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Herbert T. Pratt Papers

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Call Number:
030
Repository:
Science History Institute Archives
Extent:
9.0 linear feet (5 record boxes, 1 hollinger box, 2 half hollinger boxes, and 1 oversized box. )
Preferred Citation:
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Herbert T. Pratt Papers, 1793-2013, Science History Institute Archives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Date:
1793-2013 (inclusive) and 1945-2000 (bulk)
Creator:
Pratt, Herbert T.
Form:
Archival materials, Notebooks, Photographs, Printed ephemera, and Sample books
Abstract:
Research files, printed materials, manuals, sample cards and sample books, notebooks, and signed items of Herbert T. Pratt, an American chemical engineer, chemistry historian, and collector of rare chemistry books, chemistry memorabilia, and textiles memorabilia.

Herbert T. Pratt (1926-2014) was an American chemical engineer, chemistry historian, and a collector of rare chemistry books, chemistry memorabilia, and textiles memorabilia. A native of Eden, North Carolina, Pratt earned his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Tri-State College (now called Trine University) in 1945. Upon graduation, he accepted a position as a development engineer with King-Seeley Corporation in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 1946, he went to work for Fieldcrest Mills in Eden, North Carolina, where he served as Textile Chemist (1946-1948) and Head of Analytical and Applied Chemistry (1948-1952).

In 1952, Pratt joined Du Pont Company's (E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company) Textile Fibers Department in Wilmington, Delaware, where he went on to enjoy a distinguished career. At Du Pont, he became a noted expert on textile chemistry, which included the areas of physical and chemical properties of fibers, textile dyeing and finishing, and quality management systems. Over the course of his career at Du Pont, Pratt rose through the Textile Fibers Department's ranks, serving as Customer Service Representative (1952-1963), Research Engineer (1963-1966), Technical Representative (1966-1972), Technical Specialist (1972-1976), Senior Technical Specialist (1976-1980) and Technical Marketing Associate (1980-1985). From 1975 to 1985, he also served as Du Pont's contact for law enforcement agencies seeking assistance in the use of textile fibers as legal evidence in criminal cases. Pratt retired from Du Pont in 1985.

While still working at Du Pont, Pratt embarked on a second career as a historian of chemistry, with a strong interest in textile chemistry. After retiring from Du Pont, he earned his M.A. in History from Goddard College (1987) and took up this avocation on a full-time basis. Pratt contributed a number of biographies to the 1976 and 1994 editions of American Chemists and Chemical Engineers. He was an active member of several historical organizations, including the National Foundation for History of Chemistry, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the Chemical Heritage Foundation (now called the Science History Institute). He was involved in several historic preservation projects, including the preservation of Viscose Village in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania.

In addition to his activities as a historian, Pratt was an avid collector of rare chemistry books. He eventually amassed a rare books collection of over 4000 volumes, many of which are now preserved at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was also the founder of the Science History Institute's Bolton Society, an organization for chemical bibliophiles. Pratt was also a collector of historic chemistry and textiles memorabilia, which included, but was not limited to, printed materials, notebooks, and signed items. Some of the memorabilia items he collected are also preserved at the Science History Institute (including the items in this archives collection).

Herbert T. Pratt authored numerous research papers on a variety of technical subjects, including textile chemistry and the history of chemistry. He was also an active member of several professional organizations, including the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists and the American Chemical Society. Pratt was also the recipient of several awards, including the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists' Olney Medal (1993) and Harold C. Chapin Award (1997).

Herbert T. Pratt passed away on January 23, 2014.

Sources

"Herbert T. Pratt." Chemical & Engineering News, April 21, 2014 - Herbert T. Pratt (acs.org)

Herbert T. Pratt Papers, Science History Institute Archives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

"Herbert T. Pratt to Receive The Olney Medal" - OlneyPratt.pdf (aatcc.org)

"Herbert Thomas Pratt, 1926-2014" - Herbert Pratt Obituary (1926 - 2014) - Newark, DE - The News Journal (legacy.com)

The Herbert T. Pratt Papers contain the research files and memorabilia of American chemical engineer, chemistry historian, and collector of rare chemistry books and chemistry memorabilia Herbert T. Pratt. The collection is arranged into the following eleven series:

  1. Research Files
  2. Printed Materials
  3. Manuals
  4. Papers
  5. Sample Cards and Sample Books
  6. Notebooks
  7. Miscellaneous Materials
  8. Signed Items
  9. Artifacts
  10. Oversized
  11. Images

The Herbert T. Pratt Papers were donated to the Science History Institute (formerly the Chemical Heritage Foundation) by Mary S. Pratt in August 2014.

The Herbert T. Pratt Papers were processed by Kenton G. Jaehnig in August 2021.

There is one other known archival collection created by Herbert T. Pratt preserved at Rockingham Community College's Rockingham County Historical Collections in Wentworth, North Carolina.

Organization
Subject
Occupation

Publisher
Science History Institute Archives
Finding Aid Author
Finding aid created and encoded into EAD by Kenton G. Jaehnig.
Finding Aid Date
2021
Access Restrictions

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

Use Restrictions

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

Collection Inventory

Series Description

This series contains research files created and maintained by Herbert T. Pratt during his career as a chemistry historian. The contents of the Research Files are arranged into the following five sub-series:

  1. Biographies - American Chemists and Chemical Engineers - 1976 Edition
  2. Biographies - American Chemists and Chemical Engineers - 1994 Edition
  3. Textile Mill Scale Up of Nylon Hosiery Files
  4. Viscose Village Files
  5. Miscellaneous Research Files
Sub-series Description

American Chemists and Chemical Engineers is an encyclopedia published by the American Chemical Society. It contains biographical entries for numerous American chemists and chemical engineers, which list their contributions to chemistry, chemical engineering, chemical technology, and chemical education. Herbert T. Pratt authored several entries published in this encyclopedia

Arranged in alphabetical order by subject, this sub-series contains research files created and maintained by Herbert T. Pratt for biographical entries he authored for the 1976 edition of American Chemists and Chemical Engineers. These files document the historical research conducted by Pratt for the writing of these biographies.

The contents of the files in this sub-series consist of a variety of materials. Manuscripts of Pratt's American Chemists and Chemical Engineers entries (mostly photocopies), notes taken by Pratt, and photocopied newspaper, journal, and magazine articles are the most common items found in this sub-series. Small amounts of other miscellaneous materials, including, but not limited to, correspondence, photocopies of published versions of Pratt's American Chemists and Chemical Engineers entries, photographs, and negatives are found here as well.

Chambers, Arthur D., 1973, undated.
Box 1 Folder 1
General Note

Contains 1 black and white image.

Church, William Hale, 1962-1973, undated.
Box 1 Folder 2
General Note

Contains 1 black and white image.

Clemson, Thomas Green, undated.
Box 1 Folder 3
Cushing, Jonathan P., 1955-2003, undated.
Box 1 Folder 4
De Chalmot, Guillaume Louis Jacques, 1972-1999, undated.
Box 1 Folder 5
General Note

Contains 17 black and white images, 10 color images, and 6 16 mm black and white negative strips.

Eaton, Amos, 1995, undated.
Box 1 Folder 6
Eliot, Charles William, 1972, undated.
Box 1 Folder 7
Lea, Matthew Carey, 1973, 1976, undated.
Box 1 Folder 8
Loeb, Morris, undated.
Box 1 Folder 9
Rose, Robert Eustafieff, 1973.
Box 1 Folder 10
Stine, Charles, M.A., 1924-2007, undated.
Box 1 Folder 11
General Note

Contains 1 black and white image.

Willson, Thomas Leopold, 1972, 1976.
Box 1 Folder 12
Zeisberg, Frederick Clemens, 1973, 2000, undated.
Box 1 Folder 13
Sub-series Description

Arranged in alphabetical order by subject, this sub-series contains research files created and maintained by Herbert T. Pratt for biographical entries he authored for the 1994 edition of American Chemists and Chemical Engineers. These files document the historical research conducted by Pratt for the writing of these biographies.

