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Papers of John H. Wotiz

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Call Number:
085
Repository:
Science History Institute Archives
Extent:
17.8 linear feet (24 boxes)
Language:
English, German, and Czech
Preferred Citation:
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Papers of John H. Wotiz, 1927-2002, Science History Institute Archives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Date:
1927-2002 (inclusive) and 1943-2000 (bulk)
Creator:
Wotiz, John H. and Rudofsky, Susanna F.
Form:
Archival materials, Photographs, Slides (photography), Transparencies, Audiotapes, and Videotapes
Abstract:
Correspondence, notebooks, overhead slides, article reprints, manuscripts, photographic slides, and photographs created and maintained by John H. Wotiz. The collection documents Wotiz's career as both an organic chemist and a science historian, with perhaps a greater emphasis on the latter. There is a significant amount of material relating to the life and career of Friedrich August Kekule, his bête noir, and to the holdings of various European museums dedicated to the history of science. There are also photographs, audio tapes, videotapes, and a selection of posthumous papers assembled by his friend and colleague Herbert T. Pratt.

John H. Wotiz (1919-2001) was a Czech organic chemist and science historian. Wotiz was born in Ostrova, Czechoslovakia (now part of the Czech Republic) in 1919. He began his higher education at the Technical University of Prague studying chemical engineering, but the increasing likelihood of invasion by Germany, then under the rule of the National Socialist (Nazi) Party led his family to send John and his brother to the United States.

A scholarship from the International Student Service organization allowed Wotiz to enroll at Furman University. Upon receiving his B.S. degree in Chemistry from Furman (1941), he attended the University of Richmond and received his M.S. in 1943. During World War II, while working toward a Ph.D. at Ohio State University, Wotiz enlisted in the Chemical Warfare Service of the United States Army, where he served as a lieutenant.

After the war, Wotiz resumed his studies at Ohio State and was granted his Ph.D. in 1948. He then accepted a position as an instructor of chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh, where he remained until 1957, rising to the position of associate professor. Taking leave of the academic world, Wotiz accepted a position with Diamond Alkali Company in 1958. He was a successful researcher and was awarded numerous patents as both a group leader and then senior group leader at Diamond Alkali.

But the academic world still exerted a pull upon Wotiz. In 1962, he took a position as a professor of chemistry at Marshall University, where he later became department chairman. Wotiz left Marshall in 1967 to accept a professor of chemistry position at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (SIU-C). He spent the remainder of his career at SIU-C, working with graduate students, conducting research on allene chemistry, and helping to establish an international graduate student program.

While at SIU-C, Wotiz's growing interest in the historical origins of chemistry led to his increased involvement in the American Chemical Society (ACS) Division on the History of Chemistry (HIST). He also participated in a successful European Summer Studies program, which involved guided tours of sites important to the evolution of the chemical science. By 1980, he was a recognized authority on museums and cultural sites dedicated to this topic and was chairman of HIST. As chairman of HIST, he was an early supporter of the establishment of a Center for the History of Chemistry (CHOC) in the United States. Partially for his work on behalf of CHOC (later renamed the Chemical Heritage Foundation), he was awarded HIST's Dexter Award in 1982.

In 1984, Wotiz and one of his graduate students, Susanna Rudofsky, ignited a fierce controversy when they suggested that the nineteenth-century German chemist August Kekule may have misrepresented the facts behind his conception of the ring-structure of benzene. The remainder of Wotiz's career and even his retirement years were consumed by the Kekule controversy. He chaired a contentious symposium on Kekule sponsored by HIST in Boston in 1990. Wotiz also edited the book The Kekule Riddle: A Challenge for Chemists and Psychologists, which was published in 1993.

The politics of the symposium and the publication of The Kekule Riddle resulted in lawsuits involving both individual scholars and the HIST Division as a whole. In the end, the affair seems to have been less about who deserved credit for the discovery of the ring structure and more about whether the history of chemistry should be written by historians-with-a-chemistry-background or by chemists-turned-historians.

John Wotiz and his wife Kay were both fatally injured in an auto accident in 2001.

Sources

Oral History of John H. Wotiz, Science History Institute Archives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. - https://oh.sciencehistory.org/oral-histories/wotiz-john-h

Papers of John H. Wotiz, Science History Institute Archives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Papers of John H. Wotiz contain the personal and professional papers of Czech organic chemist and science historian John H. Wotiz. The collection offers a fairly comprehensive overview of Wotiz's career. His work with the ACS Division on the History of Chemistry (HIST) and the ACS Speakers Service is also well-documented. The collection is arranged into the following nine series:

  1. Wotiz As Chemist
  2. Materials Relevant to The History of Chemistry
  3. The Kekule Project
  4. History of Chemistry Tours
  5. Wotiz In The ACS - Lectures & Governance
  6. Personal Files
  7. Posthumous Papers of John Wotiz
  8. Miscellaneous Reprints
  9. Images

The Papers of John H. Wotiz were donated to the Science History Institute (formerly the Chemical History Foundation) by Herbert T. Pratt in 2006.

The Papers of John H. Wotiz were processed by Andrew Mangravite in 2010.

There are no other known archival collections created by John H. Wotiz preserved at the date of processing.

The Oral History Interview with John H. Wotiz is preserved at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The following four related archival collections are preserved at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:

  1. Papers of Virgil Payne.
  2. John Beer Historical Reprint Collection.
  3. Records of the American Chemical Society Division of the History of Chemistry.
  4. Johann Josef Loschmidt & Archibald Scott Couper Collection.

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Science History Institute Archives
Finding Aid Author
Finding aid created by Andrew Mangravite and encoded into EAD by Kenton G. Jaehnig.
Finding Aid Date
2010
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 Papers of John H. Wotiz. The researcher assumes full responsibility for all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Collection Inventory

Series Description

This series contains materials documenting John H. Wotiz's professional career as an organic chemist in the academic sphere and with Diamond Alkali Company. The contents of this series are arranged into the following three sub-series:

  1. Biographical
  2. Chem Course Lecture Notes
  3. Patents & Published Scientific Articles
Sub-series Description

Arranged in its original order, this sub-series contains John H. Wotiz's biographical files. Wotiz's University of Richmond master's thesis, his Ohio State University Ph.D. thesis, and four laboratory notebooks are found in this sub-series. A variety of other miscellaneous materials, including correspondence, curricula vitae, brochures, article reprints, and patents are preserved here as well.

Wotiz-in-Brief, Vol. I - A loose leaf binder containing CVs, letters re: important awards, brochures concerning programs JW was involved with, and his collected reprints, 1969-1999.
Box 1 Folder 1
Wotiz-in-Brief, Vol. II - Reprints collected in a loose-leaf binder - 1944-1967/Patents - pre-1971, 1944-1967, undated.
Box 1 Folder 2
Wotiz, John - "Polyhydroxyamines" - Master's Thesis, University of Richmond (Virginia), 1943.
Box 1 Folder 3
Wotiz, John H. - "Chem 950" - Lab Notebook - September 30, 1943-February 4, 1947, 1943-1947.
Box 1 Folder 4
Wotiz, John - Untitled Lab Notebook - February 18, 1947-May 9, 1948, 1947-1948.
Box 1 Folder 5
Wotiz, John - "Inorg. - Acetylene" Notebook, undated.
Box 1 Folder 6
Wotiz, John Henry - "Isomeric Normal Octynoic Acids" - Ph.D. Thesis, Ohio State University, 1948.
Box 1 Folder 7
Wotiz, John - Untitled Lab Notebook, "Univ. of Pittsburgh" on first page - November 9, 1948-September 8, 1956, 1948-1956.
Box 1 Folder 8
Sub-series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this sub-series contains John H. Wotiz's chemistry course lecture "notes". The "notes" in this sub-series are in the form of overhead slides, which Wotiz used for the chemistry courses he taught at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.

GE-A 106 - "Chemistry for Non-Science Majors" - Exams and Notes to Exam Answers, 1986-1988.
Box 2 Folder 1
GE-A 106 (Part II) - Lecture Notes, undated.
Box 2 Folder 2
GSA 106 - Exam Questions and Some Lecture Notes - Fall 1981, 1981.
Box 2 Folder 3
GSA 106 - Exam Questions and Some Lecture Notes - Fall 1983, 1983.
Box 2 Folder 4
GSA 106 - (Actually GE-A) - Exam Questions and Some Notes - Spring 1988, 1988.
Box 2 Folder 5
Chem 140-A - "Survey of Chemistry" - Exam Questions and Lecture Notes - Spring 1982, 1982.
Box 2 Folder 6
Chem 140-A - Exam Questions and Lecture Notes - Fall 1984 and Fall 1985, 1984-1985.
Box 2 Folder 7
Chem 224 - "Introduction to General Chemical Principals" - Lecture Notes - Spring 1976, 1976.
Box 2 Folder 8
Chem 224 - Lecture Notes, undated.
Box 2 Folder 9
Chem 224 - Lecture Notes (2), undated.
Box 2 Folder 10
Chem 340 - "Survey of Organic Chemistry" - Course Information Sheet - Fall 1984, 1984.
Box 2 Folder 11
Chem 344 - Lecture Notes (1) - Fall 1982, 1982.
Box 2 Folder 12
Chem 344 - "Organic Chemistry", 1986-1988.
Box 2 Folder 13
Chem 344 - Lecture Notes (3), undated.
Box 2 Folder 14
Chem 346 - Lecture Notes (1), undated.
Box 2 Folder 15
Chem 346 - Lecture Notes (2), undated.
Box 2 Folder 16
Chem 346 - Lecture Notes (3) - "Organic Chemistry" - Exam Questions - Summer 1984, 1984.
Box 2 Folder 17
Chem 346 - Lecture Notes (3) - Spring 1988, 1988.
Box 2 Folder 18
Chem 346 - "Organic Chemistry II" - Lecture Notes and Exams - 1988, Spring 1989, 1988-1989.
Box 2 Folder 19
Chem 347 - Lecture Notes, undated.
Box 2 Folder 20
Unidentified Lecture Notes, undated.
Box 2 Folder 21
Unidentified Lecture Notes - Color Illustration from Morrison and Boyd Organic Chemistry, undated.
Box 2 Folder 22
Unidentified Readouts from I.R. Spectrophotometers, undated.
Box 2 Folder 23
Sub-series Description

This sub-series contains a single file concerning John H. Wotiz's patent for polyhydroxyamino compounds. It also contains an incomplete set of articles authored and co-authored by Wotiz that were published in scientific journals. The sole patent file is placed at the beginning of the sub-series. The article files are arranged numerically according to a numbering scheme devised by Wotiz.

NOTE – A handful of empty files labelled "Empty File" are present in this sub-series. These files are kept here because they were determined to be an integral part of the sub-series. It is believed that these files formerly contained materials that are now missing.

