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Henry C. McBay Papers

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Call Number:
017
Repository:
Science History Institute Archives
Extent:
7.0 linear feet (5 record boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Henry C. McBay Papers, 1934-1998, Science History Institute Archives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Date:
1934-1998 (inclusive)
Creator:
McBay, Henry C.
Form:
Archival materials and Photographs
Abstract:
Correspondence, professional files, manuscripts, personal files, printed materials, and photographs of African American chemist and chemistry educator Henry C. McBay.

Henry C. McBay (1914-1995) was an African American chemist and chemistry educator. Born in Mexia, Texas on May 29, 1914, McBay earned his B.S. degree in Chemistry from Wiley College (1934) and his M.S. degree in Chemistry from Atlanta University (1936). After earning his M.S. degree, he taught college chemistry at Wiley College (1936-1938) and Western University (1938-1939). From 1939 to 1940, he taught high school chemistry in Huntsville, Alabama.

In 1940, McBay joined a research team at Tuskegee Institute, which was charged with finding a substitute for jute fiber that could be used for rope and burlap bags. At the time, jute imports to the United States from India had been cut off due to the outbreak of World War II. The Tuskegee team hoped that okra stems could be used as a jute substitute. In the course of his work in this area, McBay found that okra stems were too brittle for this purpose.

In 1942, McBay accepted a departmental assistant position at the University of Chicago's Department of Chemistry, which allowed him to pursue his Ph.D. At Chicago, he studied under organic chemist Morris S. Kharasch and focused on producing compounds from acetyl peroxide. For this work, McBay was twice awarded the university's Elizabeth Norton Prize for Excellence at Research in Chemistry (1944 and 1945). McBay earned his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1945. His doctoral research on acetyl peroxide was later used to develop a treatment for prostate cancer.

In 1945, McBay was appointed Assistant Professor at Morehouse College's Department of Chemistry, where he enjoyed a long and distinguished career (1945-1981). At Morehouse, he rose to the rank of David Packard Professor of Chemistry and served as the Chairman of the Department of Chemistry. During his tenure at Morehouse, he also taught chemistry courses at Atlanta University and Spelman College, which along with Morehouse, were members of the Atlanta University Center. Also, during his stint at Morehouse, McBay served as a technical expert for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), helping to establish a chemistry education program in Liberia (1951-1952).

In 1982, McBay moved to Atlanta University, where he served as the Fuller E. Callaway Professor of Chemistry (1982-1986). He retired from Atlanta University in 1986 at the rank of Emeritus Professor of Chemistry. In 1990, he was appointed the first Martin Luther King Jr. Visiting Scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In retirement, McBay continued to teach chemistry on a part-time basis at Atlanta University (renamed Clark Atlanta University in 1988) and Morehead College until his death.

During his career, Henry C. McBay was renowned for his abilities as a teacher. He mentored numerous African American chemistry students over the course of his teaching career. Over fifty of his students went on obtain Ph.D.'s and medical degrees. Former students of McBay include chemist Dolphus E. Milligan, chemist Frederic A. Van-Catledge, and chemist (and collection donor) Billy Joe Evans.

McBay was also noted for his chemistry research on organic free-radicals, which included his work on acetyl peroxide, fructose, and electron spin free resonance properties. In the latter stages of his career, he focused his attention on the study of chirality in molecular processes. McBay authored and co-authored over twenty scientific journal articles and papers.

Henry C. McBay was an active member of several professional organizations, including the American Chemical Society and the American Institute of Chemists. He was also an advocate for minority education and professional advancement, which included being a co-founder of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers. McBay was also recipient of a number of awards, including the Charles H. Herty Award (1976) and the James Flack Norris Award for Outstanding Teaching (1978).

Henry C. McBay was married to Shirley Mathis McBay, an African American mathematician and minority education advocate. Professor Mathis McBay was the first African American to obtain a Ph.D. from the University of Georgia (1966). She later served as director of the National Science Foundation's Minority Institutions Science Improvement Program and as Dean of Student Affairs at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Henry C. McBay passed away on June 23, 1995.

Sources

Henry C. McBay Papers, Science History Institute Archives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

McBay, Henry C., William M. Jackson, and Billy Joe Evans. Henry C. McBay: A Chemical Festschrift: Proceedings of A Symposium in Honor of the First Martin Luther King Jr., Scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1994.

The Henry C. McBay Papers contain the professional and personal papers of African American chemist and chemistry educator Henry C. McBay. The contents of the Henry C. McBay Papers had very little original order to them when donated to the Science History Institute. The collection has been arranged artificially by the processor into the following ten series:

  1. Correspondence Files
  2. Academic Files
  3. Proposal Files
  4. Article and Publication Files
  5. Speeches and Presentations
  6. Education Files
  7. Personal Files
  8. Printed Materials
  9. Miscellaneous Files
  10. Photographs

The Henry C. McBay Papers were donated to the Science History Institute by Billy Joe Evans in March 2022.

The Henry C. McBay Papers were processed by Kenton G. Jaehnig in July 2022.

There are no other known archival collections created by Henry C. McBay preserved at the date of processing.

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Finding Aid Author
Finding aid created and encoded into EAD by Kenton G. Jaehnig.
Finding Aid Date
2022
Access Restrictions

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

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The Science History Institute holds copyright to the Henry C. McBay Papers. The researcher assumes full responsibility for all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Collection Inventory

Series Description

This series contains Henry C. McBay's correspondence files. The contents of the Correspondence Files are arranged into the following four sub-series:

  1. Alphabetical Correspondence
  2. General Correspondence
  3. Letters of Recommendation/Reference
  4. Employment Inquiries
Sub-series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this sub-series contains Henry C. McBay's Alphabetical Correspondence files. Most of the materials in the Alphabetical Correspondence files are professional in nature. Small amounts of personal materials are also present here.

Files containing McBay's correspondence with various colleges and universities, the majority of which are Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), make up the largest component of the Alphabetical Correspondence files. McBay's correspondence with several African American chemists, including St. Elmo Brady, Austin W. Curtis, Lloyd N. Ferguson, and Billy Joe Evans are also present in this sub-series. Correspondence with several non-African American chemists, including Morris S. Kharasch and Herbert C. Brown, is also preserved here. Files containing McBay's correspondence with staff and faculty members at Morehouse College and Atlanta University, including figures such as Benjamin E. Mays and Hugh M. Gloster, also make up a significant portion of this series.

Smaller, but noticeable, numbers of files containing McBay's correspondence with chemical companies, United States government agencies, professional organizations (including the American Chemical Society), educational foundations, and former students are also present in the Alphabetical Correspondence files. Small numbers of correspondence files regarding other miscellaneous subjects, including but not limited to, awards received by McBay, his service with the United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Liberia, and patent matters are also preserved here.

The contents of the Alphabetical Correspondence files consist of a variety of materials. Letters make up a large majority of the materials in this sub-series. Smaller, but noticeable, amounts of telegrams, memoranda, photocopied articles, notes, and financial documents are also found in this sub-series. Small amounts of other miscellaneous materials, including, but not limited to, legal documents, resumes, reports, and press releases are preserved here as well.

Ad Hoc Committee for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers, 1972.
Box 1 Folder 1
Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical College, 1962.
Box 1 Folder 2
Albany State College, 1950, 1962.
Box 1 Folder 3
Alcorn A&M College, 1946-1947.
Box 1 Folder 4
Aldrich Chemical Company, Incorporated, 1973.
Box 1 Folder 5
American Chemical Society - Committee on Professional Training, 1973-1976.
Box 1 Folder 6
American Chemical Society - Miscellaneous, 1945-1986.
Box 1 Folder 7
American Chemical Society - Project SEED, 1968, 1970.
Box 1 Folder 8
American Express Company, 1951.
Box 1 Folder 9
American Russian Institute, 1945.
Box 1 Folder 10
American-Soviet Science Society, 1945.
Box 1 Folder 11
American Surety Company of New York - Workmen's Compensation, 1946, 1948.
Box 1 Folder 12
Anne C. Stouffer Foundation, 1967-1968.
Box 1 Folder 13
Ansul Company, 1968.
Box 1 Folder 14
Argonne National Laboratory, 1974.
Box 1 Folder 15
Arizona, University of, 1973-1974.
Box 1 Folder 16
Ash Stevens, Incorporated, 1970.
Box 1 Folder 17
Atlanta Life Insurance Company, 1942, 1945.
Box 1 Folder 18
Atlanta University - Clement, Rufus E., 1946-1951.
Box 1 Folder 19
Atlanta University - Cummings, Frank E., 1982, 1986.
Box 1 Folder 20
Atlanta University - Huggins, Kimuel A., 1938-1943.
Box 1 Folder 21
Atlanta University - Johnson, Joe - BISRIP Program, 1974, 1976.
Box 1 Folder 22
Atlanta University - Miscellaneous, 1950-1981, undated.
Box 1 Folder 23
Beattie, Thomas R., 1978-1979.
Box 1 Folder 24
Bennett College, 1974.
Box 1 Folder 25
Bethune-Cookman College, 1942.
Box 1 Folder 26
Brady, St. Elmo, 1948, 1950.
Box 1 Folder 27
Breazeale, Roscoe J., 1954.
Box 1 Folder 28
Brown, Herbert C., 1946-1954.
Box 1 Folder 29
Brown University, 1972-1973.
Box 1 Folder 30
California State College at Los Angeles, 1969.
Box 1 Folder 31
California, University of, Berkeley - Miscellaneous, 1967-1973.
Box 1 Folder 32
California, University of, Berkeley - Special Committee for Development of Communication with Negro Colleges and Universities, 1966-1973.
Box 1 Folder 33
CEBA Publications, 1951.
Box 1 Folder 34
Charles H. Herty Award, 1976.
Box 1 Folder 35
Chemical Rubber Company, 1968.
Box 1 Folder 36
Chicago, University of, 1939-1978, undated.
Box 1 Folder 37
City of Dayton, Ohio, 1973.
Box 1 Folder 38
Clark Atlanta University, 1993.
Box 1 Folder 39
Clark College, 1942.
Box 1 Folder 40
Cole, Thomas W., Jr., 1974.
Box 1 Folder 41
Conference Board of Associated Research Councils, 1949.
Box 1 Folder 42
Connecticut, University of, 1972.
Box 1 Folder 43
Consulate General of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1945.
Box 1 Folder 44
Cornell University Medical College, 1946.
Box 1 Folder 45
Curley, August O., 1982-1983.
Box 1 Folder 46
Curtis, Austin W., 1941-1947.
Box 1 Folder 47
Delaney, Harold, 1948.
Box 1 Folder 48
Dillard University, 1942, 1948.
Box 1 Folder 49
E.I. Du Pont Nemours & Company, 1968-1973.
Box 1 Folder 50
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission vs. Morehouse College - Subpoena, 1975.
Box 1 Folder 51
Ette, Sunday I., 1967-1968.
Box 1 Folder 52
Evans, Billy Joe, 1973-1998, undated.
Box 1 Folder 53
Ferguson, Lloyd N., 1945-1981.
Box 1 Folder 54
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College, 1947-1949.
Box 1 Folder 55
Fridie, Donna, 1975.
Box 1 Folder 56
Fuchs, Charles F., 1946-1948.
Box 1 Folder 57
Garrett, David L., 1972-1975.
Box 1 Folder 58
Geiger, Greer, 1974-1976.
Box 1 Folder 59
General Electric Company, 1975.
Box 1 Folder 60
General Electric Foundation, 1970.
Box 1 Folder 61
General Mills, Incorporated, 1953.
Box 1 Folder 62
General Printing Ink Corporation, 1945.
Box 1 Folder 63
Gerecht, J.F., 1970.
Box 1 Folder 64
General Note

Contains 1 black and white image.

Gergel, Max G., 1982.
Box 1 Folder 65
Grambling College, 1962.
Box 1 Folder 66
Harvard University, 1970, 1976.
Box 1 Folder 67
Henderson, Gwendolyn W., 1959.
Box 1 Folder 68
Henry, Warren E., 1945-1979.
Box 1 Folder 69
Hicks, Heraldine, 1980.
Box 1 Folder 70
Hill, Henry A., 1975, 1978.
Box 1 Folder 71
Hill, William D., Jr., 1982-1983.
Box 1 Folder 72
Hopps, John H., 1976.
Box 1 Folder 73
Houston College for Negroes, 1945.
Box 1 Folder 74
Howard University, 1939-1948.
Box 1 Folder 75
Huntsville Public Schools, 1940-1942.
Box 1 Folder 76
Illinois, University of, Urbana-Champaign, 1968-1973.
Box 1 Folder 77
Ingold, Keith Usherwood, 1979.
Box 1 Folder 78
Intermedium II, 1973.
Box 1 Folder 79
Iowa State University, 1967-1974.
Box 1 Folder 80
Jackson State University, 1979-1984.
Box 1 Folder 81
Jacox, Marilyn E., 1973-1974.
Box 1 Folder 82
James Flack Norris Award for Outstanding Teaching, 1978-1979.
Box 1 Folder 83
Jarvis Christian College, 1969.
Box 1 Folder 84
John C. Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 1944.
Box 1 Folder 85
Johnson, Walter, 1949.
Box 1 Folder 86
Johnson, Warren C., 1948.
Box 1 Folder 87
Kasai, Paul H., 1968-1984.
Box 1 Folder 88
Kharasch, Morris S., 1945-1949.
Box 1 Folder 89
Lathan, Lillie, 1972-1975.
Box 1 Folder 90
Liberia, 1950-1952.
Box 1 Folder 91
Lincoln University (Missouri), 1943-1944.
Box 1 Folder 92
Lincoln University (Pennsylvania), 1946.
Box 1 Folder 93
Maryland, University of, College Park, 1973-1974.
Box 1 Folder 94
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Martin Luther King Visiting Scholar, 1990.
Box 1 Folder 95
Massey, Walter E., 1976.
Box 1 Folder 96
McBay, Shirley Mathis, 1979-1980.
Box 1 Folder 97
Michigan, University of, 1967-1976.
Box 1 Folder 98
Morehouse College - Alexander, G.S., 1948-1949.
Box 1 Folder 99
Morehouse College - Brazeal, B.R., 1950-1952.
Box 1 Folder 100
Morehouse College - Gloster, Hugh M., 1968-1980.
Box 1 Folder 101
Morehouse College - Hubert, Willis J., 1970-1982.
Box 1 Folder 102
Morehouse College - Huggins, Kimuel A., 1939, 1951.
Box 1 Folder 103
Morehouse College - Lee, Ralph H., 1969.
Box 1 Folder 104
Morehouse College - Mays, Benjamin E., 1945-1964.
Box 1 Folder 105
Morehouse College - Miscellaneous, 1949-1995, undated.
Box 1 Folder 106
Morehouse College - Perdue, Wiley E., 1970-1982.
Box 1 Folder 107
Morgan State College, 1948.
Box 1 Folder 108
Morris, Kelso B., 1948-1976.
Box 1 Folder 109
Morris Brown College, 1958, 1971.
Box 1 Folder 110
National Aeronautics and Space Administration - George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, undated.
Box 1 Folder 111
National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Goddard Space Flight Center - Equipment Loan to Morehouse College, 1972, 1976.
Box 1 Folder 112
National Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations, 1942.
Box 1 Folder 113
National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers, 1975.
Box 1 Folder 114
National Urban League, Incorporated, 1969-1970.
Box 1 Folder 115
North Carolina College for Negroes, 1945.
Box 1 Folder 116
Oklahoma City Public Schools, 1939.
Box 1 Folder 117
Paul Quinn College, 1941, 1974.
Box 1 Folder 118
Pennsylvania State University, 1968-1969.
Box 1 Folder 119
Petterson, Robert C., 1966.
Box 1 Folder 120
Prairie View State Normal and Industrial College, 1943.
Box 1 Folder 121
Pyridium Corporation, 1946.
Box 1 Folder 122
Renwick, Fred B., 1968.
Box 1 Folder 123
Rohlman, Bertl, 1947-1948.
Box 1 Folder 124
Russell, Edwin R., 1947.
Box 1 Folder 125
Scientific Manpower Commission, circa 1966.
Box 1 Folder 126
Selective Service System, 1942-1945.
Box 1 Folder 127
Selma University, 1977.
Box 1 Folder 128
Shell Development Company, 1948.
Box 1 Folder 129
Smith Kline & French Laboratories, 1973-1974.
Box 1 Folder 130
Southern Education Foundation - Grant Application Form for 1969-1970, 1968.
Box 1 Folder 131
Southern Fellowships Fund, 1968-1969.
Box 2 Folder 1
Spelman College, 1946-1979.
Box 2 Folder 2
Sullivan, Louis W., 1982.
Box 2 Folder 3
Talladega College, 1946-1947.
Box 2 Folder 4
Taylor, Moddie D., 1968.
Box 2 Folder 5
Texas Committee on Scholarship for Negro Graduate and Professional Students, 1942-1943.
Box 2 Folder 6
Texas Department of Public Welfare, 1949.
Box 2 Folder 7
Tougaloo College, 1974-1975.
Box 2 Folder 8
Tucker, B.W., Mr. and Mrs., 1952.
Box 2 Folder 9
Tuskegee Institute, 1945.
Box 2 Folder 10
Union Carbide Chemicals Company, 1959.
Box 2 Folder 11
Union Carbide Corporation, 1968.
Box 2 Folder 12
Union Carbide Educational Fund, 1968.
Box 2 Folder 13
Union Carbide Research Institute, 1968, 1974.
Box 2 Folder 14
United Negro College Fund, Incorporated, 1966-1984.
Box 2 Folder 15
Urry, Wilbert H., 1945, 1947.
Box 2 Folder 16
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1941-1942.
Box 2 Folder 17
U.S. Department of the Navy - Office of Naval Research, 1950-1975.
Box 2 Folder 18
U.S. War Department, 1942.
Box 2 Folder 19
Van-Catledge, Frederic A., 1965-1981.
Box 2 Folder 20
Venerable, Grant D., 1940.
Box 2 Folder 21
War Manpower Commission, 1942.
Box 2 Folder 22
Ware, Paul H. - Liquid Nitrogen Bomb - Patent Search, 1995.
Box 2 Folder 23
Ware, Paul H. - Patent Matters, 1994-1995.
Box 2 Folder 24
West Georgia College, 1969.
Box 2 Folder 25
West Virginia State College, 1942.
Box 2 Folder 26
Western University, 1939.
Box 2 Folder 27
Westminster Schools, 1967.
Box 2 Folder 28
Wheland, George Willard, 1955.
Box 2 Folder 29
Wiley College, 1937-1981.
Box 2 Folder 30
Worner, Terree, 1969-1975.
Box 2 Folder 31
Sub-series Description

Arranged chronologically by date, this sub-series contains Henry C. McBay's General Correspondence files. Most of the materials in the General Correspondence files are professional in nature. A small amount of personal materials are also present here.

