Hall, H. Tracy
Biography
H. Tracy Hall (1919-2008) was an American physical chemist. He is best known as the first person to grow synthetic diamonds in a reproducible process.
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
H. Tracy Hall correspondence, 1949-2002
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.
H. Tracy Hall letters, reports, and other materials, 1946-2000
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.
H. Tracy Hall patents, 1919-1998
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.
H. Tracy Hall papers
The collection primarily documents Hall's career as a chemist as well as personal history, 1881-2002.
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