Science and Technology Collection Descriptions

Papers of scientists and records of scientific research; records of scientific and technological applications, including industrial archeology; and records of professional organizations. Does not include medical research or medical technology. See also a listing of collections related to Geography, Archives of Soil Science and Medicine. Researchers may also want to consider the science related holdings of the Western Historical Manuscript Collections in Kansas City, Rolla, and St. Louis.

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Alliance for the Construction of Telescopes, Records, 1983-1989, (C1399)
0.4 linear feet
Records of the Alliance (ACT) consisting of correspondence, proposals, technical design and site studies, meeting announcements, newsletters, brochures, notes, and magazine articles.

Anderson, E.G. (1891-1973), Papers, 1905-1975, (4046)
5.7 linear feet, 30 lantern slides
The papers of E.G. Anderson, a plant geneticist who spent most of his career researching corn genetics, including studying the effects of high energy radiation on corn, mainly contain professional material. The collection largely consists of correspondence, research material, and publications.

Baskett, James Newton (1859-1925), Letters, 1900-1901, (C1451)
1 folder(s)
To J. Christian Bay, Ashland College, Grant, MI, from Mexico, MO. Baskett, an ornithologist, novelist, and popular scientific writer, thanks Bay for compliments on his writings. Discussion of their work, Baskett's writings and teaching. Interview with William Dean Howells. Comments on H.H. Boyeson and Bjorneson.

Branson, Edwin Bayer (1877-1950), Papers, 1892-1954, (C2404)
1.1 linear feet
Correspondence, memorabilia, field books, and miscellaneous papers of a University of Missouri geologist (1910-1947), including information on the development of the Department of Geology during the 37 years he served as chairman.

Broadhead, Garland Carr (1827-1912), Papers, 1853-1908, (C1000)
3 volume(s)
Correspondence and miscellaneous geological and historical notes of an engineer, geologist, and professor of geology at the University of Missouri. Scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings relating to the history of Texas and Missouri.

Brown, H. Clifford, Chemistry Laboratory Notebook, 1920, (C0652)
1 folder(s)
A notebook kept by a student in chemistry, describing experiments and giving equations.

Brown, Harry E., Papers, (WUNP4083)
5.4 linear feet
Papers of a University of Missouri professor of entomology.

Brown, Harry Gunnison, Papers, (WUNP4268)
0.8 linear feet
Papers of a University of Missouri professor of entomology

Brown, Harry Gunnison, Papers, (WUNP4605)
1 folder(s)
Addition. Letter to Brown from Dick Netzer, 11 February 1969.

Brown, Harry Gunnison, Papers, (WUNP4353)
0.4 linear feet
Miscellaneous correspondence.

Brown, Harry Gunnison, Papers, (WUNP4285)
2 folder(s)
Correspondence pertaining to printing of Brown's essays by Robert Schalkenbach Foundation.

Brown, Harry Gunnison, Papers, (WUNP4876)
0.2 linear feet
Correspondence, reports, clippings, and newsletters about property tax reform.

Burrill, Alfred C., Papers, (WUNP5839)
Manuscript of doctoral thesis on ants of the northern U.S., includes correspondence, etymological and botanical field notes, specimens, and other research material. Burrill was curator of the Missouri Resources Museum during the 1930s.

Callaway Nuclear Power Plant, Missouri, Records, (WUNP6184)
14.75 linear feet
INVENTORY. Records concerning the application, licensing, approval, safety, and operation of the nuclear power plant located in Callaway County, Missouri. Includes indices and information on how to use government documents.

Carmichael, Emmett B., Papers, (SUNP1046)
2 folder(s)
Biochemistry.

Curtis, Winterton Conway (1875-1966), Papers, 1892-1962, (C2528)
2.5 linear feet
1 volume(s)
Correspondence, reprints, autobiographical notes, photographs and miscellaneous material of a University of Missouri professor of zoology and dean of the College of Arts and Science. Also included is professional correspondence, 1904-1911, of George Lefevre, professor of zoology at the University of Missouri.

Curtis, Winterton Conway, Papers, (WUNP5187)
0.4 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition of correspondence, writings, and publications to papers of a professor of zoology at the University of Missouri. Includes some papers of zoology professor George Lefevre.

