Walter E. Lobo Papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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Summary

Extent:
2.2 Cubic Feet 3 boxes
Creator:
Lobo, Walter E. (Walter Eder), 1905-1995
Abstract:
Walter E. Lobo (1905-1995) was a chemical engineer, mostly for M. W. Kellogg Company catering to petroleum and chemical industries which performed contract research and development. The collection mainly consists of Lobo's microfilmed files (99 reels) dealing with chemical-, petroleum-, and energy-related topics (including laboratory and field reports). In addition, there are several documents, including a typescripts of reports and indexes of the microfilm.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.

Background

Scope and content:

The Walter E. Lobo Papers mainly consist of Lobo's microfilmed files (99 reels) dealing with natural gas and oil; thermodynamics; thermal and catalytic cracking; catalytic polymerization; hydrocracking; hydrocarbon synthesis; heat transfer; furnaces; distillation; and other petroleum and energy-related topics (including laboratory reports from Jersey City and field reports on equipment startup). In addition, there are several folders of textual documents, including a typescript catalog and index of the microfilm, a typescript translation of S.Y. Gersch's Enriched Air (originally published in Moscow in 1939), several typescript reports on German petroleum production (1945-1947), and indexes to the Technical Advisory Committee of the Petroleum Industry War Council Technical Oil Mission microfilm reels (1947).

Please note: the index to the microfilm has been digitized and is available with full text searching.

Biographical / historical:

Walter E. Lobo was born in 1905 in New York. The bulk of his career was spend as a senior chemical engineer for M. W. Kellogg Company in their Jersey City, New Jersey, branch. The company was an architect-engineering company catering to petroleum and chemical industries which performed contract research and development for Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, Standard of Indiana, Texaco, Cities Service, and others. Lobo died in 1995 in Fairfield, Connecticut.

Acquisition information:
The Walter E. Lobo Papers were donated to Special Collections in 1985.
Processing information:

Some inital processing and description of the collection was completed in 1985. Additional description was completed in November 2018.

Arrangement:

This collection is organized into two series: papers and microfilm. Boxes 2 and 3 contain the indexes and typescripts. Box 1 contains the collection of microfilm.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard