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"University of Alberta Department of Chemistry: Comments and Autobiographies from a Professor and his Former Graduate Students" by HB (Brian) Dunford, 2006.

M.Sc. Thesis: "The Distribution of Selenium in Alberta", a thesis submitted by WE Harris in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, University of Alberta, April 1939.

File contains two reports: "Technical Analysis"; and "Indicators" Anal. Chem. 131, Oct 4, 1939.

Polarizing Microscope Laboratory Report.

Report for the wartime rubber project: "Preliminary Report III. The Determination of Mercaptan in Latex by Amperometric Titration with Silver Nitrate in Ammoniacal Alcoholic Medium" by IM Kolthoff and WE Harris, June 15, 1943.

Report, notes, and map regarding a consulting project on marl by WE Harris in the 1950s: "Big Lake Marl Deposit and Summary of Marl Surveys."

Correspondence, notes etc regarding the paper "Mercaptans in Butadiene - Acrylomitrile Emulsion Cepolymerization: Consumption Data and Effects on Polymerization Rate."

Correspondence, notes etc regarding teaching at the Summer Short Course in Chromatography, Drew University, Madison, NJ. Includes notes for a lecture on programmed temperature gas chromatography.

Notes on index cards for teaching of courses; includes: black binder "Manual of Operations, Chem 312"; "Unknowns preparation, Chem 511."

Cardboard box contains slides used by WE Harris in early lectures. Slides made by Department of Extension at the University of Alberta.

Agriculture and Forestry subseries contains seventeen files regarding the planning and teaching of a new course at the University of Alberta, AGFOR 300 & 400. This course, called "Man and Resources," was co-taught with WE Harris and several other lectures. Harris’ lecture topics focused on energy, the use of resources and population. Materials date from ca. 1970-1979 with course planning materials dating from as far back as 1961. Document types include notes, index cards, lecture outlines, correspondence, course content, course reviews, student essays, test questions, assignments, articles and research on energy and resources. As well there are two u-matic video tapes, and an audiotape of lectures. Significant material covered planning materials for the class, Harris lecture “Three Critical Resources” as well as course materials such as assignments, tests, essays and lectures.

Course outlines, correspondence and notes for AGFOR 300, "Man and Resources".

Correspondence, notes etc relating to course AGFOR 300.

Course outlines, course material, correspondence, notes etc.

Course notes and lecture material.

"Nikor" cardboard box, contains slides on the topic of Energy.

The Bridge subseries is composed of five files regarding Harris’ serious hobby in the card game of bridge. The subseries was compiled ca 1990 to 2011 and the arrangement is based upon the original order in which the donor presented the items. WE Harris competed in many bridge competitions. He also taught and wrote about bridge lessons for beginners, typically with HB (Brian) Dunford. The document types include advertisements, correspondence, notes, and books. Specific topics include the books: “Bridge: Direct, Simple & Winning” and “Bridge”, as well as, supporting notes.

Correspondence, notes etc regarding "work done on a review of analytical methods in oil drilling. A consulting job done by WE Harris in 1982."

File contains 1976 article published in the Canadian Journal of Higher Education: "Evaluation of Academic Scientists" by WE Harris; along with correspondence, notes etc.

File contains presentation by DJ Edmonds and WE Harris: "Chemists and the Citation Index," presented to CCUCC in Quebec City on Oct 14, 1977. Includes notes about "The Kolthoff Study."

WE Harris submitted three essays to the University of Alberta Association of Professors Emeriti for possible publication in their millennium project. The second essay was accepted and later published in "Echoes in the Halls." File contains "Submissions to the Millennium Project, 1999," with three essays: (1) Personal thoughts on religion and science; (2) President's Advisory Committee on Campus Reviews; (3) Aspects of the life of an analytical chemist. File also contains "Echoes in the Halls" by the Association of Professors Emeriti, 1999, which includes on p. 161 a chapter by WE Harris, "Looking at Ourselves: The President's Advisory Committee on Campus Reviews," along with correspondence, notes etc.

Personal thoughts by WE Harris written for family; includes: Career and financial topics; Early years in the Nashville [Alberta] district; Graduate school, marriage, career; Career reflections; Uranium; House sale and move; A Sunday analysis [about climate change and energy]; Memorial Raymond [older brother]; Memories of bridge; Personal thoughts on religion and science ; and includes an envelope of photocopies of photographs and one slide.

