Fibers. Textile Research Journal. 23, (9), . [Lawrence G. Beauregard, Alfred E. Brown and Milton Harris], September 1953 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.67: The Nature of a Fabric Surface: Evaluation by a Rate-of-Cooling Method. Textile Research Journal. 23, (11) [Norman R.S. Hollies, Herman Bogaty, John. C. Hintermaier and Milton Harris], November 1953 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.68: Handbook of Textile Fiber. Milton Harris, Editor. Harris Research Laboratories, Inc. Washington, D.C.; Textile Book Publishers, Inc. New York, N.Y., 1954 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.1: The Era of Consolidation of Textiles? Chem. and Eng. News. 32, 38, [Milton Harris and John Krasny], January 4, 1954 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.2: The Nature of the Modifications of Wool by Various 'Chlorination' Processes and Their Effect on the Wear Life of Shrink Resistant Materials. American Dyestuff Reporter [Daniel Frishman and Milton Harris], March 15, 1954 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.3: Biosynthesis of C14-Specifically Labeled Cellulose by Acetobacter zylinum. I. From D-Glucose-1-C14 with and without Ethanol. J. Am. Chem. Soc.. 76, 1658. [Francis W. Minor, Glenn A. Greathouse, Harold G. Shirk, Anthony M. Schwartz and Milton Harris], March 20, 1954 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.4: Some Problems with Blending. Textile Research Journal, 24, 4 [Milton Harris], April 1954 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.5: Method for Stripping Color From Keratinous Materials. United States Patent Office, no. 2,685,496 [Milton Harris and Alfred E. Brown], August 3, 1954 Add to Shelf

Item 16.1: The Scientific Papers of Milton Harris, Volume 1, 1955 Add to Shelf

Item 16.2: The Scientific Papers of Milton Harris, Volume 2, 1955 Add to Shelf

Item 16.3: The Scientific Papers of Milton Harris, Volume 3, 1955 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.6: The Place of the Chemist in the World. The Chemist. 35, (7), 269-71. Also included: "Milton Harris" by Dr. Walter J. Murphy. pp. 271-74, July 1957 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.7: Raymond E. Reed, Man and Scientist. J. Soc. Cosmetic Chem. 13, 99-101, 1962 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.8: The Challenge for Tomorrow. Chem. and Eng. News. 41, 6-10, 1963 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.9: John B. Speakman, D.Sc., F.I.C., F.T.I.J., J. Soc. Cosmetic Chem. 18, 503-505, 1967 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.10: Polymers in Industry. Polymers in the Engineering Curriculum. October 28-29, 63-78, 1968 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.11: A Matter of Opinion. Scientific Research. 3, (21), 38-39, 1968 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.12: The Paradoxical Years: Perkin Medal Award Address, Chem. and Eng. News. 48, 54-56, 1970 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.13: The Research Program of the Textile Foundation at the National Bureau of Standards. American Dyestuff Reporter, undated Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.14: Characteristics of Wool and Wool Fabrics [Herman Bogaty, Lyman Fourt and Milton Harris], undated Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.15: Quartermaster Research on Water Resistant Textiles. The Office of Technical Services, U.S. Department of Commerce, Textile Series Report No. 37 [Staff of Harris Research Laboratory], undated Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.16: Degradation from Weathering of Tentage Fabrics. The Office of Technical Services, U.S. Department of Commerce, Textile Series Report No. 40 [W.E.C. Yelland, Harris Research Laboratory], undated Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.17: The Treatment of Army Socks for Shrink Resistance. Office of the Quartermaster, General Military Planning Division, Research and Development Branch, Textile Series Report No. 46 [Staff of Harris Research Laboratory and Textile Research Laboratory], undated Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.18: A Study of Some Factors Affecting the Shrink-Resistance of Wool. The Office of Technical Services, U.S. Department of Commerce, Textile Series Report No. 50 [Harris Research Laboratory], undated Add to Shelf

Series 2: Speeches, 1942-1987 Add to Shelf

Series 2 contains manuscripts, typescripts, and an audio cassette recording of speeches delivered by Harris between 1942 and 1987. The series includes speeches given at professional functions held by the National Science Foundation, the American Chemical Society, and other organizations; awards ceremonies; and personal events including a birthday celebration. Also included is a collection of jokes, anecdotes, and ephemera used in the preparation of speeches.

