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Finding aid written in English.Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard).University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections0644Reifler, Erwin, 1903-1966Erwin Reifler papers1940-19841925-19848.24 cubic ft. (12 boxes plus one oversize vertical file)Collection materials are inEnglish.Correspondence, and manuscript re his research and writing, articles on linguistics, machine translation, Chinese texts with translations, Chinese texts.

Erwin Reifler came to University of Washington in 1947 as visiting professor in Far Eastern Institute. He became an associate professor for Chinese Language in 1950. Born 1903, died 1966.

Organized into 8 accessions.

Accession No. 0644-001, Erwin Reifler papers, 1955-1964Accession No. 0644-002, Erwin Reifler papers, 1940-1963Accession No. 0644-003, Erwin Reifler papers, 1953-1965Accession No. 0644-004, Erwin Reifler papersAccession No. 0644-006, Erwin Reifler papers, 1925-1984Accession No. 0644-007, Erwin Reifler papers, 1938-1971Accession No. 0644-008, Erwin Reifler papers, 1930-1965

Correspondence, speeches, writings, and teaching materials, chiefly concerned with Reifler's research and writing. Includes materials concerning his work on a Chinese language machine translation project.

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University Archives/Faculty Papers (University of Washington)Berriman, A. ECeccato, SilvioDehergne, JosephDinsmoor, William B., 1953-Falkenberg, Hans-GeertGoodrich, L. Carrington (Luther Carrington), 1894-1986Griggs, ThurstonHarrington, John PeabodyHarris, Zellig S. (Zellig Sabbettai), 1909-1992Hoenigswald, Henry M., 1915-2003Hopkins, Clark, 1895-1976Kisch, Bruno, 1890-1966Kramer, Samuel Noah, 1897-1990Machabey, Armand, -1886Micklesen, Lew RMiller, Madeleine S. (Madeleine Sweeny), 1890-1976Needham, Joseph, 1900-1995Pichl, KarlPoppe, Nicholas, 1928-Reifler, Erwin, -1966Schaginger, BennoScott, R. B. Y. (Robert Balgarnie Young), 1899-Sjogvist, ErikTaylor, George Edward, 1905-2000Uher, KarlVendryes, J. (Joseph), 1875-1960Vogel, KurtArchaeological Institute of AmericaMetropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Egyptian ExpeditionMusée du LouvreUniversity of Washington. University ArchivesUniversity of Washington. Department of Far Eastern and Slavic Languages and LiteratureColleges and UniversitiesLanguage and Languages

Accession No. 0644-001: Erwin Reifler papers, 1955-19641.97 cu. ft. (3 boxes)

Scope and Content: Correspondence, and manuscript re his research and writing, 1955-1964.

Box 1 - Articles on linguistics, machine translation. Box 2 - Chinese texts with translations. Box 3 - Chinese texts (multiple copies with dittomasters).

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Henrietta Reifler, transferred by G & E; 11 and 12 August 1966, 1966-08-11

Series 1Subject Series1/1-250644-001Preclassical Chinese texts

Scope and Content: Series of replications of Chinese texts in the ancient script. Frequently, the modern script rendition is also included. These were probably classroom materials.

1/270644-001Chinese Texts

Scope and Content: A copy of the article "Mao-kung Ting" by Tung Tsuo Pin (missing page 2)

Series 2Miscellaneous1/280644-001"Russian to English Grammar Coding Conference"19611/290644-001Notes taken at conference on Standards for a Common Language for Machine Searching and Translation19591/300644-001Information on the Association for Machine Translation and Computational Linguistics19631/310644-001Ditto FragmentsSeries 3Speeches and Writings2/10644-001"The Archaeological and Metrological Evidence for an Indus Valley and Sumero-Babylonian Origin of the Ancient Chinese Measuring System"19642/20644-001"The Philological and Mathematical Problems of Wang Mang's Standard Grain Measures: The Earliest Chinese Approximation to (Pi)"19642/20644-001"On M. V. Sofronov's Paper 'The General Principles on Machine Translation From the Chinese Language'"19592/30644-001"Materials for the Mechanical Translation Pilot Model Project at the University of Washington, Seattle"19552/30644-001"The Machine Translation Project at the University of Washington, Seattle"2/30644-001"MT Linguistics and MT Lexicography at the University of Washington, Seattle"19592/4-70644-001"The Chinese-English Machine Translation Project - Final Report to the National Science Foundation" (Grant #G 13579)1962Series 4Machine Translation Project - Chinese Texts and/or Translations2/80644-001"Achievements in the Utilization of Wild Plants in the Last Decade"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 1

