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Preliminary Guide to the Arnold Satterthwait Papers, 1949-1981
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Satterthwait, Arnold.
- Title
- Preliminary Guide to the Arnold Satterthwait Papers
- Dates
- 1949-1981 (inclusive)19491981
- Quantity
- 3.75 Linear feet, (5 Boxes)
- Collection Number
- MSSM.093 (collection)
- Summary
- Papers of Washington State University professor of linguistics and computer science Arnold Satterthwait. It includes research files, correspondence, and materials related to the Computer Science department at WSU.
- Repository
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Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu - Access Restrictions
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This collection is open and available for research use.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Arnold Satterthwait (1920-2012) was born in Georgetown, Pennsylvania to Charles Shoemaker and Elizabeth Satterthwait. He attended Haverford College as an undergraduate, and went on to earn his Master's Degree at the University of Pennsylvania. He then earned a PhD from Harvard. Around the 1950s, Satterthwait spent ten years in Saudi Arabia teaching Arabic to employees of the Arabian American Oil Company. Satterthwait was a life-long Quaker and did not believe in war or violence. He refused to register for the draft and spent four years in prison. He became a professor of linguistics and computer science at Washington State University, and because of his Quaker background, he was involved in anti-war protests at WSU. He taught at the university from 1963 until 1982, and retired to Moscow, Idaho.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection consists of papers of Washington State University professor Arnold Satterthwait. It includes research files, correspondence, and materials related to the Computer Science department at WSU.
Preliminary Inventory:
MS.1983.05:
Box 1. WSU Computer Science Department file, correspondence, research files, National Science Foundation proposal file (1967-1969); Satterthwait manuscript, "Parallel Sentence-Construction Grammars of Arabic and English"; loose, unsorted items.
Box 2. Research materials: language, artificial intelligence, and heuristic programming.
Box 3. Research files.
MS.1984.01:
Box 1. Mixed materials, including mutual intelligibility test research, mixed research files, and audio recordings (reel-to-reel).
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Copyright restrictions may apply.
Preferred Citation
[Item description]
Preliminary Guide to the Arnold Satterthwait Papers, 1949-1981 (MSSM.093)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
This is an unprocessed collection. Arrangement reflects a pre-existing order from the records’ creators or previous custodians.
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Computer scientists -- Archives.
- Linguists -- United States -- Archives.
Personal Names
- Satterthwait, Arnold -- Records and correspondence.
Corporate Names
- Washington State University -- Faculty -- Archives.
Finding aid prepared by Cheryl Gunselman and Megan Ockerman
2020
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
