Call Number:

01

Repository:

Science History Institute Archives

Extent:

69 linear feet (200 boxes)

Preferred Citation:

William J. Bailey Papers, Science History Institute Archives Philadelphia, Pennsylvania..

Date:

1943-1989 (inclusive)

Creator:

Bailey, William, 1921-

Form:

Archival materials

Abstract:

This is a collection of papers, correspondence and notebooks detailing William J. Bailey's career in Chemistry. Photographs have been removed from the collection.

William John Bailey was born on August 11, 1921 in East Grand Forks, Minnesota. He completed his undergraduate work at University of Minnesota then did graduate work at University of Illinois, Urbana, where he was a pupil of Carl "Speed" Marvel, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he studied under Arthur C. Cope. Among his important discoveries was the first synthesis of an all trans-diene polymer. He was also active in the American Chemical Society. Bailey died in December of 1989.

For a more detailed inventory, please view this record in our library catalog: https://othmerlib.sciencehistory.org/record=b1046516~S6

The Bailey Papers are relatively complete and provide a comprehensive overview of the man's career. They include laboratory notebooks contracts and patents.