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Charles G. Overberger Papers

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Charles Gilbert Overberger was an American chemistry teacher and chemist, specializing in polymer research and education. Overberger was born on October 12, 1920 in Barnesboro, Pennsylvania. He received his B.S. from Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Pennsylvania in 1941 and his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1944. Overberger studied with Professor Carl Marvel and worked for him as a Research Associate from 1944 until 1946. He also studied with Professor Arthur C. Cope at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Overberger began his teaching career at Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in Brooklyn, New York, where he taught from 1947 until 1967, rising to the position of Dean of Science and Director of the Polymer Research Institute. In 1967, he accepted a position as Chairman of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Overberger spent the remainder of his career at the University of Michigan, where he established and became the first Director of the Macromolecular Research Center. He retired from the University of Michigan in 1989.

Overberger was a past president of the American Chemical Society, the Chemistry Section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Macromolecular Division of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. He also served as member or chair of numerous boards, committees, and professional associations; as a consultant to several industrial firms and government agencies; and as an editor of several professional journals and reviews. Overberger held three honorary degrees. Among the numerous honors he received during his career were the Charles Lathrop Parsons Award of the American Chemical Society (1978), the International Award of the Society of Plastics Engineers (1979), the Horace N. Potts medal from the Franklin Institute (1982), and the University of Michigan's Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award (1985).

Overberger's chief research concerns were in the fields of synthetic organic reaction mechanisms and polymer chemistry. He was also concerned about the impact of chemistry upon society and the role of the chemist in society. Overberger viewed chemistry as a mechanism of both scientific and social change. Charles G. Overberger passed away on March 17, 1997 in Riverview, Ann Arbor, Michigan after an extended illness resulting from Parkinson's disease.

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Charles G. Overberger Papers, Science History Institute Archives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

University of Michigan. "Charles G. Overberger." https://ur.umich.edu/9697/Mar25_97/obit.htm.

The Charles G. Overberger Papers contain the personal papers of American chemistry teacher and chemist Charles G. Overberger.

The collection provides a snapshot of Overberger's career. Its contents are narrowly focused upon the last decades of his life and contain no material of a scientific nature and hardly any of a personal nature, though there are a few items of memorabilia included. The bulk of the collection details Overberger's participation in a number of professional organizations to which he belonged. These include the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), the American Chemical Society (ACS), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Because he was concerned about the societal impact of chemical processes, and questions of how the chemist fits into his society, the papers contained herein are less about the science of chemistry than they are about the profession of a chemist. The collection is arranged into the following seven series:

  1. American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  2. American Chemical Society (ACS)
  3. American Institute of Chemists (AIC)
  4. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)
  5. National Research Council (NRC)
  6. National Science Foundation (NSF)
  7. Memorabilia

The Charles G. Overberger Papers were donated to the Science History Institute (formerly the Chemical Heritage Foundation) by Betty Overberger in 1992.

The Charles G. Overberger Papers were processed by Andrew Mangravite in 2008 and encoded into EAD by Samantha Brigher in 2021.

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Science History Institute Archives
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The Charles G. Overberger Papers were processed by Andrew Mangravite and encoded into EAD by Samantha Brigher.
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2008
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Series Description

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) was formed in 1848. It adopted a new constitution in 1948. In its constitution, the goals of the AAAS are stated as being "to further the work of scientists, to facilitate cooperation among them, to improve the effectiveness of science in the promotion of human welfare, and to increase public understanding and appreciation of the importance and promise of the methods of science in human progress." Charles G. Overberger was a member of the AAAS and served as its Chairman of the Chemistry Section (Section C) and as a member of the Council.

This series contains the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) files of the Charles G. Overberger Papers. Arranged in its original order, this series consists of six files in Box 1. These files contain correspondence, meeting minutes, agendas, reports, and supporting documents about the AAAS, specifically, the Chemistry Section during Overberger's time as a member of the organization.

American Association for the Advancement of Science - Meeting, Detroit, Michigan, May 26-31, 1983 - correspondence, agenda, minutes, and supporting documents, 1983.
Box 1 Folder 1
American Association for the Advancement of Science - Meeting, Detroit, Michigan, May 26-31, 1983 - correspondence and supporting documents, 1982-1983.
Box 1 Folder 2
American Association for the Advancement of Science - Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 5-9, 1982 - correspondence, agendas, and reports, 1981-1982.
Box 1 Folder 3
American Association for the Advancement of Science - Section C Steering Committee - correspondence, minutes, and supporting documents (Charles G. Overberger was chairperson of this committee.), 1983.
Box 1 Folder 4
American Association for the Advancement of Science - Section C Steering Committee - correspondence and supporting documents, 1982.
Box 1 Folder 5
American Association for the Advancement of Science - Section C Steering Committee - correspondence, 1981.
Box 1 Folder 6

Series Description

The American Chemical Society (ACS) was founded in 1876. Charles G. Overberger served this organization in various capacities, including that of President and Chairman of the Polymer Division of the ACS and of its New York Section. He had a longtime involvement with the ACS Committee on Chemistry and Public Affairs.