The contents of the files in this sub-series consist of a variety of materials. Notes, manuscripts of Pratt's American Chemists and Chemical Engineers entries (mostly original), photocopies of published versions of Pratt's American Chemists and Chemical Engineers entries, and photocopied newspaper, journal, and magazine articles are the most common items found in this sub-series. Smaller, but noticeable, amounts of photocopied book pages, photocopies of historic documents preserved at other archival institutions, and correspondence are also present in these files. Small amounts of other miscellaneous materials, including, but not limited to, miscellaneous printed materials and photographs are preserved here as well.

Armstrong, George Dod, 1990, 1994, undated.
Box 1 Folder 14
Blair, Andrew A., 1989-1994, undated.
Box 1 Folder 15
Brannt, William T., 1975-2007, undated.
Box 1 Folder 16
General Note

Contains 4 color images.

Buck, Charles Elton, 1990, 1994, undated.
Box 1 Folder 17
Dannerth, Frederic, 1989-1996, undated.
Box 1 Folder 18
General Note

Contains 2 black and white images and 1 black and white negative.

Ellis, Asa, Jr., 1986-1994, undated.
Box 1 Folder 19
Garrett, Thomas, 1989-1994, undated.
Box 1 Folder 20
General, 1989-1990, undated.
Box 1 Folder 21
Hill, Walter Nickerson, 1990-1995, undated.
Box 1 Folder 22
Jackson, Oscar Roland, 1990-1994, undated.
Box 1 Folder 23
LaMotte, Frank L., undated.
Box 1 Folder 24
Lubs, Herbert August, 1989-1994, undated.
Box 1 Folder 25
Matthews, Joseph Merritt, 1990, 1994, undated.
Box 1 Folder 26
Merz, August, 1990, 1994, undated.
Box 1 Folder 27
Mott, Henry A., Jr., 1897-1990, undated.
Box 1 Folder 28
General Note

Contains 3 black and white images.

Muckle, Alexander, 1989-1994, undated.
Box 1 Folder 29
Olds, Gamaliel Smith, 1977-1994, undated.
Box 1 Folder 30
Peirce, John, 1990, 1994.
Box 1 Folder 31
Porter, John Addison, 1989-1994, undated.
Box 1 Folder 32
Warren, Cyrus Moors, 1990-1994, undated.
Box 1 Folder 33
Williams, Rufus Phillips, 1988-2001, undated.
Box 1 Folder 34
Wolf, Thomas Rudolph, 1988-1995, undated.
Box 1 Folder 35
Sub-series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this sub-series contains research files created and maintained by Herbert T. Pratt for his paper "Textile Mill Scale Up of Nylon Hosiery: 1937-1938". Pratt presented this paper at the History of Synthetic Fibers Symposium, which was held in Atlanta, Georgia in April 1991. These files document the historical research conducted by Pratt for the writing of this paper.

Pratt's conference correspondence, original Du Pont documents (reports, notes, and memoranda), photocopied Du Pont documents (correspondence, memoranda, notes, and reports) and a photocopied manuscript of "Textile Mill Scale Up of Nylon Hosiery: 1937-1938" are found in these files. Pratt's paper proposal, his research notes, and photocopied book pages are preserved here as well.

"Textile Mill Scale-Up of Nylon Hosiery: 1937-1938" - Correspondence, 1989-1999.
Box 1 Folder 36
"Textile Mill Scale-Up of Nylon Hosiery: 1937-1938" - Early History of Nylon - Du Pont Reports, 1937-1999.
Box 1 Folder 37
"Textile Mill Scale-Up of Nylon Hosiery: 1937-1938" - G.P. Hoff - Photocopied Correspondence, Memoranda, and Notes from E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company Records, undated.
Box 1 Folder 38
"Textile Mill Scale-Up of Nylon Hosiery: 1937-1938" - Notes, 1990-1998.
Box 1 Folder 39
"Textile Mill Scale-Up of Nylon Hosiery: 1937-1938" - Paper Manuscript, 1991.
Box 1 Folder 40
Sub-series Description

Viscose Village is a planned industrial community built by American Viscose Company in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania. Built in 1912-1915, it housed workers at American Viscose's rayon mill in Marcus Hook, which was the first artificial fiber manufacturing plant in North America. The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission declared the former American Viscose works in Marcus Hook, including Viscose Village, a state historic landmark in 2002. Herbert T. Pratt was involved in efforts to preserve Viscose Village and have it designated a National Historic Chemical Landmark by the American Chemical Society.

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this sub-series contains research files regarding Viscose Village that were created and maintained by Herbert T. Pratt. These files contain historical information regarding Viscose Village and limited documentation of efforts to preserve the site and have it designated a National Historic Chemical Landmark. They also provide limited documentation of historical research regarding Viscose Village conducted by Pratt.

The contents of the Viscose Village Files consist of a variety of materials. Correspondence, Pratt's research notes, photographs, negative strips, photocopied book pages and articles, and web page printouts are found in this sub-series. A copy of the Marcus Hook Borough document Viscose Village, Historic Resource Assessment & Preservation Plan and an excerpt from Christine Tate's Ph.D. dissertation Viscose Village: Model Industrial Worker's Housing in Marcus Hook, Delaware County, Pennsylvania are preserved in these files as well.

American Viscose Company - National Historic Chemical Landmark, 1998-2009.
Box 1 Folder 41
General Note

Contains 8 color images, 7 16 mm color negative strips, 3 pages of color photocopied images, and 2 pages of black and white photocopied images.

Delaware County Planning Department - Viscose Village, Historic Resource Assessment & Preservation Plan, 1992.
Box 1 Folder 42
Marcus Hook and Rayon Information, 1988-2009, undated.
Box 1 Folder 43
Overlook Colony, Claymont, Delaware, General Chemical Company, 1997-2010, undated.
Box 1 Folder 44
Tate, Christine - Viscose Village: Model Industrial Workers' Housing in Marcus Hook, Delaware County, Pennsylvania - excerpts from Ph.D. dissertation, 2002, 2009.
Box 1 Folder 45
Sub-series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this sub-series contains miscellaneous research files created and maintained by Herbert T. Pratt. These files concern a handful of topics that were of interest of Pratt. The contents of the Miscellaneous Research Files consist of a variety of materials, including, but not limited to, correspondence, research notes, journal, magazine, and newspaper articles (originals and photocopies), paper manuscripts, libraries and holdings lists, a compilation of photocopied reprints, and photographs.

"Commercial Fertilizers: From Blessing to Bane" - Handwritten Manuscript, undated.
Box 1 Folder 46
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Incorporated - Cellulose Acetate Flake, Summary and Details of H.E. Mecke Associates Consultation - Memo, 1977.
Box 1 Folder 47
Freundlich, Herbert - Paper Manuscript About (Photocopy), 1982.
Box 2 Folder 1
Gasohol/Ethanol - Miscellaneous, 1933-2006.
Box 2 Folder 2
Harding University - Williams-Miles Rare Science Collection - Holdings Lists, 1994, undated.
Box 2 Folder 3
L. Oertling Limited - Chemical Balance - Miscellaneous, 1968-1985.
Box 2 Folder 4
General Note

Contains 2 color images.

Liebig, Justus von - Miscellaneous, undated.
Box 2 Folder 5
General Note

Contains 3 black and white postcards, 1 color image, and 1 black and white photo reproduction.

Mangravite, Andrew - A Selection from The William D. Williams/Wyndham Miles Reprints on the History of Chemistry Collection - Photocopied Reprints, 2008.
Box 2 Folder 6
Norwick, Braham - "Questions About Crochet, The Hooked Needle & Early Knitting" - Paper Manuscript, 1990.
Box 2 Folder 7
Obituaries - Austin M. Patterson and Robert D. Fleck, Sr., 2009, undated.
Box 2 Folder 8
Obituaries - Various Chemists, 1967-2013, undated.
Box 2 Folder 9
Public Health Service Historical Resources - Resource Lists, undated.
Box 2 Folder 10

Series Description

This series contains chemistry and textiles related printed materials collected by Herbert T. Pratt. The contents of the Printed Materials are arranged into the following seven sub-series:

  1. Sales Literature
  2. Articles
  3. Reprints
  4. Publications
  5. Periodicals and Newsletters
  6. Government Documents
  7. Miscellaneous Printed Materials
Sub-series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this sub-series contains chemistry and textiles related sales literature collected by Herbert T. Pratt. Examples of sales literature published by scientific instrument and apparatus manufacturers make up the largest component of this sub-series. Items printed by chemical companies, dye manufacturers, fertilizer companies, chemists, and a mineral springs resort are also present here.