2/90644-001"The Development of China's Technological Sciences in the Last Decade"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 3. Only Chinese text.

2/100644-001"The Development of Our Nation's Scientific Technological Enterprises"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 4. Only Chinese text.

2/110644-001"China's Progress in the Physical Sciences"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 5

2/120644-001"Developments in Geological Work in Communist China in the Past Decade"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 6

2/130644-001"Developments in the Field of Geography in Communist China, 1949-1959"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 7

2/140644-001"Coal Mining Information on Communist China"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 9

2/150644-001"The Great Developments and Achievements in Geophysical Prospecting Techniques During the Past Decade"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 10

2/160644-001"The Results and Future of Scientific Research in Geophysical Prospecting in China"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 11

2/170644-001"Communist China's Progress in Meteorological Observation Techniques in the Past Decade"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 13

2/180644-001"Development of Meteorological Services in China in the Past Decade"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 14

2/190644-001"Development of Meteorological Research in China in the Past Decade"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 15

2/200644-001"Communist China's Researches in Dynamic Meteorology in the Past Decade"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 16

2/210644-001"Communist China's Achievements in Numerical Weather Forecasting"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 17

2/220644-001"Communist China's Research on Long Range Weather Forecasting During the Past Decade"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 18

2/230644-001"Development of Research on Atmospheric Circulation in Our Country in the Past Ten Years"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 19

2/240644-001"The Development of Research on Atmospheric Circulation in New China"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 20

2/250644-001"Chinese Studies on Precipitation During the Past Decade"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 21

2/260644-001"China's Experiments in Artificial Precipitation"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 22

2/270644-001"Artificial Precipitation Work in Communist China in 1959"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 23

2/280644-001"Meteorological Education in the Last Decade"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 24

2/290644-001Meteorological Sciences Report2/300644-001"Ten Years' Development of Metallurgical Research and Technology in Communist China"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 26

2/310644-001"The Advancements of Our Nation in Petroleum Chemistry and Processing in the Past Decade"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 27. Only Chinese text.

2/320644-001"Electric Power Construction Research and Techniques in Communist China"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 28

2/330644-001"Water Conservancy in Communist China During the Last Decade"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 30

2/340644-001Engineering and Construction

Scope and Content: MTP Article 32

2/350644-001Civil Engineering Report

Scope and Content: MTP Article 33

2/360644-001"A Decade of Highway Construction in Communist China"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 34

2/370644-001"Ship Building and Design Work in Communist China"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 36

2/380644-001"The Developments of China in Sulfate Science Technology in the Past Decade"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 38. Only Chinese text.

2/390644-001"New China's Active Developments in Soil Sciences"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 39

2/400644-001"Summary of Communist China's Achievements in the Medical Sciences in the Past Decade"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 40

2/410644-001"New China's Achievements in Surgery"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 43

2/420644-001"New China's Achievements in Anesthesiology"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 46. Only Chinese text.

2/430644-001"The Developments and Achievements of Our Country in Physiology and Pathology"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 50. Only Chinese text.

2/440644-001"The Progress and Achievements in the Field of Cancer Experimental Research Since the Establishment of the Nation 10 Years Ago"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 51. Only Chinese text.

2/450644-001"The Pathological, Anatomical and Experimental Pathological Researches of our Nation Concerning Osteopathological Diseases in the Past Ten Years"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 52. Only Chinese text.

2/460644-001"The Pathological Researches of Our Nation Concerning 'Caisson Disease' in the Past Decade"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 53. Only Chinese text.

