Guide to the William Campbell Root papers, 1921-1973
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William Campbell Root Papers, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine.
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William Campbell Root was born in Grass Valley, CA on October 26, 1903. He held various teaching positons in chemistry at Bowdoin College from 1932, culminating as the Charles Weston Pickard Professor (1952-1969) and Professor Emeritus in 1969. He was recipient of the James Flack Norris Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of Chemistry from the American Chemistry Society in 1968. Professor Root passed away in Brunswick on June 13, 1969.
Papers include correspondence, biographical materials, and class and research materials. These include diaries, memoirs of the Peabody Museum, various certificates and awards, notebooks, research and class notes, diplomas, reports, and clippings.
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Correspondence primarily to and from William Campbell Root, most of which is dated, and is from the period of May 1922 to June 1973. Also included are miscellaneous envelopes and some notes, newsletters, catalogues, and applications. Major correspondence includes writings from or to Charlie, Early, Malcolm Chamberlain, Schnabel, Theodore Stern, Montclair, Worth, Bill, Chink, Sanford P. Markey, Chester M. Alter, T. R. F. Giff, Jr., Heather Lechtman, and Mr. Charles C. Di Peso.
Arranged chronologically.
1922 May-1944 Nov
1944 Dec-1945 Dec
1946 Feb-1955 Nov
1968 Aug-1968 Nov
1969 Jan-1973 Jun
Undated
Miscellaneous envelopes, undated
Miscellaneous Correspondence, Notes, Newsletters, Catalogues, Applications, undated
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Arranged chronologically.
Series has wide-ranging materials including a garden book, five year-long diaries, certificates of membership and awards, diplomas, photos, and cards.
Garden Book, 1934-1939
Five Year Diary, 1935-1939
Five Year Diary, 1940-1944
Five Year Diary, 1945-1949
Memoirs of the Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethnology, Vol. X., No.2, Part I, 1950
Memoirs of the Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethnology, Vol. X., No.2, Part II, 1950
Five Year Diary, 1950-1954
Certificate of Membership and Associateship in The International Institute For The Conservation of Museum Objects, 1954
Five Year Diary, 1955-1959
Research notes, correspondence, and manuscripts, 1958-1970
Diary, 1960
Five Year Diary, 1960-1964
Election Certificate for the Office of Fellow within the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1967
The Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society James Flack Norris Award with copy of award check, 1968
Photos, Cards, and Miscellaneous Biographical Material, undated
Diplomas, undated
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Series mostly consists of class notes, research materials and reports, and computation books. These materials are mostly dated from 1921 to 1937 and are before his career as a Bowdoin College professor.
Arranged chronologically.
Chemistry A Notebook, 1921
Laboratory Manual of General Chemistry, 1921
Chemistry 1A and 1B Notebook, 1921
Chemistry 160 Notebook
Surveying IA and IB Notebook, 1921-1922
Greek and Roman Architecture Notebook, [1922]
Chemistry 100 Notebook, Spring 1923
Chemistry 6B Notebook, [1923]
Chemistry 9 Notebook, [1923]
Chemistry 120 Notebook, [1923]
Physics D (Harvard) Notebook, [1923]
Chemistry 114 Notebook, 1924
Physics 211B Notebook, Spring 1925
Chemistry S3 Notebook, Summer 1926
Chemistry 9 "Advanced Quantitative Analysis" Notebook, Spring 1926
Chemistry 6 Notebook, 1926
Chemistry 20 Notebook, 1926-1927
Chemistry 20F Computation Book, Oct 1926-Jan 1927
Computation Book (Harvard), Jan 1927
Research Notebook, Fall 1927
Chemistry 6, Sep 1927
Research Report on Salt, Spring 1927
Research Report on Salts c.2, Spring 1927
Computation Book (Harvard), May 1927
Chemistry 10 Notebook, 1927
Coolbridge B Notebook, 1927
Cross Section with Calculations, [1927]
Research and Clippings Notebook, 1927-1928
Supplement to Research Report on Salt, 1927-1928
Chemistry 4B Notebook, Spring 1928
Computation Book (Harvard), Feb 1928
Computation Book (Harvard), Apr 1928
Computation Book (Harvard), Oct 1928
Research Report on Densities of Aqueous Solutions, 1928-1929
Research Report, Spring 1929
Computation Book (Harvard), Oct 1929
Computation Book (Harvard), Feb 1930
Chemistry 9, [1930]
Research Clippings Notebook, 1930-1937
Chemistry 16 Notebook, 1931
Bibliographical notebook--"Geographical Journal," 1924; "Times Literary Suppl." & "N.Y. Times Book Review"
Notebook on the History of Chemistry