Coblentz Society Newsletters

The Coblentz Society has been producing newsletters regularly since 1955. Current and archived copies are available here.

Most Recent Newsletters

Edition 195 – January 2023

Edition 194 – December 2022

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Submit an Article to the Newsletter

We welcome submissions from members regarding insightful discussions at conferences, or those pointing out unresolved topics of general interest where community feedback would be beneficial.

Even if it is just a short paragraph about conference sessions or a single contributed photo, we warmly welcome all contributed articles and comments to the Newsletter and the Coblentz LinkedIn site.

For inclusion of photographs and stories, please send them to the Society’s office manager at office@coblentz.org.

2000 – Present

1970-1999

The May 1974 issue was the first one formatted with two columns and the more modern Coblentz heading.

Note: All newsletters older than No. 124 have been scanned in from either original paper mailings or photocopies. The PDF files available here are not at the highest possible resolution, but most artifacts present in the PDF files are also artifacts on the initial paper copies. For higher resolution images of any page in the scanned articles below, contact Francis Esmonde-White (francis@esmonde-white.com).

Edition 129 – August 1999

Edition 128 – February 1999

Edition 127 – August 1998

Edition 126 – February 1998

Edition 125 – August 1997

Edition 124 – February 1997

Edition 123 – August 1996

Edition 122 – February 1996

Edition 121 – August 1995

Edition 120 – February 1995

Edition 119 – August 1994

Edition 118 – February 1994

Edition 117 – August 1993

Edition 116 – February 1993

Edition 115 – August 1992

Edition 114 – February 1992

Edition 113 – August 1991

Edition 112 – February 1991

Edition 111 – August 1990

Edition 110 – February 1990

Edition 109 – August 1989

Edition 108 – February 1989

Edition 107 – August 1988

Edition 106 – February 1988

Edition 105 – August 1987

Edition 104, February 1987

Edition 103 – July 1986

Edition 102 – January 1986

Edition 101 – May/June 1985

Edition 100 – July/August 1984 – Note: Both May/June and July/August 1984 were numbered 100.

Edition 100 – May/June 1984

Edition 99 – March/April 1983 – Note: There appears to have been no Mailing #98.

Edition 97 – July/August 1983

Edition 96 – May/June 1983

Edition 95 – January/February 1983

Edition 94 – September 1982

Edition 93 – July 1982

Edition 92 – March 1982

Edition 91 – January 1982

Edition 90 – November 1981

Edition 89 – September 1981

Edition 88 – July 1981

Edition 87 – May 1981

Edition 86 – March 1981 – Note: there appears to have been no Mailing #85. #86 was also the first issue published in Applied Spectroscopy.

Mailing 84 – November 1980

Mailing 83 – September 1980

Mailing 82 – May 1980

Mailing 81 – February 1980

Mailing 80 – November 1979

Mailing 79 – August 1979

Mailing 78 – May 1979

Mailing 77 – February 1979

Mailing 76 – December 1978

Mailing 75 – September 1978

Mailing 74 – April 1978

Mailing 73 – February 1978

Mailing 72 – September 1977

Mailing 71 – May 1977

Mailing 70 – February 1977

Mailing 69 – October 1976

Mailing 68 – April 1976

Mailing 67 – December 1975

Mailing 66 – September 1975

Mailing 65 – April 1975

Mailing 64 – January 1975

Mailing 63 – September 1974

Mailing 62 – May 1974 (First formatted in the 2-column format with modern Coblentz heading.)

Mailing 61 – February 1974

Mailing 60 – December 1973

Mailing 59 – September 1973

Mailing 58 – May 1973

Mailing 57 – February 1973

Mailing 56 – January 1973

Mailing 55 – October 1972

Mailing 54 – May 1972

Mailing 53 – February 1972

Mailing 52 – December 1971

Mailing 51 – September 1971

Mailing 50 – May 1971

Mailing 49 – February 1971

Mailing 48 – December 1970

Mailing 47 – August 1970

Mailing 46 – May 1970

Mailing 45 – February 1970

1955-1969

The Coblentz Society Newsletter originated as the Coblentz Society Mailings, which were numbered sequentially. The August 1967 issue was the first one called the Coblentz Society Newsletter.