Nashville School with the whole school pictured, young Harris in the front row.
University of Alberta student yearbook: Evergreen & Gold, 1931, v. XI, Evergreen & Gold, 1932, v. XII and Evergreen & Gold, 1933, v.XIII. These yearbooks pre-date WE Harris' time at the University so must have been given to him by someone else.
Harris standing on a hill in Trail, British Columbia. Caption reads "Trail and CMS". The image was likely taken the summer after Harris' third year at University when he worked at Consolidated Minning and Smelting as a general labourer in the phosphate fertilizer plant. Slide used in personal presentation.
Listing of expenses incurred by WE Harris during his undergraduate years at the University of Alberta, 1934-5 and 1936-7.
Harris's University of Alberta B.Sc. Diploma with official seal.
Diplomas for grade 8, 1929; high school, 1933 and 1934; University of Alberta B.Sc., 1938.
Master of Science graduating photograph of Harris.
WE Harris became a Ph. D. student at the University of Minnesota in the fall of 1939. File includes: Analytical Seminar, Fall 1939; Anal. Chem. Seminar, May 1940; Chemical Microscopy.
Harris's "Certified Instructor Gas and Bomb Defense" card. The University of Minnesota required that chemistry graduate students become certified instructors in gas and bomb defense in case the US was attacked.
The Society of the Sigma Xi Diploma certifying Harris was elected as a member of the Minnesota chapter on May 31, 1944.
Harris's Degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Minnesota, dated June 10, 1944.
Various correspondence, notes, transcripts, etc to do with WE Harris' time at the University of Minnesota: Ration coupons; Alien Registration cards; Immigration and Naturalization Service; Two articles about student life; Society memberships; 1943 job offers; Transcripts; Ph.D. degree, 1944; Telegram of congratulation from parents.
"The Polarography of Uranium" by WE Harris, Ph.D. Thesis submitted to the University of Minnesota, May 1944. Contains correspondence, including letters from Henry Heal, National Research Council of Canada, 1945.
Harris's Certificate of Fitness from Fort Snelling Minnesota, dated June 4, 1945.
Postal Telegraph congratulating Harris from his family, dated May 9. Telegraph mentioned June 14, 1942, his wedding day to Phyllis Pangburn.
Co-60 gamma ray unit used in cobalt therapy, the use of gamma rays to treat medical issues such as tumors. The Physical Science Centre had a special "cave" built out under the basement with a Co-60 gamma ray unit for the initiation of radio chemical reactions. Slide found in box labeled AECL for the Atomic Energy of Canada Limited. Slide likely used in lecture or public talk.
National Research Universal, Atomic Energy of Canada United in Chalk River, Ontario. Harris spent one summer in Chalk River with R Betts on the isotopic separation of sodium-22 and sodium -24. Slide found in box labeled AECL for the Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, likely used in lecture or public talk.
National Research Universal reactor Atomic Energy of Canada United in Chalk River, Ontario. Harris spent one summer in Chalk River with R Betts on the isotopic separation of sodium-22 and sodium -24. Slide found in box labeled AECL for the Atomic Energy of Canada Limited likely used in lecture or public talk.
Two M.Sc. Theses supervised by WE Harris in the 1950s: "Water Solubility of Some High Molecular Weight Mercaptans," M.Sc. Thesis of William G. Goward, 1951; "The Diffusion Coefficients of Mercaptans," M.Sc. Thesis of Caurino Cesar Bombardiere, 1952.
Site for new Chemistry building, December 1958.
Site for new Chemistry building, December 1958.
Physical Science Center building under construction, November 1958. The foundation was contracted out to Poole Construction Co Ltd.
Chemistry building under construction, November 1958. The foundation was contracted out to Poole Construction Co Ltd.
New Chemistry Building under construction with steel beams in place.
Chemistry-Physics-Mathematics building under construction with steel beams in place, September 21, 1959.
Chemistry building under construction, April 1959.
New Chemistry Building under construction with bricks being laid, December 1959
Chemistry-Physics-Mathematics building under construction, February 1959. The steel frame was erected by C.W. Carry Ltd and Calgary Structural Steel Ltd.
Chemistry-Physics-Mathematics building under construction, April 1959. The steel frame was erected by C.W. Carry Ltd and Calgary Structural Steel Ltd.
New Chemistry Building under construction with bricks being laid.
File contains: (1) 1956 Lab Manual for Instrumental Methods of Analysis, revision copy 1 dated 1957-60 by WE Harris; (2) 1956 Lab Manual for Instrumental Methods of Analysis, revision copy 2; (3) Instrumental Analysis Lab Manual, early 1960s version for Chem. 511 - 611, with annotations and inserts by WE Harris. Many of these experiments were later moved to Chemistry 58, the precursor to Chemistry 312 (Quantitative Analysis); others were moved to Chemistry 511 (Instrumental Analysis).
Physical Science Center at the University of Alberta construction completed to house three departments: Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry, October 1960.
Harris standing at the base of a mountain. Image found inside card from Audrey and Willard F Allen. Willard Allen was a friend and fellow chemistry teacher at the University of Alberta.
