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Oils and fats

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on the technological aspects of oils and fats. Works on the economic aspects of oils and fats are entered under Oil industries. Works on fat in its relation to the animal organism are entered under Fat.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Carter Litchfield collection on the history of fatty materials

 Collection
Accession: 2007-227
Abstract:

Carter Litchfield (1932-2007) an organic chemist who studied and specialized in edible fats and oils. This collection of photographs and ephemera relates to Litchfield's activities as a scientist, historian and collector of the history of fatty material. There is also a large amount of advertisements, letterheads, postcards and trade cards.

Dates: 1583-2007; Majority of material found within 1970-2000

Carter Litchfield collection on the history of fatty materials

 Collection
Accession: 2413
Abstract:

Carter Litchfield (1932-2007) an organic chemist who studied and specialized in edible fats and oils. In the course of his career Litchfield also built an interesting and significant collection of books, manuscripts, and ephemera relating to the history of fatty materials. The collection is arranged into seven series and includes his research with animal fats and fatty materials, collecting activities, research and publication on the history of oil mills around the world; the papers of Julius Lewkowitsch, the first authority on fats and fatty materials; the papers of Ellsworth C. Warner, founder of the Midland Linseed Products Company; and the correspondence of Frech Chemist Michel Eugène Chevreul

Dates: 1707-2007; Majority of material found within 1970-2000