Box-Folder 3.19: Typescript: Textiles and War, Textile Research War Council. New York, May 1942 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.20: Typescript: The Future of Industrial Textile Research, Olney Medal Address. New York, January 5, 1946 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.21: Typescript, Notes: untitled Toastmaster's remarks delivered by Harris at the Second Medal Award dinner of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists, December 8, 1949 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.22: Typescript: Introductory Remarks: Conference on New Fabrics for the Armed Forces, American Association of Textile Technologists. Washington, D.C., February 28, 1951 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.23: Typescript: Textiles, Science and Forum Broadcast, October 9, 1951 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.24: Typescript: The Medalist - the Scientist, introduction by Milton Harris of George Royer, upon Royer's receipt of the Olney Medal Award, 1951 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.25: Manuscript: Graduation Address. Institute of Textile Technology, Virginia, June 10, 1958 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.26: Typescript: Statement By Milton Harris, Vice President for Research, Gillette Co., Before the Senate Committee on Small Business, Washington, D.C, June 6, 1963 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.27: Typescript: Address Given at Presentation [of] Washington Chapter A. I. C. Honor Scroll Award to Alfred E. Brown, Washington, D.C., May 5, 1964 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.28: Manuscript, Typescript: The Big Challenge: Bridging the Gap Between Science and Technology. Textile Research Institute Annual Meeting, New York, March 31, 1965 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.1: Manuscript, Press Release: Acceptance speech, Harold DeWitt Smith Award, New York, October 19, 1966 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.2: Typescript: The Challenge of Chemistry in Modern Society. Dedication of Beeghly Chemistry Building, Washington, D.C., April 29, 1967 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.3: Typescript: The Education-Industry Interface, Engineering and Scientific Manpower Commission, Biltmore Hotel, May 18, 1967 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.4: Manuscript, Typescript: Role of Individual in National Scientific Policy. N.A.S. Meeting, Washington, D.C., March 11, 1969 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.5: Manuscript: Talk at A. C. E. anniversary gathering, Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, March 22, 1969 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.6: Manuscript, Typescript: Effects on Industry of Government Policies and Programs. National Science Foundation, July 10, 1969 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.7: Manuscript: Project Seed! New York, September 12, 1969 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.8: Manuscript, Typescript: The Paradoxical Years. Perkin Medal Award Address, Plaza Hotel, New York, February 27, 1970 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.9: Manuscript: Cleaning Our Environment: The Chemical Basis for Action. American Chemical Society, Delaware, April 3, 1970 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.10: Manuscript: Untitled talk delivered at an Environmental Control Training Symposium, September 9, 1970 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.11: Manuscript, Typescript: Are the Chemists of the World Listening? Chemists' Club Honorary Membership Address, New York, November 12, 1970 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.12: Manuscript: Introduction of William Albert Noyes, Jr., Parsons Award ceremony, Washington, D.C., December 3, 1970 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.13: Manuscript: Professionalism. American Chemical Society, Delaware, January 20, 1971 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.14: Manuscript, Typescript: Science and Technology: Resuscitation or Renaissance? TRI Meeting, New York, March 11, 1971 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.15: Manuscript: Honor Scroll Award Introduction. Institute of Chemists, Washington, D.C., June 5, 1971 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.16: Manuscript: Dedication Speech. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C., August 9, 1971 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.17: Manuscript: Polymer, Fiber and Chemistry Industry Complex. American Chemical Society, New York, August 28, 1972 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.18: Manuscript: Honor Scroll Award Talk. Institute of Chemists, Washington, D.C., April 19, 1975 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.19: Manuscript: Honor Scroll Award Talk. Institute of Chemists, New York, April 29, 1975 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.20: Manuscript: Science and Technology in a Changing Economy. American Chemical Society Symposium, Chicago, August 26, 1975 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.21: Manuscript: American Chemical Society Speech. Rhode Island Local, Rhode Island, November 18, 1975 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.22: Manuscript: Dedication Talk. Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, June 3, 1976 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.23: Typescript: Commencement Address. Institute of Textile Technology, Virginia, June 5, 1977 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.24: Manuscript: Honorary Membership Speech. T.R.I., Atlanta, 1978 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.25: Manuscript: Concepts of Modern Engineering and Technology. State University of New York, Binghampton, March 15, 1979 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.26: Manuscript, Typescript: Science and Technology in the 80s: The Hopes and Hindrances. Priestley Medal Address, Houston, Texas, March 24, 1980 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.27: Manuscript: 75th Birthday Speech, 1981 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.28: Manuscript: Retirement of Alfred Brown Speech, December 1981 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.29: Manuscript, Typescript: A New Golden Age of Science and Technology? American Institute of Chemists, March 28, 1982 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.30: Manuscript: Mary L. Good--An Introduction. The Gold Medal Award, 1983 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.31: Manuscript: Speech Honoring Horace Isbell. American University, Washington, D.C., February 1984 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.32: Manuscript: Yale Science and Engineering Award. Connecticut, 1984 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.33: Typescript: Dedication of Milton Harris Building. Washington, D.C., September 17, 1987 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 5.1: Audiotape: Live recording of speech given at Milton Harris dinner, September 17, 1987 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 5.2: Manuscript: State of Science and Technology, undated Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 5.3: Typescript: The Education-Industry Interface, undated Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 5.4: Manuscript: Polymers in Industry. American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C., undated Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 5.5: Manuscript: Alumni Talk. Oregon Agricultural College, undated Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 5.6: Typescript: Dedication of the Kline Chemistry Laboratory. Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, undated Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 5.7: Typescript: Founder's Day Speech. American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C., undated Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 5.8: Manuscript, Typescript: Untitled speech on technological advances in the modern era, undated Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 5.9: Assorted jokes, anecdotes and ephemera used by Harris in the preparation of his speeches, undated Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 5.10: Assorted jokes, anecdotes and ephemera used by Harris in the preparation of his speeches, undated Add to Shelf

