Chih H. Wang Papers, 1947-1984

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Wang, Chih Hsing, 1917-
Title
Chih H. Wang Papers
Dates
1947-1984 (inclusive)
1960-1980 (bulk)
Quantity
13.8 cubic feet, including 24 film transparencies, (42 boxes)
Collection Number
MSS Wang
Summary
The Chih H. Wang Papers are composed of materials created and assembled by Wang as a faculty member of the Oregon State University Chemistry Department, Director of the OSU Radiation Center, and Head of the Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering. Materials include professional correspondence, OSU Chemistry Department and Radiation Center research records, workshop, conference, and training program files, OSU administrative records, publications by Wang, and subject files related to chemistry, nuclear science, and nuclear power policy and legislation. The Wang Papers document Wang's career, the founding and development of the OSU Radiation Center, and the growth of nuclear science research and training during the 1960s and 1970s.
Repository
Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center
Special Collections and Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis OR
97331-4501
Telephone: 5417372075
Fax: 5417378674
scarc@oregonstate.edu
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Languages
English, Chinese

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Chih H. Wang was Professor of Chemistry, Director of the Radiation Center, and Head of the Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering at Oregon State University. He was responsible for the growth of nuclear science research on the Oregon State University campus and the creation of the OSU Radiation Center.

Wang was born in 1917 in Shanghai, China. He attended the National University of Shandong where he earned his B.S. in chemistry. Wang's studies and employment were disrupted by the Second Sino-Japanese War and later World War II but, beginning in 1938, Wang found work as a chemistry instructor at West China Union University. In 1945, Wang immigrated to the United States where he enrolled at Oregon State College. There, he earned his Ph.D. in organic chemistry. In 1950, Wang joined the OSU Chemistry Department as an instructor, where he focused on research in biochemistry, plant physiology, microbiology, and radiation biology. As a result of his aggressive research agenda, Wang earned his full professorship. Wang's use of radioisotopes in research resulted in a push for improved radiation research facilities on the OSU campus. In 1958, Wang drafted the first of three proposals requesting funds to build a radiation center at OSU. Funding was granted in 1960 and construction of the facility began in 1962. The TRIGA reactor (OSTR) was installed and activated in the OSU Radiation Center in 1967. Wang was named Director of the Radiation Center and Head of the Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering--a position he filled until his retirement in 1984.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Chih H. Wang Papers consist of materials generated and assembled by Wang, a faculty member of the OSU Chemistry Department, Head of the OSU Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering, and Director of the OSU Radiation Center, between 1947 and 1984. The collection includes professional correspondence with researchers, corporate partners, colleagues in Taiwan, and OSU administrators. The collection also includes records of research conducted by the OSU Chemistry Department and at the OSU Radiation Center in cooperation with the Atomic Energy Commission, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Navy, Exxon, DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), the U.S. Air Force, and others; correspondence and administrative files from workshops, conferences, and training programs including the Academic Year Institute in Nuclear Science and a multi-year training program for employees of the Taiwan Power Company (TaiPower); and records of the founding, growth, and operation of the OSU Radiation Center.

The collection also includes abstracts and offprints of publications by Wang in the fields of chemistry, biochemistry, and radiation sciences and includes research into the biochemistry of microorganisms, the effects of inorganic compounds of biological systems, the development of nuclear power, and nuclear technology instruction. Many of these publications were co-authored with other Oregon State University faculty, including Bert E. Christensen, Vernon H. Cheldelin, Donald J. Reed, and Frank N. Dost. Additionally, the collection contains subject files assembled by Wang relating to chemistry and biochemistry, radiation sciences, and nuclear power policy and legislation.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

Chih H. Wang Papers (MSS Wang), Oregon State University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The Chih H. Wang Papers are arranged into six series: I: Correspondence, 1964-1984; II: Research Project Records, 1952-1983; III: Training and Education Project Records, 1958-1981; IV: OSU Radiation Center Administrative Records, 1950-1984; V: Publications, 1947-1972; VI: Subject Files, 1949-1980.

Acquisition Information

The Chih H. Wang Papers were accessioned from the OSU Radiation Center in July 2013.

Related Materials

Related Materials

An oral history conducted with Chih Wang is located in the Horner Museum Oral History Collection (OH 10). Other materials pertaining to chemistry and nuclear science research and instruction at Oregon State University include the Radiation Center Records (RG 202), John C. Ringle Papers (MSS Ringle), E. Dale Trout Papers (MSS Trout), "How OSU Grew Nuclear Science" Oral Histories (OH 16). Chemistry Department Records (RG 098), Science Research Institute Records (RG 014), and the College of Science Records (RG 024). Additional materials relating to nuclear science and engineering include the Barton C. Hacker Papers (MSS HackerB), Barton C. and Sally L. Hacker Nuclear Affairs Collection (MSS Hacker), Leonard M. Maki Nuclear Power Collection (MSS Maki), Charter Heslep Papers (MSS Heslep), Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers (MSS Pauling), and the History of Atomic Energy Collection (RB Energy).

