Creator	Soltzberg, Leonard J., 1944-
Title	Leonard Soltzberg papers
Dates	1965-2009
Identification	MS 237
Quantity	7.5 linear feet (5 record cartons)
Collection Abstract	This collection contains the scholarly works of Simmons College professor Leonard Soltzberg, including Software Projects and Computing Artifacts, Publication, Talks and Presentations, and Reports to Grant Agencies and Conferences, Proceedings.
Historical Abstract	Leonard Soltzberg, born in 1944, was a faculty member at Simmons College between 1969 and his retirement in 2009. He received his B.S. in 1965 from the University of Delaware, majoring in Chemistry and Mathematics. He earned his M.A. in 1967 and his Ph.D in Physical Chemistry in 1968 from Brandeis University. During his time at Simmons he served as a Chemistry instructor, the Coordinator of Academic Computers and Director of Computer Services.
Language	Material in English.
Location	Collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Archives staff for more information.

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Collection is open.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item: description and date], Leonard Soltzberg papers, MS 237, Simmons College Archives, Boston, MA, USA.

Acquisitions Information

The Leonard Soltzberg papers were donated to the Simmons College Archives by Soltzberg in 2009 and 2012.

Accession number: 2010.047, 2012.070

Processing Information

Processed by Youn Jung Choi, 2012

Supervised by Jason Wood and Justin Snow, 2012

This collection guide was encoded as part of the LEADS project by David Freas, September 2013

The collection contains software projects and computing artifacts, including computing books published by Soltzberg in the 1970s, reel tape, software, and manuals. Other publications include articles published by Soltzberg, articles which he referred to in his own work and correspondence with publishers, some of which include Science Magazine, Journal of Chemical Education, Applied Optics, Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal of American Chemical Society Manuscript, and RCM. The collection also contains manuscripts and transcripts of presentations given at conferences, as well as related drafts and notes. Subjects generally focus on his research in the fields of Chemistry and Computing. Also included are reports to granting agencies and several years worth of annual reports on research under sponsorship of the Petroleum Research Fund, as well as abstracts of various academic meetings.

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Collection is arranged into 4 series:

Series I: Software projects and computing artifacts, 1970-1993 (1 box)

This series includes computing books published by Soltzberg in the 1970s and early computer artifacts including reel tape, software, and manuals.

Box 1

• Folder 1: Computer programs on punched tapes from ASR-33 teletype, ca.1970

• Folder 2: Basic and Chemistry -book, 1975

• Folder 3: Basic and Chemistry new impression-book, 1975

• Folder 4: Computer-Assisted Blackboard-user’s manual and floppy discs, 1984

• Folder 5: Sing A Song of Software: Verse and Image for the Computer Literate- book, 1984

• Folder 6: Computer Strategies for Chemistry Students-book, 1987

• Folder 7: ARIA RGIACONIA(x 2941) reel tape, 1989

• Folder 8: ARIA RGIACONIA(x 2941) reel tape, 1989

• Folder 9: D.C. Heath software Chemistry in Motion-a manual and two floppy discs, 1993

• Folder 10: IBM Port-A-Punch Board and Stylus

• Folder 11: bundles of cards

Series II: Publications, 1965-2009 (2 boxes)

This series includes articles published by Soltzberg, articles which he referred to in his own work and correspondence with publishers. Some publishers included in the correspondence are Science Magazine, Journal of Chemical Education, Applied Optics, Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal of American Chemical Society Manuscript, and RCM.

Box 2

• Folder 1: PDI Crystal Structure-notes, correspondence, publications, 1965-1971

• Folder 2: "Qualitative Computing in Elementary Chemical Education" / Journal of Chemical Education - correspondence, 1970-1971

• Folder 3: ’Qualitative’ computing in Elementary Chemical Education, July 1971

• Folder 4-5: "Teletype Graphics" Manuscript / Journal of Chemical Education- notes, correspondence, draft, 1971

• Folder 6: PDI IR Spectra -Bechman, 1971

• Folder 7: PDI Manuscript for SCIENCE paper- notes, correspondence, draft, 1971-1973

