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Richard W. Dodson Papers

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Call Number:
016
Repository:
Science History Institute Archives
Extent:
22.4 linear feet (16 boxes (15 record boxes, 1 hollinger box, and 1 oversized box))
Preferred Citation:
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Richard W. Dodson Papers, 1921-2008, Science History Institute Archives.
Date:
1921-2008 (inclusive) and 1934-1988 (bulk)
Creator:
Dodson, Richard Wolford, 1915-2002
Form:
Photographs and Videotapes
Abstract:
Correspondence, professional files, scientific files, personal files, and publications of American scientist Richard W. Dodson.

Richard W. Dodson was an American scientist and the founding chairman of Brookhaven National Laboratory's Chemistry Department. Born in Kirksville, Missouri on January 15, 1915, Dodson attended Northeast Missouri Teachers College for two years, and transferred to the California Institute of Technology (CalTech), where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry in 1936. He furthered his education by earning his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Johns Hopkins University in 1939. In his Ph.D. dissertation, Dodson reported on some of the early research on nuclear fission in the United States, and on the applications of radioactive tracers to the study of chemical reactions. From 1939 to 1940, he remained at Johns Hopkins to continue his nuclear fission product studies.

In 1940, Dodson was awarded a National Research Fellowship at the California Institute of Technology to conduct further research on nuclear fission. That same year, this fellowship was discontinued when he joined the National Research Defense Committee. At the NRDC, he contributed to the American war effort during World War II by conducting research on chemical warfare at Cal Tech and Northwestern University. In 1943, Dodson moved to Los Alamos National Laboratory to work on the Manhattan Project. At Los Alamos, he continued to aid the American war effort by serving as Group Leader and later Assistant Division Leader in the laboratory's Chemistry Division.

Immediately after the end of World War II, Dodson joined the faculty of Cal Tech as Assistant Professor of Chemistry. In 1947, he was appointed Associate Professor of Chemistry at Columbia University. At Columbia, he rose to the rank of Professor of Chemistry in 1953, a position he held until 1982.

In 1947, shortly after his arrival at Columbia, Dodson was asked to join the newly established Brookhaven National Laboratory to found the new facility's Chemistry Department. Serving as Acting Chairman (1947-1948) and Chairman (1948-1968), Dodson spearheaded the Chemistry Department's rapid growth from humble beginnings to a position of world renown. In addition to his leadership of Brookhaven's Chemistry Department, Dodson continued to be a well-regarded scientist in his own right. Pursuing his research interests of radiochemistry and physical chemistry, he conducted extensive research on the kinetics of electron-transfer reactions and complex-ion equilibria. Dodson stepped down as Chemistry Department Chairman in 1968 to devote full-time attention to his scientific research, but remained at Brookhaven as a Senior Chemist until his retirement in 1982. After his retirement, he continued to serve Brookhaven as a consultant.

In addition to his professional duties and scientific research, Dodson engaged in a number of extracurricular activities within the scientific community. Over the course his career, he held leadership roles with several scientific organizations, including the United States Atomic Energy Commission and the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Richard W. Dodson passed away on June 13, 2002.

Source

Richard W. Dodson Papers, Chemical Heritage Foundation Archives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Richard W. Dodson Papers contain the personal papers of American scientist Richard W. Dodson. The collection is arranged into the following six series:

  1. Correspondence
  2. Professional Files
  3. Scientific Files
  4. Personal Files
  5. Printed Materials
  6. Oversized

The Richard W. Dodson Papers were donated to the Science History Institute (formerly the Chemical Heritage Foundation) by Don Dodson and Robert Dodson in April 2014.

The Richard W. Dodson Papers were processed by Kenton G. Jaehnig in April 2015.

There are no other known archival collections created by Richard W. Dodson preserved at the date of processing.

Organization
Subject

Publisher
Science History Institute Archives
Finding Aid Author
Finding aid created and encoded into EAD by Kenton G. Jaehnig
Finding Aid Date
2014
Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes and the collection is open to the public.

Use Restrictions

The Science History Institute holds copyright to the Richard W. Dodson Papers. The researcher assumes full responsibility for all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Collection Inventory

Series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this series contains Richard W. Dodson's professional and personal correspondence. A majority of the files in this series contain correspondence generated by Dodson during his tenure as Acting Chairman and Chairman of Brookhaven National Laboratory's Chemistry Department. This series also contains Dodson's correspondence with a number of educational and scientific institutions, including, but not limited to, the California Institute of Technology, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Columbia University. Also found in this series are files containing Dodson's correspondence with the United States Atomic Energy Commission and a handful scientific journals. A few files containing Dodson's correspondence with fellow scientists, including, but not limited to Gerhart Friedlander and Linus Pauling are also preserved here.

The contents of the Correspondence files consist mainly of letters. A small amount of accompanying materials, including, but not limited to, clippings, article reprints, notes, photographs, and scientific papers are found in these files as well.

American Chemical Society – Publications, 1951-1964.
Box 1 Folder 1
Ronald P. Bell, 1970-1985.
Box 1 Folder 2
General Note

Includes photographs.

Jacob Biegeleisen, 1957-2001.
Box 1 Folder 3
Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1946-1948.
Box 1 Folder 4
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Private and/or Controversial, 1958-1968.
Box 1 Folder 5
Carl Brubaker, Jr., 1959-1970.
Box 1 Folder 6
California Institute of Technology, 1934-1936, undated.
Box 1 Folder 7
California Institute of Technology, 1941-1947.
Box 1 Folder 8
William E. Campbell, Jr., 1936-1943.
Box 1 Folder 9
Columbia University, 1946-1952.
Box 1 Folder 10
Cornell University, 1946.
Box 1 Folder 11
Charles Coryell, 1936-1971.
Box 1 Folder 12
Don Devault, 1937-1991.
Box 1 Folder 13
Richard W. Dodson – Outgoing Correspondence, 1947.
Box 1 Folder 14
Richard W. Dodson – Outgoing Correspondence, 1948.
Box 1 Folder 15
Richard W. Dodson – Outgoing Correspondence, 1949.
Box 1 Folder 16
Richard W. Dodson – Outgoing Correspondence, 1950.
Box 1 Folder 17
Richard W. Dodson – Outgoing Correspondence, 1951.
Box 1 Folder 18
Richard W. Dodson – Outgoing Correspondence, 1952.
Box 1 Folder 19
Richard W. Dodson – Outgoing Correspondence, 1953.
Box 1 Folder 20
Richard W. Dodson – Outgoing Correspondence, 1954.
Box 1 Folder 21
Richard W. Dodson – Outgoing Correspondence, 1955.
Box 1 Folder 22
Richard W. Dodson – Outgoing Correspondence, 1956.
Box 1 Folder 23
Richard W. Dodson – Outgoing Correspondence, 1957.
Box 1 Folder 24
Richard W. Dodson – Outgoing Correspondence, 1958.
Box 1 Folder 25
Richard W. Dodson – Outgoing Correspondence, 1959.
Box 1 Folder 26
Richard W. Dodson – Outgoing Correspondence, 1960.
Box 1 Folder 27
Richard W. Dodson – Outgoing Correspondence, 1961.
Box 1 Folder 28
Richard W. Dodson – Outgoing Correspondence, 1962.
Box 1 Folder 29
Richard W. Dodson – Outgoing Correspondence, 1963.
Box 1 Folder 30
Richard W. Dodson – Outgoing Correspondence, 1964.
Box 1 Folder 31
Richard W. Dodson – Outgoing Correspondence, 1965.
Box 1 Folder 32
Richard W. Dodson – Outgoing Correspondence, 1966.
Box 1 Folder 33
Richard W. Dodson – Outgoing Correspondence, 1967.
Box 1 Folder 34
Richard W. Dodson – Outgoing Correspondence, 1968.
Box 1 Folder 35
Richard W. Dodson – Outgoing Correspondence, 1976-1981.
Box 2 Folder 1
Richard W. Dodson – Received Correspondence – A-G, 1947-1957 .
Box 2 Folder 2-3
Richard W. Dodson – Received Correspondence – H-N, 1947-1957 .
Box 2 Folder 4-5
Richard W. Dodson – Received Correspondence – P-Z, 1947-1957 .
Box 2 Folder 6-7
Richard W. Dodson – Received Correspondence – A-H, 1958-1969 .
Box 2 Folder 8-9
Richard W. Dodson – Received Correspondence – K-Si, 1958-1969 .
Box 2 Folder 10
Richard W. Dodson – Received Correspondence – Sp-Zi, 1958-1967 .
Box 2 Folder 11-12
Richard W. Dodson – Received Correspondence, 1970-1978.
Box 2 Folder 13
Richard W. Dodson – Received Correspondence, 1979-1982.
Box 2 Folder 14
Foreign Correspondence, 1948-1957.
Box 2 Folder 15
Foreign Correspondence, 1958.
Box 2 Folder 16
Gerhart Friedlander, 1945-1977.
Box 2 Folder 17
R.A. Horne, 1955-1968.
Box 2 Folder 18
John Harty, 1934-1945.
Box 2 Folder 19
Harvard University, 1946.
Box 2 Folder 20
Roald Hoffmann, 1958, undated.
Box 2 Folder 21
Journal of Physical Chemistry, 1954-1962.
Box 2 Folder 22
Letters of Recommendation, 1945-1947.
Box 2 Folder 23
Los Alamos National Laboratory – Classified Material Receipts, 1943-1945.
Box 2 Folder 24
Los Alamos National Laboratory – Termination Matters, 1944-1948 .
Box 2 Folder 25
Rudy Marcus, 1959, 1992, undated.
Box 2 Folder 26
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1934.
Box 2 Folder 27
Robert A. Millikan – Letter to F.B. Jewett, 1941 May 31.
Box 2 Folder 28
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1934-1936.
Box 2 Folder 29
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1938-1939.
Box 2 Folder 30
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1944-1950.
Box 2 Folder 31
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1951-1960.
Box 3 Folder 1
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1961-1970.
Box 3 Folder 2
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1971-1977.
Box 3 Folder 3
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1981-1985.
Box 3 Folder 4
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1991-1997.
Box 3 Folder 5
National Academy of Sciences – National Resource Council, 1955-1961.
Box 3 Folder 6
National Research Fellowship, 1939-1943.
Box 3 Folder 7
Gwyneth M. Nord (Formerly Waind), 1958-1967.
Box 3 Folder 8
Arthur A. Noyes, 1934-1965.
Box 3 Folder 9
General Note