Series 3: Correspondence, 1966-1980 Add to Shelf

Series 3 predominately documents Harris's receipt of the 1970 Perkin Medal, awarded by the Society of Chemical Industry. The series also includes a small collection of correspondence relating to his association with the American Chemical Society, the Milton Harris Charitable Trust at Yale, and his retirement from the Gillette Corporation, among other topics.

Box-Folder 5.11: American Chemical Society, November 28, 1966 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 5.12: Baker, Dale B. of Chemical Abstracts Service, January 21, 1971 Add to Shelf

Includes a photo of Harris at a ground-breaking ceremony.

Box-Folder 5.13: Chemtech, July 10, 1980 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 5.14: Gilbert, Carl J, January 21, 1966 Add to Shelf

Regarding Harris's retirement from the Gillette Corporation.

Box-Folder 5.15: Roberts, John D, May 15, 1987 Add to Shelf

Regarding Harris's expression of congratulations following Roberts' receipt of the 1987 Priestley Medal.

Box-Folder 5.16: Ziegler, Federick E., December 12, 1990 Add to Shelf

Regarding the involvement of the Milton Harris Charitable Trust with the Yale Department of Chemistry.

Box-Folder 5.17: Perkin Medal Correspondence, 1969 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 5.18: Perkin Medal Correspondence, 1970 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 5.19: Perkin Medal Correspondence, undated Add to Shelf

Series 4: Newspaper Clippings, 1938-1984 Add to Shelf

Series 4 is comprised of  approximately twenty newspaper clippings documenting Harris' professional successes. An itemized list of the clippings in this series is viewable here. Additional clippings are located in Series 10.

Box-Folder 5.20: Newspaper Clippings, 1939-1984 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 5.21: Newspaper Clippings, 1938-1944, undated Add to Shelf

Series 5: Biographical, 1925-1991 Add to Shelf

Series 5 is comprised of items documenting Milton Harris' personal and professional activities. Included are a volume of papers presented in celebration of Harris' 75th birthday, several popular-press articles about Harris's life and work, and materials devoted to Harris' funeral in 1991.

Box-Folder 6.1: Milton Harris: Chemist, Innovator and Entrepreneur. Miklos M. Breuer, Ed., 1982 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 6.2: "Dr. Harris Captures Woodmont Links Title," by Maury Fitzgerald. The Times-Herald, July 1944 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 6.3: Advertisement for sweaters made with Harriset treated yarn. Washington Post, October 22, 1945 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 6.4: Golf Score Card from Palm Beach Country Club, Palm Beach, FL, 1951 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 6.5: "Ten Years of Progress at Harris Research." The Capital Chemist. 5 (4): 108-111 [Robert Saxon], April 1955 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 6.6: Flyer for a Chemical Society of Washington presentation by Harris, February 12, 1959 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 6.7: "AIC Elects New Head: Dr. Harris of Gillette Co." Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter, May 16, 1960 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 6.8: Invitation to the Twin City Chapter of the American Institute of Chemists dinner in honor of Victor Cohn, January 31, 1961 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 6.9: 50th Jubilee Omaha Section, American Chemical Society, 1970 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 6.10: Program for the National Academy of Engineering 12th Annual Members Banquet. Washington, D.C., April 28, 1976 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 6.11: "Milton Harris-An Introduction." The Chemist. 59 (5-6): 6 [Robert W. Parry], May-June 1982 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 6.12: "Milton Harris: A Profile." Oregon State University College of Science Record. 11 (2): 2-3, Winter 1984 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 6.13: 1986-87 Yale Development Report, 1987 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 6.14: "Milton Harris Meets Arthur Sleight." College of Science Record. 17, 3 [Eva M. Millemann], 1989 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 6.15: "Former ACS Chairman Milton Harris Dead at 85." Chem. and Eng. News. [Delores Miner], September 23, 1991 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 6.16: Chemistry Catalog. Oregon State University, undated Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 6.17: Syndicate Newspaper Comic. "Strictly Business", undated Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 6.18: Small manila envelope with a pink tag with the text "Wool Top made Shrink Resistant by the "Harriset" Process/ Treated by Ames Worsted Company/ Lowell, Mass", undated Add to Shelf

30 green and white paper tags for Harriset Washable Wool

Box-Folder 6.19: Short article with photo of Harris, undated Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 6.20: "Harris Named to Head Chemical Society Unit", undated Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 6.21: Harris Society. Oregon State University Foundation, undated Add to Shelf

Included with them is a handwritten envelope with Harris' home address.

