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  Hydrogenase: a bacterial enzyme activating molecular hydrogen

  This document is a copy of one of Marjory Stephenson's, along with her colleague L.H. Strickland, most important papers, the discovery of the hydrogenase enzyme. It is just one of her many research papers on enzymes that laid the foundation for detailed studies of metabolism, both in bacteria and higher-level organisms.

• Geolocation of the University of Cambridge, home of the lab of Marjory Stephenson

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  Topics in Marjory Stephenson's Bacterial Metabolism Monograph, Third Edition

  Marjory Stephenson's Bacterial Metabolism is a collection of the most important techniques, studies, and information regarding the fields of chemical microbiology and bacterial biochemistry, citing numerous scientists and scientific papers, several of them her own. This photo contains its table of contents and the last few paragraphs of her own introduction to this monograph.
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  A Proposed Society for General Microbiology

  This document details the proposal for the Society of General Microbiology to be established, including why such a society needs to be created, how the society is to be named and operated, the expected rules and guidelines the society aims to follow, and a list of people that are involved, later known as the Society's Original Members and Inaugural Committee.
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  Society for General Microbiology List of Original Members (1944)

  This document contains a list of the original members of Europe's first and largest microbiology society, the Society of General Microbiology. Founded in 1944 by Marjory Stephenson and Sir Alexander Fleming, it allowed scientists a chance to collaborate and build a community together in the newly emerging fields of bacterial biochemistry and general microbiology.
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  Group for Research in Chemical Microbiology for Cambridge University, 1947-1948.

  This document was viewed and photographed at the National Archives in Kew, UK. It's purpose serves as a review of chemical microbiology research occurring at the University of Cambridge as well as the list of people involved in said research from the years 1947-1948, though some of the individuals listed have moved onto other labs at the time of publication.
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  Letter Concerning Vadner/WWII, to Roberts, Frances C., 1966

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  ______, Woodrow (USC office) to Roberts, Richard, circa 1961

  This folder contains numerous correspondence letters between the USC Office and Richard Roberts.
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  Katherine Parr Full-Length Portrait

  Full-length portrait of Katherine Parr.
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  Katherine Parr Portrait

  Portrait of Katherine Parr
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  Dame Kathleen Lonsdale, 1948

  Lonsdale is engaged in an experiment featuring a test tube and a microscope.

  Tags HON 399, Honors College, Student Projects, Study Abroad
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  Martin Buerger, Harold Wyckoff, and Kathleen Lonsdale

  Left to right, standing: Martin Buerger, Harold Wyckoff, and Dame Kathleen Lonsdale lecturing to a class in front of a blackboard.

  Tags HON 399, Honors College, Student Projects, Study Abroad
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  Lowe Mill Weaving Dept.

  Lowe Mill featured a variety of departments in the 1920s and produced a variety of textiles. This photo, taken in 1925, highlights the Weaving department of the textile mill.
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  Lowe Mill Making Shoes

  After Lowe Mill closed, it reopened as a shoe factory after the Great Depression. This photo depicts several of the workers making shoes that were used across the country.
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  Behind Paymaster's Office at Lowe Mill

  Lowe Mill was converted many times throughout its lifespan into different factories and storage facilities. This aerial view shows the changes made across the years.
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  Lowe Mill Paymaster's Office

  The paymaster's office was built in 1910 and was an addition to Lowe Mill to provide the office staff a place to work separately. This photo depicts several of the workers who would have used the office located just outside Lowe Mill.
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  Genesco Baseball

  Baseball was one of the many fun activities done between mill workers to promote bonds and community among them. Lowe Mill, later Genesco, a shoe plant as depicted here, was no exception to this.
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  Lowe Mill Cloth Dept.

  Lowe Mill relied heavily off of a water tower to maintain its production capabilities as a textile mill. The shipping and cloth room employees pose for a photo in front of the water tower in 1925.
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  Lowe Mill Main Street

  The village surrounding Lowe Mill in the early 1900s. It features several stores as well as a wide road, and a horse and buggy carriage.
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  Negro League Baseball Players Ted Rasberry, Sam Allen, and Eugene Scruggs

  The All-Star Negro League played exhibition games at Dallas (Optimist) Park throughout the early to mid-20th century. Since African Americans were not allowed to join the Major Leagues, many of them played for the Negro League.