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Johns Hopkins University Gas Engineering Lab etching

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0712

Scope and Contents

Copied from information provided by donor: Etching made by Susan Walton Kemp (1918 - 2002) for her fiance Joseph Burnham Gray (1915-1998) who was a chemical engineering graduate student at Johns Hopkins, completing his PhD in June 1941. Although he did not invent Lyrica (spandex), he helped develop the mixing process for it while working for DuPont.

Processing note: The Gas Engineering Building later became the office of the Johns Hopkins University News-letter.

Dates

  • Creation: 1939 - 1939

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is housed off-site and requires 48-hours' notice for retrieval. Please contact Special Collections for more information.

Collection is open for use.

Conditions Governing Use

Single copies may be made for research purposes. Researchers are responsible for determining any copyright questions. It is not necessary to seek our permission as the owner of the physical work to publish or otherwise use public domain materials that we have made available for use, unless Johns Hopkins University holds the copyright.

Biographical / Historical

See Scope and Content note.

Extent

0.167 Cubic Feet (1 item)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Copied from information provided by donor: Etching made by Susan Walton Kemp (1918 - 2002) for her fiance Joseph Burnham Gray (1915-1998) who was a chemical engineering graduate student at Johns Hopkins, completing his PhD in June 1941. Although he did not invent Lyrica (spandex), he helped develop the mixing process for it while working for DuPont.

Processing note: The Gas Engineering Building later became the office of the Johns Hopkins University News-letter.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Lydia Alcock, June 2015. She received it as a gift from her mother.

Processing Information

Processed by Jordon Steele, August 2015.

Title
Johns Hopkins University Gas Engineering Lab etching
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Repository

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The Sheridan Libraries
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