Fantel, Hans (1922-2006), Papers, c. 1925-2006, (C4003)
RESTRICTED
3.2 linear feet
Papers of Hans Fantel, a freelance writer who wrote about high fidelity and home electronics for a variety of publications including the New York Times. Contains his articles, correspondence, photographs, and an account of his escape from Nazi controlled Austria.

Ficklin, Joseph (1833- ), Papers, 1851-1908 (C0100)
0.4 linear feet
Correspondence pertaining to mathematical science, publication of mathematical books, astronomy, and personal affairs. Also an algebra copybook.

Gingrich, Newell S.,...HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AT THE UMC, 1981, (C0677)
4 folder(s)
Typescript, largely written by Gingrich in 1974, which contains information on and reminiscences of the faculty, a history of departmental moves and addition of equipment, a history of the O.M. Stewart Fund, and a history of the Committee on Science Laboratories and Instruments.

Goebel, David, Astronomy Notebooks, 1840-1844, (C1110)
1 volume(s)
Astronomical observations, records of barometric pressure and thermometer readings. Written in German

Green, A.P. (1875-1956), Papers, 1926-1958, (C2960)
29 linear feet
Business and personal papers of a Mexico, MO, fire brick manufacturer. Correspondence with family members; business associates in Europe, and South America; as trustee of Westminster College and member of Board of Visitors of the University of Missouri; and with miscellaneous business and charitable organizations.

Hadden, Stuart T. (1911-1987), Papers, 1931-1967, (C3845)
0.7 linear feet
Papers of Stuart T. Hadden, a chemical engineer whose research included the statistical mechanics of liquid hydrocarbons. Includes correspondence, memos, copies of reports and professional papers, some printed material and handwritten notes, graphs, lists, and tables.

Hammond, Harry E., "Historical Sketch of the Department of Physics, Univ. of Mo., 1839-1954", (C0633)
5 folder(s)
History of the physics department and its work, 1839-1954. Includes pictures of early equipment.

Harpham, Edwin L., Notes, n.d., (C2769)
1 folder(s)
Notes for dinner speech on ballistics prepared for a Technological Club banquet. Also a typed copy.

Kern, Maximilian Gottlieb (1825-1916), Lecture Notes, 1842-1843, (C3129)
2 folder(s)
Botany lecture notes, in German, taken by Kern at the University of Tubingen in the classes of Hugo Mohl and Dr. Maerklin. Kern was later on the botany faculty of the University of Missouri.

Lankford, John, Papers, (WUNP4622)
0.4 linear feet
Correspondence, financial records, and viewing records on Cilly-Davis Observatory. Addition.

Leake, Harold H. (1891-1978) and Dorothy V. (1893-1990), Papers, 1841-1990, (C4011)
40.25 linear feet, 4 card files, 9 audio discs, 8 video cassettes
The papers of Harold H. Leake, music teacher, radio broadcaster, and Episcopal priest, and Dorothy V. Leake, educator and biologist, consist of correspondence, radio scripts, manuscripts, diaries, subject files, and other materials relating to the personal and professional lives of the Leakes and their family.

Lewis, Meriwether (1774-1809), Astronomy Notebook [1805] (C1074)
MICROFILM
1 volume
Set of formulae prepared by Robert Patterson of Philadelphia for Lewis to use in determining geographical locations by astronomical observation. Also includes a “sketch given us by Yallept, the principal chief of the Wollah-wollah nation,” and a drawing, probably by Lewis. Microfilm copy available for loan.

Maize Genetics Cooperation Newsletter Papers, (WUNP4311)
1 folder(s)
Maize linkage map, with cover letter.

Marbut, Curtis F., Papers, (WUNP4778)
0.4 linear feet
Addition. Series of thirty lectures by C.F. Marbut entitled "Soils, Their Genesis, Classification and Development."

Marbut, Curtis Fletcher (1863-1935), Papers, 1852-1983, (C3720)
4.3 linear feet
Personal and professional papers of a geology professor at the University of Missouri, 1895-1910, and soil scientist for U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1910-1935. Includes correspondence, estate and financial records, photographs, publications, manuscripts and maps. Also includes personal correspondence received by Louise Marbut Moomaw and a short series of Civil War letters.

Marbut, Curtis Fletcher (1863-1935), Papers, 1901-1943, 1981-1983, (C3721)
0.7 linear feet
Personal and professional papers of a geology professor at the University of Missouri, 1895-1910, and soil scientist for U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1910-1935. Includes correspondence, estate and financial records, photographs, notes, architectural drawings and specifications, and ephemeral materials. See also collection 3720.