Award, photograph, correspondence, and other information regarding Honorary D.Sc.

University of Alberta student yearbook.

University of Alberta student yearbook; see section "Sophomore Class" for photograph of WE Harris.

Collected examination questions for various courses.

Expenses and other notes.

Schedule for 1983-84, reports to committee, notes by WE Harris, meeting agenda for Nov. 26-27, 1983.

Reference Photograph and graphics for Atomic Energy of Canada Limited.

Correspondence, notes etc, August-December 1986.

Text of two talks given by WE Harris on the subject of Nuclear Fuel Wastes in 1986. File includes: "The Canadian Nuclear fuel Waste Management Program" by WE Harris and KJ McCallum; and "Management of Canada's High Level Nuclear Wastes" by WE Harris.

Correspondence, notes etc for June 17, 1987.

Correspondence, notes etc for Sept - Nov, 1987.

Correspondence, minutes, reports, notes, etc regarding the Alberta Special Waste Management Corporation, to Sept 1985.

"Kodak Photographic Paper" cardboard box, contains loose slides about Risk Assessment.

16 mm movie projector tape, "Hazardous Waste," a talk given by WE Harris; prepared at the University of Alberta.

Correspondence, minutes of meetings, notes etc.

Notes on index cards for talks given by WE Harris regarding campus reviews.

Correspondence, notes etc regarding travel and attendance at the International Symposium on Chemical Effects of Nuclear Transformations. Includes notes for presentation "Some chemical effects of nuclear transformations in the alkyl halides". Program, "International Symposium on Macromolecular Chemistry", 1960 in Russian, French and English.

Correspondence, notes etc regarding article by WE Harris, "Three Critical Resources" which was published in New Trail, 1978.

Correspondence concerning article, "Low Dose Risks and Authoritative Misinformation."

"An Introduction to Chemical Analysis" by WE Harris and B Kratchovil, published by Saunders in 1981. This book was the final renamed, revised and updated version of the Chemistry 312 student laboratory manual by the authors. A note by WE Harris indicates "This is the first copy of the book sold at retail." Also contains two sheets of editorial notes and corrections by Phyllis Harris, "changes for 2nd ed."

"Low Dose Risk Assessment" by WE Harris, draft with notes.

Notes and results of Chemistry 312 lab practical test.

Notes and test results; includes envelope "1962 Buret - Pipet (first Time)".

Correspondence, notes, articles and reports on teaching by WE Harris. File includes: "A Survey of Teaching Introductory Analytical Chemistry in Canada"; correspondence and notes for 1974 Symposium on Teaching Analytical Chemistry and Instrumental Analysis; and "Constant Load Balances - An Instructional Experiment."

"Campus Kit" cardboard box, contains slides in 11 small plastic boxes. Four of the small boxes are labelled: AECL; Chem 312 (2 boxes); and Teaching. Seven boxes are unlabelled.

Essays submitted by students on topics relating to energy and use of resources.

Notes for course lectures, some on index cards.

KCA 60 videocassette of interview of WE Harris: "Questions on The Three Critical Resources, Decisions, and Society with WE Harris", Sept 30, 1976. Questions came from students in his" geography" class and were read by Margaret Harris. List of questions can be found on the inside of the videocassette case, mainly concerning nuclear power. This is the preceeding video to item 247.

KCA 60 videocassette of lecture "The Three Critical Resources, Decisions, and Society with WE Harris", Sept 30, 1976. Harris' critical resources being: time, intelligence and energy.

Harris’ Personal Correspondence is comprised of seven files. The files are arranged by subject and chronologically ordered. Document types include correspondence, notes and photographs ranging from 1983 to 2011. The content includes correspondence with professional colleagues, Charlie and Betty Carr, Bill, Margaret and Gretchen Harris as well as family members and various other friends. Most of the personal correspondence occurs after 1992, when Harris’ wife Phyllis died.

Correspondence, notes etc regarding a presentation by WE Harris to Divisional Chairmen on Evaluation.

