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Records of the American Chemical Society National Headquarters

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Call Number:
02
Repository:
Science History Institute Archives
Extent:
5.3 linear feet (12 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number Records of the American Chemical Society National Headquarters, 1890-1997, Science History Institute Archives, Philadelphia, PA.
Date:
1890-1997 (inclusive) and 1940-1978 (bulk)
Creator:
American Chemical Society
Form:
Archival materials
Abstract:
This is a collection of printed materials including reports, meeting programs, books of meeting abstracts, special publications, and directories that were produced by the National Headquarters of the American Chemical Society (ACS) for dissemination to society members.

The American Chemical Society (ACS) was founded at New York University in 1876. ACS focuses on publishing journals, updating databases, educating people about the world of chemistry, and awards grants to help research efforts. ACS holds a national meeting twice a year where they allow networking opportunities and conduct workshops and lectures to help educate the ACS members about various topics. With an estimated membership of over 151,000, ACS has produced more than 46 million abstracts summarizing over 60 percent of the articles that have been published through ACS journals.

Sources

Records of the American Chemical Society National Headquarters, Science History Institute Archives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

"ACS Fast Facts." American Chemical Society. Accessed February 18, 2022. https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/about/aboutacs.html.

The Records of the American Chemical Society National Headquarters contains the documents produced by the organization.

  1. Annual Reports, 1946-1978
  2. Meeting Programs, 1911-1966, 1990
  3. Meeting Abstracts, 1937-1953, 1969, 1972, 1997
  4. Reprints, Publications & Directories, 1890-1966

The Records of the American Chemical Society National Headquarters were donated to the Science History Institute (formerly the Chemical Heritage Foundation) by the Chemists' Club in 1986.

The Records of the American Chemical Society National Headquarters were processed by Andrew Mangravite on July 21, 2016. The finding aid was encoded into EAD by Patrick Burden.

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

Subject

Publisher
Science History Institute Archives
Finding Aid Author
The Records of the American Chemical Society National Headquarters were processed by Andrew Mangravite on July 21, 2016. The finding aid was encoded into EAD by Patrick Burden.
Finding Aid Date
2016
Access Restrictions

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

Use Restrictions

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

Collection Inventory

Series Description

This series contains annual reports that provide an overview of the American Chemical Society's goals and activities each year. The initial reports were brief enough to be carried in the pages of Chemical & Engineering News. Over time they grew and specificity so that both "Long" and "Short" versions were issued.

Official Reports '46 to '60, 1940-1960.
Box 1 Folder 1
Annual Reports (Long), 1960-1962.
Box 1 Folder 2
Annual Reports (Short), 1960-1969.
Box 1 Folder 3
Annual Reports (Short), 1961-1965.
Box 1 Folder 4
Annual Reports (Long), 1968-1969.
Box 2 Folder 1
Annual Report, 1969.
Box 2 Folder 2
Annual Report, 1970.
Box 2 Folder 3
Annual Report (Short), 1970.
Box 2 Folder 4
Annual Report (Short), 1971.
Box 2 Folder 5
Annual Report (Short), 1972.
Box 2 Folder 6
Annual Report (Short), 1973.
Box 2 Folder 7
Annual Report (Short), 1974.
Box 2 Folder 8
Annual Report (Short), 1975.
Box 2 Folder 9
Annual Report (Short), 1976.
Box 2 Folder 10
Annual Report (Short), 1977.
Box 2 Folder 11
Annual Report (Short), 1978.
Box 2 Folder 12

Series Description

This series contains programs that offer overviews of the business matters considered and the scientific topics discussed at various meetings. Like the Annual Reports, they grew in complexity over time. This is an incomplete run of the programs and tends to concentrate on the years 1920-1960.

