Series II. Spectrochimica Acta, Part B - Significant Correspondence, 1955-1998

Spectrochimica Acta, Part B is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering atomic spectroscopy. Originally called Spectrochimica Acta, this journal was first published in 1941 as a project of Springer-Verlag. A second volume appeared in 1944 amid the difficulties caused by World War II. After a brief hiatus, publication of Spectrochimica Acta resumed under the sponsorship of the Vatican, with a 700-page Volume 3 appearing in 1947. In 1950, Volume 4 was published under the imprint of Butterworth-Springer. Following the purchase of Butterworth-Springer by British media proprietor Robert Maxwell, Volume 5 appeared under the Pergamon Press imprint.

In 1967, due to ever-increasing number of submissions, Spectrochimica Acta split into two independent journals: Part A and Part B. After the split, Walter Slavin became the North American Editor of Spectrochimica Acta, Part B and briefly served as its Editor-in-Chief. Spectrochimica Acta, Part B remained under the imprint of Pergamon Press until it was sold to Elsevier in 1991.

Arranged in its original alphabetical order by subject, this series contains Walter Slavin’s Spectrochimica Acta, Part B correspondence files. These files were personally selected by Slavin as significant. The contents of the files in this series consist mainly of correspondence. Article reprints and article manuscripts are found in these files as well.