New Chemistry Building under construction with steel beams in place.
Chemistry 312 practical test.
Detroit Convention with: Sandell, Hume, Marion and Joe Bushey, as well as Stenfers, Fall 1962.
Agenda, correspondence, notes etc, to April 1984.
File contains information compiled by WE Harris for presentations to TAC: (1) Hazardous Wastes Experience in Alberta 1979-84; (2) Hazardous Wastes and the Public - presentation to TAC May 1985; (3) Alberta Chronology: Special Wastes Facility.
Correspondence, notes etc.
Correspondence, notes etc to 20 June 1986. Includes letter dated 20 June 1986, acknowledging WE Harris' agreement to remain on the committee to 1989.
Correspondence, notes etc to 27 May 1987. Includes comments by WE Harris on "SKB Background Report to R&D Program 86."
AECL (Atomic Energy of Canada Limited) Semi-Annual Status Report of the Canadian Nuclear Fuel Waste Management Program, 1986 April 1 - September 30, Pinawa MB 1987. Report contains inserts and notes by WE Harris.
Correspondence, notes etc for July - August, 1987.
File includes: (1) lecture notes on index cards, for talks given by WE Harris on the topic of managing high level nuclear wastes; and (2) booklet, "Alberta Chronology - Special Wastes Facility" with notes for a talk given by WE Harris to TAC circa 1984.
Technical Advisory Committee on the Nuclear Fuel Waste Management Program, Annual Reports, TAC 6-10.
Notes for workshops and background readings. File includes: notes from a draft of "Low Dose Risk Assessment;" Chemistry 303 (1997) notes and lectures; "Low Dose Risk Assessment" for Extension Department 1999.
Material for workshops given by WE Harris. File includes: (1) "Risk Assessment" by WE Harris, with notes [no date]; (2) "Risk Assessment" for Environmental Services Association of Alberta workshop June 11, 1993; "Risk Assessment Low Dose, Workshop and Reading Material" for 7th Annual Calgary Environmental Conference, Oct 31, 1994
The Alberta Environment Hazardous Waste Management Committee subseries consists of twenty-eight files on the management of hazardous waste, often in connection with the Alberta Special Waste Management Corporation (ASWMC). The files are arranged by subject matter with most media separated from their respective subject. Document types include minutes, reports, notes, correspondence, presentations, news articles, slides, a movie projector tape, and a VHS videocassette. Materials are created between 1979 and 1999. Specific topics focus on PCBs & Dioxins, Hazardous Waste Management, and Risk Assessment.
The Ministry of Alberta Environment appointed a Hazardous Waste Management Committee on September 14, 1979. It was composed of three civil servants and three members of the public, one of whom was Harris. The committee’s task was to classify materials of concern, including who produced them and where they were being produced. The results were compiled into a report on Hazardous Waste Management in Alberta. It recommended that an integrated waste treatment system be established in Alberta with the Alberta Government playing a leadership role in the program. Harris’ main contribution was the section entitled “Concepts of Hazards, Toxicity and Risk”, focusing on the assessment of risks. In order to study successful hazardous waste management facilities, the committee visited plants all over Europe. Public talks were held throughout the Province of Alberta, mostly by Harris, to educate the people in hopes of finding a host for the proposed treatment facility. Ryley and Swan Hills were publicly accepted by their communities to host the treatment facility. Swan Hills was chosen as the location and on December 31, 1985 Harris resigned from the committee.
File contains: (1) "Hazardous Waste Management in Alberta," a report by the Hazardous Waste Management Committee, Jan 1980 (signed by WE Harris as a member of the committee, p. 96); (2) "Observations, Discussions & Documentation RE Site Visits: England, Denmark, Germany" by WE Harris, Nov 1981 - "a report prepared as a member of the Hazardous Waste Implementation Team," regarding site visits to hazardous waste treatment sites in other countries; (3) "Hazardous Wastes in Alberta: Final Report," Dec 1981, by the Hazardous Waste Team Implementation Program (signed by WE Harris as a member of the team, p. 5).
