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Call Number: SC0313
Creator:
Parlee, Norman A.D., d.1985.
Title: Norman A.D. Parlee papers
Dates: 1873-1983
Bulk Dates: 1948-1983
Physical Description:
1.5 Linear feet
Summary: The bulk of these papers consists of correspondence, memos, proposals, reports, and financial records, 1973-1983, pertaining
to his research projects funded by or submitted to the Center for Materials Research at Stanford University. Other papers
include correspondence, memos, notes, papers, course materials, reports, reprints, clippings, photographs, and memorabilia,
1873-1983, pertaining to the history of metallurgy, teaching, the Dominion Steel and Coal Corp., publications, and a business
trip to Europe in 1949.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
Gift of the estate of Norman A.D. Parlee, 1985.
This collection is open for research.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
Norman A.D. Parlee (SC0313). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Parlee was professor of metallurgy in the Dept. of Mineral Engineering at Stanford University from 1962 until his retirement
in 1982; he was professor emeritus until his death in 1985. A graduate of Dalhousie and McGill Universities, Parlee began
his career as a research metallurgist at Dominion Steel and Coal Corp. in 1939. He left industry in 1952 to join the faculty
at Purdue University. He was a fellow of the Chemical Institute of Canada and the American Institute of Chemistry.
The bulk of these papers consists of correspondence, memos, proposals, reports, and financial records, 1973-1983, pertaining
to his research projects funded by or submitted to the Center for Materials Research at Stanford University. Other papers
include correspondence, memos, notes, papers, course materials, reports, reprints, clippings, photographs, and memorabilia,
1873-1983, pertaining to the history of metallurgy, teaching, the Dominion Steel and Coal Corp., publications, and a business
trip to Europe in 1949.
Dominion Steel and Coal Corp.
Parlee, Norman A.D., d.1985.
Stanford University. Center for Materials Research.
Stanford University. School of Engineering. Faculty..
Metallurgical research.
Metallurgy --Study and teaching.
Photoprints.