Content Abstract: Founded in 1880, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, promotes the art, science and practice of mechanical and multidisciplinary engineering and allied sciences. The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence, agendas, minutes, membership information, and financial reports.

Content Abstract: George Perry is a neuroscientist and Dean of the College of Sciences and Professor of Biology at the University of Texas at San Antonio and a leading researcher in the field of Alzheimer's disease. The papers include correspondence, email, grant files, committee files, drafts, laboratory notes, conference files, and slides that document his academic career and research activities primarily related to the cytopathology of Alzheimer's disease.

Content Abstract: The Beta Upsilon Chapter of the Phi Sigma Society, a national honorary science fraternity, was established at the University of Texas at San Antonio in October 1974. The chapter was the first registered student organization at the University of Texas at San Antonio and included 36 faculty members and students. The collection comprises a spiral-bound booklet prepared by the Beta Upsilon Chapter of the Phi Sigma Society. The materials in the booklet document the establishment, development, and activities of the student chapter from 1974 through 1975. Materials include correspondence and memoranda, a written history, an application to the society, a petition for the establishment of the chapter, by-laws, a registration form for student organizations at UTSA, a list of officers, photographs of the initiation and installation ceremony, a press release and news coverage of the establishment of the chapter, and flyers advertising the chapter's events.

Content Abstract: The San Antonio Council for the Cooperation of Engineering and Scientific Societies (SACCESS) is a forum to facilitate communication and coordination between local chapters of engineering and scientific professional societies. This collection consists of correspondence, programs, meeting minutes, fliers, photographs and assorted printed material.

Content Abstract: The Schriever Institute is a very small, non-profit, tax exempt Technology assessment and educational organization. The collection consists of correspondence, reports, publications, presentations, transparencies, briefings and photographs.

Content Abstract: Sigma Xi is an international, multidisciplinary research society whose programs and activities promote the health of the scientific enterprise and honor scientific achievement. The Alamo Chapter aims to serve the entire San Antonio scientific community. The bulk of the collection consists of membership materials, meeting minutes, reports, correspondence, guidebooks and newsletters.

Content Abstract: Thomas Baker Slick, Jr. was an oilman, rancher, philanthropist, and founder of the Southwest Research Institute and the Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas. The bulk of the collection represents the office files of Tom Slick and includes correspondence, reports, financial documents, minutes, project and subject files spanning from 1938-1962.

Content Abstract: Texas Biomedical Research Institute began in 1941 as the Foundation of Applied Research (FAR) founded by noted San Antonio businessman and philanthropist Tom Slick. The Institute conducts medical research related to infectious diseases, cancer, heart disease, and neonatal diseases. The collection includes digitized publications of the Texas Biomedical Research Institute between 1952-2015.