Box-Folder 6.22: Assorted notes, undated Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 6.23: Harris Funeral Condolences, A-D, 1991 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 6.24: Harris Funeral Condolences, E-L, 1991 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 6.25: Harris Funeral Condolences, M-S, 1991 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 6.26: Harris Funeral Condolences, T-Y, 1991 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 6.27: Harris Funeral Condolences, unknown correspondents, 1991 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 6.28: Funeral Attendees, 1991 Add to Shelf

Series 6: Research Notebooks, 1928-1978 Add to Shelf

The five research notebooks that comprise Series 6 detail Harris' laboratory work on a number of scientific topics, including the properties of silk and paraffins, and the nature of chemical equilibrium in various systems. One notebook is likewise devoted entirely to recording Harris's impressions of a March 1978 trip to China.

Box-Folder 7.1: Research, 1928-1929 Add to Shelf

Notebook in which Harris details his research and experiments on the solubility of silk.

Box-Folder 7.2: China, 1978 Add to Shelf

Notebook in which Harris documents his March 1978 trip to China.

Box-Folder 7.3: Chemical Equilibrium, undated Add to Shelf

Notebook documenting Harris' research on chemical equilibrium; phase changes; one-, two- and three-component systems; and transition temperatures. The notebook also contains graphs and chemical equations.

Box-Folder 7.4: Organic, undated Add to Shelf

Notebook recording Harris' research in organic chemistry; contains many chemical equations and diagrams.

Box-Folder 7.5: Chemistry, undated Add to Shelf

Notebook documenting Harris' research on paraffins, halogen derivatives, alcohols, esters, metallo-organic compounds, and other elements of chemistry.

Series 7: Research Files, 1940-1992 Add to Shelf

Series 7 is comprised primarily of scientific publications collected by Milton Harris for research purposes. Topics include flax, wool, and cotton fibers; fabric detergents; and superconductivity.