Meiners, Edwin P. (1893-1960), Collection, 1825-1960, (C3722)
7.1 linear feet
Papers of a St. Louis physician and entomologist. Personal correspondence with amateur and professional entomologists concerning entomology and the exchange of specimens for Meiners' insect collection. Collections of correspondence of 19th and 20th century entomologists, naturalists, and natural history organizations.

Middlebush, Frederick A. (1890-1971), Papers, 1932-1962 (C3302)
35.3 linear feet
The papers of Frederick A. Middlebush contain records pertaining to his position as president of the University of Missouri, such as correspondence, press releases, memos, reports, articles, and pamphlets, as well as personal papers. In addition, there are papers regarding his activities as a member of the Commission on the Financing of Higher Education, Navy Civilian Advisory Board, and Committee on the Present Danger, the Presbyterian Church, the National Science Board, and the National Science Foundation.

Missouri Academy of Science Records, (WUNP4648)
10 linear feet
Records and publications of organization founded to increase and diffuse scientific knowledge.

Missouri Archaeological Society, Records, (WUNP4759)
1 folder(s)
Correspondence, minutes, reports and archaeological site surveys of the Big Bend Archaeological Society of Marshall, MO.

Morgan, T. Clifford, Collection, (SUNP2684)
0.25 linear feet
A SUMMARY OF ADVANTAGES OFFERED TO EMIGRANTS AND CAPITALISTS, BY NORTHWEST MISSOURI, INCLUDING THE CELEBRATED PLATTE PURCHASE, 1880; Scrapbook containing Kaucher and Bruner family clippings from Oregon, MO; BONNELL'S IMPROVED SYSTEM OF FLOURING, 1853; membership book late 19th century, I.O.O.F., Oregon, MO, Lodge; transcription of Mary Kaucher's trip diary, 1894.

Morris, Wilson C. (1877-1947), Papers, (WUNP5205)
0.2 linear feet
Papers of a physics professor at State Normal School at Warrensburg, MO. Includes a typed manuscript of "Physics in the Secondary Schools" and State Normal School Bulletin of 1915-1916.

Palmer, Ernest Jesse (1875-1962), Papers, 1891-1962, (C3405)
7 linear feet
Correspondence between Palmer and his associates in fields of botany, geology, and archaeology. Most of the collection deals with identification of plant species, especially the hawthorn (Crataegus). Also included is correspondence with his family in Webb City, MO, and W.D. Rush, a life-long friend.

Pettit, Charles, Papers, 1737, 1859, 1864, (C0385)
1 folder(s)
Indenture between Theobold, Earl of Carlingford, and Charles Brett, 1737; letter to French poet Alphonse de Lamartine and his reply, 1859; and patent materials.

Pritchett College, Glasgow, Missouri, Board of Trustees' Proceedings, 1868-1926, (C1209)
2 volume(s)
Articles of association; certificate of incorporation; charter granted by secretary of state of Missouri; by-laws; and reports of the president and treasurer and the director of Morrison Observatory, as incorporated in the minutes of the meetings of the board of trustees of the Pritchett School Institute (later Pritchett College) in Glasgow, MO.

Pritchett College, Glasgow, Missouri, Journal, 1877-1918, (C1208)
1 volume(s)
Records of Pritchett College and Morrison Observatory. Salary, endowment, tuition, and real estate records are included.

Pritchett Family, Papers, 1753-1984, (C4013)
0.6 linear feet
Papers of Carr W. Pritchett, Henry S. Pritchett and Ida Pritchett. The papers consist of correspondence, volumes, memos and miscellaneous material from three generations of the Pritchett family originally of Glasgow, Missouri.

Pritchett School Institute, Glasgow, Missouri, Records, 1868-1906, (C0603)
3 folder(s)
Yearly reports, correspondence concerning scholarships and hiring of teachers, expense accounts, and material relative to the Morrison Observatory.

Rathenau, Walther (1876-1922), Letter, 1919, (C3761)
1 folder(s)
Letter from Rathenau, head of Allgemeine Elektricitats-Gesellschaft (General Electric Company) of Berlin, to James Taft Hatfield setting up an appointment with him in Rathenau's office at AEG on 27 June 1919.

