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Stanford S. Penner Papers
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MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS

 

Biographical Materials

box 1, folder 1

Clippings and press releases 1979 - 1998

box 1, folder 2

Marcos, Ferdinand and Imelda 1976

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Photograph, invitations, etc.
box 1, folder 3

Office of Scientific Research and Development

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No date. Certificates.
box 1, folder 4

Photocopies of photographs of Penner and others 1956 - 1963

box 1, folder 5

Photographs 1960 - 1982

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Includes photos of Penner, Penner with others, and photos taken during Penner's 1976 visit to China.
box 1, folder 6

S. S. Penner Biographical Data 1998

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Typescript. Includes list of publications.
box 1, folder 7

Saratoga Springs High School 1938

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Diploma, certificates.
box 1, folder 8

State of California. State Board of Registration for Civil and Professional Engineers 1948

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Certificate.
box 1, folder 9

Tribute to S. S. Penner 1986

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Bound scrapbook containing letters, photographs, etc.
box 1, folder 10

Union College 1938 - 1942

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Diploma, transcript, etc.
box 1, folder 11

University of Wisconsin 1942 - 1946

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Diplomas, transcript, certificates.
box 1, folder 12

War Manpower Commission. Committee on Scientific Research Personnel 1944

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Letters, diplomas.
box 1, folder 13

Who's Who 1998

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Includes undated material. Two proof sheets and one tear sheet from Who's Who biographies of Penner.
 

Awards and Honors

box 1, folder 14, oversize FB31706

General awards and honors 1942 - 1998

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(Some with no date). Includes correspondence. Some in oversize.
box 2, folder 1

Plaques and medals 1955 - 1977

box 2, folder 2

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) -- Board of Directors 1964 - 1966

box 2, folder 3, oversize FB31707

AIAA -- G. Edward Pendray Award 1976

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Includes correspondence, clippings, photograph, etc. Award in oversize.
box 2, folder 4, oversize FB31707

National Academy of Engineering 1977

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Award in oversize.
box 2, folder 5, oversize FB31707

Numa Manson Medal 1979

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Includes correspondence, photos. Award in oversize.
box 2, folder 6, oversize FB31707

Instituto Internazionale delle Comunicazioni -- International Columbus Prize 1981

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Includes acceptance remarks, correspondence, clippings. Award in oversize.
box 2, folder 7

International Energy Agency -- National Advisory Board 1981

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Correspondence, clippings.
box 2, folder 8

Rheinisch-Westfalischen Technischen Hochschule Aachen -- Honorary doctorate 1981

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Includes correspondence, clippings, etc.
box 2, folder 9, oversize FB31707

AIAA -- Energy Systems Award 1983

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Includes correspondence, clippings. Award in oversize.
box 3, folder 1

AIAA San Diego Section -- Outstanding Contribution to the AIAA at the National Level 1983

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Includes correspondence, program.
box 3, folder 2, oversize FB31707

AIAA -- Thermophysics Award 1983

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Includes press release, clippings, etc. Award in oversize.
box 3, folder 3

Doctors for Disaster Preparedness -- Edward Teller Award for the Defense of Freedom 1997

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Includes correspondence.
 

Memorabilia

box 3, folder 4, oversize FB31708

California Institute of Technology 1956 - 1957

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Album.
box 3, folder 5

Institute for Defense Analyses, Research and Engineering Support Division 1964

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Cartoons, greeting card, etc.
box 3, folder 6

JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY AND RADIATIVE TRANSFER 1986

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Presentation copy of first issue, published in 1961, with six pages of signatures.
box 3, folder 7

MODERN DEVELOPMENTS IN ENERGY, COMBUSTION AND SPECTROSCOPY; IN HONOR OF S. S. PENNER 1993

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Presentation copy. Includes biography and list of publications by Penner.
 

Miscellaneous

box 4, folder 1

Conference and meeting materials 1960 - 1998

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Includes correspondence, photographs, etc.
box 4, folder 2

Ogden Corporation 1985 - 1998

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Annual report, correspondence, photographs, etc.
box 4, folder 3

Report of the Energy Center Review Committee 1985

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Photocopy of typescript.
box 4, folder 4

Von Karman, Theodore 1956 - 1994

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Printed materials, clippings, etc.
 

