NATIONAL CATALOGUING UNIT FOR THE ARCHIVES OF CONTEMPORARY SCIENTISTS Catalogue of the papers and correspondence of George Porter Kt OM FRS, Baron Porter of Luddenham (b. 1920) VOLUME | Introduction Section B: Research Section A: Biographical NCUACS catalogue no. 100/5/01 by Peter Harper and Timothy E. Powell Catalogue of the papers and correspondence of George Porter Kt OM FRS, Baron Porter of Luddenham (b. 1920) VOLUME | Introduction Section B: Research Section A: Biographical NCUACS catalogue no. 100/5/01 by Peter Harper and Timothy E. Powell G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Title: Compiled by: Peter Harper and Timothy E. Powell Description level: Fonds Date of material: 1938-1999 Extent of material: 121 boxes, ca 3,300 items Catalogue of the papers and correspondence of George Porter KT OM FRS, Baron Porter of Luddenham (b.1920) NCUACS catalogue no. 100/5/01 © 2001 National Cataloguing Unit for the Archives of Contemporary Scientists, University of Bath. The Archives, The Royal Institution, London Reference code: GB 0116 Porter collection Deposited in: G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 The work of the National Cataloguing Unit for the Archives of Contemporary Scientists, and the production of this catalogue, are made possible by the support of the Research Support Libraries Programme. G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 NOT ALL THE MATERIAL IN THIS COLLECTION MAY YET BE AVAILABLE FOR CONSULTATION. ENQUIRIES SHOULD BE ADDRESSED IN THE FIRST INSTANCE TO: THE KEEPER OF COLLECTIONS THE ROYAL INSTITUTION LONDON G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 LIST OF CONTENTS GENERAL INTRODUCTION SECTION A BIOGRAPHICAL SECTION B RESEARCH A.1-A.222 B.1-B.382 SECTION C ROYAL INSTITUTION C.1-C.1565 SECTION D LECTURES, BROADCASTS AND PUBLICATIONS D.1-D.539 SECTION E SOCIETIES, ORGANISATIONS AND CONSULTANCIES E.1-E.338 SECTION F CORRESPONDENCE INDEX OF CORRESPONDENTS G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 GENERAL INTRODUCTION PROVENANCE The papers were received from the Royal Institution, London and Lord Porter on various dates 1998- 2000. OUTLINE OF THE CAREER OF GEORGE PORTER George Porter was born in Stainforth in Yorkshire on 6 December 1920. He was educated at Thorne Grammar School, 1931-1938, and the University of Leeds, 1938-1941 where he was Ackroyd Scholar. The teaching of M.G. Evans at Leeds was influential in inspiring an interest in physical During his final honours year he took a special course in radio physics which led to service, 1941-1945, as a Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Radar Officer in the Western Approaches and the Mediterranean. chemistry and chemical kinetics. His wartime training in electronics and pulse techniques was to prove useful later in suggesting new approaches to chemical problems. that of radical trapping and matrix stabilisation. with Norrish, applied this to the study of gaseous free radicals and to combustion. Their collaboration continued until 1954 when Porter left Cambridge. His subsequent work was mainly concerned with showing how the flash-photolysis method could be extended and applied to problems in physics, chemistry and biology. He made contributions to other techniques, particularly In 1945 he went to the University of Cambridge to undertake postgraduate research with R.G.W. Norrish in the field of chemical kinetics and photochemistry. His research involved the study, by flow techniques, of free radicals produced in gaseous photochemical reactions. The idea of using short pulses of light, of shorter duration than the lifetime of the free radicals, occurred to Porter, and he began the construction of an apparatus for this purpose in the early summer of 1947 and, together nanosecond and picosecond regions. He continued as Director to 1985. Research Association in Manchester where he applied the new methods to practical problems of dye fading and the phototendering of fabrics. He then moved to the University of Sheffield where he was Professor of Physical Chemistry, 1955-1963 and Firth Professor of Chemistry, 1963-1966. Between 1963 and 1966 he was also Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution. Following the retirement Professor of Chemistry. Here his research group at the Davy Faraday Research Laboratory applied After nine years at Cambridge Porter spent a year as Assistant Director of the the problem of photosynthesis and extended these techniques Sir Lawrence Bragg in 1966 Porter became Director of the Royal Institution and Fullerian of flash photolysis to a great variety of British Rayon into the G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Porter published many papers in leading scientific journals and Chemistry in the Modern World, 1962 and Chemistry in Microtime, 1996. He held many positions of leadership in the scientific community culminating in the Presidency of the Royal Society, 1985-1990. In 1990 became Chairman of the Centre for Photomolecular Sciences, Imperial College London. One of Porter’s particular interests was scientific education and the interpretation of science to non- specialists, a field in which the Royal Institution has been famous for many years, making his He spoke on scientific topics to the widest range of appointment as Director especially appropriate. scientific colleagues at specialised symposia. audiences from school children to He was a successful science broadcaster on television including the 1965 BBC series of lectures entitled ‘The Laws of Disorder: an introduction to chemical change and thermodynamics’ and his Royal Institution Christmas Lectures: ‘Time Machines’, 1969-1970 and ‘Natural History of a Sunbeam’, 1976-1977. His principal relaxation was sailing. DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION The material in this collection covers the period 1938-1999. order given in the list of contents. It is presented in six sections in the Porter received many awards and honours in recognition of his scientific achievements. He was elected FRS in 1960 (Medals: Davy, 1971; Rumford, 1978; Michael Faraday, 1991; Copley, 1992; Lectures: Bakerian, 1977; Humphry Davy, 1985). He was awarded the 1967 Nobel Prize for Chemistry (with M. Eigen and R.G.W. Norrish) ‘for their studies of extremely fast chemical reactions, effected by disturbing the equilibrium by means of very fast pulses of energy’. 1972, awarded the Order of Merit in 1989 and made a life peer in 1990. He was knighted in He married Stella Jean Brooke in 1949. They had two sons, John Brooke and Andrew Christopher George. periods at Cambridge and Sheffield, a good record of the funding of Porter's research arranged Section A, Biographical, presents documentation of Porter’s career, honours and awards from 1955 to 1992 including his appointment as Director of the Royal Institution in 1966 and the award of the Nobel Prize in 1967. Presented here are papers relating to his Nobel Lecture and the 1986 meeting held in Porter's honour at the Royal Institution: ‘Flash Photolysis and its Applications’. Section B, Research, documents Porter’s research from his return to academic life at Cambridge after the Second World War. There are notes, drafts and data which are particularly useful for the G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 alphabetically by funding body which covers the period, 1955-1987 and correspondence with suppliers of research equipment, 1955-1979. A miscellaneous group of papers is presented under the subheading ‘Davy Faraday Research Laboratory’ including papers relating to the Laboratory’s collaboration with the University of London. The section also includes records of the Photochemistry Discussion Group whose meetings were held at the Royal Institution and of patents which arose from research at the Davy Faraday Research Laboratory. Section C, Royal Institution, is by far the most substantial in the collection. A major component