Series 1: Biographical Information and Awards 1880-1990
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Scope and Content Note
Articles about George C. Pimentel 1980-1988
Bio-bibliographies 1960-1990
Biographical information and data 1980-1988
Chemical & Engineering News article 1988
"Discovery of the Chemical Laser" undated
Coworker lists 1987-1988
Curriculum vitae and bibliography 1988
Description of research undated
"Glorification" on lexitron disk undated
Scientific contributions undated
Stochnik's biography 1984
Who's Who and other biographies 1982-1990
Awards
American Chemical Society award in chemical education 1987
American Institute of Chemistry gold medal 1986-1988
California Scientist of the Year 1964
California Scientist of the Year 1985
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching 1989
Challenges in Chemistry Award 1986
Colorado School of Mines honorary degree 1987
Dana awards in higher education 1988
Guggenheim fellowship 1954
Hosler award 1987
Japan prize 1986
J.C. Polanyi awards 1984
Manufacturing Chemists Association teaching award 1971
Monie A. Ferst Sigma Xi award 1983, 1985, 1988
Nichols award 1984
Nobel Prize nominations 1986-1988
Nominations miscellaneous undated
Oesper award 1987
Priestly medal 1989
Welch award in chemistry 1986
William Procter prize 1985
Interviews
Chemistry in Britain 1988
Journal of Chemical Education 1973
Oral history: Laser History project 1985
Family photographs (on 1 CD Rom) 1880-1988
Series 2: American Chemical Society 1959-1989
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Scope and Content Note
Awards 1985-1989
Board of Directors 1985-1987
Center for the History of Chemistry 1986-1988
Chemical and Engineering News 1982
Chemical People 1983-1984
Committees
Appointments 1985-1986
Chemistry and public affairs 1985-1987
Education 1987
General 1983-1986
Public Affairs and Public Relations 1984-1988
Correspondence 1982-1989
Council policy 1961, 1987-1989
Department of Energy budget 1985-1986
Goals and Objectives (1987) 1986
Grants 1985
Langmuir award 1967-1969
Local sections 1985-1986
Membership 1986-1987
Past-presidential correspondence 1987
Periodic Table 1985-1987
Policy statements 1987
Presidential term
correspondence 1986
Member societies 1986
Testimony 1986
President-elect records 1985
Press releases 1985-1986
Ramsey award 1959-1963
Reports of the ACS president 1985-1987
Statements on DOE budget 1987
Statements on NSF budget 1987
Task Force on Chemical Education 1982-1984
Series 3: Correspondence 1960-1989
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Scope and Content Note
Correspondence 1960-1962
Correspondence 1963-1966
Correspondence 1966-1970
Correspondence 1971-1976
Correspondence 1976-1989
Angewandte Chemie 1966-1967
Bitnet 1988
Fong, Frank 1981-1987
Icarus 1973
Lee, Yuan Pern 1979
McGraw Hill 1973-1975
Nakata, Munetaka 1986-1987
Personal correspondence 1977-1980
Research 1985-1987
Richmond, Geri 1977-1980
Suchard, Dr. S.N. 1972
Series 4: Course Work 1941-1951
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Scope and Content Note
Undergraduate course work at UCLA
Chemistry 102 tests 1942
Nuclear physics 1943
Organic chemistry 1941-1942
P. Chem 1941-1942
Physical chemistry 1942-1943
Statistics 1942-1943
Thermodynamics 1941-1943
Graduate course work at UC Berkeley
Acetaldehyde II 1949
Atomic and molecular orbits 1947
Complex variable math 1947
Courant and Hilbert 1946
Differential equations 1946-1948
Electricity and magnetism 1948
Electronic spectra of benzene and borazole 1947
Group theory 1946-1947
HF 2: Mo l orbitals Circa 1946
Higher algebra 1946
Hydrogen molecule ion 1949
Intermetallic compounds 1948
Mathematics of quantum mechanics 1948
Meson theory 1947
Nuclear anisotropy 1948
Nuclear chemistry 1948
Nuclear physics 1946, 1948
Overlap intervals 1947-1948
Physics 1946-1951
Problems: Pitzer, Coulson 1947
Propositions 1947-1948
Quantum theory 1947
Research on BH 3 1947
Review for prelims 1947
Secant squared potential function 1947
Structure of cyclo octatetraene 1947
Structure of diborane 1947
Studies of nuclear stability 1947
Superconductivity 1948-1949
Theoretical physics 1947
Thermal E.M.F. research 1948
Thermodynamics 1946
Vector analysis 1946
Series 5: Meetings and Travel 1953-1989
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Scope and Content Note
Conference notes 1953
Meetings 1960-1965
Meetings 1964-1972
Meetings 1972-1983
Meetings 1983-1985
Meetings 1985-1988
