Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Joseph Wilson McCutchan Papers,
- Dates:
- ca. 1946-1981
- Creators:
- McCutchan, Joseph Wilson
- 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.
- Extent:
- 86 boxes (43 linear ft.)
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Joseph Wilson McCutchan Papers (Collection 1684). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Background
- Scope and content:
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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.
- Biographical / historical:
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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.
- Acquisition information:
- Transferred by UCLA Water Resources Center Archives, 1991.
- 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.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2005
- Date Encoded:
- Text rekeyed by Caroline Cubé from in-house paper finding aid, February 2005 . Machine-readable finding aid derived from rekeyed finding aid, encoding added via Notetab Pro. Online finding aid edited by Josh Fiala. Date of source: unknown .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
- Terms of access:
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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.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Joseph Wilson McCutchan Papers (Collection 1684). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988