The records in this series present an overview of the life of Walter Edgar Harris. They contain highlights of his career and important contributions to the scientific community. The materials are arranged by subject with some of the media separated from their respective subjects. This series focuses on his time spent as a student, professor, scholar and committee member. A significant portion of the material includes recognition of his academic achievements in the form of awards, celebratory letters, and opening statements. There are also feature articles with brief summaries of Harris’s academic life, personal biographical writings and two of his yearbooks from university. The documents are primarily textual with a few photographs and a large number of 35mm slides. Other document types include examination questions and notes for various courses Harris had taken as a student, essays, lists of expenses, diplomas, birthday cards, newspaper clippings, biographical notes and correspondence regarding awards. These records were created between 1929 and 2011 with one slide from Harris’ public school from 1919. Harris collected and compiled the materials, complete with a personal history and extensive notes. Harris’s personal accounts include reflections on his early life, graduate school, career, committees and late life interest in the game of bridge. It also includes his personal thoughts on marriage, science, religion, his brother Raymond, uranium, and energy, among other subjects.

Summary of important career events written by WE Harris for family, includes: Timeline Analytical Chemistry; Awards; Symposiums; Publications and Initiations; Lectures; Other.

Correspondence, notes, etc on occasion of WE Harris' retirement; volume created by WE Harris. Includes photograph of WE Harris receiving Community Relations award (at back of book), and letter of appointment as PACAR Chairman.

Contains notes from: Analytical Chemistry 105; MicroQualitative Analysis; Quantitative Inorganic Microanalysis; Voltammetry; Anal. Chem. Seminar by Dr. IM Kolthoff; Advanced Volumetric Methods 4/13/42; Calorimetric Statistical Mechanics; Analytical Applications of CuPFerron and Neocupferron; Analytical Review.

Three trays of slides of a personal and general nature. Personal images include: young WE Harris at Trail, BC; TAC committee members; and "Book crew."

Potentiometric Titrations Laboratory Report.

Notes for presentation "Some Chemical Effects of Nuclear Transformation in the Alkyl Halides," and correspondence regarding manuscript "Chemical effects of the activation of bromine in the alkyl bromides: the halomethanes."

Chemical Analysis, 2nd edition by HA Laitenen and WE Harris, published by McGraw-Hill. Contains notes and corrections throughout by WE Harris. "This copy has all the collated corrections."

The International Edition of "An Introduction to Chemical Analysis" by WE Harris and B Kratchovil, publixhed by Holt-Saunders 1982. "This International Edition is not for sale in the USA, its dependencies or Canada."

"Low Dose Risk Assessment" by WE Harris, self published 1996 edition.

The Chemistry subseries includes twenty-eight files connected to the teaching of analytical chemistry lectures and the development of Harris’ laboratories. The subseries is arranged by subject matter and ranges in date from 1951 to 1997. Although Harris taught a number of chemistry classes his most notable is his Chem 312 “Quantitative Analysis” course. This comprised a two-term introductory chemical analysis course with an extensive practical laboratory component. Document types include correspondence, notes, articles and reports on teaching and cost of running classes, as well as student evaluations with comments, thank you letters, greeting cards, course guide, lecture cards, class schedules, class tests, and class records. There are also 35mm lecture slides and lantern slides as well as transparencies. It also includes an audiotape of Harris’ last lecture to Chemistry 312 and some photographs. A large portion of the material contains early stages in the development of WE Harris' Chemistry 58 and 312 laboratory manuals, along with revisions written by Harris. Chem 58 was the forerunner to Chemistry 312. Other materials include the development of Chemistry 312 laboratory manual that was worked on with Dr Byron (Ron) Kratchovil from the Chemistry Department.

"Perrocolor" cardboard box. Section titled "Pyrolysis".

Audiotape of WE Harris' last lecture for the Chemistry 312 class, April 1962.

Assignments, notes and correspondence.

Notes for lecture at Edmonton public library on the topic of Critical Resources.

Notes for presentation to Edmonton Planned Parenthood AGM, 29 March 1999, on the topic of birth control, population and resources.

