Francis B. White Chemical Engineering Notebooks
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Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of four notebooks, originally used by Francis B. White, containing notes, charts, and reference materials regarding chemical engineering, particularly the manufacture of phthalic anhydride. Two black notebooks appear to be primarily White’s own notes and published reference materials gathered by White; two olive notebooks appear to be primarily the work of White’s predecessors at Foster Wheeler Corp., including notes by “CRD” (Charles Raymond Downs), “ESF,” and “JMW.”
Dates
- ca 1929-1960
Creator
- White, Francis B., 1915-1997 (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Access Information
Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.
Use Information
No Use Restrictions Apply.
No Interlibrary Loan.
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
Francis (Frank) B. White was born November 8, 1915, in Manhattan, New York. He received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University in 1936, and in 1937 received an advanced Chemical Engineering degree from that university. After graduation, he began work as a process engineer at Foster Wheeler Corporation, an organization then based in New York City; he was promoted to Chief Chemical Engineer of the Industrial Division in 1949, and served in several more positions with the company before being appointed as manager of international operations for the U.S. branch’s Process Plants Division in 1966, a position he held for more than a decade. White was active in several professional and community organizations, including the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the Princeton Engineering Association Executive Committee, and the Lions Club. He served as president of the American Oil Chemists Society from 1976-1977, and prior to that served as Treasurer (1974-1975) and Vice President (1975-1976). In 1982, he retired from chemical engineering and briefly worked in real estate before retiring to northwest Arkansas in 1983 with his wife, Mary. He passed away October 22, 1997.
Extent
0.75 Linear Feet (1 box)
Arrangement of the Papers
The notebooks have been arranged by date.
Acquisition Information
The Francis B. White Chemical Engineering Notebooks were transferred to the Special Collections Department from the University of Arkansas Chemical Engineering Library by Engineering Librarian Patricia Kirkwood in 2014.
Processing Information
Processed by Katrina Windon; completed in January 2017.
- Title
- Francis B. White Chemical Engineering Notebooks, ca 1929-1960
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Katrina Windon
- Date
- 2017
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Department Repository
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444
specoll@uark.edu