• Folder 8: PDI - notes, draft, publication, undated

• Folder 9: PDI photo, undated

• Folder 10: PDI Spectra, undated

• Folder 11: Correspondence, 1972-1981

• Folder 12: Teletype Graphics for Chemical Education, Correspondence, and “Handouts", May 1972

• Folder 13: PDI Manuscript- Molecular Crystal and Liquid Crystals- notes, correspondence, draft, 1972-1973

• Folder 14: Single Phase Transition I the Photoconductor p-Diodobenzene (PDI), 1973

• Folder 15: PDI publication Correspondence, Reprints, and Duplicates, 1973

• Folder 16: Optical Study of the Phase Transition in Phenanthene Single Crystals

• Folder 17: Monte Carlo Manuscript / Journal of Chemical Education - notes, correspondence, draft, 1973-1974

• Folder 18: Caution in Using Monte Carlo Kinetics Modeling, draft copies and correspondence, 1974

• Folder 19: Microscope Manuscript / Applied Optics - notes, correspondence, draft, 1974

• Folder 20: Phenanthrene Manuscript - notes, correspondence, draft, publication, 1974-1975

• Folder 21: E Interferometric Manuscript - notes, draft, publication, 1975-1977

• Folder 22: Large-Scale Mass Spectral Analysis by Simplex Pattern Recognition, October 1976

• Folder 23: Simplex Pattern Recognition Applied to Carbon-13 Nuclear magnetic Resonance Spectrometry, July 1976

• Folder 24: Evaluation of Pattern Classification I & II, 1976

• Folder 25: Molecular Transformations: a Potential tool for Structure –Activity Studies, 1976

• Folder 26: Computer Recognition of Activity Class from Molecular Transformations, 1976

• Folder 27: PDI Phrase Transformation Dynamics - notes, correspondence, draft, publication, 1977-1979

• Folder 28: Interferometric Study of Solid-Solid Transition / Applied Optics - notes, correspondence, draft, publication, 1977-1980

• Folder 29: Solid State Symposium - notes, correspondence, draft, 1978

• Folder 30: Optical Study Phase Transformation Hysteresis in p-di-iodobenzene, 15 August 1979

• Folder 31: Correspondence - Request for copies of Optical Study… and Phenanthene Single Crystals… publication, 1979

• Folder 32: "Computer Graphics for Chemical Education,"Journal Chemical Education and correspondence, 1979

• Folder 33: Photometric Monitoring / Applied Optics - notes, correspondence, draft, publication, 1979-1980

• Folder 34: "Optical Study of Phrase Transformation Hysteresis" / Journal of Chemical Physics - notes, correspondence, draft, publication, 1979-1981

• Folder 35: "Hysteresis Variation" (Reversibility and Mechanism) / Journal of Chemical Physics - notes, correspondence, draft, publication, photos, 1981

• Folder 36: Reversibility and Mechanism in single-crystal Phase Transformation (15 July 1981) Correspondence – Request for copies of "Reverability.." publication, 1981

• Folder 37: Notes, Correspondence, and Drafts from publication Far from equilibrium: The Gas Pendulum, 1981

• Folder 38: Photometric Linear Crystallization Velocity - notes, correspondence, draft, publication, 1982

• Folder 39: MLN manuscript Notes, Correspondence, and drafts, 1983, 1985

• Folder 40: MLN manuscript 2 Notes, Correspondence, and drafts, 1983, 1985

• Folder 41: MLN notes, 1985

• Folder 42: MLN publication Notes, Correspondence, and drafts, 1987-1988

• Folder 43: MLN Ferroelasticity in Malononitrile Thin Film, 1989

Box 3

• Folder 1: Faculty Development Fund, 1986

• Folder 2: Far From Equilibrium: the Gas Pendulum reprint, 1986

• Folder 3: Far from Equilibrium-The Flashback Oscillator, 1987

• Folder 4: Flashback Color Photos, undated

• Folder 5: Notes, Correspondence, and drafts of publication The Continuous flow Bottle, 1986

• Folder 6: Far From Equilibrium-The Continuous-Flow Bottle, February 1987

• Folder 7: Flashback Oscillator publication Notes, Correspondence, and drafts, 1986-1988

