Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
Roger L. Griffith Papers
Ms.2022.001
7 Cubic Feet
4 boxes
1952-2008
Roger L. Griffith (1934-2018) received his bachelors degree in chemical engineering from Virginia Tech. He worked for several small engineering firms, fifteen years for the Tennessee Valley Authority, and his own engineering firm in Alabama. The collection documents Griffith's career containing blueprints, academic papers, experiment results and data, documents from his work with different engineering firms, governmental reports, and documents relating to his work in foreign countries. The collection also contains a USB drive that has Roger Griffith's autobiography on it.
The materials in the collection are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
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Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [item], [box], [folder], Roger L. Griffith Papers, 1952-2008, Ms2022-001, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Source of Acquisition
The Roger L. Griffith Papers were donated to Special Collections and University Archives in December 2019.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Roger L. Griffith Papers commenced and completed in January 2022.
Biographical Note
Roger L. Griffith (1934-2018) received his bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering from Virginia Tech in 1957. Griffith was an engineer with experience in construction supervision, lisensing, market development, production supervision, process engineering, research and development, and sales. He worked fifteen years for the Tennessee Valley Authority, and later in his carrer, Grifith owned a small engineering firm. Over the course of his career, Griffith also accumulated a considerable amount of overseas work experience, starting in the 1970s when he made multiple trips to the Soviet Union and Romania.
More information about Griffith is available in his autobiography,
Journey of a chemical engineer (2021), which can be requested online via the library catalog.
Scope and Content
The Roger L. Griffith Papers, 1952-2008, document the career of Griffith as an engineer. The collection contains blueprints, academic papers, experiment results and data, documents from his work with different engineering firms, governmental reports, and documents relating to his work in foreign countries. Also contained within this collection is a USB drive that conatins Roger Griffith's autobiography [Box 4, Folder 38]. The collection also contains photographs that were taken of Roger Griffith when he was working overseas.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged alpabetically into five series, based on the original order of the creator.
Related Materials
VT Special Collections and University Archives has two publications by Roger L. Griffith in the Rare Books Collection,
Installation and operation of a packed analytical column (VPI B.S. thesis, 1957), which can be requested online via the library catalog, and Journey of a chemical engineer (2021), which can be requested online via the library catalog.
Rights Statements for Archival Description
The guide to the Roger L. Griffith Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).
Chemical engineering
Science and Technology
Students and alumni
Tennessee Valley Authority
Series I: A - D1981-1998Ahlstrom1982-198311Antibiotic Waste Water Treatment Bulgaria1996430Austria1982-198912Arhippanien198113Ball Milling and Sand Milling of Rutile Pigmentsn. d.428Bagasse Handling for Pulping199314Bagasse1985-199115Ball Millsn. d.16Bananas1987-198817Biomass Refinery, Greek1995-199818Blueprints1976431Boiler, Stillage1997322Bowaters, H2SO4 Systemn. d.44Brazilian Ethanol 1985-1988323-24Brazil 7/911991325Brazil, 7/91, Overheadsn. d.19-10Brazil, Slag1982-1993111Briquetting1988112Centrifuges1988113Centrifuges, General1980-1988114Copeland Process1989326Corn Cob Analysisundated327Corn Stover Hydrolysis1981-1984115Corrosion Report1987116Corrosion Information1982-1985117Corrosion HCL (1-2%)1988-1989118Digester Design1988119Distillation Azeotropicn. d.120DuPont Process1959-197545Series