Box-Folder 7.6: Pectic Substance of Cotton Fibers in Relation to Growth. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 25, 305-308. [Roy L. Whistler, Albert R. Martin and Carl M. Conrad], 1940 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 7.7: Electrodialytic Estimation of Ash and of Acidic and Basic Groups in Textile Fibers. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 25, 61-69. [Arnold M. Sookne, Charles H. Fugitt and Jacinto Steinhardt], 1940 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 7.8: The Selective Combination of Wool Protein with Acids in Mixtures. Amer. Soc. Biological Chem. [Jacinto Steinhardt], April 15-19, 1941 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 7.9: The Panoflex, A Simple Device for Evaluating the Pliability of Fabrics. J. of Natl. Bureau of Standards. 27, 469-477 [Edwin C. Dreby], 1941 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 7.10: Fluidity of Triton F and Xanthate Solutions as a Measure of Cellulose Degradation. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 27, 543-549. [Ralph T. Mease and Leland F. Gleysteen], 1941 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 7.11: Catalyzed Hydrolysis of Amide and Peptide Bonds in Proteins. J. Biological Chem. 141-995-996 [Jacinto Steinhardt], 1941 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 7.12: A New Conception of Fibers. Fiber and Fabric, May 17, 1941 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 7.13: Calculation of Protein-Anion Affinity Constants from Acid Titration Data. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 28, 191-199 [Jacinto Steinhardt], 1942 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 7.14: Microscopic Structure of Flax and other Related Bast Fibers. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 29, 41-50 [Charles W. Hock], 1942 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 7.15: Catalyzed Hydrolysis of Amide and Peptide Bonds in Proteins. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 29, 315-327 [Jacinto Steinhardt and Charles H. Fugitt], 1942 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 7.16: Analysis of the Selective Combination of Wool with Acids in Mixtures. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 29, 425-436 [Jacinto Steinhardt], 1942 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 7.17: Part-Wool Blankets for Use in Barracks. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 30, 203-208 [Herbert F. Schiffer, Louis R. Mizell and F.T. Mosedale], 1943 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 7.18: Autographic Load-Elongation Apparatus for Fibers. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 31, 25-31 [Arnold M. Sookne and Henry A. Rutherford], 1943 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 7.19: Structure of the Wool Fiber as Revealed by the Electron Microscope. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 31, 229-236 [Charles W. Hock and Howard F. McMurdie], 1943 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 7.20: Scale Substance of Wool. J. of Research Natl. Bureau of Standards. 32, 127-130 [Walton B. Geiger], 1944 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 7.21: Some Applications of Stress-Strain Measurements to the Determination of Fiber Properties. Amer. Soc. for Testing Mat. 498-502 [Arnold M. Sookne], 1948 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 7.22: Soaps and Synthetic Detergents in the Textile Field. Soap and Sanitary Chemicals. [Anthony M. Schwartz], February 1948 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.1: New Concepts and Trends in the Detergent Field. Soap and Sanitary Chemicals. [Anthony M. Schwartz], April 1948 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.2: Cosmetic Functions of Synthetic Detergents. J. of Soc. Cosmetic Chem. 1, 327-335 [Anthony M. Schwartz], 1949 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.3: Fibers in Future Fabrics. Rayon and Synthetic Textiles. [Pierre Sillan], March 1949 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.4: Principles of Detergency and Their Application in Textile Processing. J. Amer. Oil Chem. Soc. 26, (5), 212-215 [Anthony M. Schwarz], May 1949 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.5: Process for Imparting Shrink Resistance to Wool. United States Patent Office, No. 2,499,987 [Harry F. Clapham and Arthur L. Smith], March 7, 1950 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.6: New Wool From Old. Newsweek, May 22, 1950 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.7: The Improvement of Luster of Cotton: Part I: Measurement of Reflectance Characteristics Related to Luster. Textile Research Journal. 21, (7) [Lyman Fourt and Arnold M. Sookne, July 1951 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.8: The Deposition of Lime Soap on Fabrics During Washing. J. Amer. Oil Chem. Soc. 29, (4), 158-161 [D.C. Knowles, Jr., Julian Berch and Anthony M. Schwartz], April 1952 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.9: Method of Rendering Organic Textile Material Water Repellent and Composition Therefor. United States Patent Office, No. 2,597,614 [Alfred E. Brown, Arnold M. Sookne and Francis W. Minor], May 20, 1952 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.10: Process for Rendering Proteinaceous Textile Materials Water Repellant. United States Patent Office, no. 2,599,590 [Arnold M. Sookne and Alfred E. Brown], June 10, 1952 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.11: Improvement of Luster of Cotton: Part II: Decrystallizing and Mercerizing Influence on Luster. Textile Research Journal. 23, (1) [Lyman Fourt and Pauline Streicher], January 1953 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.12: Method of Rendering Organic Textile Material Water Repellant and Composition Therefor. United States Patent Office, No. 2,662,039 [Alfred E. Brown, Arnold M. Sookne and Francis W. Minor], December 8, 1953 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.13: Improvement of Luster of Cotton: Part III: Correlation of Visual and Physical Aspects of Luster. Textile Research Journal. 24, (1) [Lyman Fourt, Ruth M. Howorth and Marjorie B. Rutherford], January 1954 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.14: Improvement of Luster of Cotton: Part IV: Effect of Weaving Pattern on Luster in a Series of Bleached Cotton Fabrics. Textile Research Journal. [Lyman Fourt and Marjorie B. Rutherford], January 1954 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.15: Improvement of Luster of Cotton: Part V: Fiber Shape in Relation to Luster. Textile Research Journal. 24, (2) [Lyman Fourt, Ruth M. Howorth, Marjorie B. Rutherford and Pauline Streicher], February 1954 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.16: Improvement of Luster of Cotton: Part VI: Yarn Structure in Relation to Luster. Textile Research Journal. 24, (2) [Lyman Fourt, Ruth M. Howorth, Marjorie B. Rutherford and Pauline Streicher], February 1954 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.17: Improvement of Luster of Cotton: Part VII: Fiber Properties and Variety Characteristics in Relation to Luster. Textile Research Journal. 24, (3) [Lyman Fourt, Ruth M. Howorth, Marjorie B. Rutherford and Pauline Streicher], March 1954 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.18: Better Mercerizing for Improved Luster. American Dyestuff Reporter. [Lyman Fourt and Arnold M. Sookne], May 10, 1954 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.19: Improvement of Luster of Cotton: Part VIII: Selection Within Commercial Varieties on the Basis of Fiber Properties. Textile Research Journal. 24, (7) [Lyman Fourt, Ruth M. Howorth, Marjorie B. Rutherford and Pauline Streicher], July 1954 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.20: Junior Academy Meets with Chemical Society. The Reporter: Newsletter for Science and Math Teachers. 1 (5): 1, February 1959 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.21: ACS Names Advisory Board Members. Chem. And Eng. News, January 1, 1962 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.22: Mulligatawny. Lab Notes, The Derby Company, Inc. 4 (3): 54-58 [Roland E. Derby], 1963 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.23: The Tragedy of the Commons. Science. 162: 1243-1248 [Garrett Hardin], 1968 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.24: The Chemist of the Future. Chem. and Ind. News. [D.S. Davies], June 7, 1969 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.25: Science at a Policy Crossroads. Technology Review. [Don K. Price], April 1971 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.26: Mobility Patterns in Three Scientific Disciplines. Amer. Sociological Assoc. [Robert McGinnis and Vijai P. Singh], August 28-31, 1972 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.27: Will the Chemical Industry Survive the Post-Industrial Society? Ind. Research Inst. [William W. Bewley, Jr.], May 31, 1977 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.28: The Future: Society. Business Week, September 3, 1979 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.29: D.I.R. 1981. Conoco, Inc. Research and Development. [Office Services and Graphics Department], May 12, 1981 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.30: NSF Studies Cooperative R&D. Science. 224: 1411 [Jeffery L. Fox], 1984 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.31: National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council. National Academy Press [Peregrine S. White and Fredrica W. Wechsler], 1984 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.32: Why Oregon Suddenly Looks Good to High-Tech Companies. Business Week, November 5, 1984 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.33: Business Goes to College for a Brain Gain. Fortune. [Jeremy Main], March 16, 1987 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.34: Chemistry of High-Temperature Superconductors. Science. 242, 1519-1526 [A.W. Sleight], 1988 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.35: Superconductivity: Is the Party Over? Science. 244, 914-916 [Robert Pool], 1989 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.36: Promise of Superconductivity Sparks Cooperative R&D Efforts. Chem. and Eng. News. 67, 19-24 [Stu Borman], 1989 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.37: Understanding Superconductivity. Invention and Technology. 5, 48-57 [John P. McKelvey], 1989 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.38: Endowed Chairs Symbolize Distinction. The Oregon Stater. [David Fulton], April 1991 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.39: Press Release: "Milton Harris Award to David Barnes," Oregon State University, Fall 1992 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.40: Typescript: The Outlook for Innovation: A Policy View. William D. Carey, AAAS, undated Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.41: Typescript: The Medalist, the Scientist. Harvey A. Neville. Olney Medalist Award, undated Add to Shelf

