Ask the Scholar

{
    "localId": "75727055",
    "label": "Letters Received to H.H. Barker, May 16, 1932",
    "core": "doc",
    "dtoType": "document",
    "citationUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75727055"
}

{
    "id": "75727055",
    "sourceUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75727055",
    "contentType": "document",
    "title": "Letters Received to H.H. Barker, May 16, 1932",
    "citationUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75727055",
    "collections": [
        "Safety Light Collection",
        "Records Related to Radium Dial Painters"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/SLC/Radium/SLC_0002641.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/SLC/Radium/SLC_0002641.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/SLC/Radium/SLC_0002641.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "hasImages": true,
    "source": "import",
    "hasTranscription": false
}

{
    "url": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75727055",
    "naId": 75727055,
    "levelOfDescription": "fileUnit",
    "recordType": "description",
    "ocrSource": "nara-archive"
}

{
    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "document",
    "url": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/SLC/Radium/SLC_0002641.pdf",
    "mediaId": "7d85cc2167ccb415",
    "ocrText": "UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI\nCOLUMBIA\nDEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY\nMay 16th, 1932.\nMr. H. H. Barker\nMAY 18 1932\nUnited States Radium Corporation\n535 Pearl Street\nNew York City\nMy dear Barker:\nHope to secure cooperation in furthering a\nproposal Dean Robbins has succeeded in getting before the\nJosiah Macey Junior Foundation for a grant toward our re-\nsearch program here, on Radium and its Biological Applica-\ntions. Let me give you the present status of the case:\nRobbins has served as Dean now for about two years. From\nthe outset he has made a determined effort to promote re-\nsearch work, and he has left no stone unturned to secure\nfunds from the various private foundations that provide\naid for worthy research programs. The response to his ef-\nforts would have caused many a man of less perseverance\nand faith to drop the project. As nearly as I can gather\nfrom various remarks he has dropped at different times, the\nseveral lines of scientific research in progress here have\nnot attained sufficient proportions or importance to make a\nstrong appeal to those who control the allottments. Strong,\nsuccessful research programs in other institutions seem to\nmake a stronger appeal than the cases presented by the Dean.\nRecently, however, the Macey Foundation has given him some\nencouragement. We want to do all we can to put our case be-\nfore the Foundation in an effective way.\nWe think you can help us by interesting such\nmen as Dr. Ewing and Failla, and perhaps others in New York\nin supporting our application. The scientific adviser to\nthe Foundation is Dr. Ward J. MacNeal, who can be communi-\ncated with through the Foundation, 565 Park Avenue. (Flinn\nand Martland I do not include in the picture). I am hoping\nthat you yourself can establish contact with Dr. MacNeal,\nwhich contact can then be extended to include Ewing, Failla,\nRentschler, Marden, Redman, and others.\nWe have filed with the Foundation in bound form\nthe publications from this laboratory on radioactivity under\nthe title Twenty-five Years of Research in Radioactivity. It\nis this record of accomplishment and Dean Robbins' visit\nwhich have at least made an appeal that is being given serious\nconsideration. The proposal involves $70,000. extended over\na period of ten years, $7,000. annually.\nVery sincerely yours,\nHerman Schlundt\nhs.as\nHerman Schlundt."
}