II: E - G1953-1991Energy Balance1985121Economic Models, Burch1996334EniChem, Flow Diagram Calculations1983-1990122EniChem1988123-24EniChem, General1988-1989125EniChem, Recycle Test1988126Enzymatic Hydrolysis1981-1992127EtOH Distillation1980-1981328Ethanol, From Banana1988128Ethanol from Sugar Canen. d.129Ethanol from Cellulose1981130Ethanol for Aviation Fueln. d.131Ethanol, General Information1982-1988132Ethanol from Sulfite Liquorn. d.133Ethanol, Production and Use as Fuel1989-1990134Ethanol, Specifications for Fuel1981135Evaporation, Black Liquor1986136Evaporation, General Information1983-1984137Foreign Agriculture Service1991138Fermentation1983-1991139Fermentation, Sulfite Liquorn. d.140Fermentation, VB Proposal to SEKAB1990141Filtration1971-198546Finishing Centrifuge1977-1979331Finland, Tempella1980-1982142Florence Papern. d.143Fluid Energy Mill1987-199047Frilli Engineering1994-1996329FTI Brazil1988330FTI, TiO2 Correspondence1989-1991144Furans Publication1953145Furfural1981-1990146-48Furfural, Rosenlew1990-1991149Furfural, Kineticsn. d.150Furfural, MSDSn. d.21Furfural Stripping198822Furfural Stripping, Calculations198823-4Furfural Stripping, Packed Towers1975-198825Germany FIAT Reportn. d.26Series III: H - N1952-1995Hawaii1989-199127Harvard Newsletter1996333HCL Process1989-199228HIID1995-199648-9HIID Final Papers1997335Hungary1995332Hydrolyzer, Black Clawson 1980-198129Hydrolysis with H3PO4n. d.210Interesting Info - Biomass1980-1989336Indorama - Furfural1993-1999337International Mill Service1991-1995211Jaakko Poyry Group1995-1996338Japan Papern. d.212Kamyr1983-1985213Kamyr, 2 TPD Plant1984214Kamyr, Mass and Energy Balance1981215Kamyr, Methanol Flow Sheet1978216Kamyr, Sawdust Diagram1969-1981217Kamyr, Quote for Commercial Plant1987218Kamyr, Evaporator1982-1983219Kamyr Blueprints1969-1988220-21Kamyr 2/83 Meeting1983222Kamyr Inc.1986-1987223Kamyr Quotation for Alcohol Production1983224Kamyr Proposal for Cooking System1981225Kenaf1991-1994226Kraft Recovery, Champion1967-1969410Lignin1980227Lignin, Adhesive Use1991228Liquid Extraction of Furfural and Acetic Acid1988-1989229Market Feasibility Study - Latin America1994230Material Balance1985231Masonite1981-1988232Mexico, Kimberly Clark1989-1992233New Zealand1979234Misc. Blueprintsn. d.435-36Molasses From Wood, TVA1952339Series IV: P - S1980-1995Paper, AIChE, Katzen1992235Paper, IGT1991236Paper Trade Journal Article1984237Patents1980-1982238Peroxide in Hydrolysis1987239Phosphoric Acid Statistics1968-1984240Previous Reports, Russia1976-1977340Quadrex, Ingram Patent1992-1994241Rauma Repola1990242Reactor Calculations, Multistagen. d.243Reactor, 18 TPD Test Module, Braziln. d.244Reactor, 150 TPD, FTI1988-1989245Reactor Explosion1982246Reynolds, Dross Oxide1988-1989411Roger Griffith Photographsn. d.438Rotary Kiln Designn. d.412Roger Work Projects1969-1989341Schkempa Seminar1996342Schkempa Seminar, Bulgaria1996343SEDF Calculations199031SEDF Mass and Energy Balance199032SEDF Canada1990-0233SERI, Feed Stocks Report1990344Slang Reports by Barber199534Sodium Borohydride1994, n. d.35Solids Analysis EniChem1988-198936Specific Heat of Hydrolysis198337Step Copy, TDF1972413Stillage Treatment Plant Contract1994-06429Switzerland1983, n. d.38Switzerland, Inventa1980-198439Series V: T - Z1959-2008TiO2, Chloride, Simplified Flow Sheet1993310TiO2 Analysis1977311TiO2, Upgrading, USSR1976-1978312TiO2 Slurry Cone1961313TiO2, Ishihara1972-1990314TiO2, General1969-1976315TiO2 Scrubber Blueprint1974416TiO2, Chem Process1959-1976417TiO2, Mass Balance1976-1994418TiO2, Grade Cross Matching1974419TiO2, Heats of Reaction1974420TiO2, Step Recoveries1966421TiO2, Digesterundated422Tank Calibrations1963-1970423TDF Process Specs1975414The Cash Process1991432-33Thann et Mulhouse1977415Titanium Specificationsn. d.316TRL as Salt Cake1995-200841TVA Ethanol from Biomassn. d.434TVA Papers1986, n. d.317Savannah Plant Process Specifications1971427Update on TiO2 Plant in the U.S.S.R.1976-07425-26USAID199742Vogelbusch1981-1988318Vogelbusch, Ethanol PFD and Equipment 1983319WEC Bulgaria Report1994-199543World Environment Center 1994-1995320Xylitol1985321Zaharni Zavodi1994-1995424