Series 8: Honors, Awards and Other Recognitions, 1925-1992 Add to Shelf

Series 8 documents the numerous honors and awards received by Harris, including the 1966 Harold DeWitt Memorial medal, the 1970 Perkin Medal, and the 1980 Priestley Medal. The series also includes his Oregon Agricultural College and Yale University diplomas; membership certificates from the New York Academy of Sciences, the Fiber Society, and other professional organizations; and recognition of service during World War II from the U.S. War Department and Navy Department.

Box-Folder 8.42: Tau Beta Pi. Election for rank in scholarship, December 5, 1925 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.43: Oregon State Agricultural College. Diploma, Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, June 7, 1926 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.44: Phi Kappa Phi. Election to the Oregon State Agricultural College chapter, 1926 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.45: Phi Lambda Upsilon. Charter Membership, February 21, 1927 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 11.1: Yale University. Diploma, Doctor of Philosophy, June 19, 1929 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 15.1: Sigma Chi. Election to the Yale University chapter, April 20, 1929 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.46: Gordon Research Conferences. Chairman of Conference on Structure and Chemistry of Textile Fibers, 1941-1944 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.47: Washington Academy of Sciences. Election to Membership, February 7, 1941 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.48: New York Academy of Sciences. Election to Membership, June 12, 1941 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 11.2: The Textile Institute. Fellowship to the Textile Institute, October 20, 1943 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 11.3: The Textile Institute. Fellowship to the Textile Institute, October 22, 1943 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 11.4: Washington Academy of Sciences. Testimonial for Distinguished Service, March 18, 1943 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 11.5: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Appointment to the Subcommittee on Wood and Plastics for Aircraft, September 22, 1944 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 11.6: American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists. Olney Medal for Textile Chemistry, 1945 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.49: Olney Medalist Address. American Dyestuff Reporter, February 25, 1946 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 11.7: The War Department and Navy Department. Recognition of Work during World War II, June 1, 1947 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.50: American Chemical Society, Division of Cellulose, Wood and Fiber Chemistry. For Chairmanship of the division, 1947 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.51: National Advertising Agency Network. Award of Excellence to Harris Research Labs, 1952-1953 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.52: American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists. Corporate Membership to the Harris Research Labs, 1954-1956 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 11.8: American Institute of Chemists. Honor Award for 1957, April 23, 1957 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.53: Institute of Textile Technology. Graduation Address, June 10, 1958 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 11.9: Fiber Society. Honorary Membership, May 20, 1965 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 11.10: American Society for Testing Materials. Harold De Witt Smith Memorial Medal, October 19, 1966 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.54: Typescript: Perkin Medal Award Dinner by Stuart K. Hensley. American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C., January 27, 1970 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.55: Perkin Medal Award Address. Chem and Eng. News, March 2, 1970 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 11.11: Harris Research Labs. Tribute to Milton Harris on his 70th Birthday, March 26, 1976 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.56: Priestly Medal Award. Chem. and Eng. News, July 9, 1979 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.57: Milton Harris Wins 1980 Priestly Medal. Chem. and Eng. News. 57 (28): 30-31 (July 9, 1979). [Jeffrey L. Fox], July 9, 1979 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.58: American Chemical Society, American Institute of Chemists, et al. Milton Harris 75th Birthday Symposium, April 27-28, 1981 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.59: American Institute of Chemists. Gold Medal, March 28, 1982 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.60: Program for the American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal Banquet; Press Release from the American Institute of Chemists; The Chemist. "Milton Harris is 1982 Gold Medalist." 58, (12), 1981-1982 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.61: Oregon State University. Oregon State University Alumni Association Award, 1984 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.62: American Association for the Advancement of Science. Fifty Year Membership, June 16, 1987 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.63: National Research Council. Dedication of the Cecil and Ida Green Building and the Milton Harris Building, September 21, 1987 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.64: National Academy of Sciences. A Dinner in Honor of Milton Harris, September 17, 1987 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.65: Association of Yale Alumni. Yale Medal of Honor, April 15, 1989 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 11.12: From chemists at Harris Research Labs, undated Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 8.66: United State Office of Scientific Research and Development. Service during World War II, undated Add to Shelf