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I:  Correspondence, 1964-1984Return to Top

Series I is composed of correspondence between Chih Wang and colleagues, researchers, OSU administrators, trainees, politicians, and other individuals associated with the field of nuclear engineering. The majority of materials in this series relates to Wang's duties as director of the OSU Radiation Center and includes correspondence regarding research conducted at the Radiation Center, training and education in the nuclear sciences, scientific equipment and instrumentation, funding for Radiation Center activities, and intra-university administrative procedures. The series includes correspondence regarding participation in professional organizations such as Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc.; collaboration with corporate partners including the Eugene Water & Electric board and the Jersey Nuclear Company in site studies, nuclear power research and policy efforts, and training and conference activities; and the purchase of goods and services provided by Atomic Industries, Wah Chang, and other organizations. This series also contains a group of English and Chinese-language materials concerning Chih H. Wang's professional relationship with individuals involved in nuclear science and engineering research in Taiwan including members of the Taiwan Power Company (TaiPower), National Taiwan University, and the Chinese government in Taiwan.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
1.1
Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc.
 1970-1972
1.2
Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc.
 1973-1975
1.3
Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc.
 1976-1984
1.4
Atomics International
 1972
1.5
Ebasco Services, Inc.
 1975-1978
1.6
Eugene Water & Electric Board
 1967-1975
1.7
General Electric Co.
 1967-1980
1.8
Gulf Oil Corporation
 1968-1974
2.1
Hewlett Packard
 1981
2.2
Jersey Nuclear Company
 1970-1972
2.3
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
 1964-1975
2.4
National Institutes of Health
 1966-1973
2.5
National Research Council
 1965-1984
2.6
Oregon State Board of Higher Education
 1972-1984
2.7
OSU Agricultural Experiment Station
 1968-1970
2.8
OSU Air Resource Center
 1977-1978
2.9
OSU Archives
 1967
2.10
OSU Business Affairs Office
 1966-1983
2.11
OSU Dean of Faculty
 1969-1983
2.12
OSU Department of Agricultural Chemistry
 1973
2.13
OSU Department of Atmospheric Sciences
 1970-1973
2.14
OSU Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics
 1967-1974
3.1
OSU Department of Chemistry
 1970-1979
3.2
OSU Department of General Science
 1967-1984
3.3
OSU Environmental Health Sciences Center
 1974-1982
3.4
OSU Extension Service
 1968-1975
3.5
OSU Laboratory Animal Resources
 1969-1981
3.6
OSU Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute
 1966-1970
3.7
OSU Planning and Institutional Research
 1968-1982
3.8
OSU President's Office
 1976-1983
3.9
OSU Radiation Center
 1967-1972
4.1
OSU Radiation Center
 1967-1981
4.2
OSU Radiation Center
 1972
4.3
OSU Research Office
 1976-1984
4.4
OSU Vice President for Administration
 1966-1984
4.5
Pacific Power & Light Company
 1969-1972
4.6
Portland General Electric Company
 1968-1981
4.7
U.S. Energy Research & Development Administration
 1975-1976
4.8
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Corvallis Environmental Research Laboratory
 1968-1982
5.1
U.S. Federal Energy Administration
 1974-1976
5.2
Wah Chang Corporation
 1974-1975
5.3
Victor G. Atiyeh
 1978-1981
5.4
Les Aucoin
 1978-1980
5.5
Lamar P. Bupp
 1981-1984
5.6
William L. Lappenbusch
 1973-1977
5.7
Bob Packwood
 1978-1980
5.8
Milosh Popovich
 1962-1974
5.9
Robert Straub
 1975-1978
5.10
Thomas Sugihara
 1981
5.11
Mae Yih
 1978-1981
5.12
General Administrative Correspondence
 1964-1969
5.13
General Administrative Correspondence
 1970-1984
5.14
National Taiwan University Chemistry Research Center
 1965-1967
5.15
Kawei Chen
 1974-1977
5.16
Shang-Shiang Hsu
 1976
6.1
Huey-Jo Kuo
 1980
6.2
Chio-Min Yang
 1977-1979
6.3
General Taiwanese Correspondence
 1964-1965
6.4
General Taiwanese Correspondence
 1966-1969
6.5
General Taiwanese Correspondence
 1970-1974
6.6
General Taiwanese Correspondence
 1980-1981

