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Sub-series 3. William A. Lester, Jr. Printed Materials, 1964-2014, undated

 Sub-Series

Scope and Content

From the Collection:

The William A. Lester, Jr. Papers contain the professional and personal papers of African American theoretical chemist and chemistry educator William A. Lester, Jr. The collection is arranged into the following thirteen series:

From the Collection:
  1. University of Wisconsin-Madison Files
  2. IBM Files
  3. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Files
  4. University of California, Berkeley Files
  5. NOBCChE Files
  6. Jackson State University Files
  7. Personal Files
  8. Publication and Presentation Files
  9. Appointment Books and Notebooks
  10. Miscellaneous Printed Materials
  11. Electronic Storage Materials
  12. Audio-Visual Materials
  13. Images

Dates

  • Creation: 1964-2014, undated

Sub-series Description

Arranged numerically by publication number (as listed in William A. Lester’s Jr.’s publication list in Box 59 Folder 27), this sub-series contains an incomplete set of publications authored and co-authored by Lester between 1964 and 2007. These materials provide published documentation of chemical research conducted by Lester and his collaborators, including his work on atom-molecule scattering, molecular collisions, computational chemistry, and his use of Quantum Monte Carlo methods.

Science journal article reprints make up the bulk of the materials found in this sub-series. Small numbers of published conference papers, book chapters, University of Wisconsin-Madison publications, and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory publications are also found in this sub-series. A photocopied title page for the book Recent Advances in Quantum Monte Carlo Methods, which was edited by Lester, is preserved here as well.

Repository Details

Part of the Science History Institute Archives Repository

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