E. Gerald Meyer papers, 1930-2020

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Meyer, E. Gerald (Edmond Gerald), 1919-
Title
E. Gerald Meyer papers
Dates
1930-2020 (inclusive)
Quantity
16.15 cubic ft. (22 boxes) + 26.63 GB
Collection Number
400074
Summary
Collection contains manuscript materials relating to E. Gerald Meyer's career as a university professor and administrator at the University of Wyoming and other academic institutions.
Repository
American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu
Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes.

Languages
English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

E. Gerald Meyer was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and attended the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University), receiving his Bachelor's degree in chemistry in 1940 and his Master's in chemistry in 1942. He was a laboratory chemist for the U.S. Bureau of Mines, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (as a naval officer during World War II), and the Research Division of New Mexico Tech before returning to complete his graduate work, receiving his doctorate from the University of New Mexico in 1950. He was on the faculty of the University of Albuquerque and New Mexico Highlands University from 1952 to 1963, where he was Department Head and Dean of Graduate Studies and Research. In 1963, Meyer was appointed Professor of Chemistry and Dean of Arts and Sciences at the University of Wyoming, and in 1976 he was named Vice President for Research. Meyer retired in 1990 and was named professor emeritus, and he continued to teach on a part-time basis. In addition to his contributions to the University of Wyoming, Meyer served as Laramie Area Chamber of Commerce chairman and was on the Regional Airport Board and the Laramie City Council. He was State Science Adviser and president of both the Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences and Associated Western Universities. He became the President of the Coal Technology Corporation in 1982 and was a consultant to government agencies and industrial companies for a refining process he invented and patented.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The collection contains manuscript materials relating to E. Gerald Meyer's undergraduate and graduate degree coursework, including lab reports and class notebooks. It also contains an oral history, photographs, print, and manuscript materials relating to his career as a university professor and administrator, first at the University of Albuquerque and New Mexico Highlands University and later at the University of Wyoming, as a Professor of Chemistry and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Additionally, the collection contains miscellaneous newspapers, print materials, and phonograph records.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

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Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by E. Gerald Meyer at the date of processing.

Acquisition Information

This material was received from E. Gerald Meyer, 1966-2023 and the University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center from 2019-2020.

Processing Note

The collection was processed by Vikki Doherty, April 2016 and updated by Jamie Greene in July 2021 and June 2025.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. Undergraduate and Graduate CourseworkReturn to Top

Contains class notebooks, lab reports, and other coursework from E. Gerald Meyer's retention at the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University) where he received his bachelor's degree in 1940 and his master's degree in 1942, both in chemistry..

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
1-4
Class notebooks
 1936-1952 and undated
1
Lab reports
 1939-1940 and undated
4
Miscellaneous chemistry papers
 undated

Series II. CareerReturn to Top

Contains materials relating to E. Gerald Meyer's career as a university professor and administrator, at the University of Albuquerque, New Mexico Highlands University, and the University of Wyoming, in addition to materials relating to his other professional pursuits and partial retirement.