Russell, Francis T. (1821- ), Botanical Specimens, 1850-1891, (C2334)
1 folder(s)
Russell, a Columbia, MO, attorney and curator of the University of Missouri, collected most of the specimens on a trip to California and return via the Isthmus in 1850.

Schlundt, Herman (1869-1937), Papers, 1913-1941, (C0015)
12.5 linear feet
Files from the University of Missouri chemistry department. Includes some of Schlundt's personal correspondence and papers as well as departmental and personal correspondence of Mary Violette Dover, D.H. Dolley, Henry D. Bent, and Allen E. Stern. Papers contain research notes for Schlundt's work on radioactivity and Dover's work on lubricants.

Sears, Ernest R. (1910-1991), Papers, 1928-1991, (C3892)
19.6 linear feet
The professional papers of Ernest R. Sears, world-renowned wheat cytogeneticist associated with the University of Missouri from 1936 until his death in 1991. The papers consist of correspondence, reprints of publications, reports, manuscripts, research notes, speeches, photographs, newsclippings and miscellaneous items.

Sears, Lotti M. (1916-1995), Papers, 1936-1991, (C4021)
2.5 linear feet
The papers contain correspondence, papers, photos, research, and miscellaneous material of a University of Missouri geneticist involved with cytogenetics, a branch of genetics which is concerned with the study of chromosomes and cell division.

See, Thomas Jefferson Jackson (1866-1962), Notebooks, 1892-1896, (C0990)
3 folder(s)
Lecture notes for courses in celestial mechanics taught by See at the University of Chicago. Vol. 1 The Action of a Resisting Medium. Vol. 2 Eclipses. Vol. 3 Least Squares.

Shepard, Edward Martin (1854-1934), Papers, 1844-1939 (C0164)
0.6 linear feet
Notes, correspondence, clippings, and pamphlets of Shepard, a geologist and professor at Drury College, Springfield, Missouri.

Society of the Sigma Xi, Missouri Chapter, Papers, 1920-1945 (C0168)
2.4 linear feet
Bylaws, reports of committee on revisions, and correspondence concerning bylaws. General correspondence of Missouri Chapter. Material on lectures and meetings, mailing lists of full and associate members, correspondence and voting sheets for membership, national officers' correspondence, and correspondence about Society publication, Growth.

Society the of Sigma Xi, Missouri Chapter, Papers, 1940-1959, (C2531)
1.7 linear feet
Membership materials; announcements and materials from national headquarters; correspondence and official material pertaining to local chapter business; and correspondence and announcements concerning lectures sponsored by the Society.

Stadler, Lewis John (1896-1954), Papers, 1927-1955, (C2429)
7.4 linear feet
Correspondence, notes and manuscripts, and miscellaneous papers of a corn geneticist in the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of Field Crops at the University of Missouri, who did pioneering research on the effects of X-rays upon mutation in plants.

Stadler, Lewis John, Papers, (WUNP4769)
0.4 linear feet
Addition. Field notes, personal memoranda and grade book, ca. 1921-1939.

Stadler, Lewis John, Papers, (WUNP4969)
0.1 linear feet
Addition. Correspondence of agricultural geneticist.

State Historical Society of Missouri, Typescript Collection, (C0995)
RESTRICTED
MICROFILM
The State Historical Society of Missouri Typescript Collection consists of typescripts of articles and manuscripts donated over the years to the Historical Society.

Swallow Fossil Collection Catalogues, 1877, (C0658)
2 folder(s)
Catalogues of fossils in the cabinet of M.A. Swallow, January 6, 1877. Vol. 1 Specimens 1-2784 and minerals presented by Professor Cleveland in 1848. Vol. 2 Specimens 1401-2655 and 3000-3427.

Symmes, John Cleves (1780-1829), Papers, 1819-1887, (C3200)
1 folder(s)
Typewritten manuscript by Edward E. Wall about John Cleves Symmes; positive photostatic copy of "Supplement to the Western Spy," 6 November 1819; and three issues of THE SOUTHERN BIVOUAC, February-April, 1887, containing articles on Symmes.

Thomas, David E. (1878-1935) and Horace E. (1910-2001), Papers, 1904-1985, n.d., (C4002)
2 linear feet
Papers of David E. Thomas, Congregational minister and professor of religion, and his son, Horace E. Thomas, Columbia, MO surgeon who served in military hospitals in the South Pacific in WWII. Papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, class notes, research notes, photographs, printed articles and pamphlets, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous materials related to their careers. See also two oral history interviews with Dr. H.E. Thomas in C3963 SHS Audio Cassette Collection, a.c. 19-20.