"Report on Alberta and Ontario Waste Management Site Selection Process," by Public Affairs International Ltd, 1985; with correspondence dated Oct 1985.
Correspondence, notes etc; includes report by Woods Gordon, Nov 1985; and letter of resignation by WE Harris, 31 Dec 1985.
Various articles and reports collected by WE Harris, including: "Siting a Fully Integrated Waste Management Facility in Alberta" by J. McQuaid-cook and KJ Simpson, Journal of the Air Pollution Control Association 36, Sept 1986; and "Development and Operation of a Waste Management System in Alberta, Canada" by J. McQuaid-Cook and CS Simons, Waste Management & Research 7, 219-227, 1989.
Correspondence, notes etc on the topics of PCBs and Dioxins.
Correspondence, notes etc on the topics of PCBs and Dioxins.
Four envelopes of negatives; includes "Negatives for Risk Assessment."
Seven trays of slides to do with hazardous waste disposal, possibly related to WE Harris' involvement with the Alberta Hazardous Waste Management Committee.
The future site of the Alberta Special Waste Treatment Facility, Swan Hills Treatment Centre: [?]; Bert Huffman; Walter Harris; Jacquie Champion; and Brenda Nelson.
VHS Videocassette of talk by WE Harris: "Analyses, Dioxins, Health," recorded July 1990. 15:50 minutes in length.
Notes on index cards for talks given by WE Harris regarding campus reviews.
PACCR, President's Advisory Committee on Campus Reviews, annual reports. File contains: (1) Sixth Annual Report, June 1986; (2) Seventh Annual Report, June 1987; (3) Campus Reviews, Third Edition, January 1988; (4) Eighth Annual Report, June 1988; (5) Ninth Annual Report, June 1989; (6) Tenth Annual Report, June 1990 - copy includes notes by WE Harris.
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.
Correspondence etc with son William (Bill) Harris, daughter-in-law Gretchen, and granddaughters Martha and Glenna. Includes family photographs taken in 2005, 2008, 2009.
The Professional Correspondence subseries is composed of twenty-eight files relating to correspondence of a professional nature inside and outside the University of Alberta. The files are arranged by subject and ordered chronologically. Document types include correspondence, letters, notes, reports, memos, and programs. It also incorporates University of Alberta records from the time of his appointment on faculty in 1946, until his retirement from the Chemistry Department in 1980. It also includes correspondence related to his activities as Emeritus Professor up to the time of his death in 2011. Files with external professional colleagues run from 1960 to 2011 with a few items generated from 1943. Specific topics covered include travel and attendance at a number of symposiums or conferences related to Chemistry and a consulting job for analytical methods in oil drilling. Topics also relate to IM Kolthoff his colleague, the Chemistry Program at the University of Alberta, and various other professional correspondence.
Correspondence, notes etc: includes correspondence regarding symposium honoring Kolthoff, 1982 and other correspondence about Kolthoff to 2009; various articles about Kolthoff, 1981 - 2008.
Correspondence, phamlets, notes etc regarding attendance at the Symposium in Madison, Wisconsin.
Reports and correspondence.
Letter to Harris from President Harry E Gunning commemorating him on five years as the Chairman of the Chemistry Department, dated July 4, 1979.
File contains presentation by WE Harris in 1975 to CCUCC: "Observations and Comments on Evaluation."
Various correspondence, notes etc within the University of Alberta.
Professional correspondence, notes etc outside the University of Alberta.
Professional correspondence, notes etc outside the University of Alberta.
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."
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 in his lab coat talking to others.
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.
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.
Correspondence, notes etc. Includes manuscript "Analytical Chemistry in Canada" by WAE McBryde, ca 1989 and "Osmand James Walker" by SG Davis and WE Harris, p. 42-47 in Essays in Chemical History, Canadian Society for Chemistry 1988.