Series II:  Research Project Records, 1952-1983Return to Top

Series II is comprised of proposals, contracts, reports, research materials, budgetary documents, and correspondence relating to research projects conducted by the OSU Department of Chemistry and, later, the OSU Radiation Center on behalf of the Defense Advanced Research Programs Agency (DARPA), Exxon, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), the U.S. Navy, and other organizations. Topics addressed in the series include recovery of uranium from seawater, studies of missile pollution, and application of radiotracers. Also included in this series are materials related to grant funding for technical improvements to the OSU Radiation Center.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
6.7
DARPA Contract: "Biochemical and Pharmacological Studies of l, l-Dimethylhydrazine," DA18-108-CML-7154
 1963-1965
6.8
Exxon Nuclear Company Contract: "Low-Grade Uranium Resources--Seawater Project," 78-232-L
 1975-1978
6.9
Exxon Nuclear Company Contract: "Low-Grade Uranium Resources--Seawater Project," 78-232-L
 1976-1978
7.1
Exxon Nuclear Company Contract: "Low-Grade Uranium Resources--Seawater Project," 78-232-L
 1978-1979
7.2
Exxon Nuclear Company Contract: "Low-Grade Uranium Resources--Seawater Project," 78-232-L
 1978-1981
7.3
NASA Grant: "Apollo Sample Return Program"
 1966-1968
7.4
NASA Grant: "On the Study of Elemental Abundances in Meteoritic and Terrestrial Matter," NGR-38-002-020
 1966-1969
7.5
NASA Grant: "Neutron Activation Analysis of Extraterrestrial Particles and Hypervelocity Retained in Impacted Craters," NGL-38-002-032
 1969-1970
7.6
NSF Grant: "Instrumentation for Carbohydrate Catabolism," G-21271
 1962-1963
7.7
NSF Grant: "Neutron Activation Equipment," GK-1046
 1966-1967
7.8
NSF Grant: "Neutron Diffraction Equipment to Accommodate Materials Engineering Research Programs" GK-1660
 1967-1968
7.9
NSF Grant: "Light Element Miscibilities in Glass," GK-2043
 1967-1970
7.10
NSF Grant: "Neutron Generator Equipment to Accommodate Research Programs in Materials Engineering and Science," GK-3808
 1968-1970
7.11
NSF Grant: "Reactor Heat-Exchanger Equipment to Accommodate Material Engineering at the OSU Radiation Center," GK-24639
 1970-1971
8.1
NSF Proposal: "Financial Support of the Research Reactor Facility"
 1962-1964
8.2
NSF Proposal: "The Wind Energy Resources of a Large River Valley System"
 1974
8.3
NSF Proposal: "Vertical Differentiation in Engineering and Supportive Technical Occupations," Sally Hacker
 1980
8.4
NSF Proposal Reviews
 1980
8.5
OSU Department of Animal Science: "Determination of Bioavailability of Selenium"
 1981-1983
8.6
OSU Environmental Health Science Center: "A Study of Pollutant Flow in the Willamette River and its Tributaries Using the Rare-Earth Spiking Method"
 1968-1970
8.7
OSU Nutrition Research Institute: "Trace Elements in Human Blood Samples"
 1967-1972
8.8
U.S. Air Force Contract: "Research Investigation on Effects of Air Force Propellants on Metabolism Using Radiorespirometry," F 33615-71-C-1516
 1971
8.9
U.S. Air Force Contract: "Effects of Toxic Agents on Catabolic Mechanisms Using Radiorespirometry," AF 33615-67-C-1787
 1967-1971
9.1
U.S. Air Force contract: "Effects of Toxic Agents on Catabolic Mechanisms Using Radiorespirometry," AF 33615-67C-1787
 1967-1971
9.2
U.S. Air Force Contract: "Studies on Environmental Pollution by Missile Propellants," AF 33(615)1767
 1964-1969
9.3
U.S. Air Force Contract: "Inorganic Fluoride Propellant Oxidizers," AF 33(615)1767
 1968
9.4
U.S. Air Force Contract: "Studies on Environmental Pollution by Missile Propellants," AF 33(615)-1767
 1964-1969
9.5
U.S. Air Force Contract: "Studies on Environmental Pollution by Missile Propellants," AF 33(615)-1767
 1965-1967
9.6
U.S. Air Force Contract: "Studies on Environmental Pollution by Missile Propellants," AF 33(615)-1767
 1967-1969
10.1
U.S. Air Force Contract: "Metabolism and Pharmacology of Inorganic Fluorine-Containing Compounds," AF 33(615)-1799
 1963-1966
10.2
U.S. Air Force Contract: "Metabolism and Pharmacology of Inorganic Fluorine-Containing Compounds," AF 33(615)-1799
 1964-1968
10.3
U.S. Air Force Contract: "Metabolism and Pharmacology of Inorganic Fluorine-Containing Compounds," AF 33(615)-1799
 1964-1968
10.4
U.S. AEC Contract: "Carbohydrate-Amino Acid Interrelationships Using Isotopic Tracers," AT(45-1)-301
 1952-1960
10.5
U.S. AEC Contract: "Radiotracer Studies of Intermediary Metabolism in Fruit," AT(45-1)-573
 1954-1961
10.6
U.S. AEC Contract: "Radiotracer Studies of Intermediary Metabolism in Fruit," AT(45-1)-573
 1959-1966
11.1
U.S. AEC Contract: "Radiotracers Studies of Biosynthetic and Respiratory Pathways," AT(45-1)-1387
 1961-1963
11.2
U.S. AEC Contract: "Radiotracers Studies of Biosynthetic and Respiratory Pathways," AT(45-1)-1387
 1964-1965
11.3
U.S. AEC Contract: "Radiotracers Studies of Biosynthetic and Respiratory Pathways," AT(45-1)-1387
 1964-1967
11.4
U.S. AEC Contract: "Radiation Chemistry, Photochemistry and Excited States of Oxyanions and DNA," AT(45-1)-2014
 1966-1972
11.5
U.S. AEC Grants: Nuclear Equipment
 1959-1970
11.6
U.S. AEC Proposal: "Modal Methods for Computing Fact Spectra"
 1966-1969
12.1
U.S. AEC Proposal: "Reactor Graphite Assistance"
 1966
12.2
U.S. AEC Proposal: "Fluorescence Studies of the Purine and Pyrimidine Bases, Dinucleotides, and DNA at Room Temperature"
 1972
12.3
U.S. AEC Grant Proposal: "Requesting Assistance for Fabrication of Reactor Fuel Elements"
 1973
12.4
U.S. Navy Contract: "Biophysical Models of Radiation Injury"
 1970-1972
12.5
U.S. Navy Contract: "Study to Determine the Effect of Deep Ocean Sediment Constituents on In-Situ Nuclear Water Content Measurement"
 1968-1970
12.6
U.S. Navy Contract: "Medical Neutron Radiography"
 1967-1972
12.7
U.S. Navy Proposal: "The Toxic Action of Certain Rocket Propellants"
 1963
12.8
U.S. Public Health Service Grant: "Comparative Carbohydrate Metabolism of Microorganisms," AI01144
 1955-1959
12.9
U.S. Public Health Service Grant: "Comparative Carbohydrate Metabolism of Microorganisms," AI01144
 1960-1968
12.10
U.S. Public Health Service Grant: "Carbohydrate Metabolism in Lymphocytes," AM07223
 1962-1963
12.11
U.S. Public Health Service Grant: "Effects of Radiation on the Migration of Salmonids," RG-00246-01
 1962-1965
12.12
U.S. Public Health Service Proposal: "Science Research Institute Building Facilities"
 1957
13.1
Ronald M. Knaus Research Project
 1976-1983

