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Homer J. Hall American Institute of Chemists/New Jersey Section of the American Institute of Chemists Collection

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Call Number:
513.001
Repository:
Science History Institute Archives
Extent:
4.1 linear feet (3 record boxes, 3 photographs, 2 audiocassette tapes.)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, The Homer J. Hall American Institute of Chemists/New Jersey Section of the American Institute of Chemists Collection, 1963-1991, Science History Institute Archives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Date:
1963-1991 (inclusive)
Creator:
Hall, Homer J.
Form:
Archival materials, Photographs, and Audiocassettes
Abstract:
The collection consists of materials amassed by Homer J. Hall during his years as an officer in the American Institute of Chemists (AIC) and in the New Jersey Section of the AIC.

Homer J. Hall Homer James Hall was born on December 12, 1911, in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Marietta College in 1931 and received his Ph.D. from Ohio State University in 1935. Upon completion of his studies, he was employed by Standard Oil of New Jersey (ESSO). After retirement, he remained active in the field of information science. In addition to membership in the American Society of Information Science and Technology, he was active in the affairs of the American Chemical Society and the American Institute of Chemists (AIC). He held multiple roles in the AIC, including representative for the AIC on the council of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He was especially involved in the AIC's New Jersey Section (NJIC) where he served as its president's longtime secretary. Homer J. Hall died in Exeter, New Hampshire on April 26, 2008.

American Institute of Chemists (AIC) The American Institute of Chemists was founded in 1923 as an economic organization of chemists. Over time as other chemical industry trade associations took shape, the AIC concentrated its energies more on questions of ethics, professional conduct, and accreditation. Homer J. Hall served on the board of the AIC and was a member of its Executive Committee. Additionally, he served as AIC's liaison to the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

New Jersey Section of the American Institute of Chemists (NJIC) The New Jersey Section of the American Institute of Chemists began as the New Jersey Chemical Society. As early as January 1921, the organization was weighing in on the value of creating an institute of chemistry to unite and promote the interests of teaching, production, and business chemists. NJIC has been an active member of the AIC since 1923. Homer J. Hall served the NJIC in various capacities including Secretary and member of the History Committee.

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Homer J. Hall American Institute of Chemists/New Jersey Section of the American Institute of Chemists Collection, Science History Institute Archives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

"Homer James Hall." Marquis Biographies Online. https://0-search-marquiswhoswho-com.othmerlib.sciencehistory.org/profile/100002397818.

The Homer J. Hall American Institute of Chemists/New Jersey Section of the American Institute of Chemists Collection contains organizational records for the American Institute of Chemists and the New Jersey Section of the American Institute of Chemists, which were collected by Homer J. Hall. The collection also contains materials relating to the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Chemical Society. The collection is arranged into the following five series:

  1. New Jersey Section of the American Institute of Chemists (NJIC)
  2. American Institute of Chemists (AIC)
  3. American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and American Chemical Society (ACS)
  4. Photographs
  5. Audiocassette Tapes

The Homer J. Hall American Institute of Chemists/New Jersey Section of the American Institute of Chemists Collection was found in collection.

The Homer J. Hall American Institute of Chemists/New Jersey Section of the American Institute of Chemists Collection was processed by Andrew Mangravite in 2011. This finding aid was revised by Birch Mezzaroba in February 2022.

There are no other known archival collections created by Homer J. Hall as of the date of processing.

The American Institute of Chemists Miscellaneous Material, which was compiled by Homer J. Hall, is preserved at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Publisher
Science History Institute Archives
Finding Aid Author
Finding aid created by Andrew Mangravite and encoded into EAD by Birch Mezzaroba
Finding Aid Date
2011
Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions on materials and the collection is open to the public.

Use Restrictions

The Science History Institute holds copyright to the Homer J. Hall American Institute of Chemists/New Jersey Section of the American Institute of Chemists Collection. 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 Homer J. Hall's New Jersey Section of the American Institute of Chemists files. These files document Hall's activities with the NJIC. The contents of the files in this series include meeting minutes, correspondence, and other documents relating to NJIC meetings such as by-laws and questionnaire responses.