Two cold rooms one for storing volatile and unstable chemicals and the other is equipped as a laboratory.
Philips Electronics Inc. x-ray diffraction equipment for the analysis of crystalline compounds.
Electronics Shop featuring a Type 536 Oscilloscope with type B plug-in being used.
Main supply room for the storage and retrieval of chemicals, glassware and other equipment needed for teaching and research. The supply room was located in the basement of the Physical Science Centre.
Harris leaning on his Pontiac car, with his friends taking pictures at a mountain viewpoint. Image found inside card from Audrey and Willard F Allen. Willard Allen was a friend and fellow chemistry teacher at the University of Alberta.
Photograph taken in the Inorganic and Analytical Research Laboratory. Image focuses on the Leeds & Northrup Electro Chemograph Type E with a built in Speedomax Recorder designed for polarography analysis. Machine commonly used in the study of kinetics and mechanism of inorganic reactions. Image also appears in "New Physical Sciences Centre" booklet advertising the newly built facility.
Two technicians working on glass lathes in the Glass Blowing Shop. This room was used for the building and design of new glass equipment for research. The shop was located in the basement of the physics-mathematics wing.
Physical Science Center at the University of Alberta built to house three departments of Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry. The building officially opened May 24, 1961 and was designed by the Department of Public Works.
Graduate Research Laboratory in the Physical Science Center.
Physical Chemical Research laboratory with two people at work on high vacuum lines.
Chemistry wing of the Physical Science Centre building.
Physical Sciences Auditorium with 400 sloping seats full of students. The auditorium was housed in a seperate wing to the North of the Mathematics-Physics building and was used for large lecture classes, special lectures and public meetings. A projection booth is also located at the back of the room.
Undergraduate laboratory with private working areas for up to twenty students. The side benches and cabinets display equiptment and materials in general use.
The Metrpolitan-Vickers MS-2 model being operated by a technician in the Mass Spectrometer Laboratory.
Physics machine shop with wood and metal-working equipment to create materials for research and undergraduate laboratories. The machine shop was located in the basement of the physics-mathematics wing.
File contains: (1) Early lab manual for Chem 58, Quantative Analysis, dated by WE Harris as 1957-60, probably for 1959-60; (2) Chem 58 lab manual, revision copy, probably for 1960-61. Chemistry 58 was the forerunner to 312.
Harris and friends standing in front of a lake in the Rockies. Image found inside card from Audrey and Willard F Allen. Willard Allen was a friend and fellow chemistry teacher at the University of Alberta.
Image of a graduate Inorganic Research Laboratory in the Physical Science Center.
Staff office laboratory in the Physical Science Center, with a Fisher zone refiner in the center of the image. Each staff room was accompanied by a private laboratory.
Liquid nitrogen generator located in the main supply room.
Two technicians at work in the Infrared and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Laboratory. Machines shown are the Perkin-Elmer 221-G high resolution infrared spectrophotometer to the right and a Cary Model 14 automatic recording spectrometer.
Three Machinists operating tools in the machine shop. The shop was complete with wood and metal-working equipment to create materials for research and undergraduate laboratories. Included in the photograph is a lathes, jig saw, sheet metal bender, grinder, two drill presses, and a welding area. The machine shop was located in the basement of the physics-mathematics wing.
Detroit Convention with: Sandell, Hume, Marion and Joe Bushey, as well as Stenfers, Fall 1962.
Notes for Chemistry 312 lab practical test. This test was held in the laboratory every fall for incoming students, to get an indication of where they needed to improve.
First edition of the Chemistry 312 laboratory manual (two copies). One copy has extensive handwritten notes and revisions by WE Harris.
Hume at the Detroit Convention, Fall 1962.
Detroit Convention with: Kolthoff, Laitenen, M Bushey, O'Brein, Thomson, Luyive[?], Stenfers, Harris possibly on the far right with his hand on his chin, Fall 1962.
Report "Costs Involved in an Analytical Laboratory Course, Chemistry 312" by D.R. Weir, prepared for WE Harris 1963-64.
Image of Harris and Habgood. Harry Habgood co-authored Programmed Temperature Gas Chromatography with Harris, the first book published by anyone in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Alberta.
File contains lab manuals for: 1962-63; 1963-64; and 1964-65. Two copies of the 1962-63 manual; one is a revision copy with extensive handwritten notes by WE Harris.
Correspondence, notes, etc regarding planning for the American Chemical Society's 1966 symposium to be held in Edmonton, Alberta.
Correspondence, notes etc regarding a speaking tour for the Chemical Institute of Canada.
Correspondence, notes etc regarding prepration for the 1966 ACS Symposium. Roy Keller was Program Chair and WE Harris was Local Arrangements Chair. File includes an overhead photograph showing the University of Alberta campus. Film strip with images of the University emblem.
Revision copy of the manual with notes and corrections by WE Harris.
Aerial view of the University of Alberta campus and surrounding area.
Chemistry Department Staff at the University of Alberta: HE Gunning, HB Dunford, P Kebarle, D Darwish, C Bigelow, F Birss, HS Frank (Physical Chemistry visiting speaker), WE Harris, RN O'Brien, GR Freeman, RU Lemieux, RK Brown.