Includes photographs.

J. Robert and Katherine Oppenheimer, 1954-1967, undated.
Box 3 Folder 10
Linus Pauling, 1936, 1945, undated.
Box 3 Folder 11
Pergamon Press, Limited/Pergamon Institute – Publications, 1954-1961.
Box 3 Folder 12
Slobodan Ribnikar, 1967-2000.
Box 3 Folder 13
Scientific Correspondence, 1952-1975.
Box 3 Folder 14
United States Atomic Energy Commission, 1948-1967.
Box 3 Folder 15
United States Atomic Energy Commission – Chemistry Branch/Chemistry Division, 1952-1967.
Box 3 Folder 16
University of Chicago, 1945.
Box 3 Folder 17
University of Michigan, 1945.
Box 3 Folder 18
University of Minnesota, 1945.
Box 3 Folder 19
University of Missouri-Columbia, 1932.
Box 3 Folder 20
University of Puerto Rico – Cienca Editorial Board, 1962.
Box 3 Folder 21
University of Tokyo – Re: Visiting Professorship, 1979, 1981.
Box 3 Folder 22
Björn Warnqvist, 1970.
Box 3 Folder 23
Don M. Yost, 1943-1977.
Box 3 Folder 24
General Note

Includes photographs.

Series Description

This series contains files documenting Richard W. Dodson's professional activities over the course of his career. The contents of the Professional Files are arranged into the following two sub-series:

  1. Academic Files
  2. Subject Files
Sub-series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this sub-series contains Richard W. Dodson's academic files. The materials in this sub-series primarily document his career as a chemistry professor at the California Institute of Technology and Columbia University. A few items documenting his graduate studies at Johns Hopkins University are also found here.

Most of the Academic Files' contents regard chemistry classes taught by Dodson at Cal Tech and Columbia, which consist mainly of lecture notes and exams, but also include student essays, gradebooks, a class roster, and a lecture schedule. Also found in this sub-series are a handful of files regarding individual graduate students advised by Dodson at Columbia, which mainly contain copies of Ph.D. dissertations, but also include a few paper manuscripts and notes. Four files regarding Dodson's graduate studies at Johns Hopkins, which include a copy of his Ph.D. dissertation, class assignments, class notes, term papers, and class presentations are also found here. A grade book belonging to scientist Don M. Yost, a colleague of Dodson at Cal Tech, is preserved in this sub-series as well.

California Institute of Technology – Chemistry 13B: Radioactivity – Lecture Notes and Final Exam, 1946 Spring.
Box 3 Folder 25
California Institute of Technology – Chemistry 127A: Radiochemistry – Lecture Notes and Final Exam, 1946 Spring.
Box 3 Folder 26
California Institute of Technology – Chemistry 127B: Radiochemistry – Essays, 1946 Fall.
Box 3 Folder 27
California Institute of Technology – Chemistry 127B: Radiochemistry – Lecture Notes and Final Exam, 1946 Fall.
Box 3 Folder 28
California Institute of Technology – Chemistry 127B: Radiochemistry – Final Exam, 1947 Fall.
Box 3 Folder 29
California Institute of Technology – Chemistry 232: Radioactivity – Lecture Notes and Final Exam, 1941 Spring.
Box 3 Folder 30
Columbia University – Chemical Kinetics – Class Roster and Lecture Schedule, 1973 Spring.
Box 3 Folder 31
Columbia University – Chemistry 234: Radiochemistry – Lecture Notes, 1948 Spring.
Box 3 Folder 32
Columbia University – Chemistry 234: Radiochemistry – Lecture Notes, 1958 Spring.
Box 3 Folder 33
Columbia University – Chemistry G4231Y: Chemical Kinetics – Lecture Notes, 1975 Spring.
Box 3 Folder 34
Columbia University – Chemistry G4314: Nuclear and Radiochemistry – Final Exam, 1977 Fall.
Box 3 Folder 35
Columbia University – Chemistry G4314: Nuclear and Radiochemistry – Lecture Notes, 1977 Fall.
Box 3 Folder 36
Columbia University – Chemistry G4314: Nuclear and Radiochemistry – Miscellaneous Notes, 1977 Fall.
Box 3 Folder 37
Columbia University – Chemistry G4314Y: Nuclear and Radiochemistry – Lecture Notes, 1980 Spring.
Box 3 Folder 38
Columbia University – Chemistry G4314Y: Nuclear and Radiochemistry – Midterm and Final Exams, 1980 Spring.
Box 3 Folder 39
Columbia University – Chemistry G4314Y: Nuclear and Radiochemistry – Problem Sets and Solutions, 1980 Spring.
Box 3 Folder 40
Columbia University – Chemistry G8231: Chemical Kinetics – Final Exam, 1969 Spring.
Box 3 Folder 41
Columbia University – Chemistry G8231: Chemical Kinetics – Final Examination, 1971 Spring.
Box 3 Folder 42
Columbia University – Chemistry G8231: Chemical Kinetics – Lecture Notes, 1971 Spring.
Box 3 Folder 43
Columbia University – Chemistry G8231Y: Chemical Kinetics – Lecture Notes, 1965 Spring.
Box 3 Folder 44
Columbia University – Chemistry G8231Y: Chemical Kinetics – Final Exam, 1967 Spring.
Box 4 Folder 1
Columbia University – Chemistry G8231Y: Chemical Kinetics – Final Exams, 1971 Spring.
Box 4 Folder 2
Columbia University – Günther Dulz – Notes and Correspondence Accompanying Ph.D. Dissertation, 1962-1982, undated.
Box 4 Folder 3
Columbia University – Günther Dulz – Paper Manuscripts and Notes, 1959-1960, undated.
Box 4 Folder 4
Columbia University – Günther Dulz – Ph.D. Dissertation (Photocopy), 1963.
Box 4 Folder 5
Columbia University – Garman Harbottle – Ph.D. Dissertation (Mimeograph copy), 1951, 1964.
Box 4 Folder 6
Columbia University – Garman Harbottle – "The Rates of Oxidation-Reduction Exchange Reactions", undated.
Box 4 Folder 7
Columbia University – Ralph A. Horne – Ph.D. Dissertation, 1955.
Box 4 Folder 8
Columbia University – Julian M. Miller – Ph.D. Dissertation, 1949.
Box 4 Folder 9
Columbia University – J. Silverman – Ph.D. Dissertation (Mimeograph copy), 1951.
Box 4 Folder 10
Richard W. Dodson – Gradebook – California Institute of Technology and Columbia, 1946-1975.
Box 4 Folder 11
Richard W. Dodson – Gradebook – California Institute of Technology and Columbia University, 1946-1980.
Box 4 Folder 12
Richard W. Dodson – Johns Hopkins University – Ph.D. Dissertation, 1939.
Box 4 Volume 13
Johns Hopkins University – Advanced Calculus – Assignments and Exam, 1937 .
Box 4 Folder 14
Johns Hopkins University – Chemical Physics – Class Notes, 1937.
Box 4 Folder 15
Johns Hopkins University – Term Papers and Class Presentations, circa 1936-1939.
Box 4 Folder 16
Don M. Yost – Grade Book – California Institute of Technology, 1945-1946.
Box 4 Folder 17
Sub-series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this sub-series contains subject files pertaining to a cross-section of Richard W. Dodson's professional activities. A majority of the files in this sub-series document his extra-curricular activities within the scientific community, which include, but are not limited to, his attendance at conferences, leadership positions with scientific organizations (most notably the United States Atomic Energy Commission), and his service as a referee for several scientific journals. This sub-series also contains a few files documenting Dodson's scholarly activities, which include scientific papers he presented over the course of his career. A handful of files regarding a few of Dodson's employers, including, but not limited to, Brookhaven National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory are also found here. A small number of files regarding fellow scientists and subjects of scientific interest to Dodson are preserved in this sub-series as well.