Letters make up the bulk of the materials in the General Correspondence files. Small amounts of other miscellaneous materials, including, but not limited to, telegrams, postcards, and photocopied articles are preserved in this sub-series as well.

General Correspondence, 1935-1936.
Box 2 Folder 32
General Correspondence, 1941-1949.
Box 2 Folder 33
General Correspondence, 1950-1959.
Box 2 Folder 34
General Correspondence, 1962-1969.
Box 2 Folder 35
General Correspondence, 1970-1979.
Box 2 Folder 36
General Correspondence, 1980-1986.
Box 2 Folder 37
General Correspondence, undated.
Box 2 Folder 38
Sub-series Description

Arranged chronologically by date, this sub-series contains Henry C. McBay's Letters of Recommendation/Reference files. The materials in this sub-series mainly document McBay's efforts to assist his students in gaining admission to graduate schools and medical schools, obtaining scholarships, internships, and fellowships, and finding employment. Small amounts of materials documenting McBay's efforts to assist chemistry colleagues in finding employment and his recommendations of awards for fellow chemists are also preserved here.

Letters of recommendations/reference written by Henry C. McBay make up the largest component of materials in these files. A smaller, but noticeable, amount of correspondence requesting letters of recommendation/reference received by McBay from students, graduate schools, medical schools, prospective employers, and professional organizations are also found in this sub-series. Small amounts of other miscellaneous materials, including notes, lists of graduate schools and medical schools, reference forms, and resumes are preserved here as well.

Letters of Recommendation/Reference, 1948-1952.
Box 2 Folder 39
Letters of Recommendation/Reference, 1966-1969.
Box 2 Folder 40
Letters of Recommendation/Reference, 1970-1974.
Box 2 Folder 41
Letters of Recommendation/Reference, 1975-1979.
Box 2 Folder 42
Letters of Recommendation/Reference, 1980-1986.
Box 2 Folder 43
Letters of Recommendation/Reference, undated.
Box 2 Folder 44
Sub-series Description

Arranged alphabetically by date, this sub-series contains Henry C. McBay's Employment Inquiries files. The materials in this sub-series concern inquiries received by McBay from chemists seeking employment at Morehouse College's Department of Chemistry.

Letters and resumes make up the bulk of the materials in the Employment Inquiries sub-series. Small amounts of other miscellaneous materials, including abstracts and personal statements are preserved here as well.

Employment Inquiries, 1966-1969.
Box 2 Folder 45
Employment Inquiries, 1970-1971.
Box 2 Folder 46
Employment Inquiries, 1972.
Box 2 Folder 47
Employment Inquiries, 1973-1977.
Box 2 Folder 48
Employment Inquiries, undated.
Box 2 Folder 49

Series Description

Arranged alphabetically, this series contains Henry C. McBay's Academic Files. The files in this series contain materials collected by McBay over the course of his academic career. Files pertaining to McBay's career as a faculty member at Morehouse College make up the largest component of this series. Smaller numbers of files regarding McBay's stints as a faculty member at Atlanta University, the Atlanta University Center, and Clark Atlanta University are also found in the Academic Files. A single file pertaining to McBay's stint as a visiting professor at the University of Minnesota is also present here.

A majority of the materials in the Academic Files concern chemistry classes taught by McBay at all five of the institutions represented in this series. A smaller number of files pertaining to the chemistry departments at Morehouse College and Atlanta University are also found in the Academic Files. A number of files regarding miscellaneous administrative matters of interest to McBay at Morehouse College, Atlanta University, the Atlanta University Center, and Clark Atlanta University are also preserved here.

The contents of the Academic Files consist of a wide variety of materials. Exams and quizzes, class syllabi, reports, class handouts, and course descriptions are the most common materials found in this series. Smaller amounts of letters, graduate lists, class overviews, class papers, and faculty lists are also present in the Academic Files. Small amounts of other miscellaneous materials, including, but not limited to, resumes, class schedules, proposals, and legal documents are preserved here as well.