• Folder 8: PPT patterns Research Notes, 1988

• Folder 9: Self-Organization in Chemistry-The Larger Context, March 1989

• Folder 10: Photographs (crystals), Correspondence, 1990, 1991

• Folder 11: ACTA 1 Crystal Anisotropy and Dendritic Crystal Growth, 1991

• Folder 12: ACTA 1 Crystal Anisotropy and Dendritic Crystal Growth, 1993

• Folder 13: ACTA2 Mechanism of Crystal Dendrite Formation in KNO3 Notes, Correspondence, and Drafts, 1993

• Folder 14: ACTA2 Mechanism of Crystal Dendrite Formation in KNO3 Notes, Correspondence, Drafts and Films, 1994

• Folder 15: ACTA3 Mechanism of Crystal Dendrite Formation in KNO3 Notes, Correspondence, and Drafts, 1994

• Folder 16: mc2 Quarterly - magazine, correspondence, 1994

• Folder 17: Creating an Interdepartmental Environmental Science Major, Correspondence, November, 1995

• Folder 18: Energy and the Environment: Physical Chemistry for Environmental Science Majors, November 1995

• Folder 19: Bulk-scale modeling of a combustion oscillator Notes, Correspondence, and drafts, 1996

• Folder 20: Faraday featuring L.S. and correspondence, 1996

• Folder 21: A Computer Model for Soda Bottle Oscillations: ‘The Bottelator', June 1997

• Folder 22: ACTA3 Prediction of Early-and Late Growth Morphologies of Ionic Crystals Correspondence, Notes, and Revisions, 1998

• Folder 23: FBO Manuscript Note, Correspondence, and drafts, 1996

• Folder 24: Interrelation of Elastic and Dielectric Properties of Malononitrile Crystals-draft, undated

• Folder 25: Computer Input for Graphics Paper, notes, undated

• Folder 26: Prediction of Early and Late Growth Morphologies of Ionic Crystals / International Union of Crystallography - publication, 1998

• Folder 27: ACTA IV Crytal morphology prediction and Morphology Variation in NaIO4 and NaIO4.3H2O / International Union of Crystallography - publication, 1999

• Folder 28: ACTA IV Crytal morphology prediction and Morphology Variation in NaIO4 and NaIO4.3H2O -notes, publications, and correspondence, 1999

• Folder 29: Electronic Spectra of Conjugated System,Molecular Modeling Exercise and Experiments /Journal of Chemical Education-notes, drafts, publication, and correspondence, 2000, 2001

• Folder 30: Note on Photocatalytic Destruction of Organic Wastes- notes, correspondence, 2001, 2004

• Folder 31: Small Molecule Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/ Ionization Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometry using a Polymer Matrix - drafts, manuscripts and correspondence, 2003, 2004

• Folder 32: Small Molecule Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/ Ionization Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometry using a Polymer Matrix /RCM - publication, 2004

• Folder 33: Small Molecule Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/ Ionization Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometry using a Polymer Matrix - drafts, manuscripts and correspondence, 2004

• Folder 34: Journal of Undergraduate Chemistry Research, 2004, 2007

• Folder 35: Interpretation of Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/ Ionization Time-of-flight Mass Spectra of Transition Metal Complexes in the Presence of Matrix Adducts / RCM -publication, 2005

• Folder 36: Identification of a Quenching Species in Ruthenium Tris-Bipyridine Electroluminescent Devices by MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry - manuscripts and correspondence, 2005

• Folder 37: Identification of a Quenching Species in Ruthenium Tris-Bipyridine Electroluminescent Devices”/ Journal of American Chemical Society Manuscript - manuscripts and correspondence, 2005

• Folder 38: Interpretation of MALDI-TOF Spectra of Organometallics in the Presence of Matrix Adducts /RCM - manuscripts, publication, and notes, 2005

• Folder 39: "Identification of a Quenching Species in Ruthenium Tris-Bipyridine Electroluminescent Devices"/American Chemical Society - publication, 2006

• Folder 40: Identification of a Quenching Species in Ruthenium Tris-Bipyridine Electroluminescent Devices REVISION-publications and correspondence, 2006

• Folder 41: Metal Contamination in MALDI Samples Prepared with the “Vortex” Solvent-free Method - manuscripts, 2008

• Folder 42: Metal Contamination in Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/ Ionization Samples Prepared with the ‘Vortex’ Solvent free Methods/ RCM - publication, 2009

Series III: Talks and Presentations, 1972-2006 (1 box)

This series includes manuscripts and transcripts of presentations Professor Soltzberg gave at talks and conferences, as well as related drafts and notes. Subjects of the presentations are listed specifically where available, but all generally focus on his research in the fields of Chemistry and Computing.