The contents of the Subject Files consist mainly of correspondence, article reprints, paper manuscripts, and clippings. Publications, photographs, and a few photo negatives are found in the Subject Files as well.

8th Radiochemical Conference – Articles, 1972-1974.
Box 4 Folder 18
8th Radiochemical Conference – Correspondence, 1974-1975.
Box 4 Folder 19
8th Radiochemical Conference – Notes, 1975.
Box 4 Folder 20
8th Radiochemical Conference – Photographs, 1975.
Box 4 Folder 21
8th Radiochemical Conference – Presentation, 1975.
Box 4 Folder 22
General Note

Includes photographs.

8th Radiochemical Conference – Publications, 1975.
Box 4 Folder 23
8th Radiochemical Conference – Visa Application, 1975.
Box 4 Folder 24
1955 International Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, 1955.
Box 4 Folder 25
1958 International Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, 1957-1958.
Box 4 Folder 26
Allchar Mine – Lorandite Deposit Near Kavadarsi, Yugoslavia, 1974-1975.
Box 4 Folder 27
Atoms for Peace Program, 1955.
Box 4 Folder 28
J. Philip Bromberg – "Extractions of Thallic Thallium at Various Tl Concentrations", 1955 September 12.
Box 4 Folder 29
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Chemistry Conferences, 1948-1951, undated.
Box 4 Folder 30
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Clippings About, 1950-1987.
Box 4 Folder 31
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Personnel Policy, 1951-1972.
Box 4 Folder 32
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Reports to the Trustees (Research Program of the Chemistry Department), 1947-1950.
Box 4 Folder 33-34
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Summer Visitors, 1959.
Box 4 Folder 35
California Institute of Technology – Water Boiler, 1945.
Box 4 Folder 36
Richard W. Dodson – Articles By – Referee Reports, 1973-1984.
Box 4 Folder 37
Richard W. Dodson – Lecture Notes – "The Statistical Nature of Radioactivity", undated.
Box 4 Folder 38
Richard W. Dodson – Papers By, 1930s.
Box 4 Folder 39
Richard W. Dodson – Papers By, 1940s.
Box 4 Folder 40
Richard W. Dodson – Papers By, 1950s.
Box 4 Folder 41
Richard W. Dodson – Papers By, 1964-1970.
Box 4 Folder 42
Richard W. Dodson – Papers By, 1982, 1987.
Box 4 Folder 43
Richard W. Dodson – Papers By, undated.
Box 4 Folder 44
Richard W. Dodson – Patents, 1947-1956.
Box 4 Folder 45
Garman Harbottle and Edward V. Sayre – Hevesy Medal, 1984.
Box 4 Folder 46
Hydroxylamine Sulfonate Chemistry, 1941-1967, undated.
Box 5 Folder 1
Inorganic Chemistry – Referee Reports, 1971, 1973.
Box 5 Folder 2
International Atomic Energy Agency – Review Committee Meeting, 1966.
Box 5 Folder 3
Johns Hopkins University – Alumni Advisory Committee, 1950.
Box 5 Folder 4
Journal of the American Chemical Society – Referee Reports, 1949-1979.
Box 5 Folder 5
Journal of Physical Chemistry – Referee Reports, 1968-1971.
Box 5 Folder 6
Los Alamos National Laboratory – 40th Anniversary, 1983.
Box 5 Folder 7-8
Los Alamos National Laboratory – Formerly Utilized MED/AEC Sites Remedial Action Program, 1979 June.
Box 5 Folder 9
Los Alamos National Laboratory – Manhattan District History: Project 4: The Los Alamos Project, Volume I – Photocopy of Chapters VIII-XIV, undated.
Box 5 Folder 10
Los Alamos National Laboratory – Manhattan Project – Miscellaneous, 1945.
Box 5 Folder 11
Los Alamos National Laboratory – Miscellaneous, 1946-1993, undated.
Box 5 Folder 12
General Note

Includes photograph.

Los Alamos National Laboratory – Radiological Survey and Decontamination of the Former Main Technical Area (TA-1) at Los Alamos, New Mexico, 1977 December.
Box 5 Folder 13
National Defense Research Committee, 1942-1948, undated.
Box 5 Folder 14
General Note

Includes photo negatives.

National Science Foundation – Proposal Reviews, 1955-1959.
Box 5 Folder 15
Oak Ridge National Laboratory – Advisory Committee for Chemistry, 1954-1957.
Box 5 Folder 16
Potsherds – Articles, 1964-1983.
Box 5 Folder 17
Potsherds – Correspondence, 1954-1964.
Box 5 Folder 18
Potsherds – Miscellaneous, 1956-1977, undated.
Box 5 Folder 19
General Note

Includes photograph.

Princeton University – Chemistry Department Advisory Council, 1959-1967.
Box 5 Folder 20
Puerto Rico Nuclear Center, 1959-1967.
Box 5 Folder 21
Radioactivity – Roscoe Dickinson?, 1937, undated.
Box 5 Folder 22
Edward V. Sayre – American Chemical Society Award Nominations, 1974-1986.
Box 5 Folder 23
Edward V. Sayre – Articles and Papers, 1957-1983.
Box 5 Folder 24
M. Silver – "Attempt to Measure Distribution Coefficient for Thallic Ion Between Hydrochloric Acid Solutions and Isopropyl Ether", 1954 April 3.
Box 5 Folder 25
Solar Neutrinos – Articles, 1978-2002, undated.
Box 5 Folder 26
Solar Neutrinos – Correspondence, 1979-1982.
Box 5 Folder 27
Solar Neutrinos – Miscellaneous, 1973-1985.
Box 5 Folder 28
Special Conferences, 1947-1957.
Box 5 Folder 29
Stanford University – Taube Group, 1981.
Box 5 Folder 30
Thallium Extractions with Hexone (Methylisobutyl Ketone) – Various Papers, 1964, 1966, undated.
Box 5 Folder 31
United States Atomic Energy Commission – General Advisory Committee – Certificate of Appreciation, 1956.
Box 6A Folder 1
General Note

Includes photographs.