Series III:  Training and Education Project Records, 1958-1981Return to Top

This series is composed of materials related to training programs, workshops, and conferences conducted by the OSU Radiation Center and the Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering between 1962 and 1981. Included are proposals, contracts, reports, budgetary documents, promotional materials, participant evaluations, exams and coursework, course readings, and other administrative documentation, including some content duplicated on film transparencies. Programs represented in this series include the Academic Year Institute in Nuclear Science for College Teachers in Biological Science which offered instruction for biologists undertaking teaching and research in nuclear and radiation sciences; the Summer Workshop on Energy Resources and Electric Power Generation, a program designed to instruct high school educators on the scientific and technical facets of power generation; and a special, annual program to provide technical training in nuclear power generation for employees of TaiPower, Taiwan's state-owned electric power utility. This series also contains records of theses and dissertations overseen by Wang during his tenure at OSU.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
13.2
General Electric Boiling Water Reactor Training Program
 1972-1973
13.3
NSF Grant: "Development and Implementation of a Four-Year B.S. Curriculum in Nuclear Technology," GT-6180
 1970-1972
13.4
NSF Summer Institute for College Chemistry Teachers
 1964
13.5
OSU Workshop: "Liquid Scintillation Counting and Tritium Methodology"
 1962
13.6
OSU-TaiPower Training Program Correspondence
 1970
13.7
OSU-TaiPower Training Program Correspondence
 1971
13.8
OSU-TaiPower Training Program Correspondence
 1972
13.9
OSU-TaiPower Training Program Correspondence
 1973
13.10
OSU-TaiPower Training Program Correspondence
 1974-1979
14.1
OSU-TaiPower Training Program Proposal
 1971-1973
14.2
OSU-TaiPower Training Program Group 1 Records
 1969-1970
14.3
OSU-TaiPower Training Program Group 2 Records
 1970-1971
14.4
OSU-TaiPower Training Program Group 3 Records
 1971-1973
14.5
OSU-TaiPower Training Program Group 4 Records
 1972-1973
14.6
OSU-TaiPower Training Program Group 5 Correspondence
 1973-1974
14.7
OSU-TaiPower Training Program Group 5 Budgetary Records
 1973
14.8
OSU-TaiPower Training Program Group 5 Course Materials
 1973-1974
15.1
OSU-TaiPower Training Program Group 5 Participant Records
 1973
15.2
OSU-TaiPower Training Program Group 6 Memorandum of Understanding
 1974-1975
15.3
OSU-TaiPower Training Program Group 6 Correspondence
 1976-1977
15.4
OSU-TaiPower Training Program Group 6 P.C. Liu Correspondence
 1975-1977
15.5
OSU-TaiPower Training Program Group 6 Budgetary Records
 1976
15.6
OSU-TaiPower Training Program Group 6 Activities
 1975-1976
15.7
OSU-TaiPower Training Program Group 6 Participant Records
 1975
16.1
OSU-TaiPower Training Program Group 6 Participant Evaluations
 1975-1977
16.2
OSU-TaiPower Training Program Group 6 Course Materials
 1975
16.3
OSU-TaiPower Training Program Group 7 Program Planning
 1977
16.4
OSU-TaiPower Training Program Group 7 Correspondence
 1977-1978
16.5
OSU-TaiPower Training Program Group 7 P. C. Liu Correspondence
 1976-1978
16.6
OSU-TaiPower Training Program Group 7 Budgetary Records
 1977-1978
16.7
OSU-TaiPower Training Program Group 7 Activities
 1977
16.8
OSU-TaiPower Training Program Group 7 Participant Records
 1977-1978
17.1
OSU-TaiPower Training Program Group 7 Participant Evaluations
 1977
17.2
OSU-TaiPower Training Program Group 7 Course Materials
 1977
17.3
OSU-TaiPower Training Program Group 7 Course Materials
 1978
17.4
OSU-TaiPower Training Program Group 8 Correspondence
 1978-1979
17.5
OSU-TaiPower Training Program Group 8 Budgetary Records
 1978-1979
17.6
OSU-TaiPower Training Program Group 8 Activities
 1978-1979
17.7
OSU-TaiPower Training Program Group 8 Participant Records
 1978
17.8
OSU-TaiPower Training Program Group 8 Participant Evaluations
 1978-1979
17.9
OSU-TaiPower Training Program Group 8 Course Materials
 1978
17.10
TaiPower Reports and Publications
 1969-1970
18.1
TaiPower Reports and Publications
 1970
18.2
TaiPower Chinshan Unit #1 Review
 1977-1978
18.3
TaiPower Personnel Visits
 1980-1981
18.4
Tsing Hua University-TaiPower Training Program Correspondence
 1976-1978
18.5
U.S. AEC Nuclear Science and Engineering Fellowship Advisers Meeting Records
 1964
18.6
U.S. AEC Contract: "The Academic Year Institute...." AT(45-1)-2018, General Administrative Records
 1966-1969
18.7
U.S. AEC Contract: "The Academic Year Institute...." AT(45-1)-2018, General Administrative Records
 1967-1968
19.1
U.S. AEC Contract: "The Academic Year Institute...." AT(45-1)-2018, General Administrative Records
 1967-1968
19.2
U.S. AEC Contract: "The Academic Year Institute...." AT(45-1)-2018, General Administrative Records
 1967-1970
19.3
U.S. AEC Contract: "The Academic Year Institute...." AT(45-1)-2018, General Administrative Records
 1969-1970
19.4
U.S. AEC Contract: "The Academic Year Institute...." AT(45-1)-2018, General Administrative Records
 1969-1971
19.5
U.S. AEC Contract: "The Academic Year Institute...." AT(45-1)-2018, General Administrative Records
 1971-1972
19.6
U.S. AEC Contract: "The Academic Year Institute...." AT(45-1)-2018, General Administrative Records
 1968-1972
20.1
U.S. AEC Contract: "The Academic Year Institute...." AT(45-1)-2018, Final Reports
 1969-1971
20.2
U.S. AEC Contract: "The Academic Year Institute...." AT(45-1)-2018, Budgetary Records
 1969-1971
20.3
U.S. AEC Contract: "The Academic Year Institute...." AT(45-1)-2018, AEC Administrative Forms and Documentation
 circa 1970
20.4
U.S. AEC Contract: "The Academic Year Institute...." AT(45-1)-2018, Participant Records
 1967-1968
20.5
U.S. AEC Contract: "The Academic Year Institute...." AT(45-1)-2018, Participant Records
 1968-1969
20.6
U.S. AEC Contract: "The Academic Year Institute...." AT(45-1)-2018, Participant Records
 1969-1970
20.7
U.S. AEC Contract: "The Academic Year Institute...." AT(45-1)-2018, Participant Records
 1970-1971
21.1
U.S. AEC Contract: "The Academic Year Institute...." AT(45-1)-2018, Inquiry Correspondence
 1969-1970
21.2
U.S. AEC Contract: "The Academic Year Institute...." AT(45-1)-2018, Inquiry Correspondence
 1970-1971
21.3
U.S. AEC Contract: "The Academic Year Institute...." AT(45-1)-2018, Joint Directory of Higher Education Correspondence
 1967-1970
21.4
U.S. AEC Contract: "The Academic Year Institute...." AT(45-1)-2018, General Correspondence
 1967-1971
21.5
U.S. AEC Contract: "Summer Workshop on Electric Power Generation: Comparative Costs and Benefits (1972)," AT(45-1)-2227, Administrative Records
 1971-1972
21.6
U.S. AEC Contract: "Summer Workshop on Electric Power Generation: Comparative Costs and Benefits (1972)," AT(45-1)-2227, Course Materials
 1972
22.1
U.S. AEC Contract: "Electric Power Generation: Comparative Risks and Benefits (1972)" AT(45-1)-2227, Proceedings
 1972
22.2
U.S. AEC Contract: "Summer Workshop on Electric Power Generation: Comparative Costs and Benefits (1973)," AT(45-1)-2227, Administrative Records
 1972-1973
22.3
U.S. AEC Contract: "Summer Workshop on Electric Power Generation: Comparative Costs and Benefits (1973)," AT(45-1)-2227, Course Materials
 1973
22.4
U.S. AEC Contract: "Summer Workshop on Electric Power Generation: Comparative Costs and Benefits (1973)," AT(45-1)-2227, Selected Readings
 1973
22.5
U.S. AEC Contract: "Summer Workshop on Electric Power Generation: Comparative Costs and Benefits (1973-1972)," AT(45-1)-2227, Proceedings
 1973
23.1
U.S. AEC Contract: "Summer Workshop on Electric Power Generation: Comparative Costs and Benefits (1974)," AT(45-1)-2227, Administrative Records
 1973-1975
23.2
U.S. ERDA Contract: "Summer Workshop on Energy Resources and Electric Power Generation (1975)," AT(45-1)-2227, Proposal
 1975
23.3
U.S. ERDA Contract: "Summer Workshop on Energy Resources and Electric Power Generation (1975)," AT(45-1)-2227, Newsclippings
 1975
23.4
U.S. ERDA Contract: "Summer Workshop on Energy Resources and Electric Power Generation (1975)," AT(45-1)-2227, Television Special Script
 1975
23.5
U.S. ERDA Contract: "Summer Workshop on Energy Resources and Electric Power Generation (1975)," AT(45-1)-2227, General Administrative Records
 1975
23.6
U.S. ERDA Contract: "Summer Workshop on Energy Resources and Electric Power Generation (1976)," AT(45-1)-2227, General Administrative Records
 1975-1976
23.7
U.S. ERDA Contract: "Summer Workshop on Energy Resources and Electric Power Generation (1976)," AT(45-1)-2227, General Administrative Records
 1976
24.1
U.S. ERDA Contract: "Summer Workshop on Energy Resources and Electric Power Generation (1976)," AT(45-1)-2227, Correspondence
 1975-1978
24.2
U.S. ERDA Contract: "Summer Workshop on Energy Resources and Electric Power Generation (1976)," AT(45-1)-2227, Participant Correspondence
 1976
24.3
U.S. ERDA Contract: "Summer Workshop on Energy Resources and Electric Power Generation (1976)," AT(45-1)-2227, Politician Invitation Letters
 1976
24.4
U.S. ERDA Contract: "Summer Workshop on Energy Resources and Electric Power Generation (1976)," AT(45-1)-2227, Environmental Groups Invitation Letters
