Series 1

Biographical Material

1960

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0.01 linear feet (one folder)

description:

This series contains information requested of Iowa State Chemistry Dept. faculty for the 1961-1963 General University Catalogue. Included are forms detailing Edgar’s degrees and listings of her publications and articles.

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Biographical Material

1960

Series 2

Correspondence, Professional

1939

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0.01 linear feet (one folder)

description:

This series consists of Edgar’s correspondence with Dr. Alonzo E. Taylor of the General Mills, Inc. Chamber of Commerce concerning his request of textile experiments as part of a fellowship awarded to Edgar.

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Professional correspondence

1939

Series 3

Student Research Projects and Experiments

1941-1955

extent:

0.84 linear feet (two document boxes)

description:

This series contains a number of student experiments directed by Rachel Edgar.  It includes several notebooks of data, as well as four student theses on wool fibers and the reactions of fibrous cellulose. 

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Chemistry project

1941

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Project 539 chemistry experiment notebook

1942

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Chemistry 565 experiment notebook

1955

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Chemistry 565 Outlines and bibliographies

1955

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Project 806 chemistry experiment notebook

1950

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Thesis by Margaret McColl Semeniuk, “The Kinetics of the Wild Oxidation of Regenerated Cellulose”

1947

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Thesis by Eva Elizabeth McGuinness, “Initial Reaction of Fibrous Cellulose in Aqueous Permanganate”

1949

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Thesis by Grace Hardy Day,  “Concentration of Anion for the Mordanting of Wool Fiber in Dichromate”

1949

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Thesis by Barbara Edith Denamore, “Initial Permanganic Oxidation of Wool Fiber”

1950

Series 4

Research Data

1927-1976

extent:

0.84 linear feet (two manuscript boxes)

description:

This series contains materials from Edgar’s research and experiments, including data, correspondence, and reports. The materials appear to have been part of Edgar’s research on the reaction of cellulose to a copper of fehling solution. The majority of the data is unidentified and undated. Several copies of the article, which was eventually submitted for publication, are in this series. There are also some general notes on textiles chemistry and equipment guidelines included in this series.

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Textile experiments, #1-19 

1960

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Cellulose and copper experiment data

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Cellulose and copper experiment data

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Cellulose and copper experiment data

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Cellulose and copper experiment data

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Cellulose and copper experiment data

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Cellulose and copper experiment data

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Cellulose and copper experiment data

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“Reaction between Cellulose and Copper of Fehling Solution” (Typescripts, data, footnotes, and correspondence)

1970-1976

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“Reaction between Cellulose and Copper of Fehling Solution” (Typescripts, data, footnotes, and correspondence)

1970-1976

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“Reaction between Cellulose and Copper of Fehling Solution” (Typescripts, data, footnotes, and correspondence)

1970-1976

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“Reaction between Cellulose and Copper of Fehling Solution” (Typescripts, data, footnotes, and correspondence)

1970-1976

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“Reaction between Cellulose and Copper of Fehling Solution” (Typescripts, data, footnotes, and correspondence)

1970-1976

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Textile Chemistry Notes

1927-1970

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Textile Chemistry Notes

1927-1970

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Textile Chemistry Notes

1927-1970

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Textile Chemistry Notes

1927-1970

Series 5

Printed Materials

1926-1963

extent:

0.42 linear feet (one document box)

description:

This series contains Edgar’s publications, as well as publications by other authors. The articles span the length of Edgar’s career, beginning with her first joint publication in 1926 and extending to the 1960s. There are a wide range of topics, including chemical analysis and detergent reactions of wool, silk, cellulose acetate rayon, cotton, linens, and rayon.

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Article: “Mordanting of Wool in Aqueous Potassium Permanganate” (Typescript)

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Article: ““A Study of the Effect of an Aromatic Sulfonate on the Major Textile Fibers” (Typescript, pp. 1-229)

1939

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Article: ““The Mechanism of Carbohydrate Oxidation IV: The Action of Potassium Hydroxide on d-Glucose and d-Galactose”

1926

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Article: ““Deterioration of Five Wide Cotton Sheeting Due to Laundering”

1928

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Article: “An Analysis of Wide Cotton Sheeting”

1928

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Article: ““A Study of Weighted Silk Fabric”

1928

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Article: “The Influence of Laundering on Some Cotton and Linen Fabrics”

1929

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Article: “The Quantitative Estimation of Silk Fibroin in Weighted Silk”

1932

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Article: “The Sulfur and Nitrogen of Wool”

1932

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Article: “A Comparative Analysis of Three Hundred Fabrics”

1933

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Article: “The Quantitative Chemical Estimation of Textile Fibers”

1933

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Article: “The Alkaline Hydrolysis of Cellulose Acetate Rayon”

1934

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Article: “The Alkaline Mercerization of Wool”

1935

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Article: “The Cleaning of Weighted Silk Fabrics”

1935

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Article: “The Acid and Alkaline Degradation of Chlorinated Wool”

1936

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Article: “Degradation of Five Weighted Silks Fibroins by Steam”

1936

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Article: “Oxidative Degradation of Silk”

1936

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Article: “The Acid Degradation of Wool Keratin”

1936

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Article: “The Alkaline Degradation of Wool Keratin”

1936

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Article: “The Degradation of Silk, Wild Silk, and Wool by Steam”

1936

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Article: “Research: The Effect of Salt on Silk”

1936

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Article: “Oxidative Degradation of Silk II”

1937

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Article: “Formaldehyde as a Protective Agent for Wool”

1937

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Article: “The Alkaline Hydrolysis of Cellulose Acetate Rayon”

1937

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Article: “Comparison of an Aryl Sulfonate and Soap for the Washing in Hard Water of Cotton, Linen, Spun Cellulose-Acetate Rayon, Spun Regenerated-Cellulose Rayon, Silk, and Wool”

1939

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Article: “A Comparison of Carbon Tetrachloride, Naphtha, and Water for the Cleaning of Cellulose-Acetate Rayon, Regenerated-Cellulose Rayon, Wool, Wild Silk, Silk, and Weighted Silks”

1940

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Article: “The Effect of Sodium Thiosulfate and Sodium Hydrogen Sulfite on Some Silks”

1941

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Article: “The Washing of Cotton Cellulose, Regenerated-Cellulose Rayon, Cellulose-Acetate Rayon, Silk, Wild Silk, and Wool with Soap, Silicated Soap, and Sulfated Alcohol”

1942

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Article: “A Comparison of the Aluminum-Chloride and the Sulfuric-Acid Methods for Quantitative Estimation of Wool”

1942

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Article: ““Oxidation of Wool Keratin by Potassium Dichromate”

1942

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Article: “The Loeb Classical Library”

1944

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Article: “Commercial Laundering of Woven Cotton,  Linen, Rayon, and Cellulose Secondary Acetate”

1961

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Article: “Change in Cloth During Washing with Water and Anionic Detergent”

1962

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Article: “Change in Cotton, Linen, Rayon, and Cellulose Secondary Acetate with Temperature of Steaming”

1963

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Article: “Change in Cotton, Linen, Rayon, and Cellulose Secondary Acetate with Temperature of Steaming”

1963

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Article: “Analysis of Six Rayon Fabrics”

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Article: “Degradation of Weighted Silk Fibroin by Acid and Alkali”

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Series 6

Photographs and negatives

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extent:

0.01 linear feet (one folder)

description:

This series contains one photograph and several negatives of a graph used in one of Edgar’s articles.

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Photographs and negatives

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