Series 9: Photographs, 1926-1989 Add to Shelf

Series 9 is comprised of more than fifty photographs documenting Harris' college years; participation in professional events; recreation and travel; and family. The series also includes numerous studio portraits of Harris taken throughout his career. An itemized list of the photographs in this series is viewable here.

Box-Folder 9.1: Photographs, circa 1926-1929 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 9.2: Photographs, circa 1930-1939 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 9.3: Photographs, circa 1940-1949 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 9.4: Photographs, circa 1950-1959 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 9.5: Photographs, circa 1960-1969 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 11.13: Photographs (oversize), 1968 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 9.6: Photographs, circa 1970-1979 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 11.14: Photographs (oversize), circa 1970-1979 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 9.7: Proceedings on the International Symposium on Science Invention & Social Change, 1978 Add to Shelf

The frontispiece of this volume include 4 unique photographic prints of Milton Harris.

Box-Folder 9.8: Photographs, circa 1980-1989 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 11.15: Photographs (oversize), 1980 Add to Shelf

Series 10: Scrapbooks and Photograph Albums, 1950-1996 Add to Shelf

Series 10 is comprised of twelve scrapbooks and photograph albums documenting Harris' career and personal life. The series includes hundreds of newspaper clippings, photographs, brochures, advertisements, and other ephemera documenting Harris' professional successes including scientific discoveries, promotions and appointments, and awards and recognitions. Some of the scrapbooks and albums record specific moments including the 10th anniversary of Harris Research Laboratories, Harris' 70th birthday, and the dedication of the Milton Harris Building at the National Research Council.

Box-Folder 12.1: Professional Activities Scrapbook, 1946-1950 Add to Shelf

This scrapbook is comprised predominately of clippings from newspapers (local, regional, and national) and industry publications (such as Science News Letter, Women's Wear Daily, and Rayon Textile Monthly) from 1946 to 1950. Topics include milestones in Harris' career; textile industry lectures and conferences events; and advancements in textile production such as moth-resistant wool, improved fabric dyes, wool reprocessing, shrink-proof wool, and wrinkle-resistant fabric. The scrapbook also includes several photographs, programs, advertisements. A complete list of the items in this scrapbook is viewable here.

Box-Folder 9.9: 10th Anniversary of Harris Research Laboratories, Inc. Scrapbook, 1954 Add to Shelf

This scrapbook is comprised of photos and text documenting the first ten years of Harris Research Laboratories, Inc. The scrapbook includes a narrative, lists of staff and personnel changes, acknowledgments, and photographs of the lab and personnel. This item has been disbound. A complete list of the items in this scrabook is viewable here.

Box-Folder 12.2: Professional Activities Scrapbook, 1923-1955 Add to Shelf

This scrapbook is comprised of clippings from newspapers and industry publications including Chemical Week and Textile Age; advertisements, flyers, and programs; postcards and greeting cards; certificates; photographs; and a poem. Many of the items document Harris' professional successes including textile research, business development, and involvement in industry organizations such as the American Chemical Society and the American Institute of Chemists. The scrapbook also includes Harris' 1923 diploma from Lincoln High School in Portland, Oregon and an autographed photo of Bob Hope. A complete list of the items in this scrapbook is viewable here.

