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Title: Saul Winstein Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1939-1969
Collection number: 1290
Creator:
Winstein, Saul, 1912-1969
Extent: 43 boxes (21.5 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Dept. of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Saul Winstein (1912-1969) was a professor of chemistry at UCLA (1941-1969). He specialized in physical-organic chemistry and
reaction mechanisms, and wrote over 175 articles for journals since 1933; won the award in pure chemistry from the American
Chemical Society in 1948 and the Theodore William Richards Medal for 1962. The collection consists of Winstein's correspondence,
consultant job files, class, lecture and research notes, offprints, articles and clippings, student dissertations supervised
by Winstein, and glass slides and transparencies.
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.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Portions of this collection are restricted. Consult the finding aid for additional information.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Sylvia Winstein, 1981 & 1990.
[Identification of item], Saul Winstein Papers (Collection 1290). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4234014
Winstein was born on October 8, 1912 in Montreal, Canada; BA (1934) and MA (1935), UCLA; Ph.D, California Institute of Technology,
1938; National Research Fellow in Chemistry, Harvard University, 1939-40; instructor, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1940-41;
instructor, assistant and associate professor (1941-47) and professor of chemistry (1947-69), UCLA; specialized in physical-organic
chemistry and reaction mechanisms, and wrote over 175 articles for journals since 1933; won the award in pure chemistry from
the American Chemical Society in 1948 and the Theodore William Richards Medal for 1962.
Saul Winstein (1912-1969) was born in Montreal, Canada and came in 1923 to the United States, where he received his higher
education at UCLA and the California Institute of Technology. His pecial field was physical-organic chemistry and reaction
mechanisms, and his distinguished career at UCLA began with his appointment as instructor in 1941/42. He was Professor of
Chemistry, 1947-1969.
Collection consists of correspondence, consultant job files, class, lecture and research notes, offprints, articles and clippings,
student dissertations supervised by Winstein, and glass slides and transparencies of Saul Winstein, UCLA professor of chemistry.
Arranged in the following series:
- Correspondence (Boxes 1-6, 13).
- Consultant's files (Boxes 7-13).
- Class and lecture notes (Box 14).
- Award files and speeches and seminar presentations (Box 15).
- Offprints, articles, and research notes (Boxes 16-19).
- Files re National Academy of Sciences and Air Force Scientific Advisory Committee (Box 20).
- Articles and clippings about Winstein (Box 21).
- Theses and dissertations supervised by Winstein (Boxes 22-43).
- Glass slides and transparencies (Box 44).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Winstein, Saul, 1912-1969--Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles. Dept. of Chemistry--Faculty--Archival resources.
Chemists--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.