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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Arthur M. Squires Papers, 1888-1987 (bulk 1940-1987), Ms1987-006, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The collection was donated to Special Collections and University Archives in 1987 and 1988.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Arthur M. Squires Papers was completed in prior to 2002. Additional description, based on the inventory and prior arrangement, was completed in 2010.

Biographical Note

University Distinguished Professor Emeritus (1986-2012) of Chemical Engineering at Virginia Tech. Member, National Academy of Engineering. Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Educated at University of Missouri (A.B., 1938) and Cornell University (Ph.D., 1947).

Employment: M.W. Kellogg Company (the Kellex Corporation), 1942-1946, participating in design and startup of gaseous diffusion plant at Oak Ridge as part of the Manhattan Project; Hydrocarbon Research, Inc. of New York City, 1946-1959, architect-engineering firm (research laboratories at Trenton, New Jersey) catering to petroleum, chemical, and steel industries; self-employed consultant, 1959-1967; faculty of chemical engineering, The City College of The City University of New York (1967-1976), Department Chairman (1970-1973), Distinguished University Professor (1974-1976); Frank C. Vilbrandt Professor of Chemical Engineering (1976-1982), University Distinguished Professor (1978-1986), and University Distinguished Professor Emeritus (1986-2012) at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University.

Consultant for U.S. Bureau of Mines, Office of Coal Research, Electric Power Research Institute, United Nations, Office of Technology Assessment, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and others.

Author of The Tender Ship: Governmental Management of Technological Change (1986).

Expert in fluid beds, petroleum refining, hydrocarbon synthesis, coal conversions (gasification, liquefaction, carbonization, combustion), iron ore reduction, low-temperature processes, dust filtration, air pollution control.

Born 1916. Died 2012.

Scope and Contents

The Arthur M. Squires Papers, 1888-1987 (bulk 1940-1987), consist of extensive correspondence, unpublished research reports, lectures, trip reports, reprints, trip diaries (1968-1982), photographs (1979) from his trip to China, daily work books (1959-1981), and subject files spanning entire career. This collection is unprocessed.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in six series: A Series-Subject Files; B Series-Publications; C Series-Correspondence Files; D Series-Diaries; E Series-Materials to go with the Walter E. Lobo/M. W. Kellogg Files (transferred to Lobo Papers, Ms1985-014); and F Series: Books for Archives.

Please note: There is no Box 10.

Separated Material

Box E-1 was transferred to the Walter E. Lobo Papers, 1929-1955, Ms1985-014 in November 1987. The box contained:

"The Improbable Achievement: Chemical Engineering at MIT"

"Large Scale Production of Oxygen - Combined Technical Oil Missions Holroyd Report - German Oil Technology"

"Guide to Refinery Operating Costs (Process Costimating)"

"The German Chemical Industry - A Bibliography of the Chemical, Metallurgical, and Process Industries"

"Enriched Air"

"List of Process Management's Translations of I. G. Reports - Set No. 46"

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Faculty and staff
• Photographs
• Science and Technology
• University History
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970)
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-)

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Arthur M. Squires Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).