Finding Aid for the Joseph Wilson McCutchan Papers, ca. 1946-1981
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Joseph Wilson McCutchan Papers,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1946-1981
Collection number: 1684
Creator: McCutchan, Joseph Wilson
Extent: 86 boxes (43 linear ft.)
Abstract: Joseph Wilson McCutchan (1917-1982) was a professor in the UCLA School of Engineering and Applied Science. He made contributions
to the development of courses in design and thermodynamics, and gained prominence in area of saline water conversion. As head
of the Saline Water Conversion Laboratory in 1960, he led a small pilot-plant group for the development of reverse osmosis
(RO) using a UCLA-developed synthetic RO membrane and directed pilot-plant field tests toward the production of potable water
from brackish water, sea water, and agricultural waste water. The collection consists of papers, reports, research, correspondence,
and course work materials related to McCutchan's career at UCLA and as a researcher in reverse osmosis desalination.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Administrative Information
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Transferred by UCLA Water Resources Center Archives, 1991.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Joseph Wilson McCutchan Papers (Collection 1684). Department of Special Collections, Charles E.
Young Research Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
McCutchan was born in Pawnee, Oklahoma, on December 24, 1917; BS in chemical engineering, University of Arkansas; MS in engineering,
UCLA; appointed lecturer at UCLA in 1946 and remained there for the rest of his career; made contributions to the development
of courses in design and thermodynamics; gained prominence in area of saline water conversion; as head of the Saline Water
Conversion Laboratory in 1960, he led a small pilot-plant group for the development of reverse osmosis (RO) using a UCLA-developed
synthetic RO membrane and directed pilot-plant field tests toward the production of potable water from brackish water, sea
water, and agricultural waste water; spent sabbatical leaves in Washington, D.C. at the Office of Saline Water and Office
of Water Research and Technology; consultant to U.S. Navy and Department of the Interior; died on October 15, 1982.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of papers, reports, research, correspondence, and course work materials related to McCutchan's career
as a professor in the UCLA School of Engineering and Applied Science and a researcher in reverse osmosis desalination.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
McCutchan, Joseph Wilson--Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles. School of Engineering and Applied Science--Faculty--Archives.
Saline water conversion--Reverse osmosis process--Research.
Related Material
Collection of Material about Irrigation and Soil Science (Collection 1679). Available at Department of Special Collections,
UCLA.
Box 1
McCutchan Report - membrane research.
Box 2
Membrane separation processes - Morro Bay.
Box 5
Permeability measurements - reverse osmosis.
Box 6
Reverse osmosis - Roswell test facility.
Box 7
Roswell test facility - solvent extraction.
Box 9
Universal Water Corporation - Water Purification Systems Incorporated.
Box 10
Water desalination - W [files].
Box 13
Reverse osmosis, files E, F, S.
Boxes 14-18, 20-25, 37-39
Box 26
- various, Chemisty 134C.
Box 36
Various, U - W, Coalinga.
Box 40
Various, Clemson 1977, D.
Box 47
Reports, saline water research, Engineering 104D, student papers.
Box 48
Saline water reports, annual summary 1975-76, distribution lists, McCutchan files 1972-74.
Box 49
Reports - student & other, Loeb files.
Box 50
Loeb files, contracts & grants proposals, membrane files, desalination.
Box 51
Membrane files, osmosis distillation.
Box 52
Desalination files, Loeb - McCutchan - John.
Box 55
Files M - P, concentration & polarization.
Box 56
Concentration & polarization, files S, T.
Box 58
Graduate course work, research files.
Box 59
Engineering 284D, research files, articles.
Box 60
Subject research files, Engineering 284D.
Box 61
Final exams files, freezing subject files, reprints, notes.
Box 62
Engineering 284D, desalination.
Box 70
Reverse osmosis, desalination.
Box 71
Desalination, irrigation.
Box 72
Desalination, waste water.
Box 73
Waste water, Yuma Plant, reviews 1973-74, publications list.
Box 75
Sea water, Engineering 106A, reports.
Box 77
Respiratory heat exchange, reports.
Box 78
Reports, Hessler material, saline abstracts.
Box 79
Desalination, heat tolerance in aircraft.
Box 80
Desalination, subject files, reprints.
Box 82
Sea water conversion, distillation.
Box 82
Water factory, Coalinga, bibliography, water pollution conference.
Box 83
Correspondence, notebooks, files 1969.
Box 84
Files 1968, Patents, Loeb, Dimplex insulation.
Box 85
Legal files, slides, film, photos, negs.