of the section documents the Director's involvement in the administration of the Royal Institution including questions of organisation, finance and funding, membership, and building and maintenance. Likewise, there is a significant record of the organisation of the events for which the Royal Institution is famous, most notably the Discourses and the Christmas Lectures. There is, for example, the Director's correspondence with Discourse Lecturers arranged alphabetically by lecturer, ‘Discourse invitations and Discourse dinner party records, and a chronological sequence of correspondence with lecturers about their Christmas Lectures. The controversy surrounding the Discourse and Christmas Lectures of E.R. Laithwaite, 1974-1975 is well documented. Another interesting component of the section relates to the history of the Royal Institution, its library and archives and the development of the academic study of the history of science there. ‘Discourses: suggested lecturers ‘Discourse declined’, statistics’ topics’, and Lectures, role as a_ Section D, broadcasts and publications, documents Porter's Also presented in this section are records of Porter’s scientific communicator. The bulk of the papers are Porter's drafts presented in two sequences, chronological, 1955-1988 and an alphabetical sequence by folder title or topic which covers a similar time span. There are drafts of lectures Porter gave at a variety of Royal Institution occasions such as Schools Lectures, Discourses and Christmas Lectures and research lectures in the area of photochemistry. There is correspondence relating to lectures, broadcasts and publications including invitations to lecture, correspondence on BBC radio and television programmes and correspondence with journals reflecting Porter's editorial or advisory role. university teaching at Cambridge and Sheffield and his work with the Open University. convenience notes taken by Porter as a student at Leeds and Cambridge are included here. discussion meetings of which Porter was an organiser on a number of occasions and the Paul to some aspect of science education and popularisation including the Association for Science Education, the Bristol Exploratory and the British Association for the Advancement of Science. The Royal Society is principally represented by leadership, for example, the Chemical Society, there is Section E, Societies, organisations and consultancies, presents records of Porter's association with eighty-one British and international organisations. In some cases documentation is slight, relating in other cases where Porter held positions of only to membership of foreign academies but the number of organisations A particular feature of the a fuller record. section is related For G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Instrument Fund. Commercial organisations with which he had consultancy arrangements include, in the USA, the General Electric Research and Development Center and Energy Conversion Devices Inc. Section F, Correspondence, presents a number of sequences of Porter's correspondence of which the most substantial is the contents of Porter's ‘Miscellaneous Correspondence’ files. These were arranged alphabetically by correspondent and almost all date from the period of Porter’s Directorship of the Royal Institution. In addition there are sequences of ‘Early Scientific Correspondence’, ‘Miscellaneous Correspondence’ presented chronologically, 1966-1987 and groups of correspondence kept together by Porter relating to ‘Soviet Scientists’, 1970-1987 and ‘Japanese Scientists’, 1973-1985. The ‘Soviet Scientists’ sequence concerns the efforts by Western scientists to help dissident scientists in the Soviet Union. There is also an index of correspondents. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Porter for making papers available and for his advice and We are very grateful to Lord Peter Harper encouragement. Timothy Powell Bath, September 2001 G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 SECTION A BIOGRAPHICAL A.1-A.222 A.1-A.7 BIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNTS AND INFORMATION A.8-A.188 CAREER, HONOURS AND AWARDS A.189-A.195 FAMILY A.196-A.200 FINANCES A.201-A.203A SOCIAL AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS A.204-A.212 FAN MAIL A.213-A.218 SAILING A.219-A.222 PHOTOGRAPHS G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Biographical BIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNTS AND INFORMATION ‘Biographical details’. 4 versions, the fullest version listing honours and awards, appointments, named lectures, television programmes, films and videotapes, and portraits to 1999. List of publications, 1947-1998. Shorter biographical accounts, 1965-1967, n.d. ‘The Top Twenty’, New Scientist, 28 August 1975. Photocopy of including Porter. front cover depicting the top twenty scientists in Britain Hartshorn the Hertfordshire Science Teaching Association Profile magazine 1980. in ‘Interview with Professor Sir George Porter, F.R.S.’, 1 May 1975. ‘Great minds address the burning issues’, Daily Telegraph Science Extra, 11 August 1990. 14pp typescript with manuscript notes at the head of the first page ‘Quick as a Flash’ and ‘Chemistry in Britain’. President of the Royal Society. Porter's replies, with those of other British Nobel Laureates, to two questions posed by the to sustain its reputation for scientific excellence. Photocopy of newspaper report headed ‘Top scientist [Porter] condemns “ignorance” of ministers’, [?/ndependenf], 1 December 1990. Interview published in unidentified publication, n.d. Daily Telegraph bearing on Britain’s ability but while Porter was G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Biographical Card index of names and addresses of colleagues, research collaborators, academic, scientific, research and industrial organisations. A.8-A.188 CAREER, HONOURS AND AWARDS 1955-1992 University of Sheffield. Appointment as Professor of Physical Chemistry, 1955. Appointment as Firth Professor and Head of Department, 1963. Election to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, 1960. Letters of congratulation. Unindexed. 4 folders. A.13 A.14-A.25 A.14-A.21 1963-1985 and election as A.13-A.25 Royal Institution Royal Institution, Letters of congratulation. Unindexed. Election Member, Royal Institution, 1963. as Professor of Chemistry, Correspondence with Sir Lawrence Bragg, Director and officers of the Royal Institution re part-time Professorship and Membership. In his replies Porter explained that his duties at the Royal Institution involved only a discourse and a few schools lectures and that he would be continuing at Sheffield as Firth Professor. succession to Sir Lawrence Bragg. Porter became Director of the Royal Institution Lawrence Bragg in President of the Royal Society. on the retirement of Sir his nomination as He resigned in 1985 on Directorship 1966-1985. Correspondence and papers re Porter's appointment as Director in 1966. G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Biographical Correspondence with the President (Lord Fleck) and the Hon. Secretary (Brigadier Hopthrow), 1964-1966. Correspondence with Sir Lawrence Bragg, 1965-1966. Correspondence with Professor Ronald King, 1965-1966. Correspondence with the Treasurer, 1965-1966. Correspondence with the Assistant Secretary and Clerk of the Accounts, 1965-1966. Solicitors’ negotiations re Porter's agreement for service as Director, 1965- 1966. A.18-A.20 Porter's agreement for service as Director, 1966, with later correspondence, copies of minutes etc. dealing with amendments, 1969-1981 3 folders. 2 folders. Correspondence and papers re Porter's relocation to the Royal Institution from Sheffield, 1965-1966. Letters of congratulation on Porter's appointment as Director of the Royal Institution, 1965-1966. Unindexed. 