This series contains the American Chemical Society (ACS) files of the Charles G. Overberger Papers. Arranged alphabetically by subject, this series consists of sixty-seven files in Boxes 1-5. These files contain correspondence, agendas, meeting minutes, and supporting documents about ACS nominations, committees, lectures, meetings, policy statements, projects, publications, and symposia.

American Chemical Society - Awards - Nominations - correspondence, 1977-1982.
Box 1 Folder 7
American Chemical Society - Awards - Arthur C. Cope Award - nominees, 1974-1975.
Box 1 Folder 8
American Chemical Society - Awards - William C. Gibbs Medal (Charles G. Overberger served as a Gibbs Medal jurist.), 1973-1983.
Box 1 Folder 9
American Chemical Society - Awards - Parsons Award - congratulatory correspondence (Charles G. Overberger received this award in 1978.), 1978.
Box 1 Folder 10
American Chemical Society - Awards - Parsons Award Dinner, Washington, D.C., 1978 December 1.
Box 1 Folder 11
American Chemical Society - Awards - Parsons Award Speech, Washington, D.C., 1978 December 1.
Box 1 Folder 12
American Chemical Society - Awards - Parsons Award Speech - correspondence (re: Reaction to speech.), 1978-1979.
Box 1 Folder 13
American Chemical Society - Awards - Priestley Medal nominations - correspondence, 1978-1981.
Box 1 Folder 14
American Chemical Society - Committees - Chemistry and Public Affairs (CCPA) - correspondence and supporting documents, 1979.
Box 2 Folder 1
American Chemical Society - Committee on Chemistry and Public Affairs - Meeting, Washington, D.C., November 19-20, 1977 (Bound meeting book with annotations by Charles G. Overberger.), 1977.
Box 2 Folder 2
American Chemical Society - Committees - Committee on Committees - correspondence, 1975.
Box 2 Folder 3
American Chemical Society - Committees - Committee on Copyrights - correspondence, supporting documents, meeting agendas, and minutes, 1977-1981.
Box 2 Folder 4
American Chemical Society - Committee on Copyrights - correspondence, supporting documents, meeting agendas, and minutes, 1974-1977.
Box 2 Folder 5
American Chemical Society - Copyright Task Force - correspondence and supporting documents, 1973-1974.
Box 2 Folder 6
American Chemical Society - Committees - Committee on Structure, Governance, and Business Management - correspondence, agendas, and meeting minutes (Charles G. Overberger helped in the preparation of a questionnaire distributed by this committee to ACS members.), 1974-1975.
Box 2 Folder 7
American Chemical Society - Committees - International Activities Committee - correspondence and supporting documents, 1974-1979, 1983.
Box 3 Folder 1
American Chemical Society - Committees - PEP Steering Committee - correspondence, agenda, and meeting minutes (PEP was an ACS fundraising effort; Charles G. Overberger was a member of this committee automatically by virtue of his being chairperson of the CCPA.), 1973-1974.
Box 3 Folder 2
American Chemical Society - Committees - Professional Programs Planning and Coordinating Committee (PPROPACC) - correspondence, agendas, and meeting minutes, 1976-1977.
Box 3 Folder 3
American Chemical Society - Professional Planning and Coordinating Committee (PPROPACC) - correspondence, agendas, and meeting minutes, 1974-1975.
Box 3 Folder 4
American Chemical Society - Committees - Committee on Public, Professional, and Member Relations - correspondence, agendas, meeting minutes, and supporting documents, 1973-1976.
Box 3 Folder 5
American Chemical Society - Committees - Committee on Professional Training - correspondence and report, 1977-1978.
Box 3 Folder 6
American Chemical Society - Committees - Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Professionalism - correspondence, 1971.
Box 3 Folder 7
American Chemical Society - Committees - Committee on Science - preliminary report, 1983.
Box 3 Folder 8
American Chemical Society - Committees - Committee to Split Public, Professional, and Member Relations (Charles G. Overberger voted against the split.), 1974.
Box 3 Folder 9
American Chemical Society - Correspondence between Charles G. Overberger and Anna Harrison (Harrison was running for President of ACS.), 1976-1977, 1980.