United States Atomic Energy Commission – General Advisory Committee – Correspondence, 1951-1956.
Box 6A Folder 2
United States Atomic Energy Commission – General Advisory Committee – Re: Suspension of J. Robert Oppenheimer's Security Clearance, 1954, undated.
Box 6A Folder 3
United States Atomic Energy Commission – General Advisory Committee – Study of Basic Research, 1967-1974.
Box 6A Folder 4-5
General Note

Includes photograph.

United States Atomic Energy Commission – Project Crave, 1951-1952 .
Box 6A Folder 6
United States Atomic Energy Commission – Transplutonium Program Committee, 1964-1980.
Box 6A Folder 7
R.M. Walters – Thallic Chloride Extraction – Reports I-III, 1964-1965.
Box 6A Folder 8

Series Description

This series contains Richard W. Dodson's scientific files, which document his research activities over the course of his career. The contents of the Scientific Files are arranged into the following two sub-series:

  1. Scientific Notebooks
  2. Scientific Notes
Sub-series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this sub-series contains Richard W. Dodson's scientific notebooks, which document research he conducted between 1934 and 1989. Eighteen of the notebooks concern his research as an undergraduate at the California Institute of Technology, and as a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University. Fifteen of the notebooks concern research conducted by Dodson and his colleagues Günther Dulz, Barbara E. Kream, and Kathleen McLinskey at Brookhaven National Laboratory. The remaining eight notebooks regard research conducted by Dodson as a scientist at the California Institute of Technology, and Columbia University respectively. The "Nuclear Notebooks" compiled by Dodson at Johns Hopkins and Cal Tech are of particular interest, because they document his early research into nuclear fission.

The contents of this sub-series consist mainly of bound notebooks. A handful of unbound notebooks are also found here. Two pocket notebooks are preserved in this sub-series as well.

Brookhaven National Laboratory – Richard W. Dodson – Notebook 17, 1974-1979.
Box 6A Volume 9
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Richard W. Dodson – Notebook 18, 1980-1989.
Box 6A Volume 10
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Richard W. Dodson – Notes and Calculations I – Excerpts, 1962-1963, undated.
Box 6A Folder 11
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Richard W. Dodson – Notes and Calculations II, 1963-1964.
Box 6A Volume 12
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Richard W. Dodson – Notes and Calculations III, 1967.
Box 6A Volume 13
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Richard W. Dodson – Notes and Calculations IV – Excerpts, 1968.
Box 6A Folder 14
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Richard W. Dodson – Notes and Calculations V – Excerpts, 1969, 1976, undated.
Box 6A Folder 15
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Günther Dulz – Notebook II, 1960-1961.
Box 6A Volume 16
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Kathleen McLinskey – Notebook 9, 1967 December-1968 December.
Box 6A Volume 17
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Kathleen McLinskey – Notebook Indexes, 1982, undated.
Box 6A Folder 18
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Unclassified Notebook No. 4162 – Günther Dulz, 1960.
Box 6A Folder 19
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Unclassified Notebook No. 4851 – Barbara E. Kream, 1969.
Box 6A Folder 20
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Unclassified Notebook No. 4859 – Barbara E. Kream, 1969.
Box 6A Folder 21
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Unclassified Notebook No. 4876 – Kathleen McLinskey, 1969-1970.
Box 6A Folder 22
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Pocket Notebook, 1989 September-October .
Box 6B Folder 1
Richard W. Dodson – California Institute of Technology – Laboratory Notebook 1946, 1946-1947.
Box 6B Folder 2
Richard W. Dodson – California Institute of Technology – Laboratory Work – Chemistry 12c, 1935 Spring.
Box 6B Folder 3
Richard W. Dodson – California Institute of Technology – Notebook for Chemistry 12a-b, 1934-1935.
Box 6B Folder 4
Richard W. Dodson – California Institute of Technology – Organic Chemistry Lab, 1935-1936.
Box 6B Folder 5
Richard W. Dodson – California Institute of Technology – Pocket Notebook, 1945-1946.
Box 6B Folder 6
Richard W. Dodson – Chemical Research Notebook #6, 1936.
Box 6B Folder 7
Richard W. Dodson – Chemical Research Notebook #7, 1936.
Box 6B Folder 8
Richard W. Dodson – Chemical Research Notebook #8 – Hemoglobin, 1936.
Box 6B Folder 9
Richard W. Dodson – Columbia University – Laboratory Notebook, 1947-1948.
Box 7 Folder 1
Richard W. Dodson – Johns Hopkins University – Various Mathematical Problems, 1936-1937.
Box 7 Folder 2
Richard W. Dodson – Notebook #1 – Corona Del Mar, 1935 Summer.
Box 7 Folder 3
Richard W. Dodson – Notebook #2 – Corona Del Mar, 1935 Summer.
Box 7 Folder 4
Richard W. Dodson – Notebook #3 – Corona Del Mar, 1935 Summer.
Box 7 Folder 5
Richard W. Dodson – Notebook #4 – Corona Del Mar, 1935 Summer.
Box 7 Folder 6
Richard W. Dodson – Notebook #5 – Pasadena, 1935 Fall.
Box 7 Folder 7
Richard W. Dodson – Nuclear Notebook #1 – Johns Hopkins University, 1937-1938.
Box 7 Folder 8
Richard W. Dodson – Nuclear Notebook #2 – Johns Hopkins University, 1938.
Box 7 Folder 9
Richard W. Dodson – Nuclear Notebook #3 – Johns Hopkins University, 1938-1939.
Box 7 Folder 10
Richard W. Dodson – Nuclear Notebook #4 – Johns Hopkins University, 1939.
Box 7 Folder 11
Richard W. Dodson – Nuclear Notebook #5 – Johns Hopkins University, 1939-1940.
Box 7 Folder 12
Richard W. Dodson – Nuclear Notebook #6 – Johns Hopkins University, 1940.
Box 7 Folder 13
Richard W. Dodson – Nuclear Notebook #7 – California Institute of Technology, 1940-1941.
Box 7 Folder 14
Richard W. Dodson – Nuclear Notebook #8 – California Institute of Technology, 1941.
Box 7 Folder 15
Richard W. Dodson – Pocket Notebook, circa 1946-1947.
Box 7 Folder 16
Richard W. Dodson – Pocket Notebook, 1948.
Box 7 Folder 17
Richard W. Dodson – References and Notes, 1939-1941.
Box 7 Folder 18
Sub-series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this sub-series contains Richard W. Dodson scientific notes, which provide extensive documentation of research he conducted at Brookhaven National Laboratory between 1953 and 1988. The materials in these files reveal much about Dodson's research on the kinetics of electron-transfer reactions and complex-ion equilibria.

The contents of the Scientific Notes consist mainly of handwritten notes and graphs. Smaller amounts of other materials, including article reprints, clippings, paper manuscripts, and computer printouts are found in these files as well.