2/470644-001"Communist China's Achievements in Hematology in the Past Decade''

Scope and Content: MTP Article 54

2/480644-001"Communist China's Achievement in Clinical Radiology in the Past Decade"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 62

2/490644-001"New China's Research Achievements in Nutrition in the Past Decade"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 69

2/500644-001"Studies on the Prevention and Treatment of Poliomyelitis"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 75

2/510644-001"A Summing Up of our Nation's Respiratory Disease [Work] in the Past Decade"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 78. Only Chinese text.

2/520644-001"Chinese Research Related to Infectious Hepatitis in the Past Decade"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 79

2/530644-001"Progress in Community and Industrial Hygiene"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 82

2/540644-001Articles on Communist China's Progress in Pharmacology in the Past Decade

Scope and Content: MTP Article 85

2/550644-001Chemical Industries

Scope and Content: MTP Article 86. Only Chinese text.

2/560644-001"Progress in the Use of Radioisotopes in the Field of Medicine Since Liberation"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 87

2/570644-001"Translations from 'K'o-Hsueh Hsin-Wen' (Science News)"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 88

2/580644-001"Mathematical Research in Communist China in the Past Ten Years"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 90

2/590644-001"Communist China Makes Great Strides in the Peaceful Utilization of Atomic Energy"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 94

2/600644-001"China's Advances in Chemistry in the Past Decade"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 97

2/610644-001"Communist China's Progress in Inorganic, Organic and Physical Chemistry in Recent Decade"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 98

2/620644-001"Marine Chemistry and its Development"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 99

2/630644-001"Chemical Industry in China"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 101

2/640644-001"New China's Progress in the Chemical and Chemical Engineering of High Polymers"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 102

2/650644-001"Some of China's Researches on Ion-Exchange Resins"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 103

2/660644-001"Marine Biology of our Country in the Past Decade"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 105. Only Chinese text.

2/660644-001"China's Marine Biology of the Last Decade"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 105. Only Chinese text.

2/670644-001"Botany in Communist China During the Last Decade"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 106

2/680644-001"New China's Entomological Researches"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 107. Only Chinese text.

2/690644-001"Work of the Laboratory of Embryology, Institute of Oceanography, Academia Sinica, In the Past Eight Years"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 108

2/700644-001"Researches of the Electro-Physiology of Vision in Communist China"

Scope and Content: MTP Article 110

2/710644-001FragmentsAccession No. 0644-002: Erwin Reifler papers, 1940-1963.23 cu. ft. (1 box)

Scope and Content: Correspondence, ca. 1940-1963.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Mrs. Erwin Reifler (Henrietta), 1978-03-24

Series 1General Correspondence1/10644-002American Junior Chamber of Commerce, Shanghai1940-194113 items1/10644-002American Oriental Society19502 items1/20644-002Baladinov, M.19481 item1/20644-002Berriman, A. E.1957-195815 items1/20644-002Bodde, Derk19483 items1/20644-002Booth, Andrew D.1960-19613 items1/20644-002Britton, Roswell S.19473 items1/30644-002Ceccato, Silvio1957-196031 items1/40644-002Dehergne, J.1947-195020 items1/40644-002Detweiler, A. Henry19501 item1/50644-002Fenn, Henry Courtney19462 items1/50644-002Foncke, Robert19581 item1/50644-002Ford, J. D. M.19474 items1/50644-002Ford Foundation1959-19606 items1/60644-002Gelb, I. J.19513 items1/60644-002Goldman, Solomon1951-19525 items1/60644-002Goodrich, L. Carrington1941-195212 items1/60644-002Great Britain, Embassy, Shanghai19461 item1/60644-002Griggs, Thurston19484 items1/70644-002Harrington, John P.1947-19486 items1/70644-002Harris, Zellig19481 item1/70644-002Hoenigswald, Henry M.19491 item1/70644-002Houston, O. R.19513 items1/70644-002Hughes, E. R.19463 items1/80644-002Kranzmayer, Eberhard19572 items1/90644-002Maretti, Enrico19571 item1/90644-002Micklesen, Lew R.19575 items1/90644-002Miller, Norman C.19602 items1/100644-002Needham, Joseph1946-19474 items1/110644-002Pfleger, Robert19571 item1/110644-002Pichl, Karl1957-19618 items1/120644-002Schaginger, Benno1957-196346 items1/120644-002Srulowitz19471 item1/130644-002Thumb, Norbert19571 item1/140644-002Uher, Karl1957-19616 items1/150644-002Vendryes, Joseph19571 item1/150644-002Viking Fund, Inc.1947-194916 itemsAccession No. 0644-003: Erwin Reifler papers, 1953-19653.03 cu. ft. (3 boxes plus one oversize vertical file)

