Chemical Engineering Department Records, 1930-1966
Predominant Dates: 1947-1965
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.
ID: RG 153
Extent: 0.1 cubic feet
Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation: Chemical Engineering Department Records (RG 153), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Acquisition Note:
The records were transferred to the Archives in at least two accessions in 1980 and earlier.
Container List
- Series 1: General Reference File, 1930-1966 Add to Shelf
- Series 1 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,
- UnitID: Series 1
- Reel-Folder 1.1: Robert Adamson, 1947 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 1.2: American Chemical Society, 1957-1966 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 1.3: American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1949-1961 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 2.3: American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1961-1962 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 2.4: American Society of Electrical Engineers, 1950-1955 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 3.4: American Society of Electrical Engineers, 1955-1965 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 3.5: American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1950 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 3.6: American Institute of Mining Engineers, 1951-1953 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 3.7: Applications - Staff Positions, 1954-1961 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 3.8: Atomic Energy, 1957-1966 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 3.9: Awards, 1955-1965 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 3.10: Bechtel Scholarships, 1955 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 3.11: T.D. Bhaskar, 1947-1949 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 3.12: General Correspondence and Department Reports of Monthly Activities, 1953-1954 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 3.13: Budget, 1948-1965 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 3.14: Building, 1964-1966 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 3.15: Bureau of Mines, 1951-1963 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 3.16: Bureau of Mines, Fellowship, 1963 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 3.17: Business Office, 1959-1961 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 3.18: John P. Chan, 1952-1954 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 3.19: John Clapp, 1951 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 4.19: John Clapp, 1951 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 4.20: General Correspondence, 1955-1965 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 4.21: Crown Zellerbach Company, 1952-1953 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 4.22: Dean, 1955-1965 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 4.23: Dow Fellowship, 1955-1966 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 4.24: Electrostatic Separation, 1950-1952 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 4.25: Equipment, 1950-1962 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 4.26: Experiment Station, 1953 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 4.27: Experiment Station and Extension, 1950-1955 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 4.28: Extension, 1961-1962 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 4.29: Field Trips, 1948-1955 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 5.29: Field Trips, 1955-1965 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 5.30: Food Technology Research, 1955 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 5.31: General Electric Research, 1950 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 5.32: Honor Societies, 1952 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 5.33: Honors - D.F. Rynning Award, 1954 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 5.34: Interviews, 1953-1964 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 5.35: James G. Knudsen, 1950-1951 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 5.36: Student Applications and Recommendations, 1951-1954 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 5.37: Mining and Ores, 1955-1958 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 5.38: Miscellaneous, 1950-1953 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 5.39: NASA, 1963 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 5.40: National Council for Stream Improvement, 1949-1951 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 5.41: National Science Foundation, 1959-1960 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 6.41: National Science Foundation, 1959-1960 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 6.42: News, 1949-1951 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 6.43: OSEA, 1961-1965 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 6.44: Pollution, 1948-1961 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 6.45: Polymerization, 1930-1946 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 6.46: Public Service, 1955-1962 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 6.47: Radioactive Dating Program, 1950-1955 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 6.48: Raw Material Survey, 1947-1959 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 6.49: Research, 1951-1966 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 6.50: William Schultz, 1964 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 6.51: Service Reports, 1957-1963 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 6.52: Kamal Kumar Sharma, 1963-1964 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 7.53: Staff, 1955-1963 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 7.54: Standard Oil Scholarship, 1956-1965 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 7.55: Subscriptions to News, 1950-1962 Add to Shelf
- Reel-Folder 7.56: Walton's Correspondence, 1951-1953 Add to Shelf
- Series 2: Chemical Engineering Building Construction Records, 1949-1954 Add to Shelf
- Series 2 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.
- UnitID: Series 2
- Box-Folder 1.1 Add to Shelf