Several types of sales literature are present in this sub-series. Brochures and sales publications are the most common items found in this sub-series. A variety of other miscellaneous types of sales literature, including, but not limited to, broadsides, advertising cards, pamphlets, and sales bulletins are preserved here as well.

Crocker Fertilizer & Chemical Company - Product Booklet, 1892.
Box 2 Folder 11
Diamond Dyes - A Tale of Four Children Merry & Wise - Advertising Booklet, 1905.
Box 2 Folder 12
Diamond Package Dyes - Advertising Card, circa 1900.
Box 2 Folder 13
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Incorporated - Dacron Polyester - Brochure, undated.
Box 2 Folder 14
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Incorporated - Du Pont Nylon - Brochure, undated.
Box 2 Folder 15
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Incorporated - Orlon Acrylic - Brochure, undated.
Box 2 Folder 16
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Incorporated - Textile Fibers Department - Sales Service Handbook - Issued to Mr. B.F. Faris, 1955-1967.
Box 2 Folder 17
Finnigan Corporation - F Series High Performance GC/MS Systems - Sales Publication, 1985.
Box 2 Folder 18
Finnigan Corporation - Models 750 and 400 Quadrupole Mass Spectrometers - Sales Publication, undated.
Box 2 Folder 19
Finnigan Corporation - Series 3000 Gas Chromatograph/Peak Identifier - Brochure, 1970.
Box 2 Folder 20
Finnigan Corporation - Series 3000 Gas Chromatograph/Peak Identifier - Brochure, 1970.
Box 2 Folder 21
Finnigan Instruments Corporation - 750 Gas Analyzer - Sales Publication, circa 1969.
Box 2 Folder 22
Finnigan Instruments Corporation - The Finnigan 1015 Gas Chromatograph - Laboratory Mass Spectrometer System - Sales Publication, 1969.
Box 2 Folder 23
Finnigan MAT - Finnigan MAT - AutoQuan, QA Report and Formaster; The Total System for Environmental Analyses - Sales Publication, 1989.
Box 2 Folder 24
Finnigan MAT - Finnigan Corporation and Environmental Analysis - Pamphlet, circa 1984.
Box 2 Folder 25
Finnigan MAT - Finnigan MAT Customer Service from Product to Total Solution - Sales Publication, 1989.
Box 2 Folder 26
Finnigan MAT - Finnigan MAT Products and Services for Mass Spectrometry - Sales Publication, 1988.
Box 2 Folder 27
Finnigan MAT - Finnigan MAT Solutions in Mass Spectrometry - Sales Publication, 1990.
Box 2 Folder 28
Finnigan MAT - INCOS 50 GC/MS - Brochure, undated.
Box 2 Folder 29
Finnigan MAT - Mass Spectrometers - Brochure, 1986.
Box 2 Folder 30
Finnigan MAT - Research GC/MS System Model 5100 - Brochure, 1985.
Box 2 Folder 31
Finnigan MAT - Spectrometre de Mass - Brochure, 1993.
Box 2 Folder 32
Finnigan MAT - What You Should Know About Drug Testing….An Introduction to Drug Test Analysis and GC/MS Test Confirmation - Pamphlet, 1990.
Box 2 Folder 33
"Fisher Scientific Achieving Chemical Excellence." Acros Organics ACTA 1, 1995 - Reprint (Photocopy), 1995.
Box 2 Folder 34
French Dye Company - Tonk's French Dyes - Brochure and Typed Letter, 1897.
Box 2 Folder 35
Granville-Phillips Company - SpectraScan 400 Quadrupole Residual Gas Analyzer - Sales Bulletin, 1969.
Box 2 Folder 36
Granville-Phillips Company - SpectraScan 750 Residual Gas Analyzer - Sales Bulletin, 1967.
Box 2 Folder 37
Handy Package Dye Company - Dyeing Fast Colors - Pamphlet, 1896.
Box 2 Folder 38
John Wyeth & Brother, Incorporated Manufacturing Chemists - Fluid Extract Sarsaparilla Compound for Syrup - Label/Sales Card, undated.
Box 2 Folder 39
Miles, Incorporated - Miles Texture Dyestuff, A Historical Timeline - Sales Publication, 1992.
Box 2 Folder 40
Minolta Camera Company, Limited - Precise Color Communication, Color Control from Feeling to Instrumentation - Sales Publication, 1989.
Box 2 Folder 41
Pacific Coast Borax Company - The Magic Crystal - Advertising Booklet, 1906.
Box 2 Folder 42
Prof. Horsford's Self-Raising Bread Preparation - Testimonial, 1868.
Box 2 Folder 43
Putnam Fadeless Dyes - The Art and History of Hooked Rugs - Brochure, circa 1950.
Box 2 Folder 44
Putnam Fadeless Dyes - Bulky Articles Are Now Easy to Dye in Your Washing Machine - Brochure, circa 1950.
Box 2 Folder 45
Putnam Fadeless Dyes - General Putnam Escapes from British Dragoons - Advertising Card, 1948.
Box 2 Folder 46
Rumford Chemical Works - Rumford Yeast Powder - Advertising Card, undated.
Box 2 Folder 47
Shenandoah Alum Springs - Brochure, circa 1873-1874.
Box 2 Folder 48
Silliman Chemical Works - Advertising Broadside, circa 1890s.
Box 2 Folder 49
Thomas and William Henry, Manufacturing Chemists - Genuine Calcined Magnesia and Aromatic Spirit of Vinegar - Advertising Broadside, circa 1830.
Box 2 Folder 50
W.E. Judson, Analytical Chemist & Metallurgist - Testimonial Attesting to Purity of Yucatan and Six Other Brands of Chewing Gum - Advertising Broadside, 1886.
Box 2 Folder 51
Walton, Whann & Company - Walton, Whann & Co., Manufacturers of High-Grade Fertilizers - Sales Publication, 1884.
Box 2 Folder 52
Ward, Charles L. - "To Chemists and Physicists, Respectfully - Re: Ward's Process of Working Glass - Advertising Circular, circa 1884.
Box 2 Folder 53
Sub-series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this sub-series consists of chemistry and textiles related magazine and journal articles collected by Herbert T. Pratt. Three of the files in this sub-series concern scientists. One file regarding acetate and one file regarding textile fibers are also present here.

Acetate - Articles About, Knitting Times, 1978 August 28.
Box 2 Folder 54
Borman, Stu. "Linus Pauling Is Remembered Fondly By Those Who Knew Him." Chemical & Engineering News, 1995 May 8.
Box 2 Folder 55
Olah, George - Articles About, Chemical & Engineering News, 2005 March 14.
Box 2 Folder 56
Scientist Biographies - Clippings, undated.
Box 2 Folder 57
Textile Fibers - Articles About (Photocopies), 1959, 1982.
Box 2 Folder 58
Sub-series Description

Arranged alphabetically by author, this sub-series contains chemistry and textiles related article reprints collected by Herbert T. Pratt. The reprints in this sub-series cover several topics, including, but not limited to dyes, pharmacology, and the history of chemistry. The reprints in this sub-series are of articles published in scientific journals, magazines, and publications.