Box 4

• Folder 1: Book Micro-computers in Libraries Chapter 1 by Soltzberg Edited by Ching-chih Chen and Stacey E. Bressler, undated

• Folder 2: Presentation – Poster Session: Growth Rate and Morphology of Water-Soluble Ionic Crystals: modeling with Coulomb-only potentials, undated

• Folder 3: Presentation – Simmons Course: Energy and the Environment: Physical Chemistry for Environmental Science Majors – PowerPoint slides, Notes, Correspondence, undated

• Folder 4: Presentation – Environmental Science Program PowerPoint slides, undated

• Folder 5: Alumnae Day, Notes, undated

• Folder 6: Notes regarding Computer Modeling in Modern Chemistry, undated

• Folder 7: Patterns Notes, Poems, Correspondence, undated

• Folder 8: Presentation – Optical Study of Solid State Phase Transitions: The Interference Microscope at the Undergraduate Research Symposium, 1972

• Folder 9: Conference – Undergraduate Research Symposium , Albany, NY, 1973

• Folder 10: Storrs Meeting Paper - correspondence, draft, 1973

• Folder 11: Presentation – The Graphic Cursor in Chemical education at the Computer Generated Graphics Conference, 1976

• Folder 12: Presentation – Requests for presentation on Cooperative Computing, 1975

• Folder 13: Presentation – Slides for Cooperative Computing, undated

• Folder 14: Presentation – Computer Interfacing Workshop Planning and correspondence, 19-21 July 1978

• Folder 15: ACA Meeting Paper-Reversibility, Transformation Order and Mechanic in a Molecular Crystal Phase Transition - notes, correspondence, draft, 1979

• Folder 16: Presentation – The three ‘C’s of Instructional Computing at the Business and Industry Luncheon, 1980

• Folder 17: Conference – New England Regional Computing Program Conference, June 1983

• Folder 18: Presentation – Fundamentals of Basic for Microcomputers GSLIS Workshop, 1983-1994

• Folder 19: Presentation - Simmons Guidance Counselor Luncheons talk on Independent Study, 2 October 1986

• Folder 20: Presentation – Simmons Science Forum, 13 November 1986

• Folder 21: Presentation – Order and Chaos in Nature, 1986-1989

• Folder 22: Presentation – Study on a gas-phase Oscillating Reaction at the American Chemical Society, 25 April 1987

• Folder 23: Presentation – Museum of Science, Women in the Sciences, 1987

• Folder 24: Presentation – Chromatography and the Analysis of Plant Pigments at the Math/Science Enrichment Institutes, 1987

• Folder 25: Presentation – Chaos in the Natural World Slides, Notes and Draft, 16 December 1988

• Folder 26: Presentation – Simmons Parent’s Weekend, 26 October 1990

• Folder 27: Presentation – Energy and the Environment at Earth Day, 1991

• Folder 28: Presentation – Bulk-Scale Modeling of a Physiochemical Oscillator at the Gordon Research Conference, 1-5 July 1991

• Folder 29: Gordon Research Conference. Newport, RI -conference schedule, notes, correspondence, 1991

• Folder 30: Presentation – Boston University American Chemical Society Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, 24 April 1993

• Folder 31: Presentation – Creating an Interdepartmental Environmental Science Major, June 1993

• Folder 32: Conference – American Crystallographic Association, Notes and Correspondence, June 1993

• Folder 33: Presentation – Innovations in the Chemistry Curriculum at the Northeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, 22-25 June 1993

• Folder 34: Presentation – Snowflakes, and Chaos, November 1993

• Folder 35: Correspondence regarding Computer updates (1993), Report to the Technology Governance Committee, June 2003

• Folder 36: Presentation – PowerPoint slides, Notes, and Correspondence for lecture on Energy and the Environment: Physical Chemistry for Environmental Science Majors, 1994