 1976
24.5
U.S. ERDA Contract: "Summer Workshop on Energy Resources and Electric Power Generation (1976)," AT(45-1)-2227, Faculty and Speakers (Blood-Frisbee)
 1975-1976
24.6
U.S. ERDA Contract: "Summer Workshop on Energy Resources and Electric Power Generation (1976)," AT(45-1)-2227, Faculty and Speakers(Goranson-Wang)
 1975-1976
24.7
U.S. ERDA Contract: "Summer Workshop on Energy Resources and Electric Power Generation (1976)," AT(45-1)-2227, Final Exam
 1976
24.8
U.S. ERDA Contract: "Summer Workshop on Energy Resources and Electric Power Generation (1976)," AT(45-1)-2227, Recreational Activities
 1976
25.1
U.S. ERDA Contract: "Summer Workshop on Energy Resources and Electric Power Generation (1976)," AT(45-1)-2227, Course Materials
 1976
25.2
U.S. ERDA Contract: "Summer Workshop on Energy Resources and Electric Power Generation (1976)," AT(45-1)-2227, Course Materials
 1976
25.3
U.S. ERDA Contract: "Summer Workshop on Energy Resources and Electric Power Generation (1976)," AT(45-1)-2227, Evaluations
 1976
25.4
U.S. ERDA Contract: "Summer Workshop on Energy Resources and Electric Power Generation (1976)," AT(45-1)-2227, Evaluations from Non-Paid Participants
 1976
25.5
U.S. ERDA Contract: "Summer Workshop on Energy Resources and Electric Power Generation (1976)," AT(45-1)-2227, Final Report
 1976
25.6
U.S. ERDA Contract: "Summer Workshop on Energy Resources and Electric Power Generation (1977)," AT(45-1)-2227, Proposal and Rejection
 1976-1977
25.7
U.S. ERDA Contract: "Magnitude & Deployment Schedule of Energy Resources Conference (1975)," E(45-1)-2415, General Administrative Records
 1974-1977
25.8
U.S. ERDA Contract: "Magnitude & Deployment Schedule of Energy Resources Conference (1975)," E(45-1)-2415, General Administrative Records
 1975-1976
26.1
U.S. ERDA Contract: "Magnitude & Deployment Schedule of Energy Resources Conference (1975)," E(45-1)-2415, Correspondence
 1975-1979
26.2
U.S. ERDA Contract: "Magnitude & Deployment Schedule of Energy Resources Conference (1975)," E(45-1)-2415, Proceedings
 1975
26.3
Non-OSU ERDA Grant-Funded Publications
 1975-1976
26.4
U.S. AEC Grant Proposal: "AEC Traineeships for Graduate Students in Nuclear Engineering"
 1969
26.5
U.S. AEC Grant Proposal: "AEC Special Fellowship Program in Nuclear Science and Engineering"
 1969
26.6
U.S. AEC Grant Proposal: "Nuclear Engineering Program in Fuel Reprocessing"
 1970
26.7
U.S. Department of Energy Faculty Development Projects in Energy Education
 1980
26.8
Washington Public Power Supply System Reactor Operator Training Proposal
 1977-1978
26.9
National Science Board Northwest Regional Forum
 1976
26.10
Nuclear Energy Forum
 1975
27.1
Nuclear Technology in Developing Countries Conference
 1981
27.2
MS Thesis: "A Comparative Study of the Carbohydrate Catabolism in Pseudomonadacea Microorganisms," Solveig Hjordis Bjerre
 1960
27.3
MS Thesis: "The Effect of 2-Deoxyglucose on Hexose Metabolism in Saccharomyces Cerevisae," Charles Wayland Conrad
 1967-1968
27.4
MS Thesis: "The Biosynthetic Precursor of Ethylene in Penicillium Digitatum Saccardo," Donald W. Jacobsen
 1965
27.5
MS Thesis: "Argon-41 Production by the OSU TRIGA III Reactor," Robert A. Merck
 1967
27.6
MS Thesis: "Comparative Carbohydrate Catabolism in Chromobacterium Species, Carol M. Wehr
 1969
27.7
Ph.D. Thesis: "Glucose Catabloism in Mung Bean (Phaseolus Aureus) Seedlings," George J. Ikeda
 1967-1973
28.1
Ph.D. Thesis: "The Estimation of Glucose Pathways in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae by the Catabolic Rate," Donald W. Jacobsen
 1967-1971
28.2
Ph.D. Thesis: "The Fate of Fluoride and the Effect of Fluoride Upon Glucose Metabolism in Intact Rats," Ronald M. Knaus
 1969-1971
28.3
Ph.D. Thesis: "Alterations of Carbohydrate Metabolism by Pentachlorophenol in Cichlid Fish," David H. K. Liu
 1969
28.4
Ph.D. Thesis: "The Effects of X-Irradiation on Metabolism of Glucose in the Intact Rat," Darrell L. Marks
 1963-1966
28.5
Ph.D. Thesis: "Rate of Catabolic Pathways of Glucose in the Intact Rat," John R. Prince
 1969
28.6
Ph.D. Thesis: "Radiotracer Studies of Carbohydrate Catabolism in Tomato Fruit," John C. Ramsey
 1964
28.7
Ph.D. Thesis: "Comparative Metabolism of Carbohydrates in Pseudomonads," Ivan J. Stern
 1958
28.8
Ph.D. Thesis: "The Role of Some of the Krebs Cycle Reactions in the Biosynthetic Functions of Thiobacillus Thiparus," Gerald G. Still
 1964-1971
29.1
Ph.D. Thesis: "Radiolysis of Succinic Acid in Water," Fred S. Tanaka
 1966-1967
29.2
Ph.D. Thesis: "Glucose Catabolism in Normal and Fluoride Injured Mung Bean (Phaeolus Aureus) Seedlings," Gerald E. Young
 1969

