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Records of the American Chemical Society Division of Polymer Chemistry

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Call Number:
027
Repository:
Science History Institute Archives
Extent:
8.3 linear feet (6 record boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Records of the American Chemical Society Division of Polymer Chemistry, 1992-1997, Science History Institute Archives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Date:
1992-1997 (inclusive) and 1993-1996 (bulk)
Creator:
American Chemical Society. Division of Polymer Chemistry and Pacansky, Thomas J.
Form:
Archival materials
Abstract:
Institutional records of the American Chemical Society Division of Polymer Chemistry.

The Division of Polymer Chemistry is a currently active division of the American Chemical Society. Its origins date back to 1946, when members of five ACS divisions organized a High Polymer Forum. Held from 1946 to 1949, the High Polymer Forums were well-attended, which prompted participants to call for the formation of a new ACS division. During the 1950 ACS Fall Meeting, the Division of High Polymer Chemistry was founded, with Carl S. Marvel serving as its first chairman. The new division held its first symposium at that same meeting. Soon after its formation, the Division of High Polymer Chemistry was renamed the Division of Polymer Chemistry. In 1951 it was promoted from probationary to full divisional status.

From its foundation, the objectives of the Division of Polymer Chemistry have been "to advance knowledge and understanding of the processes of polymerization and of the chemical constitution and chemical and physical properties of the polymeric materials and to promote basic research in these fields". It has experienced considerable growth and evolution over the course of its existence. The Division of Polymer Chemistry incorporated in 1972. In 1979, it organized an Industrial Sponsors Group. The division's mission and goals were re-evaluated in 1993 and new divisional by-laws were published that same year.

Over the years, the Division of Polymer Chemistry has several times been the recipient of the ACS Outstanding Large Division Award. It has also sponsored a number of polymer symposia and workshops. The division also sponsors several awards, including the Herman F. Mark Award, the Carl S. Marvel Award for Creative Polymer Chemistry, and the Paul J. Flory Award for Polymer Education.

Sources

American Chemical Society Division of Polymer Chemistry, Incorporated Website - https://polyacs.org/

Browne, Charles Albert and Mary Elvira Weeks, A History of the American Chemical Society, Seventy-Five Eventful Years, Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society, 1952.

Records of the American Chemical Society Division of Polymer Chemistry, Science History Institute Archives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Records of the American Chemical Society Division of Polymer Chemistry contain the division's institutional records, which were collected and maintained by Thomas J. Pacansky during his term in office as Treasurer of the American Chemical Society Division of Polymer Chemistry. The files in these records are largely financial and administrative in nature, although a sampling of business-related correspondence is also preserved here.

The Records of the American Chemical Society Division of Polymer Chemistry are arranged into the following four series:

  1. Treasurer's Records - 1993
  2. Treasurer's Records - 1994
  3. Treasurer's Records - 1995
  4. Treasurer's Records - 1996

The Records of the American Chemical Society Division of Polymer Chemistry were donated to the Science History Institute (formerly the Chemical Heritage Center) by Thomas J. Pacansky in 2004.

The Records of the American Chemical Society Division of Polymer Chemistry were processed by Andrew Mangravite in June 2016.

There are no other known archival collections created by the American Chemical Society Division of Polymer Chemistry preserved at the date of processing.

Twenty-one other known collections created by the American Chemical Society are preserved at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Records of the Advisory Council on College Chemistry are preserved at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Subject

Publisher
Science History Institute Archives
Finding Aid Author
Finding aid created by Andrew Mangravite and encoded into EAD by Kenton G. Jaehnig.
Finding Aid Date
2016
Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes and the collection is open to the public.

Use Restrictions

The Science History Institute holds copyright to the Records of the American Chemical Society Division of Polymer Chemistry. The researcher assumes full responsibility for all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Collection Inventory

Series Description

Arranged in its original order, this series contains the American Chemical Society Division of Polymer Chemistry's 1993 treasurer's records. They document the division's financial and administrative affairs.

It should also be noted that 1993 was a watershed year for the division, with new by-laws being enacted which mandated new responsibilities for the Division of Polymer Chemistry's officers. The files in this series document the impact of those changes.

