Guide to the Eugene E. Van Tamelen Papers
Stanford University Libraries
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
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Overview
Call Number: SC0412
Creator:
Van Tamelen, Eugene E., 1925-2009
Title: Eugene E. Van Tamelen papers
Dates: 1948-1966
Physical Description:
1 Linear feet
Summary: Van Tamelen's notebooks from classes at Harvard, 1948-49;
notebooks of Geoffrey V. Parry, research associate in chemistry at Stanford, 1965-66;
and charts from experiments, ca. 1961-66.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
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Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
Administrative Information
Provenance
Administrative transfer from Swain Chemistry Library, 1991.
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
Ownership & Copyright
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.
Cite As
Eugene E. Van Tamelen Papers (SC0412). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University
Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Eugene Earle van Tame1en, professor of chemistry, first came to Stanford
in 1962. He received his doctorate from Harvard University in 1950. He was
known for his work in synthesizing natural products and was the recepient of
the Leo Hendrick Baeke1and Award, 1965, the American Chemical Society Award
for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 1970, and a Guggenheim
Fellowship for the 1973-74 academic year.
Description of the Collection
These papers consist of Van Tame1en's notebooks from classes at Harvard,
1948-49; notebooks of Geoffrey V. Parry, research associate in chemistry at
Stanford, 1965-66; and charts, ca. 1961-66, some of which are from Parry's
experiments.
Access Terms
Parry, Geoffrey V.
Stanford University. Dept. of Chemistry
--Faculty.
Van Tamelen, Eugene E., 1925-2009
Chemistry.
Collection Contents
Box 1, Folder 1
Harvard University notebooks
1948-1949
Box 1, Folder 2
Harvard University notebooks, Chern 203b
1949
Box 1, Folder 3
Harvard University notebooks, Chemistry
1949
Box 1, Folder 4
Harvard University notebooks, Chemistry 5a
Box 1, Folder 5
Harvard University notebooks, Chemistry 5b
Box 1, Folder 6
Harvard University notebooks, [chemistry]
Box 2, Folder 1
Geoffrey V. Parry's notebooks
1965-1966
Box 2, Folder 2
Geoffrey V. Parry's notebooks
1965-1966
Box 2, Folder 3
Geoffrey V. Parry's notebooks
1965-1966
