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Paul Emmett Papers, 1918-2001

5. Speeches, Meetings and Travel. 1929-1985, undated.

Series 5 consists primarily of manuscripts of speeches delivered by Emmett. To a lesser extent, his international travel and attendance of various meetings is also documented in this series.


17 boxes

Boxes 5.011 - 5.017 (Page: 11 - 17)



5.011.
Speeches, Meetings and Travel. 1974.
11.1.
Program, Abstracts: Third North American Meeting of the Catalysis Society, P. H. Emmett chairman and concluding remarks. San Francisco, California. February 4-6, 1974.
11.2.
Correspondence, Program, Abstracts: Second International Conference On Solid Surfaces, P. H. Emmett, Chairman of Special Lectures. Kyoto, Japan. March 25-29, 1974.
11.3.
Typescript, Correspondence, Background Material: "Position Statement" for Workshop on "Needs for Fundamental Research in Catalysis as Related to Energy." P. H. Emmett, lecturer. National Science Foundation workshop on Energy/Catalysis. Rice University. June 24-25, 1974.
11.4.
Correspondence, Background Material: Gordon Research Conferences: Catalysis. Colby Junior College, New London, New Hampshire. June 17-21, 1974.
11.5.
Typescript, Abstract, Correspondence, Program, Background Material: Fifty Years Progress in the Study of the Catalytic Synthesis of Ammonia, P. H. Emmett Lecture. Battelle Colloquium, Gstaad, Switzerland. September 2-6, 1974.

5.012.
Speeches, Meetings and Travel. 1974-1975.
12.1.
Correspondence, Program: Symposium on The Catalytic Chemistry of Nitrogen Oxides, Research Laboratories of General Motors, Warren, Michigan. October 7-8, 1974.
12.2.
Correspondence, Program: The Use of Radioactive Carbon in Studying Catalytic Cracking of Hydrocarbons, P. H. Emmett Speaker. First Chemical Congress of the North American Continent. Mexico City, Mexico. November 10-15, 1974.
12.3.
Outlines: Oak Ridge National Laboratory lectures on Coal Gasification, Liquefaction and Desulfurization. P. H. Emmett, lecturer. November 20-22, 1974.

Lecture titles include Physical and Chemical Adsorption and Properties of Coal, Carbonization or Pyrolysis Solvent Refining, Coal Gasification to Form CO and H2, Catalytic Processes Utilizing CO and H2, Liquefaction of Coal and Sulfur Control by Hydrosulfurization, by Flue Gas Scrubbing and by Underground Gasification.

12.4.
Abstracts: Fourth North American Meeting of the Catalysis Society. Toronto, Canada. February 17-19, 1975.
12.5.
Correspondence, Program: Gordon Research Conference: Catalysis. Colby-Sawyer College, New London, New Hampshire. June 16-20, 1975.
12.6.
Outlines, Correspondence: Catalysis Fuel Processes, lecture series by P. H. Emmett. Summer Session: ChE 269S. Stanford University. June 27 - August 22, 1975.
12.7.
Outlines: Physical and Chemical Adsorption and Properties of Coal and Catalytic Processes Utilizing H2- CO; Also Catalytic Hydrodesulfurization, P. H. Emmett lecture series. University of California. August 12, 1975.
12.8.
Outlines, Correspondence, Itinerary: "Lecture Tour Sponsored by the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science: Physical and Chemical Adsorption with Applications to Cracking Catalysts, Moon Dust, Metal-nitrogen Systems, and Coal." Lectures by P. H. Emmett, Japan. October - November 1975.
12.9.
Abstract, Correspondence: Catalytic Synthesis of Ammonia, P. H. Emmett Lecture. Adsorption and Ion Exchange [AIChE] Meeting, American Chemical Society. Los Angeles, California. November 1975.

