Anna Fay Williams Collection

Collection

Identifier: MS MSS 31

Scope and Content Note

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The collection consists of materials on solar energy research and development in the 1970s and 1980s and includes reports, conference materials, news clippings, correspondence, and research files. The collection is organized in five series.

Series 1, Reports contains reports on solar energy from various individuals, universities, agencies, organizations, research centers, and companies.

Series 2, Seminars and Conferences contains materials from various solar energy-related meetings, including schedules, agendas, abstracts, proceedings, notes, and brochures.

Series 3, Solar Test Facilities contains reports, brochures, and manuals, from solar energy test facilities.

Series 4, Solar Projects includes information on specific solar energy-related projects including correspondence, press releases, reports, photographs, architectural drawings, and brochures.

Series 5, General Solar Materials includes press releases, news clippings, and correspondence regarding solar energy developments and research.

Dates

Creation: 1940s-1980s

Creator

Williams, Anna Fay (creator, Person)

Language of Materials

Material in English

Access Restrictions

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Copyright

The Arizona Board of Regents retains copyright to this collection for and on behalf of the Arizona State University Library. Requests to publish, display, or redistribute information from this collection must be submitted via our online application.

Biographical Note

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American energy economist, policy researcher, and writer Anna Fay Williams was born in 1935 in Newark, New Jersey. She earned a bachelor of science degree in journalism from the University of Minnesota in 1957, a master of arts degree in broadcast film arts from Southern Methodist University in 1968, a master of arts degree in economics from Southern Methodist University in 1975, and a doctor of philosophy degree in management and policy sciences from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in 1990.

Williams has worked as an economist for Keplinger Companies and as an energy consultant in Houston, Texas. She has lectured and presented papers on renewable energy for associations in the United States and internationally. Williams is the author, co-author, or editor of several publications, including The Handbook of Photovoltaic Applications: Building Applications and System Design Considerations (1986), New Opportunities to Purchase Natural Gas (1988), Open Protocols: Communications Standard for Building Automation Systems (1989), and Software Applications and Directory for Energy Analysis (1992). She founded Solar Engineering magazine in 1974 and served as its executive editor until 1981. Williams resides in Houston, Texas.

Full extent

3 Box(es)

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1.5 Linear Feet

Additional description

Abstract

This collection consists primarily of manuscript materials relating to solar energy research collected by energy economist, policy researcher, and writer Anna Fay Williams and is arranged in five series.