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Inventive Minds: Inventing Green

Inventive Minds: Inventing Green features the stories of historic and contemporary inventors whose work on socially-responsible technologies creates profound change for the common good.

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Armand G. Winfield Papers, 1921-

Inventor Name Winfield, Armand

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Domenico Mortellito Papers, 1950-1979

Inventor Name Mortellito, Domenico

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Donald Winslow Emmerson fonds, 1946-1979

Inventor Name Emmerson, Donald Winslow

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Leo H. Baekeland Papers, 1863-1968

Inventor Name Baekeland, Leo

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E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company Office of the President Records, 1909-1952 (bulk 1914-1948)

Inventor Name E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Office of the president.

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Wallace H. Carothers Papers, 1925-1936

Inventor Name Carothers, Wallace H.

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Celluloid Corporation Records, 1892-1935

Inventor Name Hyatt, John Wesley

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Grace Jeffers Collection of Formica Materials, 1913-2003

Inventor Name O'Conor, Daniel J.

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Cledo Brunetti papers, 1936-1971

Inventor Name Brunetti, Cledo

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Earl S. Tupper Papers, 1914-1970s

Inventor Name Tupper, Earl Silas

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J. Harry DuBois Collection on the History of Plastics, ca. 1900-1975

Inventor Name DuBois, J. Harry

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Albany Billiard Ball Company Records, 1870-1974

Inventor Name Albany Billiard Ball Company

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