Patent #2,408,096 - Polyhydroxyamino Compounds - September 24, 1946, 1946.
Box 2 Folder 24
II - Newman, M.S. and JHW. "Preparation of the Six N-Octynoic Acids", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 71, p. 1292 (1949), 1949.
Box 2 Folder 25
3 - JHW and F. Miller. "Infrared Spectra of a Number of Isomeric Normal Acetylenic Compounds", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 72, p. 3441 (1949), 1949.
Box 2 Folder 26
4 - Empty Folder, undated.
Box 2 Folder 27
5 - JHW. "Propargylic Rearrangement. I. Carbonation of Products of Grignard Reagents from Primary Propargylic Bromides", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 72, p. 1639 (1950), 1950.
Box 2 Folder 28
6 - JHW, F. Miller, and R.J. Palchak. "Infrared Spectra of Propargylic Alcohols and Bromides", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 72, p. 5055 (1950), 1950.
Box 2 Folder 29
7 - JHW and R.J. Palchak. "Propargylic Rearrangement. III. Allenic Acids from Secondary and Tertiarypropargylic Bromides", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 73, p. 1971 (1951), 1951.
Box 2 Folder 30
8 - JHW. "Propargylic Rearrangement. II. Dehalogenation of Propargylic Bromides", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 73, p. 693 (1951), 1951.
Box 2 Folder 31
9 - JHW, Et Al. "Tris-(Hydroxymethyl)-Aminomethane Derivatives, II-IV", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 73, p. 2594 (1951), 1951.
Box 2 Folder 32
10 - JHW, J.S. Matthews, and J.A. Lieb. "Propargylic Rearrangement. IV. Carbonation Products of Propargylmagnesium Bromide", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 72, p. 5503 (1951), 1951.
Box 2 Folder 33
11 - JHW and W.D. Celmer. "Infrared Spectra of Some Allenic Compounds", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 74, p. 1860 (1952), 1952.
Box 2 Folder 34
12 - JHW and J.S. Matthews. "Chemistry of Allenic Acids. I. Reaction of 1,2-Heptadiene-3-Carboxylic Acid with Ethylmagnesium Bromide", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 74, p. 2559 (1952), 1952.
Box 2 Folder 35
13 - Sammul, O.R., C.A. Hollingsworth, and JHW. "Propargylic Rearrangement. V. 1-Bromoheneicosyne-2 and Its Reaction with Lithium Aluminum Hydride", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 75, p. 4856 (1953), 1953.
Box 2 Folder 36
14 - JHW, J.S. Matthews, and H. Greenfield. "Reaction of Grignard Reagents with Alpha, Beta-Olefinic Acids", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 75, p. 6342 (1953), 1953.
Box 2 Folder 37
15 - Sternberg, H.W., H. Greenfield, R.A. Friedel, JHW, R. Markby, and I. Wender. "New Type of Metallo-Organic Complex Derived from Dicobalt Octacarbonyl and Acetylenes", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 76, p. 1457 (1954), 1954.
Box 2 Folder 38
16 - JHW and N.C. Bletso. "Chemistry of Allenic Acids. II. Some Reactions of 1,2-Heptadiene-3-Carboxylic Acid", Journal of Organic Chemistry, 19, p. 3, March 1954, 1954.
Box 2 Folder 39
17 - JHW and E.S. Hudak. "Isomeric Normal Nonynoic Acids", Journal of Organic Chemistry, 19, p. 10, October 1954, 1954.
Box 2 Folder 40
18 - JHW, C.A. Hollingsworth, and R. Dessy. "Reaction of 1-Alkynes with Organometallic Compounds. I. 1-Hexyne with Some Alkyl and Alkenylmagnesium Halides", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 77, p. 103 (1955), 1955.
Box 2 Folder 41
19 - JHW and J.S. Matthews. "Propargylic Rearrangement. VI. Origin and Structure of the Dimeric Acid Found in the Carbonation Products of Grignard Reagents from Primary Propargylic Bromides", Journal of Organic Chemistry, 20, p. 2, February 1955, 1955.
Box 2 Folder 42
20 - JHW and S.N. Buco. "Arndt-Eistert Synthesis of Unsaturated Acids", Journal of Organic Chemistry, 20, p. 2, February 1955, 1955.
Box 2 Folder 43
21 - Dessy, R.E., C.A. Hollingsworth, and JHW. "Reaction of 1-Alkynes with Organometallic Compounds. II. Relationship between Decomposition Potentials of Grignard Reagents and Their Reactivity Toward Terminal Acetylenes", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 77, p. 4410 (1955), 1955.
Box 2 Folder 44
22 - JHW, C.A. Hollingsworth, and R.E. Dessy. "Reaction of 1-Alkynes with Organometallic Compounds. III. Reactivity of Ethylmagnesium Bromide Toward Some Monosubstituted Acetylenes", Journal of Organic Chemistry, 20, p. 11, November 1956, 1956.
Box 2 Folder 45
23 - Empty Folder, undated.
Box 2 Folder 46
24 - JHW, C.A. Hollingsworth, and R.E. Dessy. "Reaction of 1-Alkynes with Organometallic Compounds. IV. Reactions in the Presence of Dioxane", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 75, p. 1221 (1956), 1956.
Box 2 Folder 47
25 - Empty Folder, undated.
Box 2 Folder 48
26 - Hudak, E.S., B.D. Mercer, and JHW. "Fungistatic, Bacteriostatic, and Amedicidal Studies on the Isomeric Normal Nonynoic Acids", Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, Scientific Edition, XLV, 6, May 1956, 1956.
Box 2 Folder 49
27 - Greenfield, H., I. Wender, and JHW. "Reaction of Allenes with Dicobalt Octacarbonyl", Journal of Organic Chemistry, 21, p. 875, (1956), 1956.
Box 2 Folder 50
28 - JHW, C.A. Hollingsworth, and R.S. Dessy. "Reaction of 1-Alkynes with Organometallic Compounds. V. Reaction of Diethylmagnesium with Hexyne-1 in the Presence of Magnesium Bromide", Journal of Organic Chemistry, 21, p. 1063 (1956), 1956.
Box 2 Folder 51
29 - Dessy, R.E., JHW, and C.A. Hollingsworth. "Reaction of 1-Alkynes with Organometallic Compounds. VI. Mechanism of Reactions of Organometallic Compounds", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 79, p. 358 (1957), 1957.
Box 2 Folder 52
30 - JHW and J.A. Webster. "2-Alkynyl Formula Formed During the Synthesis of 2-Alkynols", Journal of Organic Chemistry, 21, p. 1536 (1956), 1956.
Box 2 Folder 53
31 - JHW. "Reactions of 1-Alkynes with Organomagnesium Compounds", Furman University Bulletin, Furman Studies Number, N.S., 3, 4 Fall 1956, 1956.
Box 2 Folder 54
32 - JHW and D.E. Mancuso. "Infrared Spectra of Allenic Compounds", Journal of Organic Chemistry, 22, p. 207 (1957), 1957.
Box 2 Folder 55
33 - Greenfield, H., JHW, and I. Wender. "Reactions of Acetylenic Compounds Under Hydroformylation Conditions", Journal of Organic Chemistry, 22, p. 542, (1957), 1957.
Box 2 Folder 56
34 - Dessy, R.E., G.S. Handler, JHW, and C.A. Hollingsworth. "Constitution of the Grignard Reagent", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 79, p. 3476 (1957), 1957.
Box 2 Folder 57
35 - JHW, C.A. Hollingsworth, R.E. Dessy, and Lung Ching Lin. "Reaction of 1-Alkynes with Organometallic Compounds. VII. Rate of Reaction of Hexyne-1 with Methyl and Ethylmagnesium Halides in the Presence of Triethylamine", Journal of Organic Chemistry, 23, p. 228 (1958), 1958.
Box 2 Folder 58
36 - JHW and H.E. Merrill. "Chemistry of Allenic Acids. III. Acid Behavior of Highly Branched Unsaturated Malonic Acids Prepared by a Novel Method", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 80, p. 866 (1958), 1958.
Box 2 Folder 59
37 - Tirpak, M.R., JHW, and C.A. Hollingsworth. "Kinetics of Reactions of Dicobalt Octacarbonyl with Hexyne-1 and Hexyne-2", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 80, p. 4265 (1958), 1958.
Box 2 Folder 60
38 - JHW, J.S. Matthews, and H.E. Merrill. "Reinvestigation of the Structure of the 'Dimeric' Acid Found in the Carbonation Products of the Grignard Reagent Formed from 1-Bromo-2-Heptyne", Journal of Organic Chemistry, 23, p. 1817 (1958), 1958.
Box 2 Folder 61
39 - JHW and F. Huba. "Low Temperature Amination of Aromatic Polyhalides", Journal of Organic Chemistry, 24, p. 595 (1959), 1959.
Box 2 Folder 62
40 - Matthews, C.N, T.A. Magee, and JHW. "Reaction Products of Group VIB Metal Carbonyl Compounds with Organic Compounds of Trivalent Group VA Elements", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 81, p. 2273 (1959), 1959.
Box 2 Folder 63
41 - JHW, C.A. Hollingsworth, and A.W. Simon. "Reaction of 1-Alkynes with Organometallic Compounds. VIII. Rate of Reaction of Grignard Reagents with Hexyne-1 in the Presence of Tertiary Amines and Magnesium Bromide", Journal of Organic Chemistry, 24, p. 1202 (1959), 1959.
Box 2 Folder 64
42 - Tirpak, M.R., C.A. Hollingsworth, and JHW. "Reaction of Dicobalt Octacarbonyl with Some Acetylenic Compounds", Journal of Organic Chemistry, 25, p. 687 (1960), 1960.
Box 2 Folder 65
43 - JHW, R.F. Adams, and C.G. Parsons. "Novel Synthesis of Polyacetylenes", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 83, p. 373 (1961), 1961.
Box 2 Folder 66
44 - JHW, F. Huba, and R. Vendley. "Alpha-Chloracetylenes", Journal of Organic Chemistry, 26, p. 1626 (1961), 1961.
Box 2 Folder 67
45 - Magee, T.A., C.N. Matthews, Tze Seng Wang, and JHW. "Organic Derivatives of Chromium, Molybdenum, and Tungsten Carbonyls", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 83, p. 3200 (1961), 1961.
Box 2 Folder 68
46 - Slezak, F.B., J.P. Stallings, D.H. Wagner, and JHW. "Novel Polyacetylenic Diols and Polyscetylenic Polyurethanes", Journal of Organic Chemistry, 26, p. 3137 (1961), 1961.
Box 2 Folder 69
47 - Guild, L.V., C.A. Hollingsworth, D.H. McDaniel, and JHW. "Gas Chromatographic Analysis of Aryl Grignard Reagents", Analytical Chemistry, 33, p. 1165, August 1961, 1961.
Box 2 Folder 70
48 - Guild, L.V., C.A. Hollingsworth, D.H. McDaniel, S.K. Podder, and JHW. "Reaction of 1-Alkynes with Organometallic Compounds. X. Kinetic Study by Gas Chromatography", Journal of Organic Chemistry, 27, p. 762 (1962), 1962.
Box 2 Folder 71
49 - Slezak, F.B., H. Bluestone, T.A. Magee, and JHW. "Preparation of Substituted Glycolurils and Their N-Chlorinated Derivatives", Journal of Organic Chemistry, 27, p. 2181 (1962), 1962.
Box 2 Folder 72
50 - Frisch, M.A., R.G. Bautista, J.L. Margrave, C.G. Parsons, and JHW. "Strain Energies in Hydrocarbons from Heats of Combustion. II. Concerning the Possibility of a Transannular Interaction in 1,8 Cyclotetradecadiyne", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 86, p. 335 (1964), 1964.
Box 2 Folder 73
51 - JHW and G.L. Proffitt. "Reaction of Ethyl Grignard with Hexyne-1", Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Science, 36, 1964.
Box 2 Folder 74
52 - JHW and G.L. Proffitt. "Reaction of 1-Alkynes with Organometallic Compounds. XII. Rate of Reaction Ethyl Grignards with 1-Hexyne in Certain Ethers", Journal of Organic Chemistry, 30, p. 1240 (1965), 1965.
Box 2 Folder 75
53 - JHW, W.E. Billups, and D. Christian. "Sodium Amide Catalyzed Rearrangement of Some Acetylenes", Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Science, 37, 1965.
Box 2 Folder 76
54 - JHW, W.E. Billups, and D.T. Christian. "Sodium Amide Catalyzed Rearrangement of Some Acetylenes in Ethylenediamine", Journal of Organic Chemistry, 31, p. 2069 (1966), 1966.
Box 2 Folder 77
55 - JHW. "Isomeric Normal Octynoic Acids", Abstracts of Doctoral Dissertations, No. 57, 1949.
Box 2 Folder 78
56 - JHW. "Present Image and Future of the master's degree in Chemistry", Journal of Chemical Education, 44, p. 443, August 1967, 1967.
Box 2 Folder 79

Series Description

During the later portion of his career, John H. Wotiz became increasingly interested in the history of chemistry. This series contains files documenting his historical research activities and his teaching of the history of chemistry. The contents of this series are arranged into the following six sub-series:

  1. Oral Histories
  2. "History of Chemistry" Lecture Slides
  3. Science Museums
  4. "Story Behind the Story" Pieces
  5. Center for the History of Chemistry (CHOC)
  6. Historical Figures - Research Files & Dexter Award Files
Sub-series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this sub-series contains John H. Wotiz's oral histories files. It consists of correspondence files documenting the institution of the American Chemical Society Division on the History of Chemistry Oral Histories Program as it related to the ACS' various divisions.

Correspondence makes up the bulk of the materials in this sub-series. A small amount of accompanying materials, including an interview summary, interview notes, and a list of publications are also preserved here. (See also Box 8 Folder 2-3.)