Box-Folder 13.1: Professional Activities Scrapbook, 1929-1958 Add to Shelf

This scrapbook is comprised of materials predominately documenting Harris' career from 1951-1958. It includes clippings from newspapers, periodicals, and industry publications such as Knitted Outwear Times, American Dyestuff Reporter, and The Textile Engineer with topics including advancements in textile products, industry events, the acquisition of Harris Research by Gillette Co., and Harris' appointment to Gillette Research Director; programs, photographs, and other ephemera from conferences, lectures, and award ceremonies hosted by the American Chemical Society, the American Institute of Chemists, the Society of Cosmetic Chemists, and other scientific and industry organizations; advertisements, brochures, and other promotional materials for the "Harriset" process; and correspondence, memoranda, and press releases. The scrapbook also includes materials documenting moments in Harris' career starting as early as 1929. A complete list of the items in this scrapbook is viewable here.

Box-Folder 13.2: Professional Activities Scrapbook, 1960-1970 Add to Shelf

This scrapbook is comprised of materials documenting Harris' career from 1960-1970. It includes programs, press releases, and other ephemera from numerous industry events and organizations such as the American Society of Testing Materials and the American Chemical Society; clippings from newspapers, periodicals, and industry publications such as Air Engineering, The Capital Chemist, PR Catalyst, and Chemical Purchasing with topics including Harris' receipt of the 1970 Perkin Medal, support for Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1964 presidential election, and the importance of growing the science and technology industries in the United States; correspondence; and photographs. A complete list of the items in this scrapbook is viewable here.

Box-Folder 14.1: Perkin Award Scrapbook, 1969-1970 Add to Shelf

This scrapbook is comprised of materials relating to Harris' receipt of the 1970 Perkin Medal, an award from the American Section of the Society of Chemical Industry recognizing "innovations in applied chemistry resulting in outstanding commercial development." It includes photographs, newspaper clipping, correspondence, a program from the Perkin Award Dinner, and other materials documenting the award. A complete list of the items in this scrapbook is viewable here.

Box-Folder 9.10: A.T. Beucher Photograph Album, 1975 Add to Shelf

This album appears to have been assembled by A.T. Buecher to document a visit between Buecher and Harris in April 1975. The album includes the inscription "To my very good friend Milton Harris. Come back again soon" and several photos of Harris and Buecher. A complete list of the items in this photograph album is viewable here.

Box-Folder 9.11: Milton Harris' 70th Birthday Photograph Album, 1976 Add to Shelf

This album is comprised of more than twenty photographs of Harris celebrating his 70th birthday with friends and family. The album also include a letter from Harvey and Cora Alter to Harris dated May 21, 1976. This item has been disbound. A complete list of the items in this scrapbook is viewable here.

Box-Folder 14.2: Professional Activities Scrapbook, 1966-1981 Add to Shelf

This scrapbook is comprised of materials documenting Harris' professional achievements from 1966-1981. It includes clippings from newspapers and industry publications such as Chemical and Engineering News, The Nucleus, and Oil, Paint, and Textile Chemistry and Color; cards, speeches, photographs, programs, and other materials from Harris' 75th Birthday Symposium; certificates and awards; correspondence and memoranda; and photographs. A complete list of the items in this scrapbook is viewable here.

Box-Folder 15.2: Professional Activities Scrapbook, 1966-1984 Add to Shelf

This scrapbook is comprised predominately of materials documenting Harris' professional and academic achievements. It includes certificates and awards from numerous organizations including the Chemists Club of New York, the Academy of Applied Science, the Chemical Heritage Society, the Textile Research Institute, the American Chemical Society, and the National Academy of Engineers. Other contents include certificates from the Professional Golf Association, the Crown Royal Hole-in-One Society, British Airways, and Japan Airlines; newspaper clippings; two electron micrographs; a watercolor of the Oregon State University Memorial Union; and a varsity letter in tennis. A complete list of the items in this scrapbook is viewable here.

Box-Folder 10.1: Milton Harris Building Dedication Photograph Album, 1987 Add to Shelf

This album documents the September 21, 1987 dedication of the Milton Harris Building at the National Research Council headquarters in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. The album includes an invitation to the dedication and photographs of the building, Harris, and other dedication honorees and attendees. A complete list of the items in this photograph album is viewable here.

Box-Folder 15.3: "Milton Harris - A Tribute from Oregon State University" Scrapbook, 1983-1996 Add to Shelf

This scrapbook is comprised of materials related to Milton Harris's philanthropic efforts and association with Oregon State University, particularly the Milton Harris Award in Basic Research and the Harris Scholarship. The scrapbook includes clippings from the College of Science Record, the Chem OSU Newsletter, The Oregonian, The Economist, and Chemistry Alumni News; event programs; lists of scholarship recipients; correspondence; and an "In Memoriam" for Harris. A complete list of the items in this scrapbook is viewable here.