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.
File contains: Report on Undergraduate Teaching Loads, 1974; Teaching Loads, 1979
Drafts of "Department of Chemistry - History and Memoir" by WE Harris
Supplemental information to drafts
WE Harris is Professor Emeritus - Dept of Chemistry
Sem títuloTheses relating to CKUA and electrical engineering articles
Sem títuloBiographical overviews of the life of Walter E. Harris with comments on his important achievements. File contains: (1) "Comments by G. Horlick at the Academy of Science Royal Society of Canada Reception and Dinner, Tuesday, March 30, 1999" - Dr. Gary Horlick, Chairman of the Chemistry Department, University of Alberta, provides an overview and highlights of WE Harris' career, at a dinner honoring his receipt of the Order of Canada; (2) Comments on award of Honorary D.Sc. at the University of Alberta, 1991; (3) "Walter Edgar Harris" - comments by Dr. W. McBryde on the award of Honarary D.Sc at the University of Waterloo, 1987, mentioning achievements in three areas: as a scholar and investigator, as an educator, and as an administrator; (4) "Symposium on Analytical Chemistry in honor of Professor Walter E. Harris, Aug. 15, 1980" - this brochure provides a summary of WE Harris' important scientific contributions; (5) Three articles about WE Harrris, from the University of Alberta Folio and New Trail, explain his legacy in analytical chemistry; (6) Memorial written by Dr. William Harris (son), 2011; (7) "Aspects of the Life of an Analytical Chemist" - a personal memoir by WE Harris; (8) "CV, 2011" - a curriculum vitae of Walter Harris.
Various biographical notes, articles, newspaper clippings etc; includes an envelope with a photograph from Dr. R. (Bob) Crawford.
Caption reads: "Symposium on Analytical Chemistry in honor of professor Walter E Harris on the occasion of his retirement from the University of Alberta August 15, 1980". The Symposium was organized by the analytical group at the University of Alberta. It consisted of eighteen presentations by Harris' fellow colleagues from across North America.
Walter Harris' certificate for becoming an Honorary Fellow of The Chemical Institute of Canada.
Harris after the University of Waterloo's fifty-fourth Convocation wearing academic hood and gown. Pictured here with Chancellor James Hadsworth; [?]; WAE (Pete) McBryde, former Dean of Science; and Douglas Wright, President of Waterloo.
Card attached to image reads "President Myer Horowitz [University of Alberta] presenting bookends to Walter Harris in honor of 30 years on faculty 1976".
Harris wearing his Order of Canada medal surrounded by family and friends on November 7, 1988. The "family show and tell" celebration was organized by Harris' daughter Margaret in honour of him becoming a member of the Order of Canada.
Correspondence, notes, cards, etc.
Letter congratulating Harris on becoming a Member of the Order of Canada from the Prime Minister Jean Chretien, dated October 13, 1998.
Letter on the occasion of Walter's 90th Birthday celebrations from former student Misae Masuda, dated April 29, 2005.
Letter with official seal on the occasion of Walter's 90th Birthday from Prime Minister of Canada Paul Martin.
Harris's University of Alberta B.Sc. Diploma with official seal.
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 Society of the Sigma Xi Diploma certifying Harris was elected as a member of the Minnesota chapter on May 31, 1944.
Three trays of slides to do with academic reviews; one tray of slides to do with WE Harris' personal history.
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.
A Study of the Reduction of Uranyl Salts, W.E. Harris, February 1942: "Ph. D. Thesis draft."
Correspondence, notes etc regarding a speaking tour for the Chemical Institute of Canada.
Correspondence regarding article "Three Critical Resources" by WE Harris.
Book, "Programmed Temperature Gas Chromatography" by WE Harris and HW (Harry) Habgood, 1966, and reviews of book. Copy contains handwritten thanks to Phyllis Harris by Harry Habood and Walter Harris (see first page inside cover). WE Harris: "This is the first book to be published in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Alberta."