Box 3 Folder 10
American Chemical Society - Counselor - correspondence, 1975-1976.
Box 4 Folder 1
American Chemical Society - Executive Director - correspondence, 1973-1983.
Box 4 Folder 2
American Chemical Society - Lectures - Schenectady, New York - correspondence, 1978 April 19.
Box 4 Folder 3
American Chemical Society - Lectures - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - correspondence, 1977 March 30.
Box 4 Folder 4
American Chemical Society - Lectures - New York State Lecture Tour - correspondence, 1976-1978.
Box 4 Folder 5
American Chemical Society - Lectures - Cincinnati, Ohio - correspondence, 1976 January 14.
Box 4 Folder 6
American Chemical Society - Lectures - Westchester, New York - correspondence, 1975 May 22.
Box 4 Folder 7
American Chemical Society - Lectures - Trenton, New Jersey - correspondence, 1975 March 11.
Box 4 Folder 8
American Chemical Society - Lectures - Ada, Ohio - correspondence, 1972 May 1.
Box 4 Folder 9
American Chemical Society - Lectures - South Orange, New Jersey - correspondence, 1972 March 27.
Box 4 Folder 10
American Chemical Society - Lectures - Wilmington, Delaware - correspondence, 1971 December 8.
Box 4 Folder 11
American Chemical Society - Lectures - Buffalo, New York - correspondence, 1970 December 15.
Box 4 Folder 12
American Chemical Society - Lectures - Lecture Tours - correspondence, 1971, 1973, 1983.
Box 4 Folder 13
American Chemical Society - Macromolecules Advisory Board - correspondence, reports, and manuscripts logs, 1966-1981.
Box 4 Folder 14
American Chemical Society - Meetings - Spring Meeting, Seattle, Washington - correspondence (Charles G. Overberger was unable to attend.), 1983.
Box 4 Folder 15
American Chemical Society - Meetings - Spring Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada - correspondence and program, 1982.
Box 4 Folder 16
American Chemical Society - Meetings - Fall Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri, September 12-17, 1982 - correspondence, 1982.
Box 4 Folder 17
American Chemical Society - Meetings - Northeastern Regional Meeting, Rochester, New York, October 19-21, 1981 - correspondence, 1981.
Box 4 Folder 18
American Chemical Society - Meetings - National Meeting, New York, New York, August 22-25, 1981 - correspondence and program, 1981.
Box 4 Folder 19
American Chemical Society - Meetings - Spring Meeting, Houston, Texas, March 23-26, 1980 - correspondence and program, 1980.
Box 4 Folder 20
American Chemical Society - Meetings - Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., September 9-14, 1979 - correspondence, agenda, and minutes of CCPA meeting, 1979.
Box 4 Folder 21
American Chemical Society - Meetings - Fall Meeting, Miami, Florida, September 9-12, 1978 - correspondence, agendas, and committee meeting minutes, 1978.
Box 4 Folder 22
American Chemical Society - Meetings - Northeastern Regional Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, June 25-28, 1978 - correspondence, 1978.
Box 4 Folder 23
American Chemical Society - Meetings - Spring Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, April 1-6, 1978 - correspondence (Charles G. Overberger did not attend due to an airline strike.), 1978.
Box 4 Folder 24
American Chemical Society - Meetings - Spring Meeting, Anaheim, California, March 12-15, 1978 - correspondence, agenda, and minutes for Committee on Copyrights meeting, 1978.
Box 4 Folder 25
American Chemical Society - Meetings - Chicago Section, Chicago, Illinois, June 13, 1976 - correspondence and supporting documents, 1976.
Box 4 Folder 26
American Chemical Society - National Science Board Meetings Policy - correspondence between Charles G. Overberger and Anna Harrison, 1973.
Box 4 Folder 27
American Chemical Society - Peer Review Open Hearing - Chicago, Illinois, February 12, 1976 - correspondence, 1975-1976.
Box 5 Folder 1
American Chemical Society - Policy Statements - correspondence, 1979.
Box 5 Folder 2
American Chemical Society - Polymer Division - correspondence, 1976, 1978-1979, 1983.
Box 5 Folder 3
General Note

Among the topics discussed is an American Institute of Physics videotaped interview with Charles G. Overberger; the interview questions are included.

