ORErg153.xml Guide to the Chemical Engineering Department Records 1930-1966 Oregon State University Chemical Engineering Department Records Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Nielsen. Oregon State University Libraries, University Archives 2010
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Finding aid encoded by Elizabeth Nielsen. 2010 Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections & Archives Research Center University Archives
121 The Valley Library Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 97331-4501 Phone: 541-737-2165 Email: archives@oregonstate.edu Web: http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives
RG 153 Oregon State University. Dept. of Chemical Engineering. Chemical Engineering Department Records 1930-1966 1947-1965 0.1 cubic foot 1 box 7 microfilm reels 1 box The Chemical Engineering Department Records document the teaching and research activities of the department, primarily during the time that J.S. Walton was department head. The Chemical Engineering Department was established at Oregon State in 1917 and became a unit of the School of Engineering in 1932. Materials in English. Historical Note:

Chemical Engineering was established in 1917 as an independent department reporting directly to the President's Office; it was incorporated into the School of Engineering in 1932. The academic program in chemical engineering, also known as industrial chemistry, prepared undergraduate and graduate students for work in the chemical industry. Chemical engineering faculty are also involved in research to develop new technologies critical to Northwest industries such as electronics materials processing, forest products, and food science. During the 1950s, the department offered courses in nuclear engineering.

The Chemical Engineering Building was completed in 1955 with specialized teaching and research laboratories. It was later renamed in honor of George Gleeson. Gleeson joined the Oregon State faculty in chemical engineering in 1928; he was Chemical Engineering Department Head from 1937 until 1944, when he became the Dean of Engineering. J.S. Walton became the department head in 1945.

The Chemical Engineering Department Records document the teaching and research activities of the department, primarily during the period that J.S. Walton was department head in the 1940s and 1950s. The records include general reference files and records documenting the construction of the Chemical Engineering Building. The reference files consist primarily of correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, and related materials. They provide information about department faculty and graduate students, professional societies, honors, and awards. The reference files include materials pertaining to various research topics including atomic energy, electrostatic separation, mining and ores, raw materials, radioactive dating, polymerization, pollution, and stream improvement. The reference files are available only on microfilm. The materials pertaining to the Chemical Engineering Building are in paper form.

Collection is open for research.

The records are arranged in two series: I. General Reference File, 1930-1966 and II. Chemical Engineering Building Construction Records, 1949-1954.

Chemical Engineering Department Records (RG 153), Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.

The records were transferred to the Archives in at least two accessions in 1980 and earlier.

Additional materials pertaining to chemical engineering instruction and research are part of the College of Engineering Records (RG 062). The Facilities Services Records (RG 193) include materials documenting the construction of Gleeson Hall. The Memorabilia Collection includes clippings and other ephemeral items pertaining to the department.

 Walton, J. S. (Jesse Seburn) Oregon State College--Faculty. Oregon State College--Graduate students. Oregon State University--Faculty. Oregon State University--Graduate students. Oregon State College. Dept. of Chemical Engineering. Chemical engineering--Study and teaching (Higher)--Oregon--Corvallis. Colleges and Universities Mines and Mineral Resources Pollution Water and Water Rights Oregon Corvallis Series I General Reference File 1930-1966

Series I consists of correspondence, reports, and related materials primarily created or assembled by department chair J.S. Walton during the 1940s and 1950s. The records document the teaching, research, and outreach activities of the department and include materials pertaining to professional societies; graduate students and faculty; and topics such as atomic energy, electrostatic separation, mining and ores, raw materials, radioactive dating, pollution and stream improvement,

 1 1 Robert Adamson 1947 2 1 American Chemical Society 1957-1966 3 American Institute of Chemical Engineers 1949-1962 1 1949-1961 2 1961-1962 4 American Society of Electrical Engineers 1950-1965 2 1950-1955 3 1955-1965 5 3 American Society of Mechanical Engineers 1950 6 3 American Institute of Mining Engineers 1951-1953 7 3 Applications - Staff Positions 1954-1961 8 3 Atomic Energy 1957-1966 9 3 Awards 1955-1965 10 3 Bechtel Scholarships 1955 11 3 T.D. Bhaskar 1947-1949 12 3 General Correspondence and Department Reports of Monthly Activities 1953-1954 13 3 Budget 1948-1965 14 3 Building 1964-1966 Bureau of Mines 1951-1963 3 15 1951-1963 3 16 Fellowship 1963 17 3 Business Office 1959-1961 18 3 John P. Chan 1952-1954 19 3-4 John Clapp 1951 20 4 General Correspondence 1955-1965 21 4 Crown Zellerbach Company 1952-1953 22 4 Dean 1955-1965 23 4 Dow Fellowship 1955-1966 24 4 Electrostatic Separation 1950-1952 25 4 Equipment 1950-1962 26 4 Experiment Station 1953 27 4 Experiment Station and Extension 1950-1955 28 4 Extension 1961-1962 29 Field Trips 1948-1965 4 1948-1955 5 1955-1965 30 5 Food Technology Research 1955 31 5 General Electric Research 1950 32 5 Honor Societies 1952 33 5 Honors - D.F. Rynning Award 1954 34 5 Interviews 1953-1964 35 5 James G. Knudsen 1950-1951 36 5 Student Applications and Recommendations 1951-1954 37 5 Mining and Ores 1955-1958 38 5 Miscellaneous 1950-1953 39 5 NASA 1963 40 5 National Council for Stream Improvement 1949-1951 41 5-6 National Science Foundation 1959-1960 42 6 News 1949-1951 43 6 OSEA 1961-1965 44 6 Pollution 1948-1961 45 6 Polymerization 1930-1946 46 6 Public Service 1955-1962 47 6 Radioactive Dating Program 1950-1955 48 6 Raw Material Survey 1947-1959 49 6 Research 1951-1966 50 6 William Schultz 1964 51 6 Service Reports 1957-1963 52 6 Kamal Kumar Sharma 1963-1964 53 7 Staff 1955-1963 54 7 Standard Oil Scholarship 1956-1965 55 7 Subscriptions to News 1950-1962 56 7 Walton's Correspondence 1951-1953 1 Series II Chemical Engineering Building Construction Records 1949-1954

Series II documents the planning and construction of the Chemical Engineering Building (Gleeson Hall). It includes correspondence and proposed specifications prepared in 1949 for a Chemical and Mining Engineering Building and the 1954 specifications for general construction and mechanical and electrical work on the Chemical Engineering Building.