Meetings - June 28, 1911-Fall 1921, 1911-1921.
Box 3 Folder 1
Meetings - Spring 1922-Fall 1929, 1922-1929.
Box 3 Folder 2
Meetings - Spring 1930-Fall 1935, 1930-1935.
Box 3 Folder 3
Spring 1936-Spring 1940, 1936-1940.
Box 3 Folder 4
Fall 1940-Fall 1942, 1940-1942.
Box 3 Folder 5
Spring and Fall Meetings, 1946-1947.
Box 4 Folder 1
Spring and Fall Meetings, 1948-1949.
Box 4 Folder 2
Spring and Fall Meetings, 1950-1951.
Box 4 Folder 3
Spring and Fall Meetings, 1952-1953.
Box 4 Folder 4
Spring and Fall Meetings, 1954-1955.
Box 4 Folder 5
Spring and Fall Meetings, 1956 / Spring Meeting, 1957, 1956-1957.
Box 4 Folder 6
Spring and Fall Meetings, 1958-1959.
Box 5 Folder 1
Spring and Fall Meetings, 1960-1961.
Box 5 Folder 2
Spring and Fall Meetings, 1962 / Fall Meeting, 1963 / Spring Meeting, 1962-1963.
Box 5 Folder 3
Spring Meeting, 1990.
Box 5 Folder 4

Series Description

This series contains meeting abstract books which reveal the "hard science" that these meetings address. Many of these items are labeled "Not for publication." Of special interest is the run of abstracts and books generated specifically by the Division of Petroleum Chemistry.

  1. ACS Abstracts
  2. Petroleum Division Abstracts
Sub-Series Description

Arranged chronologically by date, this sub-series consists of summaries from various American Chemical Society regional and annual meetings.

Abstracts of Rochester Meeting, American Chemical Society (ACS), 1937 September 6-10.
Box 6 Folder 1
Abstracts, Atlantic City Meeting, ACS, 1941 September.
Box 6 Folder 2
Abstracts, New York Meeting, ACS, 1944 September .
Box 6 Folder 3
Abstracts, Atlantic City Meeting, ACS, 1946 April .
Box 6 Folder 4
Abstracts, 117th Meeting, ACS, 1950 March-April.
Box 6 Folder 5
Abstracts, 118th Meeting, ACS, 1950 September 3-8.
Box 7 Folder 1
Abstracts, 119th Meeting, ACS, 1951 April 1-12.
Box 7 Folder 2
Abstracts, 120th Meeting, ACS, 1951 September 3-7.
Box 7 Folder 3
Abstracts, 122nd Meeting, ACS, 1952 September 14-19.
Box 7 Folder 4
4th Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting, 1969 February 12-15.
Box 8 Folder 1
7th Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting, 1972 February 14-17.
Box 8 Folder 2
214th ACS National Meeting (Part 1), 1997 September 7-11.
Box 8 Folder 3
214th ACS National Meeting (Part 2), 1997 September 7-11.
Box 8 Folder 4
General Note

Arranged chronologically by date, this sub-series consists of summaries from various Petroleum Division meetings.

Baltimore (Part 1), 1939 April 3-7.
Box 9 Folder 1
Cincinnati, 1940 April 8-12.
Box 9 Folder 2
Symposium on Fundamental Chemical Thermodynamics of Hydrocarbons and Their Derivatives, Cincinnati Meeting, 1940 April 8-12.
Box 9 Folder 3
Symposium on the Contribution of Petroleum Chemistry to the Automotive Industry, Detroit Meeting, 1940 September 9-13.
Box 9 Folder 4
St. Louis, 1941 April 7-11.
Box 9 Folder 5
Symposium on Analytical Methods Used in the Petroleum Industry, 1941 April 7-11.
Box 9 Folder 6
Buffalo, 1942 September 7-11.
Box 9 Folder 7
Pittsburgh, 1943 September 6-10.
Box 9 Folder 8
Cleveland, 1944 April 3-7.
Box 9 Folder 9
Symposium on Catalysis in the Petroleum Industry, New York City Meeting , 1944 September 11-15.
Box 9 Folder 10
Atlantic City, 1947 April 14-18.
Box 10 Folder 1
New York City, 1947 September 15-19.
Box 10 Folder 2
Chicago, 1948 April 19-23.
Box 10 Folder 3
San Francisco, 1949 March 27-April 1.
Box 10 Folder 4
Atlantic City, 1949 September 18-23.
Box 10 Frame 5
Chicago, 1950 September 3-8.
Box 10 Folder 6
Cleveland, 1951 April 9-12.
Box 10 Folder 7