The contents of the files in this series consist mainly of financial and administrative documents. A small amount of business correspondence is preserved here as well.

ACS National Meeting - Denver, Colorado - March 1993, 1993.
Box 1 Folder 1
ACS National Meeting - Denver - Board Meeting, 1993.
Box 1 Folder 2
ACS National Meeting - Denver - Executive Committee Meeting (Remarks), 1993.
Box 1 Folder 3
ACS National Meeting - Chicago, Illinois - August 1993, 1993.
Box 1 Folder 4
ACS National Meeting - Chicago - Board Meeting, 1993.
Box 1 Folder 5
ACS National Meeting - Chicago - Executive Committee Meeting, 1993.
Box 1 Folder 6
ACS National Meeting - Chicago - Executive Committee Meeting (Expenses), 1993.
Box 1 Folder 7
ACS National Meeting - Chicago - Planning Meeting, 1993.
Box 1 Folder 8
Allocations, 1993.
Box 1 Folder 9
Annual Report (Year-End), 1993.
Box 1 Folder 10
Asilomar - Computers, 1993.
Box 1 Folder 11
Banking - Crestar, 1993.
Box 1 Folder 12
Banking - First National Bank, 1993.
Box 1 Folder 13
Banking - National Bank of Blacksburg, 1993.
Box 1 Folder 14
"Bedlam" File, 1993.
Box 1 Folder 15
Book/Journal Publications, 1993.
Box 1 Folder 16
Budget, 1993.
Box 1 Folder 17
Business Office, 1993.
Box 1 Folder 18
Councilor Travel, 1993.
Box 1 Folder 19
Division Awards, 1993.
Box 1 Folder 20
Division Officers Caucus, 1993.
Box 1 Folder 21
Division Officers Payment Report, 1993.
Box 1 Folder 22
Executive Committee Meetings (Denver & Chicago), 1993.
Box 1 Folder 23
Income Tax, 1993.
Box 1 Folder 24
Industrial Sponsors, 1993.
Box 1 Folder 25
Intersociety Education (ISC), 1993.
Box 1 Folder 26
Invoices (Dues), 1993.
Box 1 Folder 27
Library Subscriptions (Baker's), 1993.
Box 1 Folder 28
Library Subscriptions - Circulation, 1993.
Box 1 Folder 29
Membership, 1993.
Box 1 Folder 30
Newsletter, 1993.
Box 1 Folder 31
Nomenclature Committee, 1993.
Box 1 Folder 32
PRF-1993 (Reports), 1993.
Box 1 Folder 33
PTC, 1993.
Box 1 Folder 34
POLYED (Polymer Education Council), 1993.
Box 1 Folder 35
Preprints (Advertising), 1993.
Box 1 Folder 36
Regional Meetings, 1993.
Box 1 Folder 37
Royalties, 1993.
Box 1 Folder 38
Secretary/Treasury - 1992, 1992.
Box 1 Folder 39
Sponsorships, 1993.
Box 1 Folder 40
Treasury '93, 1993.
Box 1 Folder 41

Series Description

Arranged in its original order, this series contains the American Chemical Society Division of Polymer Chemistry's 1994 treasurer's records. They document the division's financial and administrative affairs. The contents of the files in this series consist mainly of financial and administrative documents. A small amount of business correspondence is preserved here as well.