Twining, E.H., Report, ca. 1873, (C0624)
1 folder(s)
Report by Professor Twining concerning his botanical research in the vicinity of the University of Missouri.

U.S. Weather Service, Columbia, Missouri, Records, (SUNP2657)
15 linear feet
Annual weather summaries, 1890-1904 and 1950-1981.

University of Missouri Scientific Association, Records, 1895-1916 (C0161)
10 folders
Constitutions of the organization, correspondence, lists of speakers and their subjects, and forms for the speakers to fill out in connection with their speech. Constitution, minutes, and roll of the organization from 2 February 1895 until 19 January 1916.

University of Missouri, Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Records, (WUNP4661)
1 folder(s)
Addition. P.F. Trowbridge correspondence, experiment data, and miscellany.

University of Missouri, Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Records, (WUNP4607)
4 linear feet
Correspondence, photographs and blueprints. Not a complete run of correspondence.

University of Missouri, Department of Chemistry, Records, 1912-1937, (C0939)
4 volume(s)
V. 1 Official department record, 1912-1926. V. 2 Minutes of Missouri chapter of the American Chemical Society. V. 3 Notes on equipment of Schweitzer Hall. V. 4 Minutes of Missouri Beta Chapter of Pi Delta Nu, women's chemistry organization.

University of Missouri, Department of Physics, Records, (WUNP5620)
1.5 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition which includes papers and correspondence of Newell S. Gingrich and a variety of published materials relating to atomic bombs, civil defense, and radioactive fallout.

University of Missouri, Department of Physics, Records, (WUNP4753)
2 folder(s)
Papers of physicist Newell Gingrich pertaining to efforts to place a Foucault pendulum on the University of Missouri-Columbia campus.

University of Missouri, Department of Physics, Records, (WUNP5247)
2.8 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition of departmental records, teaching and research materials, faculty and alumni records, and papers pertaining particularly to Albert Eisenstein and Eugene Hensley.

University of Missouri, Department of Physics, Records, (WUNP5311)
0.4 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition of papers mostly relating to Newell Gingrich and the O.M. Stewart Fund and Lecture. Also materials about the Physics Building dedicated in 1967.

University of Missouri, Department of Physics, Records, (WUNP5257)
14 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition of departmental, research, and instructional materials. Also includes papers of faculty members Eugene Hensley and Horace Danner.

University of Missouri, Department of Physics, Records, (WUNP4770)
1 folder(s)
Addition. Correspondence and departmental brochures.

University of Missouri, Department of Physics, Records, (WUNP4637)
0.4 linear feet
Laboratory manuals and minutes of departmental meetings, 1913-1935.

University of Missouri, Department of Physics, Records, (WUNP4799)
54.5 linear feet
INVENTORY. Correspondence, departmental and student records, course materials and National Science Foundation summer institute materials.

University of Missouri, Department of Physics, Records, (WUNP5342)
0.1 linear feet
Addition. Materials about Paul Edmond Basye, including biographical sketches, correspondence, and a brief biography written by Newell Gingrich.

University of Missouri, Department of Zoology, Records, 1897-1963, (C3402)
1.8 linear feet
Collection is in two sections: departmental correspondence, 1958-1963; and papers of W.C. Curtis, department member from 1901 to 1962.

University of Missouri, Laws Observatory, Records, 1877-1954, (C3401)
6 linear feet
Correspondence, class materials, reports and observing records of the observatory.

University of Missouri-Columbia, Department of Physics, Records, (WUNP4608)
1 folder(s)
Photographs of members of the Department of Physics.

Weather Journal, 1830-1890, (C2489)
MICROFILM
1 volume(s)
A journal giving a day by day account of the weather, the monthly changes of the moon, and any eclipses or extraordinary meteorological events. Dates covered are 1830-1866, January 1868-October 1869, 1875, 1876, 1879, May-July 1888, and May-November 1890.

Widmann, Otto (1841-1933), Collection, 1898-1965, (C4001)
0.2 linear feet
Correspondence, notes, publications, and miscellaneous material compiled by Daniel McKinley for a biography of Otto Widmann, noted ornithologist from St. Louis, Missouri.