Bachner, Thomas E. "Revised Rational Replacement Policy for Soft Body Armor." Law Enforcement Technology (January/February 1988), 1988.
Box 2 Folder 59
Bell, Thomas E. "Bleaching of Textiles." Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology, 438-467, 1965.
Box 2 Folder 60
Bolton, E.K. "The Perkin Medal, Du Pont Research." Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 37 (February 1945): 106-115, 1945.
Box 2 Folder 61
Chilton, Donovan and Noel G. Coley. "The Laboratories of the Royal Institution in the Nineteenth Century." Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy XXVII, No. 3 (November 1980): 173-203, 1980.
Box 2 Folder 62
Choate, Joseph H. "Shall America Remain the Only Country at the Mercy of German Scientists?" Chemical Foundation, undated.
Box 2 Folder 63
Duncan, Robert Kennedy. "The N-Rays." Harper Monthly Magazine CX, No. 659 (April 1905): 675-680, 1905.
Box 2 Folder 64
Fredga, Arne. "Uber konfigurative Beiziehungen bei synthetischen pflanzlichen Wuchsstoffen." Festschrift Arthur Stoll, 795-805, undated.
Box 2 Folder 65
Garvan, Francis. "Address of Francis P. Garvan, President of the Chemical Foundation, Delivered before the Joint Session of the Society of Chemical Industry and the American Chemical Society at Columbia University, September 7, 1921." Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (October 1921), 1921.
Box 2 Folder 66
Gladstone, J.H. "The Life of Faraday. A Lecture." Science Lectures for the People, 1872.
Box 2 Folder 67
Hamilton, Hugh. "The Address of the Retiring President." Academy of Medicine, 1903.
Box 2 Folder 68
Keogh, Andrew. "Benjamin Silliman's Trip to Europe in 1805." Bookmen's Holiday, Notes, and Studies Written in Tribute to Harry Miller Lydenberg, 1943.
Box 2 Folder 69
Londergan, Thomas Edward. "Porphyrin Studies. Synthetic Porphyrins from Pyrrole and the Mononitrobenzaldehydes and from Pyrrole and Piperonal." Abstracts of Doctoral Dissertations, No. 34, The Ohio State University Press, 1941.
Box 2 Folder 70
Macht, David I. "A Biblical Prescription for Morale." The Synagogue Light (September 1942), 1942.
Box 2 Folder 71
Macht, David I. "A Pharmacological Appreciation of References to Alcohol in the Hebrew Bible." The Scientific Monthly Vol. XXIX (August 1929): 163-176, 1929.
Box 2 Folder 72
Macht, David I. "Plant Physiology in the Bible." The Synagogue Light (August 1943), 1943.
Box 2 Folder 73
Mallett, J.W. "Brief Review of the Most Important Changes in the Industrial Applications of Chemistry with the Last Few Years." American Chemical Journal Vol. 1,2,3, 1879.
Box 2 Folder 74
Moldenke, Harold N. "The Economic Plants of the Bible." Economic Botany Vol. 8, No. 2 (April-June 1954): 152-163, 1954.
Box 2 Folder 75
Ogden, James. "A Description of Manchester (Reprinted as "Manchester 200 Years Ago by Neil Richardson.), 1983.
Box 2 Folder 76
Peters, William A., Jr. "Automatic Fractionating Columns." Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Vol. 15, No. 7 (July 1923), 1923.
Box 2 Folder 77
Reese, W.B. "Practical Color Matching." Rayon and Synthetic Textiles (March 1952), 1952.
Box 2 Folder 78
Rickard, T.A. "Iron in Antiquity. " Iron and Steel Institute (September 1929), 1929.
Box 2 Folder 79
Rose, Robert E. "Dye Research." Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Vol. 12, No. 8 (August 1920), 1920.
Box 2 Folder 80
Rose, Robert E. "Foreign Dye Patents, Their Relations to the Development of the American Dye Industry." Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Vol. 11, No. 11 (November 1919): 1073, 1919.
Box 2 Folder 81
Rose, Robert E. "Growth of the Dyestuffs Industry: The Application of Science to Art." Journal of Chemical Education Vol. 3, No. 9 (September 1926): 973 thru 1007, 1926.
Box 2 Folder 82
Sundelof, Lars-Olof and Kai O. Pedersen. "Physical Chemistry." Faculty of Science at Uppsala University, Chemistry, 1976.
Box 2 Folder 83
Venable, Francis P. "Chemical Research in America." The Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol. XXVIII, No. 2 (February 1906): 129-139, 1906.
Box 2 Folder 84
Sub-series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this sub-series contains chemistry and textiles related publications collected by Herbert T. Pratt. Publications printed by chemical companies (most notably Betz Laboratories, Incorporated and E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Incorporated) and professional organizations make up the largest components of the materials in this sub-series. Publications printed by scientific instrument manufacturers (Finnigan Corporation and Finnigan MAT), a museum, professional conferences, historical researchers, and an antiques firm are also present here.

The contents of this sub-series consist of a variety of different types of publications. Corporate annual reports are the most common items preserved in this sub-series. Other miscellaneous types of publications, including, but not limited to, programs, handbooks, member directories, membership booklets, and catalogs are found here as well.

7th BOC Priestley Conference - Program, 1994.
Box 2 Folder 85
American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists - AATCC Publications and Quality Control Catalog, 1998.
Box 2 Folder 86
American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists - Cumulative Index of Textile Chemist and Colorist, 1987.
Box 2 Folder 87
American Chemical Society - Delaware Section, ChemVets - Member List, 1993.
Box 2 Folder 88
American Chemical Society - Monmouth County Section - Monmouth County Section, American Chemical Society, Tricennial 1976, 1976.
Box 2 Folder 89
Betz Laboratories, Incorporated - 1986 Annual Report, 1987.
Box 2 Folder 90
Betz Laboratories, Incorporated - 1987 Annual Report, 1988.
Box 2 Folder 91
Betz Laboratories, Incorporated - 1988 Annual Report, 1989.
Box 2 Folder 92
Betz Laboratories, Incorporated - 1989 Annual Report, 1990.
Box 2 Folder 93
Betz Laboratories, Incorporated - 1990 Annual Report, 1991.
Box 2 Folder 94
Betz Laboratories, Incorporated - 1991 Annual Report, 1992.
Box 2 Folder 95
Betz Laboratories, Incorporated - 1993 Annual Report, 1994.
Box 2 Folder 96
Betz Laboratories, Incorporated - 1994 Annual Report, 1995.
Box 2 Folder 97
Betz Laboratories, Incorporated - 1995 Annual Report, 1996.
Box 2 Folder 98
The Chemists' Club - Membership Booklet and Application, 1972.
Box 2 Folder 99
Deutsches Museum - Sehen und Begreifen Lernen im Deutschen Museum, Schulerarbeitsblatter Abt. Chemie, undated.
Box 2 Folder 100
Deutsches Museum - Sehen und Begreifen Lernen im Deutschen Museum, Schulerarbeitsblatter Abt. Chemie, Alchemie, undated.
Box 2 Folder 101
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Incorporated - Condensed Summary of Rules of Nomenclature for Organic Chemistry, 1938.
Box 2 Folder 102
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Incorporated - Du Pont 2004 Annual Review, 2005.
Box 2 Folder 103
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Incorporated - Du Pont Reagents: A Condensed Laboratory Handbook, 1976.
Box 2 Folder 104
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Incorporated - Orlon Acrylic Fiber, Sales Yarn Spinners Conference - Program, 1955.
Box 2 Folder 105
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Incorporated - Sublimation of Du Pont Disperse Dyes, undated.
Box 3 Folder 1
Finnigan Corporation - Employee Handbook, 1993.
Box 3 Folder 2
Finnigan Corporation - Statement of Company Business Obligations - Pamphlet, 1983.
Box 3 Folder 3
Finnigan MAT - Developing Market Opportunities for Analytical-Services Laboratories - Printed Speeches, 1987.
Box 3 Folder 4
Greatbatch, M.L. and P.J. Mercer - Spike Island, 1985.
Box 3 Folder 5
History of Science Society and Philosophy of Science Association - Membership Directory 1999-2000, 1999.
Box 3 Folder 6
"Marsical Quicksilver Mine & Reduction Works" - Booklet (Photocopy), 2000.
Box 3 Folder 7
National Distillers and Chemical Corporation - Commemorative Publication on Antoine Lavoisier's Traite Elementaire de Chimie, undated.
Box 3 Folder 8
National Exposition of Chemical Industries - Program, 1918.
Box 3 Folder 9
Society of Dyers and Colourists - Society of Dyers and Colourists, Aims and Objects - Membership Booklet, undated.
Box 3 Folder 10
Tesseract - Early Scientific Instruments - Catalog, 1982 Fall.
Box 3 Folder 11
Sub-series Description

Arranged alphabetically by publisher, this sub-series contains chemistry related periodicals and newsletters collected by Herbert T. Pratt. A handful of periodical and newsletter issues published by Finnigan Corporation and Finnigan MAT are preserved in this sub-series. A single newsletter issue published by the Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine and a periodical issue published by the New Hampshire Historical Society are also present here.