Correspondence concerning books published.
This large volume was compiled and bound by the secretaries of the Chemistry Department as a gift to WE Harris.
Notes, etc "probably development for Chemical Analysis book". Includes an envelope with information on nomenclature to be used in 2nd edition of Chemical Analysis.
A draft with notes by WE Harris.
Correnspondence concerning Chemical Analysis 2nd edition.
Response letter to HA Laitinen from Harris concerning a second addition to Chemical Analysis, dated May 28, 1971.
Chinese edition of Chemical Analysis, 2nd ed. Inscription by translator on cover page, Nov. 23, 1985.
Preliminary edition of "Chemical Analysis: an Intensive Introduction to Modern Analysis" by WE Harris and B. Kratochvil, Barnes and Noble International Textbook Series, 1969. Contains numerous annotations, corrections, and revisions by the authors.
"Low Dose Risk Assessment" by WE Harris, self published 1997 edition; includes notes.
Correspondence, notes etc with Wuertz relating to publication of "Low Dose Risk Assessment" in 1997, and with other authors after Wuertz went out of business in 1998.
The records in this series highlight Harris’ lifelong role as an educator. Harris was described as being an organised and interesting lecturer with useful laboratories, who always encouraged students in their progress. The primary focus of the series is on scholarly and public lectures, talks, lessons, and conference presentations. This includes many verbatim transcripts of lectures given by Harris with accompanying slides. Mixed in with his teaching slides are also a variety of images capturing the construction of the chemistry building and committee outings. This series includes a variety of document types such as index cards, notes, lecture outlines, correspondence, course materials, course reviews, student essays, test questions, assignments, articles, reports, letters, cards, u-matic video tape, and lecture audiotapes. This series contains three subseries: Chemistry, Agriculture and Forestry, and Bridge. The subseries are divided according to subject matter and were created between ca. 1950 and 2011.
Notes for Chemistry 312 lab practical test.
Revision copy of the manual with notes and corrections by WE Harris.
Revision copy of the manual with extensive handwritten notes and revisions by the authors.
Nine trays of slides for lectures on chemistry and teaching.
"Perrocolor" cardboard box.
"Kodak plates" cardboard box contains slides used by WE Harris in early lectures. Slides made by Department of Extension at the University of Alberta.
Articles and notes about energy and resources; includes notes by WE Harris and articles by Dr. F. Bentley and Dr. R. Folinsbee.
Correspondence, notes etc.
Student essays.
File contains self published book, "Bridge" by WE Harris, first (1998) and third (2002) printing. WE Harris used this book when teaching bridge lessons to beginners.
File contains notes by WE Harris for teaching bridge lessons and an advertisement for bridge lessons. WE Harris donated his time to charities as a bridge teacher. The charities sold bridge lessons at silent auctions.
File contains: softcover book, "Bridge: Direct, Simple & Winning" by WE Harris and HB Dunford 2011; and correspondence, notes etc.
Lecture notes on index cards. Topics include: Developments in Teaching Analytical Chemistry; Chemistry class lectures (Chromatography, Separations, etc); Instructions to Teaching Assistants (TAs); Thoughts on Teaching; Teaching and Research; 1974 talk to Dawson College; 1976 meeting with Hon. Drury; Energy; Three Critical Resources; Hazards and Risks; History of Analytical Chemistry; History - Personal.
Four trays of slides, used by WE Harris in his last lecture, given to Sigma Xi Society at the University of Alberta, 24 Sept 1997.
New Chemistry Building under construction with bricks being laid.
Chemistry-Physics-Mathematics building under construction with steel beams in place, September 21, 1959.
Opening of the President's Advisory Committee on Campus Review office at the University of Alberta, likely in the Department of Chemistry.
Site for new Chemistry building, December 1958.