Series IV:  OSU Radiation Center Administrative Records, 1950-1984Return to Top

Series IV is composed of materials relating to the creation and operation of the OSU Radiation Center between 1960 and 1984. Materials include administrative reports, a procedural manual, a hazard analysis report, budgetary records, research and proposals relating to the Radiation Center facilities, records of tours, site visits, and inspections, classified document handling records and regulations, and questionnaires relating to nuclear science and engineering. Some materials in Series IV predate but relate to the Radiation Center mission and activities.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
29.3
OSU Division of Radiochemistry and Radiation Chemistry Establishment and History
 1967-1968
29.4
OSU Radiation Center Descriptions and Fact Sheet
 1977-1983
29.5
OSU Radiation Center Progress Reports
 1968-1971
29.6
Report to OSU Vice President
 1978
29.7
OSU Radiation Center Standard Practice Procedures Manual
 1968
29.8
OSU Radiation Center Service Activities
 1978
29.9
OSU TRIGA Reactor Hazard Analysis Report Correspondence
 1965
29.10
OSU Radiation Center Affirmative Action Policies
 1971-1984
29.11
OSU Radiation Center Budget
 1975-1984
29.12
OSU Cost Sharing Policies
 1970-1974
29.13
OSU Radiation Center Full Cost Accounting
 1963-1981
29.14
OSU Radiation Center Construction and Initial Operating Budgets
 1961-1963
29.15
Sources of Funding for Instruction Programs in Nuclear Technology
 1960
29.16
OSU Nuclear Power Plant Proposal and Research
 1968
30.1
OSU Radiation Center Bench Surface Testing
 1962
30.2
OSU Radiation Center Concrete Compression Testing
 1966
30.3
Donation of Cesium-137 Source from Gunderson Brothers Engineering, Inc.
 1963
30.4
Site Visits to Non-OSU Reactors
 1961-1962
30.5
Electronic Associates, Inc. Patent Infringement Lawsuit
 1977
30.6
OSU Radiation Center Tours
 1965-1969
30.7
OSU Radiation Center Tours
 1970-1984
30.8
NIH Site Visit
 1963
30.9
NSF Site Visits
 1964-1969
30.10
OSU Radiation Center Classified Document Records
 1964-1967
31.1
U.S. AEC Regulations and Reporting Guidelines
 1950-1974
31.2
AEC "Standard Format and Content of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants"
 1971-1972
31.3
U.S. Department of Defense Industrial Security Manuals
 1966-1969
31.4
U.S. Department of Defense Industrial Security Manual
 1970-1971
31.5
U.S. Defense Documentation Center Correspondence and Regulations
 1965-1970
32.1
Surveys and Questionnaires re: Nuclear Science Technology and Instruction
 1968-1978
32.2
NSF-ORU Questionnaire
 1981
32.3
Westat/NSF Instrumentation Survey
 1983

Series V:  Publications, 1947-1972Return to Top

Series V contains reprints and abstracts of publications authored by Chih H. Wang during his tenure with the OSU Chemistry Department and the Radiation Center. Topics include organic chemistry, biochemistry, radiochemistry, radiation physics, nuclear engineering, and education. Many of the papers in this series were coauthored with members of the OSU faculty--especially Bert E. Christensen, Vernon H. Cheldelin, Donald J. Reed, and Frank N. Dost. Topics include "The Influence of Molybdates on the Hydrogen and Peroxide Oxidation of Naphthalene and Beta-Naphthol," "Coordinated Design of Radioisotope Laboratories, and "Studies on Environmental Pollution by Missile Propellants."