Revision copy of the manual with notes and corrections by WE Harris.
Chemistry building at the University of Alberta, August 1967.
Correspondence, notes etc. File includes correspondence with Dr. OJ Walker regarding WE Harris' appointment at the University of Alberta; correspondence regarding a sabbatical position with Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL) at Chalk River ON in 1957, and correspondence with Dr. Willard Allen at the University of Alberta during the sabbatical.
Revision copy of the manual with extensive handwritten notes and revisions by the authors.
Gas Chromatography Abstracting Service: punch cards with abstracts; metal sorter; notes and thoughts.
Correspondence, notes etc regarding publication of various scientific papers.
Annotated copies of the teaching assistants' manual for Chemistry 312, with separate annotations by WE Harris and B. Kratochvil.
The Fisher Scientific Lecture Award of the Chemical Institute of Canada is awarded for commendable achievement and scholarship in statistical science praising the impact of statistical methods of scientific investigation. Harris won this high esteemed for his outstanding leadership in analytical chemistry and contributions in Gas Chromatography. His award lecture "Gas Chromatography- Developments in Temperature Programming and Pyrolysis GC" was presented during the 52nd Canadian Chemical Conference and Exhibition in Montreal on May 28, 1969. This is the second year that the award had been given out.
Revision copies of the manual with extensive handwritten notes and revisions by the authors.
Revision copies of the teaching assistants' manual for Chemistry 312, with extensive handwritten revisions and additions by the authors, WE Harris and B. Kratochvil.
Response letter to HA Laitinen from Harris concerning a second addition to Chemical Analysis, dated May 28, 1971.
Image taken inside chemistry lab of: Donaldo Oliveria, Trevor Higgins, George Scheil, Walter Harris, and Boris Rudenko, dated February 1971.
Letter to Harris from HA Laitinen concerning revisions to the Chemical Analysis, dated May 1971.
Chemical Analysis, by HA Laitenen, published by McGraw-Hill. First edition of book, with notes throughout by WE Harris. Also contains enclosures: index cards with notes for a March 1971 meeting; two pages of comments by WE Harris; review of book by Pilipenko; and revision recommendations by Mc-Graw Hill 1960.
Correspondence, notes etc: includes correspondence with Kolthoff 1943 - 1972; newspaper clippings of Kolthoff's visit to Russia.
File contains: (1) "Chemical Analysis: an Intensive Introduction to Modern Analysis" by WE Harris and B. Kratochvil, published by Barnes & Noble 1969, 1970, which became the Chemistry 312 student laboratory manual; (2) "Supplement to Chemical Analysis," 1972.
Chemical Analysis "Crew": R Kratochvil, J Plambeck, D Rabenstein, P Harris, L Ziola, B Burrows, G Horlick, G Johanson, WE Harris. Dated August 1973. Photograph taken outside of the Chemistry Building.
The outstanding achievement award is given to former graduates of the University of Minnesota who have attained distinction in their area of study and demonstrated outstanding leadership. It was earned by Harris for his influential work in teaching analytical chemistry and research work in hot-atom chemistry, chromatography and polarography. This certificate was awarded at the 36th Annual meeting of the Institute of Technology Alumni Association on November 2, 1973.
Correspondence, notes, photographs. Memo addressed to University Archives (BARD) from WE Harris, October 11, 2006, indicates that the material is from the office of Dr. SG Davis. Contents include folders labelled "Gunning"; "Analytical"; "Chemistry Building"; "Chemistry Department"; and "Davis."
Harris presenting an Inuit carving to Harry E Gunning at an appreciation event held to celebrate Gunning's past contributions as a Chairman of the Department of Chemistry and new role as President of the University of Alberta.
Harris being awarded the Government of Alberta's Achievement Award by Premier Peter Loughheed on November 2, 1974.
Harry E Gunning posing with Harris at Gunning's appreciation event.
Walter Harris' Achievement Award recognizing his excellence in the field of Analytical Chemistry.
Correspondence, notes etc regarding publication of "Chemical Analysis: an Intensive Introduction to Modern Analysis." File also constains use and feedback on "Chemical Analysis".
Reports and correspondence; includes thank-you letters from students and Course Guide published by the University of Alberta Students' Union, 1968 (p. 24 has comments on WE Harris' course).
Card attached to image reads "President Myer Horowitz [University of Alberta] presenting bookends to Walter Harris in honor of 30 years on faculty 1976".
Midwestern Universities Analytical Chemistry Conference held at the University of Alberta, August 3-4, 1976. Picture was sent from Jean Cooley to Margaret Harris.
Image of Harris taken and sent to the Royal Society.
Professional correspondence, notes etc outside the University of Alberta.
International Student Edition of Chemical Analysis, 2nd ed. Includes attached note from Don Jackson, 1978.
File contains: (1) "Chemical Separations and Measurements: Background and Procedures for Modern Analysis" by WE Harris and B. Kratochvil, published by Saunders, 1974; (2) Supplement, 1977; (3) Supplement, 1978; (4) Correspondence with publisher, 1972. This book was a renamed, revised and updated version of the Chemistry 312 student laboratory manual.