Roland C. Hawes Papers
name: label: Creator
content: Cary Instruments.
label: Creator
content: Hawes, Roland C., 1908-1999
label: Names
content: Applied Physics Corporation.
label: Names
content: Aviv & Associates, Inc.
label: Names
content: Beckman Instruments, Inc.
label: Names
content: National Technical Laboratories.
label: Names
content: Varian Associates.
label: Names
content: Beckman, Arnold O.
label: Names
content: Cary, Howard
label: Names
content: Duffield, Jack J.
label: Names
content: George, Kenyon
topic: label: Topic
content: Engineers -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Inventions -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Inventors -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Scientific apparatus and instruments industry
label: Topic
content: Scientific apparatus and instruments industry -- California
label: Topic
content: Spectrophotometry
label: Topic
content: Spectrum analysis
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This collection was donated by Roland C. Hawes on September 9, 1997.
creator: label: Creator
content: Cary Instruments.
label: Creator
content: Hawes, Roland C., 1908-1999
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content: Roland C. Hawes Papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers document the career of Roland C. Hawes (1908-) who worked in the field of immunnassay, spectrophotometry, scientific apparatus and instruments industry, and administrative duties at Applied Physics Corporation/Cary Instruments. The papers include correspondence, handwritten notes and sketches, memorandum reports, catalogs, printed material, patent documents, drawings, blueprints (original and diazo copies), and photographs.
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Roland C. Hawes was born on October 4, 1908, in Riverside, California, and began his career in chemical analysis which led him into the scientific apparatus and instruments industry, where he worked in the field of spectrophotometry. He holds a B.S., in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology, 1930. He died in 1999.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 14.5 Cubic feet (44 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1908-1997
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: The collection was donated to the National Museum of American History by Roland C. Hawes, September 9, 1997.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0617
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Blueprints
label: Type
content: Correspondence
label: Type
content: Diazo prints
label: Type
content: Drawings
label: Type
content: Pencil works
label: Type
content: Photographic prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into seven series.

Series 1, Personal files, 1938-1997

Series 2, Research files, A-Z, 1913 (1927-1990)

Series 3, Piness Laboratories, 1920-1979

Series 4, Beckman Instruments, Inc., 1939-1974

Series 5, Cary Instruments, 1937-1992

Series 6, Consulting work, 1908-(1939-1992)

Series 7, Professional activities, 1949-1996
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Jennifer Ulrich, 1998.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Blueprints
label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence -- 1930-1950
label: Genre/Form
content: Diazo prints
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Pencil works
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographic prints
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- Black-and-white negatives -- Glass -- 1890-1920
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, handwritten notes and sketches, memorandum reports, catalogs, printed material, patent documents, drawings, blueprints (original and diazo copies), and photographs document Hawes's work in the field of immunnassay, spectrophotometry, scientific apparatus and instruments industry, and administrative duties at Applied Physics Corporation/Cary Instruments.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Archival Materials
content: Materials at Other Organizations

Office Of History, National Institutes of Health

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California Institute of Technology Archives

Arnold Orville Beckman: oral history, 1978 

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