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Call Number: SC0313
Creator:
Parlee, Norman A.D., d.1985.
Title: Norman A.D. Parlee papers
Dates: 1873-1983
Bulk Dates: 1948-1983
Physical Description:
1.5 Linear feet
Summary: The bulk of these papers consists of correspondence, memos,
proposals, reports, and financial records, 1973-1983, pertaining to his research
projects funded by or submitted to the Center for Materials Research at Stanford
University. Other papers include correspondence, memos, notes, papers, course materials,
reports, reprints, clippings, photographs, and memorabilia, 1873-1983, pertaining to the
history of metallurgy, teaching, the Dominion Steel and Coal Corp., publications, and a
business trip to Europe in 1949.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
Gift of the estate of Norman A.D. Parlee, 1985.
This collection is open for research.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is
given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not
intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission
must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of
digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Norman A.D. Parlee (SC0313). Department of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Parlee was professor of metallurgy in the Dept. of Mineral Engineering at Stanford
University from 1962 until his retirement in 1982; he was professor emeritus until his
death in 1985. A graduate of Dalhousie and McGill Universities, Parlee began his career
as a research metallurgist at Dominion Steel and Coal Corp. in 1939. He left industry in
1952 to join the faculty at Purdue University. He was a fellow of the Chemical Institute
of Canada and the American Institute of Chemistry.
The bulk of these papers consists of correspondence, memos, proposals, reports, and
financial records, 1973-1983, pertaining to his research projects funded by or submitted
to the Center for Materials Research at Stanford University. Other papers include
correspondence, memos, notes, papers, course materials, reports, reprints, clippings,
photographs, and memorabilia, 1873-1983, pertaining to the history of metallurgy,
teaching, the Dominion Steel and Coal Corp., publications, and a business trip to Europe
in 1949.
Dominion Steel and Coal Corp.
Parlee, Norman A.D., d.1985.
Stanford University. Center for Materials
Research.
Stanford University. School of Engineering
--Faculty.
Metallurgical research.
Metallurgy --Study and teaching.
Photoprints