Collection: E. M. Lustig papers | Special Collections & Archives

Scope and Contents note

This collection includes information on, photographs and drawings of, and legal documents relating to many of this Tuscaloosa, Alabama, native's inventions. It also includes miscellaneous newspaper and magazine clippings, information on his father's bookstore, personal items, and objects used in his experiments.

Dates

circa 1910-1980

Biographical/Historical note

Lustig was born December 6, 1905 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. His father was a Hungarian emigrant, and his mother was from New Orleans, Louisiana. They owned Lustig's Bookstore in Tuscaloosa. Lustig studied chemical engineering at Bernard College in Cullman, Alabama. He subsequently moved to California, and worked for North American Aviation, Inc, the Douglas Aircraft Company, and the Continental Aeronautic Corp. He later started the Catalytic Engineering and Manufacturing Corporation in Fort Valley, Georgia, where he invented many items. Lustig also wrote for the Peach County Enterprise mainly on political issues. He married and had a child, Leila.

Extent

2.5 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Provenance

Gift of L. M. Lustig, 2000

General

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