Atlanta University - Chemistry 461-462 - Introduction to Physical Inorganic Chemistry, 1970-1971 - Course Description and Reprint, 1970.
Box 2 Folder 50
Atlanta University - Chemistry 501 - Advanced Organic Chemistry, Summer 1984 and Fall 1987 - Syllabus, 1987.
Box 2 Folder 51
Atlanta University - Chemistry 501 - Advanced Organic Chemistry, Fall 1987 - Syllabus, 1987.
Box 2 Folder 52
Atlanta University - Chemistry 501-502 - Advanced Organic Chemistry - Course Description, undated.
Box 2 Folder 53
Atlanta University - Chemistry 502 - Advanced Organic Chemistry - Syllabus, undated.
Box 2 Folder 54
Atlanta University - Chemistry 515 - Book List, 1945.
Box 2 Folder 55
Atlanta University - Department of Chemistry - Directory, Spring Semester, Academic Year 1984-1985, 1984.
Box 2 Folder 56
Atlanta University - Department of Chemistry - Doctoral Students List, circa 1988-1989.
Box 2 Folder 57
Atlanta University - Department of Chemistry - Ph.D. Seminars by Henry C. McBay - Flyers, 1988-1989.
Box 2 Folder 58
Atlanta University - Doctoral Seminar - General Reference List, Non-Aqueous Solvents and Solution Chemistry, 1985.
Box 2 Folder 59
Atlanta University - Graduate Chemistry Seminar 1963-1964 - Syllabi, 1964.
Box 2 Folder 60
Atlanta University - Journals in the Fields of Chemistry and Physics in Trevor Arnett (Hall) - List, 1970 April.
Box 2 Folder 61
Atlanta University - Organic Seminar - Banks, Harold D. - Abstract, 1983 February 24.
Box 2 Folder 62
Atlanta University - Science 501 - Advanced Organic Chemistry - Quiz, 1953 August 4.
Box 2 Folder 63
Atlanta University - White, Lucy M. - Resumes, circa 1973-1979.
Box 2 Folder 64
Atlanta University Center - Academic Plans, 1975.
Box 2 Folder 65
Atlanta University Center - Class of 1974 - Graduate Lists, 1974.
Box 2 Folder 66
Atlanta University Center - Class Schedule - First Semester, 1973.
Box 2 Folder 67
Atlanta University Center - Degree Data, 1988.
Box 2 Folder 68
Atlanta University Center - Science Research Institute - Annual Report, July 1, 1966-June 30, 1967, 1967.
Box 2 Folder 69
Atlanta University Center - Science Research Institute - Budget and Director Search - Letter from Barnett F. Smith, 1974 April 5.
Box 2 Folder 70
Atlanta University Center - Science Research Institute - Minutes, 1968-1969.
Box 2 Folder 71
Atlanta University Center - Science Research Institute - Progress Report No. 1, September 1968-January 1969, 1969.
Box 2 Folder 72
Atlanta University Center - Science Research Institute - Research Report No. 5, undated.
Box 2 Folder 73
Atlanta University Center - UMARC Honors Program - Class Papers, 1982.
Box 2 Folder 74
Atlanta University Center - UMARC Honors Program - Class Papers, 1983.
Box 2 Folder 75
Clark Atlanta University - Chemistry 533 - Physical Organic Chemistry - Miscellaneous, 1991.
Box 2 Folder 76
Clark Atlanta University - Chemistry 533 - Physical Organic Chemistry - Quiz #1, 1993 October 20.
Box 2 Folder 77
Clark Atlanta University - Chemistry 532 - Physical Organic Chemistry - Semester 1 - Miscellaneous, 1994.
Box 2 Folder 78
Clark Atlanta University - Chemistry 637 - Quiz, 1994 May 9.
Box 2 Folder 79
Clark Atlanta University - General Chemistry - Exam III, undated.
Box 2 Folder 80
Clark Atlanta University - General Chemistry 111 - Quiz #2, 1994 November 21.
Box 2 Folder 81
Clark Atlanta University - McBay, Henry C. - Faculty Self-Statement: Annual Report 1991-1992, 1992.
Box 3 Folder 1
Clark Atlanta University - Unidentified Exams, undated.
Box 3 Folder 2
Morehouse College - Advanced Analytical Chemistry - Lee, Ralph H., circa 1953-1957.
Box 3 Folder 3
Morehouse College - Articles of Merger of the Morehouse College and Spelman College Chemistry Departments, 1970.
Box 3 Folder 4
Morehouse College - Biophysical Chemistry (455-456) - Course Prospectus, 1969 December 2.
Box 3 Folder 5
Morehouse College - By-Laws of the Morehouse College Faculty, 1989.
Box 3 Folder 6
Morehouse College - Chemistry 111 - Exams, 1972-1976.
Box 3 Folder 7
Morehouse College - Chemistry 111L - General Chemistry Lab - Laboratory Experiment Syllabi, undated.
Box 3 Folder 8
Morehouse College - Chemistry 111-112 - Introductory General Chemistry - Syllabus, undated.
Box 3 Folder 9
Morehouse College - Chemistry 112 - Class Handout, undated.
Box 3 Folder 10
Morehouse College - Chemistry 112L - Syllabi, undated.
Box 3 Folder 11
Morehouse College - Chemistry 155 - Exam, 1968 October 25.
Box 3 Folder 12
Morehouse College - Department of Chemistry - Applications for Short Leave, 1970-1971.
Box 3 Folder 13
Morehouse College - Department of Chemistry - Class Schedule, undated.
Box 3 Folder 14
Morehouse College - Department of Chemistry - Department Profiles, undated.
Box 3 Folder 15
Morehouse College - Department of Chemistry - Faculty Class List, undated.
Box 3 Folder 16
Morehouse College - Department of Chemistry - Faculty Meeting Notes, 1970.
Box 3 Folder 17
Morehouse College - Department of Chemistry - Faculty Workload Reports - Spring 1971, 1971.
Box 3 Folder 18
Morehouse College - Department of Chemistry - Graduate Lists, 1965-1981, undated.
Box 3 Folder 19
Morehouse College - Department of Chemistry - Mini-Proposal to Upgrade Curriculum and Expand Services to Majors and Non-Majors, 1976 January 19.
Box 3 Folder 20
Morehouse College - Department of Chemistry - Overviews, 1970, undated.
Box 3 Folder 21
Morehouse College - Department of Chemistry - Physical Chemistry Laboratory Inventories, undated.
Box 3 Folder 22
Morehouse College - Department of Chemistry - Progress Report from the Magnetic Resonance Laboratory, 1973.
Box 3 Folder 23
Morehouse College - Department of Chemistry - Report Re: 1972-1973, 1973.
Box 3 Folder 24
Morehouse College - Distribution of Grades - First Semester 1975-1976, 1976.
Box 3 Folder 25
Morehouse College - Faculty List - 1992-1993 Academic Year, 1992.
Box 3 Folder 26
Morehouse College - General Chemistry - Class Handout, 1970 November 2.
Box 3 Folder 27
Morehouse College - General Chemistry - Introductory Description and Broad Outline, undated.
Box 3 Folder 28
Morehouse College - General Studies Program 1974-1975 - Information Sheets, 1974.
Box 3 Folder 29
Morehouse College - McBay, Henry C. - Report of Professional Activities 3/1/79-3/1/80, 1980.
Box 3 Folder 30
Morehouse College - Milligan, Dolphus E. - Obituary, 1973.
Box 3 Folder 31
Morehouse College - Miscellaneous Chemistry Class Handouts, undated.
Box 3 Folder 32
Morehouse College - Phi Beta Kappa - Delta of Georgia - Induction and Dinner, 1982.
Box 3 Folder 33
Morehouse College - Phi Beta Kappa - Delta of Georgia - List of Potential Members, undated.
Box 3 Folder 34
Morehouse College - Phi Beta Kappa - Delta of Georgia - Member Lists, 1978-1987.
Box 3 Folder 35
Morehouse College - Placement Office - Class of 1970 Graduate List, 1970.
Box 3 Folder 36
Morehouse College - Pre-posal for Morehouse and Associated Colleges-Case Western Reserve University Research Cooperation, circa 1972.
Box 3 Folder 37
Morehouse College - Press Release Re: Research Grants Received by Three Morehouse Professors (Including Henry C. McBay.), 1974 May 2.
Box 3 Folder 38
Morehouse College - Researches in Pure Organic Chemistry with Emphasis on These Reactions Believed to Include Free Radicals As Intermediates - Progress Report, 1951 October.
Box 3 Folder 39
Morehouse College - Science 501 - Advanced Organic Chemistry - Summer Semester 1963 - Quizzes, 1963.
Box 3 Folder 40
Morehouse College - Science 501 - Advanced Organic Chemistry - First Semester 1963-1964 - Quizzes, 1963-1964.
Box 3 Folder 41
Morehouse College - Science 501 - Advanced Organic Chemistry - Second Semester 1963-1964 - Quizzes, 1964.
Box 3 Folder 42
Morehouse College - Science 501 - Advanced Organic Chemistry - Summer Semester 1965 - Quizzes, 1965.
Box 3 Folder 43
Morehouse College - Science and Modern Man - Syllabus, undated.
Box 3 Folder 44
Morehouse College - Unidentified Chemistry Exam, undated.
Box 3 Folder 45
Morehouse College - Unidentified Class - Kinetic Molecular Theory - Class Handouts, undated.
Box 3 Folder 46
University of Minnesota - Department of Chemistry - Organic Seminar - Class Handout, 1970 February 4.
Box 3 Folder 47

Series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this series contains Henry C. McBay's Proposal Files. The materials in this series concern proposals prepared and submitted by McBay to obtain funding for some of the various projects he worked on. Some of the proposals represented in this series were submitted by McBay alone. Others were prepared and submitted jointly by McBay and others. The funding requested in the proposals was sought from several sources, including United States government agencies, chemical companies, and educational foundations. McBay and his colleagues were successful in obtaining funding for several of the proposals represented in this series.

A majority of the proposals represented in this series were submitted to obtain funding for McBay's chemistry research into free radicals. A handful of the files in this series concern proposals submitted to improve chemistry education at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). A single file concerning a proposal to obtain funding for a chemical preparations facility at the Atlanta University Center is also preserved here.

The actual proposals prepared and submitted by McBay and his colleagues make up the largest component of the materials in this series. Miscellaneous materials accompanying the proposals, including correspondence, grant applications, notes, reports, article reprints, and government documents are preserved here as well.

An Investigation of Free Radical Damage in Human Cells, undated.
Box 3 Folder 48
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Incorporated - Dreyfus Special Grant in the Chemical Sciences, 1995.
Box 3 Folder 49
Dreyfus Foundation - A Scientific Proposal in Biochemistry at Spelman College, 1974 March.
Box 3 Folder 50
Free Radical Cleavage Reactions: A Comparative Study of the Reactions of Alkyl and Alkoxy Free Radical in Pure and Mixed Solvents, circa 1953.
Box 3 Folder 51
Free Radical Mechanisms, undated.
Box 3 Folder 52
Los Alamos National Laboratory - Synthesis, NMR, and ESR Structure Studies on Triply-Bridged Caged Aralkanes (Solvation of Radicals), circa 1982.
Box 3 Folder 53
Monsanto Company - A Proposal to Equip A Chemical Preparations Facility at The Atlanta University Center, circa 1982.
Box 3 Folder 54
National Science Foundation - Cellular Regulation at the Levels of Protein Translocation Sites, Hormone Receptor Sites, and Free Radical Degradation, 1983.
Box 3 Folder 55
National Science Foundation - College Science Improvement Program, 1967.
Box 3 Folder 56
National Science Foundation - The Solvation of Radicals - "A Trail of Research in the Chemistry of Organic Free Radicals", 1970 February 4.
Box 3 Folder 57
National Science Foundation - The Solvation of Radicals - Article Reprints, 1971, undated.
Box 3 Folder 58
National Science Foundation - The Solvation of Radicals - Government Documents, 1972.
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National Science Foundation - The Solvation of Radicals - Grant Award, 1972.
Box 3 Folder 60
National Science Foundation - The Solvation of Radicals - Grant Proposal, 1972.
Box 3 Folder 61
National Science Foundation - The Solvation of Radicals - Notes, circa 1972-1975.
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National Science Foundation - The Solvation of Radicals - Progress Reports, 1973-1975.
Box 3 Folder 63
National Science Foundation - The Solvation of Radicals - Supplemental Materials, 1975.
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Olin Corporation - Matrix Isolation of Free Radicals Using Electron-Spin Resonance, 1971.
Box 3 Folder 65
Research Corporation - Cottrell College Science Grants - Study of Significant Free-Radical Rearrangement, 1974.
Box 3 Folder 66
United Negro College Fund, Incorporated - Henry C. McBay Research Fellowship - Research Projects Under Investigation in the Laboratories of Dr. Henry C. McBay, 1995.
Box 3 Folder 67
U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare - Pi Systems as Active Sites for the Doublet State, 1972.
Box 3 Folder 68
U.S. Department of the Navy - Office of Naval Research - Clark Atlanta University ONR HBCU Program for Research Integration and Support for Matriculation to the Doctorate, 1989.
Box 3 Folder 69
U.S. Department of the Navy - Office of Naval Research - Production of Polyradicals in Solution and Their Application to Polymerization, 1953.
Box 3 Folder 70
U.S. Department of the Navy - Office of Naval Research - Synthesis, NMR, and ESR Structure Studies on Triply-Bridged Aralkanes (Solvation of Radicals), circa 1984.
Box 3 Folder 71

Series Description

Arranged chronologically by date, this series contains Henry C. McBay's Article and Publication Files. The materials in this series concern articles and publications authored and co-authored by McBay. A majority of the articles and publications represented in this series were published. A few files regarding unpublished articles and publications authored and co-authored by McBay are also present here.

