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Series 5) RESEARCH FILES: This series contains research materials produced by Stanley Miller and students working in his lab at UCSD. In most cases, the folder titles were transcribed from the original files and the original filing order was retained. The series is arranged in five subseries: A) General, B) GC-MS Spectra Graphs, C) Student Research Files, D) Laboratory Notebooks, and E) Steam Car.

A) Materials in the General files include chromatograms, annotated reprints, research notes and calculations produced by Miller and his students. Folder titles were transcribed from Miller's original files and the original order was retained. This subseries also contains materials for special projects in which Miller participated, including Miller's work with the Viking Lander Project and his research from two expeditions with the research vessel Alpha Helix. The standard set of reprints and instructions regarding his electric discharge experiment, which Miller would regularly send to inquiring students, can be found here as well.

B) The GC-MS Spectra Graphs subseries contains research graphs produced by Miller and his students. The folder titles in this subseries were transcribed from original files and the original filing order was retained.

C) Student Research Files are comprised of files dedicated to specific student's research. The folders are arranged alphabetically by student name, with unidentified files at the end.

D) The Laboratory Notebooks subseries contains Miller's laboratory notebooks, as well as the lab notebooks of students who conducted research in Miller's lab. Notebooks are arranged alphabetically by researcher and range in date from ca.1954 to 2000.

E) Materials in the Steam Car subseries include correspondence, grant proposals, progress reports, research, and press releases regarding the construction of a steam powered automobile by UCSD students in a project led by Miller. Also included are applications and rules for the 1970 Clean Air Car Race (CACR), organized by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Photographs of the UCSD Steam Javelin, which raced in the Clean Air Car Race, as well as research images of steam engines can be found in Series 11: IMAGES AND RECORDINGS.

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