Finnigan Corporation - Echo, 1982 February, 1987 February.
Box 3 Folder 12
Finnigan Corporation - Finnigan Corporation Newsletter, 1981 August.
Box 3 Folder 13
Finnigan Corporation - Finnigan Spectra, 1972 May, 1973 January, 1976 December.
Box 3 Folder 14
Finnigan MAT - Analytical News, 1993 Autumn.
Box 3 Folder 15
Finnigan MAT - Spectra, 1986 Winter.
Box 3 Folder 16
Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine - The Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine Newsletter - Contains Article "A New Book: Cancer and Vitamin C", 1979 Fall.
Box 3 Folder 17
New Hampshire Historical Society - Historical New Hampshire, 1963 October.
Box 3 Folder 18
Sub-series Description

Arranged alphabetically by publisher, this sub-series contains a handful of science related government documents collected by Herbert T. Pratt. A majority of the documents in this sub-series were published by United States government. Single examples of documents published by the Parliament of the United Kingdom and the Pennsylvania General Assembly are also present here. The contents of the Government Documents sub-series consist of a British patent, a Pennsylvania state law, a brochure, a booklet, a pamphlet, and a U.S. Congressional document.

Parliament of the United Kingdom - Patent Awarded to Edward Bancroft for Discovery of Use and Application of Certain Vegetables for Dyeing, Staining, Painting Certain Valuable Colors, Printed in 1785 (Copy), undated.
Box 3 Folder 19
Pennsylvania General Assembly - "An Act to Regulate the Manufacture and Sale of Commercial Fertilizers, Approved June 28, 1879" (Copy), undated.
Box 3 Folder 20
U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service - Thomas Edison National Historical Park - Brochure, 2011.
Box 3 Folder 21
U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Employment Service - Chemistry as a Profession, Vocational Booklet No. 2, 1946.
Box 3 Folder 22
U.S. Science Service - The Rise of Science Understanding - Pamphlet, 1959.
Box 3 Folder 23
U.S. Senate - Documents Relating to the Manufacture, Quality and Uses of Salt, Printed in 1839 - Congressional Document (Copy), undated.
Box 3 Folder 24
Sub-series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this sub-series contains miscellaneous chemistry, textiles, and science related printed materials collected by Herbert T. Pratt. This sub-series contains miscellaneous printed materials that do not readily fit elsewhere in the Printed Materials Series. The materials in this sub-series come from a variety of sources, including, but not limited to, chemical companies, scientific instrument manufacturers, professional organizations, and industrial organizations. They concern a variety of topics, including, but not limited to, courses and workshops, publications, individual scientists, and museum exhibits.

The contents of this sub-series consist of a variety of different types of printed materials. Brochures are the most common items found in this sub-series. Small numbers of other miscellaneous types of printed materials, including, but not limited to, programs, certificates, book pages, and photographs are preserved here as well.

American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists - Textile Chemist Colorist, The Magazine of Wet Processing Industry - Brochure, 1995.
Box 3 Folder 25
Arapahoe Chemicals, Incorporated - Chemist Profiles - Broadsides, undated.
Box 3 Folder 26
Chemical Heritage Foundation - Joseph Priestley, Radical Thinker - Brochure, 2004.
Box 3 Folder 27
Chemical Industries Associated Limited - U.K. Chemical Industry Facts - Brochure, 1984 September.
Box 3 Folder 28
Chemical Rubber Company - Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 19th Edition - Brochure, circa 1933-1935.
Box 3 Folder 29
Du Pont de Nemours, Eleuthere Irenee - Clipping of Portrait, undated.
Box 3 Folder 30
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Incorporated - 50 Years of Polyester Innovation - Press Kit, 2003.
Box 3 Folder 31
General Note

Contains 3 color images and 7 black and white images.

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Incorporated - Dyes and Chemicals Technical Laboratory - Training Certificates, undated.
Box 3 Folder 32
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Incorporated - Technical Bulletin - Spectrophotometry, undated.
Box 3 Folder 33
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Incorporated - Technical Conference, Dyes and Chemicals Division, Organic Chemicals Department, and Textile Fibers Department - Invitation, 1961.
Box 3 Folder 34
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Incorporated - The Carothers Research Laboratory - Dedication Program, 1946.
Box 3 Folder 35
General Note

Contains 1 sepia image.

Einstein, Albert - Bookmark and Postcard, undated.
Box 3 Folder 36
Finnigan Corporation - A Symposium on Applications and Advances in Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry - Brochure, 1971.
Box 3 Folder 37
Finnigan Corporation - An Invitation to GC/MS for the Modern Chemist - Brochure, undated.
Box 3 Folder 38
Finnigan Corporation - Christmas Card, 1979.
Box 3 Folder 39
Finnigan Corporation - Finnigan Corporation Announces a Basic Course in Molecular Mass Spectrometry - Brochure, 1973.
Box 3 Folder 40
Finnigan Corporation - New Address Announcement, undated.
Box 3 Folder 41
Finnigan Instruments Corporation - 4th Workshop - Basics of Mass Spectrometry, Gas Chromatography, Computer Systems - Brochure, 1969.
Box 3 Folder 42
Finnigan Instruments Corporation - Short Course - Techniques of Mass Spectrometry - Gas Chromatography - Computers - Brochure, 1969.
Box 3 Folder 43
Finnigan MAT - 1985 Seminar Series on Mass Spectrometry - Brochure, 1985.
Box 3 Folder 44
Haas, Gustav - Verband der Vorstande chemischer Laboratorien an deutschen Hochschulen, Zeugniss Nr. 3038 - Association Certificate, 1902 March 12.
Box 3 Folder 45
Heyser, Emil - Obituary, 1996.
Box 3 Folder 46
Manchester and Salford Sanitary Association - Letter from F. Crace Calvert - Pamphlet, 1855.
Box 3 Folder 47
Mathieson Alkali Works Athletic Club - First Annual Meeting - Program, 1895.
Box 3 Folder 48
Mehra, Jagdish and Helmut Reichenberg - The Historical Development of Quantum Theory - Brochure, 1982.
Box 3 Folder 49
"Michael Faraday" - Pages from Unidentified Book, undated.
Box 3 Folder 50
National Academy of Sciences of the United States - Biographical Memoirs, Volume 57 - Index (Photocopy), 1987.
Box 3 Folder 51
Pasteur Foundation - 1995, The Year of Pasteur - Louis Pasteur: His Life and Work Centennial Exposition - Program, 1995.
Box 3 Folder 52
Quarry Bank Mill - Quarry Bank Mill - A Visitor's Guide - Brochure, undated.
Box 3 Folder 53
Rees, Abraham - The Cyclopedia of Universal Directory of Arts, Sciences, and Literature - Engravings of Chemistry Apparatus, circa 1820.
Box 3 Folder 54
Russell, C.A. - "Records of the British Chemical Industry" - Pages from Unidentified Book (Photocopy), undated.
Box 3 Folder 55
Society of Chemical Industry - Annual General Meeting 1900 - Ticket, 1900.
Box 3 Folder 56
Steinkopf, Theodor - List of Chemistry Books, undated.
Box 3 Folder 57
University of Michigan - Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering - Courses in Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering - Academic Bulletin, 1937.
Box 3 Folder 58
University of Pennsylvania Library - The Nine Lives of Edgar Fahs Smith - Brochure, 2004.
Box 3 Folder 59
Zeitlin & Ver Brugge Booksellers - Brochure, undated.
Box 3 Folder 60

Series Description

Arranged alphabetically by author, this series contains a handful of manuals collected by Herbert T. Pratt, which pertain to textiles and chemistry. Five manuals pertaining to textiles, which were created by E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Incorporated, J.B. Gaither and B.L. Whittier, and Arthur C. Hayes and J. Glenn Templeton respectively, are preserved in this series. A bound two volume printed reproduction of Henry A. Mott's The Scientific Manual, A Practical Treatise on Chemistry (Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis), Stoichiometry, Mineralogy Assaying, Blowpipe Analysis is also preserved here.