Series Description

This series contains folders of reprints of articles authored or co-authored by eminent chemists of the day, publications produced by ACS to mark special events, such as regional anniversaries or special conferences, and some directories listing ACS officers from the national to the regional levels.

  1. Reprints
  2. Publications and Directories
Sub-Series Description

Arranged alphabetically by author or publication, this sub-series consists of reprints of various articles that were published to commemorate special events.

Abrahams, Harold J, 29 reprints on assorted topics, 1930-1964.
Box 11 Folder 1
Bridgman, P.W, 14 reprints on assorted topics, 1928-1948.
Box 11 Folder 2
Deischer, Claude K., "Eloge - Eva Vivian Armstrong, 1877-1962: Historian and Friend of Historians, 1962.
Box 11 Folder 3
Smith, Melvin M. et al, "The Life and Work of Charles James: 1880-1928" , 1932.
Box 11 Folder 4
Wilson, E.B., 17 reprints on statistics and statistical data, 1923-1930 .
Box 11 Folder 5
Reprints from American Chemical Journal, 3 reprints, 1890-1895.
Box 11 Folder 6
Reprints from American Journal of Science, 8 reprints on assorted topics , 1890-1927 .
Box 11 Folder 7
Reprints from Journal of Physical Chemistry, 8 reprints on assorted topics , 1926-1940.
Box 11 Folder 8
Reprints from Transactions of the American Electrochemical Society, 7 reprints on assorted topics, 1927-1933.
Box 11 Folder 9
Sub-Series Description

Arranged chronologically by date, this sub-series consists of publications produced by ACS as well as directories for its various members.

The Indicator, Vol. XVI, No. 4 (Special Issue 89th Meeting American Chemical Society New York 1635-1935.), 1935 April.
Box 12 Folder 1
C.A. Browne, Haynes, W. & Bass, L.W., "Our Chemical Heritage" (Published by ACS for its 89th Meeting, including "An American Chemical Chronology" by Haynes & Bass.), 1935.
Box 12 Folder 2
American Chemical Society Fall Meeting, September 6-10, 1937 (For Rochester Section 25th Anniversary celebration.), 1937.
Box 12 Folder 3
The Filter Press, Volume IX, Number 6 (50th Anniversary of the Georgia "C" Section), 1954 June .
Box 12 Folder 4
Western New York Section American Chemical Society Fifty Year History and the History of its Predecessors, 1955.
Box 12 Folder 5
Eastern New York Section Fiftieth Anniversary 1908-1958, 1958.
Box 12 Folder 6
American Chemical Society President's Dinner, August 31, 1964, Chicago, Illinois, 1964.
Box 12 Folder 7
Directory of the Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society (including Constitution and By-Laws), 1947.
Box 12 Folder 8
Directory of Members - Philadelphia Section, American Chemical Society, 1963.
Box 12 Folder 9
American Chemical Society - 1993 National Officers, Directors, Councilors, Committees, Division Officers, Local Section Officers, 1993.
Box 12 Folder 10
American Chemical Society - 1994 National Officers, Directors, Councilors, Committees, Division Officers, Local Section Officers, 1994.
Box 12 Folder 11
American Chemical Society - 1995 National Officers, Directors, Councilors, Committees, Division Officers, Local Section Officers, 1995.
Box 12 Folder 12
American Chemical Society - 1996 National Officers, Directors, Councilors, Committees, Division Officers, Local Section Officers, 1996.
Box 12 Folder 13

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