Society of Rheology records,
1924-1997
Repository
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives.
Papers created by
Society of Rheology (U.S.)
Size of collection
6 linear feet
6 records box(s)
Short description of collection
This collection documents the history of the Society of Rheology from its founding years (1924-1929) through 1997.
Language(s) of collection
English
Collection number:
AR1998-108
A professional society of chemists, physicists, biologists, and others that seeks the advancement of rheology, the theory and precise measurement of the deformation and flow of matter and its applications, through meetings and publications. The Society was organized in 1929 and is a founding Member Society of the American Institute of Physics.
$aThis collection documents the history of the Society of Rheology from its founding years (1924-1929) through 1997. The collection includes constitution and bylaws and other founding and incorporation documents, annual meeting and Executive Committee meeting material and minutes, officers' correspondence, information on Society of Rheology publishing, membership lists, Bingham Award correspondence, and information on the relationship and agreements between the Society of Rheology and the American Institute of Physics. Publications represented include the JOURNAL OF RHEOLOGY, the RHEOLOGY BULLETIN, and the RHEOLOGY LEAFLET. Correspondents include: Eugene C. Bingham, Frank D. Dexter, George Julian Dienes, John Henry Dillon, A. Stuart Hunter, Hershel Markovitz, John C. Miller, and William R. Willets.
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These papers have been indexed in the
International Catalog of Sources for History of Physics and Allied Sciences (ICOS)
using the following terms. Those seeking related materials should search under these terms.
Persons
Bingham, Eugene Cook, 1878-
Dexter, Frank D.
Dienes, G. J. (George Julian), 1918-
Dillon, John Henry.
Hunter, A. Stuart.
Markovitz, Hershel, 1921-
Miller, John C.
Willets, William R.
Institutions
American Institute of Physics.
Society of Rheology (U.S.)
Subject terms
Physics. Awards.
Physics. Publishing.
Physics. Societies, etc.
Rheology. Societies, etc.
This collection is organized into eight series: Series I: Historical and legal; Series II: Society of Rheology officers' files; Series III, Meetings; Series IV, American Institute of Physics; Series V, Publishing; Series VI, Membership; Series VII, Bingham Award; and Series VIII, Miscellaneous.
Additions acquired through records management review, 1993; records transferred from Editorial Operations, June 2, 1998 and November 10, 2010.
This collection was processed by
Melanie J. Mueller in
2014.
This collection was processed in 2013 to combine four donations of related records of the Society of Rheology.
Box [number], Folder [number], Society of Rheology records, 1924-1997. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.
Title
Finding Aid to the Society of Rheology records, 1924-1997
Publisher
American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD 20740
USA
nbl@aip.org
2014
Encoding Information
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Melanie J. Mueller in 2014. Any revisions made to this finding aid occurred as part of the editing and encoding process.
| Box 1 |
Folder 1 |
Historical correspondence and collected items, 1924-1949 |
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Folder 2 |
Constitution and by-laws - original, amendments, correspondence, 1929-1947 |
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Folder 3 |
Early meetings - programs and abstracts, 1929-1949 |
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Folder 4 |
Historical documents - articles, press, early membership, 1st issue of Jourmal of Rheology [photocopy], 1929-1975 |
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Folder 5 |
History of the Society of Rheology - early meetings, rosters, articles, 1929-1976 |
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Folder 6 |
Constitution and by-laws, 1947-1977 |
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Folder 7 |
Constitution, 1958-1967 |
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Folder 8 |
Incorporation proceedings, 1966-1979 |
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Folder 9 |
Incorporation proceedings, 1967 |
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Folder 10 |
Incorporation, 1967 |
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Folder 11 |
Tax-exempt status, 1967-1969 |
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Folder 12 |
Tax-exempt status - correspondence, 1978-1981 |
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Folder 13 |
Legal - correspondence and summaries [incorporation, filing of certificates], 1980-1981 |
Subseries A: President
| Box 1 |
Folder 14 |
Office of the President - correspondence of Hershel Markovitz, 1970-1971 |
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Folder 15 |
President's file - correspondence of Robert A. Mendelson, 1989-1991 |
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Folder 16 |
President's file - correspondence of Robert C. Armstrong, 1994-1995 |
Subseries B: Secretary/Treasurer
| Box 1 |
Folder 17 |
Secretary's reports, records, and correspondence, 1940-1949 |
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Folder 18 |
Correspondence - meetings, AIP anniversary - W. R. Willets, Secretary/Treasurer, 1949-1953 |
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Folder 19 |
Correspondence - Secretary/Treasurer, G. J. Dienes (1 of 2), 1952-1953 |
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Folder 20 |
Correspondence - Secretary/Treasurer, G. J. Dienes (2 of 2), 1952-1953 |