ACS Contribution Acknowledgments, 1994.
Box 2 Folder 1
ACS January Executive Committee Meeting, 1994.
Box 2 Folder 2
ACS - Invoices/Payments, 1994.
Box 2 Folder 3
ACS National Meeting - San Diego, California - March 1994, 1994.
Box 2 Folder 4
ACS National Meeting - San Diego - Board Meeting, 1994.
Box 2 Folder 5
ACS National Meeting - San Diego - Executive Committee Meeting, 1994.
Box 2 Folder 6
ACS National Meeting - San Diego - Financial Advisory Committee, 1994.
Box 2 Folder 7
ACS National Meeting - San Diego - Financial Planning, 1994.
Box 2 Folder 8a
ACS National Meeting - San Diego - Program Committee Meeting , 1994.
Box 2 Folder 8b
ACS National Meeting - Washington, D.C. - August 1994, 1994.
Box 2 Folder 9
ACS National Meeting - Washington, D.C. - Board Meeting, 1994.
Box 2 Folder 10
ACS National Meeting - Washington, D.C. - Business Meeting, 1994.
Box 2 Folder 11
ACS National Meeting - Washington, D.C. - Executive Committee Meeting, 1994.
Box 2 Folder 12
ACS National Meeting - Washington, D.C. - Financial Advisory Committee, 1994.
Box 2 Folder 13
ACS National Meeting - Washington, D.C. - Secretary/Treasurer Meetings, 1994.
Box 2 Folder 14
ACS PRF Grants - 1994 (Closing Financial Statements), 1994.
Box 2 Folder 15
Allocation, 1994.
Box 2 Folder 16
Annual Report (Year-End), 1994.
Box 2 Folder 17
ACS - PRF Grants, 1994.
Box 2 Folder 18
Banking - Crestar, 1994.
Box 2 Folder 19
Banking - First National Bank - Blacksburg (WS), 1994.
Box 2 Folder 20
Banking - National Bank of Blacksburg, 1994.
Box 2 Folder 21
Biennial 1994 (& Biennial 1992), 1994.
Box 2 Folder 22
Book - Journal Publications, 1994.
Box 2 Folder 23
Budget, 1994.
Box 2 Folder 24
Business Office, 1994.
Box 2 Folder 25
Conferences (40th Anniversary of ACS Polymer Division - Including Jesse Hwa's History), 1994.
Box 2 Folder 26
Contacts, 1994.
Box 2 Folder 27
Co-Sponsorships, 1994.
Box 2 Folder 28
Councilor Travel, 1994.
Box 2 Folder 29
Division Officers Conference - Tampa, Florida - January 1994, 1994.
Box 2 Folder 30
Dues, 1994.
Box 2 Folder 31
Dues - Increase, 1994.
Box 2 Folder 32
Executive Committee Meeting - Wilmington, Delaware - January 1994, 1994.
Box 2 Folder 33
Graduate Student Symposium, 1994.
Box 3 Folder 1
IPC 95, 1995.
Box 3 Folder 2
Industrial Sponsors, 1994.
Box 3 Folder 3
Internet, 1994.
Box 3 Folder 4
Intersocietal Polymer Education, 1994.
Box 3 Folder 5
Investments - Avitar, Putnam, Paine-Webber, 1994.
Box 3 Folder 6-7
Investments - Poly, 1994.
Box 3 Folder 8
Library Subscriptions - Circulation, 1994.
Box 3 Folder 9
Library Subscriptions - New, 1994.
Box 3 Folder 10
Membership (Including Survey & Demographics Report), 1994.
Box 3 Folder 11
Newsletter, 1994.
Box 3 Folder 12
Nomenclature Committee (Breakfast Reimbursement Requests), 1994.
Box 3 Folder 13
ONR/Lindsay/OSA Symposium, 1994.
Box 3 Folder 14
ONR/Chicago/Tripathy, 1994.
Box 3 Folder 15
PPC '93, 1993.
Box 3 Folder 16
PPF '95, 1995.
Box 3 Folder 17
PRF, 1994.
Box 3 Folder 18
POLYED, 1994.
Box 3 Folder 19
Polymer Conference (Planning) - 1992, 1992.
Box 3 Folder 20
Preprints, 1994.
Box 3 Folder 21
Preprints/Advertising, 1994.
Box 3 Folder 22
Preprints to Russia, 1994.
Box 3 Folder 23
Royalties, 1994.
Box 3 Folder 24
Tax '94, 1994.
Box 3 Folder 25
Treasury '94, 1994.
Box 3 Folder 26
Workshops '94, 1994.
Box 3 Folder 27
Workshops/Biennial, 1994.
Box 3 Folder 28
Workshops - Electroresponsive Materials, 1994.
Box 3 Folder 29
Workshops - Nanocomposites, 1994.
Box 3 Folder 30
Workshop - Surfaces, 1994.
Box 3 Folder 31

Series Description

Arranged in its original order, this series contains the American Chemical Society Division of Polymer Chemistry's 1995 treasurer's records. They document the division's financial and administrative affairs. The contents of the files in this series consist mainly of financial and administrative documents. A small amount of business correspondence is preserved here as well.