American Chemical Society - President - letters from, and responses to candidates seeking Charles G. Overberger's support, 1973-1983.
Box 5 Folder 4
American Chemical Society - Project CATALYST - reports, surveys, and lecture overheads, 1969-1978.
Box 5 Folder 5
General Note

This program was part of ACS Project SEED and was aimed at placing disadvantaged high school students in university research groups.

American Chemical Society - Project SEED - correspondence, memoranda, surveys, and supporting documents, 1977-1981.
Box 5 Folder 6
General Note

Charles G. Overberger was a member of the Project SEED Committee from its inception in 1968. Project SEED is described as "the American Chemical Society's social action program which places economically disadvantaged high school juniors into summer research programs at local colleges and universities."

American Chemical Society - Project SEED Symposium, Indianapolis, Indiana, May 26, 1978 - correspondence, 1978.
Box 5 Folder 7
American Chemical Society - Publications - Chemical Abstract Service - correspondence with Dale Baker, Director (Charles G. Overberger and Baker would bet on the outcomes of Ohio State University-University of Michigan college football games.), 1974-1981.
Box 5 Folder 8
American Chemical Society - Publications - Chemical and Engineering News - correspondence with Michael Heylin, Editor (Heylin suggested several potential contributions which Charles G. Overberger declined to write.), 1975, 1979.
Box 5 Folder 9
American Chemical Society - Publications - Chemical Technology - correspondence, 1974.
Box 5 Folder 10
American Chemical Society - Symposia - WITCO Award Symposium - correspondence, 1978.
Box 5 Folder 11
American Chemical Society - Symposia - Division of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry - correspondence and supporting documents, 1975.
Box 5 Folder 12
American Chemical Society - Symposia - Science and Technology Policy in Japan and the U.S., Honolulu, Hawaii, April 1-5, 1978 - correspondence and supporting documents including "The CHEMRAWN Concept: An IUPAC Experiment" (Charles G. Overberger did not attend due to an airline strike.), 1978.
Box 5 Folder 13
American Chemical Society - Symposia - Symposium on the Education of Polymer Scientists, Mexico City, Mexico, November 30-December 5, 1975 - correspondence and supporting documents (First Chemical Conference of the North American Continent.), 1975.
Box 5 Folder 14
American Chemical Society - Symposia - Symposium on Professionalism - correspondence and supporting documents, 1974.
Box 5 Folder 15

Series Description

The American Institute of Chemists (AIC) was founded in 1923 to foster the advancement of the chemical profession in the United States. Charles G. Overberger was a member of this organization.

This series contains the American Institute of Chemists (AIC) file of the Charles G. Overberger Papers. Arranged in its original order, this series consists of one file in Box 5. This file contains correspondence from 1967 to 1979.

American Institute of Chemists - Correspondence, 1967-1979.
Box 5 Folder 16

Series Description

The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) was founded in 1919 to contribute to the advancement of pure and applied chemistry in all of its aspects. Charles G. Overberger served IUPAC in several capacities, including as President of the Macromolecular Section, member of the Executive Committee, the Bureau, and was a longtime member and Chairman of the U.S. National Committee. He was also active in IUPAC's CHEMRAWN (Chemical Research Applied to World Needs) Program.

This series contains the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) files of the Charles G. Overberger Papers. Arranged in its original order, this series consists of seventy-nine files in Boxes 6-9. The contents of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) files are arranged into the following three sub-series:

  1. CHEMRAWN
  2. International Meetings
  3. U.S. National Committee Meetings
Sub-series Description

Arranged in its original order, this sub-series consists of forty-eight files in Boxes 6-7. These files contain correspondence, telex communications, reports, meeting minutes, and supporting documents about CHEMRAWN meetings and communications between Overberger and his colleagues.