Meeting notes 1977-1979
Meeting notes 1979-1989
Series 6: Opportunities in Chemistry 1981-1987
Arrangement
Scope and Content Note
Acknowledgement of write ups 1983-1984
Appendices 1982-1985
Beginning policy documents 1982
Chapter 3 1983-1985
Chapters 3-4 1983-1985
Chapters 5-7 1983-1985
Chron file 1982-1984
Drafts from contributors 1983-1984
Drafts from contributors 1983-1984
Correspondence 1982-1987
Data 1981-1984
Disk changes 1985
Distribution list 1987-1988
Executive summary 1985
Follow-on high school version 1986
Funding 1982-1984
Funding trends in chemistry 1983-1988
Input and suggestions 1982-1984
Keyworth briefing 1983
Meetings 1982-1983
Membership 1982
Memos re write ups 1983
Mini-briefings 1983
Mini-briefings 1983
Miscellaneous 1983-1986
National Science Foundation initiative 1986
News articles 1983
Notes 1982-1983
Outline 1983
Outside evaluators 1983
Possible popular writers 1983
Report 1983-1985
Report introduction 1984
Responses to memos 1984
Reviewers 1984-1985
Reviews 1985
Task force I-III records 1982-1984
Task force IV-V records 1982-1985
Thank you and congratulatory letters 1985-1986
Vignettes 1983-1984
Worksheets 1983
Post-publication records 1985-1986
Series 7: Public Service 1945-1989
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Scope and Content Note
American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1973
American Association for the Advancement of Science 1982-1988
American Philosophical Society 1985-1989
American Physical Society: Star Wars study 1969
Anti-ballistic missile program 1969
Argonne distinguished scientists program 1987
Cal Tech evaluation 1966
Coblenz Society 1966-1967
Committee (select) on Higher Education, Texas 1980
Congressional Contacts 1982
Chemical Research, Council for 1983-1984
Executive Office of the President 1964
House Committee on Science and Technology 1984-1987
International Advisory Board on Scientific Instruments and Meetings 1988
Jet Propulsion Laboratory 1987
Lawrence Hall of Science advisory committee 1968-1989
Museum of History and Science 1988
Monsanto Lectures advisory panel 1985
National Academy of Sciences 1976-1989
National Academy of Sciences 1966-1981
National Research Council 1975-1989
National Research Council 1976-1986
National Science Foundation 1977-1988
Office of Naval Research 1945-1946
Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn 1967
Scientists and Engineers for McCarthy 1968
Solar Energy Research Institute 1980
South Carolina science advisory committee for economic development 1986
Stop the War panel 1967-1968
Waterman and NAS nominations 1976
White Mountain research station 1972-1973
Series 8: Research 1939-1989
Arrangement
Scope and Content Note
Chemical lasers 1961-1977
Chemical lasers 1965-1977
Consulting
DIAX 1975
Interphase Corp West 1965
Raychem 1983-1984
Rocketdyne 1972
Grants
Advanced Research Projects agency 1960, 1967
Air Force 1956-1989
Air Force 1981-1989
Air Resources board 1973
American Petroleum institute 1948-1961
Carnegie 1976
Correspondence about grants 1974-1975
Department of Defense 1982-1983
Electro-chemical recovery of solar energy 1974-1975
Fournier 1976
IBM 1985-1987
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 1963-1976
National Science Foundation 1972-1987
Naval Research, office of 1963-1975
North Atlantic Treaty Organization 1969-1970
Petroleum Research fund 1958-1963
Project Clean Air 1971-1972
Smog catchers proposal 1971-1973
University-industry cooperation 1984
Hydrogen bonding 1947-1976
Instrumentation 1946-1965
Matrix Isolation 1962-1984
Notes and data (ABC molecules-graphs) 1949-1981
Computer printouts and spectra 1978-1978
Notes and data (graphs-notebooks) 1947-1988
Notes and data (notebooks-Xe) 1939-1984
Space
Astronomy missions board 1968-1970
Jupiter/Saturn 1972-1977
Jupiter/Uranus 1979
Lunar and planetary missions board 1967-1971
Lunar dust samples 1969-1973
Mariner/Mercury Venus Proposal 1970
Mars/Mariner (infrared spectrometer-charts) 1966-1972
Mars/Mariner calibration tables 1969
Mars/Mariner (contract-Jet Propulsion Lab) 1964-1972
Mars/Mariner digital tape undated
Mars/Mariner (Jet Propulsion Lab-spectra) 1965-1971
Mars/Mariner IRS scan traces 1969
Mars/Mariner rolled data printouts undated
Mars/Mariner rolled data printouts undated
Mars/Mariner rolled data printouts undated
Mars/Mariner scans undated
Mars/Mariner spectra undated
Mars/Mariner (spectra-weekly reports) 1966-1976
Planetary telescope 1973, 1976
Viking 73 1969-1970
