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Accession #MC2001/3 MP4 file
TopicPlunkett, Roy: Video Collection,
TitlePlunkett Related VHS Tapes
LocationDigital copies of VHS tapes located on Archives Network W in folder titled [Collections]
CitationPlunkett Related VHS Tapes, MC2001/3 MP4 file, Archives and Brethren Historical Collection, Funderburg Library, Manchester University, North Manchester, Indiana.
AccessNot for reproduction or duplication. Digital copies of VHS tapes were made for preservation purposes only. Researchers are responsible for determining copyright status of archived materials where this is relevant to their intended use of the materials.
ProvenanceRoy Plunkett willed these materials to Manchester and Betty Plunkett, Roy's sister-in-law, picked them up at Roy's house in Texas and brought them to the Archives.
Scope and Content

VHS tapes of the following:

"National Inventors Hall of Fame 1992 Induction Ceremony," 25 April 1992, E. J.Thomas Performing Arts Hall, Akron, Ohio [(c) 1992, National Invention Center] [The National Inventors Hall of Fame, 80 W. Bowery, Suite 201, Akron, Ohio 44308, (216) 762-4463].

"TEFLON, The Accidental Wonder," by Kyle BIrkemeier, March 1990, First Place - Indiana History Day, 11th Place - National History Day. Correspondence with Kyle is included in the contents of this collection as is a photograph of Plunkett and Kyle.

The Plunketts, The Thistletons(?),October 1988, in Shimizu.

20 May 1985, News 11, KNTV-TV San Jose, 6:00 PM, "Dr. Roy Plunkett- Du Pont Teflon."

18 March 1988, Du Pont, "Our Commitment to Tomorrow Began 50 Years Ago."

Dr. Plunkett on "The Today Show" with Jane Pauley? regarding "National Inventors Hall of Fame(?) - more research is needed.

Shizuoka-Prefecture TV Evening News Oct 7, 1988, Dr. Plunkett makes courtesy call on the Mayor of Shimizu.

Du Pont, Anderson Fischel Thompson, 1989 Plunkett Awards.

1991 Plunkett Awards, "Invitation to Innovation."

Date of Accession21 January 2016
Archivist Note

As indicated by the accession number this collection came to the Archives in 2001, but was not described in detail until 2015/2016. Description prepared 21 January 2016 by Jeanine M. Wine.

Digital copies were made of VHS tapes in February 2016 by the MU Department of Information Technology Services/Instructional Technologies for preservation purposes only.  These are not for reproduction.

VHS tapes discarded February 2016 by Jeanine Wine because the best digital copy has been made and the VHS tapes are only in a state of continuous disintegration.

 


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