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN - Meeting, Washington, D.C., February 23, 1982 - correspondence, reports, and supporting documents, 1982.
Box 6 Folder 1
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN - Meeting, Leuven, Belgium, August 28, 1981 - correspondence and minutes, 1981.
Box 6 Folder 2
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN - Meeting, Ann Arbor, Michigan, February 18-19, 1981 - correspondence and supporting documents, 1981.
Box 6 Folder 3
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN - Meeting of CHEMRAWN and Committee on Chemistry and Industry (COCI) Committees, Frankfurt, Germany, February 20-21, 1980 - correspondence, 1980.
Box 6 Folder 4
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN - Correspondence (re: Possible new committee members.), 1977-1982.
Box 6 Folder 5
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN II - International Conference on Chemistry and World Food Supplies, Manila, Philippines, December 6-10, 1982 - correspondence and supporting documents, 1982.
Box 6 Folder 6
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN III - The Hague, Netherlands, June 25-29, 1984 - correspondence, 1980, 1983.
Box 6 Folder 7
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN IV - Advertising - correspondence and supporting documents, 1984-1985.
Box 6 Folder 8
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN IV - Budget, 1985-1986.
Box 6 Folder 9
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN IV - Contributions - correspondence and supporting documents, 1985.
Box 6 Folder 10
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN IV - Finance Committee - correspondence, 1981-1988.
Box 6 Folder 11
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN IV - Finances - correspondence, 1983, 1985.
Box 6 Folder 12
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN IV - Circular, Number 1, undated.
Box 6 Folder 13
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN IV - Circular, Number 2 - correspondence and copy, 1984-1985.
Box 6 Folder 14
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN IV - Arrangements Committee - agendas, minutes, and supporting documents, 1984-1985.
Box 6 Folder 15
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN IV - Organizing Committee - correspondence and supporting documents, 1983-1984.
Box 6 Folder 16
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN IV - Organizing Committee - correspondence, 1981-1982.
Box 6 Folder 17
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN IV - Correspondence with Mrs. R. Gerler, 1984 October 12.
Box 6 Folder 18
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN IV - Correspondence with the American Chemical Society, 1985.
Box 7 Folder 1
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN IV - Correspondence with Gordon Bixler (Bixler served as Editor for CHEMRAWN IV.), 1984-1985.
Box 7 Folder 2
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN IV - Correspondence with Mike Champ (Champ served as the Executive Director of the CHEMRAWN IV Conference.), 1985.
Box 7 Folder 3
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN IV - Correspondence with Philip Meyers (Meyers served as Chairman of the Program Committee.), 1983-1984.
Box 7 Folder 4
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN IV - Correspondence with Robert Moore (Moore served as Chairman of the Organizing Committee.), 1983-1987.
Box 7 Folder 5
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN IV - Correspondence to Charles G. Overberger (Overberger served on IUPAC's CHEMRAWN Committee.), 1983-1986.
Box 7 Folder 6
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN IV - Correspondence with Rudolph Pariser (Pariser served on IUPAC's CHEMRAWN Committee.), 1985-1986.
Box 7 Folder 7
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN IV - Correspondence with Bryant Rossiter (Rossiter served as Chairman of IUPAC's CHEMRAWN Committee.), 1984-1986.
Box 7 Folder 8
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN IV - Correspondence with Richard Shamp (Shamp served as Finance Chairman for CHEMRAWN IV.), 1985-1986.
Box 7 Folder 9
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN IV - Correspondence with Derek Spencer (Spencer served as Associate Director of Research at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Falmouth, Massachusetts, where CHEMRAWN IV was held.), 1986.
Box 7 Folder 10
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN IV - Correspondence with Maurice Williams (Williams served as Executive Secretary of IUPAC.), 1984, 1986.
Box 7 Folder 11
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN IV - Correspondence with other parties, 1984-1986.
Box 7 Folder 12
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN IV - Telex (Richard Shamp's budget and response.), 1984 January 28.
Box 7 Folder 13
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN IV - Telex (Charles G. Overberger to Anders Bjorkman, Treasurer, IUPAC.), 1985 January 17.
Box 7 Folder 14
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN IV - Telex (Anders Bjorkman to William G. Schneider.), 1985 February 5.
Box 7 Folder 15
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN IV - Telex (M. Williams to Charles G. Overberger.), 1985 February 6.
Box 7 Folder 16
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN IV - Telex (Charles G. Overberger to Anders Bjorkman.), 1985 February 7.
Box 7 Folder 17
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN IV - Telex (Anders Bjorkman to Charles G. Overberger.), 1985 February 11.
Box 7 Folder 18
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN IV - Telex (Charles G. Overberger to Anders Bjorkman.), 1985 February 14.
Box 7 Folder 19
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN IV - Telex (Marked "no date"; W. C. Schneider to Bjoerkman [sic].), 1985 February 19.
Box 7 Folder 20
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN IV - Telex (M. Williams to Charles G. Overberger.), 1985 June 12.
Box 7 Folder 21
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN IV - Telex (Charles G. Overberger to M. Williams.), 1985 June 12.
Box 7 Folder 22
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN IV - Telex (Charles G. Overberger to colleagues re: announcement of the postponement of CHEMRAWN IV conference for six months.), 1985 June 28.
Box 7 Folder 23
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN IV - Telex (Charles G. Overberger to Ursula von Langermann, United Nations Environment Programme.), 1985 July 15.
Box 7 Folder 24
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN IV - Telex (M. Williams to Charles G. Overberger.), 1985 August 5.
Box 7 Folder 25
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN IV - Telex (Charles G. Overberger to M. Williams.), 1985 August 7.
Box 7 Folder 26
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN IV - Telex (M. Williams to Charles G. Overberger.), 1985 November 18.
Box 7 Folder 27
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN IV - Telex (To and from M. Williams.), 1985 December 2.
Box 7 Folder 28
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN IV - Telex (M. Williams to Charles G. Overberger.), 1986 April 24.
Box 7 Folder 29
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN IV - Conference call (Plans for CHEMRAWN IV.), 1984 November 7.
Box 7 Folder 30
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - CHEMRAWN IV - Correspondence (postponement), 1985-1986.
Box 7 Folder 31
Sub-series Description

