Paper Preparation & Technical Work, S-SO2

File — Box: 51

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Scope and Contents

From the Series: This section is comprised of materials relating to Thomas' career as a scientist, his labwork in materials testing for ASTM, and his preliminary drafts and references for his published and non-published papers. The first six boxes of this section are lab notebooks and reports from several agencies and companies with which Thomas affiliated. Of important note are the Oxford University notebooks containing data and experimentation notes on the formation of formaldehyde. These books date from 1915-1919 when Thomas was working at Oxford and, later, in England on chemical warfare. The bulk of this section of the collection is the "Paper Preparation and Technical Work" section. This portion of the collection houses all of Thomas' preliminary work as a tester, consultant, and scientist-technical writer. The materials are grouped topically. In some cases, it may be necessary to peruse all folders with a similar title for relevant materials and overlapping information. The third segment of this section houses material relevant to Thomas' varied committee tenureships. The material is largely composed of meeting notices, memos, and correspondence about upcoming meetings. The various organizations include (but are not limited to): AARP, ACS, AMS, AEC, ASTM and others. The first four boxes are an alphabetic arrangement of small folders of several organizations. The other boxes are complete committees in and of themselves. Following the committees section is a small section entitled, "Seminars, Conferences and Workshops." This sections contains various information about seminars in which Thomas was a participant and in which he was a director. The first two boxes are an alphabetical and chronological arrangement of such conferences. The third box is entirely devoted to one large seminar: The Minneapolis Symposium.

The final section of this segment is a collection of court material and cases in which Thomas was called as an air pollution consultant or expert witness.

Dates

1914-1976

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.