The Article and Publication Files mainly document chemistry research conducted by McBay and several of his collaborators over the course of his career, with an emphasis on his work on free radicals. They also provide some documentation of McBay's efforts to get his work published and disseminated to the scientific community. Two files concerning McBay's interest in chemistry education are also present in this series.

Manuscripts (typed and handwritten) and reprints are the most common materials found in the Article and Publication Files. Small amounts of other materials, including correspondence, referee reports, and notes are preserved here as well.

McBay, Henry Cecil. "Reactions of Atoms and Free Radicals in Solution; The Methyl Free Radical as A Tool for Organic Syntheses; The Relative Reactivities of Some Low Molecular Weight Aliphatic Free Radicals," Ph.D. diss., University of Chicago, 1945. - Reprint of Ph.D. Dissertation, 1945.
Box 3 Folder 72
McBay, Henry - Untitled Article - Re: Free Radicals - Manuscript, circa 1947-1949.
Box 3 Folder 73
McBay, Henry C., Ozie Tucker, and Adolphus Milligan. "A Comparative Study of Some Reactions of the Methyl and the Ethoxy Free Radicals in a Graded Series of Solvents." Journal of Organic Chemistry 19, (July 1954): 1003-1007., 1952-1954.
Box 3 Folder 74
McBay, Henry C. and Ozie Tucker. "Dialkoxyperoxydiformic Acids as A Source of Alkoxy Free Radicals: Some Cleavage and Disproportionate Reactions of Alkoxy Free Radicals in Solution.", Presented before the Organic Division of the American Chemical Society Fall Meeting, Atlantic City, New Jersey, September 18, 1952, 1952-1954.
Box 3 Folder 75
McBay, Henry C. and Ozie Tucker. "Thermal Decomposition of Dialkyl Peroxydicarbonates in Solution: Reactions of Alkoxy Free Radicals in Pure Solvents." Journal of Organic Chemistry 19 (June 1954): 869-883., 1954.
Box 3 Folder 76
McBay, Henry C. and Kenneth T. Waldock. "The Synthesis and Absorption of Some Tetrachlorobibenzyls.", 1954.
Box 3 Folder 77
McBay, Henry C., Ozie Tucker, and Paul T. Groves. "Reactions of Methyl and Ethoxy Free Radicals in Chlorohydrocarbons.", 1954, 1958, undated.
Box 3 Folder 78
McBay, Henry C. "Spectroscopic Studies in the Bibenzyl Series: 1. The Ultraviolet Absorption Spectra of Some Symmetrical Bibenzyls. A Comparative Study of Meso and Racemic Forms.", 1955.
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McBay, Henry C. "The Comparative Reactivities of p-Isopropyl-Benzoic Acid and Acetic Acid Toward the Methyl Free Radical." Journal of Organic Chemistry 21, (1956): 691-692., - Reprint, 1956.
Box 3 Folder 80
McBay, Henry C. "Electron Spin Resonance Studies in Photo-Generated Organic Free Radicals in Solution.", 1970 June 15.
Box 3 Folder 81
McBay, Henry C. "Isolation in Education, Rigor and/or Relevance in the Curriculum." Intermedium 1, (1973): 3-9., 1972-1973.
Box 3 Folder 82
Kasai, Paul H., D. McLeon, Jr., and Henry C. McBay. "Benzoylmethyl Radicals. Matrix Isolation Electron Spin Resonance Study." Journal of the American Chemical Society 96, (October 30, 1974), 1973-1974.
Box 3 Folder 83
McBay, Henry C. "Reaction of Diacetyl Peroxide with Phenyl Alkyl Ketones. A Re-examination." Journal of Organic Chemistry 40, no. 13 (1975): 1883-1886., 1974-1975.
Box 3 Folder 84
Han, G.Y., H.C. McBay, P.F. Han, G.S. Owen, and J. Johnson, Jr. "A Simple Method for Removal of AMP Contamination from NADP+ for the Assay of Muscle Fructose 1,6-Bisphosphatase." Analytical Biochemistry 83 (1977): 326-329. - Reprint, 1977.
Box 3 Folder 85
Brunton, G., H.C. McBay, and K.U. Ingold. "Kinetic Applications of Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. 30. Rearrangement of the Benzoylmethyl Radical.", Journal of the American Chemical Society 99 (1977): 4447-4450. - Photocopied Article, 1977.
Box 3 Folder 86
Han, P.F., G.Y. Han, H.C. McBay, and J. Johnson, Jr. "Alteration of the Regulatory Properties of Chicken Liver Fructose-1,6-Bisphosphatase by Treatment with Aspirin." Biological and Biophysical Research Communications 85, no. 2 (November 29, 1978): 747-755. - Reprint, 1978.
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Han, P.F., G.Y. Han, H.C. McBay, and J. Johnson, Jr. "Inactivation of Yeast Glucose-6-P Dehydrogenase by Aspirin." Experientia 36 (1980): 1149-1150. - Reprint, 1980.
Box 3 Folder 88
Lewis, Iris L., Rosalyn M. Patterson, and Henry C. McBay. "The Effects of Rhodamine B on the Chromosomes of Muntiacus Muntjac." Mutation Research 88 (1981): 211-216. - Reprint, 1981.
Box 3 Folder 89
Han, G.Y., P.F. Han, J. Perkins, and H.C. McBay. "Hydrogenation Reactions of Some Spool-Shaped Acetylenes." Journal of Organic Chemistry 46 (1981): 4695-4700. - Reprint, 1981.
Box 3 Folder 90
Han, Peter, Grace Han, Henry McBay, and Joe Johnson. "Adenosine 5'-Monophosphate-Removing System in Fructose-1, 6-Bisphosphatase Assay Mixture: A New Approach." Analytical Biochemistry 122, no. 2 (May 1982): 269-273. - Reprint, 1982.
Box 3 Folder 91
Kasai, Paul H. and Henry C. McBay. "Phenylethynyl: Matrix Isolation Electron Spin Resonance and Molecular Orbital Study." Journal of Physical Chemistry 88 (1984): 5932-5934., 1984-1985.
Box 3 Folder 92
Han, G.Y., Y.H. Wang, H.C. McBay, J. Johnson, and P.F. Han. "Immobilization of Chicken Liver Fructose 1, 6-Bisphosphatase on CNBr-Activated Sepharose." Experientia 41, no. 9 (1985): 1149-1151. - Reprint, 1985.
Box 3 Folder 93
Martin, Arthur W. and Dr. Henry C. McBay. "Synthesis of Substituted Aryl Acetylenes." - Manuscript, 1991 August.
Box 3 Folder 94
Schaefer, William P., Lawrence M. Henling, Henry C. McBay, and John Abulu. "A Pinacol Precursor to a Chiral Spiro Compound.", 1994-1995.
Box 3 Folder 95
McBay, Henry C. "Free Radical Displacement of Carbon.", undated.
Box 3 Folder 96
McBay, Henry C. "The Teaching of Elementary Organic Chemistry: A Suggested Approach.", undated.
Box 3 Folder 97
McBay, Henry C. - Untitled Article - Re: Production of Bibenzyl Through Pyrolysis and Photolysis of Styrene Oxide - Manuscript, undated.
Box 3 Folder 98
McBay, Henry C. and Frank Green. "A Comparative Study of the Ultraviolet Photolysis of Acetophenone and Styrene Oxide: The Question of a Non-Classical Free Radical Intermediate.", undated.
Box 3 Folder 99

Series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this series contains Henry C. McBay's Speeches and Presentations files. The files in this series contain materials created by Henry C. McBay for speeches and presentations he gave at various functions, including, but not limited to, college/university functions, professional conferences, and award ceremonies.