Arranged in its original order, this sub-series consists of sixteen files in Box 8. These files contain correspondence, meeting minutes, conference materials, schedules, event programs, and three small black-and-white photographs about international meetings of IUPAC. Some of these meetings were not attended by Overberger for a variety of reasons. Folder 10 includes an abstract and typescript of Overberger's speech "Science: Servant or Master?" delivered at his Parsons Medal Award Dinner in 1979.

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - Meetings - 102nd Meeting of the Executive Committee, Tokyo, Japan, April 12-13, 1983 - correspondence, 1983.
Box 8 Folder 1
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - Meetings - 45th Meeting of the Bureau, Prague, Czechoslovakia, September 13-14, 1982 - correspondence, schedule, and three small black and white photographs of Czech friends, 1982.
Box 8 Folder 2
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - Meetings - 100th Meeting of the Executive Committee, Den Haag, Netherlands, May 3-4, 1982 - conference documents, 1982.
Box 8 Folder 3
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - Meetings - 31st Council Meeting, Leuven, Belgium, September 1-2, 1981 - correspondence, 1981.
Box 8 Folder 4
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - Meetings - 97th Meeting of the Executive Committee, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France, April 2-3, 1981 - correspondence (re: Proposed International Prize in Chemical Education.), 1981.
Box 8 Folder 5
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - Meetings - 42nd Meeting of the Bureau, Zurich, Switzerland, September 1-2, 1980 - correspondence, 1980.
Box 8 Folder 6
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - Meetings - 95th Meeting of the Executive Committee, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France, April 24-25, 1980 - meeting minutes, 1980.
Box 8 Folder 7
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - Meetings - 28th Symposium on Macromolecules, Amherst, Massachusetts, July 12-16, 1982 - correspondence and reports, 1982.
Box 8 Folder 8
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - Meetings - 27th Symposium on Macromolecules, Florence, Italy, September 7-12, 1980 - correspondence, 1980.
Box 8 Folder 9
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - Meetings - International Meeting of Chemical Society Presidents, Washington, D.C., September 15-17, 1979 - correspondence, program, abstract, and typescript of Charles G. Overberger's speech "Science: Servant or Master?", 1979.
Box 8 Folder 10
General Note

Overberger originally delivered this speech at his Parsons Medal Award Dinner on December 1, 1978.

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - Meetings - International Symposium on Macromolecular Chemistry, Tashkent, U.S.S.R., October 17-21, 1978 - Correspondence from Paul Flory and others concerning the desirability of U.S. scientists boycotting this meeting in protest against human rights violations by the host nation (Charles G. Overberger did not attend owing to a local crisis at the University of Michigan.), 1977-1979.
Box 8 Folder 11
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - Meetings - International Symposium on Macromolecules, Madrid, Spain, September 15-21, 1974 - correspondence, 1973-1974, 1978.
Box 8 Folder 12
General Note

Later correspondence concerns Charles G. Overberger's nominations of Professor Stille and Professor Takeo Saegusa for membership on the IUPAC Molecular Division Committee.

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - Meetings - International Conference on Progress and Future of Macromolecular Science, High Tatras, Czechoslovakia, May 15-17, 1973 - correspondence and program, 1973.
Box 8 Folder 13
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - Meetings - Macromolecular Division Meeting, Munich, Germany, August 20-September 1, 1972 - correspondence (re: Various matters.), 1972.
Box 8 Folder 14
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - Meetings - Prague Meetings on Macromolecules, Prague, Czechoslovakia (Charles G. Overberger did not attend.), 1972 August-1972 September.
Box 8 Folder 15
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - Meetings - International Symposium on Macromolecules, Helsinki, Finland, July 2-8, 1972 - correspondence, 1970-1972.
Box 8 Folder 16
Sub-series Description

Arranged in its original order, this sub-series consists of fifteen files in Box 9. These files contain correspondence, meeting minutes, meeting summaries, and tentative agendas about Charles G. Overberger's service on the U.S. National Committee of IUPAC. All meetings, unless otherwise noted, were held in Washington, D.C.