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Incorporated - Chestnut Run Textile Processing Laboratory, Textile Technology Training Manual, 1957-1961.
Box 3 Folder 61-64
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Incorporated - Textile Research Laboratory, Textile Processing Manual, 1980 Edition, 1980-1981.
Box 3 Folder 65-66
Gaither, J.B. and B.L. Whittier. Sample & Design Laboratory Manual, For Use with "Structural Fabric Design." Raleigh, N.C.: School of Textiles, North Carolina State College, 1953.
Box 3 Folder 67
General Note

Contains fabric samples.

Gaither, J.B. and B.L. Whittier. Structural Fabric Design. Raleigh, N.C.: School of Textiles, North Carolina State College, 1953.
Box 4 Folder 1
Hayes, Arthur C. and J. Glenn Templeton. Experiments in Dyeing and Finishing Textile Fibers. Raleigh, N.C.: The Technical Press, 1951.
Box 4 Folder 2
General Note

Contains fabric samples.

Mott, Henry A. - The Scientific Manual, A Practical Treatise on Chemistry (Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis), Stoichiometry, Mineralogy Assaying, Blowpipe Analysis, Vol. I, August 29, 1876 (Bound printed reproduction of handwritten manual.), undated.
Box 4 Folder 3
Mott, Henry A. - The Scientific Manual, A Practical Treatise on Chemistry (Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis), Stoichiometry, Mineralogy Assaying, Blowpipe Analysis, Vol. II, August 29, 1876 (Bound printed reproduction of handwritten manual.), undated.
Box 4 Folder 4

Series Description

Arranged alphabetically by author, this series contains a handful of technical papers collected by Herbert T. Pratt, which pertain to the production, processing, and dyeing of textiles. Two papers produced by E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Incorporated and a single paper produced by the American National Standards Institute are preserved in this series. A single paper written by Herbert T. Pratt and a single paper written by P.H. Stott are found here as well.

American National Standards Institute - "History of Ad Hoc Committee on Textile Flammability, Reporting to American National Standards Institute Committee L-14", 1971.
Box 4 Folder 5
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Incorporated - "Glossary of Textile Terms Used in End-Use Research", 1961.
Box 4 Folder 6
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Incorporated - "The History of Acele Acetate Fiber Production from 1929 to 1977", 1978 April 1.
Box 4 Folder 7
Pratt, Herbert T. - "Dyeing & Finishing of Textured Yarns", 1972 March.
Box 4 Folder 8
Stott, P.H. - "Processing & Dyeing Silk, Viscose, Acetate & Nylon", 1941.
Box 4 Folder 9

Series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this series contains sample cards and sample books collected by Herbert T. Pratt, which pertain to dyes and textiles. Items produced by E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Incorporated make up the largest component of the materials in this series. Small numbers of sample card and sample books produced by Ciba Company, Incorporated, Farbwerke Hoechst AG, Old Slater Mill, and W. Cushing & Company are also preserved here.

Dye sample cards (most of which contain fabric samples or fiber samples) make up a large majority of the materials found in this series. Three fabric sample books, a fabric sample card, a flax sample book (which contains a flax sample and a fiber sample), and a color organization chart are preserved here as well.

Ciba Company, Incorporated - Circular D-117 - Cibacete Rubine 3BS - Dye Sample Card, undated.
Box 4 Folder 10
General Note

Contains fabric samples.

Ciba Company, Incorporated - Circular D-125 - Cibacete Brilliant Pink - Dye Sample Card, 1950 February.
Box 4 Folder 11
General Note

Contains fabric samples.

Ciba Company, Incorporated - Circular D-129 - Cibacete Diazo Black 3GC - Dye Sample Card, 1950 July.
Box 4 Folder 12
General Note

Contains fabric samples.

Ciba Company, Incorporated - Circular D-133 - Cibacete Red B - Dye Sample Card, 1951 April.
Box 4 Folder 13
General Note

Contains fabric samples.

Ciba Company, Incorporated - Circular D-134 - Cibacete Yellow RLM - Dye Sample Card, 1951 June.
Box 4 Folder 14
General Note

Contains fabric samples.

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Incorporated - Organic Chemicals Department - Color Orientation Chart, undated.
Box 4 Folder 15
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Incorporated - Organic Chemicals Department - Du Pont Dyes for Multicolored Piece Dyed Knitgoods of "Dacron" Fibers - Dye Sample Card, 1967.
Box 4 Folder 16
General Note

Contains fabric samples.

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Incorporated - Organic Chemicals Department - Du Pont Latyl and Sevron Dyes Printed on Dacron Type 62 Polyester Fiber - Dye Sample Card, undated.
Box 4 Folder 17
General Note

Contains fabric samples.

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Incorporated - Organic Chemicals Department - Latyl Dyes on Dacron Type 56 Doubleknit Fabrics - Dye Sample Card, undated.
Box 4 Folder 18
General Note

Contains fabric samples.

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Incorporated - Organic Chemicals Department - "Sevron" Cationic Dyes on "Dacron" Type 801 Polyester - Dye Sample Card, undated.
Box 4 Folder 19
General Note

Contains fabric samples.

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Incorporated - Sales Research Laboratory - "Colour Story in Dacron" - Fabric Sample Book, undated.
Box 4 Folder 20
General Note

Contains fabric samples.

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Incorporated - "Sevron" Cationic Dyes for Dyeing "Dacron" Type 65 Polyester Fiber - Dye Sample Card, undated.
Box 4 Folder 21
General Note

Contains fiber samples.

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Incorporated - Textile Fibers Department - Cationic Dyes for Printing Bright Shades on Dacron Type 64 or Type 89 Polyester Fiber - Dye Sample Card, undated.
Box 4 Folder 22
General Note

Contains fabric samples.

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Incorporated - Textile Fibers Department - Dacron Type 54 - Disperse Dyed and Dacron Type 64 - Cationic Dyed - Fabric Sample Card, undated.
Box 4 Folder 23
General Note

Contains fabric samples.

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Incorporated - Textile Fibers Department - Fabric Information, Yarn Dye Effects Through Piece Dyeing, Program No. 58831, Dye Lab 58831 - Fabric Sample Book, undated.
Box 4 Folder 24
General Note

Contains fabric samples.

Farbwerke Hoechst AG - Hostalux - Polymid-Helanca - Dye Sample Card, undated.
Box 4 Folder 25
General Note

Contains fabric samples.

Farbwerke Hoechst AG - Hostalux - Triacetat - Dye Sample Card, undated.
Box 4 Folder 26
General Note

Contains fabric samples.

Old Slater Mill - "History of Linen" - Flax Sample Book, undated.
Box 4 Folder 27
General Note

Contains flax sample and fiber sample.

Pile Fabrics - Fabric Sample Book, undated.
Box 4 Folder 28
General Note

Contains fabric samples.

W. Cushing & Company - Cushing's Perfection Dyes - Dye Sample Card, undated.
Box 4 Folder 29

Series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this series contains chemistry and textiles related notebooks collected by Herbert T. Pratt. Notebooks created by individual chemists, including, but not limited to, Winthrop C. Durfee and E. Emmet Reid, make up the largest component of this series. Notebooks produced by fertilizer companies, a chemical company, and a chemistry set manufacturer are also found here.

The contents of this series consist of several types of notebooks. Bound notebooks, bound ledger books, and pocket notebooks are the most common items found in this series. A bound price list, a trade memo book, and a chemistry set notebook are preserved in this series as well.