Absorbances of Thallium (III)-Chloride Mixtures, and Thallium (I), 1970-1974, undated.
Box 7 Folder 19
Alcohol Radical Problem, 1988.
Box 7 Folder 20
J.H. Baxendale and Dan Meyerstein – Notes and Correspondence, 1976-1977, undated.
Box 7 Folder 21
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Analytical Reports, 1967-1968, undated.
Box 7 Folder 22
Cadmium (I) Problem, 1988.
Box 7 Folder 23
Calculations in Radiation Chemistry, 1979, undated.
Box 7 Folder 24
Chemical Extraction Experiments, circa 1967-1968.
Box 7 Folder 25
Chromium, 1977-1980, undated.
Box 7 Folder 26
Chromium (IV) and Chromium (V) Species – Individual Papers, 1979, 1981, undated.
Box 7 Folder 27
Cobalt-60 Irradiations, 1979, undated.
Box 7 Folder 28
Curve Fitting – Mixed First and Second Order, undated.
Box 7 Folder 29
Enhanced Absorption in Chromium (III)-Chromium (VI) Mixtures, 1982.
Box 8 Folder 1
Effect of Chloride on the Thallous-Thallic Exchange Reaction, 1956, undated.
Box 8 Folder 2
Extinction of Coefficient, Especially of Iron (II) in Hydrogen Chloride Solutions, 1969.
Box 8 Folder 3
Extraction of Thallium from Aqueous Chloride Solutions by Isopropyl Ether – By R.W. Stoener, J.K. Rowley, and Richard W. Dodson, 1953-1963, undated.
Box 8 Folder 4
Extraction of Thallium (III) from Chloride Solutions by Isopropyl Ether – Calculations on Marc Silver and R.W. Stoener Data, 1962-1963.
Box 8 Folder 5
Extraction of Thallium (III) from Chloride Solutions by Isopropyl Ether – Calculations on Stoener High (Thallium) Extraction Data, 1961.
Box 8 Folder 6
Extraction of Thallium (III) from Chloride Solutions by Isopropyl Ether – Extractions – Tables 1-15, 1966.
Box 8 Folder 7
Extraction of Thallium (III) from Chloride Solutions by Isopropyl Ether – "LA" (Low Acid) Runs, 1959, undated.
Box 8 Folder 8
Extraction of Thallium (III) from Chloride Solutions by Isopropyl Ether – Miscellaneous Notes, undated.
Box 8 Folder 9
Extraction of Thallium (III) from Chloride Solutions by Isopropyl Ether – Mukerjee and Baysal Extraction Data, 1959, 1966.
Box 8 Folder 10
Extraction of Thallium (III) from Chloride Solutions by Isopropyl Ether (Old) – Call on K.B. Data, 1962-1964.
Box 8 Folder 11
Extraction of Thallium (III) from Chloride Solutions by Isopropyl Ether – "Polymerization" in Extraction of Thallium (III), 1963.
Box 8 Folder 12
Extraction of Thallium (III) from Chloride Solutions by Isopropyl Ether – Thallium Concentration Effects (J. Philip Bromberg), 1955, 1957.
Box 8 Folder 13
Extraction of Thallium (III) from Chloride Solutions by Isopropyl Ether – Marc Silver Extraction Data, undated.
Box 8 Folder 14
Extraction of Thallium (III) from Chloride Solutions by Isopropyl Ether – Thallium Concentration Effects – Low Concentration, 1955-1967, undated.
Box 8 Folder 15
M.H. Ford-Smith – Notes on Research Results, 1961.
Box 8 Folder 16
Guide to L. Eimer's Notebooks on the Ferrous-Ferric Exchange, undated.
Box 8 Folder 17
HPIIC, 1988.
Box 8 Folder 18
Isopropyl Ether Extraction – Notes on Extraction Data of Nord and Ulstrup, 1966-1967.
Box 8 Folder 19
K2A (Potassium Salt) – A51X Runs – Runs #47-56 Inclusive, 1962, 1965, undated.
Box 8 Folder 20
K2A (Potassium Salt) – Acid Titers of Hydrolysis Runs, 1961.
Box 8 Folder 21
K2A (Potassium Salt) – BXO (Butanal Oxime), 1965, undated.
Box 8 Folder 22
K2A (Potassium Salt) – Call on RMW III – 25° C; H+; I=0.5, 1966.
Box 8 Folder 23
K2A (Potassium Salt) – Effect of Changing Ionic Strength During Run – (I + E) Calculations, 1967, undated.
Box 8 Folder 24
K2A (Potassium Salt) – Hydrogen Sulfate – Rate Equation, 1965, undated.
Box 8 Folder 25
K2A (Potassium Salt) – Hydrolysis of Hydroxylamine Disulfonate Ion – Article Manuscripts, 1965, 1967.
Box 8 Folder 26
K2A (Potassium Salt) – Hydroxylamine, 1965, undated.
Box 8 Folder 27
K2A (Potassium Salt) – KB Acid Titrations on Runs #11-19, undated.
Box 8 Folder 28
K2A (Potassium Salt) – Miscellaneous Notes, 1968 Spring-Summer .
Box 8 Folder 29
K2A (Potassium Salt) – Miscellaneous Notes and Graphs, 1961-1968, undated.
Box 8 Folder 30
K2A (Potassium Salt) – Miscellaneous Type B Runs, 1962-1968, undated.
Box 8 Folder 31
K2A (Potassium Salt) – Nailitch and Yost – Run #37, 1965, undated.
Box 8 Folder 32
K2A (Potassium Salt) – pH Response Runs – Final, 1968 Spring.
Box 8 Folder 33
K2A (Potassium Salt) – pH Response Runs – Preliminary – 1968 Spring, 1967-1968.
Box 8 Folder 34
K2A (Potassium Salt) – pH vs. Ch, 1967.
Box 8 Folder 35
K2A (Potassium Salt) – Potassium Chloride – Runs #20-32, 1961-1962.
Box 8 Folder 36
K2A (Potassium Salt) – Preparations, 1963, 1965, undated.
Box 8 Folder 37
K2A (Potassium Salt) – Rejected Runs, 1961-1968.
Box 8 Folder 38
K2A (Potassium Salt) – Runs #4-5; #11-13; #16-17; #19, 1965, 1967.
Box 8 Folder 39
K2A (Potassium Salt) – Runs #33-41 Inclusive, 1965, 1967, undated.
Box 8 Folder 40
K2A (Potassium Salt) – Run #94, 1963, undated.
Box 8 Folder 41
K2A (Potassium Salt) – Run #96, 1963, undated.
Box 8 Folder 42
K2A (Potassium Salt) – Run #98 – 1965 Work Up, 1963, 1965.
Box 8 Folder 43
K2A (Potassium Salt) – Run #99, 1963, 1965.
Box 8 Folder 44
K2A (Potassium Salt) – Run #100, 1967, undated.
Box 8 Folder 45
K2A (Potassium Salt) – Run #101, 1963, 1965.
Box 8 Folder 46
K2A (Potassium Salt) – Run #102, 1965, undated.
Box 8 Folder 47
K2A (Potassium Salt) – Runs Ex 215-Ex 235, 1967-1968.
Box 8 Folder 48
K2A (Potassium Salt) – Runs Ex 236-Ex 250, 1968.
Box 9 Folder 1
K2A (Potassium Salt) – Runs Ex 252-Ex 260, 1968.
Box 9 Folder 2
K2A (Potassium Salt) – Runs Ex 261-Ex 271, 1968.
Box 9 Folder 3
K2A (Potassium Salt) – Run Tx-1, 1965.
Box 9 Folder 4
K2A (Potassium Salt) – Run Tx-2, 1965.
Box 9 Folder 5
K2A (Potassium Salt) – Series I – Accepted Runs A – Preliminary, 1962-1968.
Box 9 Folder 6-7
K2A (Potassium Salt) – Series I – Accepted Runs B – Preliminary, 1963-1968.
Box 9 Folder 8
K2A (Potassium Salt) – Series I – Final Plots – 1968 October, 1963-1968.
