mc00151 Guide to the William Wurth Kriegel Papers, circa 1939-1964 MC 00151 Finding aid prepared by Processed by: Jennifer McElroy;machine-readable finding aid created by: Will Andersen Special Collections Research Center 2006 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2011-10-28T15:54-0400 Finding aid written in English. William Wurth Kriegel Papers MC 00151 Special Collections Research Center 0.25 Linear feet circa 1939-1964 The William Wurth Kriegel Papers contain notebooks and reprints of articles related to Kriegel's research on ceramic engineering, circa 1939-1964. William Wurth Kriegel (1907-1980), a native of Seattle, Washington, joined the faculty of the North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University) in 1939, after receiving his doctorate in ceramic engineering from the Technische Hochschule in Hanover, Germany. An authority on the mechanical properties of ceramic materials, he was head of the ceramic engineering program at N.C. State beginning in 1946, and retired in 1971. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff. 1 archival half box Kriegel, William Wurth, 1907-1980 Restrictions to Access

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 Acquisitions Information

Transfered from North Carolina State University Materials Engineering Department, 1981 January 5.

 Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], William Wurth Kriegel Papers, MC 151, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

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 Biographical Note

A native of Seattle, Washington, William Wurth Kriegel was born 1907 December 4. He received two B.S. degrees from the University of Washington--civil engineering in 1929 and ceramic engineering in 1932. He obtained his M.S. in ceramic engineering from the Montana School of Mines in 1936, and after receiving his doctorate from the Technische Hochschule in Hannover, Germany, in 1939, Kriegel joined the faculty of the North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University) as an instructor. Subsequently assistant (1940) and associate (1941) professor, he became a full professor and head of the ceramic engineering program in 1946.

An authority on the mechanical properties of ceramic materials, Kriegel was a charter member of Keramos, the professional ceramic engineering fraternity, and a fellow in the American Ceramic Society. He helped found the University Conference on Ceramic Science, and served as a consultant to several private companies and governmental agencies, including the Atomic Energy Commission's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the U.S. Army's Office of Ordnance Research. Kriegel retired in 1971 after 32 years on the N.C. State faculty, and died in Seattle in 1980 May.

 Scope and Content Note

The William Wurth Kriegel Papers contain materials related to Kriegel's research on ceramics--notebooks, 1939-1949; reprints of articles authored and coauthored by Kriegel that appeared in the Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, 1949 and 1964; and laboratory notes in German, circa 1939.

 Organization of the Collection

This collection is arranged chronologically.

 Related Material American Ceramic Society, North Carolina State University Chapter Records (UA 021.430) Keramos National Professional Ceramic Engineering Fraternity, North Carolina State University Chapter Records (UA 021.472) College of Engineering, Minerals Research Laboratory Records (UA 105.032) Kriegel, William Wurth, 1907-1980 North Carolina State University--Faculty--History. North Carolina State University. Dept. of Ceramic Engineering--History. Ceramic engineering--North Carolina College teachers--North Carolina Notebooks Tonuntersuchung Laboratorium Notebook 1 1 circa 1939 Consulting Notes Book No. 1 1 2 1939 September-1941 January Microscopic Analyses Notebook 1 3 1940-1941 Consulting Notes Book No. 2 1 4 1941 February-[1949 November] Ceramic Clays, Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology 1 5 1949 Ceramics, Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology 1 6 1964