Series I. University of Wisconsin-Madison Files, 1950-1973, undated

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this series contains William A. Lester, Jr.’s University of Wisconsin-Madison Files. The files in this series contain a limited amount of information regarding Lester’s activities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Materials regarding research conducted by Lester and a few of his colleagues at the university’s Theoretical Chemistry Institute on several topics, including rotational excitation, molecular collisions, and molecular scattering, are found in this series. Materials prepared for courses taught at the university’s Department of Chemistry are also present here.

The contents of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Files consist of a variety of materials. Notes make up the largest component of these files. A small amount of Department of Chemistry course materials, consisting of exams, class assignments, and study sheets are also present in this series. Small amounts of other miscellaneous materials, including, but not limited to, publications, article reprints, photocopied articles, and preprints are preserved in these files as well.