NJIC — Council Meetings 11/12/63, 1963.
Box 1 Folder 1
NJIC — Homer J. Hall correspondence, 1963-1966.
Box 1 Folder 2
NJIC — 2/18/64 Program materials, 1963-1967.
Box 1 Folder 3
NJIC — AIC Program (general) — possibilities, 1963-1967.
Box 1 Folder 4
NJIC — Appointments to Committees/AIC Dinners, 1966.
Box 1 Folder 5
NJIC — Council Meeting Minutes/Committee on Accreditation, 1966-1967.
Box 1 Folder 6
NJIC — Council Meeting Minutes, 1967.
Box 1 Folder 7
NJIC — Ethics (correspondence, re: revisions to AIC Code of Ethics), 1968.
Box 1 Folder 8
NJIC — membership correspondence, 1967.
Box 1 Folder 9
NJIC — AIC 1968 Membership Questionnaire — 101 returns, 1967.
Box 1 Folder 10
NJIC — general correspondence, 1969.
Box 1 Folder 11
NJIC — general file (including correspondence, notices, Council Minutes), 1970-1973.
Box 1 Folder 12
NJIC — AIC History (including NJIC and other section histories), 1973.
Box 1 Folder 13a
NJIC — Del Cottle – early NJIC material (including Minutes), 1946-1973.
Box 1 Folder 13b
NJIC — Code of Ethics, professional standards, etc., 1973.
Box 1 Folder 14
NJIC — Award to Ernest Gilmont, 1974.
Box 1 Folder 15
NJIC — Legislative Committee, Bylaws, etc., 1974.
Box 1 Folder 16
NJIC — Riley Bill (including correspondence), 1975.
Box 1 Folder 17
NJIC — Gilmont-Frey correspondence, re: Employment Guidelines, 1975-1976.
Box 1 Folder 18
NJIC — Licensing, Accreditation, Professionalism, 1976.
Box 1 Folder 19
NJIC — correspondence, re: AIC Certification Program, 1977.
Box 1 Folder 20
NJIC — December 1977 Conference (Unionization, Mandatory Retirement), 1977-1978.
Box 1 Folder 21
NJIC — Professionalism (including correspondence and reprints), 1977-1987.
Box 1 Folder 22
NJIC — general file, 1980-1983.
Box 1 Folder 23
NJIC — AIC 59th National Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 25-28, 1982, 1982.
Box 1 Folder 24
NJIC — Correspondence and Minutes of Committee Meetings, post-Las Vegas, 1982.
Box 1 Folder 25
NJIC — general file, 1984-1986.
Box 1 Folder 26
NJIC — general file, 1987-1988.
Box 1 Folder 27
NJIC — general file, 1992-1995.
Box 1 Folder 28

Series Description

Arranged in its original order, this series contains Homer J. Hall's American Institute of Chemists files. These files document Hall's activities with AIC, including his service on AIC's Executive Committee. The contents of the files in this series include administrative documents, meeting minutes, agendas, and correspondence.

History of AIC (Folder 1 of 2), 1921-1979.
Box 2 Folder 1
History of AIC (Folder 2 of 2), 1921-1979.
Box 2 Folder 2
Professionalism and Individual Standards — correspondence and 2 AIC booklets, 1966-1972.
Box 2 Folder 3
AIC Code of Ethics — proposed revisions, 1968.
Box 2 Folder 4
AIC Elections — notes, re: proposed candidates, 1969.
Box 2 Folder 5
AIC Board of Directors Meetings — including Minutes and Agendas, 1970-1971.
Box 2 Folder 6
AIC Chapter letters (Piedmont, Tennessee, Chicago, Illinois), 1970-1972.
Box 2 Folder 7
AIC Constitution — proposed version, 1970 May.
Box 2 Folder 8
AIC Executive Secretary — newsletters from Paul B. Slawter, Jr., 1970-1972.
Box 2 Folder 9
AIC National Meetings — Agendas and Minutes to 387th and 389th Meetings, 1970-1971.
Box 2 Folder 10
AIC Constitution — correspondence, re: problems, 1971.
Box 2 Folder 11
AIC National Council and Board Meetings, Los Angeles, California, 1971 March 28.
Box 2 Folder 12
AIC September Agendas — action items, 1971.
Box 2 Folder 13
AIC Upcoming Meetings — items for consideration, 1971.
Box 2 Folder 14
AIC Correspondence — (including an award for Mrs. Ceausescu), 1973.
Box 2 Folder 15
AIC Committee on Interpersonal Relations — correspondence, 1974.
Box 2 Folder 16
AIC on "Science and Responsible Reporting by the Press", 1975-1976.
Box 2 Folder 17
AIC "Open Letter," re: NJIC discontent with AIC leadership, 1976.
Box 2 Folder 18
AIC Correspondence — (including membership and operating expenses), 1977.
Box 2 Folder 19
AIC Executive Committee Meeting Agenda, Washington, D.C., 1978 June 17.
Box 2 Folder 20
AIC — items for September agenda (of AIC Board of Directors Meeting), 1978.
Box 2 Folder 21
AIC Board of Directors Meeting, Miami Beach, Florida, 1978 September 9.
Box 2 Folder 22
AIC Board of Directors Meeting — Agenda, Miami Beach, Florida, 1978.
Box 2 Folder 23
AIC Board of Directors Meeting — Agenda, Washington, D.C., 1979 December 2.
Box 2 Folder 24
AIC Executive Committee Meeting — Minutes, Washington, D.C., 1978.
Box 2 Folder 25
AIC Organization and Rules Committee — correspondence, 1978-1979.
Box 2 Folder 26
AIC Annual Business and Council Meetings — correspondence, 1979.
Box 2 Folder 27
AIC Board of Directors Meeting — Minutes, Washington, D.C., 1979 September 8.
Box 2 Folder 28
AIC — correspondence and reports (including Membership and Finance) (File includes CMA program to combat adverse chemical industry publicity.), 1979.
Box 2 Folder 29
AIC Executive Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C., 1979 September 8.
Box 2 Folder 30
AIC Finance Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C., 1979 September 7.
Box 2 Folder 31
AIC Membership Task Force — correspondence, 1979.
Box 2 Folder 32
AIC National Office Notes/Future Meeting Sites/RSB and OAB correspondence, 1979-1980.
Box 2 Folder 33
AIC Secretary's Office — correspondence to and from Homer J. Hall, 1979.
Box 2 Folder 34
AIC Executive Committee Meeting, Houston, Texas, 1980 March 23.
Box 3 Folder 1
AIC 57th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., 1980 May 8-11.
Box 3 Folder 2
AIC Board of Directors Meeting, Washington, D.C., 1980 May 9.
Box 3 Folder 3
AIC Joint Council/Annual Business Meeting, Washington, D.C., 1980 May 11.
Box 3 Folder 4
AIC Board of Directors Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1980 August 23.
Box 3 Folder 5
AIC Board of Directors Meeting — correspondence, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1980 August 23.
Box 3 Folder 6
AIC Council Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1980 August 24.
Box 3 Folder 7
AIC Executive Committee Meeting, New York City, New York, 1980 November 24.
Box 3 Folder 8
AIC Bylaws (Amended) — including correspondence, 1980-1981.
Box 3 Folder 9
AIC Annual Meeting, New York City, New York, 1981 August 22.
Box 3 Folder 10
AIC Ethics Committee — correspondence, 1981-1982.
Box 3 Folder 11
AIC 59th Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1982 March 25-28.
Box 3 Folder 12
AIC 415th Council Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri, 1982 September 15.
Box 3 Folder 13
AIC O&R Committee — correspondence, 1982-1983.
Box 3 Folder 14
AIC 60th Annual Meeting, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1983 April 27-May 1.
Box 3 Folder 15
AIC Board of Directors Meeting and Executive Committee Meeting — Minutes, 1983-1984.
Box 3 Folder 16
AIC O&R Committee — correspondence, 1983-1984.
Box 3 Folder 17
AIC Professionalism Survey, 1983.
Box 3 Folder 18
AIC Research and Recognition Foundation — correspondence, 1983.
Box 3 Folder 19
AIC Board of Directors Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1984 June 2.
Box 3 Folder 20
AIC Annual Business Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1984 June 3.
Box 3 Folder 21
AIC — Florence E. Wall — transcript of an oral history by Roger R. Festa , 1985.
Box 3 Folder 22
AIC Council Meetings, 1986-1988.
Box 3 Folder 23
AIC Bylaws — (including correspondence and Sectional By-Laws from 1983-1986), 1987.
Box 3 Folder 24
AIC — Homer J. Hall — meeting notes, correspondence, reprints, 1975-1991.
Box 3 Folder 25