5.013.
Speeches, Meetings and Travel. 1976.
13.1.
Notes: Ammonia Synthesis, P. H. Emmett Lecture. University of Georgia. February 1976.
13.2.
Program, Abstracts: The California Catalysis Society, Spring Meeting. Berkeley, California. March 26-27, 1976.
13.3.
Outlines, Background Materials: Catalysis, P. H. Emmett lecture series. University of Pittsburgh. June 26-30, 1976.
13.4.
Correspondence, Program: Gordon Research Conference: Catalysis. Colby-Sawyer College, New London, New Hampshire. June 28 - July 2, 1976.
13.5.
Participant List, Group Photograph, Background Materials: Gordon Research Conference: Catalysis. Colby-Sawyer College, New London, New Hampshire. June 28 - July 2, 1976.
13.6.
Meeting Materials: Coal Technology Program, P. H. Emmett, advisory committee. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee. July 8-9, 1976.
13.7.
Correspondence, Program, Proceedings: Sixth International Congress on Catalysis, P. H. Emmett, co-chair. Imperial College, London. July 12-16, 1976.
13.8.
Correspondence, Program, Background Materials: spillover workshop, Brussels, Belgium. July 18-19, 1976.
13.9.
Notes, Correspondence: The Catalytic Synthesis of Ammonia - Retrospect and Prospect, lecture by P. H. Emmett. American Chemical Society, Chicago Section. November 19, 1976.

5.014.
Speeches, Meetings and Travel. 1977.
14.1.
Program, Abstracts: The California Catalysis Society, Spring Meeting. Stanford Research Institute, California. March 31 - April 1, 1977.
14.2.
Program, Abstracts: Fifth North American Meeting of the Catalysis Society. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. April 24-28, 1977.
14.3.
Abstract, Correspondence, Program: Solar Energy Utilization, lecture by P. H. Emmett. Thirty-Second Northwest Regional Meeting, American Chemical Society. P. H. Emmett, Chairman. Portland State University. June 15-17, 1977.
14.4.
Typescript, Background Materials: Fifty Years of Progress in the Study of the Catalytic Synthesis of Ammonia. Symposium on Catalysis of Coal Conversion Processes, Montreal ACS-CIC Joint Meeting. Canada. June 19-22, 1977.
14.5.
Program, Background Materials: Third International Summer Institute in Surface Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. August 22-26, 1977.
14.6.
Meeting Materials: Coal Technology Program Advisory Committee Meeting. Oak Ridge National Laboratory. August 25-26, 1977.

5.015.
Speeches, Meetings and Travel. 1978.
15.1.
Correspondence, Program: 175th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim, California. March 12-17, 1978.
15.2.
Program: Conference on Catalyst Deactivation and Poisoning, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California. May 24-26, 1978.
15.3.
Abstracts, Background Materials: 52nd Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, American Chemical Society. University of Tennessee. June 12-14, 1978.
15.4.
Program: Gordon Research Conference: Catalysis. Colby-Sawyer College, New London, New Hampshire. June 26-30, 1978.
15.5.
Registration Form: Scientific Bases for the Preparation of Heterogeneous Catalysts, Second International Symposium. Belgium. September 4-6, 1978.
15.6.
Preprints: Symposia, American Chemical Society, Division of Petroleum Chemistry. Miami, Florida. September 10-15, 1978.
15.7.
Registration Form: Conference on Catalysis on Zeolites, Hungarian Chemical Society. September 11-13, 1978.
15.8.
Correspondence, Group Photograph, Meeting Materials: Mt. Hood Interactive Planning Workshop. Portland, Oregon. October 15-17, 1978.
15.9.
Abstracts: Heterogeneous Catalysis Research Meeting. Germantown, Maryland. December 13-15, 1978.

