Robert W. Parry photograph collection, circa 1980

Overview of the Collection

Title
Robert W. Parry photograph collection
Dates
circa 1980 (inclusive)
Quantity
.2 linear feet, (1 archives box)  :  80 items
Collection Number
P0584
Summary
The Robert W. Parry photograph collection photographs of Parry, friends and employees. As well as Gordon Research Conference portraits, various experiments and a collection of slides detailing some chemistry classes taught in a non-traditional manner. Most of the slides are of the reenactments of the Faraday Christmas Lectures that the Chemistry Department did each year, hugely popular with controlled explosions and other spectacular effects. Usually scheduled for the general public and ran on two consecutive evenings. The two main characters doing the lecture were Ron Ragsdale and Jerry Driscoll. These are early pictures since they went to black coats and top hats later. After their 2005 performance as Faraday and his assistant, Ragsdale and Driscoll retired from demonstrations and lectures. Notes on the Faraday lecture given by Judith Kaplan and Dennis Sauer on March 4, 2024
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Parry is a distinguished professor of chemistry at the University of Utah, a world authority on the element boron, former president of the American Chemical Society, and was awarded the 1993 Priestley Medal. The collection constits of images of Parry, friends and employees, Gordon Research Conference portraits, various experiments and a collection of slides detailing some chemistry classes taught in a non-traditional manner.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Processing Note

Processed by Ashley Arave in 2004.

Separated Materials

Manuscript materials were transferred to the Robert W. Parry papers (ACCN 1409)

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s) Description
Box Folder
1 1 Parry, friends and employees, Gordon Research Conference portraits, slides of chemistry class
  • Photograph number 1: David Walter
  • Photograph number 2: Susie Walter
  • Photograph number 3: D. O. Hitzman
  • Photograph number 4: Sharon Fitzgerald Valentine
  • Photograph number 5: H. M. McNair
  • Photograph number 6: Unidentified
  • Photograph number 7: The Langweil model of Prague (from the collections of the Prague Municipal Museum)
  • Photograph number 8: Dr. Robert W. Parry
  • Photograph number 9: Chemistry
  • Photograph number 10: Bottled chemicals
  • Photograph number 11-12: Chemistry device
  • Photograph number 13: Gordon Research Conference, New Hampton School, Inorganic Chemistry, August 4-8, 1975
  • Photograph number 14: Gordon Research Conference, New Hampton School, Inorganic Chemistry, August 1-5, 1977
  • Photograph number 15-80: Slides of chemistry classes
1 2 Portraits
  • Photograph numbers 1-6: Portraits
1 3 Groups
  • Photograph numbers 1-3: Groups
1 4 Class
  • Photograph numbers 1-11: Classroom
1 5 Others
  • Photograph numbers 1-7: Parry with other people

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Chemistry
  • Gordon Research Conferences

Personal Names

  • Parry, Robert W. (Robert Walter), 1917-

Corporate Names

  • University of Utah--Faculty

Family Names

  • Parry family

Form or Genre Terms

  • Color slides
  • Photographic prints--Color