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Fred W. McLafferty papers

 Collection
Identifier: 14-8-4358

Scope and content

Files documenting the work of Fred McLafferty, including papers, lectures, and other publications, research notes, grant files, and correspondence.

Dates

  • circa 1950s-2010s.

Creator

Language of Material

In English.

Conditions Governing Access

Access to box 7 restricted until 2069.

Biographical / Historical

Fred McLafferty served as the Peter J.W. Debye Professor in Chemistry at Cornell University. He is known for the McLafferty rearrangement reaction and his work in mass spectrometry. He received his B.S. degree in 1943 and M.S. in 1944 both at the University of Nebraska. In 1950 he received his Ph.D. from Cornell University under William Miller. After a period of time with Dow chemical and as a professor Purdue University he returned to Cornell in 1968. He is a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences and has won numerous awards in recognition of his work.

Extent

23 cubic feet. (23 cubic feet.)

Status
Completed
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
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Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)