Scope and Contents From the Collection: Documenting twenty years of the history of the Chemical Engineering Department at Brigham Young University, this collection includes a range of materials from department correspondence to the various research and experiment of both faculty and students.Includes correspondence and memos from the chairman's office, minutes of meetings, building floor plans, and information concerning policies and activities of the department.Of special interest is series 29, the Calvin...

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Contains resumes and articles written by colleagues of Hall mostly concerning the creation of man-made diamonds.

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Contains personal and business correspondence from Hall's life and work at General Electric, Megadiamond Corporation, and as a professor of Chemistry and Director of Research at Brigham Young University. The bulk of the material is business-related correspondence. Materials date from between 1949 and 2002.

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Contains membership cards, correspondence, reports, brochures, news clippings, exhibits, and business papers. Materials are related to organizations that Hall participated in, worked with, or corresponded with relating to his professional career including General Electric, Megadiamond, Brigham Young University, other clubs, societies, universities, and organizations.

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Contains patents, correspondence, and legal papers relating to Hall's work of creating man-made diamonds. Contains mostly methods and machinery used to make diamonds and patents awarded to colleagues mostly on pressure apparatuses used in synthesizing diamonds.

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Contains research notes, reports, photographs, news articles, test reports, blueprints, drawings, negatives, and instruction manuals pertaining to Hall's chemistry research, especially dealing with the creation of man-made diamonds.

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The collection primarily documents Hall's career as a chemist as well as personal history, 1881-2002.