ACS: Agriculture & Food Chemistry Division, 1979.
Box 3 Folder 1
ACS: Colloids & Surface Chemistry Division, 1978-1979.
Box 3 Folder 2
ACS: Environmental Chemistry Division, 1979.
Box 3 Folder 3
ACS: Fertilizer & Soil Chemistry Division, 1979-1980.
Box 3 Folder 4
ACS: History of Chemistry Division, 1957-1983.
Box 3 Folder 5
ACS: Polymer Division, 1979.
Box 3 Folder 6
ACS: Rubber Division, 1978-1979.
Box 3 Folder 7
Davis, Burton - (Correspondence, Re: An invitation to join HIST.), 1980.
Box 3 Folder 8
Hignett, Travis (Includes a summary of the interview.), 1980.
Box 3 Folder 9
Payne, Virgil - Correspondence, Mostly job and publications related; VP was an early HIST pioneer, 1931-1963.
Box 3 Folder 10
Strong, Frank - Correspondence, Includes interview notes and list of Strong's publications, 1978.
Box 3 Folder 11
Sub-series Description

Arranged in its original order, this sub-series contains John H. Wotiz's "History of Chemistry" lecture slide files. The materials in these files were used by Wotiz in his History of Chemistry classes, which he taught at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.

The contents of these files consist mainly of overhead lecture slides. Small amounts of a variety of accompanying materials, including, but not limited to, reprints, correspondence, a periodical, and speaker lists, are found in these files as well.

"From Acetylenes and Allenes to Tranquilizers", 1957.
Box 4 Folder 1
History of Chemistry 491 (1) - Overheads on Early (Greek) Chemistry, Alchemy, Etc. (Includes reprint by Yasu Furukawa on Chinese alchemy.), 1984, undated.
Box 4 Folder 2
History of Chemistry 491 (2) - Overheads on Modern Chemistry (Includes booklet by I.J. Falconer on the Cavendish Museum Collection.), 1980, undated.
Box 4 Folder 3
Chemistry 491 - History of Chemistry - Printed Copy of Overhead Notes Only - No illustrations, undated.
Box 4 Folder 4
"History 491" (Chemistry 491) - Partial Reprints of Relevant Texts - Term Paper Topics (For Chemistry 375 and 549, both sections of "History of Chemistry".), Winter Quarter, 1973, undated.
Box 4 Folder 5
"History" - A catch-all file containing additional materials used in the Chemistry 491 course, including an issue of Journal of Chemical Education devoted to the Periodic Table, and some correspondence to and from the ACS HIST Division, 1973-1989, undated.
Box 4 Folder 6
"Museums" - Maps, Lists of Speakers and Slides to be Shown, 1985.
Box 4 Folder 7
"History of Laboratory (Practice)" - Reprints of Articles of Scientific Laboratories, 1927-1985, undated.
Box 4 Folder 8
"Serendipity" Lecture: A Retrospective, undated.
Box 4 Folder 9
Sub-series Description

John H. Wotiz's intense interest in the history of chemistry led him to extensively tour chemistry and science museums throughout the world. This resulted in him publishing a directory of them.

Arranged in its original order (with most of the files arranged alphabetically by country), this sub-series contains Wotiz's chemistry and science museum files. These files contain materials collected in his travels and some original materials used in the preparation of his museum directory.

The contents of these files consist of a variety of materials, including, but not limited to, article reprints, correspondence, manuscripts, galley sheets, and questionnaires.

Museum Manuscript - Correspondence, Drafts, and Galley Sheets for "Europe's Chemistry Museums", 1981-1984.
Box 5 Folder 1
Museums CHETECH '82 - Reprints of "Chemistry Museums of Europe", 1982, 1984.
Box 5 Folder 2
Supporting Materials for "Chemistry Museums of Europe" (Includes scripts from radio programmes.), 1972-1976.
Box 5 Folder 3
Australia - "Qestacon", 1984, 1986.
Box 5 Folder 4a
Austria - File includes The Iron Library, The Joanneum Museum, Eisenerz, Leoben, Prabichl, and Vordernberg, undated.
Box 5 Folder 4b
Belgium - File includes "Atomium," Museum Wetenschap en Techniek, 1981, undated.
Box 5 Folder 5
Canada - Ontario Science Center, 1980.
Box 5 Folder 6
Czechoslovakia - Slovak Mining Museum, Strahov Monastery (Museum of Czech Literature), Banske Museum, Narodniho Technickeho Muzea, Hornicke Museum, 1982-1983, undated.
Box 5 Folder 7
Denmark - Danmarks Tekniske Museum, The Niels Bohr Institute, 1965, 1976, 1982, undated.
Box 5 Folder 8
France - Conservatoire National des Arts & Metiers, La Villette Cite des Sciences et de l'Industrie, Institut Pasteur, Le Palais de la Decouverte, La Fondation Curie, 1962, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1986, undated.
Box 5 Folder 9
Germany - Gottingen, Giessen, Hochst (Includes Museum der Gottinger Chemie, Liebig Museum.), 1972, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1987, undated.
Box 5 Folder 10
Germany - Haigerloch - Atom Museum, Haigerloch, 1982.
Box 5 Folder 11
Germany - Heidelberg - Deutsches Apotheken-Museum (File includes Remscheid-Lennap, Roentgen Museum, and Clauszahl-Zellerfeld - Inspection Mine.), undated.
Box 5 Folder 12
Germany - Munich - Deutsches Museum, Munchen, 1956, 1970, 1978, 1979.
Box 5 Folder 13
Germany - Pharmazeutischer Reisefuhrer Norddeutschland/Suddeutschland, 1972-1973.
Box 5 Folder 14
Holland - Teyler Museum, Museum Boerhaave, Utrecht University Museum, Amsterdam Historical Medical- Pharmaceutical Museum, 1958, 1968, 1979, undated.
Box 5 Folder 15
Holland - Evoluon, Eindhoven (Permanent exhibit by Philips.), 1977, 1980, 1985.
Box 5 Folder 16
Hungary - Budapest (Orszagos Muszaki Muzeum), Varpalota (Magyar Vegyesszeti Muzeum), 1976, 1978.
Box 5 Folder 17
Italy - Bologna (University of Bologna), Como (Tempio Voltiano), Firenza (Il Museo de Larderello), Milan (Museo Nazionale della Science e della Tecnica), 1964, 1977, 1979, undated.
Box 5 Folder 18
Japan - Tokyo (National Science Museum), Naito Museum of Science and Industry, 1972, 1979, 1982, 1984.
Box 6 Folder 1
Norway - Oslo (Norsk Teknisk Museum), 1976.
Box 6 Folder 2
Poland - Bobrka (Lukasiewicz Museum - Rock Oil), Kracow (Muzeum Farmacji), Torun (District Museum), Warsaw (Museum Techniki), Wieliczka (Salzfloz), 1967, 1976, 1977, undated.
Box 6 Folder 3
Spain - Reprints of Articles Only, 1968-1972, undated.
Box 6 Folder 4
Sweden - Stockholm (Berzelius-Museum), Falun (Copper Mines), Malmo (Malmo Museum), 1980, undated.
Box 6 Folder 5
Switzerland - Basel (Schweizerisches Pharmazie-Historiches Museum), Geneva (Musee d' Histoire des Sciences de Geneve, Musee d'Art et d'Histoire de Geneve), 1964, 1977, 1980.
Box 6 Folder 6
United Kingdom - London (Science Museum), 1937-1969.
Box 6 Folder 7
United Kingdom - London (British Museum, The Royal Institution, The Royal Society), 1927, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973.
Box 6 Folder 8
United Kingdom - Cambridge (Cavendish Laboratory), Glasgow (University of Glasgow), Oxford (Museum of the History of Science), 1975, 1976, 1980.
Box 6 Folder 9
United Kingdom - Manchester (Barton Aqueduct, Greater Manchester Museum of Science and Industry, North Western Museum of Science & Industry), Halton (Halton Chemical Industry Museum, Catalyst), Ironbridge Gorge (The Iron Museum), Norwich (The Salt Museum, The Anderton Boat Lift), The Open University, Spike Island, 1975, 1979, 1989, undated.
Box 6 Folder 10
United Kingdom - ICI, 1937, 1938, undated.
Box 6 Folder 11
U.S.A. - Connecticut (The Dibner Library), Missouri (Linda Hall Library), Tennessee (Oak Ridge National Library), 1978, 1979, 1980, 1985, undated.
Box 6 Folder 12
U.S.S.R. - Kazan (Arbuzov, Butlerov Musems), Leningrad (Lomonosov, Medeleev Museums), 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980.
Box 6 Folder 13
Yugoslavia - Dubrovnik ("Mala Braca" Pharmacy), Zagreb (Ruzicki Museum), 1968, 1977, undated.
Box 6 Folder 14
Museum Catalogues (Of a general nature, includes Spronsen and Sturchio.), 1965, 1981, 1983.
Box 6 Folder 15
Museums (Existing Information) - Reprints of Published Articles, 1929, 1971-1981.
Box 6 Folder 16
Museum Responses (I) - Questionnaires for JHW's Directory of International Chemical Museums, 1987.
Box 6 Folder 17
Museum Responses (II), 1987.
Box 6 Folder 18
Sub-series Description

"The Story Behind the Story" was a series of articles on the history of chemistry edited by John H. Wotiz for the Journal of Chemical Education.

Arranged chronologically by date, this sub-series contains Wotiz's "Story Behind the Story" files. The contents of these files consist mainly of "Story Behind the Story" articles edited by Wotiz and published in the Journal of Chemical Education between 1975 and 1982. The run of "Story Behind the Story" articles is incomplete after June 1979. A single file containing reprints of articles written by Wotiz and others is preserved in this sub-series as well.

January '75 - Webb, J. and P. Morris. "Vitamin B12"; Waggoner, W.H. "Berzelius and the Discovery of Thorium"; Knight, D. "Davy, Coleridge, and Chemical Nomenclature", 1975.
Box 7 Folder 1
March '75 - Bernius, J. "The Story Behind the Story of Avitene". Kauffman, G.B. "Frederick Augustus Genth and the Discovery of Cobalt-Amines", 1975.
Box 7 Folder 2
May '75 - Schufle, J.A. "Juan Jose D-Elhuyar, Discoverer of Tungsten"; Hogg, J.T. "Moseley at Oxford", 1975.
Box 7 Folder 3
July '75 - Birch, A.J. "The Origin of the Birch Reduction"; Mez, L. "Cagliostro in Basle", 1975.
Box 7 Folder 4
September '75 - Trimble, R.F. "What Happened to Alabamine, Virginium, and Illinium?"; Kenny, D.H. "C. Harry Benedict Centennial", 1975.
Box 7 Folder 5
November '75 - Roberts, J.D. "A Case History of Unplanned Development of New Chemistry"; Vanderbilt, B. "Kekule's Writhing Snake: Fact or Fiction", 1975.
Box 7 Folder 6
January '76 - Waggoner, W.H. "The Naming of Fluorine"; Walker, O.J. "Kekule's 'Sausage' Formulae", 1976.
Box 7 Folder 7
March '76 - Schufle, J.A. and Ionescu, L.G. "Fritz Feigl, Brazil's Spot Tester"; Ledger, C.F. and Webb, J. "Platinum Anti-Tumpr Compounds: An Unexpected Discovery", 1976.
Box 7 Folder 8
May '76 - Wotiz, J.H. and E. Singel. "Milli Meter"; Webb, J. "The Lithium Story", 1976.
Box 7 Folder 9
July '76 - Kauffman, G.B. "Through the Back Door: The Role of Chance in the Choice of a Career of Two Coordination Chemists"; Kauffman. G.B. "An Ingenious Impudence: Alfred Werner's Coordination Theory", 1976.
Box 7 Folder 10
September '76 - Warner, J.H. "Recognition of the Biological Action of Radium Radiation"; Waggoner, W.H. "The First Actinium Claim", 1976.
Box 7 Folder 11
November '76 - Wotiz, J.H. "The American Chemical Society Bicentennial, 2078"; Heller, R.A. "Before Neutrons"; Rea, R. "Berzelius, Liebig, and Wohler: An Interesting 'Chemical Triad'", 1976.
Box 7 Folder 12
January '77 - Trescott, M.M. "Julia B. Hall and Aluminum". Saltzman, M.D. "Frank C. Whitmore and the First Successful Explanation of Some Intermolecular Rearrangements", 1977.
Box 7 Folder 13
March '77 - Spronsen, J.W. van. "Cornelius Drebbel and Oxygen"; Trimble, R.F. "Niels Bohr's Flight to Great Britain", 1977.
Box 7 Folder 14
May '77 - Kauffman, G.B. and Ciula, R.P. "Emil Fischer's Discovery of Phenylhydrazine", 1977.
Box 7 Folder 15
July '77 - Neuss, N. "Polish University in Switzerland (1940-1946)", 1977.
Box 7 Folder 16
September '77 - Ramsay, O.B. "Why Did Adolf Bayer Propose A Planar, Strained Cyclohexane Ring?"; Hemphill, M.-L. "Louis Pasteur As Seen by His Nephew and Assistant Adrien Loir", 1977.
Box 7 Folder 17
December '77 - Pratt, H.T. "An 1818 Professional Dispute"; Kauffman, G.B. "Pittacal - The First Synthetic Dyestuff", 1977.
Box 7 Folder 18
January '78 - Stirling, C.J. "Chirality, Diastereoisomerism and The Narwhal"; Black, Jr., G.W. "Justus Liebig's Contribution to Agricultural Chemistry", 1978.
Box 7 Folder 19
March '78 - Tarbell, D.S. and A.T. "The Discovery of Saccharin", 1978.
Box 7 Folder 20
May '78 - Kurzer, F. "An Early Application of Paper Chromatography", 1978.
Box 7 Folder 21
July '78 - Kauffman, G.B. "Isoniazid - Destroyer of the White Plague", 1978.
Box 7 Folder 22
September '78 - Scurlock, J.L. "Rules for Working in Bunsen's Laboratory"; Moseley, C.G., "The Discovery of the Anesthetic Properties of Chloroform", 1978.
Box 7 Folder 23
October '78 - Webb, J. and B. Anderson. "Problems with Crystals"; Baker, W. and D.H. Rouvray. "Para-Bond or 'Dewar' Benzene?", 1978.
Box 7 Folder 24
November '78 - Pearson, R.G. "Mechanisms of Ligand Substitution Reactions of Cobalt (III) Complexes", 1978.
Box 7 Folder 25
December '78 - Orchin, M. "A Case History of Transmuting An Idea into Money"; Bader, M. "The Nobel Prize of 1923", 1978.
Box 7 Folder 26
January '79 - Goldwhite, H. "Mendeleev's Other Prediction"; Kauffman, G.B. "The Discovery of Iproniazid and Its Role in Antidepressant Theory", 1979.
Box 7 Folder 27
February '79 - Spronsen, J.W. van. "Atomic Number Before Moseley"; Carroll, F.A. "Emil Fischer and the German Universities", 1979.
Box 7 Folder 28
March '79 - Brown, R.A. "X-Rays and After", 1979.
Box 7 Folder 29
April '79 - Elder, E.S. and S.D. Lazzerini. "The Deadly Outcome of Chance - Vera Estaf'evna Bogdanovskaia", 1979.
Box 7 Folder 30
May '79 - Vanderbilt, B.M. "Who Was First in R&D?", 1979.
Box 7 Folder 31
June '79 - Gable, R.W. "Encyclopedia Britannica: A Neglected Phlogistonist 'Textbook'", 1979.
Box 7 Folder 32
1979 - Szabadvary, F. "Early Laboratory Instruction"; Fay, A.D.A. "Seventy-Five Years in Chemistry Dr. E. Emmett Reid", 1979.
Box 7 Folder 33
July '80 - Speakman, J.C. "The Discovery of X-Ray Diffraction by Crystals", 1980.
Box 7 Folder 34
September '80 - Trimble, R.F. "Some Latter-Day Alchemists", 1980.
Box 7 Folder 35
October '80 - Sokel, M.M. "Edward W. Morley, the Atomic Weight of Oxygen, and Prout's Hypothesis", 1980.
Box 7 Folder 36
December '80 - Feldman, M.R. "N and Na - The Egyptian Connection", 1980.
Box 7 Folder 37
March '81 - Tarbell, D.S. and A.T. and J.H. Hamilton. "An Early Report of the Physiological Effects of X-Rays", 1981.
Box 7 Folder 38
April '81 - Foster, N.I. and N.D. Heindel. "The Discovery of Nitroglycerine: Its Preparation and Therapeutic Utility"; Julian, M.M. "Kathleen Lonsdale and the Planarity of the Benzene Ring", 1981.
Box 7 Folder 39
July '81 - Tarbell, D.S. and A.T., "R.B. Warder and the Kinetics of Saponification", 1981.
Box 7 Folder 40
August '81 - Tarbell, A.T. and D.S. "The ACS in San Francisco, 1910", 1981.
Box 7 Folder 41
October '81 - Spronsen, J.W. van. "Medeleev as a Speculator", 1981.
Box 7 Folder 42
January '82 - Wotiz, J.H. and S. Rudofsky. "Was There a Conspiracy when Kekule's First German Benzene-Structure Paper was Frequently Listed as Published in 1865?", 1982.
Box 7 Folder 43
Paoloni, L., "The 19th Century Purity of American Chemicals", undated.
Box 7 Folder 44
Trimble, R.F., "Mendeleev's Discovery of the Periodic Law", undated.
Box 7 Folder 45
Reprints - History of Chemistry - Miscellaneous Articles by JHW and Others (Including several dissenting opinions on JHW's Kekule piece.), 1964-1982.
Box 7 Folder 46
General Note

See also Box 7 Folder 43.

Sub-series Description

While serving as president of the American Chemical Society Division on the History of Chemistry, John H. Wotiz was involved in the early planning of a proposed museum devoted to the history of chemistry. This eventually evolved into the Center for the History of Chemistry (CHOC), which was founded in 1982. CHOC was renamed the Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF) in 1992. In 2015, the CHF merged with the Life Sciences Foundation and was renamed the Science History Institute.

Arranged in its original order, this sub-series contains Wotiz's files pertaining to the Center for the History of Chemistry. These files document his involvement in the planning and establishment of CHOC. The contents of the files in this sub-series consist mainly of correspondence. A variety of other miscellaneous materials, including, but not limited to, clippings, article reprints, galley sheets, and an oral history transcript are found here as well.

Pre-Houston - March 17, 1978-March 24, 1980 - Correspondence (Includes AT's first thoughts on the subject and an ACS 179th Houston, Texas Conference Abstracts program signed by each speaker.), 1978-1980.
Box 8 Folder 1
ACS HIST Interview Fund - News Clippings and A Letter, 1978.
Box 8 Folder 2
General Note

See also Box 3 Folder 1-11.

Oral History Committee - Correspondence and ACS Funding Request Form, 1978.
Box 8 Folder 3
General Note

See also Box 3 Folder 1-11.

ACS HIST '79-80 - Correspondence (Includes a history of the Dexter Award by Aaron J. Ihde.), 1979-1981.
Box 8 Folder 4
Center Manuscript - 1980 Houston Symposium (Typescript of Box 8 Folder 6.), undated.
Box 8 Folder 5
HIST Resolution 9/12/79 - Photocopy of a galley sheet for "A History of Chemistry Center" by JHW, 1979.
Box 8 Folder 6
HIST Symposium, Houston 1980 (ACS-PRF), 1979-1980.
Box 8 Folder 7
History Center Funding - Lehigh University Inter-Office Communication, 1980.
Box 8 Folder 8
CHC-European Connection - A list of institutions with similar interests (Includes reprint of Crosland, M.P. "A View of the Teaching of the History of Chemistry from the University of Leeds, England".), undated.
Box 8 Folder 9
Center '81 - Correspondence and Minutes of ACS HIST Meeting of March 10, 1981, 1981.
Box 8 Folder 10
CHC - Manuscript '82 - Correspondence, 1982-1983.
Box 8 Folder 11
Center Philadelphia 11/13/82 - Correspondence, Includes Original Statement of CHOC Policy Council, 1982.
Box 8 Folder 12
CHOC-Chemistry in Britain July '83 - First mention of Arnold Thackray as Director of CHOC, 1983-1984.
Box 8 Folder 13
HIST Center Post-Houston - Correspondence (Establishment of CHOC.), 1980-1982.
Box 8 Folder 14
Center '83 - Correspondence, 1983.
Box 8 Folder 15
CHOC '85 - Includes a copy of an oral history of Melvin S. Newman by JHW and M. Orchin and a copy of the CHOC (BCHOC) Five-Year Report, 1985-1987.
Box 8 Folder 16
Sub-series Description

This sub-series contains a combination of research files and Dexter Awards files created and maintained by John H. Wotiz. The Research Files consist of four files concerning subjects that were of scholarly interest to Wotiz. The Dexter Award Files consist of four files pertaining to the American Chemical Society Division on the History of Chemistry's Dexter Award. Wotiz was the recipient of this award in 1982.

The contents of the files in this sub-series consist of a variety of materials, including, but not limited to, correspondence, article reprints, news clippings, and an article typescript.

ChemTech-Louisiana State University Manuscript - On Kekule and His Dream (Includes typescript of article.), 1984-1987.
Box 9 Folder 1
Justus von Liebig - Photocopies of articles and a graduate paper written by L. Sue Williamson, a student of JHW's, 1982, undated.
Box 9 Folder 2
Wilhelm Ostwald - Reprints, 1947-1982, undated.
Box 9 Folder 3
Friedrich Wohler - Reprints, Includes a photocopy of Wohler's 1880 birthday festschrift, 1982.
Box 9 Folder 4
Dexter Award - Correspondence, 1977-1981.
Box 9 Folder 5
Dexter Award - Correspondence and News Clippings (JHW was recipient.), 1982.
Box 9 Folder 6
Dexter Award '84 - Correspondence (JHW nominated R.G.W. Anderson.), 1984-1985.
Box 9 Folder 7
Dexter Award Nomination - Correspondence, Re: Nomination of David Knight, 1989-1990.
Box 9 Folder 8

Series Description

Arranged in its original order, this series contains John H. Wotiz files regarding nineteenth century German organic chemist August Kekule. They provide documentation of Wotiz's research on Kekule and the ensuing controversy that it caused. Files documenting the Kekule 100th Anniversary Symposium chaired by Wotiz at the 1990 American Chemical Society Spring Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts are also present in this series. Files documenting the production and publication of The Kekule Riddle: A Challenge for Chemists and Psychologists, which was edited by Wotiz, are also preserved here.

The contents of the Kekule Project files consist of a variety of materials. Correspondence, manuscripts, and article reprints are the most common materials found in this series. Noticeable amounts of articles, photocopies of historical documents, overhead slides, and notes are also preserved in this series. A variety of other miscellaneous materials, including, but not limited to, papers, abstracts, legal documents, audio tapes, and two videotapes are present here as well.

2YC Distillate; KIMAT-CHEMEX - Two printings of "Chemistry Educators and The Kekule Myth" by JHW and Susanna Rudofsky, 1986-1987.
Box 10 Folder 1
New York Times '88 - Correspondence, Articles by M.W. Browne, R.J. Seltzer, O.B. Ramsay, and A.J Rocke, 1985, 1988.
Box 10 Folder 2
Kekule's Dream Article in German, 1987.
Box 10 Folder 3
Kagakushi 1984, No. 1 - "Kekule's Dreams - Fact or Fiction" by JHW and Susanna Rudofsky, 1984.
Box 10 Folder 4
Da Zi Run Tan Sulo (Exploration of Nature) Vol. 7, No. 4, 1988 - "Kekule's Dream…" in Chinese Translation, 1988.
Box 10 Folder 5
CHOC News, Vol. 3. No. 2, Fall 1985 - Correspondence and "History of Chemistry in Japan" by JHW, 1984-1985.
Box 10 Folder 6
Chemistry in Britain, Vol. 20, No. 8, August 1984 - Correspondence and "Kekule's Dreams - Fact or Fiction?" by JHW and S. Rudofsky (The article that started the ruckus.), 1984.
Box 10 Folder 7
Kekule Play (A la Mozart/"Amadeus".) - Includes news clippings, "Something You Did Not Know About Kekule", "Kekule's Dreams: Fact or Fiction?", "Kekule or Kekule?", "Was There A Conspiracy when Kekule's First German Benzene-Structure Paper was Frequently Listed as Published in 1865?", all by JHW and Susanna Rudofsky, 1982-1984.
Box 10 Folder 8
General Note

The Wotiz/Rudofsky articles are numbered 2 through 5.

Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 59, Page 23, 1982 - Reprint of "Was There A Conspiracy when Kekule's First German Benzene-Structure Paper was Frequently Listed as Published in 1865?" by JHW and Susanna Rudofsky, 1982.
Box 10 Folder 9
Kekule Posters - Book Publicity Materials, undated.
Box 10 Folder 10
Kekule "Cassirte Kapitel" - Photocopies of Historical Documents, undated.
Box 10 Folder 11
Franco-Prussian War - Photocopies of Historical Documents (Some translated.), 1988.
Box 10 Folder 12
Pasteur/Kekule (Bonn) - Correspondence and Photocopies of Historical Documents, 1985.
Box 10 Folder 13
Kekule - Pasteur Publ. '89 - Reprints of "Louis Pasteur, August Kekule, and the Franco-Prussian War", by JHW and Susanna Rudofsky, 1989.
Box 10 Folder 14
Psychology Paper-Kekule - Correspondence, research notes, reprints, and a draft of "The Impact of Kekule's Dream Accounts on Psychologists and Psychoanalysts" by Susanna F. Rudofsky and JHW, 1983-1985.
Box 10 Folder 15
Psychology II Paper - Correspondence and a typescript of "Psychologists and The Dream Accounts of August Kekule" by Susanna F. Rudofsky and JHW, 1986-1987.
Box 10 Folder 16
Psychology III Paper - Correspondence and drafts of "Psychologists and The Dream Accounts of August Kekule" by Susanna F. Rudofsky and JHW, 1986-1989.
Box 10 Folder 17
Kekule Psych. Pub.-Ambix, 1988.
Box 10 Folder 18
Wotiz Reprints - A selection of articles on Kekule and chemistry museums/education in Europe, 1971-1990.
Box 10 Folder 19
Kekule Research Reprints, undated.
Box 10 Folder 20-22
Kekule - Benzolfest Speech - Benfey Translation (Includes photocopy of 1890 German text.), 1958.
Box 10 Folder 23
Kekule Test - Three Sets of Responses (Includes answer key.), undated.
Box 10 Folder 24
Wotiz Manuscript - "Herr Professor Doktor Kekule: Why Dreams?" by Susanna Rudofsky and JHW, undated.
Box 10 Folder 25
"New" Kekule Slides - Includes overhead materials and lecture notes, undated.
Box 10 Folder 26
"Betrayers of Truth" - Miscellaneous articles on scientific falsifications - most dealing with David Baltimore Case, 1983-1990.
Box 10 Folder 27
Kekule - PBS - Correspondence Re: Inaccuracies in a PBS program on Kekule, 1984-1985.
Box 10 Folder 28
Kekule Lecture Transparency, undated.
Box 10 Folder 29
Kekule Emergency Transparency, undated.
Box 10 Folder 30
Wotiz-Rudofsky Figures, 1990.
Box 10 Folder 31
Boston Symposium - Kekule - Correspondence with J.G. Traynham (Includes "Organizers of the Kekulefeir" by Traynham), 1990.
Box 10 Folder 32
Weisberg - Correspondence with R. Weisberg (Includes "Kekule, Snakes, and The Benzene Ring: The Question of Novel Remote Analogies in Creative Thinking" by R. Weisberg), 1991-1992.
Box 10 Folder 33
Wotiz/Rudofsky - Chemistry in Britain, August 1984 - "Kekule's Dreams: Fact or Fiction?" by Susanna Rudofsky and JHW in overhead slide form, 1984.
Box 11 Folder 1
Kekule - Family Tree - Assorted German-Language Reprints, 1982, undated.
Box 11 Folder 2
Kekule - Spelling - Correspondence in English and German (Folder 1 of 2), 1982.
Box 11 Folder 3
Kekule - Spelling - Correspondence and Reprints (Folder 2 of 2), 1982, 1985.
Box 11 Folder 4
Kekule or Kekule? - Manuscript, 1982-1983.
Box 11 Folder 5
"Kekule or Kekule?"- Reprints - Includes Correspondence, 1983.
Box 11 Folder 6
Rudofsky - Paper and Reprints - Appears to be an early version by Rudofsky alone of the Kekule "Conspiracy" Paper with research reprints in German, 1980.
Box 11 Folder 7
Rudofsky - Correspondence with JHW, 1981-1984.
Box 11 Folder 8
Rudofsky - Correspondence and a copy of student paper "Warburg's Atmungsferment", 1980, 1985.
Box 11 Folder 9
Laurent, Couper, and Loschmidt - Reprints of Articles, undated.
Box 11 Folder 10
Kekule - Newspapers - Photocopies of period newspapers in English and German, Re: the Benzolfest (1890), undated.
Box 11 Folder 11
Kekule - Frankland - Reprints of correspondence re: Kekule, undated.
Box 11 Folder 12
Kekule Signatures - Photocopies of original letters and documents, undated.
Box 11 Folder 13
Kekule Detractor Slides - Photocopies, apparently used by JHW as lecture illustrations, undated.
Box 11 Folder 14
Kekule Detractors - Photocopies, apparently not used by JHW as lecture illustrations, undated.
Box 11 Folder 15
Errors - History of Chemistry - Correspondence and Supporting Materials, Re: "What Can Be Done with Journal Errors That Rewrite Chemistry and Its History?" by JHW, 1976-1984.
Box 11 Folder 16
Kekule - Biographical - Photocopies of Biographical Sketches, 1966, 1980.
Box 11 Folder 17
Kekule Miscellaneous - Photocopies of Songs Sung at The Kekulefest, 11 March 1980, 1980.
Box 11 Folder 18
Kekule - Kolbe, Borodin - Research file on two Kekule detractors with photocopies of period materials and some translations; Includes notes and comments by Rudofsky, 1986.
Box 11 Folder 19
Kekule - Anschutz - Research file on Kekule's first "official" biographer, 1982.
Box 11 Folder 20
Hafner-Darmstadt - Correspondence and photocopies of letters to Kekule from Volhard and Schultz, 1982-1984.
Box 11 Folder 21
Bayer AG - Correspondence and Article "Kekule als Gutacher" by Karl Saftien, 1983-1984.
Box 11 Folder 22
Kekule Nationalism - Correspondence and Research Reprints, 1983-1985.
Box 11 Folder 23
Kekule - References - Various articles in German and English, some notes by Rudofsky, 1982-1983.
Box 11 Folder 24
Kekule - Dream I - Kekule's Omnibus Account Proven, 1982.
Box 11 Folder 25
Kekule - Dream II - Translations of German Passages by Kekule - 1866, 1872, undated.
Box 11 Folder 26
Kekule - Dreams: Fact or Fictions? Manuscript - 2nd and 5th Drafts, undated.
Box 11 Folder 27
Kekule - Dream Manuscript – Correspondence (File does not contain an actual manuscript.), 1982-1984.
Box 11 Folder 28
General Note

For drafts see Box 11 Folder 27.