1966. Correspondence and papers re Director's hospitality allowance, 1975-1981. Found with papers re Porter’s appointment. Correspondence re Porter's resignation from the Directorship, 1985-1986. Visiting Professorship Department of Chemistry, University College London, G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Biographical Enquiry as to whether Porter was interested in the Vice-Chancellorship, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1966. The enquiry was renewed in 1977. A.28-A.57 Nobel Prize 1967 1967-1972 Porter was awarded the 1967 Chemistry Prize (with M. Eigen and R.G.W. Norrish) ‘for their studies of extremely fast chemical reactions, effected by disturbing the equilibrium by means of very short pulses of energy’. A.28-A.48 Letters of congratulation. Arranged in an alphabetical sequence. Unindexed. Telegrams are grouped together at A.46-A.48. 21 folders. Press-cuttings. 2 folders. ‘Nobel Prize Lecture - Second Revise - Manuscript’. A.51-A.55 Correspondence and papers re Porter's Nobel Prize Lecture on photolysis and some of its applications’, 1967-1972. ‘Flash ‘Lectures notes used by Professor Porter when giving his Nobel Lecture on the 11th December 1967’. Reprint orders, 1968-1969. Correspondence re publication of the lecture by the Nobel Foundation, Umschau in Wissenschaft und Technik and Elsevier Publishing Company, 1967-1972. Duplicated typescript of lecture with manuscript inscription ‘Corrected as Science Proof’. G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Biographical Preprint and reprint of Nobel Lecture. Biographical notes etc prepared in connexion with the Nobel Award. Drafts of Porter's speech at Nobel Award banquet. Honorary D.Sc., University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA, 1968. Includes Porter's speech on the occasion of the honorary degree ceremony. Honorary D.Sc., University of Sheffield, 1968. 2 folders. Porter’s speech on behalf of the honorary graduands is at A.60. Honorary D.Univ., University of Surrey, 1970. Honorary D.Sc., University of Leeds, 1971. Honorary D.Sc., University of East Anglia, 1970. Honorary D.Sc., University of Durham, 1970. Includes Porter's speech on behalf of the honorary graduands. D.350. Includes Porter's speech on behalf of the honorary graduands. Porter's speech on behalf of the honorary graduands is at A.65. See also Honorary D.Sc., Heriot-Watt University, 1971. 2 folders. G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Biographical Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences, 1974. Enquiries as to whether Porter was interested in 1978: a number of posts, 1975- Principalship, Queen Mary College, University of London, 1975. Vice-Chancellorship, University of Liverpool, 1976. Mastership, St Peter’s College, Oxford, 1977. Vice-Chancellorship, University of Bradford, 1977. Vice-Chancellorship, University of York, 1978. Kalinga Prize for the Popularisation of Science for 1976. (Awarded by UNESCO and received in 1978). Correspondence and papers re arrangements for visit to India in January 1978 to receive the prize. ak 2 folders. a) A.96-A.93 l {- A.90-A.9/ Information about the prize. i } TH \ oot PAC i ve Lah) * Porter's Kalinga Prize address. Letters of congratulation. Unindexed. -Nomination of Porter for the Kalinga Prize; Honorary D.Sc., University of Hull, 1980. Letters of congratulation. Unindexed. Royal Society, Rumford Medal, 1978 G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Biographical A.66, A.66A Honorary degree, The City University, 1971. A.66 includes Porter's speech on behalf of the honorary graduands. Papers re Porter's Presidency of the City University Chemical Society, 1972-1973, are at A.66A. Royal Society Davy Medal, 1971. Letters of congratulation. Unindexed. A.68-A.83 Knight Bachelor, 1972. A.68, A.69 Correspondence and papers re conferral of knighthood on Porter. 2 folders. A.70-A.83 Letters of congratulation. Unindexed. Honorary D.Sc., University of Manchester, 1972. Honorary D.Sc., University of St Andrews, 1972. Honorary D.Sc., University of London, 1972. In alphabetical order. 14 folders. Includes Porter's speech on behalf of the honorary graduands. Honorary D.Sc., University of Oxford, 1974. Invitation (declined), Honorary Professorial Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University College of Swansea, University of Wales, 1973. Honorary D.Sc., University of Kent at Canterbury, 1973. G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Biographical Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences, 1974. Enquiries as to whether Porter was interested in 1978. a number of posts, 1975- Principalship, Queen Mary College, University of London, 1975. Vice-Chancellorship, University of Liverpool, 1976. Mastership, St Peter's College, Oxford, 1977. Vice-Chancellorship, University of Bradford, 1977. Vice-Chancellorship, University of York, 1978. A.91-A.97 Kalinga Prize for the Popularisation of Science for 1976. (Awarded by UNESCO and received in 1978). Letters of congratulation. Unindexed. Information about the prize. A.91-A.94 4 folders. Nomination of Porter for the Kalinga Prize; Porter's Kalinga Prize address. Correspondence and papers re arrangements for visit to India in January 1978 to receive the prize. Honorary D.Sc., University of Hull, 1980. Royal Society, Rumford Medal, 1978 Letters of congratulation. Unindexed. G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Biographical Professor Honoris Causa of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1980. Porter's address at the degree ceremony. Enquiries as to whether Porter was interested in 1982: a number of posts, 1980, Mastership, Pembroke College, Cambridge, 1980. Mastership, Churchill College, Cambridge, 1982. Honorary D.Sc., Instituto Quimico de Sarria, Barcelona, Spain, 1981. Honorary Membership, Asociacion de Quimocos del Instituto Quimico de Sarria, Barcelona, 1982. Honorary D.Sc., University of Pennsylvania, USA,1983. Includes typescript notes for after-dinner speech. Honorary D.Sc., University of Coimbra, Portugal, 1983. Honorary D.Univ., Open University, 1983. Honorary D.Sc., University of Lille, France, 1984. Includes Porter's speech on the occasion of the honorary degree ceremony. 2 folders. Honorary Fellow, Queen Mary College, University of London, 1986. A.109, A.110 Honorary D.Sc., University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA, 1986. Presidency of the Royal Society, 1985. Announcement only. G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Biographical A.111-A.136 ‘Flash Photolysis and its Applications’, meeting in honour of Porter, Royal Institution, London, 14-16 July 1986. More than 120 former students, co-workers and close colleagues gathered on Porter's retirement as Director of the Royal Institution and elevation to the Presidency of the Royal Society. The proceedings of the meeting were published in a special issue of the Faraday Transactions of the Royal Society of Chemistry in December 1986. Those attending the meeting decided to establish a Porter medal in recognition of his contribution to chemistry. organisers The Wilkinson. were Professor David Phillips and Professor Frank Correspondence re setting-up the meeting. A.112-A.116 General correspondence re invitations, invitations declined, late cancellations etc. 5 folders. A.117-A.119 A.120-A.123 A.124, A.125 3 folders. 4 folders. lecturers, chairmen and Faraday Division Correspondence re accommodation, reception and banquet. Correspondence re donations in support of the meeting. Correspondence re keynote invitations. Programme. 2 folders. Circulars. G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Biographical A.128-A.131 Lists of participants. 4 folders. Preprints. Copies of letters of thanks. Correspondence and papers re ‘Flash special volume of Faraday Transactions in honour of Sir George Porter. Photolysis and its Applications’, A.135, A.136 Correspondence and papers re Porter medal. 2 folders. Honorary D.Sc., University of Bristol, 1986. A.138, A.139 Honorary D.Sc., University of Reading, 1986. 