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Folder 21 |
Correspondence - Secretary/Treasurer, W. R. Willets - re: publication policy, 1955-1957 |
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Folder 22 |
Correspondence - Secretary/Treasurer, W. R. Willets - re: nomination of officers, 1955-1959 |
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Folder 23 |
Correspondence - Secretary/Treasurer, W. R. Willets - re: editorial matters, 1958-1961 |
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Folder 24 |
Secretary/Treasurer correspondence, 1962-1962 |
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Folder 25 |
Secretary/Treasurer reports, business meetings, 1961-1965 |
| Box 2 |
Folder 1 |
Correspondence - Secretary/Treasurer, J.C. Miller, 1962-1963 |
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Folder 3 |
Correspondence - Secretary/Treasurer, 1965, 1971-1972 |
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Folder 2 |
Secretary/Treasurer correspondence, 1966-1968 |
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Folder 4 |
Treasurer - annual financial summaries and reports, 1969-1992 |
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Folder 5 |
Secretary correspondence, 1975 |
Subseries A: Annual meetings
| Box 2 |
Folder 6 |
Annual Meeting - correspondence, exhibits, 1947 |
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Folder 7 |
Annual Meeting - minutes and reports, 1949 |
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Folder 8 |
Annual Meeting - Correspondence - Secretary/Treasurer, G. J. Dienes - minutes, reports, 1950 |
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Folder 9 |
Annual Meeting - program and minutes, abtracts, 1950-1971 |
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Folder 10 |
Annual Meeting -Correspondence of Secretary/Treasurer, G. J. Dienes - minutes, reports, 1951 |
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Folder 11 |
Annual Meeting -Correspondence of Secretary/Treasurer, G. J. Dienes - minutes, reports, 1952 |
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Folder 12 |
Annual Meeting - minutes, reports - Secretary/Treasurer materials, 1953 |
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Folder 13 |
Annual Meeting - Secretary/Treasurer, W. R. Willets - File, Correspondence of Journal of Rheology - Editor Eirich, minutes, agenda, 1954 |
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Folder 14 |
Annual Meeting - Correspondence of Secretary/Treasurer W. R. Willets - minutes, reports, 1955 |
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Folder 15 |
Annual Meeting - Correspondence of Secretary/Treasurer W. R. Willets - minutes, reports, 1956 |
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Folder 16 |
Annual Meeting - Correspondence of Secretary/Treasurer W. R. Willets - minutes, reports, 1957 |
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Folder 17 |
Annual Meeting - Correspondence of Secretary/Treasurer W. R. Willets - minutes, reports, 1958 |
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Folder 18 |
Annual Meeting - Correspondence of Secretary/Treasurer W. R. Willets - minutes, reports, 1959 |
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Folder 19 |
Annual Meeting - minutes, reports - Bingham medal recipients - Philippoff [photos], 1962 |
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Folder 20 |
Annual Meetings - programs, 1967, 1971 |
Subseries B: Executive Committee and business meetings
| Box 3 |
Folder 27 |
Meeting minutes [Executive Committee], 1958 |
| Box 2 |
Folder 21 |
Executive Committee - business meetings and correspondence, 1963-1968 |
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Folder 22 |
Executive Committee Meeting- agenda, correspondence, minutes, 1965-1966 |
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Folder 23 |
Executive Committee - correspondence, reports, meeting, 1966-1969 |
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Folder 24 |
Executive Committee Meeting- agenda, notes, reports, October 1978 |
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Folder 25 |
Executive Committee Meeting- agenda, notes, March 1979 |
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Folder 26 |
Executive Committee Meeting- agenda, notes, reports, October 1979 |
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Folder 27 |
Executive Committee Meeting- agenda, notes, reports, October 1981 |
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Folder 28 |
Executive Committee Meeting- agenda, notes, April 1981 |
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Folder 29 |
Executive Committee Meeting- agenda, notes, February 1981 |
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Folder 30 |
Executive Committee Meeting- agenda, notes, March and October 1982 |
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Folder 31 |
Executive Committee Meeting- agenda, notes, reports, April 1983 |
| Box 3 |
Folder 1 |
Executive Committee Meeting- agenda, notes, October 1983 |
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Folder 2 |
Executive Committee Meeting- agenda, notes, reports, April 1984 |
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Folder 3 |
Executive Committee Meeting- agenda, notes, October 1985 |
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Folder 4 |
Executive Committee - agendas, correspondence, 1985-1994 |
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Folder 5 |
Executive Committee Meeting- agenda, notes, reports, October 1986 |
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Folder 6 |
Executive Committee Meeting- agenda, notes, March 1987 |
