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Series I. Academic Career, 1950-2006, undated

 Series
Identifier: I

Scope and Content

From the Collection:

The Papers of Dudley A. Saville contain the academic and professional papers of American chemical engineer Dudley A. Saville. This collection documents Saville’s career in chemical engineering from his time as an undergraduate student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to his death. His consultant work with NASA is also well represented.

The Papers of Dudley A. Saville are arranged into the following five series:

From the Collection:
  1. Academic Career
  2. Manuscripts and Reprints
  3. Notes on Conference Talks, Lab Courses, & Readings
  4. Work with NASA
  5. Correspondence & Reviews

Dates

  • Creation: 1950-2006, undated

Series Description

Arranged in its original order, this series contains Dudley A. Saville’s Academic Career files. The files in this series document his academic career. A majority of the files concern his teaching and other faculty duties at Princeton University. A noticeable number of files regarding Saville’s academic activities as a graduate student at the University of Michigan are also present in this series. Five files from Saville’s time as an undergraduate at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a single file created as a graduate student at Nebraska-Lincoln are also preserved here.

The contents of the Academic Career files consist of a wide variety of materials. Saville’s Princeton class materials, which include, but are not limited to exams, assignments, and notes make up the bulk of the materials in this series. Saville’s graduate school materials (from Michigan and Nebraska-Lincoln) include, but are not limited to, notes, assignments, reports, and copies of his Ph.D. thesis. The contents of his Nebraska-Lincoln undergraduate files include notebooks and exams. A variety of other miscellaneous materials are found throughout the series, including, but not limited to correspondence, handouts, and proposals.

Repository Details

Part of the Science History Institute Archives Repository

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