2 folders. Royal Nomination by Foundation Prize, 1986. Society of Chemistry for Maison de la Chimie Foreign Member, American Philosophical Society, 1986. Honorary Professor, Beijing Institute of Technology, China, 1986. Honorary Member, Society of Free Radical Research, 1986. Honorary member, Fondation de la Maison de la Chimie, Paris, France, 1986. Foreign Fellow, Indian National Science Academy, 1986. Honorary Member, Japan Academy, 1986. G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Biographical Melchett Medal of the Institute of Energy, 1987. Honorary Fellow, The Royal Medical Society, Edinburgh, 1987. Honorary Fellow, Imperial College, London, 1987. Foreign Member, European Academy of Arts, Sciences and Humanities, Paris, France, 1987. Foreign Member, Accademica Nazionale Dei Lincei, Italy, 1987. Honorary D.Sc., University of Loughborough, 1987. Laurea in Chimica Honoris Causa, University of Bologna, Italy, 1988 A.142-A.158 Order of Merit, 1989. A.142 Official correspondence and papers. A.143-A.158 Letters of congratulation with photocopies of Porter's replies. 16 folders. A.159 Members of the Royal Family. A.159-A.179 Contents of binder no.1 A.159-A.187 Peerage, 1990. In alphabetical order. Unindexed. Contents of two binders: letters of congratulation with photocopies of Porter’s replies. Unindexed. 8 folders. A.180-A.187 Contents of binder no.2. A.160-A.179 Alphabetical sequence. 20 folders. Alphabetical sequence. G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Biographical Royal Society, Copley Medal, 1992. Photocopy of reply to letter of congratulations. A.189-A.195 FAMILY 1968-1983 A.189-A.192 John Brooke Porter (son) Correspondence and papers principally re secondary and higher education, 1968-1976, 1982. 4 folders. A.193-A.195 Andrew Christopher George Porter (son) Correspondence and papers principally re secondary and higher education, 1969-1974, 1983. 3 folders. A.196-A.200 FINANCES 1965-1988 A.197-A.200 Miscellaneous financial papers, 1965-1987. from broadcasting organisations, industrial Includes payments received concerns, publishers and universities. ‘Fees Record’. Notebook so labelled used for record of payments received by Porter, 1973-1988. Emmanuel Boat Club Henley Fund Association, 1970. Fees received from the BBC for the year ending 5 April 1965. A.197 Emmanuel College Building Fund, 1966. G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Biographical Correspondence with Inland Revenue re expenses and residence in the Director's flat at the Royal Institution, 1979. Appeals, 1981-1987. A.201-A.203A SOCIAL AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS 1969-1991 A.201-A.203A Correspondence, invitation cards, table plans etc and public engagements, 1969-1991. re miscellaneous social 4 folders. At A.203A are papers re Royal Institution occasions, 1976, 1981 misfiled with papers re Porter's life peerage, 1990 (A.159-A.187). 4 folders. in A.204-A.212 FAN MAIL 1972-1986 A.204-A.207 Mail from the ‘Fan Mail’ A.208-A.212 Letters so labelled: (Nobel Prize)’. letters from autograph ‘Fan Mail’. Contents of folder so inscribed: 1972-1986. Other letters sequence, 1974-1986. Unindexed. ‘Fan collectors interested in Nobel Prize winners, 1972-1985. Unindexed. 6 folders. ‘Sailing Clubs, Boat, etc.’. and papers re Porter’s purchase of boats etc., 1960-1979. Unindexed. folder presented Contents of folder so inscribed: correspondence clubs, sailing, membership of sailing interest in a chronological A.213-A.218 1960-1979 5 folders. SAILING G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Biographical A.219-A.222 PHOTOGRAPHS Portrait photograph of Porter, n.d. Photograph of Porter with colleagues at the Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Uppsala, Sweden, n.d. Photograph with label attached on verso: ‘Professor George Porter explains “The Laws of Disorder” in the last of his series of four films on this subject, made in conjunction with the Royal Institution by Millbank Films Ltd’. 5 photographic slides of Porter ? relate to lecture demonstrations, n.d. G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 SECTION B RESEARCH B.1-B.382 B.1-B.85 RESEARCH NOTES AND RELATED PAPERS B.86-B.242 RESEARCH GRANTS B.243-B.252 RESEARCH EQUIPMENT B.253-B.285 DAVY FARADAY RESEARCH LABORATORY B.286-B.303 PHOTOCHEMISTRY DISCUSSION GROUP B.304-B.382 PATENTS G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Research RESEARCH NOTES AND RELATED PAPERS 1945-1990 ‘Apparatus’. Contents of filing cabinet divider so labelled. Typescript notes, circuit diagrams, off-print, etc., 1945-1958. ‘Lamps - Light Sources’. Contents of folder so inscribed. Includes notes on synthetic fused silica and apparatus for micro gas analysis. ‘Research Notes from Cambridge’. filing cabinet divider so labelled: correspondence, photographs, duplicated typescript notes etc., 1952-1955, n.d. Contents of Correspondence with Cambridge colleagues, ICl Research Department (J.C. Wood) and others, 1953-1955. Manuscript and typescript notes and drafts, data etc., n.d. 2 folders. Includes notes headed ‘Research Programme’, ‘Recent Results’, ‘Summary of Results’ and ‘Photolysis and kinetics in the solid state’. Includes typescript draft of ‘Discussion’ headed ‘Spectroscopic Studies of the Phosphorescent States of Aromatic Hydrocarbons’ and typescript draft headed ‘Explanation of Viscosity Dependence Postulate A’. 7 folders. Photographs. A number of photographs are inscribed ‘M.W. Windsor’ or ‘M.W.W.’ on verso. One photograph only dated 23 March 1952 (B.6). G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Research B.13-B.18 Duplicated typescript with extensive manuscript notes including notes on verso. The first 70 pages are paginated continuously in manuscript. 6 folders. B.19-B.24 ‘Research Notes from British Rayon Research’. Contents of filing cabinet divider so labelled divided into six for ease of reference: reports, research data, etc., 1955. ‘Research Notes - Ketene, Radiochemistry, Radiation Chemistry’. Contents of filing cabinet divider so labelled: notes, drafts and data, 1956, 1959, most undated and may include earlier notes made in Cambridge. B.25-B.27 ‘Ketene’. Manuscript notes so labelled, n.d. 3 folders. B.30-B.35 Fourth Contents of filing cabinet divider so ‘Radiation chemistry’. Manuscript notes so labelled, n.d. ‘Radiochemistry’. reference 1956 but the date 1959 appears on a wrapper. Manuscript notes so labelled, n.d. latest bibliographical ‘Research Notes (Wooding & Porter)’. labelled: conference papers etc., 1958-1960, 1966. ‘Reduction of the afterglow of an electronic flash tube’ (by Porter and E.R. Wooding), International Congress on High-Speed Photography, Cologne, West Germany, September 1958. Typescript draft + figures. from ‘Radiation International Congress on Sweden, August 1959. pulse a lonization Phenomena in Typescript draft + figures. discharge’ (by Porter and Wooding), Gases, Fourth Uppsala, G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Research ‘lon-lon Recombination’ (by Wooding), Fourth International Congress on lonization Phenomena in Gases, Uppsala, Sweden, August 1959. Typescript draft. ‘Sub-microseconds bibliographical reference, 1959. Impulse Light Sources’ (by Wooding), n.d., latest Typescript draft + figures. ‘Submicrosecond bibliographical reference, 1960. Impulse Capacitors’ (by Wooding), n.d.,_ latest Typescript draft. Research data etc, n.d. Letter from Wooding, 3 August 1966, enclosing off-print. B.53-B.58 Contents of untitled wallet file: 1959 and n.d. B.53 The contents of the divider were found in very considerable disorder. Notebook used for experimental data etc., first page dated 20 October 1959. ‘Photographs’. Contents of filing cabinet divider so labelled divided into seventeen for ease of reference: photographs, figures and data, 1952-1959 and n.d. 4 folders. Notebook inscribed on first page ‘References’, n.d. B.55-B.58 Research data, n.d. Loose papers enclosed. G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Research B.59-B.65 ‘Research Notes, General’. correspondence and papers, 1964-1965, n.d. Contents of filing cabinet divider so labelled: ‘Chlorophyll (Corr)’. papers, 1964-1965. Contents of folder so inscribed: correspondence and ‘Biphotonic Processes’. 