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William John Williams papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0422
Abstract
Personal and professional papers of William John Williams, an analytical chemist who immigrated to the United States in 1885 from Abergele, North Wales in Great Britain, and worked in a number of manufacturing fields, including fertilizers, soaps, bleaches, brickmaking, and sewage and water treatment. A tremendous amount of his work was with phosphates, reflected in this collection by the substantial amount of notes and correspondence about various chemical processes involving phosphates.
Dates:
1876-1923, undated; Majority of material found within 1876-1896
Wilbur T. Wilson map collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0377
Abstract
Civil engineer, surveyor, and landlord Wilbur T. Wilson (1856-1942) maintained this collection of survey notebooks, files, plans, blueprints, and approximately 500 maps related to land and structures in his home of Newark, Delaware.
Dates:
1880-1941