Container(s) Description Dates
Sub-series 1. Professor of Chemistry - University of Albuquerque and New Mexico Highlands University
E. Gerald Meyer served on the faculty of the University of Albuquerque and New Mexico Highlands University from 1952 to 1963, where he was Department Head, and Dean of Graduate Studies and Research.
Box
5
Tests for Physical Chemistry course
 1952-1957
5
Tests for Advanced Physical Chemistry course
 1954-1957
5
Lecture notes for General Chemistry course
 undated
Sub-series 2. University of Wyoming Professor and Dean of Arts and Sciences
In 1963, E. Gerald Meyer was named a Professor of Chemistry and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Wyoming, where he served until his retirement in 1990.
Box Folder
10
104th Republican Congress
 1969-1988
10
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
 1969-2007
10-13
American Chemical Society (ACS):
Box Folder
10
Summary of actions taken by the (experimental) science commission
 1978-1980
10
American Chemical Society's official public policy statements and communications, volume IV
 1979
10
Report of the science commission task force on chemistry of the future
 August 1981
10
ACS Joint Board-Council, Committee on Science meeting agendas and minutes
 1983
10
American Chemical Society government relations representative E. Gerald Meyer Wyoming local section
 1999
10
Charter Bylaws
 2004
10
Committee on Committees (2 folders)
 1983-1988
10
Committee on Professional Relations (CPR) (2 folders)
 1974-1984
10
Committee on Science (3 folders)
 1984-2000
10
Committees - Miscellaneous
 1985-1988
11
Congressional Science Counselor (3 folders)
 1974-2001
11
Division of Fuel Chemistry
 1983-2008
11
Division of Small Chemical Businesses
 1984-2005
11
Speaker Service Circuit (2 folders)
 1977-2010
11
ACS - Regional meetings (2 folders)
 1972-2008
11
ACS - Regional Meetings Assoc. - Financials
 1981-2005
11-12
American Chemical Society - meetings (3 folders)
 1979-2004
12-13
American Chemical Society (correspondence, bylaws, meetings, reports, conferences)
 1971-2019
Folder
13
Atlanta R&D Funding Symposium
 1980-2017
13
Campaign for Chemistry
 1989-1990
13
Colorado-Wyoming Academy of Science
 1962-1980
13
ComSci Task Force - GIA
 1983-1985
13
Consortium on Energy Impacts: Research Program Plan draft
 August 1982
13-14
Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA):
Box Folder
13
ERDA - Denver meeting
August 1976
14
ERDA - reports and correspondence
 1976-1977
Folder
14
Energy Task Force
 1981-1982
14
Fort Union Coal Conference - Fort Union Regional Task Forces on Energy Development, Regulation, and Plant Siting
 1975-1978
14-15
LAMPF (Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility) - Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory (LASL) - Energy research and development
 1968-1980
Box Folder
14
LAMPF
1964-1980
14
LASL Consultant
 1963-1974
14
LASL Management Project - correspondence
 1971-1977
15
Guidelines, LAMPF consultant
 1970-1971
15
Research and Development in Energy at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
 January 1975
15
Pre-proposal to the Old West Regional University Coal Research Laboratory for a program center in socioeconomic impast at the University of Wyoming, by Reel
 undated
Folder
6
Lawsuit - Jean P. Biscar vs. University of Wyoming (E. Gerald Meyer named)
 1973-1975
15
Miscellaneous (articles, clippings, notes)
 1965-1990
15
National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA) - SRA
 1981-1989
15
National Governors' Council on Science and Technology (NGCST):
Box Folder
15
NGCST
 1976-1995
15
Meetings minutes
 1977-1979
15
Committee - Transportation, Commerce and Technology
 1977
15
Reports, position papers, etc. (2 folders)
 1975-1995
Folder
15
National Resource for Computation in Chemistry (Center) (NRCC)
 1979-1980
15
National Taiwan University - Division of Admissions, The University of Wyoming
 1989
15
Newspaper clippings
 1971-2000
15
Oklahoma State University - Smith Holt
 1981-1992
6
Photograph of UW receiving the Comprehensive Science Education Grant at the National Science Foundation
 1970
15
Publications:
 1977-1978
Box Folder
15
Chilean Cultural Panorama: 1 national emblems amusements and games
 1977
15
By the Comptroller General, Report to the Congress of the United States
 1978
Folder
16
Speeches (2 folders)
 1969-1982
16
Summer High School Institute - E.G. Meyer
 1981-1990