5.016.
Speeches, Meetings and Travel. 1979-1981.
16.1.
Program: Sixth North American Meeting of the Catalysis Society, Chicago, Illinois. March 18-22, 1979.
16.2.
Program, Correspondence: Gordon Research Conference: Catalysis. Colby-Sawyer College, New London, New Hampshire. June 25-29, 1979.
16.3.
Program, Background Materials: Conference on Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Catalytic Processes. Noordwijk, Netherlands. August 19-31, 1979.
16.4.
Program, Abstracts: "Advances in Catalytic Chemistry I: A Symposium in Honor of Alex G. Oblad." Snowbird, Utah. October 3-5, 1979.
16.5.
Program: International Symposium: New Horizons in Hydrocarbon Chemistry. University of Southern California. December 10-11, 1979.
16.6.
Typescript: Professor Emmett's Speech. [Biographical talk in which Emmett discusses his early work from high school through his retirement from Johns Hopkins University]. ca. 1970s.
16.7.
Outline: Twenty Minute Talk on the Occasion of the Pioneering Chemist Award, P. H. Emmett lecture. Washington, D. C. May 10, 1980.
16.8.
Program, Abstracts: Nineteenth Annual Spring Symposium of the Pittsburgh Catalysis Society. Monroeville, Pennsylvania. May 28-30, 1980.
16.9.
Program: First International Gas Research Conference, Chicago, Illinois. June 9-12, 1980.
16.10.
Program, Correspondence, Background Materials: Gordon Research Conference: Catalysis. Colby-Sawyer College, New London, New Hampshire. June 23-27, 1980.
16.11.
Abstracts, Program, Participant List, Background Materials: First Berkeley Catalysis and Surface Science Conference. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California. July 16-18, 1980.
16.12.
Outline, Correspondence: Very Small Particles - Less than 1000 Millionth of an Inch: Studying the Surfaces of Finely Divided and Porous Materials, P. H. Emmett Lecture. In-Service Day Science Conference for Elementary Teachers, Portland, Oregon. October 10, 1980.
16.13.
Program: International Symposium: Catalyst Deactivation. Antwerp, Belgium. October 13-15, 1980.
16.14.
Abstracts, Program, Participant List: "The Analysis and Characterization of Surfaces and Interfaces," Twenty-fourth Industrial Affiliates Symposium. Stanford University. October 20-21, 1980.
16.15.
Call for Papers: Material Research Society Annual Meeting. Boston, Massachusetts. November 16-21, 1980.
16.16.
Call for Papers: "Molecular Aspects of Catalysis and Metal Assisted Chemistry," Fourth Biennial Carl S. Marvel Symposium. University of Arizona. March 16-17, 1981.
16.17.
Abstract, Correspondence: Studies of Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis in Iron Catalysts, P. H. Emmett lecture. California Catalysis Society symposium in honor of Paul Emmett, SRI International, Menlo Park, California. March 26-27, 1981.
16.18.
Outline, Correspondence: biographical lecture by P. H. Emmett. Science Club, Astoria High School, Oregon. April 28, 1981.
16.19.
Typescript, Outline: A Lifetime of Effort in Catalytic Research, P. H. Emmett Sigma Xi lecture. Location Unknown. May 5, 1981.
16.20.
Program: Gordon Research Conference: Catalysis. Colby-Sawyer College, New London, New Hampshire. June 22-26, 1981.
16.21.
Program: The California Catalysis Society, Annual Fall Meeting. La Jolla, California. September 24-25, 1981.
16.22.
Abstracts: The Catalysis Society, Seventh North American Meeting. Boston, Massachusetts. October 11-15, 1981.
16.23.
Flyer: The Robert A. Welch Foundation Conferences on Chemical Research XXV. Heterogeneous Catalysis. Houston, Texas. November 9-11, 1981.

5.017.
Speeches, Meetings and Travel. 1982-1985.
17.1.
Proceedings: "Advances in Catalytic Chemistry II: A Symposium in Honor of Heinz Heinemann," Salt Lake City, Utah. May 18-21, 1982.
17.2.
Proceedings: Second GRI Gas Separations Workshop, Gas Research Institute, Boulder, Colorado. October 21-22, 1982.
17.3.
Abstracts: Eighth North American Meeting, The Catalysis Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. May 1-4, 1983.
17.4.
Outline, Notes, Group Photograph: Paul H. Emmett: His Life Work, Students, Research Assistants and Senior Scientists, P. H. Emmett lecture, Gordon Research Conference: Catalysis. Colby-Sawyer College, New London, New Hampshire. June 27 - July 1, 1983.
17.5.
Program: Sixth International Zeolite Conference. Reno, Nevada. July 10-15, 1983.
17.6.
Participants List: Conference on Relations Between Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis, Pacific Grove, California. October 2-5, 1983.
17.7.
Correspondence, Itinerary: 1984 Emmett Lectures in Catalysis. Laboratory of Coal Science, Synthetic Fuels and Catalysis, University of Utah. January 8-14, 1984.
17.8.
Assorted symposia brochures. 1982-1985.