Kekule - Dream "Final" - Correspondence and Final Draft, 1984.
Box 11 Folder 29
Kekule - Dream References - Correspondence and Reprints, 1982.
Box 11 Folder 30
Kekule - Slides I - Lecture Overheads, undated.
Box 11 Folder 31
Kekule - Slides II - Lecture Overheads, undated.
Box 11 Folder 32
Boston - ACS - PRF '90 - Correspondence, Re: Funding of Kekule Symposium, 1987-1990.
Box 12 Folder 1
Boston - Abstracts '90, 1988.
Box 12 Folder 2
Boston - Dinner '90 - Menu, 1989.
Box 12 Folder 3
Boston - Foreign Speakers '90 - Correspondence, Re: Regrets, 1987-1989.
Box 12 Folder 4
Boston - Funding '90 - Correspondence (Includes ACS assistance application.), 1988-1991.
Box 12 Folder 5
Boston - Letters '90 - Bread-and-butter correspondence; One from John T. Edsall, 1990.
Box 12 Folder 6
Boston - Newsletters '90 - Issues I-IX plus one "Special", 1988-1990.
Box 12 Folder 7
Boston Symposium - Photocopies of interesting background material for the symposium, 1989-1990.
Box 12 Folder 8
Boston - Bader - Correspondence (Includes a draft of the Noe and Bader paper on Loschmidt and a review of same by John Brooke.), 1989-1991.
Box 12 Folder 9
Bader II - Correspondence and Research Reprints, 1991-1995.
Box 12 Folder 10
Bader - Schiemenz - Correspondence and Research Reprints, Re: Loschmidt as father of molecular modeling, 1990-1991.
Box 12 Folder 11
Boston - Bargon - Correspondence, Re: Bargon's inability to attend, 1989-1990.
Box 12 Folder 12
Boston - Brock - Correspondence and an early draft of his paper, 1987-1993.
Box 12 Folder 13
Boston - Brooke - Correspondence (Includes a final draft of his paper.), 1988-1993.
Box 12 Folder 14
Boston - Bruylants - Correspondence and Draft of His Paper, 1988-1991.
Box 12 Folder 15
Boston - Hafner - Correspondence (Hafner did not attend.), 1987-1990.
Box 12 Folder 16
Boston - Larsen - Correspondence (Includes drafts of paper.), 1985-1990.
Box 12 Folder 17
Boston - Meinel - Correspondence (Meinel did not attend.), 1988-1990.
Box 12 Folder 18
Boston - Orna - Correspondence, Re: Expenses (Orna was then Treasurer of HIST.), 1990.
Box 12 Folder 19
Boston - Ramsay - Correspondence, Re: Possible publication of his manuscript, 1987-1990.
Box 12 Folder 20
Boston - Rocke - Correspondence (Includes a typescript of an article submitted for the Kekule Symposium and a NEH grant proposal by Rocke that was reviewed - unfavorably - by JHW.), 1985-1990.
Box 12 Folder 21
Boston - Rothenberg - Correspondence (Includes typescript of his submission.), 1988-1993.
Box 12 Folder 22
Boston - Rudofsky - Correspondence (Includes typescript of her submission.), 1987-1990.
Box 12 Folder 23
Boston - Russell - Correspondence, Re: Two submissions to the Kekule Symposium, 1989-1991.
Box 12 Folder 24
Boston - Schiemenz (Heretical) - Correspondence, Drafts, and Typescript of "A Heretical Look at the Benzolfest" (Folder 1 of 2), 1989-1991.
Box 12 Folder 25
Boston - Schiemenz (Heretical) - Correspondence, Re: JHW's criticism of Schiemenz's paper (Folder 2 of 2), 1991.
Box 12 Folder 26
Boston - Schiemenz - Correspondence and drafts of the paper "Why Did Kekule Find his Benzene Formula?", 1990-1991.
Box 12 Folder 27
Boston - Schwartz - Correspondence and intermediate drafts of the paper "Problem Representation in Dreams", 1987-1991.
Box 12 Folder 28
Boston - Shamin (and Kuznetsov) - Correspondence and drafts of the paper "Butlerov's and Kekule's Contributions to the Formation of Structural Organic Chemistry", 1989-1993.
Box 12 Folder 29
Boston - Strabanova - Correspondence and drafts of a paper on the ennoblement of Kekule, 1990-1993.
Box 12 Folder 30
Boston - Strunz - Correspondence, Re: Copyright violation and drafts of a rejected article "Kekule's Dreams", 1990.
Box 12 Folder 31
Boston - Sturchio - Correspondence and Complete Set of Symposium Abstracts (Sturchio was Program Chair for the conference.), 1990-1992.
Box 12 Folder 32
Boston - Sutton - Correspondence and a draft of the paper "Linking the Bands to the Bonds: Spectroscopy and The Structure of Benzene", 1989-1991.
Box 12 Folder 33
Boston - Wotiz (and Rudofsky) - Correspondence and drafts of the paper "Herr Professor Doktor Kekule: Why Dreams?", 1990.
Box 12 Folder 34
Wotiz 1, 2 - Chapters 1 and 2 - "Introduction" and "Acknowledgement" - Drafts, 1991.
Box 13 Folder 1
Rudofsky 3 - Chapter 3 - "The Benzolfest" - Drafts, 1992.
Box 13 Folder 2
Traynham 4 - Chapter 4 - "The Organizers of the Kekulefeier" - Drafts, 1992.
Box 13 Folder 3
Bargon 5 - Chapter 5 - "August Kekule and the "Kekule-Chemistry Building at the University of Bonn" - Drafts, 1991-1992.
Box 13 Folder 4
Bruylants 6 - Chapter 6 - "August Kekule and the Belgian Scientific Community" - Drafts, 1991.
Box 13 Folder 5
Brooke 7 - Chapter 7 - "Doing Down the Frenchies: How Much Credit Should Kekule Be Given?" - Drafts, 1990.
Box 13 Folder 6
Russell 8 - Chapter 8 - "Kekule and Frankland: A Psychological Puzzle" - Drafts, 1990-1992.
Box 13 Folder 7
Schiemenz 9 - Chapter 9 - "Where Did Kekule Find "His" Benzene Formula?" - Drafts, 1991-1992.
Box 13 Folder 8
Broch 10 - Chapter 10 - "Henry Armstrong at the Sign of the Hexagon" - Drafts, 1992.
Box 13 Folder 9
Sutton 11 - Chapter 11 - "Linking the Bands to the Bonds: Spectroscopy and the Future of Benzene" - Drafts, 1991-1992.
Box 13 Folder 10
Russell 12 - Chapter 12 - "Early Concepts of Aromatic Substitution" - Drafts, 1990.
Box 13 Folder 11
Larsen 13 - Chapter 13 - "Kekule's Benzolfest Speech: A Fertile Resource for the Sociology of Science" - Drafts, 1991.
Box 13 Folder 12
Strabanova 14 - Chapter 14 - "Kekule Character in the Light of His Ennoblement" - Drafts, 1992.
Box 13 Folder 13
Kuznetsov and Shamin 15 - Chapter 15 - "Butlerov's and Kekule's Contributions to the Formation of Structural Organic Chemistry" - Drafts, 1991-1992.
Box 13 Folder 14
Bader and Noe 16 - Chapter 16 - "Josef Loschmidt" - Drafts, 1991-1992.
Box 13 Folder 15
Wotiz and Rudofsky 17 - Chapter 17 - "Herr Professor Doktor Kekule: Why Dreams?" - Drafts, 1992.
Box 13 Folder 16
Schwartz 18 - Chapter 18 - "Problem Representation in Dreams" - Drafts, 1991-1992.
Box 13 Folder 17
Rothenberg 19 - Chapter 19 - "Creative Homospatial and Janusian Processes in Kekule's Discovery of the Benzene Molecule" - Drafts, 1990-1992.
Box 13 Folder 18
Chronicle Letters - Correspondence, Re: A strongly-worded Research Note appearing in the October 10, 1984 issue of Chronicle of Higher Education in which Kekule is branded "a cheat", 1984.
Box 14 Folder 1
Chemistry in Britain Letters - Correspondence, Re: Ramsay and Rocke's response to the first Wotiz and Rudofsky debunking article, with additional responses to Ramsay and Rocke, 1984-1985.
Box 14 Folder 2
Post-Chemistry in Britain Letters - Correspondence, Re: Wotiz's disavowal of the strongly-worded Chronicle Research Note, 1984-1985.
Box 14 Folder 3
Kekule - Chemical & Engineering News '85 - Correspondence and Magazine Clippings, 1985-1986.
Box 14 Folder 4
Debate Letters - Correspondence, Re: An abortive debate between Rocke and JHW on Kekule, 1984-1990.
Box 14 Folder 5
Boston - ACS Books - Correspondence, Re: Possible publication of the symposium volume, 1988-1989.
Box 14 Folder 6
Boston - Book Publishers - Correspondence, Re: Potential publishers for the symposium volume, 1988-1989.
Box 14 Folder 7
Book Newsletters - Nos. I-IX with Relevant Correspondence, 1990-1992.
Box 14 Folder 8
Kauffman - Aldrich - Correspondence and draft of a proposed preface by G.B. Kauffman, 1992-1993.
Box 14 Folder 9
Kluwer - Correspondence, Re: Possible publication of the symposium volume as a number in the Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, a joint venture of Boston University and Kluwer Academic Publishers (ACS HIST passed on Kluwer in favor of Springer-Verlag.), 1988-1989.
Box 14 Folder 10
Springer - Correspondence, Re: Publication of the symposium volume (File includes JHW's written summary of relations with Springer-Verlag.), 1988-1991.
Box 14 Folder 11
Book Releases - Signed Authorizations and Peer Review List, 1990.
Box 14 Folder 12
Book Citations - Announcement by JHW that he will self-publish the symposium volume, 1991-1992.
Box 14 Folder 13
Book Promotion - Correspondence and Proofs (Includes three letters from John T. Edsall.), 1992-1993.
Box 14 Folder 14
Review/Stories, 1993-1996.
Box 14 Folder 15
Book - Mitchell - Correspondence, Re: A proposed lawsuit against Springer-Verlag (Mitchell & Armstrong Limited were JHW's attorneys. This action ended with Springer-Verlag re-assigning all rights in the proposed symposium volume to JHW.), 1991-1992.
Box 14 Folder 16
Mitchell II '92 - Correspondence, Re: The settlement with Springer-Verlag, 1992.
Box 14 Folder 17
Lonnie Russell - Correspondence, Re: Russell was proprietor of Cache River Press which agreed to print and publish the symposium volume, now titled The Kekule Riddle, to be distributed and sold by JHW, 1992.
Box 14 Folder 18
Glenview Press '92 - Glenview Press was the entity set up by JHW to handle distribution and sale of The Kekule Riddle, 1992.
Box 14 Folder 19
Co-Authors - Correspondence, Re: Discount Rates and Brochure Distribution, 1993.
Box 14 Folder 20
Brochure - Proofs, undated.
Box 14 Folder 21
Printer - Bills for Printing and Negative Storage, 1992-1996.
Box 14 Folder 22
Purchase Orders, 1992-1994.
Box 14 Folder 23
Purchase Orders - To Cache River, 1993.
Box 14 Folder 24
Cache River - Final Report, 1993-1995.
Box 14 Folder 25
Cache River Press (Publishers of The Kekule Riddle) - Correspondence, Re: Book Sales and Royalties, 1995.
Box 14 Folder 26
Glenview Press (JHW's Corporation) - Domestic Corporation - Annual Report , 1995-1998.
Box 14 Folder 27
Books as a Gift, 1994-1995.
Box 14 Folder 28
Books Sent '93, '94, '95 - Complimentary Copies (45 in all.), 1993-1995.
Box 14 Folder 29
Daily Newspapers - A file listing names and addresses of science editors at various newspapers, including two published reviews of The Kekule Riddle and some negative responses, 1993.
Box 14 Folder 30
TV - List of possible TV outlets and form letter to producers, 1993.
Box 14 Folder 31
PR '93 - Non-technical summary of the argument of The Kekule Riddle by JHW and co-author Susanna Rudofsky, 1993.
Box 14 Folder 32
Chemical & Engineering News '93 - Materials relating to an article by Stu Borman outlining JHW's charges and Alan J. Rocke's defense of Kekule, 1993.
Box 14 Folder 33
Chemical & Engineering News, HIST, Chicago '93 - This appears to deal with the root causes of the lawsuit launched by JHW against ACS HIST, 1993.
Box 14 Folder 34
Chicago, Fall '93 - Materials relating to The Kekule Riddle and an abortive debate between JHW and Alan J. Rocke, 1993.
Box 14 Folder 35
Library and Editor - Form Letter, 1993.
Box 14 Folder 36
Chemical & Engineering News, Bulletin Advertisement - Materials used in the preparation of initial advertising for The Kekule Riddle (Includes correspondence between JHW and various reviewers.), 1995-1996.
Box 14 Folder 37
Books - Resale - List of Second-Hand and Rare Book Dealers, Cover Letter, 1997.
Box 14 Folder 38
Kekule Lecture - Transparencies, Abstracts (JHW lecturing/hyping The Kekule Riddle.), 1998.
Box 14 Folder 39
Lawsuit '94 - Legal Documents and Supporting Materials (Folder 1 of 2), 1993-1994.
Box 14 Folder 40
Lawsuit - Legal Documents and Supporting Materials (Folder 2 of 2), 1995.
Box 14 Folder 41
Greenview Press - Corporate Papers, 1992.
Box 14 Folder 42
Greenview Press - Dissolution of Corporation Papers, 1999.
Box 14 Folder 43
Loschmidt Symposium '95 - Josef Loschmidt Symposium, Vienna, 25-27 June 1995 - Correspondence, Conference Materials and Draft Manuscript (JHW and Susanna Rudofsky presented a paper there, "The Impact of Loschmidt's Confusionformeln."), 1994-1995.
Box 14 Folder 44
The Kekule Symposium - Audio Materials - Taped Presentations - Monday AM and PM, 1990.
Box 15
The Kekule Symposium - Audio Materials - Taped Presentations - Tuesday AM and PM/Dinner Remarks/Meeting with Publishers, 1990.
Box 16
The Kekule Riddle - Interviews - 30 Minute VHS tape containing interviews with JHW and other SIU-C faculty (Guyon, Jensen, Yopp) (Two copies.), 1993 May 13.
Box 16

Series Description

John H. Wotiz's knowledge of European chemistry and science history sites led to his conducting a series of guided tours. He initially did so as for-credit summer sessions under the auspices of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He later guided tours as private for-profit ventures conducted through Histours Travel, Incorporated, a company he founded.

Arranged chronologically by year, this series contains Wotiz's history of chemistry tour files. These files document his guided tours of European chemistry and science history sites, which he conducted under the auspices of SIU-C and Histours Travel, Incorporated. The contents of these files consist of a variety of materials, including, but not limited to, correspondence, newsletters, participant lists, itineraries, student papers, financial documents, and legal documents.

Tour '71 - Includes participant lists, newsletters, and some financial materials, 1971.
Box 17 Folder 1
Term Papers 1971 - Includes five papers by tour participants and JHW's notes, 1971.
Box 17 Folder 2
Trimble 1972 - Tour Information (Russell F. Trimble was to present the tours on alternating years, however low enrollment caused the 1972 tour to be cancelled.), 1972.
Box 17 Folder 3
Term Papers 1973 - Correspondence and two papers by tour participants, 1973-1974.
Box 17 Folder 4
Siegel '75 - Correspondence and a term paper from the 1975 trip (JHW collaborated with Emma Siegel on a story about Millie Meter.), 1975-1978.
Box 17 Folder 5
Tour '75 - Includes itinerary, class list, newsletters, and a final accounting by JHW, 1975.
Box 17 Folder 6
Term Papers '75 - Eight papers by tour participants, 1975.
Box 17 Folder 7
Tour '77 - Includes class lists, newsletters, and correspondence, 1977.
Box 17 Folder 8
Tour Alumni Newsletter - For '71, '73, '75 and '77, 1978.
Box 17 Folder 9
Tour '79 - Includes class lists, newsletters, and two papers by tour participants, 1979.
Box 17 Folder 10
Tour '81 - Includes class lists, newsletters, and itinerary, 1981.
Box 17 Folder 11
Post Tour '81 - Daily Logs, Evaluation Forms, and Abstracts of Talks Presented, 1981.
Box 17 Folder 12
JHW vs. Wiegand '83 - Correspondence, Re: A threatened court action over charges incurred on the 1983 tour (Carl Wiegand was president of Thunderbird Travel, Incorporated.), 1982-1984.
Box 17 Folder 13
Newsletters '83, 1983.
Box 17 Folder 14
Histours Travel, Incorporated - Incorporation Papers (In a ring binder.), 1984.
Box 17 Folder 15
Histours Accounting 1984 - Incorporation and Financial Records (Histours Travel, Incorporated was the successor to the SIU-C-sponsored European Travel and Study Tours.), 1983-1984.
Box 17 Folder 16
Newsletters '85 - Calendar Itinerary Tour Newsletter I-V, 1985.
Box 17 Folder 17
Tour Participants '85 - List of Participants, Glossary, 1985.
Box 17 Folder 18
Tour '85 - Includes lists of participants, itinerary, and some projects, 1985.
Box 17 Folder 19
Accounting '87 - Correspondence and Vouchers, 1987.
Box 17 Folder 20
Fiscal '87 - Financial matters connected to the tour, 1987.
Box 17 Folder 21
Journals/Itineraries, 1987.
Box 17 Folder 22
Newsletters '87 - Calendar Itineraries and Newsletter I-V, 1987.
Box 17 Folder 23
Tour Participants '87 - List of Tour Participants, 1987.
Box 17 Folder 24
'87 Tour - Ryan - Correspondence, Re: An alleged debt of $380 owed by Ryan for this trip, 1987-1988.
Box 17 Folder 25
Accounting '89 - Collections and Expenditures, 1989.
Box 17 Folder 26
Itinerary/Program '89 - Correspondence between JHW and various museum officials, 1988-1989.
Box 17 Folder 27
Newsletters '89 - Newsletter I & II, 1989.
Box 17 Folder 28
Tour Participants '89 - List of Participants and Correspondence, Re: Various Travel-Related Issues, 1988-1989.
Box 17 Folder 29
Tour Promotion '89 - Advertisements and Correspondence, Re: Upcoming Tours, 1988-1989.
Box 17 Folder 30
Tours '71-'89 Cumulative - Programs and Participants - Miscellaneous Materials, 1971-1989.
Box 17 Folder 31
History of Chemistry Account - Financial Post-Mortems, 1977-1990.
Box 17 Folder 32
Tours Inquiries '90 - Correspondence, Re: JHW throwing in the towel on tours, 1990.
Box 17 Folder 33
Certificates - Blank Certificate of Appreciation Forms, Some Signed by JHW, undated.
Box 17 Folder 34

Series Description

This series contains files documenting John H. Wotiz's activities with the American Chemical Society. The contents of this series are arranged into the following two sub-series:

  1. ACS Lectures
  2. Governance
Sub-series Description

Arranged alphabetically by year, this sub-series contains files regarding lectures presented by John H. Wotiz under the auspices of the American Chemical Society's Speaker Service, of which he was an active participant. A majority of the lectures represented in these files were presented at ACS functions. A significant number of lectures presented by Wotiz at non-ACS functions in the United States and abroad are also documented here.