Speech manuscripts (handwritten and typed) and programs are the most common materials found in the Speeches and Presentations files. Small amounts of other miscellaneous materials, including correspondence, clippings, notes, invitations, and slides are preserved here as well.

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity - Alpha Rho Chapter - 39th Annual Fall Initiatory Banquet - Speech Manuscripts and Program, 1973.
Box 4 Folder 1
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity - Talk - Speech Manuscript, undated.
Box 4 Folder 2
Atlanta University - Charter Day Banquet - "Introduction of Mrs. Ella Brown Amos" - Speech Manuscript and Program, 1983.
Box 4 Folder 3
Atlanta University - Department of Biology - Spring Symposium - "Introduction of Speaker" - Speech Manuscript, Program, and Correspondence, 1984.
Box 4 Folder 4
Atlanta University - Department of Chemistry - 4th Annual Kimuel A. Huggins Memorial Lecture - "Tall Men Cast Long Shadows" - Speech Manuscript, 1976.
Box 4 Folder 5
Atlanta University - Department of Chemistry - 5th Annual Kimuel A. Huggins Memorial Lecture - "The Occasion" - Speech Manuscript and Program, 1977.
Box 4 Folder 6
Atlanta University - Department of Chemistry - 6th Annual Kimuel A. Huggins Memorial Lecture - "Introduction of Speaker" - Speech Manuscript, Clipping, and Resume, 1978.
Box 4 Folder 7
Atlanta University - Department of Chemistry - 8th Annual Kimuel A. Huggins Memorial Lecture - Program, Correspondence, and Notes, 1980.
Box 4 Folder 8
Atlanta University - Department of Chemistry - 9th Annual Kimuel A. Huggins Memorial Lecture - "The Occasion" - Speech Manuscript and Program, 1981.
Box 4 Folder 9
Atlanta University - Department of Chemistry - 11th Annual Kimuel A. Huggins Memorial Lecture - "After Dinner Remarks by Frederic A. Van-Catledge" - Speech Manuscript, 1983 April.
Box 4 Folder 10
Atlanta University - Department of Chemistry - 12th Annual Kimuel A. Huggins Memorial Lecture - "The Occasion" - Speech Manuscripts, Invitation, and Program, 1984.
Box 4 Folder 11
Atlanta University - Department of Chemistry - 13th Annual Kimuel A. Huggins Memorial Lecture - "The Occasion" - Speech Manuscript and Program, 1985.
Box 4 Folder 12
Atlanta University - Resource Center for Science & Engineering - 1st Annual Workshop for Counselors - Keynote Address - Speech Manuscript, Program, and Press Release, 1980.
Box 4 Folder 13
"Chemistry and Life" - Speech Manuscript, undated.
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Lake Arrowhead Conference - Address - Speech Manuscript, 1984.
Box 4 Folder 15
Morehouse College - 18th Annual Summer Science Institute Awards Banquet - Speech Manuscript and Invitation, 1992.
Box 4 Folder 16
Motivating Undergraduates - Speech Manuscript, Correspondence, Flyer, and Notes, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 17
"On the Occasion of Faculty Commencement Luncheon and 25 Year Prologue Given for My 26 Years at Morehouse College" - Speech Manuscript, 1971.
Box 4 Folder 18
Phi Beta Kappa Lecture Series - "The Cyclic Character of Human Existence: Scholarship Within the Academy" - Speech Manuscripts, 1992.
Box 4 Folder 19
"Pierre de Chandin, The Phenomenon of Man" - Speech Manuscript, undated.
Box 4 Folder 20
"Profile of the Academician" - Presented at Charles H. Herty Award Banquet - Speech Manuscript, 1976.
Box 4 Folder 21
"Profile of the Academician" - Presented at James Flack Norris Award Banquet - Speech Manuscripts, 1978.
Box 4 Folder 22
Southern University - Department of Chemistry - Visiting Scholars Program - "Evolution and the Academic Process" - Speech Manuscript, Program, and Clipping, 1976.
Box 4 Folder 23
Talk Before Special Seminar at Colgate-Palmolive Company, Piscataway, New Jersey - Speech Manuscript, 1970 November.
Box 4 Folder 24
"The Case History of A Free Radical Rearrangement" - Slides, Slide Reproductions, and Illustrations, 1995.
Box 4 Folder 25
General Note

Contains 41 color slides and 1 black and white transparency.

"The Division of the History of Chemistry" - Speech Manuscript, 1981 April.
Box 4 Folder 26
"The Men in My Life" - Speech Manuscript, 1976 April 9.
Box 4 Folder 27
"To: Wiley College Faculty" - Speech Manuscript, 1963 September 13.
Box 4 Folder 28
Untitled Speech - Re: Approach to Human Problems - Speech Manuscript, undated.
Box 4 Folder 29
Untitled Speech - Re: Evolution of Man - Speech Manuscript, undated.
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Untitled Speech - Re: Introductory Course in General Chemistry - Speech Manuscript, undated.
Box 4 Folder 31
Untitled Speech - Re: James Penn - Speech Manuscript, 1984.
Box 4 Folder 32
Untitled Speech - Re: Meaning of Science - Speech Manuscript and Clippings, undated.
Box 4 Folder 33
Untitled Speech - Re: Meeting of Black Chemists and Engineers - Speech Manuscript, undated.
Box 4 Folder 34

Series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this series contains Henry C. McBay's Education Files. These files provide limited documentation of McBay's graduate level education. Most of the materials in the Education Files were generated by McBay while studying for his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago. A single file of materials from a chemistry class McBay took as a graduate student at Atlanta University is also present in this series. A single file of materials from a chemistry class McBay took at Tuskegee Institute is also preserved here.

Exams, laboratory reports, and class assignments are the most common materials found in the Education Files. A manuscript of McBay's Ph.D. dissertation, his Ph.D. diploma, a photocopied notebook, and photocopied notes are preserved here as well.

Atlanta University - Qualitative Chemistry - Notebook, Chemistry Problems, and Notes, (Photocopies), 1934-1935.
Box 4 Folder 35
Tuskegee Institute - Chemistry 326 - Laboratory Reports, 1940.
Box 4 Folder 36
University of Chicago - Chemistry 221 - Quiz 3, 1942 March 11.
Box 4 Folder 37
University of Chicago - Chemistry 321 - Exams, 1942.
Box 4 Folder 38
University of Chicago - Chemistry 322 - Exams, 1943.
Box 4 Folder 39
University of Chicago - Chemistry 323 - Exams, 1943.
Box 4 Folder 40
University of Chicago - Chemistry 354 - Exam, circa 1942-1945.
Box 4 Folder 41
University of Chicago - Chemistry 361 - Exam, 1942 October 19.
Box 4 Folder 42
University of Chicago - "Experimental Report on Decomposition of Diacetyl Peroxide in Benzotrichloride, Benzotrifluoride, and Benzal Chloride", circa 1942-1945.
Box 4 Folder 43
University of Chicago - "Experimental Report on Decomposition of Diacetyl Peroxide in Some Several Ketones", circa 1945.
Box 4 Folder 44
University of Chicago - Ph.D. Diploma, 1945.
Box 4 Folder 45
University of Chicago - Ph.D. Preliminary Examinations, circa 1944-1945.
Box 4 Folder 46
University of Chicago - "Reactions of Atoms and Free Radicals in Solution; The Methyl Free Radical as A Tool for Organic Syntheses; The Relative Reactivities of Some Low Molecular Weight Aliphatic Free Radicals" - Ph.D. Dissertation Manuscript, 1945 June.
Box 4 Folder 47
University of Chicago - Unidentified Chemistry Assignments, circa 1942-1945.
Box 4 Folder 48

Series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this series contains Henry C. McBay's Personal Files. The files in this series contain materials of a personal nature that were collected by McBay. A large majority of materials in the Personal Files were created by or pertain to Henry C. McBay himself. A handful of files concerning Henry's wife Shirley Mathis McBay, which mainly document graduate level courses she took at Atlanta University, are also present in this series. A single file concerning the couple's son Michael McBay is also preserved here.

The contents of the Personal Files consist of a variety of materials. Manuscripts of Henry C. McBay's personal writings (handwritten, typed, and mimeographed) are the most common items found in this series. Other miscellaneous materials, including, but not limited to, notes, legal documents, class assignments, and a notebook are preserved here as well.

McBay, Henry C. - Beta Kappa Chi - Member Certificate, 1946.
Box 4 Folder 49
McBay, Henry C. - Biographical Information, 1978-1997, undated.
Box 4 Folder 50
McBay, Henry C. - Birth Certificate - Photostat Copy, 1959.
Box 4 Folder 51
McBay, Henry C. - Curricula Vitae, 1976-1993.
Box 4 Folder 52
McBay, Henry C. - Identification Cards, 1945.
Box 4 Folder 53
General Note

Contains 1 black and white image.

