Series - Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Alberta Records.

65 m of textual records.

The textual records in this series document the broader Department and Faculty records, and include minutes of Department meetings internal memoranda, Faculty newsletters, and committee documents. The records are arranged in chronological order within each sub-series and are in good physical condition.

The records in this series provide an overview of the Department of Chemistry and its place within the Faculty of Science. It includes documents created during Byron Kratochvil’s chairmanship of the Department, and includes also paperwork from committees he served on. The series, fairly small in extent, has been further organized into three sub-series: Department of Chemistry Correspondence and Meeting Minutes; Faculty of Science records; and Committee and Scientific Groups records. The largest sub-series is the Department records which include Departmental staff meeting minutes, internal memoranda and correspondence, reports and related meeting documents. This documentation is arranged in chronological order and is fairly complete for the years 1967 through 1989. The Faculty of Science records consists of Council meeting minutes and documents, reports, and newsletters. Finally, the Committee and Scientific Group records include the paperwork of a variety of University committees as well as records created by and for the Environmental Research and Studies Centre which undertook multi-disciplinary projects and involved communication between the University, government, industry and the public.