1965. Correspondence and papers so labelled, 1964- ‘W.A. Gibbons - Photoionization of toluene and Drafts and covering note from Gibbons to Porter so labelled, ca 1965. related hydrocarbons’. A paper by Gibbons, Porter and M.I. Savadatti on the photo-ionization of aromatic hydrocarbons was published in Nature in 1965. ‘W.A. Gibbons - Energy Transfer’. Covering letter and draft paper by Gibbons so labelled. The covering letter from Gibbons at the Bell Telephone Laboratories is undated. Latest bibliographical reference in the draft is 1965. 2 folders. 5 folders. B.66-B.70 Nanosec flash photolysis’. includes B.65 typescript draft headed ‘Preliminary Proposals for Research Programme’. headed ‘Research Programme’ and manuscript notes Miscellaneous manuscript and typescript notes and drafts, n.d. ‘Research Notes - General’. Manuscript notes so labelled, n.d. 1963-1979. ‘Conc. Contents of folder so inscribed divided into four for ease of reference: manuscript and typescript drafts, off-prints, pre-print, etc, ‘Histories correspondence, drafts, research reports, Sheffield and the Royal Institution ca 1965-1968. Contents of wallet file so inscribed: printed papers re research at B.71-B.74 Quenching’. G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Research Annotated papers from folder inscribed ‘Energy Transfer’, 1966, 1971. Annotated papers, 1983-1985. B.77-B.79 ‘Research Students’. ease of application, 1984 and n.d. reference: manuscript and Contents of folder so inscribed divided into three for and grant typescript reports, data Annotated papers and literature survey, 1984. latest bibliographical reference, 1p typescript note, bibliographical reference, 1984. ‘Efficiency in photochemical reactions’, typescript draft, n.d. Loose papers enclosed. Notebook used 1977-1980. Miscellaneous research notes, n.d. Notebook inscribed inside front cover ‘Imperial College 1990’. 2 folders. Arranged alphabetically by funding body. Correspondence, applications and reports. Agricultural Research Council B.86-B.242 RESEARCH GRANTS 1955-1987 1970-1972 G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Research B.88-B.115 CEC (Commission of the European Communities) 1975-1985 The papers relate to contracts in respect of the CEC Solar Energy Research and Development Programme. B.88-B.102 B.88-B.94 ‘CEC Contract No. 017 - 76 - ESUK: October 1976 - June 1980’. Contents of folder so inscribed: correspondence, applications, contracts, reports, etc found in two folders within the larger folder, 1975-1981. ‘CEC Contract No. 017 - extension July 1979 - June 1980 Correspondence’. Contents of folder so inscribed, 1975-1980. - ESUK October 1976 - June 1979 and Applications, Contracts and Related 76 ‘Correspondence re establishing Solar Energy Programme of Research for Support by CEC’. Correspondence and papers so labelled, 1975-1976. ‘Application for Research Grant from CEC January 1976 and Correspondence’. Correspondence and papers so labelled, 1976. Related No. Renewal Application 18-7-77’. others 017-76-ESUK and Correspondence Relating to One-Year Extension ‘Application Contract to June 1980’. 1980. ‘Contract Correspondence and papers so labelled, 1977. of Correspondence and papers so labelled, 1978- Correspondence with Department of the Environment, Department of Energy and re European Economic Community Energy Research and Development, 1976-1979. so labelled, 1976. ‘Supplement No.1 to 017-76-ESUK Contract’. Correspondence and papers ‘Contract Correspondence and papers so labelled, 1976. 017-76-ESUK October No. 1 1976-30 September 1977’. G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Research ‘Supplement No.2 to 017-76-ESUK Contract’. Correspondence and papers so labelled, 1977. ‘Supplement No.3 to 017-76-ESUK Contract 1979-June 1980’. Correspondence and papers, so labelled, 1980. Extension for 12 months July B.95-B.102 ‘CEC Contract No. 017-76-ESUK “The photochemical dissociation of water by means of visible inscribed: correspondence and papers, 1977-1981. Contents of folder so Reports’. light” Correspondence and papers, 1977. Correspondence and papers, 1978. Correspondence and papers, 1979-1981. 5 folders. B.103-B.109 B.103-B.105 B.98-B.102 Final Report. Contract No. ES-D-011-UK(N): 98pp typescript + tables and figures. ‘CEC Application, contract and correspondence relating thereto’. folder so inscribed, 1979-1983. ‘CEC Contract No. ES-D-011-UK(N): July 1980-June 1983’. Contents of folder so inscribed: correspondence, application, contract, reports etc, found in two folders within the larger folder, 1979-1983. Copy of contract no. ES-D-011-UK and related papers, 1980-1983. Correspondence and papers re application for four-year grant submitted 13 December 1979. Correspondence and papers re revised application for three-year grant submitted 29 April 1980. June 1983 Contents of 1st July 1980-30th G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Research B.106-B.109 ‘CEC Contract No. ES-D-011-UK(N): July 1980-June 1983 “Development of the Sensitized Photochemical Dissociation of Water by a Process for Sunlight” Reports’. Contents of folder so inscribed: correspondence and papers, 1981-1985. Correspondence and papers, 1981-1982. Correspondence and papers, 1983-1985. B.108, B.109 Final Report. 40pp typescript + references, tables and figures. 2 folders. D - B.110-B.113 Solar Energy ‘CEC Photoelectrical and Photobiological Conversion Contractors’. 1978-1982. Photochemical, Coordination Meetings of Contents of folder so inscribed: correspondence and papers, Programme Project R&D Correspondence and ‘Second Contractors’ Meeting: Copenhagen 1978’. papers so labelled, 1978-1979. ‘Third Contractors’ Meeting: Brussels 1979’. Correspondence and papers so labelled, 1979. ‘First Contractors’ Meeting (Second Solar Energy R&D Programme): Munich 1980’. Papers so labelled, 1980. ‘Report for the Grenoble meeting’, n.d. ‘Second Contractors’ Meeting (Second Solar Energy R&D Programme): France 1981’. Papers so labelled, 1981. Contractors’ ‘Third Brussels 1982’. Correspondence and papers so labelled, 1982. (Second Solar Energy R&D Programme): Meeting G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Research ‘CEC Contract correspondence submitted 20 December 1985. Proposal: and papers, 1985’. Contents of folder so_ 1982-1985 including grant inscribed: application Reports and Newsletters. Printed and duplicated papers, 1977-1985. 1 bundle. Courtaulds’ Educational Trust Fund 1965-1968 In 1966 Porter was awarded £4,000 for the purchase of equipment at the Davy Faraday Research Laboratory of the Royal Institution. Correspondence and papers including application, 1965-1968. B.117-B.144 Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR)/ Science Research Council (SRC) 1957-1979 B.117-B.122 B.118, B.119 See also B.184-B.201. ‘DSIR Grant 3/9/158 Awarded May 1958’. papers, 1957-1963. “Unstable Intermediates in Chemical Reactions” Contents of folder so inscribed: correspondence and ‘SRC (and DSIR) Grants: 1958-1966 (University of Sheffield)’. Contents of folder so inscribed: correspondence, applications, reports etc, found in four folders within the larger folder, 1957-1967. 1965. ‘1962 Application (University of Sheffield) for Equipment and Research Assistant Salary Awarded 1962 for one year (B/SK/498) Supplements in 1963, 1964 and 1965’. Contents of folder so inscribed divided into two for ease of reference: correspondence and papers including application and final report, 1962-1965. ‘SRC Grant B/SR/2478 “Reactivity of Excited States” Awarded 1 October 1965 for 2 years’. Contents of folder so inscribed divided into two for ease of reference: correspondence and papers including application and reports, research The molecules’. grant was entitled ‘Radiationless conversion in organic B.120, B.121 G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Research Grant SR/C/2576 “Development of ‘SRC February correspondence, application, press-release, report etc., 1965-1967. Photolysis” folder so_ Flash of Contents Year’. 