Holdings Illinois State Water Survey Atmospheric Sciences Nancy Westcott Papers Finding Aid Holdings Illinois State Water Survey Atmospheric Sciences Nancy Westcott Papers Finding Aid Title: Nancy Westcott Papers, 1948-2006
ID: 45/5/20
Primary Creator: Nancy E. Westcott
Extent: 15.2 cubic feet
Arrangement:
Series 1: Bernice Ackerman, 1955-1988
This series includes the papers of Bernice Ackerman. Ackerman was a meteorologist who worked for the Illinois State Water Survey. Westcott used Ackerman's research in her own work; therefore, the papers of Ackerman that Westcott possessed are included in this series. This includes research papers, data, publications, Ph.D. papers, correspondence, drafts, and Metromex report logs. Other papers of Bernice Ackerman are sprinkled throughout the collection, as Westcott's original arrangement was maintained. This series is arranged by Westcott's original arrangement.
Series 2: Projects, 1948-2006
The series includes projects worked on by Westcott and is arranged into subseries alphabetically: CHAP, CHILL, Fog Study, Metromex, PACE, radar research, Urban Boundary Layer, Urban Heat Island Project 1975 (St. Louis), VIN, and Willard Airport Weather Radar 1950s. These include data, graphs and charts, radar logs, notes, correspondence, maps, publications, satellite photos, Westcott's Ph.D. proposal and defense, drafts, meeting notes, grant applications and progress reports, some conferences, and VHS's, cassettes, and tapes. The subseries are arranged by Westcott's original arrangement. As the projects are subseries and arranged within by Westcott's original arrangement, some folders labelled as being from one project are in a different project's subseries.
Subjects: Atmospheric Research, Faculty Papers, Meteorology, St. Louis, Missouri, Water Survey, Illinois, Weather
Nancy E. Westcott was an atmospheric scientist for the Illinois State Water Survey – a division of the Prairie Research Institute at the University of Illinois.
The Nancy E. Wescott papers include papers from Bernice Ackerman. Ackerman was a meteorologist who worked for the Illinois State Water Survey. Westcott used Ackerman's research in her own work; therefore, the papers of Ackerman that Westcott possessed are included in this collection. While these can be found in the Bernice Ackerman series, they are also mixed in with the rest of the collection. The papers also include projects that Wescott worked on such as Metromex, PACE, Urban Boundary Layer, studies of fog, VIN, and various radar research studies. These papers include data and graphs, satellite images, maps, research notes, publications, maps, correspondence, meeting notes, some conferences, chapter drafts, grant proposals and progress reports, and VHS's, cassettes, and audio tapes. Westcott's original arrangement was kept; therefore, some papers for the projects can be found in a different project's subseries.
This collection is arranged into 2 series. Series 1: Bernice Ackerman, 1955-1988, arranged by Westcott's original arrangement. Series 2: Projects, 1948-2006, arranged by subseries alphabetically and by Westcott's original arrangement within.
Nancy E. Westcott was an atmospheric scientist for the Illinois State Water Survey – a division of the Prairie Research Institute at the University of Illinois.
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