16
Universities Council on Water Resources - University of Nebraska
 1986-1990
16
Western Regional Scientific Laboratory, Inc. (WRSL):
 1977
Box Folder
16
Proposal submitted to energy research and development administration
 August 1977
16
A proposal for management of Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
 January 1977
16
WRSL (correspondence, articles, reports)
 1976-1979
Folder
6
Wool Record and Textile World periodical, "From Prof. E. Gerald Meyer, Dept. of Chemistry, A&S Building, Campus"
 1930
16
Wyoming Council for the Humanities
 undated
16
Wyoming State Science Advisor, G.3.c. (5)
1968-1982
16
Legislative (impact index study), G.3.c. (6)
1975-1976
Dr. E.G. Meyer Oral History interview conducted by the University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center archivist Leslie Waggener:
Box Folder
Digital ahcdm_400074_001-008
Audio
 September 2019 - March 2020
Digital ahcdm_400074_004
Digital Images
 October 25, 2019
Digital ahcdm_4007074_008
Transcripts
 2019-2020
Sub-series 3. Later Career and Partial Retirement
E. Gerald Meyer retired as a professor and Dean at the University of Wyoming in 1990, and was named a professor emeritus. He continued to teach on a part-time basis after his retirement. In addition to his UW career, Meyer also served on various councils around Laramie and the state of Wyoming, including as chairman of the Laramie Area Chamber of Commerce, on the Laramie City Council, and as State Science Adviser. He was named President of the Coal Technology Corporation in 1982, and was a consultant to government agencies and industrial companies for a refining process he invented and patented.
Box Folder
6
Congressional Appropriations for Department of Education Fossil Fuel Programs
 1982-1983
17
Council of Scientific Society (CSSP)
 1996-2004
17
Energy program
 2004
17
"Friends of Staff" Committee
 1994-1997
17
Miscellaneous (articles, clippings)
 1990-2011
6
Science by Mail
 1998-2000
17
Staff senate: stationery
 1995-1998
17
Speaker tour
 November 2000
17
University of Wyoming: Endowments and support
 1997-2010
17
Wyoming Territorial Prison Corporation and Foundation (8 folders)
 1998-2007
Sub-series 4. Correspondence/Subject files:
Box Folder
18-19 and Digital ahcdm_400074_009
Correspondence - Miscellaneous (16 folders, CD)
 1964-2020
19
Correspondence - A-Z
 1964-2015
20
Articles and clippings
 1981-2018
20
Archives (American Heritage Center - AHC)
 1975-2010
20
Art Museum
 1996-2008
20
Biophysical Chemistry
 1961-1987
20
Biophysical Society
 1961-1979
20
Book (John Wesley & Sons Publishing, Inc.)
 1962-2002
20
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
 1969-2019
20-21
Coal Lab (Rocky Mountain, Colorado, Old West Regional (OWRC), Plains)
 1977-1980
21
Contribution thank you's (UW Foundation, etc.) (2 folders)
 1990-2018
21
Council of Colleges of Arts and Science (CCAS)
 1970-2002
21
Division of Student Educational Opportunities (minority students, special services, Upward Bound, etc..)
 1970-1975
21
Faculty work-load project
 1973-1975
22
GAO (General Accounting Office) consultants
 1977-1981
22
Hermias, Sister M.
 1962-1983
22
New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU)
 1963-1973
22
U.S. Congress
 1975-2001
22
U.S. Congress - Cheney
 1979-1993
22
U.S. Senate - Hanson
 1975-1978
22
U.S. Senate - Simpson
 1979-1996
22
U.S. Senate - Thomas
 1990-2004
22
U.S. Senate - Wallop
 1975-1981
22
Visiting industrial professor
 1981-1988
22
Wyoming Community Foundation
 1989-2011
22
Wyoming Council for the Humanities
 1981-1993
22
Wyoming Heritage Foundation and Society
 1988-2001
22
Wyoming Legislature
 1985-1995

Series III. Personal Papers and MiscellaneousReturn to Top

Contains biographical materials about E.G. Meyer and miscellaneous print, newspaper, and phonograph records collected by E. Gerald Meyer.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
9
Audio: "The Great Ones" (phonograph records)
 undated
22
EGM (E. Gerald Meyer) - biographical information
 1980-2017
7
Letter from the Mexican Government Railways System
 1964
22
New Mexico Military Institute (N.M.M.L.)
 1986-1990
8
Newspapers regarding the 100th Anniversary of Yellowstone National Park
 1972
7
Railroad and bus timetables - USA and Mexico
 1960s
22
Resumes/CV - E. Gerald Meyer (Who's Who)
 1975-2000

Processed by Vikki Doherty
April 2016

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