1966 One for Awarded inscribed: B.123, B.124 B.125-B.136 ‘Transfer of Grants Institution’. reference: correspondence and equipment, 1966. and Equipment: University of Sheffield — Royal Contents of folder so inscribed divided into two for ease of and including papers grants lists of ‘SRC Grant B/SR/3147: September 1966-August 1975’. Contents of folder so inscribed: correspondence, applications, reports, etc., found (with the exception of the record of research costs at B.134) in three folders within the larger folder, 1966-1975. B.125-B.129 ‘Applications 1966-1974’. and papers, 1966-1974. Contents of folder so inscribed: correspondence Application 1966. Application 1972. Application 1970. Application March 1968. Application September 1968. Photographs are at B.133. ‘Correspondence about Equipment’. Contents of folder so inscribed divided into four for ease of reference: correspondence, duplicated papers and photographs, 1962-1974 Application 1973. Application 1974. B.130-B.133 G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Research Record of research costs. B.135, B.136 ‘Reports to the SRC’. ease of reference: correspondence and papers, 1969-1975. Contents of folder so inscribed divided into two for B.137-B.140 B.137, B.138 ‘SRC Grant B/RG/86511: 1975-78’. correspondence and papers, 1974-1979. Contents of folder so inscribed: Correspondence and papers including application and press-release re SRC grant for work on ‘Primary Photoprocesses’, 1974-1975. A three year grant was awarded from 1 September 1975. 2 folders. ‘Supplement Request 1976’. Correspondence and papers so labelled, 1976- 1977. 1977’. B.141-B.144 Grants: 1969-1976’. Correspondence and papers so ‘Supplement Request/Award labelled, 1977. ‘Supplement Request/Award 1978 (May)’. Correspondence and papers so labelled, 1978. ‘Reports on Grant B/RG/86511’. Correspondence and papers so labelled, 1979. ‘SRC Various inscribed: correspondence and papers, most found in two folders within the larger folder, 1969-1977. studies of transient gas-phase species’, 1972. Correspondence with University College London re application from her for work on ‘Electron-diffraction ‘1969 Application for Equipment only from 1 December 1969’. and papers including application and report, 1969-1973. Awarded (B/SR/7935) for one year Contents of folder so inscribed: correspondence Chemistry Department, Contents of folder so_ H.J. Milledge, G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 B.143, B.144 Research ‘1973 Application to support Dr Mary Archer September 1973 31 headings) 8 April 1975’. and papers, 1973-1977. Awarded 3 year Grant: 1 August Supplement (transfer between Contents of folder so inscribed: correspondence 1976 to Correspondence and papers including application, 1973-1976. Reports, 1975-1977. B.145-B.150 General Electric Company 1973-1987 General Electric Company, The Development Center, Schenectady, New York provided financial support for research at the Royal Institution in the field of (a) photochemical utilization of solar energy and (b) efficient conversion of solar energy via photodissociation reactions and photo-induced electron transfer reactions. Research and Correspondence and papers including research proposals and reports. 1973-1974. 1975-1977. 1978-1979. 1980-1982. Application, 1976. Correspondence and papers re Leverhulme Research Fellowship. Leverhulme Trust Belo ls osloe 1985-1987. 1983-1984. 1978-1984 G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Research Correspondence and reports, 1976-1984. B.153-B.178 Ministry of Defence 1969-1979, 1993 B.153-B.162 ‘MOD Agreement: A/70/Gen/9961 “Triplet State Absorption”: 1970-1971’. Contents of folder so inscribed: correspondence, agreement, reports, etc, 1969-1973. ‘Agreement Correspondence and papers so labelled, 1969-1970. A/70/Gen/9961 No. Correspondence/Proposal/Contract’. ‘Correspondence with MOD (Mr T.K. Overton) re Research Agreement, etc)’. Correspondence and papers so labelled, 1970-1971. B.155-B.157 Documents sent to Porter, February 1970. 3 folders. 4 folders. B.158-B.161 B.163-B.169 In original folder inscribed ‘Refers to “Triplet State Absorption” Contract’. ‘Research Reports: Agreement No.A/70/Gen/9961 “Triplet State Absorption”. Correspondence and papers so labelled, 1970-1973. Ministry of Defence Technical Memorandum ‘Progress in Ocular Protection from Nuclear Flash’, April 1972. Correspondence, research proposal and contract, 1971-1974. ‘MOD Agreement : ‘A/70/Gen/10096 (later AT/2217/MAT/SC) : “Mechanisms of inscribed: correspondence, research proposal, contract, reports etc., 1971-1976. Photochromism”: 1972-1973’. Contents of folder so_ G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Research B.164-B.169 Reports, 1972-1976. 6 folders. Reports at B.167-B.169 in original folders. B.170-B.178 ‘MOD Contract: Laser-Induced Transitions A/CTS/SI/6086: Reports and Correspondence’. Contents of folder so inscribed: 1974-1979, 1993. Correspondence and papers including research proposal, 1974-1979, 1993. B74, 8.172 Correspondence and papers re personnel, 1974-1975. 2 folders. B.173-B.178 Reports, 1975-1978. 6 folders. B.179, B.180 B.181, B.182 Application and correspondence re ‘Joint NATO Grant: 1975/6’, 1974-1975. B.179-B.182 NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) 1971-1977, 1984 ‘Joint NATO Grant: Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal / Royal Institution / University of Leicester: 1975/7’. Contents of folder so inscribed: applications and correspondence, 1974-1977, 1984. ‘Joint NATO Grant: University of Western Ontario/The Royal Institution: 1972/73’. Contents of folder so inscribed divided into two for ease of reference: research proposal and correspondence with Professor Paul de Mayo, Department of Chemistry, University of Western Ontario, 1971-1973. 1984. Application and correspondence re ‘Joint NATO Grant: 1976/7’, 1976-1977, G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Research B.184-B.201 B.184-B.187 Royal Society 1955, 1966 Correspondence and papers re equipment awarded to Porter under the Grant-in-Aid Fund, 1955, 1966. Science Research Council (SRC)/Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) 1978-1987 ‘SRC Special inscribed: correspondence and papers, 1977-1981. Grant: GR A59590 1978-1980’. Contents of folder so ‘Application: December 1977 for Support from September 1978 for 4 Years’. Application and covering letter so labelled, December 1977. ‘SRC Chemistry Committee Panel Visitation to DFRL’. Correspondence and papers so labelled, 1978. ‘Correspondence with SRC re Award of Special Grant (Rolling Grant). Ref. GR/A59590’. Correspondence and papers so labelled, 1977-1981. Miscellaneous correspondence, 1977-1980. B.188-B.191 Contents of B.188-B.194 Grant: GR/B44187 1980-1982’. Contents of folder ‘SRC Special (Rolling) Grant: GR/B44187 1980 Application’. folder so inscribed: correspondence and papers, 1979-1982. ‘SRC Special so inscribed: correspondence and papers found in two folders within the larger folder, 1979-1983. and papers so labelled, 1980. ‘Application: March 1980 for Extension of Rolling Grant for 4 Years from 1 September 1980’. Application and correspondence so labelled, 1979-1980. ‘SRC Chemistry Panel Visitation to DFRL 27 May 1980’. Correspondence Copy of application with manuscript revision, 1980. G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Research ‘Correspondence with SRC re Extension of Rolling Grant for Four Years from 1 September 1980 Ref. GR/B44187’. Correspondence and papers, 1980-1982. B.192-B.194 ‘S[E]RC Rolling Grant Reports 1980-1982 GR/B44187’. and papers, 1982-1983. Correspondence 3 folders. B.195-B.199 folder so ‘SERC Special Grant: GR/C/18663 1982-1986’. inscribed: correspondence and papers found in two folders within the larger folder, 1981-1986. Contents of B.195-B.198 ‘SERC Special (Rolling) Grant: GR/C/18663 1982-86 Contents of folder so inscribed: 1981-1986. 