Box 9 Folder 9-10
K2A (Potassium Salt) – Sodium Perchlorate – Extended Treatment – Runs #83-84; #88-89; #91-92, 1966-1967.
Box 9 Folder 11
K2A (Potassium Salt) – Special Analyses, 1961-1966.
Box 9 Folder 12
K2A (Potassium Salt) – Special Problems, 1963-1968, undated.
Box 9 Folder 13
K2A (Potassium Salt) – Sulfur Tetroxide – Runs #14-15, 1961.
Box 9 Folder 14
K2A (Potassium Salt) – Temperature Effects – Runs #58-63, 1962-1967.
Box 9 Folder 15
K2A (Potassium Salt) – Work Up of Data – A12 and S2B – 1968 Spring, 1967-1968.
Box 9 Folder 16
K2A (Potassium Salt) – Work Ups of Titration Data – Runs #98 and #102, 1967-1968.
Box 9 Folder 17
Kinetics of Disassociation of Ferric Chloride Complexes – 1976 Data on E's of Iron (III) and Chlorine Mixtures, 1976.
Box 9 Folder 18
Kathleen McKinskey – Spectrophotometric Results on Iron (II), Iron (III), Thallium (I), Ferroin, and Ferrin, 1969.
Box 9 Folder 19
Miscellaneous Scientific Notes, 1971-1986, undated.
Box 9 Folder 20
Nitrogen + Sulfur Compounds, 1985-1988.
Box 9 Folder 21
Preparation of Thallium 202 for Tracer Solutions – From Kathy (McKinskey?), 1960, 1962, undated.
Box 9 Folder 22
Pulse Radiolysis Experiments on Chromium – Chromium (III+), 1977-1981.
Box 9 Folder 23
Pulse Radiolysis Experiments on Chromium – CR.001-CR.007 – Miscellaneous and of Dubious Value, 1978, undated.
Box 9 Folder 24
Pulse Radiolysis Experiments on Chromium – CR.001-CR.009 – Notes, 1978-1981.
Box 9 Folder 25
Pulse Radiolysis Experiments on Chromium – CR.001-CR.030 – Summary Reviews, 1981-1982.
Box 9 Folder 26
Pulse Radiolysis Experiments on Chromium – CR.010-CR.028 – Notes and Graphs, 1978-1982.
Box 10 Folder 1
Pulse Radiolysis Experiments on Chromium – CR.016-CR.025 – Notes, 1979-1981.
Box 10 Folder 2
Pulse Radiolysis Experiments on Chromium – CR.026, CR.027, CR.028D, and Other – Notes, 1977, undated.
Box 10 Folder 3
Pulse Radiolysis Experiments on Chromium – CR.026-CR.031 – Notes and Graphs, 1980-1981.
Box 10 Folder 4
Pulse Radiolysis Experiments on Chromium – CR.029 – Notes and Graphs, 1977-1978, undated.
Box 10 Folder 5
Pulse Radiolysis Experiments on Chromium – HP 97, 1978-1980, undated.
Box 10 Folder 6
Pulse Radiolysis Experiments on Chromium – Miscellaneous Notes, 1982, undated.
Box 10 Folder 7
Pulse Radiolysis Experiments on Chromium – Spectra in Pulse Radiolyzed Chromium Solutions and Other Displays, undated.
Box 10 Folder 8
Pulse Radiolysis Study of Thallium (II) in Aqueous Perchloric Acid Solutions, 1971-1974, undated.
Box 10 Folder 9
Reactions of Thallium (I) with Iron (III) in the Presence of Chloride, 1976-1977.
Box 10 Folder 10
Reactions of Thallium (II) Chloride Complexes with Iron (II) and Iron (III) – Analyses of BK Results, 1969, 1976.
Box 10 Folder 11
Reactions of Thallium (II) Chloride Complexes with Iron (II) and Iron (III) – Back-up Material for Paper with Harold A. Schwartz, 1976, undated.
Box 10 Folder 12
Reactions of Thallium (II) Chloride Complexes with Iron (II) and Iron (III) – BK Run Notes, 1968-1969, undated.
Box 10 Folder 13
Reactions of Thallium (II) Chloride Complexes with Iron (II) and Iron (III) – K1 and K1/K2, 1974-1975.
Box 10 Folder 14
Reactions of Thallium (II) Chloride Complexes with Iron (II) and Iron (III) – Miscellaneous BK Notes, 1969, undated.
Box 10 Folder 15
Reactions of Thallium (II) Chloride Complexes with Iron (II) and Iron (III) – Miscellaneous Notes, 1969-1976.
Box 10 Folder 16
Reactions of Thallium (II) Chloride Complexes with Iron (II) and Iron (III) – Rejected Runs – Notes and Graphs, 1969, 1976.
Box 10 Folder 17
Reactions of Thallium (II) Chloride Complexes with Iron (II) and Iron (III) – Rejected Runs – Printouts, 1969.
Box 10 Folder 18
Reactions of Thallium (II) Chloride Complexes with Iron (II) and Iron (III) – Reworked Runs – Notes and Graphs, 1976.
Box 10 Folder 19
Reactions of Thallium (II) Chloride Complexes with Iron (II) and Iron (III) – Reworked Runs – Printouts, 1969.
Box 10 Folder 20
Reactions of Thallium (II) Chloride Complexes with Iron (II) and Iron (III) – Runs 71-1 to 71-23 – Notes and Graphs, 1971, 1976.
Box 10 Folder 21
Reactions of Thallium (II) Chloride Complexes with Iron (II) and Iron (III) – Runs 99-148, Notes and Graphs, 1969.
Box 10 Folder 22
Reactions of Thallium (III) with Iron (II) in the Presence of Chloride – Graphs, 1968-1969.
Box 10 Folder 23
Reactions of Thallium (III) with Iron (II) in the Presence of Chloride – K1 and K1/K2, 1968-1976.
Box 10 Folder 24-25
Reactions of Thallium (III) with Iron (II) in the Presence of Chloride – Runs 1-12, 1976 October-November.
Box 10 Folder 26
Residues – Isopropyl Ether Extractions – 3 Point at 30° C, 1962, 1966.
Box 10 Folder 27
Thalliumᶧ-Thallium (IV) – M=.5; t=30° C, undated.
Box 10 Folder 28
Thalliumᶧ-Thallium (IV) – M=.5; t=40° C, undated.
Box 10 Folder 29
Thalliumᶧ-Thallium (IV) – M=3; t=30° C, undated.
Box 10 Folder 30
Thalliumᶧ-Thallium (IV) – Miscellaneous Runs, undated.
Box 10 Folder 31
Thallium Extractions with Hexone (Methylisobutyl Ketone) from Aqueous Chloride Solutions – Work Up of Hexone Data for Richard W. Dodson – Part II, 1964, 1966.
Box 10 Folder 32
Thallium (II) in the Chemically Induced Thallium (I)-Thallium (III) Exchange – Data Work Ups, 1969-1975.
Box 11 Folder 1
Thallium (II) in the Chemically Induced Thallium (I)-Thallium (III) Exchange – WP Series of Rube Law of Induced Exchange – 1975 Spring, 1969-1975, undated.
Box 11 Folder 2
Thallous Extractions, 1959.
Box 11 Folder 3
Three-Site Exchange, 1969-1971, undated.
Box 11 Folder 4
Unidentified Printouts – Binder A, undated.
Box 11 Folder 5-6
Unidentified Printouts – Binder B, undated.
Box 11 Folder 7-8
R.M. Walters – Notes and Graphs, 1966, 1970, undated.
Box 11 Folder 9-10
H.M. Widner – Determination of Stability of Bromide Complexes of Thallium (III) by Solvent Extraction with Tri-n-Butyl Phosphate in Octane, 1968 Fall.
Box 11 Folder 11

