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Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

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.

Biographical Information
2012-27-1 · File · 1980 - 2011
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

Biographical 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.

2012-27-3 · File · 1964 - 2011
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

Various newspaper clippings, articles and photographs about WE Harris, including: - Photo of Technical Advisory Committee members, 1989; Slide of Presidents' Advisory Council on Academic Reviews members, ca. 1985; B&W photo of WE Harris and Harry Habgood (co-author of Programmed Temperature Gas Chromatography), 1964; B&W photo of WE Harris in office, 1977; Color photo of WE Harris, Jed Harrison, Norm Dovichi, and Gary Horlick, Department of Chemistry, 1996; Closeup photo of WE Harris for Folio, 1996. Other Materials include: Brochure, "The Theory of Chromatography", 1968; Program, "19th Annual Summer Symposium Analytical Chemistry", 1966 held at the University of Alberta.

2012-27-6 · File · 1999
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

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 Reflections, 2008
2012-27-8 · File · 2008
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

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.

Three Minicareers, 2010
2012-27-7 · File · 2010
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

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.

2012-27-11 · File · 1956 - 2005
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

Awards and other information: Fellow of Chemical Institute of Canada, 1956; Fisher Scientific Lecture Award, 1969; Government of Alberta Achievement Award, 1974; Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC) Chemical Education Award, 1975; Royal Society of Canada, 1977; American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow, 1980; Planned Parenthood Certificate of Appreciation, 2000; Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC) Honorary Fellow, 2001; Canadian Governors General Golden Jubilee Medal, 2002; Alberta Centennial Medal, 2005.

2012-27-9 · File · 2010
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

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

2012-27-10 · File · 1976 - 2003
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

Photographs and other information: Midwestern Universities Analytical Chemistry conference (MUACC), 1976; Symposium on Analytical Chemistry, 1980; American Chemical Society special Symposium in Honor of WE Harris, 1988; Canadian Society for Chemistry, Douglas Ryan / Walter Harris Award; Harris Workshops on Teaching of Undergraduate Chemistry.

University of Alberta
2012-27-14 · File · 1976 - 2006
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

Awards, photographs, correspondence, and other information: Thirty Year Service Award, 1976; President's Club, 1984; Honorary D.Sc., 1991; Recognition dinner, 1997; Alumni Honor Awards, 2003; Certificate of Appreciation, 2006

Order of Canada Binder
2012-27-15 · File · 1998 - 2008
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

Notes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, etc regarding Order of Canada 1998; Royal Society of Canada dinner honoring WE Harris, 1999, with remarks by G. Horlick; Correspondence regarding other nominees.

WEH Retirement, 1980
2012-27-17 · File · 1980
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

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.

Celebrations and Memorials
2012-27-18 · File · 2005 - 2011
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

Correspondence, notes etc: 90th birthday, 2005, from family and friends; 90th birthday, 2005, from chemistry colleagues; 96th birthday, 2011; memorials, 2011.

Diplomas
2012-27-19 · File · 1929 - 1938
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

Diplomas for grade 8, 1929; high school, 1933 and 1934; University of Alberta B.Sc., 1938.

2012-27-23 · File · 1939 - 1940
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

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.

2012-27-22 · File · 1939
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

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.

[Notes]
2012-27-27 · File
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

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.

My Expenses
2012-27-30 · File · 1934 - 1937
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

Listing of expenses incurred by WE Harris during his undergraduate years at the University of Alberta, 1934-5 and 1936-7.

2012-27-32 · File · 1943
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

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.

2012-27-33 · File · 1942 - 1945
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

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.

Polarography of Uranium
2012-27-34 · File · 1944 - 1945
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

"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.

Kolthoff, IM
2012-27-35 · File · 1943 - 1972
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

Correspondence, notes etc: includes correspondence with Kolthoff 1943 - 1972; newspaper clippings of Kolthoff's visit to Russia.

IM Kolthoff
2012-27-36 · File · 1981 - 2009
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

Correspondence, notes etc: includes correspondence regarding symposium honoring Kolthoff, 1982 and other correspondence about Kolthoff to 2009; various articles about Kolthoff, 1981 - 2008.

Memoirs of Herbert Laitenen
2012-27-37 · File · 1915 - 1991
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

"The Memoirs of Herbert August Laitenen, 1915 - 1991" with notes by WE Harris, p. 36-37. Herb Laitenen was a colleague of WE Harris at the University of Minnesota, and co-author of the textbook "Chemical Analysis" 2nd edition.

Two M.Sc. Theses
2012-27-38 · File · 1951 - 1952
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

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.

Mercaptans paper, 1954
2012-27-41 · File · 1954
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

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

2012-27-44 · File · 1960
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

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.

2012-27-43 · File · 1960
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

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."

2012-27-48 · File · 1964 - 1966
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

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.

IUPAC, Prague 1967
2012-27-50 · File · 1967
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

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

2012-27-51 · File · 1968
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

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.

2012-27-61 · File · ca 1969-1974
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

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."

2012-27-60 · File · 1964 - 1974
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

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).

Energy
2012-27-62 · File · ca 1970-1977
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

Articles and notes about energy and resources; includes notes by WE Harris and articles by Dr. F. Bentley and Dr. R. Folinsbee.

PP Posters 1999
2012-27-75 · File · 1999
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

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

2012-27-78 · File · 1966
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

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."

Lecture Notes on Index Cards
2012-27-77 · File · ? - 2005
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

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.

Chemistry Data Sheet
2012-27-82 · File · 1960 - 2006
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

Correspondence, notes, and other information about the Chemistry Data Sheet that was organized and copyrighted by WE Harris and SG Davis. File includes negatives and prints of various periodic table designs. File also includes an envelope addressed to University Archives (BARD), containing a memo from WE Harris, October 2006, describing the history of the Chemistry Data Sheet by WE Harris and SG (Stuart) Davis, and copyright registrations.

[Notes]
2012-27-85 · File · [ca 1973]
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

Notes, etc "probably development for Chemical Analysis book". Includes an envelope with information on nomenclature to be used in 2nd edition of Chemical Analysis.

Chemical Analysis, 2nd Ed.
2012-27-91 · File · 1975
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

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."

2012-27-93 · File · 1945 - 1974
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

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."

Chemical Analysis
2012-27-92 · File · 1960 - 1971
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

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.

2012-27-94 · File · 1956 - 1960
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

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).

Chem 312 Student Lab Manuals
2012-27-97 · File · 1962 - 1965
Part of Walter Edgar Harris fonds

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.