1982 Application’. ‘Application - March 1982 - for Extension of Rolling Grant for Four Years from 1 September 1982’. Application and correspondence so labelled, 1981-1982. DFRL 14 May 1982’. ‘SERC Correspondence and papers so labelled, 1982. Visitation Special Panel Grant to Correspondence and papers so labelled, ‘Correspondence re equipment’. 1982. ‘Correspondence with SERC re Extension of Rolling Grant 1982-1986 Ref. GR/C/18663’. Correspondence and papers so labelled, 1981-1986. of reference: correspondence and papers re SERC grants, 1986-1987. ‘Rolling Grant Report 1982-1984 GR/C/18663’. inscribed: 1984. ‘Research Grants’. Contents of folder so inscribed divided into two for ease Miscellaneous correspondence and papers, 1983-1984. Contents of folder so B.200, B.201 G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Research B.202-B.225 United States Air Force 1956-1970 B.202-B.216 ‘US Air Force Grants: “The Triplet State” and “Kinetics of the Triplet State” - 1958-1966’. Contents of folder so inscribed: correspondence and papers, 1956-1966. ‘Correspondence re Universities and the labelled, 1956-1957. Initiation U.S. of Research Contracts British Correspondence and papers so between Air Force’. B.203-B.208 Air Force Contract: AF 61(052)-32 “The Triplet ‘U.S. January- December 1958 January-December 1959 and extended to February 1962’. Correspondence and papers so labelled, 1958-1962. State” 6 folders. ‘US Air Force Grant: AF EOAR 62-113 “Kinetics in the Triplet State” March 1962 - August 1963’. Correspondence and papers so labelled, 1961-1962. 6 folders. “Kinetics of the Triplet B.210-B.215 B.217-B.225 September 1965-August 1966’. Statements of income and expenditure, 1958-1965. ‘US Air Force Grant: AF 61 September 1963-August 1964 848 labelled, 1963-1966. (052)-722 State” September 1964-August 1965 (AF 61(052)- Correspondence and papers so 3 folders. ‘US Air Force Grant: “Primary Photoprocesses in Organic Materials” - 1967- 1969’. Contents of folder so inscribed: correspondence and papers, 1966- 1970. ‘US Correspondence and papers so labelled, 1966-1969. F61052-68-C-0010 Contract: B.217-B.219 Air Force Research Proposals’. G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 B.220-B.223 Research ‘US Air Force Contract: F61052-68-C-0010 “Primary Photoprocesses in Organic Laboratory Correspondence/Contract’. Correspondence and papers so labelled, 1967- 1970. 1967-1969: Materials” Research Faraday Davy 4 folders. B.224, B.225 ‘US Air Force Contract: F61052-68-C-0010 Reports’. Correspondence and papers so labelled, 1968-1969. 2 folders. B.226-B.239 United States Army 1957-1984 ‘US Army Contract: “Recombination of Atoms and Free Radicals”: 1958- 1963’. Contents of folder so inscribed: correspondence and papers, 1957- 1963 B.226-B.236 B.226, B.227 2 folders. ‘US Army Contract: DA-91-508-EUC-271' “The Recombination of Atoms and Free Radicals” January-December 1958’. Correspondence and papers so labelled, 1957-1958. ‘US Army Contract: DA-91-591-EUC-988' “The Recombination of Atoms and Free Radicals” January-December 1960’. Contract and reports so labelled, for 1960. ‘US Army Contract: DA-91-591-EUC-988' “The Recombination of Atoms and Free Radicals” January-December 1959’. Correspondence and papers so labelled, 1958-1959. 3 folders. ‘US Army Contract: DA-91-591-EUC-1670 “The Recombination of Atoms and the Free Radicals” January-December 1961’. Correspondence and papers so labelled, 1960 including contract for 1961. ‘US Army Contract: DA-91-591-EUC-2091 “Further Studies of lodine Atom Recombination” January-December 1962. Correspondence and papers so labelled, 1961-1962. B.231-B.233 G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Research B.234, B.235 ‘US Army Contract: DA-91-591-EUC-2091 “The Recombination of Atoms and Free Radicals” January-December 1963’. Correspondence and papers so labelled, 1962-1963. 2 folders. Statements of income and expenditure, 1961-1963. Booklet on the United States Army Research and Development Liaison Group, n.d. ‘US Army Grant: DA-ERO-75-G.058 - 1975-1976’. inscribed: correspondence and papers, 1976. Contents of folder so B.238, B.239 ‘US Army/Navy: Miscellaneous Reports and Correspondence’. Contents of folder so inscribed divided into two for ease of reference: correspondence and papers, 1973-1984. 1965-1970 1955-1979 B.240-B.242 B.243-B.252 B.240-B.242 Miscellaneous RESEARCH EQUIPMENT ‘Research Funding: Miscellaneous Correspondence’. Contents of folder so inscribed divided into three for ease of reference: correspondence and papers, 1965-1970. 1958-1959. ‘Equipment - Research’. and papers, principally with suppliers, 1955-1979. Contents of folder so inscribed: correspondence 1IOO: 1956-1957. G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Research 1960-1962. Includes photograph of ‘Professor’s room’, 18 December 1960. B.247, B.248 1966. 2 folders. 1967-1968. 1972-1979. ‘Flash Photolysis Apparatus’. Duplicated typescript, diagrams etc by P.F. Cole, Experimental Officer, Chemistry Department, University of Sheffield, n.d. Lists of equipment, diagrams, etc., n.d. B.254-B.261 Contents of folder so inscribed: 1966- B.253-B.285 DAVY FARADAY RESEARCH LABORATORY 1966-1987 ‘D.F. Correspondence (General)’. 1985. Note recording that files relating to research personnel, research symposia and research lectures were transferred to Imperial College in 1987. Precision Ltd and the Laboratory, 1970. Correspondence re loan of equipment to London, 1966. Correspondence re Davy Faraday Committee, 1966-1967. Correspondence re transfer of D.C. Phillips’s equipment to Oxford, 1966. P. Pauling at University College Correspondence and papers re agreement between Northern G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Research Correspondence re procedure for reporting to the Managers admissions of research workers in the Laboratory, 1966-1968. Correspondence and papers re research personnel, 1968-1981. Correspondence re reference book entries about research in progress, 1967. Correspondence and papers re student reports, 1983. Correspondence and papers re European research resources, 1968-1969. Correspondence re legacy to the Laboratory from Mr F.I.G. Rawlins, 1969- 1970. Correspondence and papers re research fellowships offered, 1983-1985. U.W. Arndt (appointed 1955). C.W. Bunn (appointed 1963). M.D. Archer (appointed 1975). B.262, B.263 Research Fellowship’. Contents of folder so_ inscribed: Miscellaneous correspondence and papers, 1966-1977. Correspondence and papers re holders of the Fellowship, 1956-1978: ‘Dewar correspondence and papers, 1956-1981. folder so inscribed: correspondence and papers, 1965-1982. ‘D.F. Laboratory Link / Collaboration with University of London’. Contents of Background papers re Fellowship, ca 1969-1981. A. Harriman (appointed 1978). B.264-B.269 G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Research B.264, B.265 ‘Correspondence concerning registration of postgraduate students in the Davy Faraday Laboratory for higher degrees of the University of London and establishment of SERC quota studentships to DFRL’. Correspondence and papers so labelled, 1965-1977. 