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Folder 7 |
Executive Committee Meeting- notes, correspondence, March 1987 |
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Folder 8 |
Executive Committee Meeting- agenda, notes, October 1987 |
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Folder 9 |
Executive Committee Meeting- agenda, notes, October 1988 |
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Folder 10 |
Executive Committee - correspondence, meetings, 1988-1991 |
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Folder 11 |
Executive Committee Meeting- agenda, program, notes, February 1989 |
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Folder 12 |
Executive Committee Meeting- notes, agenda, reports, October 1989 |
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Folder 13 |
Executive Committee Meeting- notes, April 1990 |
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Folder 14 |
Executive Committee Meeting- agenda, notes, October 1990 |
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Folder 15 |
Executive Committee Meeting- agenda, notes, March 1991 |
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Folder 16 |
Executive Committee Meeting- agenda, notes, reports, October 1991 |
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Folder 17 |
Business Meetings and Executive Committee - agendas, correspondence, 1991-1993 |
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Folder 18 |
Executive Committee Meeting- agenda, notes, reports, April 1992 |
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Folder 19 |
Executive Committee Meeting- agenda, notes, February and November 1993 |
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Folder 20 |
Executive Committee Meeting- agenda, notes, October 1993 |
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Folder 21 |
Society of Rheology - Executive Committee Meeting - correspondence, agenda, Spring 1994 |
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Folder 22 |
Executive Committee Meeting- agenda, notes, October 1994 |
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Folder 23 |
Executive Committee Meeting- program, notes, October 1995 |
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Folder 24 |
Meeting Photos - Galveston, TX , October 1996 |
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Folder 25 |
Executive Committee Meeting- agenda, notes, February 1997 |
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Folder 26 |
Executive Committee Meeting- agenda, notes, October 1997 |
Subseries C: Other meeting files
| Box 3 |
Folder 27 |
Meeting records - minutes, reports, agendas, 1961-1973 |
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Folder 28 |
Meeting - Secretary reports, 1962 |
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Folder 29 |
Meeting abstracts, 1971-1973 |
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Folder 30 |
Education Committee reports on short courses, 1975-1986 |
| Box 4 |
Folder 1 |
International Committee on Rheology - correspondence, newsletters, reports, 1978-1991 |
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Folder 2 |
US National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics - correspondence, history, 1980-1988 |
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Folder 3 |
Joint Meetings - correspondence, 1987-1988 |
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Folder 4 |
Education Committee - correspondence, meetings, 1987-1991 |
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Folder 5 |
Council of Scientific Society - President, CSSP - Executive Committee meetings, 1988-1989 |
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Folder 6 |
Material Science Multi-Society Meeting - Argonne National Laboratory - correspondence, agenda, 1990 |
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Folder 7 |
United States National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics - USNCTAM - correspondence, 1990-1992 |
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Folder 8 |
Council of Scientific Society Presidents - CSSP - correspondence, meetings, 1990-1992 |
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Folder 9 |
United States National Committee on Biomechanics - USCB - correspondence, meetings, 1990-1993 |
| Box 4 |
Folder 10 |
American Institute of Physics statements and invoices for Society of Rheology, 1953-1965 |
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Folder 11 |
Publication Agreement - Society of Rheology and American Institute of Physics, 1955 |
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Folder 12 |
American Institute of Physics relations - correspondence, reports, membership, space needs, 1987-1989 |
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Folder 13 |
American Institute of Physics Membership and Governance - meetings, correspondence, intellectual property rights, 1989-1994 |
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Folder 14 |
American Institute of Physics Membership - correspondence, reports, 1990-1994 |
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Folder 15 |
Society of Rheology meetings with American Institute of Physics - correspondence, 1991-1994 |
| Box 4 |
Folder 16 |
Society of Rheology Publications - American Institute of Physics Publishing - correspondence, 1932-1950 |
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Folder 17 |
Journal of Rheology Editor - Bingham - American Institute of Physics- correspondence, 1932-1933 |
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Folder 18 |
Editorial Matters with American Institute of Physics Publishing - Society of Rheology Secretary/Treasurer- A. S. Hunter - correspondence, 1932-1933 |