Christie, Archibald - Colour Recipes - Bound Notebook, undated.
Box 4 Folder 30
Durfee, Winthrop C. - Brown University - Elements of Rhetoric and Geology - Bound Notebook, 1876-1877.
Box 5 Folder 1
Durfee, Winthrop C. - Brown University - Physics and History - Bound Notebook, 1876-1877.
Box 5 Folder 2
Durfee, Winthrop C. - Brown University - Political Economy - Bound Notebook, 1876.
Box 5 Folder 3
Durfee, Winthrop C. - Winthrop C. Durfee Dyers' and Bleachers Supplies - Bound Ledger Book, 1886-1889.
Box 5 Folder 4
Durfee, Winthrop C. - Winthrop C. Durfee Dyer's and Bleachers' Supplies - Bound Ledger Book, 1889-1897.
Box 5 Folder 5
Farbenfabriken vorm. Friedrich Bayer & Company - Vorrats-Keller Leverkeusen Preisliste - Bound Price List (Reproduction), undated.
Box 5 Folder 6
Hamilton, Hugh - Bound Analysis and Account Book, 1871-1879.
Box 5 Folder 7
Piedmont-Mt. Airy Guano Company - Trade Memo Book, 1899.
Box 5 Folder 8
Porter Chemical Company - Chemcraft Chemistry Outfit Experiment Book - Notebook, undated.
Box 5 Folder 9
Reid, E. Emmet - Johns Hopkins University - Notebook, History of Chemistry, Vol. I - Bound Notebook, 1894-1895, 1927, 1932, 1975.
Box 5 Folder 10
Walton, Whann & Company - Pocket Notebook, 1871-1878.
Box 5 Folder 11
Walton, Whann & Company - Pocket Notebook, 1873-1874.
Box 5 Folder 12
Walton, Whann & Company - Pocket Notebook - Belonged to P.A. Cox, 1871-1878.
Box 5 Folder 13

Series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this series consists of miscellaneous materials collected by Herbert T. Pratt, which pertain to chemistry, dyes, and textiles. The materials in this series do not readily fit into any other series in this collection. It includes items from several types of creators, including, but not limited to scientific instrument and apparatus manufacturers, chemical companies, and chemists.

The contents of the Miscellaneous Materials series consist of a variety of materials. Letters and price quotations are the most common items found in this series. Other miscellaneous materials, including, but not limited to, class handouts, spectrophotometer analyses, song lyrics, and a photocopied broadcast manuscript are preserved here as well.

"Barre Analysis in Knits Textured Polyester" - Chart, 1973 June 12.
Box 5 Folder 14
Chicago Apparatus Company - Order Blank, undated.
Box 5 Folder 15
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Incorporated - "Songs by the Morris Square Deal Jewels" - Song Lyrics (Photocopy), 1957 December 18.
Box 5 Folder 16
Garrett, James E. - Central Scientific Company - Letter from J.R. Girard, 1946 September 26.
Box 5 Folder 17
Garrett, James E. - Chicago Apparatus Company - Letter from N.E. Bengston, 1945 October 31.
Box 5 Folder 18
Garrett, James E. - Fisher Scientific Company - Quotation, 1946 September 20.
Box 5 Folder 19
Garrett, James E. - General Chemical Company - Letter from W.J. Rhoads, 1946 October 10.
Box 5 Folder 20
Garrett, James E. - Metal Hydrides, Incorporated - Correspondence and Quotations, 1946 December.
Box 5 Folder 21
Garrett, James E. - Phipps & Bird, Incorporated - Letter from L.D. Kendrick, 1946 October 8.
Box 5 Folder 22
Garrett, James E. - Phipps & Bird, Incorporated - Quotation, 1948 March 18.
Box 5 Folder 23
Garrett, James E. - Phipps & Bird, Incorporated - Quotation, 1950 December 21.
Box 5 Folder 24
Garrett, James E. - W.M. Welch Scientific Company - Quotation, 1949 November 16.
Box 5 Folder 25
Gurr, Edward - Spectral Curves of Original Sample of Alizarine Synthesized by William H. Perkin in 1869 - Spectrophotometer Analysis, 1967 September 15.
Box 5 Folder 26
Gurr, Edward - Spectral Curves of Original Sample of Mauveine Synthesized by William H. Perkin in 1856 - Spectrophotometer Analysis, 1967 September 14.
Box 5 Folder 27
Liebig, Justus and William Gregory - Dr. Turner's Chemistry, Seventh Edition - Book Spine Cover - Original and Color Photocopies, 1840, undated.
Box 5 Folder 28
Organisation for European Economic Co-operation, European Productivity Agency - Conference on "The Functions and Education of the Chemical Engineer in Europe" - Final Programme, 1955.
Box 5 Folder 29
Providence Dyeing, Bleaching & Calendering Company - Invoice, 1849 March 1.
Box 5 Folder 30
Samuel P. Wetherill & Company - Bill, 1828 September 12.
Box 5 Folder 31
Soddy, Frederick - "Science Survey" - Corrected Broadcast Manuscript (Photocopy), 1951 July 14.
Box 5 Folder 32
Technical Advances Conference - Attendance List, 1961.
Box 5 Folder 33
Unidentified Textile Chemistry Class - Class Handouts, undated.
Box 5 Folder 34
Yarn Spinners Conference - Acceptances for Sales - "Orlon Acrylic Fiber", 1955 January 19.
Box 5 Folder 35

Series Description

Arranged alphabetically by surname, this series contains miscellaneous items signed by prominent scientists, which were collected by Herbert T. Pratt. Chemists make up a majority of the scientists represented in this series. Small numbers of items signed by scientists from other disciplines, including, but not limited to, geologists, physicists, and botanists are also present here. Ten of the scientists represented in this series are Nobel Prize winners.

Signatures, handwritten letters, lithographs, and handwritten notes are the most common items found in the Signed Items series. Other miscellaneous types of signed items, including, but not limited to, typed letters, handwritten essays, photographs, a handwritten article, and a handwritten book title page are also preserved in this series. Small amounts of accompanying materials not created by the scientists themselves, including, but not limited to, picture and obituary clippings from publications, typed translations, and typed transcripts are present in this series as well.

Baume, Antoine - "Precis des ounrages publies par Baume de la Academie des Sciences de Paris" - Signed Handwritten Article, circa 1793.
Box 6 Folder 1
Berthollet, Claude-Louis - Signed Handwritten Note, 1819 February 24.
Box 6 Folder 2
Berzelius, Jons Jacob - Signature and Four Lines at the End of a Letter, undated.
Box 6 Folder 3
Bouillon-Lagrange, Edme-Jean Baptiste - Signed Handwritten Essay on Cork with Typed English Translations, circa 1798, undated.
Box 6 Folder 4
Brande, William Thomas - Signed Handwritten Letter and Signed Lithograph, undated.
Box 6 Folder 5
Chittenden, Russell Henry - Signature, Picture, and Obituary, 1904, undated.
Box 6 Folder 6
Cleaveland, Parker - Signature and Obituary, undated.
Box 6 Folder 7
Dana, Edward Salisbury - Signature, Picture, Obituary, and Handwritten Biographical Notes, 1909 March 19, undated.
Box 6 Folder 8
Dana, James Dwight - Signature, Picture, and Obituary, 1891 March 20, undated.
Box 6 Folder 9
Doremus, Robert Ogden, Signature, undated.
Box 6 Folder 10
Draper, John W. - Signed Handwritten Note, 1861 January 20.
Box 6 Folder 11
Dumas, Jean Baptiste - Signed Handwritten Letter with English Translation and Signed Lithograph, 1858 May 19, undated.
Box 6 Folder 12
Faraday, Michael - Photocopied Signed Handwritten Letter to Aspley Pellatt with Typed Transcript, 1849 March 29, undated.
Box 6 Folder 13
Faraday, Michael - Photograph, undated.
Box 6 Folder 14
General Note

Contains 1 sepia image.