2 folders. ‘Access to UL Computer Centre’. Correspondence and papers so labelled, 1977-1980. ‘Student demonstrating’. Correspondence and papers so labelled, 1980. ‘Examples of Annual Reports on Student Progress to University of London’. Papers so labelled, 1976. Miscellaneous correspondence and papers, 1970, 1979-1982. B.270-B.275 Contents of folder so inscribed: correspondence and ‘Ph.D Examinations’. papers, 1959-1985. Miscellaneous correspondence and papers, 1970-1979. B.276-B.279 4 folders. B.270-B.273 ‘Examiners’ Reports’. Correspondence and papers so labelled, 1959-1977. Predominantly from Porter's time at the Royal Institution but includes some earlier University of Sheffield papers. ‘Nominations of Examiners’. Correspondence and papers so labelled, 1975- 1985. the University of Sheffield. ‘Research Reports’. Contents of folder so inscribed divided into four for ease of reference: miscellaneous papers re research at the Royal Institution, 1966-1985. Includes at B.276 ‘Research in the Department of Chemistry 1965-1966’ at G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Research B.280, B.281 ‘Research Group Talks’. Contents of folder so inscribed divided into two for ease of reference: schedules of talks, 1967-1986. Papers, 1967-1975 (B.280) relate to the Photochemistry Discussion Group. See also B.286-B.303. ‘Research Visitors’. Contents of folder so inscribed: correspondence, 1973- 1986. ‘Research Dinners’. papers, 1967-1973. Contents of folder so inscribed: correspondence and ‘Director's Socials - Photochemistry Group’. Contents of folder so inscribed: correspondence and papers so inscribed, 1972-ca 1983. Includes photograph (two prints) of research group ca 1983. B.286-B.303 1972-1985 B.286-B.295 Contents of See also B.280. PHOTOCHEMISTRY DISCUSSION GROUP Davy Faraday Research Laboratory ‘Notes for Research Workers and Staff’, January 1987. The papers relate to symposia which were held at the Royal Institution. Many were chaired by Porter. Photosynthesis and Vision’, 30 May 1972. ‘Photochemistry Discussion Group 1972-1979’. inscribed: programmes, lists 1972-1979. of participants, abstracts, etc. folder so re symposia, Photochemistry Discussion Group and British Photobiology Society One-Day Symposium on in Relevance of Detection Excited States ‘The and Mailing list. G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Research Photochemistry Discussion Group One-Day Symposium on ‘Radiationless Transitions in Aromatic Molecules’, 15 May 1973. Photochemistry Discussion Group Two-Day Symposium on ‘Pulsed Methods in Photochemistry’, 13 and 14 May 1975. Photochemistry Discussion Group One-Day Symposium on ‘Energy Transfer in Photosynthesis’, 20 November 1975. Photochemistry Discussion Group Half-Day Symposium on ‘Excited State Complexes’, 19 February 1976. Photochemistry Photochemistry’, 12 May 1976. Discussion Group Half-Day Symposium on ‘Inorganic Photochemistry Discussion Group Half-Day Symposium on ‘Intermediates in Photochemical Reactions’, 11 November 1976. Found with Photochemistry Discussion Group papers. Information re conference on ‘Lasers in Chemistry’, Royal Institution, 31 May-2 June 1977. Photochemistry Discussion Group One-Day Symposium on ‘Photobiology and Photochemistry’, 8 March 1977. Photochemistry Discussion Group Half-Day Symposium on ‘Photochemical Reorientation’, 9 November 1978. inscribed: programmes, lists of participants, abstracts, etc, 1980-1985. Photochemistry Discussion Group One-Day Symposium on ‘Fluorescent Probes in Proteins and Membranes’, 8 November 1979. Photochemistry Discussion Group One-Day Symposium on ‘Fast Reactions in Chemistry and Biology’, 22 March 1979. B.296-B.303 ‘Photochemistry Discussion Group 1980-1985’. Contents of folder so G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Research Photochemistry Discussion Group One-Day Symposium on Approaches to the Photodissociation of Water’, 29 May 1980. ‘Alternative Photochemistry Discussion Group and British Photobiology Society One-Day Symposium on ‘Primary Photosynthetic Processes in Vivo and in Vitro’, 11 December 1980. Photochemistry Discussion Group One-Day Symposium on ‘Recent Studies in Luminescence Spectroscopy’, 26 February 1981. Photochemistry Discussion Group One-Day Symposium on ‘Photophysics of Synthetic Polymers’, 10 December 1981. Photochemistry ‘Photogeneration of Hydrogen’, 11 March 1982. Discussion Group One-Day Symposium on Photochemistry Discussion Group One-Day Symposium on ‘Photochemistry of Porphyrins’, 9 June 1982. Photochemistry Discussion Group One-Day Symposium on ‘Picosecond Chemistry and Biology’, 25 November 1982. Photochemistry Discussion Group One-Day Symposium on ‘Photocatalysis’, 24 March 1983. Workshop meeting on ‘Fast Reactions in Energetic Materials’, 21-24 May 1984. Photochemistry Discussion Group One-Day Symposium on ‘Time-Resolved Laser Raman Spectroscopy’, 13 December 1983. 12 December 1985. Photochemistry Discussion Group and Society for Free Radical Research Joint Meeting on ‘Light and Free Radicals in Industry and Medicine’, 21 June 1985. Joint Royal Royal Society of Chemistry Photochemistry Discussion Meeting on ‘Recent Advances in Radiation Curing of Polymers’, Photochemistry Discussion Group One-Day Symposium on ‘Intramolecular Energy and Electron Transfer’, 11 December 1984. Institution and G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Research Correspondence, royalty statements re publication of symposia proceedings, 1982-1985. B.304-B.382 PATENTS 1969-1984 B.304-B.314 ‘Patent Specification “Catalytic Photo-oxidation of Water” - Harriman and Porter (U.K. and 6 other countries)’. Contents of folder so inscribed divided into eleven for ease of reference, 1977. Papers at B.304-B.307 were found in a folder which is preserved at B.304. B.315-B.325 ‘Patent Specification “Photochemical Method and Apparatus (Solar Energy Collection)” - George Porter (UK and 6 other countries)’. Contents of folder so inscribed divided into eleven for ease of reference, 1977. Papers at B.315-B.318 were found in a folder which is preserved at B.315. B.326-B.344 9 folders. 10 folders. Farrer, Farrer, B.326-B.334 B.335-B.344 Page, White & Page, White & ‘Patents | and II: Correspondence with Patent Agents’. Contents of folder so inscribed: 1977-1984. Patent Agents re Patent Correspondence with Application ‘Catalytic Photo-oxidation of Water’ by Harriman and Porter’, 1977-1984. Correspondence with Patent Agents re Patent Application ‘Photochemical Method and Apparatus (Solar Energy Converter)’ by Porter, 1977-1981. into five for ease of reference: 1977-1984. B.345-B.349 ‘Patent National Research Development Corporation’. Contents of folder so inscribed divided Correspondence Specifications: Negotiations with / G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 B.350-B.355 Research ‘Patent Collaborators’. Contents of folder so inscribed, 1977-1980. Correspondence Specifications: with Possible Industrial Correspondence with ICI re patent, 1977. Correspondence with relating to Patent Application, 1977, 1979. International Synthetic Rubber Company Limited Includes photographs. B.352-B.354 Correspondence with Metal Box Ltd re Patent etc., 1977-1980. 3 folders. Miscellaneous correspondence, 1979-1980. B.356-B.382 B.356-B.365 B.366-B.373 B.374-B.377 Applied Photophysics/Dr M.A. West’. Contents of box so labelled: research notes, notebooks, correspondence re patents etc., 1969-1978. ‘Page, White & Farrer re Fluorimeter’. Contents of folder so inscribed divided into ten for ease of reference: correspondence with Patent Agents, Page, White & Farrer, patent applications etc, 1970-1977. ‘P[erkin] E[Imer] 1000 [Fluorimeter] Overseas Patents’. Contents of folder so inscribed divided into eight for ease of reference: correspondence, patent applications, printed papers etc, 1971-1978. divided into three for ease of reference, 1975-1978. ‘Perkin Elmer 1000 Fluorimeter’. Contents of folder so inscribed divided into four for ease of reference: correspondence, drafts, graphs, printed papers, 1969-1978. Contents of plastic wallet: correspondence, notes re photochromic research The papers were found in considerable disorder. B.378-B.380 G. Porter NCUACS 100/5/01 Research Notebook inscribed ‘Mike West’ inside front cover. work dated 1971-1973. Includes experimental Notebook used for experimental work, n.d.
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