McBay, Henry C. - List of Publications By, circa 1977.
Box 4 Folder 54
McBay, Henry C. - Miscellaneous Notes, undated.
Box 4 Folder 55
McBay, Henry C. - Morehouse College Department of Chemistry Graduates - Notes, undated.
Box 4 Folder 56
McBay, Henry C. - Personal Writings - "A Blind Man Visits Morehouse College" - Mimeographed Handwritten Manuscript, 1971 May 14.
Box 4 Folder 57
McBay, Henry C. - Personal Writings - "A Portrait of and A Tribute to My Maternal Grand Aunt" - Handwritten Manuscript, 1973.
Box 4 Folder 58
McBay, Henry C. - Personal Writings - "Crime and Injustice" - Typed Manuscript and Handwritten Manuscript, undated.
Box 4 Folder 59
McBay, Henry C. - Personal Writings - "Plagued with Uncertainty" - Handwritten Manuscript, undated.
Box 4 Folder 60
McBay, Henry C. - Personal Writings - "Random Thoughts" - Typed Manuscript, undated.
Box 4 Folder 61
McBay, Henry C. - Personal Writings - "Shelf of Memories" - Handwritten Manuscript, 1948.
Box 4 Folder 62
McBay, Henry C. - Personal Writings - "The Baccalaureate Mantle (The Nature of the Beast)" - Mimeographed Manuscripts, undated.
Box 4 Folder 63
McBay, Henry C. - Personal Writings - "The Differential Equation" - Handwritten Notes, undated.
Box 4 Folder 64
McBay, Henry C. - Personal Writings - "The Man Peter" - Typed Manuscript, 1939.
Box 4 Folder 65
McBay, Henry C. - Personal Writings - "The Morehouse Man" - Photocopied Handwritten Manuscript, undated.
Box 4 Folder 66
McBay, Henry C. - Personal Writings - "Uncertainty" - Typed Manuscript, 1942.
Box 4 Folder 67
McBay, Henry C. - Personal Writings - Untitled - Re: Atoms - Typed and Handwritten Manuscript, 1944.
Box 4 Folder 68
McBay, Henry C. - Personal Writings - Untitled - Re: I Found A Girl - Handwritten Manuscript, 1945.
Box 4 Folder 69
McBay, Henry C. - Personal Writings - Untitled - Re: Nature and Status of Graduate Education in the Natural Sciences in the United States, 1980.
Box 4 Folder 70
McBay, Henry C. - Personal Writings - Untitled - Re: Never Despair - Photocopied Typed Manuscripts, undated.
Box 4 Folder 71
McBay, Henry C. - Personal Writings - "What Is Science?" - Mimeographed Manuscripts, undated.
Box 4 Folder 72
McBay, Henry C. - Unidentified Illustrations and Notes, undated.
Box 4 Folder 73
McBay, Henry C. and Shirley Mathis - Marriage Certificate, 1954.
Box 4 Folder 74
McBay, Michael - Talisman (Rock Band) - Press Release, 1981 September.
Box 4 Folder 75
McBay, Shirley Mathis - Atlanta University - French 155 - Exam, 1957 August 8.
Box 4 Folder 76
McBay, Shirley Mathis - Atlanta University - Introduction to Modern Algebra - Problems, 1957-1958.
Box 4 Folder 77
McBay, Shirley Mathis - Atlanta University - Physical Chemistry - Experiments, 1955.
Box 4 Folder 78
McBay, Shirley Mathis - Atlanta University - Quantitative Organic Analysis - First Semester 1955-1956 - Notebook, 1955-1956.
Box 4 Folder 79
McBay, Shirley Mathis - Georgia State Department of Education - Teaching Certificate, 1957.
Box 4 Folder 80

Series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this series contains printed materials collected by Henry C. McBay. The materials in this series pertain to a variety of topics. Printed materials regarding the funerals/memorial services of McBay's academic colleagues and friends and materials pertaining to Morehouse College make up the largest components of this series. Smaller, but noticeable, amounts of materials regarding Atlanta University, chemistry research of interest to McBay, and the American Chemical Society are also present in this series. Small amounts of materials regarding the University of Chicago, Henry C. McBay himself, and other miscellaneous subjects of interest to McBay are also preserved here.

The contents of the files in this series consist of a variety of materials. Programs are the most common items in the Printed Materials series. Smaller, but noticeable, amounts of periodicals, college/university bulletins, photocopied articles, and article reprints are also present here. Small amounts of other miscellaneous printed materials, including, but not limited to, dissertation reprints and brochures are preserved in this series as well.

