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SUMMARY:Archival Adventures: The Science Fiction of John D. Clark
DESCRIPTION:It's time for an adventure! This week we're returning to the 
 papers of John D. Clark\, this time for his work and correspondence within 
 the science fiction field.\n\nJohn Drury Clark was born August 15\, 1907\, 
 in Fairbanks\, Alaska\, to John Albert Clark and Jeanette Ruth Drury. Clark 
 graduated from Fairbanks High School on May 27\, 1925. Clark attended the 
 University of Alaska and California Institute of Technology from 1927-1930. 
 He graduated with a B.S. in Physical Chemistry. Clark later received a 
 Master of Science Degree from the University of Wisconsin (1932)\, and his 
 PhD from Stanford University (1934).\n\nIn the early 1930's\, Clark worked 
 with General Electric. By 1949\, Clark worked with the Naval Air Rocket 
 Program where he had a job until he retired in 1970. Specifically\, Clark 
 was the chief chemist at the Naval Air Rocket Test Station and its 
 successor department. He worked in the Liquid Propulsion Laboratory at the 
 Picatinny Arsenal in Dover\, New Jersey. Under Clark's direction\, a new 
 family of storable high-energy liquid propellants later used in the Apollo 
 program was developed by Navy civilian scientists in 1959.\n\nClark had a 
 brief and mostly unsuccessful career as a science fiction author. Notably\, 
 his story "Minus Planet" was the first science fiction story to deal with 
 antimatter. Beyond his writings in the genre\, Clark corresponded with many 
 well-known science fiction authors.\n\nTo learn more about this 
 collection\, check out the finding aid: 
 https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_1564.xml\n\nJoin 
 our community collections archivist\, Anthony Wright de Hernandez\, for a 
 livestream on Twitch! Every week we explore and discuss materials from 
 Special Collections and University Archives covering topics including 
 university history\, NASA pioneers\, architecture\, science fiction\, 
 cooking\, LGBTQ  history\, Black history\, urban legends\, and more. 
 Recordings of previous streams are available on the Libraries' Youtube 
 page.\n\nIf you are an individual with a disability and desire an 
 accommodation\, welcome! Please email 
 library-event-accessibility@groups.office365.vt.edu at least 10 days prior 
 to the event. \n\nJoin Meeting: http://twitch.tv/VTULStudios
ORGANIZER;CN="Anthony Wright de Hernandez":MAILTO:antwri@vt.edu
CATEGORIES:Livestream
CONTACT;CN="Anthony Wright de Hernandez":MAILTO:antwri@vt.edu
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