Ruth Lawless Busbey papers

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Ruth Lawless Busbey papers

1922-1990 (majority 1934-1971)

http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/4579

This collection documents the career of Ruth Lawless Busbey, who received her B.S. (1930) and M.S. (1931) in chemistry from the University of Maryland and a second M.S. in languages (Russian) from Georgetown University in 1964. Ruth Busbey was a chemist for the United States Department of Agriculture throughout her career. Her papers consist of academic records, personnel files, correspondence, biographical information, and publications. Files documenting Busbey's 1966 information exchange trip to the former Soviet Union and copies of several chemistry articles and one major chemistry text Busbey translated from Russian to English are also part of the collection.

1.50 linear feet

eng, Latn

University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7243024

University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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