Viking film 1972
Spectra 1964-1965
Spectra 1964-1977
Spectra 1966
Spectra 1966
Spectra undated
Series 9: Talks 1964-1987
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Scope and Content Note
Allene-National 1970-1987
H & ClF Rotational Excitation undated
National-Vibrational 1964-1987
Series 10: Teaching 1949-1988
Arrangement
Scope and Content Note
AAAS Chautauqua-type short courses 1970
Bonding and quantum mechanics for teachers 1971
Chemistry courses 1949-1957
Chemistry courses 1957-1964
Chemistry courses 1963-1969
Chemistry courses 1969-1973
Chemistry courses 1973-1984
Chemistry courses 1988
CHEM Study Institute lectures 1963, 1967
Curriculum 1958-1964
Exceptional Students Program 1963-1970
Graduate student administration
Correspondence 1974-1975
Logs 1962-1981
Reports 1982-1983
Graduate students by name 1974-1988
Group theory seminar 1949, 1960
H atom orbitals undated
High school teachers summer institute 1958-1959
Institute for chemical education 1985
Marchon lectures 1977
National conventions for teachers of science 1970-1971
NSF/AID science education 1968-1968
Seminar notes 1950-1951
SESAME qualifying exam 1977-1978
Santa Barbara, Spectroscopy Institute, Quantum Institute 1966-1987
SSB summer study 1970
Vibrational analysis undated
Series 11: University of California 1949-1989
Arrangement
Scope and Content Note
Academic Senate 1964-1969
Agrarian Action project 1984, 1986
Business 1970-1973
Calendars 1973-1988
Chemistry (department) 1962-1989
Chemistry building 1972-1987
Chronological files 1972-1989
Chronological files (restricted) 1963-1970
Chronological files (restricted) 1971-1974
Committees
Academic planning 1972-1976
Art conservation 1972-1973
Chemistry 1, 4, 5 1985-1987
Chinese laser delegation 1974
Committee on committees 1975-1978
Computer use 1964
Educational policy 1966
Council for an academic community/"campus sanity committee" 1969
Faculty effort reporting 1982-1983
Graduate council 1963-1964
Intellectual property advisory committee 1985-1986
Limitations of enrollment 1964
Noyce prize 1988
Raleigh group 1965
Science policy 1973-1974
Select committee on education 1965-1966
Subvention 1963
Teaching evaluation forms 1971
University wide committee on educational policy 1965-1966
Conflict of interest statements 1981-1989
Correspondence 1976-1983
Laser patent 1965
Lawrence Berkeley (National) Laboratory/Laboratory for Chemical Biodynamics
Appointment 1979-1980
Chronological file 1980-1987
Divisional review 1981, 1984, 1986
Department of Energy 1981-1989
Job content questionnaire 1982
Job description 1986
Miscellaneous 1989
Tritium facility 1981-1983
Tritium facility 1981-1989
Security clearance 1981
Life sciences advisory council 1987-1988
Loyalty oath 1949-1950
Miller application 1969, 1971
Patent proposals: solar energy 1974-1975
Peer teaching 1974-1976
Phone logs 1966-1984
Radio astronomy laboratory 1972
Science policy colloquium 1975-1976
Science research policy 1971-1974
Secretary's notebooks 1982-1986
Space sciences laboratory 1966-1972
UC Santa Cruz job offer 1972
Series 12: Writing 1949-1989
Arrangement
Scope and Content Note
Books and monographs
Chem Study 1965-1976
Chemical Bonding 1968-1970
Faculty comments on books 1968-1969
Free Radicals (chapter) 1958-1959
Holden-Day correspondence, etc. 1960-1974
Hydrogen Bond Book 1956-1971
Hydrogen Bond Book 1956-1958
Understanding Chemical Thermodynamics 1968-1969
Understanding Chemistry 1958-1975
Film, video, audio
Lasers lectures: audio draft transcripts 1972
Butyl Bromide film 1974
Chemical Education film 1973
Energy film 1974
Entropy Circa 1970-1979
Instructional T.V. in science and engineering 1973
Who's in Charge Here? film 1976-1977
Wondering about Things film 1970-1977
Journal articles and reprints
List 1975
By title 1955-1988
By date 1949-1973
By date 1964-1979
Draft manuscripts (2 -Chemiluminescence) 1957-1989
Draft manuscripts (Chemiluminescence-HF) 1959-1989
Draft manuscripts (HF-Infrared) 1950-1989
Draft manuscripts (Infrared-Matrix) 1960-1988
Draft manuscripts (Methyl-Photolysis) 1966-1989
Draft manuscripts (Methyl-Various) 1955-1989
Draft manuscripts (Vibrational-Xue) 1978-1989
Encyclopedia of Physics: hydrogen bond article 1989
Interview of Glen Seaborg 1981
Italian encyclopedia article 1980
Opinion: supersonic transport 1971
Polyacetylene bibliography 1984
Press release: Special Opportunities in Chemistry 1984
Reviews written 1980-1981
Technologisch Gezelschap yearbook introduction 1988