Series Description

Arranged alphabetically, this series contains Richard W. Dodson's personal files. Most of the files in this series pertain to Dodson himself. A handful of files regarding subjects figuring prominently in Dodson's life and career, including Brookhaven National Laboratory, the California Institute of Technology, and a few fellow scientists are also found here.

The contents of the Personal Files consist of a variety of materials. Correspondence, clippings, publications, and photographs are found in these files. A few of Dodson's personal documents, including, but not limited to, his Bachelor's of Science degree from Cal Tech, various certificates awarded to him, his high school diploma, and report cards are also found here. Miscellaneous notes, two manuscripts, three VHS videotapes (of A Symposium to Honor the Life and Career of Richard W. Dodson), and ether resin samples are preserved in the Personal Files as well.

Brookhaven National Laboratory – Draft History of Chemistry Department by Robert Crease, 1999.
Box 11 Folder 12
California Institute of Technology – Bulletins, 1934, 1936.
Box 11 Folder 13
California Institute of Technology – Class of 1936 Alumni Questionnaires, 1986.
Box 11 Folder 14
Richard W. Dodson – Acknowledgements Received, 1983-2006.
Box 11 Folder 15
Richard W. Dodson – Biographical Information, 1955-1980.
Box 11 Folder 16
Richard W. Dodson – California Institute of Technology – Bachelor of Science Degree, 1936.
Box 11 Folder 17
Richard W. Dodson – Certificates Received, 1933-1972.
Box 11 Folder 18
Richard W. Dodson – Clippings and Press Releases About, 1938-2007.
Box 11 Folder 19
Richard W. Dodson – Employment Records, 1937-1983.
Box 11 Folder 20
Richard W. Dodson – Kind Words Received, 1950-1982.
Box 11 Folder 21
Richard W. Dodson – Kirksville Senior High School – Diploma, 1932.
Box 11 Folder 22
Richard W. Dodson – Lawrence University – Honorary Doctorate, 1994.
Box 11 Folder 23
Richard W. Dodson – Miscellaneous Items from Desk, 1971-1986, undated.
Box 11 Folder 24
Richard W. Dodson – Miscellaneous Personal Items, 1936-2005, undated.
Box 11 Folder 25
Richard W. Dodson – Report Cards, 1921-1932.
Box 11 Folder 26
Richard W. Dodson – Retirement Scrapbook, 1982-1983.
Box 11 Folder 27
Richard W. Dodson – School Work, 1928-1929.
Box 11 Folder 28
Gerhart Friedlander – Memoirs, undated.
Box 11 Folder 29
Memoirs and Personalia Re: Colleagues and Scientific Work – Clippings, Correspondence, Press Releases, and Speeches, 1936-1997.
Box 11 Folder 30-31
J. Robert Oppenheimer – Suspension of Security Clearance, 1954.
Box 11 Folder 32
Photographs – Institutional, Professional, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Etc., 1939-1988, undated.
Box 12 Folder 1
Isadore I. Rabi – Miscellaneous, 1967-1988.
Box 12 Folder 2
A Symposium to Honor the Life and Career of Richard W. Dodson – Miscellaneous, 2002-2008.
Box 12 Folder 3
A Symposium to Honor the Life and Career of Richard W. Dodson – VHS Videotapes, 2002.
Box 12 Object 4-6
J.H. Young – Ether Resin Samples, undated.
Box 12 Folder 7

Series Description

This series contains printed materials collected by Richard W. Dodson over the course of his career. The contents of the Printed Materials are arranged into the following three sub-series:

  1. Richard W. Dodson Printed Materials
  2. Brookhaven National Laboratory Printed Materials
  3. Miscellaneous Printed Materials
Sub-series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this sub-series contains printed materials written by Richard W. Dodson himself. The materials preserved in this sub-series provide published documentation of scientific research conducted by Dodson over the course of his career. Reprints of Dodson articles published in scientific journals make up a large majority of the materials preserved in this sub-series. A few examples of government documents written by Dodson and a list of publications written by Dodson between 1936 and 1976 are found here as well.

Richard W. Dodson – Publications List, 1979-1980.
Box 12 Folder 8
Richard W. Dodson – Articles By, 1936-1937.
Box 12 Folder 9
Richard W. Dodson – Articles By, 1940-1949.
Box 12 Folder 10
Richard W. Dodson – Articles By, 1950-1953.
Box 12 Folder 11
Richard W. Dodson – Articles By, 1954-1958.
Box 12 Folder 12
Richard W. Dodson – Articles By, 1960-1967.
Box 12 Folder 13
Richard W. Dodson – Articles By, 1970-1976.
Box 12 Folder 14
Richard W. Dodson – Articles By, 1984, 1989.
Box 12 Folder 15
Richard W. Dodson – Government Documents By, 1944-1949.
Box 12 Folder 16
Sub-series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this sub-series contains printed materials published by Brookhaven National Laboratory, which provide extensive official documentation of the history of the facility and scientific research conducted there. Richard W. Dodson contributed to and/or is mentioned in most of the publications found in this sub-series. Scientific research conducted in Brookhaven's Chemistry Department by Dodson himself and/or under his oversight is documented in these materials as well.

The contents of this sub-series consist mainly of Brookhaven annual reports and progress reports. Other miscellaneous Brookhaven publications, including but not limited to, in-house newsletters, chemistry conference reports, and lectures are also found here. A bound set of article reprints written by members of Brookhaven's Chemistry Department staff (including Dodson) are preserved in this sub-series as well.

Brookhaven National Laboratory – Annual Report, 1950 July 1.
Box 12 Folder 17
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Annual Report, 1951 July 1.
Box 12 Folder 18
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Annual Report, 1952 July 1.
Box 12 Folder 19
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Annual Report, 1953 July 1.
Box 12 Folder 20
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Annual Report, 1954 July 1.
Box 12 Folder 21
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Annual Report, 1955 July 1.
Box 12 Folder 22
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Annual Report, 1956 July 1.
Box 12 Folder 23
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Annual Report, 1957 July 1.
Box 12 Folder 24
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Annual Report, 1958 July 1.
Box 12 Folder 25
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Annual Report, 1959 July 1.
Box 12 Folder 26
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Annual Report, 1960 July 1.
Box 12 Folder 27
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Annual Report, 1961 July 1.
Box 13 Folder 1
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Annual Report, 1962 July 1.
Box 13 Folder 2
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Annual Report, 1963 July 1.
Box 13 Folder 3
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Annual Report, 1964 July 1.
Box 13 Folder 4
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Annual Report, 1965 July 1.
Box 13 Folder 5
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Annual Report, 1966 July 1.
Box 13 Folder 6
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Annual Report, 1967 July 1.
Box 13 Folder 7
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Annual Report, 1968 July 1.
Box 13 Folder 8
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Brookhaven Bulletin, 1988-1997 .
Box 13 Folder 9
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Brookhaven Bulletin Board, 1963-1968.
Box 13 Folder 10
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Brookhaven Highlights, July 1970-June 1972, 1972.
Box 13 Folder 11
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Chemistry Conference #1, 1948.
Box 13 Folder 12
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Chemistry Conference #2, 1948.
Box 13 Folder 13
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Chemistry Conference #3, 1949.
Box 13 Folder 14
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Chemistry Conference #4, 1950.
Box 13 Folder 15
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Chemistry Department Publications, 1947-1957, Volume I, 1957.
Box 13 Volume 16
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Chemistry Department Publications, 1947-1957, Volume II, 1957.
Box 13 Volume 17
Brookhaven National Laboratory – The First Forty Years, 1987.
Box 13 Folder 18
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Lecture Series, 1965-1967.
Box 13 Folder 19
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Progress Report, 1948 July 1-December 31.
Box 13 Folder 20
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Progress Report, 1949 January 1-June 30.
Box 13 Folder 21
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Progress Report, 1949 July 1-December 31.
Box 14 Folder 1
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Property of Sets of Colorations, by Karl Dürre, undated.
Box 14 Folder 2
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Quarterly Progress Report, 1950 January 1-March 31.
Box 14 Folder 3
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Quarterly Progress Report, 1950 April 1-June 30.
Box 14 Folder 4
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Quarterly Progress Report, 1950 July 1-September 30.
Box 14 Folder 5
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Quarterly Progress Report, 1950 October 1-December 31.
Box 14 Folder 6
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Quarterly Progress Report, 1951 January 1-March 31.
Box 14 Folder 7
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Quarterly Progress Report, 1951 April 1-June 30.
Box 14 Folder 8
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Quarterly Progress Report, 1951 July 1-September 30.
Box 14 Folder 9
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Quarterly Progress Report, 1951 October 1-December 31.
Box 14 Folder 10
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Quarterly Progress Report, 1952 January 1-March 31.
Box 14 Folder 11
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Quarterly Progress Report, 1952 April 1-June 30.
Box 14 Folder 12
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Quarterly Progress Report, 1952 July 1-September 30.
Box 14 Folder 13
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Retiree Address List, 2000 November.
Box 14 Folder 14
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Scientific Progress Report, 1947 July-December.
Box 14 Folder 15
Brookhaven National Laboratory – Scientific Progress Report, 1948 January-July.
Box 14 Folder 16
Sub-series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this sub-series contains miscellaneous printed materials collected by Richard W. Dodson over the course of his career. Most of the materials in these files regard the activities and scientific research of Dodson's fellow scientists, scientific organizations, and government agencies. Files of printed materials regarding subjects of scientific interest to Dodson are also found in this sub-series.

