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Social history

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on the history of social structures, institutions, interaction, stability, problems, change, etc., treated collectively. Works on the theory of social change as well as social change in particular places are entered under Social change.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Wallace Carothers letter to John R. Johnson

 Collection
Accession: 1923
Abstract:

Wallace Hume Carothers (1896-1937) was a chemist and inventor of neoprene artificial rubber and nylon synthetic fiber. He worked as a chemist in E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company's Fundamental Research Program from 1928 until his death in 1937. John Raven Johnson (1900-1988) was a professor of chemistry at Cornell University from 1930 until his retirement in 1965. He also served as a consultant to E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company from 1937 until 1951, where he worked for the Organic Chemicals Department. This collection consists of a single short note from Carothers to Johnson thanking him for his recent hospitality.

Dates: 1936 January 6