McGowan, Harry Duncan, 1874-1961 (chemical industrialist, Chairman of Imperial Chemical Industries)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1874 - 1961
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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Letter from Adams, Walter 1933-1936, 1936-04-21
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7653/1/i/A/16
Scope and Contents
Adams has been away for a week and apologises for not replying to Rutherford's February 19 letter enclosing the copy of McGowan's of April 08 [MS Add.7653/1/i/A/15 and 15a]. This is good news and will be of substantial help. Dr Traube's case is particularly hard as he is 75 and has several dependent relatives in Edinburgh. Adams has written to Dr C.B. Heald about his request about a German who could help his with high-frequency short-wave work. The edition of the 'Manchester Guardian'...
Dates:
1936-04-21
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The MS Add.7653 Ernest Rutherford papers are owned by the University of Cambridge and are open for consultation under the normal regulations of the University Library's manuscripts collections; see http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/deptserv/manuscripts/.
The only limitations to use are in respect of the low-level radioactivity of a small number of items in the collection. Further advice is available from the Manuscripts Reading Room staff.
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Letter from McGowan, Harry to Ernest Rutherford, 1936-04-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7653/1/i/A/15a
Scope and Contents
This is a carbon-copy of the copy letter enclosed in one from Rutherford to Walter Adams of the Academic Assistance Council at a date between [1936 April 08 and April 21] referred to by Adams in his of April 21 [MS Add.7653/1/i/A/16]. The copy is of Sir (later Lord) Harry McGowan's April 08 letter in which he refers to the previous correspondence between 'Mr Rogers' and Rutherford about the AAC. As Chairman McGowan states that ICI has done all that could be expected to help 'these refugees...
Dates:
1936-04-08
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The MS Add.7653 Ernest Rutherford papers are owned by the University of Cambridge and are open for consultation under the normal regulations of the University Library's manuscripts collections; see http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/deptserv/manuscripts/.
The only limitations to use are in respect of the low-level radioactivity of a small number of items in the collection. Further advice is available from the Manuscripts Reading Room staff.