Finding Aid for the Saul Winstein Papers, 1939-1969
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Finding Aid for the Saul Winstein Papers, 1939-1969
Collection number: 1290
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
- Processed by:
- Anne Caiger, November 1981
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, February 2004
© 2004 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
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.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
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copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
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Restrictions on Access
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.
Preferred Citation
[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
Biography
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.
Biographical Narrative
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.
Scope and Content
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.
Organization and Arrangement
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).
Indexing Terms
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.
General Correspondence, 1955-1969, Including Visitors
Box 4
Miscellaneous correspondence, including letters about equipment and U.S. Army contracts, 1942-1966.
Box 5
Photograph of Professor Winstein with Glenn Seaborg and James McCullough.
Box 6
Correspondence, ca. 1946-1955.
Scope and Content Note
re consultant work.
Box 7
Consultant's files, 1960s.
Scope and Content Note
re Hercules.
Boxes 8, 9
Consultant's files, 1960s.
Scope and Content Note
re Hercules and California [Chevron] Research Corporation.
Box 10
Consultant's files, 1955-1969.
Scope and Content Note
re Borax Company and SKF.
Consultant Job Files, 1951-1965
Box 13
T - Z (includes travel files).
Box 13
Correspondence with publishers, 1946-1970.
Box 14
Class and lecture notes, ca. 1941-1961.
Box 15
“Award files,” 1939-1969.
Box 15
Speeches and seminar presentations, 1936-1946.
Box 15
Notes for introduction of Ernst Bergmann, n.d.
Boxes 16-19
Offprints, articles and research notes.
Box 20
Review files for National Academy of Sciences; files
re job applicants and Air Force Scientific Advisory Committee, 1957-1969.
Box 21
Articles and clippings giving biographical information about Weinstein; files
re consultant jobs, 1960s.
Boxes 22-43
Theses and dissertations completed by students under Winstein's supervision.
Flat Box 44
“N. groups (stress on functional).”
Flat Box 44
“Benyali N. carbon strain and partic. birdcage”[?].
Flat Box 44
“Merg. mech. Merg. elim. - sub.”
Flat Box 44
“Merg. - merg. F & S. N H & C.”