Audiotape of lectures given by visiting scholars A. Vlcek and Harrison Brown. Audiotape contains: A. Vlcek lecture 1, Polarographic background, Sept 8, 1961; A. Vlcek Lecture 2, Effect of Precoding(?) Reactions, Sept 11, 1961; A. Vlcek lecture, Science and Education in Czechoslovakia; Opening Ceremonies, May 25, 1961 - Future of Industrial Civilization - Brown; HS Brown - Chemistry of Planets; CKUA Interview, HS Brown; Science is an Irish Potato - Brown. A. Vlcek was a visiting chemist from Czechoslovakia; H. Brown is the author of "The Challenge of Man's Future" 1956 and "The Human Future Revisited" 1978.

KCA 60 videocassette of lecture by WE Harris, "Three Critical Resources, Decisions and Society" for course AGFOR 300 titled "Man and Resources".

Draft version of book, "Bridge: Direct, Simple & Winning" by WE Harris and HB Dunford, 2011

"Kodak" carousel cardboard box, contains slides in small plastic boxes and loose slides. Small boxes are labelled: History; Alberta Siting Program; PACCR (4 boxes); Risks, slides not best; Risks; Risk Assess (2 boxes); Writing a Book; Waste - Denmark; Waste - Germany; Haz Wastes; Traces, Dioxin (2 boxes); Dioxin, Public; Swan Hills; Nuclear Waste; Anal Chem; Anal Chem History; W-Wing, Chemistry; Kratchovil low doses symposium; Ion Selective Electrodes.

File includes: Background material sent to committee, some with notes by WE Harris; Thoughts and writings by WE Harris; Committee correspondence, Sept-Nov 1984; Notes for a talk given by WE Harris to Rotary Club, Nov 1984.

Correspondence, notes etc, June-August 1986. Includes information about attendance at International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management, Winnipeg MB, Sept 1986.

Hazardous Waste Management Committee, 1979, Minutes, background reading, and notes by WE Harris.

Seven trays of slides to do with dioxins and risk assessment.

The President’s Advisory Committee on Campus Review (PACCR) subseries contains fifteen files connected to the committee. Materials are arranged by subjects and date predominantly from 1980 to 1990. It includes outlying data from 1973 and retrospective letters from 2008 and 2009. Subject matter highlighted include correspondence within PACCR, talks on Campus Reviews, an article titled “Systematic Reviews of University Programs and Units”, workload information and PACCR Reports. This subseries contains document types such as correspondence, index cards, reports, minutes of meetings, notes, articles, compiled data, and a binder of research data. Also see Archives accession 2012-27-6 “Submissions to the Millennium Project” and 2012-27-7 “Three Minicareers” for Harris’ personal reflections on his activities with PACCR.

The President’s Advisory Committee on Campus Review (PACCR), briefly named President’s Advisory Committee on Academic Review (PACAR), was a steering committee intended to organize reviews of academic and service units. President Horowitz appointed WE Harris as Chairman of the Committee in 1980, subsequent to his retirement from the Department of Chemistry. The steering committee members were: Dr F Enns, Dr H Kreisel, WH Jopling and Dr W Harris. The committee’s initial responsibility was to plan how to conduct reviews and determine the review process. PACCR’s goal was to find areas of improvement and create a plan that would implement bettering changes through the university. It was a committee with little authority but managed to review units through a process of volunteering, negotiations or arrangement. Each unit under review formed a Unit Review Committee (URC) to keep dialogue with PACCR and to perform the self study. Each URC was made up of four members; two external to the university from the discipline being reviewed, one internal member from a related discipline and one internal member from the university. The final review was composed of a self study report, nominations of reviewers and an on-site review by a review team, a confidential reviewers report, URC’s response to this report and follow up documentation. PACCR summarized the findings and proposed changes and subsequently met with the head of the unit and Dean of the department for discussion. After the follow up, the committee would meet and provide the President with its confidential report. Overall, the PACCR performed reviews on 127 units, ending in 1990 with the tenth annual review.

Correspondence, minutes of meetings, notes etc.

Correspondence, notes etc regarding a review of Concordia College.

Material prepared in 2006 by WE Harris for the University of Alberta Archives, and intended to accompany item #189. "This item is for submission to University Archives along with copies of the History/Memoir, the 2005 revision, samples of transmittal letters, several responses of special interest, letters and my report concerning the appointment of Dr. Gunning, and copies of relevant reports." Includes a CD-ROM: "Final Version, 8 Feb 2006."