The contents of the Miscellaneous Printed Materials consist mainly of article reprints, clippings of articles, and photocopied articles. Copies of several Ph.D. dissertations (written by graduate students at several universities), reports, bound journals, government documents, and other miscellaneous publications are found in this sub-series as well.

8th Radiochemical Conference – Journal of Radioanalytical Chemistry, 1975.
Box 14 Volume 17
8th Radiochemical Conference – Programme, Abstract of Papers, List of Participants, 1975.
Box 14 Volume 18
S. Ahrland – Articles By (Photocopies), 1966-1968.
Box 14 Folder 19
Associated Universities, Incorporated – Report, 1952 January-1953 July.
Box 14 Folder 20
Associated Universities, Incorporated – Report to Trustees, 1948 May 28.
Box 14 Folder 21
Associated Universities, Incorporated – A Review of the Organization and Objectives, 1968 Supplement, 1968.
Box 14 Folder 22
Joseph Ashby Burton – Ph.D. Dissertation – Johns Hopkins University, 1938, 1940.
Box 14 Folder 23
Lee Grayson Carpenter – Ph.D. Dissertation – Columbia University (Photostat), 1956.
Box 14 Folder 24
Chromium VI – Review Articles, 1948-1972.
Box 14 Folder 25
General Note

Includes photocopies and photostats.

Chromium Redox Reactions – Articles, 1963-1980.
Box 14 Folder 26
General Note

Includes photocopies and photostats.

Chromium Solutions Species and Spectra – Articles, 1950-1981, undated .
Box 14 Folder 27
General Note

Includes photocopies and photostats.

Columbia University – A Tribute to Professor I.I. Rabi on the Occasion of His Retirement from Columbia University, 1970 June.
Box 14 Folder 28
Roscoe G. Dickinson – "An Outline of Thermodynamics", undated.
Box 14 Folder 29
Electron Transfer – Articles, 1938-1985, undated.
Box 14 Folder 30
General Note

Includes photocopies.

Faraday Society – Oxidation Reactions in Ionizing Solvents, 1960.
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Julius Glaser – Ph.D. Dissertation – Royal Institute of Technology, 1981.
Box 14 Folder 32
Yugul K. Gupta – Articles By, 1974-1977.
Box 14 Folder 33
Louis P. Hammett – "Reaction Kinetics in Solution" (Photocopy), 1962-1963.
Box 14 Folder 34
International Atomic Energy Agency – Exchange Reactions, 1965.
Box 14 Folder 35
Iron (II) and Iron (III) – Articles, 1949-1980.
Box 14 Folder 36
General Note

Includes photocopies.

Heather N. Lechtman – Ph.D. Dissertation – New York University, 1966.
Box 15 Volume 1-2
Pieter Meyers – Some Applications of Non-Destructive Activation Analysis, 1968.
Box 15 Folder 3
Miscellaneous Articles, 1925-1949.
Box 15 Folder 4
Miscellaneous Articles, 1950-1958.
Box 15 Folder 5
General Note

Includes photocopies.

Miscellaneous Articles, 1960-1969.
Box 15 Folder 6
General Note

Includes photocopies.

Miscellaneous Articles, 1970-1979.
Box 15 Folder 7
General Note

Includes photocopies.

Miscellaneous Articles, 1980-1986.
Box 15 Folder 8
Molybdenum IV – Articles, 1978, undated.
Box 15 Folder 9
General Note

Includes photocopies.

Arthur A. Noyes – Articles By, 1924-1937.
Box 15 Folder 10
Nuclear Physics – Bound Journals, 1936.
Box 15 Volume 11
Börje Östman – The Reactivity of Alpha and Beta Positions in Thiophenes: A Semiquantitative Study with Special Regard to Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution, 1969.
Box 15 Folder 12
Arthur M. Poskanzer – Ph.D. Dissertation – Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Photocopy), 1957.
Box 15 Folder 13
René Jesse Prestwood – Ph.D. Dissertation – Washington University (Photocopy), 1948.
Box 15 Folder 14
Radiation Chemistry (Various) – Articles, 1948-1977.
Box 15 Folder 15
General Notes

Includes photocopies.

Reviews of Modern Physics, 1940 January.
Box 15 Folder 16
Jan Rocek on Chromium (VI) Oxidations – Articles and Notes, 1968-1979.
Box 15 Folder 17
General Note

Includes photocopies.

Edward V. Sayre – Articles By, 1957-1984, undated.
Box 15 Folder 18-21
General Note

Includes photocopies.

Glenn T. Seaborg – Early History of Heavy Isotope Research at Berkeley, August 1940 to April 1942, 1976 June.
Box 15 Folder 22
Norman Sutin – Articles By, 1960-1985.
Box 15 Folder 23
General Note

Includes photocopies.

Henry Taube – Articles By, 1952-1968.
Box 15 Folder 24
General Note

Includes photocopies.

Thallium – Articles, 1936-1980.
Box 15 Folder 25-27
General Note

Includes photocopies and photostats.

United States Atomic Energy Commission – Atomic Energy Commission Research and Development Laboratories, A National Resource, 1973 September.
Box 15 Folder 28
United States Department of Commerce/National Bureau of Standards – Selected Specific Rates of Reactions of Transients from Water in Aqueous Solution, 1977.
Box 15 Folder 29

Series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this series contains oversized items pertaining to scientific research conducted by Richard W. Dodson at Brookhaven National Laboratory. The materials preserved in this series regard Dodson's study of the kinetics of electron-transfer reactions and complex-ion equilibria. The contents of series consist solely of oversized computer printouts generated by Dodson's research.

Fractions of Thallium (II) Chloride Complexes as Functions of Free Chloride - Printouts, undated.
Box 16 Folder 1
Low Chloride Spectra of Thallium (III) Solutions – Least Square Analysis - Printouts, undated.
Box 16 Folder 2
N-Bar and Alphas for Thallium (III) Chloride Complexes Based on the Following Betas – Printouts, 1975.
Box 16 Folder 3
N-Bar and Alphas for Thallium (III) Chloride Complexes – Tabulations of T-Alpha Functions – Cases 1-2 – Printouts, undated.
Box 16 Folder 4
N-Bar and Alphas for Thallium (III) Chloride Complexes – Tabulations of T-Alpha Functions – Cases 3-4 – Printouts, undated.
Box 16 Folder 5
N-Bar and Alphas for Thallium (III) Chloride Complexes – Tabulations of T-Alpha Functions – Cases 5-6 – Printouts, undated.
Box 16 Folder 6
N-Bar and Alphas for Thallium (III) Chloride Complexes – Tabulations of T-Alpha Functions – Cases 7-8 – Printouts, undated.
Box 16 Folder 7
N-Bar for Thallium (III) as a Function of a Free Chloride at 0.5 Ionic Strength – Printouts, undated.
Box 16 Folder 8
Pulse Radiolysis Experiments on Chromium – Pulse Data – CR.012-CR.028 – Printouts, 1977, undated.
Box 16 Folder 9
Pulse Radiolysis Experiments on Chromium – Summaries – CR.001-CR.030 – Printouts, 1978-1981.
Box 16 Folder 10-11
Pulse Radiolysis Experiments on Chromium – Summaries – CR.003-CR.023 – Printouts, 1977, undated.
Box 16 Folder 12
Reactions of Thallium (II) Chloride Complexes with Iron (II) and Iron (III) – Runs 71-1 to 71-23 – Printouts, 1971-1976.
Box 16 Folder 13
Reactions of Thallium (II) Chloride Complexes with Iron (II) and Iron (III) – Runs 99-148 – Printouts, undated.
Box 16 Folder 14

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