WRITINGS

box 4, folder 5

AGARD Propulsion and Energetics Panel: 1952-1977 1978

box 4, folder 6

Are We About to Run Out of Usable, Low-Cost Energy Supplies? 1998

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Includes correspondence and sample issue of PRIME TIME NEWSLETTER.
box 4, folder 7

Collected Papers of S. S. Penner 1946 - 1954

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Bound volume.
box 5, folder 1

Collected Papers of S. S. Penner 1955 - 1959

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Bound volume.
box 5, folder 2

Collected Papers of S. S. Penner 1960 - 1963

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Bound volume.
box 6, folder 1

Collected Papers of S. S. Penner 1964 - 1968

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Bound volume.
box 6, folder 2

Combustion and Propulsion Research 1963

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In CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING NEWS, January 14, 1963.
box 6, folder 3

Comment on "Temperature Measurement and Relaxation Processes in Shock Tubes" by A.G. Gaydon 1966

box 6, folder 4

Comment on "Testimony on the California Nuclear Initiative by Harold C. Urey and Hannes Alfven" 1998

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Typescript.
box 6, folder 5

Comments on "Research Support for the Power Industry" by M. Granger Morgan and Susan F. Tierney 1998

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Includes typescript, correspondence, and copy of Morgan and Tierney's article.
box 6, folder 6

Effect of Silica Gel Upon the Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide 1943

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Bound carbon copy typescript of master's thesis.
box 6, folder 7

Equilibrium Radiation Properties of Gases 1973

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Published in the HANDBOOK OF HEAT TRANSFER.
box 6, folder 8

First Decade (1964-74) of the AMES Department at UCSD 1995

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Typescript.
box 6, folder 9

Kinetics of Gelation; Resistance of Zirconia Gels During Setting 1942

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Bound carbon copy typescript of senior thesis. Includes handwritten notes and graphs.
box 6, folder 10

Long-Term Energy Supplies for the World

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[1998]. Typescript.
box 6, folder 11

National Defense Research Council Project (Confidential); Calculations on the Formation and Decomposition... 1946

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Bound carbon copy typescript of Ph.D. thesis. See box 7, folder 6 for a copy including the confidential first section.
box 6, folder 12

Partial Solutions to Problems in THERMODYNAMICS by S. S. Penner.

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[1968?]. With S. S. McElmury. Includes photostat, handwritten notes, etc.
box 7, folder 1

Radiation Phenomena in Rockets

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[194?]. Photostat negative of declassified document.
box 7, folder 2

Relationship Between Energy Conservation, GNP and Energy Consumption 1977

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With J. M. Bernard. Published in the 119th Anniversary Number of THE INDIAN AND EASTERN ENGINEER.
box 7, folder 3

Report of the DOE Advanced Fuel-Cell Commercialization Working Group 1994

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Bound typescript with handwritten notes.
box 7, folder 4

Report of the DOE Advanced Fuel-Cell Commercialization Working Group 1994

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Bound typescript. Corrected copy with looseleaf corrections.
box 7, folder 5

Review of CONSERVATIVE ENVIRONMENTALISM -- REASSESSING THE MEANS, REDEFINING THE ENDS, by Dunn and Kinney 1997

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Photocopy from ENERGY, vol. 22, no. 6.
box 7, folder 6

Studies on the Burning of Double Base Powders; Calculations on the Formation and Decomposition of Nitric... 1946

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Typescript of Ph.D. thesis, including the confidential first section (see box 6, folder 11).
box 7, folder 7

Theoretical Aspects of Nitrogen Fixation by the Wisconsin Process

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No date. Typescript carbon copy with blueprint graphs.
box 7, folder 8

United States Energy Supplies for the 21st Century 1998

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Offprint from ENERGY vol. 23, no. 2. Includes correspondence.
 

CORRESPONDENCE

box 7, folder 9

General correspondence 1962 - 1979

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(Some with no date). Includes photographs, clippings, etc. Notable correspondents include the American Physical Society, Evelle J. Younger, Senator Henry M. Jackson, Senator S.I. Hayakawa, the National Academy of Sciences, and Roger Hedgecock.
box 7, folder 10

General correspondence 1980 - 1998

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Includes copies of articles by authors other than Penner, and other enclosures. Notable correspondents include the National Research Council, Robert Maxwell, the American Chemical Society, and William H. Avery.