Correspondence makes up the bulk of the materials found in this sub-series. Smaller, but noticeable, amounts of abstracts, programs, program books, and itineraries are also preserved in these files. A variety of other miscellaneous materials, including, but not limited to, financial documents, notes, newsletters, and overhead slides are present here as well.

NAS Travel - Correspondence, Re: Travel in Eastern Europe, 1971-1972.
Box 18 Folder 1
ACS lectures '74 - General Correspondence, 1970-1974.
Box 18 Folder 2
Regional ACS '75 - Schedule of Presentations, ACS Chemical Education Division Meeting, 1975.
Box 18 Folder 3
Third Annual SIU-C Chemistry Conference/Chemical Exposition - Notebook used by Karen Will (student of JHW) in preparation for her joint-talk with JHW on "Foreign-Educated American Chemists", February 28, 1976, 1976.
Box 18 Folder 4
Centennial ACS Meeting, New York, New York - "Education of Foreign Chemists in America" Symposium Abstracts, April 4-9, 1976, 1976.
Box 18 Folder 5
Philadelphia '76 - Correspondence, expense voucher and photocopies of two talks by Alan Debus and D.M. Knight on teaching the History of Chemistry, 1976.
Box 18 Folder 6
Chautauqua '77 - Correspondence, Re: Lecture on "Physical Science Since Newton", 1977-1978.
Box 18 Folder 7
Ljubljana '77 - Overhead slides for JHW's lecture on "The Education of Foreign Chemists in America", 1977.
Box 18 Folder 8
Illinois Academy of Science '76 - Illinois Association of Chemistry Teachers to JHW, Re: Use of space for a lecture, 1976.
Box 18 Folder 9
ACS '77 - Correspondence, Re: A meeting of the International Activities Committee of ACS HIST Division, Chicago, Illinois, August 29, 1977, 1976-1977.
Box 18 Folder 10
ACS-New Orleans '77 - Abstract of a talk on European science museums, 1977.
Box 18 Folder 11
Detroit '78 - Correspondence, Re: A lecture at Wayne State University, 1978.
Box 18 Folder 12
Madison '78 - Correspondence, Re: Attendance at a History of Science meeting, 1978.
Box 18 Folder 13
Anaheim ACS '78 - Correspondence, Re: Travel, 1978.
Box 18 Folder 14
ACS Miami '78 - Correspondence and notes for a talk on the need for an Oral History program, 1978.
Box 18 Folder 15
Illinois Academy of Sciences - SIU-C '79 - Annual Meeting, April 20-21 - Program Book, 1979.
Box 18 Folder 16
Honolulu ACS '79 - Notes for a talk on the SIU-C Eastern European Universities Exchange Program, 1979.
Box 18 Folder 17
ACS Washington '79 - Abstract for a talk on "Instrumentation in European Museums", 1979.
Box 18 Folder 18
Houston ACS '80 - JHW's vision of what a History of Chemistry Center should look like, 1979-1980.
Box 18 Folder 19
San Francisco (Las Vegas) '80 - Program and abstracts for the ACS HIST meeting, August 15-17, 1980 (JHW served as Chairman.), 1980.
Box 18 Folder 20
Sabbatical ChemTech Dept. '80 - Correspondence, Re: JHW's sabbatical and his activities, 1979-1981.
Box 18 Folder 21
Sabbatical Expenses '80 - Where he went and how he spent, 1980-1981.
Box 18 Folder 22
Ljubljana '80 - JHW was to lecture here on audio-visual teaching aids, but may not have, 1980.
Box 18 Folder 23
New York, Fall '81 - Correspondence, Re: Attendance at an ACS meeting and a paper on science centers, 1981.
Box 18 Folder 24
HIST Secretary-Treasurer '81 - General Correspondence, 1979-1981.
Box 18 Folder 25
Atlanta '81 - ACS Meeting, March 29-April 2, 1981.
Box 18 Folder 26
Center Philadelphia '81 - JHW's assessment of progress-to-date on what would become CHOC, 1981.
Box 18 Folder 27
Illinois Academy of Sciences, Decatur '82 - Talk on "What Were the Science and Technology Tools of the Past?", 1981-1982.
Box 18 Folder 28
Las Vegas '82 - ACS Meeting, March 28-April 1 (Includes HIST program and JHW presentation abstract.), 1982.
Box 18 Folder 29
ACS New England '82 - General Correspondence, Re: A speaking tour by JHW, 1982.
Box 18 Folder 30
Kansas City '82 - ACS Meeting, September 12-17 (Includes HIST Program.), 1982.
Box 18 Folder 31
Palermo '82 - Correspondence, Re: JHW lecture "History of Chemistry Museums and Exhibits", 1983.
Box 18 Folder 32
Washington '83 - Abstract of 1982 Dexter Award Address, 1983.
Box 18 Folder 33
Seattle '83 - HIST Program, Newsletter, and Abstract of JHW Lecture "The Life and Work of Kekule in Pictures", 1983.
Box 18 Folder 34
St. Louis '84 - Correspondence, Re: JHW "The Dissemination of Kekule's Dream Accounts", 1983-1984.
Box 18 Folder 35
Louisiana State University Baton Rouge '84 - Mardi Gras Symposium on Organic Chemistry; JHW spoke on "European History of Chemistry Museums and Exhibits", 1984.
Box 18 Folder 36
Japan '84 - Correspondence, Notes; JHW was guest lecturer (on Kekule) at Chiba University, 1983-1984.
Box 18 Folder 37
Lexington, Kentucky - Speaker '84 - Correspondence, Re: "Something You Did Not Know About August Kekule", 1982-1983.
Box 18 Folder 38
West Virginia University '84 - Correspondence, Lecture on "Kekule's Fictitious Dreams", 1984.
Box 18 Folder 39
Washington NSF '84 - List of Participants and Expense Voucher, 1984.
Box 18 Folder 40
University of Connecticut '84 - 8th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education; JHW spoke on "European History of Chemistry Travel and Study Tours", 1984.
Box 18 Folder 41
HSS Chicago '84 - History of Science Society - Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, 27-30 December - Program and Correspondence, 1984.
Box 18 Folder 42
Cleveland '84 - Correspondence, 1984.
Box 18 Folder 43
ACS Philadelphia '84 - ACS Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 26-31 (Includes HIST Program book and abstract of JHW lecture on "The History of Chemistry in Japan"), 1984.
Box 18 Folder 44
Col. of Sc. Lecture - Spring '85 - Correspondence, abstract, and reviews of lecture "Something You Did Not Know About Kekule", 1985.
Box 18 Folder 45
Indianapolis '85 - Correspondence and abstract to JHW's lecture "Kekule's Fictitious Dreams", 1985.
Box 18 Folder 46
ACS Local Section Tour April '85 - Correspondence, Re: Various Tour Stops (Includes itinerary.), 1985.
Box 18 Folder 47
ACS Texas/Oklahoma Tour '85 Correspondence, Re: Various Tour Stops, 1984-1985.
Box 18 Folder 48
ACS Miami '85 - ACS National Meeting - Correspondence, HIST Program Book, and Abstract of JHW's Lecture "Kekule's Anti-Foreign Bias", 1984-1985.
Box 18 Folder 49
Memphis '85 - Correspondence, 1985.
Box 18 Folder 50
Midwest Regional '85 - 20th Midwest Regional ACS Meeting, Carbondale, Illinois, November 6-8 - Includes program book, announcement, and correspondence, 1985.
Box 18 Folder 51
Chicago ACS '85 - 190th Annual ACS Meeting, Chicago, September 8-13 - Includes HIST program, correspondence, and abstract of JHW's lecture "Chemistry Educators and the Kekule Myth", 1985.
Box 18 Folder 52
St. Louis December 19 '85 - Correspondence, 1985.
Box 18 Folder 53
ACS Rockford February '86 - Correspondence, 1985-1986.
Box 18 Folder 54
St. Louis 3/3 '86 - Correspondence, 1986.
Box 18 Folder 55
Anaheim ACS '86 - Correspondence, 1986.
Box 18 Folder 56
Fresno '86 - Correspondence, 1986.
Box 18 Folder 57
Montana '86 - Correspondence, program, and abstract of lectures "Kekule and the Rules of Evidence in History of Chemistry" and "An Update of the European History of Chemistry Tours", 1986.
Box 18 Folder 58
Kekule Editorial NY '86 - 191st ACS National Meeting, New York, April 13-18 - Includes HIST program, correspondence (JHW's submission - on Kekule, again - seems to have been rejected.), 1986.
Box 18 Folder 59
ACS Tennessee October 13-17 '86 - Correspondence, 1986-1987.
Box 18 Folder 60
St. Louis SAS '86 - Correspondence, 1986.
Box 18 Folder 61
Columbus, Ohio '86 - Correspondence, 1986.
Box 18 Folder 62
Denver ACS '87 - 193rd ACS National Meeting - Includes HIST program, correspondence (JHW and S. Rudofsky spoke on "Some Early Kekule Detractors."), 1987.
Box 18 Folder 63
Kansas State University March '87 - Correspondence, 1987.
Box 18 Folder 64
New Orleans Mardi '87 - Correspondence, JHW spoke on "Kekule's Fictitious Dream", 1987.
Box 18 Folder 65
Furman University '87 - Correspondence, 1987.
Box 18 Folder 66
Houston '87 - Correspondence and Publicity - JHW spoke on "Kekule's Fictitious Dream", 1987.
Box 18 Folder 67
ACS Midsouth March '87 - Correspondence and Itinerary, 1987.
Box 18 Folder 68
ACS Ozark Sept. '87 - Correspondence, 1986, 1988.
Box 18 Folder 69
New Orleans Sept. '87 - Correspondence, HIST Newsletter, 1987.
Box 18 Folder 70
Fulton, Missouri October '87 - Correspondence, 1987.
Box 18 Folder 71
VPI February '88 - Correspondence, 1987-1988.
Box 18 Folder 72
Lehigh Valley ACS '88 - Correspondence, Re: Lehigh Valley Speaking Tour, 1987-1988.
Box 18 Folder 73
Philadelphia Museums Conference '88 - Correspondence and Conference Materials (JHW seems to have given a presentation on European science museums.), 1988.
Box 18 Folder 74
PRC '88 - Correspondence and Travel Documents (JHW was invited to the People's Republic of China as a guest lecturer on the History of Chemistry.), 1988.
Box 18 Folder 75
West Virginia Huntington, March '88 - Correspondence, 1988.
Box 18 Folder 76
Prairie Circuit, ACS, September '88 - Correspondence (JHW cancelled this tour due to heart surgery.), 1988.
Box 18 Folder 77
Los Angeles, ACS, Fall '88 - Correspondence, 1988.
Box 18 Folder 78
Rocky Mountain Circuit, ACS, November '88 - Correspondence and Itinerary (JHW spoke on Kekule and European science museums.), 1988.
Box 18 Folder 79
ACS Miami '89 - 198th National ACS Meeting - HIST Program, Correspondence, 1989.
Box 18 Folder 80
USSR '87, '89 - Correspondence and Travel Documents, 1987-1989.
Box 18 Folder 81
ACS New England '89 - Correspondence, 1989.
Box 18 Folder 82
Boston ACS '90 - Correspondence, Conference Materials (The Kekule Symposium of which JHW was chair, was part of this ACS conference.), 1987-1989.
Box 18 Folder 83
Canada '90 - Correspondence, Re: An abortive visit by JHW, 1989-1990.
Box 18 Folder 84
Washington '90 - 200th ACS National Meeting - Correspondence, HIST Program, 1990.
Box 18 Folder 85
Central South ACS September 10-14 '90 - Correspondence and Itinerary ("Kekule's Fictitious Dream" again.), 1990.
Box 18 Folder 86
ACS Atlantic - Correspondence and Talk Abstracts ("Kekule's Fictitious Dream" and "European History of Chemistry Museums and Exhibits".), 1991.
Box 18 Folder 87
Atlanta '91 - Correspondence and HIST Program (JHW offered to fund a study of misconduct in science.), 1991.
Box 18 Folder 88
Europe June '91 - Correspondence, 1991-1992.
Box 18 Folder 89
University of Wisconsin-Parkside '91 - Correspondence and Abstract on "The Kekule Riddle Solved", 1991.
Box 18 Folder 90
Argonne '91 - Correspondence and Program; JHW spoke on Kekule, 1991.
Box 18 Folder 91
Penn April '92 - Correspondence and Itinerary, 1992.
Box 18 Folder 92
(ACS) Prairie Circuit October '95 - Correspondence and Tour Itinerary (Includes ACS Member Demographics Report dated December '93.), 1995.
Box 18 Folder 93
Odessa, Texas '96 - Correspondence, 1996.
Box 18 Folder 94
SVU '96 - Overhead Slides for JHW Lecture on "The SIU-C Exchange Program with Some East European Countries", 1996.
Box 18 Folder 95
Arkansas, Oklahoma September '96 - Correspondence and Tour Materials (Includes map of ACS Speaker Service tour circuits.), 1996.
Box 18 Folder 96
Deep South Tour February 9-13 '98 - Correspondence and Tour Materials, 1997-1998.
Box 18 Folder 97
Speaker Service Information Update - July 19, 1999 and Lectures Abroad - 1967, 1990-1992, 1967-1999.
Box 18 Folder 98
Prague '67 - JHW delivered a lecture "Some Chemistry of Acetylenes and Allenes", 1967.
Box 18 Folder 99
Budapest '91 - First "Mineralkontor" International Conference on the History of Chemistry and the Chemical Industry - Correspondence and Abstract "The Kekule Riddle Solved", 1991-1992.
Box 18 Folder 100
Ostrova-SIU-C Tempus Project (Trans-European Mobility Scheme for University Studies) - Correspondence and Contract, 1991.
Box 18 Folder 101
(Prague) Institute of Chemical Technology - Correspondence, 1990-1991.
Box 18 Folder 102
Linguistics - Correspondence, Re: Czech-English communications at SIU-C, 1991.
Box 18 Folder 103
Teaching - Correspondence, Re: An offer to JHW to teach in English in Prague, 1990.
Box 18 Folder 104
Czechoslovakia-Prague - Correspondence, Re: Teaching Opportunities, 1990.
Box 18 Folder 105
Ostrava '90 - Correspondence, Re: Scientific Exchanges, 1990.
Box 18 Folder 106
Bratislava '90 - Correspondence, Re: Research Collaboration Program, 1990.
Box 18 Folder 107
Bratislava '91 Correspondence, Re: Recruitment of graduate students from Bratislava Technical University, 1991-1992.
Box 18 Folder 108
Melbourne (Australia) '95 - Correspondence, Re: A lecture tour ("Kekule's Scientific Misconduct"), 1995.
Box 18 Folder 109
Sub-series Description