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
32.4
Article Offprints, Reprints, and Abstracts
 1947-1948
32.5
Article Offprints, Reprints, and Abstracts
 1950-1959
32.6
Article Offprints, Reprints, and Abstracts
 1960-1962
32.7
Article Offprints, Reprints, and Abstracts
 1963-1964
32.8
Article Offprints, Reprints, and Abstracts
 1965-1967
32.9
Article Offprints, Reprints, and Abstracts
 1968-1969
33.1
Article Offprints, Reprints, and Abstracts
 1970-1972
33.2
Article Offprints, Reprints, and Abstracts
 1973-1974
33.3
Article Offprints, Reprints, and Abstracts
 1976-1978
33.4
"The Role of a Nuclear Engineering Technology Curriculum in the Nuclear Power Era"
 circa 1972
33.5
Article Review for Publishers
 1966-1972

Series VI:  Subject Files, 1949-1980Return to Top

Series VI is comprised of subject files assembled by Chih Wang. Included in the series are scientific offprints, promotional materials, reports, newsclippings, notes, and a small amount of correspondence. Topics include biochemical experiment design and techniques, microorganism behavior and functions, biological systems, radiation physics and uranium recovery, and public opinion and legislation regarding nuclear power in California, Oregon, and Washington. The series also contains materials, including a full script, related to the 1977 television movie Red Alert and correspondence regarding Energy Resources--How Much, How Soon, a film comprised of highlights from a 1975 conference at OSU.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
33.6
Biochemistry and Biophysics Experimental Techniques
 1949-1961
33.7
Biochemistry and Biophysics Experimental Techniques
 1951-1961
34.1
Biochemistry and Biophysics Experimental Techniques
 1951-1961
34.2
Carbohydrate Metabolism
 1951-1960
34.3
Carbohydrate Metabolism
 1952-1960
34.4
Carbohydrate Metabolism
 1952-1961
34.5
Acetic Acid
 1951-1953
34.6
Amino Acids
 1949-1956
34.7
Histidine
 1951-1955
35.1
Leucine Isoleucine Valine
 1950-1955
35.2
Aspartic Serine Glycine Threonine
 1951-1955
35.3
Animals (General)
 1941-1956
35.4
Animals (General)
 1952-1961
35.5
Animals (General)
 1953-1961
35.6
Acetic Acid Bacteria
 1954-1961
35.7
Aerobacters
 1955-1959
35.8
Bacillus Bacteria
 1957-1959
36.1
E. Coli Bacteria
 1951-1960
36.2
Pseudomonas Bacteria
 1954-1960
36.3
Streptomyces Bacteria
 1949-1960
36.4
Yeast
 1952-1961
36.5
Yeast
 1953-1959
37.1
Microorganisms (General)
 1950-1959
37.2
Microorganisms (General)
 1951-1958
37.3
Microorganisms (General)
 1951-1960
37.4
Microorganisms (General)
 1951-1961
38.1
Microorganisms (General)
 1953-1961
38.2
Microorganisms (General)
 1955-1959
38.3
Plants (General)
 1926-1961
38.4
Plants (General)
 1937-1960
38.5
Plants (General)
 1951-1955
39.1
Plants (General)
 1952-1961
39.2
Photosynthesis
 1951-1960
39.3
Photosynthesis
 1951-1960
39.4
Carbon Dating
 1954-1960
39.5
Carbon Dioxide
 1951-1955
39.6
Radiation Biology
 1955-1961
40.1
Radioactive Tracer Methodology
 1944-1961
40.2
Extraction of Uranium from Seawater
 1974-1978
40.3
Extraction of Uranium from Seawater
 1976-1978
40.4
Extraction of Uranium from Phosphate Ores
 1979-1980
40.5
Radiation Liability
 1958
40.6
Nuclear Reactor Regulation in California
 1975-1976
40.7
Nuclear Reactor Regulation in Oregon
 1974-1980
40.8
Nuclear Reactor Regulation in Washington
 1976
41.1
Oregon Department of Resource Management
 1976
41.2
Oregon Student Public Interest Research Group (OSPIRG)
 1976
41.3
Oregonians Against the Ban on Nuclear Energy
 1976
41.4
Anti-Nuclear Campaigns
 1975-1978
41.5
"Energy Resources--How much, How Soon" Film
 1976-1978
41.6
"Red Alert" Film
 1976-1977
41.7
Miscellaneous Reprints
 1949-1955
41.8
Miscellaneous Reprints
 1950-1961
42.1
Miscellaneous Reprints
 1954-1960
42.2
Miscellaneous Reprints
 1954-1960

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Chemistry--Research--Oregon.
  • Chemistry--Study and teaching (Higher)--Oregon.
  • Microbiology--Research--Oregon.
  • Nuclear energy--Environmental aspects--United States.
  • Nuclear energy--Law and legislation--United States.
  • Nuclear engineering--Oregon.
  • Nuclear engineering--Study and teaching--Oregon--Corvallis.
  • Nuclear physics--Research--Oregon.
  • Nuclear reactors--Oregon--Corvallis.

Corporate Names

  • National Science Foundation (U.S.)
  • Oregon State University. Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering.
  • Oregon State University. Radiation Center. (creator)
  • Taiwan dian li gong si.
  • U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.

Form or Genre Terms

  • Film transparencies.

Other Creators

  • Personal Names
    • Cheldelin, Vernon H. (creator)
    • Christensen, Bert Einar, 1904- (creator)
    • Dost, Frank N. (creator)
    • Reed, D. J. (creator)

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2014

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