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - U.S. National Committee - Meeting, March 12, 1983 - correspondence and draft of meeting summary, 1983.
Box 9 Folder 1
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - U.S. National Committee - Meeting, March 5, 1982 - tentative agenda and draft of meeting summary (Marked as "Privileged Information; Not for Distribution; Not for Attribution."), 1981-1982.
Box 9 Folder 2
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - U.S. National Committee - Meeting, October 18, 1980 - correspondence and meeting minutes, 1980.
Box 9 Folder 3
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - U.S. National Committee - Meeting, May 17, 1980 - correspondence and meeting minutes (Incl. minutes of IUPAC Executive Committee, Bureau, and Council meetings held in Davos, Switzerland in 1979.), 1979-1980.
Box 9 Folder 4
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - U.S. National Committee - Meeting, December 15, 1979 - correspondence, 1979.
Box 9 Folder 5
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - U.S. National Committee - Meeting, September 6, 1979 - correspondence, 1979.
Box 9 Folder 6
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - U.S. National Committee - Meeting, February 17, 1979 - correspondence, 1979.
Box 9 Folder 7
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - U.S. National Committee - Meeting, February 25, 1978 - correspondence, 1978.
Box 9 Folder 8
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - U.S. National Committee - Meeting, October 28, 1978 - correspondence and meeting minutes, 1978.
Box 9 Folder 9
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - U.S. National Committee - Meeting, October 8, 1977 - correspondence, tentative agenda, and draft minutes, 1977.
Box 9 Folder 10
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - U.S. National Committee - general correspondence 1, 1982-1983.
Box 9 Folder 11
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - U.S. National Committee - general correspondence 2, 1980-1981.
Box 9 Folder 12
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - U.S. National Committee - general correspondence 3, 1978-1979.
Box 9 Folder 13
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - U.S. National Committee - general correspondence 4, 1977.
Box 9 Folder 14
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - U.S. National Committee - general correspondence 5, 1975-1976.
Box 9 Folder 15

Series Description

The National Research Council (NRC) was formed in 1916 and is a part of the National Academy of Sciences. The NRC is governed by a governing board, which includes members from the councils of all of the National Academy of Sciences member organizations. Charles G. Overberger served as President and as a member of the Executive Committee of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Technology (CCT) of the National Research Council.

This series contains the National Research Council (NRC) files of the Charles G. Overberger Papers. Arranged alphabetically by subject, this series consists of twelve files in Box 10. These files contain correspondence, summaries of meetings, memoranda, agendas, meeting minutes, and reports about NRC committees on chemistry and advisory boards.

National Research Council - Division of Chemistry and Chemical Technology (CCT) - POSIE - correspondence, draft summary of meeting, and memoranda, 1979-1982.
Box 10 Folder 1
General Note

The Ad Hoc Panel on Polymer Science and Engineering was formed as a part of the Committee on Chemistry and Technology to consider educational standards for the teaching of Polymer Science. Charles G. Overberger was Co-chairman of the panel and Paul Flory, Harold Scheraga, Otto Vogl, Ted Cairns were among its participants.

National Research Council - Committee on Characterization of Organic Polymers - correspondence, agenda, and notes of meetings, 1974-1978.
Box 10 Folder 2
General Note

This committee was formed "to describe, tabulate, and publish the polymer test and characterization methodology that is currently or potentially available to provide reliable correlations with the behavior and properties of polymeric materials in service." Charles G. Overberger served as Chairman of this committee.

National Research Council - Committee on Macromolecular Chemistry - correspondence and reports, 1978-1979, undated.
Box 10 Folder 3
General Note

This committee of the NRC underwent a multi-year study by AMPS which led to its discharge in May 1979 and the formation of an Ad Hoc Study Panel.

National Research Council - Division of Chemistry and Chemical Technology (CCT) - correspondence, 1978-1979.
Box 10 Folder 4
National Research Council - Division of Chemistry and Chemical Technology (CCT) - correspondence, reports, agendas, and meeting minutes, 1967-1979.
Box 10 Folder 5
General Note

This file contains material relating to Paul Flory's tenure as Chairman of this division which seems to have been concerned with the handling of hazardous substances in chemical laboratories. Charles G. Overberger served as a member of the Committee on Macromolecular Chemistry within the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Technology.