Arranged alphabetically by year, this sub-series contains eleven files documenting John H. Wotiz's involvement in the governance of the American Chemical Society. The contents of these files consist of a variety of materials, including, but not limited to, correspondence, financial documents, and miscellaneous meeting materials.

ACS Southern Illinois Section - Correspondence, Public Outreach Report, and Internal Documents (JHW was chair of this section in 1992.), 1991-1993.
Box 19 Folder 1
ACS Southern Illinois Section - People - Survey Forms, 1992.
Box 19 Folder 2
ACS Chicago, Fall 1993 - Correspondence and Meeting Materials (Includes HIST program.), 1993.
Box 19 Folder 3
ACS Southern Illinois Section - Correspondence, Minutes, and Financials (JHW served as a Councilor to this section.), 1993-1995.
Box 19 Folder 4
Anaheim '95 - 209th Annual ACS Meeting - Correspondence and Meeting Materials, 1995.
Box 19 Folder 5
ACS Local Section Mailing - Correspondence, Re: JHW's campaign for Council Representative, 1995.
Box 19 Folder 6
(ACS) HIST Business - Correspondence, Re: Finances and Membership Numbers, 1980, 1982.
Box 19 Folder 7
Dexter Award - Correspondence, Re: Nomination of JHW, 1986.
Box 19 Folder 8
Collin Russell - Dexter - Correspondence, Re: Nomination of Russell, 1986, 1989.
Box 19 Folder 9
ACS HIST - Correspondence, Advertising of JHW's Kekule Symposium Volume at Conferences, 1993.
Box 19 Folder 10
Carbondale Science Center - Correspondence, Re: Establishment of science education center, 1992-1993.
Box 19 Folder 11

Series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this series contains correspondence files designated as "personal" by John H Wotiz himself. Correspondence makes up the bulk of materials in this series. A small amount of accompanying materials, including article reprints, are preserved in these files as well.

Archinova, Rauza P. - Correspondence, Re: Lecture Tours, Teaching Opportunities, 1988-1993.
Box 20 Folder 1
Buckingham, John - Correspondence, Re: JHW's views on Kekule, 2001.
Box 20 Folder 2
David, Robert - Correspondence, Re: Travels Abroad, 1991-1996.
Box 20 Folder 3
Foundation House (SIU) - Correspondence, Re: JHW's offer of his residence to SIU, 1988.
Box 20 Folder 4
Frazer, Malcolm - Correspondence, Re: JHW's contribution to Frazier's volume Chemical Education in Europe, 1976-1977.
Box 20 Folder 5
Furman University - Correspondence Re: Donations by JHW, FU'41, 1990-1998.
Box 20 Folder 6
House and Car Instructions - Correspondence, Re.: JHW's Travels in Czech Republic, 1998.
Box 20 Folder 7
Kay - Accident - Correspondence, Insurance Forms, and Accident Report, 2000.
Box 20 Folder 8
Kohn, Alexander - Reprints, Correspondence, Re: Kuhn's defense of JHW's debunking of Kekule, 1990.
Box 20 Folder 9
Kvetensky, J. - Personal Correspondence (In Czech.), 1988-1993.
Box 20 Folder 10
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1976-1979.
Box 20 Folder 11
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1980-1981.
Box 20 Folder 12
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1982.
Box 20 Folder 13
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1983.
Box 20 Folder 14
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1984.
Box 20 Folder 15
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1985.
Box 20 Folder 16
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1986.
Box 20 Folder 17
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1987.
Box 20 Folder 18
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1988.
Box 20 Folder 19
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1989.
Box 20 Folder 20
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1990-1991.
Box 20 Folder 21
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1992-1993.
Box 20 Folder 22
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1994-2000.
Box 20 Folder 23
Munday, Pat - Correspondence, Re: Invitation to contribute to Kekule Symposium volume, 1990.
Box 20 Folder 24
Ostrova - Degree Manuscript - Correspondence, "Short" and "Long" Versions of Lecture (In Czech.), 1998.
Box 20 Folder 25
Ostrova - Reunion, Honorary Degree, 1997.
Box 20 Folder 26
"Private" - Correspondence, Re: JHW's departure from Marshall University for SIU-C, 1963-1967.
Box 20 Folder 27
Rocke, Alan J. - Four Reprints, Re: The Evolution of Structure Theory, 1978, 1979, 1983.
Box 20 Folder 28
Roubicek, Vaclav - Correspondence, Re: Roubicek's sojourn at SIU-C (Roubicek was Vice-Rector at Oslava Mining and Metallurgical University.), 1991.
Box 20 Folder 29
Rudofsky, Susanna - Correspondence, Re: Rudofsky's activities in Chicago, 1999-2000.
Box 20 Folder 30
"Science Fraud" - Correspondence, Nine reprints on cheating and fraud in science, 1975-1985.
Box 20 Folder 31
"Unitarian" - Correspondence and Church-Related Materials (Includes constitutions.) (JHW was a member of the First Unitarian Fellowship of Carbondale.), 1994-2000 .
Box 20 Folder 32
Yochinproj - A post-WW II project to bring European scientists to the U.S. to tour and lecture (JHW acted as a tour leader.), 1951.
Box 20 Folder 33

Series Description

Arranged in their original order, this series contains John H. Wotiz papers that were collected and organized by Herbert T. Pratt, who was also responsible for donating the collection to the Chemical Heritage Foundation. These files chiefly concern Wotiz's lawsuits and the writing of his oral history.

The contents of these files consist mainly of correspondence. A variety of other materials, including, but not limited to, e-mails, oral history drafts, and reprints are preserved in this series as well.

Othmer Medal/Wotiz/Nominated by AATCC - Correspondence and Supporting Materials (JHW was the first recipient of the Othmer Medal, citing his efforts in helping to push for the establishment of a center for the history of chemistry.), 1996.
Box 21 Folder 1
Wotiz vs. CHF (Thackray et al) - Pratt Mediator - April 2000 - Correspondence and Related Materials (This issue, which was resolved without a court action revolved around the amount of credit JHW and the ACS HIST Division should receive for the establishment of the CHF.), 2000.
Box 21 Folder 2
Wotiz Book Review - By H.T. Pratt - Correspondence and Related Materials (Includes reprints of articles by JHW), Re: A published review by Pratt of The Kekule Riddle, 1985-1993.
Box 21 Folder 3
Wotiz Birthday March 4-11, 1999 - Correspondence, 1999.
Box 21 Folder 4
Oral History of Wotiz - By Herbert T. Pratt - August 7-8, 2000 - Correspondence and Related Materials, 2000.
Box 21 Folder 5
Wotiz vs. HIST, Jensen, and Rocke - Pratt Mediator - 1993-1995 - Correspondence and Notes by H.T. Pratt, 1993-1995.
Box 21 Folder 6
Wotiz-Dexter Award (Compiled by Herbert T. Pratt.) - Congratulatory Correspondence, 1982-1983.
Box 21 Folder 7
Wotiz Oral History - Follow-up by Frese, Pratt - Correspondence and E-Mails, 2000-2001.
Box 21 Folder 8
H. Pratt - Correspondence and E-Mails, 1991-2001.
Box 21 Folder 9
Wotiz to/from Gina Frese (Editing oral history.) - Correspondence, 2000-2002.
Box 21 Folder 10
Wotiz Oral History - Miscellaneous, Photos - August 7, 2000, 2000.
Box 21 Folder 11
General Note

Contains photographs.

Wotiz Obituaries, 2001.
Box 21 Folder 12
Susanna Rudofsky/H.T. Pratt - Correspondence, 2000-2002.
Box 21 Folder 13
Oral History Draft, undated.
Box 21 Folder 14
Oral History Draft 2, undated.
Box 21 Folder 15
Inventory of John Wotiz's Book and Papers, 2002 June 21.
Box 21 Folder 16

Series Description

This series contains two types of printed materials collected by John H. Wotiz: reprints of articles on chemists and the history of chemistry and publications by various museums dedicated to the history of chemistry.

Miscellaneous Reprints, undated.
Box 22

Series Description

This series contains slides and photographs taken during John H. Wotiz's tours of European chemistry and science museums and used in his classes and lecture tours.

Note – Item level cataloging may be available, consult Image Archives.

29 Sheets of Slides - Belgium-Germany, undated.
Box 23 Folder 1
23 Sheets of Slides - West Germany, undated.
Box 23 Folder 2
31 Sheets of Slides - United Kingdom, undated.
Box 23 Folder 3
Boston - Wotiz Introduction - 15 Sheets of Slides (Text and diagrams.), 1990.
Box 23 Folder 4 Folder 1
Boston - Wotiz and Rudofsky - 5 Sheets of Slides (Text and diagrams.), 1990.
Box 23 Folder 4 Folder 2
(Boston) - Symposium Discussion - 3 Sheets of Slides, 1990.
Box 23 Folder 4 Folder 3
Darmstadt - F. August Kekule Archives - 4 Sheets of Slides, undated.
Box 23 Folder 4 Folder 4
23 Sheets of Slides - Holland-Switzerland, undated.
Box 24 Folder 1
19 Sheets of Slides - USSR, Yugoslavia, Miscellaneous Slides, undated.
Box 24 Folder 2
24 Sheets of Slides - History of Chemistry, undated.
Box 24 Folder 3
15 Sheets of Slides - History of Chemistry, undated.
Box 24 Folder 4
9 Sheets of Slides - Education of Foreign Chemists in America, undated.
Box 24 Folder 5

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