The Correspondence series consists of correspondence of Walter E Harris. This series is divided into two subseries; professional and personal correspondence. The materials were created between 1943 and 2011. They are arranged by subject matter or grouped by
significant correspondent. Document types include letters, notes, newspaper clippings, reference letters, photographs, and reports.

The Committees series covered Walter Harris’ years spent as a member of three significant committees. The series was divided into three subseries according to these committees: the Technical Advisory Committee, Alberta Environment Hazardous Waste Management Committee and President’s Advisory Committee on Campus Review. Materials date from 1973 to 2009 and were arranged by subject matter. Large topics are chronologically arranged with most media separated from textual materials. This series has a number of document types including correspondence, minutes of meetings, notes, index cards, reviews, articles, reports, research, letters, claims, expenses, photographs, brochures, thoughts and interviews by Harris. It further includes an array of slides, a 16mm film and a VHS videocassette . Harris mentioned that each committee involved “working with new people, travelling and tackling interesting problems”.

The records in this series document the publications and reports written or co-written by Harris. Materials date from 1939 to 2011 and are arranged by subject. The document types include correspondence, photographs, articles, revisions, and notes regarding published materials or reports. There is a considerable amount of materials on “Chemical Analysis 2nd edition” by HA Laitenen and WE Harris; HA (Herb) Laitenen had written the first edition and asked WE Harris to help with the second edition. This book helped to give wide-spread recognition of the Chemistry Department at the University of Alberta. Another significant portion of the materials is devoted to the evolution of a laboratory manual culminating with the publication "Chemical Analysis: An Intensive Introduction to Modern Analysis" by WE Harris and B. Kratchovil. To accompany this book, the authors produced "Teaching Introductory Analytical Chemistry" as the teaching assistant's manual for Chemistry 312. This included information like teaching philosophy, laboratory organization, details of common student problems with individual experiments and grading. Notable early work includes Harris’ M.Sc. Thesis "The Distribution of Selenium in Alberta” and his PhD thesis “The Polarography of Uranium”. This series also includes the report “The Determination of Mercaptan in Latex by Amperometric Titration with Silver Nitrate in Ammoniacal Alcoholic Medium” written in conjunction with IM Kolthoff for the wartime rubber project. As well, the series includes the first book published in the department of chemistry at University of Alberta entitled “Programmed Temperature Gas Chromatography” co-written with HW Habgood. Other notable publications relate to Harris’s committee work such as “Low Dose Risk Assessment”, articles on PCB and dioxins, as well as, bioethanol. The materials were all collected by Harris except for a volume that was compiled and bound by the secretaries of the Chemistry Department as a gift to WE Harris.

This series contains fourteen files on the history of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Alberta and of Analytical Chemistry in Canada. The materials range in date from 1931 to 2009, and predominantly after 1996. It covers information about key individuals at the University of Alberta such as Osmand James Walker, SG Davis, Harry Gunning and HB (Brian) Dunford. A significant portion of the material is related to Harris’ book entitled “Department of Chemistry History and a Memoir”. Other materials include graduands and staff listings, as well as information on the new Chemistry building and teaching loads. It also includes University of Alberta “Evergreen & Gold” yearbooks that predate WE Harris’ time at the University. Document types include photographs, slides, notes, lists, books, correspondence, memos, memoirs, booklets and articles. Also see Archives Accession 2012-27-236 for a few slides featuring the Chemistry building under construction and newly built.

Correspondence between Professor Emeritus, W.E. Harris and W.G. Goward, a former graduate student in chemistry.

Program, correspondence, notes etc regarding the holding of the 1966 ACS symposium. "First one held outside the U.S."

Correspondence, notes etc regarding travel and attendance at the International Congress of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), Prague, 1967. Various materials in German.

Correspondence, notes etc regarding travel and attendance at the conference. Includes manuscript: "A system for the Identification of Gas-Chromatographic Peaks by Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography with High Speed Temperature Programming" by RR Goforth and WE Harris. Few conference materials in Danish.

In 2010 WE Harris wrote a personal summary of his activities on (1) Atomic Energy of Canada Technical Advisory Committee [TAC]; (2) University of Alberta President's Advisory Committee on Campus Reviews [PACCR]; (3) Alberta Environment Hazardous Waste Management Committee.