ACS Contribution Acknowledgments, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 1
ACS Division Officers List, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 2
ACS Executive Committee Meeting - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - January 1995, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 3
ACS General - Correspondence, Reports, Conference Proposals, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 4
ACS Industrial Sponsors Invoices, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 5
ACS Invoice/Payments, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 6
ACS National Meeting - Anaheim, California - April 1995, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 7
ACS National Meeting - Anaheim - Board Meeting, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 8
ACS National Meeting - Anaheim - Divisional Officers Caucus, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 9
ACS National Meeting - Anaheim - Executive Committee Meeting, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 10
ACS National Meeting - Anaheim - Financial Advisory Council, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 11
ACS National Meeting - Anaheim - Financial Planning, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 12
ACS National Meeting - Anaheim - Program Meeting, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 13
ACS National Meeting - Anaheim - Secretary - Treasurer's Meeting, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 14
ACS National Meeting - Anaheim - Treasurer, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 15
ACS National Meeting - Chicago, Illinois - August 1995, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 16
ACS National Meeting - Chicago - Board Meeting, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 17
ACS National Meeting - Chicago - Business Meeting, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 18
ACS National Meeting - Chicago - Executive Committee Meeting, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 19
ACS National Meeting - Chicago - Financial Planning, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 20
ACS National Meeting - Chicago - Program Meeting, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 21
ACS - Pacific Chemistry - Hawaii (December 95), 1995.
Box 4 Folder 22
Allocation, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 23
Annual Report (Year-End), 1995.
Box 4 Folder 24
Audit, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 25
Awards, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 26
Banking - First National Bank (WS), 1995.
Box 4 Folder 27
Banking - National Bank of Blacksburg, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 28
Biennial 1994, 1994.
Box 4 Folder 29
Bio/Environmentally Degradable Polymer Society, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 30
Business Office, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 31
Contacts, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 32
Contracts, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 33
Con Trav, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 34
Co-Sponsorships, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 35
Cosmos - Impact on Costs, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 36
Division Awards/Taxes, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 37
Dues, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 38
Industrial Sponsor Letters, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 39
Industrial Sponsors, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 40
Industrial Sponsors Invoices - 1995, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 41
IPC 95 (ACS Intersociety Polymer Conference) - Baltimore, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 42
Inter-Society PolyEd, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 43
IRS Acknowledgements, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 44
Library Subscriptions - Circulation, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 45
Membership(s), 1995.
Box 4 Folder 46
Newsletter/Secretary, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 47
Nomenclature, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 48
PPF (Pacific Polymer Federation), 1995.
Box 4 Folder 49
PRF 1995, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 50
Pacific Chemistry 1995, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 51
POLYED, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 52
Polymer Perception, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 53
Preprints - Advertising, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 54
Program Committee, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 55
Royalties, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 56
Workshops - 1995, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 57
Workshops - Biennial, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 58
Workshops - Inorganic - Organic, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 59
Workshops - Org Syn Polymers, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 60

Series Description

Arranged in its original order, this series contains the American Chemical Society Division of Polymer Chemistry's 1996 treasurer's records. They document the division's financial and administrative affairs. The contents of the files in this series consist mainly of financial and administrative documents. A small amount of business correspondence is preserved here as well.