Series Description

Arranged in its original order, this series contains Homer J. Hall's American Association for the Advancement of Science/American Chemical Society files. These files mainly document Hall's activities as the AIC's liaison to the AAAS, including his participation in the AAAS's annual meetings. To a lesser extent, the files also concern ACS workshops in which Hall participated. The contents of the files in this series include correspondence, notes, meeting materials, and workshop materials.

AAAS — correspondence, 1971-1972.
Box 3 Folder 26
AAAS Annual Meeting — Preconvention Program, New York City, New York, 1984 May 24-29.
Box 3 Folder 27
AAAS Annual Meeting — Meeting Program, New York City, New York, 1984 May 24-29.
Box 3 Folder 28
AAAS Annual Meeting — Abstracts of Papers, New York City, New York, 1984 May 24-29.
Box 3 Folder 29
AAAS Annual Meeting — Science Encounters 1984, New York City, New York, 1984 May 24-29.
Box 3 Folder 30
AAAS Annual Meeting — Program, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1985 May 25-30.
Box 3 Folder 31
AAAS Annual Meeting — Program, San Francisco, California, 1980 January 3-8.
Box 3 Folder 32
AAAS Assorted – meeting notes, 1986.
Box 3 Folder 33
AAAS – correspondence, 1988.
Box 3 Folder 34
ACS – correspondence and meeting notes, 1966-1986.
Box 3 Folder 35
ACS – Workshop "Strategies and Problems in the Evaluation of Information" , undated.
Box 3 Folder 36
ACS – Workshop "Future Information Needs", 1984-1986.
Box 3 Folder 37

Series Description

Arranged in its original order, this series contains three photographs of various subjects collected by Homer J. Hall.

Photograph – black and white 8x10 group photo taken at a GRC on "Scientific Information Problems in Research", 1980.
Object 1
Photograph – color 3.5 x 5 photo (turning brown) of AIC Board of Directors taken during a meeting on September 9, 1980 at Miami Beach, Florida, 1980.
Object 2
Photograph – black and white 3.5 x 4 portrait photo of Hubert N. Alyea, circa 1963-1966.
Object 3

Series Description

Arranged in its original order, this series contains two audiocassette tapes of an oral history of American cosmetic chemist Florence E. Wall, which was conducted by Roger R. Festa.

Audiocassette Tapes – Set of 2 audiocassette tapes of an oral history of Florence E. Wall, conducted by Roger R. Festa, 1985.
Object 4-5

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