Acetyl Peroxide - Articles About, 1948-1949.
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African American Chemistry Graduates - Articles Regarding Lack Of, 1972-1973.
Box 4 Folder 82
Alcorn State University - Fourth Annual Khem Klub Awards Banquet and Retirement Dinner for Professor Ratio G. Jones - Program (Photocopy), 1980.
Box 4 Folder 83
American Chemical Society - Georgia Section - Charles H. Herty Award Banquet - Program, 1976.
Box 4 Folder 84
American Chemical Society - Georgia Section - The Filter Press, 1975 November.
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American Chemical Society - Georgia Section - The Filter Press, 1976 October.
Box 4 Folder 86
American Chemical Society - James Flack Norris Award for Outstanding Teaching - Awards Program, 1965.
Box 4 Folder 87
American Chemical Society - Northeastern Section - Presentation of the Twenty-Seventh James Flack Norris Awards - Program, 1978.
Box 4 Folder 88
American Chemical Society - Northeastern Section - The Nucleus, 1965 August.
Box 4 Folder 89
American Chemical Society - Northeastern Section - The Nucleus, 1979 January.
Box 4 Folder 90
Atlanta University - Brochures, 1983.
Box 4 Folder 91
Atlanta University - Charter Day Convocation and Banquet - Programs, 1983.
Box 4 Folder 92
Atlanta University - Commencement Program (Photocopy), 1957.
Box 4 Folder 93
Atlanta University - Department of Chemistry - 7th Annual Kimuel A. Huggins Memorial Lecture - Program, 1979.
Box 4 Folder 94
Atlanta University - Department of Chemistry - 10th Annual Kimuel A. Huggins Memorial Lecture - Program, 1982.
Box 4 Folder 95
Atlanta University - Faculty & Staff Directory 1984-85, 1984.
Box 4 Folder 96
Atlanta University - The Atlanta University Bulletin, 1965 July.
Box 4 Folder 97
Atlanta University Center - Summer Commencement Convocation - Program, 1985.
Box 4 Folder 98
Beta Kappa Chi Scientific Society - National Institute of Science, Brookhaven Semester Program - Public Meeting - Program, 1984.
Box 4 Folder 99
Bharucha-Reid, Albert T. - Memorial Services Program, 1985.
Box 4 Folder 100
Boger, D.C. - Funeral Services Program (Photocopy), 1984.
Box 4 Folder 101
Brown, Herbert C., Herman Bartholomay, Jr., and Moddie D. Taylor. "Acid-Base Studies in Gaseous Systems. II. The Anomalous Base Strength of the Methylamines; A New Manifestation of Steric Strain." Journal of the American Chemical Society 66 (March 1944): 435-442. - Reprint Signed by Moddie D. Taylor, 1944.
Box 4 Folder 102
Clark College - A Reception to Honor Exceptional Black Scientist Dr. Reatha Clark King - Program, 1985.
Box 4 Folder 103
Daly, Marie Maynard. "A Study of the Products Formed by the Action of Pancreatic Amylase on Corn Starch." Ph.D. diss., Columbia University, 1947. - Reprint of Ph.D. Dissertation Signed by Marie Maynard Daly, 1947.
Box 4 Folder 104
Ebanks, Gerardo M. - Funeral Service Program, 1992.
Box 4 Folder 105
Frederick Douglass High School (Atlanta, Georgia) - Commencement Program, 1979.
Box 4 Folder 106
Friedlander, Herbert Norman. "Reactions of Atoms and Free Radicals in Solution. I. Reactions of Lead Tetraacetate. II. Retention of Optical Activity by Free Radicals." Ph.D. diss., University of Chicago, 1947. - Reprint of Ph.D. Dissertation, 1947.
Box 4 Folder 107
Gloster, Beulah Harold - Funeral Service Program (Photocopy), 1985.
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Henry, Jeanne P. - Memorial Service Program, 1980.
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Jackson, Henry - Funeral Services Programs, 1992.
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Jackson, Marque Leslie - Funeral Services Program, 1984.
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Jackson, Roswell F., Sr. - Funeral Program, 1992.
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Jensen, Elwood V. "Reactions of Free Radicals in Solution, A Synthesis of Succinic and Tricarballyic Acid Derivatives." Ph.D. diss., University of Chicago, 1944. - Reprint of Ph.D. Dissertation Signed by Elwood V. Jensen, 1944.
Box 4 Folder 113
Jones, Edward Allen - Funeral Services Program, 1981.
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Mays, Benjamin E. - Memorial Service Program (Photocopy), 1984.
Box 4 Folder 115
McAfee, Walter S. - Funeral Service Program and Obituary, 1995.
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McBay, Henry C. - Articles About, 1944-1995, undated.
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McBay, Henry C. - Articles By, 1945-1985.
Box 5 Folder 2
McBay, Henry C. - Former Students - Articles About, undated.
Box 5 Folder 3
McBay, Will Cecil - Funeral Service Program, 1958.
Box 5 Folder 4
McLeod, John Irving - Memorial Service Program, 1990.
Box 5 Folder 5
Morehouse College - A Distinguished Lecture and Dialogue with Henry C. McBay - Flyer, 1994.
Box 5 Folder 6
Morehouse College - A Salute to Dr. Robert H. Brisbane, Jr. - Program (Photocopy), 1984.
Box 5 Folder 7
Morehouse College - Articles About, 1962-1998.
Box 5 Folder 8
Morehouse College - Commencement Program, 1971.
Box 5 Folder 9
Morehouse College - Commencement Program, 1973.
Box 5 Folder 10
Morehouse College - Commencement Program, 1974.
Box 5 Folder 11
Morehouse College - Commencement Program, 1975.
Box 5 Folder 12
Morehouse College - Commencement Program, 1976.
Box 5 Folder 13
Morehouse College - Commencement Program, 1979.
Box 5 Folder 14
Morehouse College - Commencement Program, 1981.
Box 5 Folder 15
Morehouse College - Department of Chemistry - Bulletin, 1980.
Box 5 Folder 16
Morehouse College - Morehouse College Bulletin, Winter 1972, 1972.
Box 5 Folder 17
Morehouse College - Morehouse College Catalog 1973-74, 1973.
Box 5 Folder 18
Morehouse College - Morehouse College's Transition into It's Second Century, So Much with So Little and So Few, 1965.
Box 5 Folder 19
Morehouse College - Phi Beta Kappa - Delta of Georgia - Induction and Dinner Program, 1981.
Box 5 Folder 20
Morehouse College - Phi Beta Kappa - Delta of Georgia - Induction and Dinner Program, 1985.
Box 5 Folder 21
Morehouse College - Phi Beta Kappa - Delta of Georgia - Induction and Dinner Program, 1986.
Box 5 Folder 22
Morehouse College - Phi Beta Kappa - Delta of Georgia - Member Roster, 1983.
Box 5 Folder 23
Morehouse College - Sciences Bulletin (Photocopy), undated.
Box 5 Folder 24
Morehouse College - The Henry Cecil McBay Chair in Space Sciences Presents: Earth Science Evolution, Engaging Our Society in Earth Literacy - Program, 1997.
Box 5 Folder 25
Morehouse College - The Quest for Quality (Second-Century Development Campaign Bulletin), 1974.
Box 5 Folder 26
Morehouse College - Where They Are, The Class of 1979, 1979.
Box 5 Folder 27
Morris, Kelso B. - Memorial Service Program and Obituary (Photocopies), 1982.
Box 5 Folder 28
National Research Council - "Applications of the Mathematical Sciences to Materials Science" - Paper, undated.
Box 5 Folder 29
Neal, Xenophon Lamar - Funeral Program (Photocopy), 1991.
Box 5 Folder 30
Nix, William Morris - Funeral Services Program, 1986.
Box 5 Folder 31
Rice, Francis Owen. "Chemistry of Jupiter," Scientific American (June 1956). - Reprint Signed By Francis Owen Rice, 1956.
Box 5 Folder 32
Smith, Barnett Frissell, Sr. - Funeral Service Program, 1983.
Box 5 Folder 33
Solomon, James D., Stanley W. Hier, and Olaf Bergheim. "Free Amino Acids in Cerebrospinal Fluid," Journal of Biological Chemistry 171, no. 2 (December 1947): 695-700. - Reprint Signed By James D. Solomon, 1947.
Box 5 Folder 34
"The Personal Touch" - Articles, 1939, undated.
Box 5 Folder 35
University of Chicago - Annual Alumni Giving 1973, The University of Chicago, 1973.
Box 5 Folder 36
University of Chicago - Two-Hundred Twenty-First Convocation - Program, 1945.
Box 5 Folder 37
University of Chicago - The University of Chicago Magazine, Winter 1976, 1976.
Box 5 Folder 38
University of Chicago - University of Chicago Magazine, Autumn 1979, 1979.
Box 5 Folder 39
University of Michigan - Program in Scholarly Research for Urban/Minority High School Students, Symposium March 22, 1985 - Brochure and Program, 1985.
Box 5 Folder 40
Westminster Riding Club - Brochure, 1966.
Box 5 Folder 41
Westminster Schools - Academic Program, undated.
Box 5 Folder 42
Whalum, Wendell Phillips, Sr. - Funeral Service Program, 1987.
Box 5 Folder 43
Wiley College - Faculty Handbook, 1960.
Box 5 Folder 44

Series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this series contains Henry C. McBay's Miscellaneous Files. This series consists of materials that do not readily fit in the other series of this collection. The files in this series concern science topics of interest to McBay, a few of McBay's former students at Morehouse College, a few of McBay's fellow graduate students at the University of Chicago, and handful of other miscellaneous subjects.

The contents of the Miscellaneous Files consist of a variety of materials. Dissertation manuscripts are the most common items. Small amounts of other miscellaneous materials, including, but not limited to, handouts, photocopied articles, photocopied images, a hand drawn chemistry family tree, and a sketch of an unidentified chemistry experiment are preserved here as well.

"A Lesson in French from Eartha Kitt, C'est Si Bon" - Lyrics (Photocopies), 1953.
Box 5 Folder 45
Abrahams, Paul Anthony - "The Study of Polymethylsilylethyleneddiamine and Polydimethylethylenediamine as Potential Ceramic Precursors" - Thesis Abstract (Photocopy), 1988.
Box 5 Folder 46
Chemistry Family Tree - African American Chemists from Several Universities, undated.
Box 5 Folder 47
Conference on Reactive Intermediates, University of Vermont - Handouts, 1965.
Box 5 Folder 48
Gladstone, Matthew Theodore. "Reactions of Atoms and Free Radicals in Solution, A Synthesis of Succinic Acid and Its Substituted Derivatives and Reaction of Methyl Radicals with Nitroalkanes," Ph.D. diss., University of Chicago, 1948. - Manuscript of Ph.D. Dissertation, 1948.
Box 5 Folder 49
Groves, Paul T. - Resume, 1980.
Box 5 Folder 50
Hill, William D. "A Treatment of the Stereochemical Plausibilities Associated with SNI and SN2 Displacements as a Function of Coordination Number: Coordination Number Seven," M.S. diss., North Carolina College at Durham, 1961 - Manuscript of M.S. Dissertation (Photocopy), 1976.
Box 5 Folder 51
"Little Science," Science Monthly (September 1936): 29. - Typed Manuscript, undated.
Box 5 Folder 52
Milligan, Dolphus E. - Biographical Information, undated.
Box 5 Folder 53
Renwick, Fred B. "Security Prices: A Simulation of Stochastic Variables," Ph.D. diss., New York University, 1966 - Manuscript of Ph.D. Dissertation (Photocopy), 1966.
Box 5 Folder 54
Rowe, James L. "Doctors Dissertation," Ph.D. diss., University of Chicago, 1946 - Manuscript of Ph.D. Dissertation, 1946.
Box 5 Folder 55
Sheppard, N. - Structural Groups - Handouts, undated.
Box 5 Folder 56
Smith, Victor Critchett. "Reactions of Free Radicals in Solution, Reactions of the Free Methyl Radical with Nitriles," M.S. diss., University of Chicago, September 1945 - Manuscript of M.S. Dissertation Signed by Victor Critchett Smith, 1945.
Box 5 Folder 57
Styles, Alan Ramm. "Reactions of Free Radicals in Solution in the Preparation of Beta Diphenyladipic Acid," Ph.D. diss., University of Chicago, June 1946 - Manuscript of Ph.D. Dissertation, 1946.
Box 5 Folder 58
"The Universe" and "Greek Alphabet" - Reference Sheet, 1992.
Box 5 Folder 59
Unidentified Sketch of Chemistry Experiment, undated.
Box 5 Folder 60
U.S. Department of Labor - Chief Research Chemist - Job Description, 1946 August 26.
Box 5 Folder 61

Series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this series contains a handful of photographs collected by Henry C. McBay, including images of McBay himself and unidentified persons. The contents of this series consist of black and white and color photographs.

American Chemical Society - Northeastern Section - Henry C. McBay Receiving the James Norris Flack Award for Outstanding Teaching, 1978.
Box 5 Folder 62
General Note

Contains 4 black and white images.

Henry C. McBay and Unidentified Persons, undated.
Box 5 Folder 63
General Note

Contains 3 color images.

Henry C. McBay - Portrait, 1951.
Box 5 Folder 64
General Note

Contains 2 black and white images.

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