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Folder 19 |
Society of Rheology Publications - editorial correspondence, 1932-1934 |
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Folder 20 |
Journal of Rheology - printing, 1932-1947 |
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Folder 21 |
Rheological Memoirs -American Institute of Physics publishing correspondence, 1939 |
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Folder 22 |
Journal of Rheology - E. C. Bingham Memorial issue - correspondence, 1946 |
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Folder 23 |
Rheology Bulletin - editing, 1946 |
| Box 5 |
Folder 1 |
Rheology Bulletin - editing, 1947 |
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Folder 2 |
Editorial Board - correspondence, reports, statistics, 1978-1990 |
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Folder 3 |
Journal of Rheology Publishing file - correspondence, reports, agreements, 1985-1994 |
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Folder 4 |
Journal of Rheology - American Institute of Physics publishing agreements - correspondence, 1988-1989 |
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Folder 5 |
Editorial Board - meeting notes, 1989-1990 |
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Folder 6 |
Editorial Board - correspondence, editorial report, 1990-1995 |
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Folder 7 |
Journal of Rheology - publishing file - correspondence, editor reports, page changes, 1990-1994 |
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Folder 8 |
Journal of Rheology Publication Award - correspondence, announcements, 1991-1995 |
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Folder 9 |
Editorial Board - membership survey, 1993 |
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Folder 10 |
Editorial Board - correspondence, statistics, 1993-1996 |
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Folder 11 |
Journal of Rheology - search for new editor- correspondence, 1994-1995 |
Subseries A: Rosters and member lists
| Box 5 |
Folder 12 |
Membership rosters , 1940-1949 |
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Folder 13 |
Membership lists , 1950-1952 |
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Folder 14 |
Membership rosters , 1952, 1955-1956 |
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Folder 15 |
Membership lists , 1953-1954 |
| Box 6 |
Folder 1 |
Membership rosters , 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1969, 1970 |
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Folder 2 |
Membership rosters , 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1990 |
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Folder 3 |
Membership directories, 1971, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986 |
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Folder 4 |
Membership directories, 1989 |
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Folder 5 |
Membership - correspondence, roster cost, no dates |
Subseries B: Officers and committees
| Box 6 |
Folder 6 |
Officers and committees List, 1958-1983 |
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Folder 7 |
Committee roster, 1958-1989 |
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Folder 8 |
Committee roster, 1958-1994 |
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Folder 9 |
Roster of officers and committees, 1958-1996 |
Subseries C: Other membership files
| Box 6 |
Folder 10 |
Correspondence - Membership Committee - F. D. Dexter, 1949-1952 |
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Folder 11 |
Correspondence - Membership Committee -J. H. Dillon, Chairman, 1956-1958 |
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Folder 12 |
Membership Committee - correspondence, reports, 1976-1993 |
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Folder 13 |
Society of Rheology - corporate membership, industrial support - correspondence, rosters, 1983-1989 |
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Folder 14 |
Society Membership Policies - correspondence, 1991-1992 |
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Folder 15 |
Membership Application, undated |
| Box 6 |
Folder 16 |
Correspondence - Bingham Award Fund, 1948 |
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Folder 17 |
Bingham Award/Medal - correspondence, announcements, 1993-1995 |
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Folder 18 |
Bingham Award/Medal - correspondence, announcements, 1980-1993 |
| Box 6 |
Folder 19 |
Correspondence and data - viscosity of water, 1944-1946 |
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Folder 20 |
Establishing Rheological Nomenclature - reports, correspondence, 1935-1947 |
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Folder 21 |
Website design and online presence, 1995 |
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Folder 22 |
European Societies - correspondence, meetings, 1995 |
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Folder 23 |
Correspondence - electrorheology, 1989-1990 |
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Folder 24 |
Miscellaneous files, no dates |
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Folder 25 |
Distinguished Service Award, 1978-1986 |
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Folder 26 |
Society of Rheology nomenclature standards - correspondence, 1974-1984 |
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Folder 27 |
Publications on rheology (7 items), 1948-1956 |
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Folder 28 |
Short course - abstracts and announcements, 1971-1997 |
