Biographical Note

Scope and Content

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Acquisition Info

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Guide to the Edward C. Lingafelter Papers
1959-1994



Creator: Lingafelter, Edward Clay, 1914- , creator
Title: Edward C. Lingafelter Papers
Date Span: 1959-1994
Quantity: 1.0 cubic ft.
Record Group No.: 19.33.5291
Accession No.: 5291-001
Languages: Collection materials are in English.

Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.



Biographical Note

Edward C. Lingafelter was a professor of chemistry at the University of Washington. He was born in 1914 and received a B.S. (1935) and a Ph.D. (1939) from the University of California at Berkeley. In 1939 Lingafelter joined the faculty of the University of Washington, where his research concentrated on the use of x-ray crystallography to study the structure of inorganic metal complexes. He was also interested in chemical education and was one of the earliest faculty members to participate in the university's televised course program. Lingafelter was acting chair of the Department of Chemistry 1976-1978, and he retired in 1983.

Scope and Content

The Lingafelter papers include correspondence, articles, research files, files regarding his lectures and speaking engagements, and discussions of articles by other scientists,1959-1994.

Restrictions on Use

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

Restrictions on Access

Open to all users. Records are stored off-site and advance notice is required for use.

Acquisition Info

Received by the University Archives on January 6, 2003.

Processing Info

Processed in 2003.


Inventory

   
Box/FolderDate
General Correspondence
1/1Bereman, Robert D.1990
1/2Gomez, Stefano1994
1/3Morosin, Bruno1987
1/4Ouchi, Akira1990
1/5Santarsiero, Bernie1980
1/6Miscellaneous1981-1988

   
Box/FolderDate
Lecture Files
1/7October 1987 Lecture Tour1987
1/8University of Victoria1987-1988
1/9-10Miscellaneous1959-1986

   
Box/FolderDate
Research Files
1/11-12Acetylacetonates1974-1992
1/13Cr 3O10 -2 1987-1989
1/14Zn Sol1963

   
Box/FolderDate
Subject Series
1/15120 Years of Crystallography Symposium1982-1983
1/16Bailar Chemistry Text 1981-1985
1/17Galasso, Frank, Article -Journal of Chemical Education 1993-1994
1/18Gillespie, R. J. - Textbook Corrections1988
1/19Hsiang. Wu-Yi - Proof1991
1/20High School Chemistry Course Content1977-1984
1/21-22Mowery, Gerald - Paper1989-1990
1/23Salt Solubility1980
1/24UW Chemistry Department, 1930-1950n.d.
1/25Woodson, Darrell - Draft of Paper on Sphere Packing1991-1992

   
Box/FolderDate
Speeches and Writings
1/26"Closest Packing of Spheres from Layers That Are Not Close-Packed," Journal of Chemical Education, vol. 68, no. 11, November 19911991
1/27"Why Low Melting Does Not Indicate Covalency in MX4 Compounds," Journal of Chemical Education, vol. 70, no. 2, February 19931991-1993

Subject Terms

Personal Names:
Lingafelter, Edward Clay, 1914- --Archives.
Organizations:
University of Washington. University Archives.
Subjects:
Chemistry--Research.
Chemistry--Study and teaching.
Chemists--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives.
College teachers--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives.
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