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13 items
20th anniversary celebrations, Beckman Instruments in Porterville, California
Box 57, Folder 35- 1985
Unidentified employees and their children gather for anniversary celebrations and a service awards banquet, about one year before the Porterville plant was declared a Superfund site responsible for contaminating…
- Photographer Edwards Studio
- Subject Anniversaries, Employees, Executives, Award presentations, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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12 items
Portraits of Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004)
Box 56, Folder 71- 1980s
Some photographs are inscribed with details regarding dates and the occasion for the photograph.
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a…
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11 items
Portraits of Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004)
Box 56, Folder 70- 1970s
Some photographs include more specific dates or notes, including an image's use in the 1973 annual report.
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus…
- Photographer Curtis Studios, Edwards Studio
- Subject Scientists--Portraits, Beckman, Arnold O., Globes, Portraits, Portraits, American
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13 items
Portraits of Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004)
Box 56, Folder 69- 1963 – 1966
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long career manufacturing scientific and medical instruments with National Technical Laboratories,…
- Photographer Hesketh, Dean D., Healy, Dale, Laursen, Rene, Dietrich, T. A.
- Subject Scientists--Portraits, Beckman, Arnold O., Portraits, Portraits, American
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27 items
Portraits of Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004)
Box 56, Folder 68- 1960 – 1962
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long career manufacturing scientific and medical instruments with National Technical Laboratories,…
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19 items
Portraits of Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004)
Box 56, Folder 67- 1950s
Some of the portraits bear a photographer's stamp or more specific date (occasionally contradicting other prints of the same photograph).
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful…
- Photographer Dietrich, T. A., Harmon, Larry, Rothschild Photo, Raeburn, Jean
- Subject Scientists--Portraits, Beckman, Arnold O., Portraits, Offices, Portraits, American
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3 items
Portraits of Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004)
Box 56, Folder 66- 1945
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long career manufacturing scientific and medical instruments with National Technical Laboratories,…
- Photographer Curtis Studios
- Subject Scientists--Portraits, Beckman, Arnold O., Portraits, Portraits, American
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29 items
Fred Herr Memorial 5K-10K Walk/Run
Box 59, Folder 12- 1992-Sep-13
Beckman employees participate in the Fred Herr Memorial Walk/Run. Olympic decathlete and founding member of the Board of Directors of the Special Olympics Rafer Johnson was on hand. It is unclear whether the two photos…
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41 items
Arnold Beckman on the set of "Science in Action"
Box 56, Folder 74- 1962 – 1963
In December 1962, Arnold Beckman filmed an appearance on the long-running television program Science in Action to demonstrate how some of his instruments worked.
The screen images are attributed to Juan Zec, a chemist…
- Photographer Zec, Juan, Moss Photography
- Subject Beckman, Arnold O., California Academy of Sciences, Television programs, Herald, Earl Stannard
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2 items
Helipot Corporation staff
Box 59, Folder 15- 1950-Jul
Staff and representatives pose outside the Helipot Corporation's Meridian Avenue location.
The Helipot Corporation was founded during World War II by Arnold O. Beckman of Beckman Instruments (at that time still…
- Photographer Brooks, Ernest W.
- Subject Employees, Portraits, Group, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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18 items
Early Beckman facilities, Pasadena and South Pasadena
Box 59, Folder 44- Undated
- 1934 – 1935
- 1940
- 1946
- 1949
- 1950
A Pasadena garage was the first home of the National Postal Meter Company, founded by Arnold Beckman in 1934. The company soon became National Technical Laboratories, with a focus on pH meters. In 1935, the company…
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5 items
Groundbreaking ceremony for Spinco Division building in Palo Alto, California
Box 59, Folder 139- 1960-Aug
The photographs document the groundbreaking ceremonies for Spinco's Building #2. Identified individuals include Arnold Beckman, Bob Erickson (executive vice president), George Clifford (Spinco Division manager), Ed…
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7 items
Arnold Beckman's 100th birthday
Box 56, Folder 51- 2000-Apr
The photographs document birthday celebrations.
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long career manufacturing scientific and medical…
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4 items
Arnold Beckman's 98th birthday
Box 56, Folder 50- 1998
The photographs document birthday celebrations.
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long career manufacturing scientific and medical…
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3 items
Arnold Beckman's 91st birthday
Box 56, Folder 49- 1991
The photographs document birthday celebrations. The images are numbered, but the subjects are unidentified.
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and…
- Photographer Metcalf, Edi
- Subject Beckman, Arnold O., Birthday parties, Portraits, Group
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16 items
Arnold Beckman's 90th birthday
Box 56, Folder 48- 1990
The photographs document birthday celebrations. Some include numbers, date stamps, and descriptive notes on the reverse. Identified individuals include Gavin Herbert (Allergan and Beckman Instruments board member),…
- Subject Beckman, Arnold O., Birthday parties, Piano
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21 items
Dr. Beckman Memorial Service
- Roll 341559
Box 56, Folder 86- 2004-Jul-07
The photographs document a memorial service held two months after Arnold Beckman's death.
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long…
- Subject Beckman, Arnold O., Memorial service
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23 items
Dr. Beckman Memorial Service
- Roll 341551
Box 56, Folder 85- 2004-Jul-07
The photographs document a memorial service held two months after Arnold Beckman's death.
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long…
- Subject Beckman, Arnold O., Memorial service
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24 items
Dr. Beckman Memorial Service
- Roll 341459
Box 56, Folder 84- 2004-Jul-07
The photographs document a memorial service held two months after Arnold Beckman's death.
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long…
- Subject Beckman, Arnold O., Memorial service
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13 items
Dr. Beckman Memorial Service
- Roll 331450
Box 56, Folder 83- 2004-Jul-07
The photographs document a memorial service held two months after Arnold Beckman's death.
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long…
- Subject Beckman, Arnold O., Memorial service
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19 items
Instructions for the Beckman Photoelectric Quartz Spectrophotometer
- Instructions No. 91
Box 17, Folder 15- Undated
This undated draft is handwritten and hand-drawn on yellow paper.
The first Beckman Instruments DU Spectrophotometer was developed in 1940, when the company was still called National Technical Laboratories. Spurred by…
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4 items
The Vindication of the DR
- or, "Don't Fall For That Speed Stuff"
Box 14, Folder 1- 1954-Apr-16
The DR was a double-beam ultraviolet spectrophotometer, designed for accuracy rather than speed. Lee Cahn's skit represents an effort to begin "selling accuracy," as noted in the attached memo from J. D. MacNamara. The…
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2 items
Letter from Dr. Donald H. Loughridge to Arnold O. Beckman
Box 14, Folder 1- 1953-Nov-17
Donald Loughridge, dean of Northwestern University, exchanges friendly news with Arnold Beckman before discussing chemistry professor Robert L. Burwell's complaints about the IR-2T spectrophotometer, its frequent…
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2 items
Letter from Arnold O. Beckman to Dr. Donald H. Loughridge
Box 14, Folder 1- 1953-Dec-03
In response to Donald Loughridge's complaints about the performance of the IR-2T spectrophotometer, Arnold Beckman defers to general sales manager W. H. Steinkamp and expresses confidence that he will bring the…
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2 items
Letter from Allen S. Hussey to Arnold O. Beckman
Box 14, Folder 1- 1954-Apr-30
Allen Hussey, the director of Northwestern University's chemical laboratories, discusses the frequent breakdowns of the IR-2T spectrophotometer, the practical and ethical barriers to selling it to recoup expenses, and…
