Archives West Finding Aid

E. Neal Klemgard papers, including correspondence, ephemera, ledgers, newspaper clippings, reports, scrapbooks, speeches and writings, business, financial, and personal records. Most of the materials in the collection relate to Klemgard's work in chemical engineering. These materials include correspondence, reports, data, and technical drawings. There are also materials related to Klemgard's activities as Whitman County Port Commissioner and with city recreational departments.

Accession 1979-43, 1923-1976 (32.0 linear feet).

This accession contains research files from Klemgard's work as a chemical engineer, materials related to his as a public official in Pullman, Washington, and family papers pertaining to James Klemgard. This collection includes numerous types of documentation on the Chemical Engineering Department, industrial conferences, records relating to Klemgard's public and private activities, voluminous research documents and materials, especially related to study of oils, petroleum products and government services research. These records contain extensive industrial research and information from a variety of industries and institutions. Klemgard has documents from several major industrial firms other than the two he worked for because of his research activities. There is documentation from his work with NASA, the United States Air Force, Dow Chemical Company, Boeing, Kaiser Aluminum, General Electric, and in a number of other petrochemical, wood, metallurgical industries, as well as the methods for processing industrial wastes and byproducts. Other materials relate to his service as the Whitman County Port Commissioner and his activities with city recreational departments. The collections houses municipal and state parks service records. In addition, the accession contains personal correspondence from the 1940s and photographs.

Accession 1983-29, 1928-1977 (13.0 linear feet).

This accession contains mostly chemical and engineering research materials from both higher education and industry primarily from the 1930s through the 1960s. There are numerous folders with a variety of patents from Klemgard and other engineers, as well as numerous purchase agreements and other corporate administrative documents. This collection also contains a variety of documents related to administration and research in the Washington State University (WSU) College of Engineering and materials related to military research undertaken by Klemgard and other WSU engineering faculty. In addition, there are materials from Klemgard's service in the military during World War II as an instructor. This accession also contains photographs related to Klemgard's work.