Harry Boyer Weiser chemistry offprints
Scope and Contents
Contains offprints of articles written by early Rice chemistry professor Harry Boyer Weiser between 1913 and 1950. The collection includes a complete bibliography of articles and books written by Weiser as well as some personal correspondence between Weiser and Rice Institute President E.O Lovett.
Dates
- Creation: 1913 - 1950
Creator
- Weiser, Harry Boyer (Author, Person)
Access Restrictions
This material is open for research. Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish from the Harry Boyer Weiser chemistry offprints, 1915-1950 must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.
Biographical / Historical
Dr. Harry Boyer Weiser was fresh out of Cornell with a newly-minted doctorate in chemistry and newly married when Edgar Odell Lovett summoned him to establish the Department of Chemistry at Rice Institute. For thirty-five years, until his untimely death in 1950, Dr. Weiser served as Professor and Chairman of the Chemistry Department. In 1933 he was also named Dean of the Institute. His work in chemistry placed him among the top ten colloid chemists in the world. He wrote seven chemistry textbooks, the last of which was a second edition.
Extent
1 Linear Feet ( (2 boxes))
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Contains offprints of articles written by early Rice chemistry professor Harry Boyer Weiser between 1913 and 1950. The collection includes a complete bibliography of articles and books written by Weiser as well as some personal correspondence between Weiser and Rice Institute President E.O Lovett.
Arrangement
The articles in scientific journals are arranged chronologically, preceded by a bibliography and personal correspondence and succeeded by miscellaneous exercises and abstracts.
Custodial History
Donated to the Woodson Research Center by Dr. Weiser's daughter, Dorothy Weiser Seale
Acquisition Information
This material was donated to the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University, by Dr. Weiser's daughter, Dorothy Weiser Seale in 1972.
Accruals
No future additions to this material are expected.
Subject
- Rice University (Organization)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Harry Boyer Weiser chemistry offprints, 1913-1950
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Barbara Mitchell
- Date
- 2008
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA
713-348-2586
woodson@rice.edu