National Research Council - Materials Advisory Board - correspondence and reports (Charles G. Overberger served on the Committee on MAB's Review of Itself.), 1966-1974.
Box 10 Folder 6
National Research Council - National Academy of Science Fellowships - correspondence (Charles G. Overberger served on occasion on a panel to evaluate potential fellowship recipients.), 1966-1969.
Box 10 Folder 7
National Research Council - OCCT Advisory Board Meeting, April 25 - correspondence and meeting summary, 1981.
Box 10 Folder 8
National Research Council - OCCT Advisory Board Meeting, April 21 - correspondence, agenda, and reports (Charles G. Overberger spoke on CHEMRAWN.), 1979.
Box 10 Folder 9
National Research Council - OCCT Advisory Board Meeting, April 23 - correspondence, reports, and summary of meeting, 1978.
Box 10 Folder 10
National Research Council - OCCT Advisory Board Meeting, April 24 - correspondence, draft of, and revised minutes of meeting, 1976.
Box 10 Folder 11
National Research Council - National Academy of Science/National Research Council - miscellaneous correspondence and reports (Includes reports from NAS Office of the Foreign Secretary.), 1967-1982.
Box 10 Folder 12

Series Description

The National Science Foundation (NSF) was founded by an Act of the U.S. Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense; and for other purposes." Charles G. Overberger served as a consultant to the NSF in its Division of Materials Research.

This series contains the National Science Foundation (NSF) files of the Charles G. Overberger Papers. Arranged alphabetically by subject, this series consists of six files in Box 11. These files contain the following materials: correspondence about the Advisory Committee for Materials Research; correspondence, meeting minutes, and reports about the Advisory Subcommittee for Metallurgy and Materials; correspondence, an event program, and a conference book about the NSF Conference on Optically Charged Polymers; correspondence, memoranda, background information, and draft statements about the Organic Act; and a statement by Norbert M. Bikalis on "Current Status and Trends in Polymer Science in the United States."

National Science Foundation - Advisory Committee for Materials Research - correspondence, 1977-1979.
Box 11 Folder 1
National Science Foundation - Advisory Subcommittee for Metallurgy and Materials - correspondence, meeting minutes, and reports, 1979-1980.
Box 11 Folder 2
National Science Foundation - Conference on Optically Charged Polymers, Rouen, France, June 28-July 6, 1975 - correspondence, program, and conference book, 1975.
Box 11 Folder 3
National Science Foundation - Organic Act - correspondence, memoranda, background information, and draft statements, 1979-1980.
Box 11 Folder 4
General Note

The Organic Act amended the National Science Foundation Act of 1950. Charles G. Overberger helped out on the policy statement presented by the American Chemical Society.

National Science Foundation - Polymers - correspondence, notes, and statement by Norbert M. Bikales on "Current Status and Trends in Polymer Science in the United States" (re: Various matters having to do with polymers.), 1971-1973, 1978-1979.
Box 11 Folder 5
National Science Foundation - Proposals - correspondence, 1972-1977.
Box 11 Folder 6

Series Description

This series contains the Memorabilia files of the Charles G. Overberger Papers. Arranged in its original order, this series consists of five files in Box 11. These files contain a Department of Chemistry certificate presented to Overberger as W. H. Rauscher Memorial Lecturer at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, a wooden plaque for ACS Tour Speaker, a bound (but damaged) Doctor of Science award citation from Long Island University in Brookville, New York, a class record book from Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in Brooklyn, New York, and biographical materials about Overberger, including "Evaluation of Research Contributions of C. G. Overberger" by Dr. Bartell.

Memorabilia - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York - Department of Chemistry certificate presented to Charles G. Overberger as W. H. Rauscher Memorial Lecturer, 1980 October 8.
Box 11 Folder 7
Memorabilia - American Chemical Society Tour Speaker - wooden plaque, 1973.
Box 11 Folder 8
Memorabilia - Long Island University, Brookville, New York - Doctor of Science Award Citation, 1968 June 4.
Box 11 Folder 9
General Note

Leather binding dried out and split in two.

Memorabilia - Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York - Class Record Book for CM 112, 1966-1967.
Box 11 Folder 10
Charles G. Overberger - Personal - biographical materials (Includes "Evaluation of Research Contributions of C. G. Overberger" by Dr. Bartell.), undated.
Box 11 Folder 11

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