ACS Contribution Acknowledgments 1996, 1996.
Box 5 Folder 1
ACS - Executive Committee - Ft. Lauderdale, Florida - January 1996, 1996.
Box 5 Folder 2
ACS General 1996, 1996.
Box 5 Folder 3
ACS General 1997, 1997.
Box 5 Folder 4
ACS Industrial Sponsors Invoice 1996, 1996.
Box 5 Folder 5
ACS Invoices/Payments 1996, 1996.
Box 5 Folder 6
ACS Invoices/Payments 1997, 1997.
Box 5 Folder 7
ACS National Meeting - New Orleans, Louisiana - Board Meeting, 1996.
Box 5 Folder 8
ACS National Meeting - New Orleans, Louisiana - Business Meetings, 1996.
Box 5 Folder 9a
ACS National Meeting - New Orleans, Louisiana - Financial Report (Pacansky), 1996.
Box 5 Folder 9b
ACS National Meeting - New Orleans, Louisiana - Executive Committee Meeting, 1996.
Box 5 Folder 10
ACS National Meeting - Orlando, Florida - August 25-29, 1996, 1996.
Box 5 Folder 11
ACS National Meeting - Orlando, Florida - Business Meetings, 1996.
Box 5 Folder 12
ACS National Meeting - Orlando, Florida - Program Committee, 1996.
Box 5 Folder 13
Allocation, 1996.
Box 5 Folder 14
Annual Report (Year-End), 1996.
Box 5 Folder 15
Awards (Division), 1996.
Box 5 Folder 16
Banking - First National Bank, 1996.
Box 5 Folder 17
Banking - National Bank of Blacksburg, 1996.
Box 5 Folder 18
Biennial 96, 1996.
Box 5 Folder 19
BioEnvironmental Society, 1996.
Box 5 Folder 20
Budget for the Year, 1996.
Box 5 Folder 21
Budget Planning (1997), 1997.
Box 5 Folder 22
Business Office, 1996.
Box 5 Folder 23
Carothers Symposium, 1996.
Box 5 Folder 24
Con Trav, 1996.
Box 5 Folder 25
Co-Sponsorships, 1996.
Box 5 Folder 26
Division Officers' List, 1996.
Box 5 Folder 27
Dues, 1996.
Box 5 Folder 28
Executive Committee, 1996.
Box 5 Folder 29
Financial Planning, 1996.
Box 5 Folder 30
GradStudSymp '96, 1996.
Box 6 Folder 1
Industrial Sponsors, 1996.
Box 6 Folder 2
Industrial Sponsors - Invoices, 1996.
Box 6 Folder 3
IPC95, 1995.
Box 6 Folder 4
IPECt, 1996.
Box 6 Folder 5
IRS Acknowledgments, 1996.
Box 6 Folder 6
Library Subscriptions - Circulation, 1996.
Box 6 Folder 7
Mailing Lists, 1996.
Box 6 Folder 8
Memberships, 1996.
Box 6 Folder 9
Newsletter/Secretary, 1996.
Box 6 Folder 10
Nomenclature, 1996.
Box 6 Folder 11
ONR, 1996.
Box 6 Folder 12
OSA, 1996.
Box 6 Folder 13
PRF, 1996.
Box 6 Folder 14
PRF (ACS PRF Grants), 1996.
Box 6 Folder 15a-15b
Pacific Chemistry 1995, 1995.
Box 6 Folder 16
Poly 96, 1996.
Box 6 Folder 17
POLYED, 1996.
Box 6 Folder 18
Polymer Perception, 1996.
Box 6 Folder 19
PPF, 1996.
Box 6 Folder 20
PPF95, 1996.
Box 6 Folder 21
Preprints, 1996.
Box 6 Folder 22
Preprints - Advertising, 1996.
Box 6 Folder 23
Publications Division Contracts, 1996.
Box 6 Folder 24
Regional Meetings, 1996.
Box 6 Folder 25
Royalties (Books/Journals), 1996.
Box 6 Folder 26
Supplies, 1996.
Box 6 Folder 27
Taxes - 1996, 1996.
Box 6 Folder 28
Workshops - 1996, 1996.
Box 6 Folder 29
Workshop - Planning, 1996.
Box 6 Folder 30
Workshop - BioEnviron, 1996.
Box 6 Folder 31
Workshop - Biomedical, 1996.
Box 6 Folder 32
Workshop - Surfaces, 1996.
Box 6 Folder 33

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