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Verner Schomaker papers, 1955-1985

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Schomaker, Verner
Title
Verner Schomaker papers
Dates
1955-1985 (inclusive)
Quantity
10.00 cu. ft. (10 boxes)
Collection Number
5292 (Accession No. 5292-001)
Summary
Correspondence, subject files, course materials and exams of a UW professor of chemistry
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Open to all users, but access to portions of the papers restricted. Contact repository for details.

Records stored offsite; advanced notice required for use.

Request at UW

Languages
English
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Biographical Note

Professor of Chemistry, University of Washington.

Schomaker was born in 1914. He received a B.S. (1934) and an M.S. (1935) from the University of Nebraska. He received his Ph.D. (1938) from the California Institute of Technology, where he was also a Hale Fellow (1938-1940) and Senior Fellow (1940-1945). Schomaker obtained his Ph.D. with Linus Pauling and contributed substantial structural information to Pauling for his work The Nature of the Chemical Bond. He left Cal Tech in 1958 to work for the Union Carbide Research Institute in New York. In 1965, he joined the University of Washington's Chemistry Department as chair of the department, a position he held until 1970. His research at the UW centered on x-ray crystallographic studies of zeolites and other inorganic and organic molecules. He retired from the UW in 1983 and died in 1997.

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Content Description

Correspondence, subject files, course materials and exams; 1955-1985.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Arranged in 8 series.

  • Series 1, Daily Files
  • Series 2, Correspondence
  • Series 3, Cumulative Exams
  • Series 4, Research Equipment Proposals
  • Series 5, Miscellaneous Files
  • Series 6, Restricted
  • Series 7, Class Materials, Notes, Handouts, Etc.
  • Series 8, Email Printouts

Preservation Note

Records stored offsite; advanced notice required for use.

Acquisition Information

Ronald E. Stenkamp, 2003-01-06

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

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Subject Terms

  • University Archives/Faculty Papers (University of Washington)

Personal Names

  • Schomaker, Verner--Archives

Other Creators

  • Corporate Names

    • University of Washington. University Archives


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