Scope and Content: Correspondence, speeches and writings, notes, 1953-1965.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: H.J. Griffin, 1978-04-04

Series 1General Correspondence1/10644-003American Oriental Society19532 items1/10644-003Archaeological Institute of America1959-196011 items1/20644-003Dinsmoor, William B. (includes notes)19606 items1/30644-003Falkenberg, Hans-Geert1964-19656 items1/40644-003Galling , Kurt19542 items1/40644-003Goodrich, Luther Carrington1961-19649 items1/40644-003Greitul, S. N.19581 item1/50644-003Historical Library, Connecticut19631 item1/50644-003Hopkins, Clark (includes notes)195916 items1/60644-003India, International Trade Ministry, Weights and Measures1963-19649 items1/60644-003Institute of Weights and Measures Administration, Manchester, England1963-196420 items1/60644-003Isis1961-19649 items1/70644-003Kisch, Bruno1960-196415 items1/70644-003Kramer, Samuel Noah19614 items1/70644-003Kyoto National Museum, Japan19592 items1/80644-003Lawrence, A. W.19601 item1/90644-003Machabey, Armand1961-1965 19 items1/90644-003Metropolitan Museum of Art, Egyptian Art Department (includes notes)1962-196422 items1/100644-003Miller, Madeleine S. (includes notes19565 items1/110644-003Poppe, Nicholas (includes notes)19563 items1/120644-003Princeton Institute for Advanced Study19634 items1/130644-003Science Museum, London1961-196417 items1/140644-003Scott , R. B. Y.1962-196427 items1/150644-003Sjogvist, Erik (includes notes)19608 items1/160644-003Smithsonian Institution1963-19659 items1/170644-003Taylor, George E.19533 items1/180644-003United Kingdom Scientific Mission19581 item1/190644-003U. S. President. Science and Technology Office19634 items1/200644-003Vogel, Kurt1960-19658 items1/210644-003Wolfson, Harry A. 19591 itemSeries 2Speeches and Writings1/220644-003"A Prehistoric Link Between the Measuring Systems of Sumeria and the Indus Valley"19651/230644-003"Additional Evidence for a Prehistoric Link Between the Measuring Systems of Sumeria and the Indus Valley"19641/240644-003"Another Evidence for a Prehistoric Link Between the Measuring Systems of Ancient China and Sumeria"19651/250644-003"The Archaeological and Metrological Evidence for an Indus Valley and Sumero-Babylonian Origin of the Ancient Chinese Measuring System"19641/260644-003"Eurasian Metrology"19591/270644-003'The Evidence for the Common Origin of the Measuring Systems of Ancient China, Mohenjo-Daro and Sumero-Babylonia"19591/280644-003"The Evidence for the Near Eastern Origin of the Doric and the Parthenon Foot Standard"19621/290644-003"Ezekiel's East Gate and the Solomonic Gate of Megido"19531/300644-003"The Foot of Chou and the Span of Han"19621/310644-003"Historical Metrology and the Dimensions of the Erechtheum, the Parthenon and the Propylaea"19601/320644-003"Historical Metrology and the Riddle of Proportions in the Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens, A Simple Solution"19591/330644-003"The Length Measures of Wang Mang and Josephus and the Cubit Rod of the Pharaoh Hor-Em-Heb"19581/340644-003"The Measuring Systems of Greece and Rome in the Light of the Information Supplied by Archaeology and Ancient Writers"19591/350644-003"The Mt of Ezekiel 40/5-15, Is it Really Corrupt?"19651/360644-003"On the Thickness of Flanking Walls of Some Solomonic City Gates"19541/370644-003"The Origin of the Anglo-American Measuring System"19611/380644-003"The Philological and Mathematical Problems of Wang Mang's Standard Grain Measures, The Earliest Chinese Approximation to (Pi)"approximately 19641/390644-003"The Proportion 9:4 in the Architecture of the Ancient Old World, Its Metrological and Mathematical Significance "19601/400644-003"The Semantic Parallelism of Job v/3 of the Hebrew Bible"1951Series 3Grant Applications1/410644-003"Research in the Metrology of the Ancient Civilizations of the Old World as an Important Source of Information About Their Contribution to the History of Scientific Ideas"1962Series 4Notes20644-003Notes, calculations, photographs, technical reference materialsundated30644-003Notes, calculations, photographs, technical reference materialsundatedOSVF 2120644-003Notes, calculations, photographs, technical reference materials, and mapundatedAccession No. 0644-004: Erwin Reifler papers, [Information not available].46 cu. ft. (1 box)