• Folder 37: Presentation – Self-organization in crystal dendrite formation at the Gordon Conference on Oscillations and Dynamic Instabilities, 16 June 1994

• Folder 38: Conference – American Chemical Society, 1991, 1994

• Folder 39: Presentation – Self Organization in Crystal Dendrite Formation at the Gordon Conference, 1994

• Folder 40: Conference – Gordon Research Conference Notes, 1994

• Folder 41: Conference – American Crystallographic Association (ACA), 24-28 July 1995

• Folder 42: Presentation – ACA Conference, 24-28 July 1995

• Folder 43: Conference - Soltzberg co-chaired "NERComP Workshop on Instructional Content Delivery via the Web", 27 May 1997

• Folder 44: Presentation – Implementation of Instructional Technology Plan at the Parents council Executive Committee, Notes, Slides, and PCEC Agenda, 17 October 1997

• Folder 45: Presentation – Poster Session – Boston University Undergraduate Research Symposium, 25 April 1998

• Folder 46: Presentation – Faculty Tech Talk, School of Social Work, 25 March 1999

• Folder 47: The Northeast Student Chemistry Research Conference, 1999

• Folder 48: Presentation – MIT Poster Session: Crystal Morphology and Dendritic Crystal Growth of NaCIO4 and NaCIO4, H2O, 24 April 1999

• Folder 45: Conference – XVIII International Union of Crystallography Congress and General Assembly, 4-13 August 1999

• Folder 46: Presentation – Differential Equations $ Kinetics for the Masses - American Chemical Society Conference, 26-31 March 2000

• Folder 47: Conference – Liberal Arts in a New Academic Content: Simmons Faculty Development Mini-Conference, 21 February 2003

• Folder 48: Presentation - Faculty Showcase – Notes, Correspondence, and PowerPoint slides, 2007, 2008

• Folder 49: Conference - Gordon Research on Electronic Processes in Organic Materials, 30 July - 4 August 2006

Series IV: Reports to Granting Agencies and Conference proceedings, 1975-1999 (1 box)

This series includes several years worth of Annual Reports on Research under Sponsorship of the Petroleum Research Fund, as well as abstracts of various academic meetings. It is divided into two subseries: Reports to Grant Agencies, and Conferences, Proceedings.

Reports to Grant Agencies

Box 5

• Folder 1: 41st Annual Report on Research Under Sponsorship of The Petroleum Research Fund, Administered by The American Chemical Society, 31 August 1996

• Folder 2: 33rd Annual Report on Research Under Sponsorship of The Petroleum Research Fund, Administered by The American Chemical Society, 31 August 1988

• Folder 3: 28th Annual Report on Research Under Sponsorship of The Petroleum Research Fund, Administered by The American Chemical Society, 31 August 1983

• Folder 4: 25 Annual Report on Research Under Sponsorship of The Petroleum Research Fund, Administered by The American Chemical Society, 31 August 1980

• Folder 5: At The Frontiers of Science Progress Reports of Current Grants, December 1988, December 1988

Conferences, Proceedings (Simmons Contributions)

Box 5

• Folder 6: American Chemical Society, Philadelphia, 6-11 April 1975

• Folder 7: American Crystallographic Association, 23-28 July 1995

• Folder 8: 2005 MRS Fall Meeting, 28 November - 2 December 2005

• Folder 9: 2004 MRS Fall Meeting, 29 November - 3 December 2004

• Folder 10: 2002 MRS Fall Meeting, 2-6 December 2002

• Folder 11: XVIIIth IUCr Congress & General Assembly - small book, 4-13 August 1999

• Folder 13: XVIIIth IUCr Congress & General Assembly - large book, 4-13 August 1999

• Folder 14: American Chemical Society, 8-10 November 1978

• Folder 15: American Chemical Society Division of Physical Chemistry, 23-27 August 1998

• Folder 16: CHED Newsletter & Abstracts, Fall 1998

• Folder 17: First Chemical Congress of the North American Continent, 30 November - 5 December 1975

• Folder 18: 207th ACS National Meeting, 13-17 March 1994

• Folder 19: List of conferences Soltzberg Attended