Scope and Content: Transcripts of books compiled form notes of Reifler by H.J. Griffin "A Comparative History of Metrology" and "Ancient Hebrew and Solominic Building Construction." See introdutory remarks to each volume.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: H.J. Griffin via Henrietta Reifler, 1979-04-01

Accession No. 0644-006: Erwin Reifler papers, 1925-1984.23 cu. ft. (1 box)

Scope and Content: Writings, prospectuses, and abstracts, 1925-1964

Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: No information given

Series 1Writings10644-006Studies in Mechanical Translation: No. 1 - MTundated10644-006Studies in Mechanical Translation: No. 2 - Some Problems of the Mechanical Translation of Languagesundated10644-006Studies in Mechanical Translation: No. 3 - MT with a Pre-Editor and Writing for MTundated10644-006Studies in Mechanical Translation: No. 4 - General MT and Universal Grammarundated10644-006Studies in Mechanical Translation: No. 5 - Report on the First Conference on Mechanical Translation, June 17-20, 1952, at the MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts195210644-006"Ever Think of Your Ancestor!" A Pious Interpretative Fraud of Early Confucianism and Its Consequences for the Formal and Semantic Interpretation of the Wen Wang Ode10644-006Report on the First Conference on Mechanical Translation10644-006Mechanical Determination of the Constituents of German Substantive CompoundsSeries 2Prospectuses10644-006Ancient Hebrew and Solomonic Building Construction198410644-006A Comparative History of Metrology1984Series 3Abstract10644-006The Chinese Language in the Light of Comparative Semantics1948Accession No. 0644-007: Erwin Reifler papers, 1938-1971 (bulk 1950-1963)1.28 cu. ft. (1 box)

Scope and Content: Correspondence, grant files, clippings, class notes and writings, 1938-1971 (bulk 1950-1963).

Erwin Reifler was a professor of Chinese Languages and Literature. The bulk of the papers in this accession concern his interest in the machine translation of language particularly the machine translation of Chinese to English.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Donald Gibbs, Univ. of CA, Davis, sent two boxes to Benjamin S. Asia, Seattle Atty., who in turn brought the two boxes to the University Archives on November 17, 1989., 1989-11-17

10644-007General Correspondence1951-196310644-007Grant Files (Machine Translation Project)1956-19634 folders10644-007Clippings1950-196510644-007Class Notesundated2 folders10644-007Automatic Translation195810644-007Machine Translation Example196010644-007U.S. Government Hearings on Machine Translation196010644-007Writings1938-19719 folders10644-007Writings by Others1940, 1959-19633 foldersAccession No. 0644-008: Erwin Reifler papers, 1930-1965.83 cu. ft. (2 boxes)

Scope and Content: Correspondnece and scrapbooks, 1930-1965.

Box 1: Correspondence, 1940-63. Box 2: 2 scrapbooks, 1930-1965.

Per Henrrietta Reifler, most, if not all, of the correspondence is with colleagues, describing his work in great detail.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Henritta Reifler, 1990-03-23