Faraday, Michael - Signed Handwritten Letter to F. Gaussen with Printed Transcript, 1858 March 13, undated.
Box 6 Folder 15
Faraday, Michael - Signed Handwritten Letter to C.W.G. Guthrie with Typed Transcript, November 26, undated.
Box 6 Folder 16
Faraday, Michael - Signed Handwritten Letter to Pierre Antoine Favre with Typed Transcript, 1853 August 9, undated.
Box 6 Folder 17
Faraday, Michael - Signed Lithograph, circa 1860.
Box 6 Folder 18
Frazer, John F. - Signed Handwritten Letter, 1862 April 12.
Box 6 Folder 19
Gilbert, Davis - Signature, 1828 January 3.
Box 6 Folder 20
Henry, Joseph - Signed Handwritten Letter and Picture of Statue, 1856 October 18, undated.
Box 6 Folder 21
Horsford, Eben N. - Signature, 1888 November 18.
Box 6 Folder 22
Horsford, Eben N. - Signed Handwritten Letter to T.L. Dungell and Handwritten Transcript, 1861 June 16, undated.
Box 6 Folder 23
Hosack, David - Signed Lithograph, undated.
Box 6 Folder 24
Johnson, Samuel William - Signature, 1906 March 3.
Box 6 Folder 25
Kelvin, Lord (Thomson, William) - Signature and Two Pictures, 1902 June 6, undated.
Box 6 Folder 26
Lavoisier, Antoine - Arithmetique Politique - Handwritten Book Page and Book Plate, undated.
Box 6 Folder 27
Liebig, Justus von - Signature, Lithograph, and Obituary, 1869 May 21, 1885, undated.
Box 6 Folder 28
Mapes, Charles Victor - Signature and Obituary, circa 1860, undated.
Box 6 Folder 29
McKie, Douglas - Signed Handwritten Letter to Denis I. Duveen, Article about McKie, and Handwritten Biographical Notes, 1965 February 1, undated.
Box 6 Folder 30
Millikan, Robert Andrews - Signature, Pictures, and Obituary, undated.
Box 6 Folder 31
Michelson, Albert A. - Signature and Two Pictures, 1908 January 16, undated.
Box 6 Folder 32
Mitscherlich, Eilhard - Signed Handwritten Letter and Typed Translation, 1836 September 9, undated.
Box 6 Folder 33
Munroe, Charles E. - Signature and Obituary, undated.
Box 6 Folder 34
Nernst, Walther - Signed Handwritten Note, 1910 August.
Box 6 Folder 35
Orfila, Mathieu - Signed Lithograph, undated.
Box 6 Folder 36
Ostwald, Wilhelm - Signed Handwritten Note, 1907 December 1 and Leopold Godowsky - Signed Handwritten Note, 1907 November 22, 1907.
Box 6 Folder 37
Patrick, Ruth - Signature on Chemical Heritage Foundation Note Paper, 1993 February 23.
Box 6 Folder 38
Pauling, Linus - Photocopied Signed Typed Letter to Bronson Stubb Regarding the Use of Vitamin C, 1989 September 11.
Box 6 Folder 39
Pauling, Linus - Signed Copy of Pauling's Nobel Prize Lecture - "To Grace Murray with Love", 1964.
Box 6 Folder 40
Pauling, Linus - Signed Photograph with Envelope - "To George F. Berstler, Best Wishes", 1980.
Box 6 Folder 41
General Note

Contains 1 black and white image.

Playfair, Lyon - Handwritten Note about Playfair, Picture, and Obituary, undated.
Box 6 Folder 42
Playfair, Lyon - Signed Lithograph, undated.
Box 6 Folder 43
Ramsay, William - Signed Handwritten Biographical Sketch and Typed Transcript, 1912 May 21, undated.
Box 6 Folder 44
Remsen, Ira - Signature and Obituary, 1901 July 6, undated.
Box 6 Folder 45
Richards, Ellen H. - Signature, undated.
Box 6 Folder 46
Richards, Theodore W. - Signed Typed Letter to William L. Strauss, Jr., 1921 February 25.
Box 6 Folder 47
Richards, Theodore W. - Signed Typed Letter to William L. Strauss, Jr. and Picture with Information about Richards, 1916 January 10, undated.
Box 6 Folder 48
Rittenhouse, David - Signed Lithograph, undated.
Box 6 Folder 49
Roscoe, Henry E. - Signed Handwritten Note to Major Blackburn, 1864 December 22.
Box 6 Folder 50
Seaborg, Glenn T. - Signature, undated.
Box 6 Folder 51
Silliman, Benjamin - Signed Handwritten Letter to Isaac P. Davis, 1838 May 26.
Box 6 Folder 52
Silliman, Benjamin - Signed Handwritten Letter to J.E. Hilgard, 1841 April 25.
Box 6 Folder 53
Silliman, Benjamin - Lithograph, undated.
Box 6 Folder 54
Smith, Edgar Fahs - Calling Card, undated.
Box 6 Folder 55
Thenard, Louis Jacques - Signed Handwritten Letter to Duboschet and Typed Translation, undated.
Box 6 Folder 56
Thomson, J.J. - Signed Handwritten Thank You Note to McMann, 1934 October 19.
Box 6 Folder 57
Urey, Harold C. - Signature, 1960 August 29.
Box 6 Folder 58
Venable, Francis P. - Signed Typed Letter to Anthony R. Parshley and Obituary, 1912 October 5, undated.
Box 6 Folder 59
Wilson, George F. - Signed Handwritten Letter, 1871 May 20.
Box 6 Folder 60
Wolf, Theodore Rudolph - Signed Handwritten Letter to W. B. Tomlinson and Handwritten Biographical Notes, undated.
Box 6 Folder 61

Series Description

This series contains an unidentified fiber color sample kit collected by Herbert T. Pratt.

Unidentified Fiber Color Sample Kit, undated.
Box 7 Object 1
General Note

Contains fiber samples.

Series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this series contains five miscellaneous oversized items collected by Herbert T. Pratt, which pertain to chemistry, textiles, and dyeing. The contents of this series consist of an advertisement on a musical score, two oversized brochures, a photo reproduction, and an auction notice.

H. Tirel - French Steam Dyeing and Scouring Establishment - Advertisement on Musical Score, 1858.
Box 8 Folder 1
I.C.I. Organics, Incorporated - Color and Its Application to Fabric & Fashion Design - Brochure, undated.
Box 8 Folder 2
I.C.I. Organics, Incorporated - Color, Part II - Brochure, 1966.
Box 8 Folder 3
"Ostwald's Laboratory, 1900" - Autographed Group Photo of the Staff of Wilhelm Ostwald's Laboratory at the University of Leipzig - Photo Reproduction, undated.
Box 8 Folder 4
General Note

Contains 1 black and white photo reproduction.

Winlaton Bleachery and Alkali Works - Auction Notice, 1835.
Box 8 Folder 5

Series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this series contains miscellaneous images collected by Herbert T. Pratt, which pertain to chemistry and textiles. It includes images of several subjects, including, but not limited to, chemists, historic sites, a chemical company conference exhibit, textile fibers, and a chemical company facility.

The contents of the Images series consist of photographs, negatives, and postcards. A very small amount of accompanying materials, including a photocopied newspaper clipping, notes, and a memorandum are preserved here as well.

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

Berthollet, Claude Louis - Photograph and Negative, undated.
Box 9 Folder 1
General Note

Contains 1 black and white image and 1 black and white negative.

Carothers, Wallace - Photograph and Obituary, 2000, undated.
Box 9 Folder 2
General Note

Contains 1 black and white image.

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Incorporated - Organic Chemistry Department, Organic Technical Conference - Exhibits - Photographs, 1956 March 16.
Box 9 Folder 3
General Note

Contains 3 black and white images.

Hill, Julian - Photograph, undated.
Box 9 Folder 4
General Note

Contains 1 black and white image.

Institute of Textile Technology - Project 3020: Photomicrographs of Raw Cotton Fibers in Cross Section and Longitudinal Views - Photographs, 1955.
Box 9 Folder 5
General Note

Contains 5 black and white images.

Joseph Priestley House and Laboratory - Postcard, 2007.
Box 9 Folder 6
General Note

Contains 1 color postcard.

Kelvin, Lord (Thomson, William) - Photograph, undated.
Box 9 Folder 7
General Note

Contains 1 black and white image.

New Castle, Delaware Courthouse - Postcard, undated.
Box 9 Folder 8
General Note

Contains 1 black and white postcard.

Nonotuck Silk Company - Brainerd & Armstrong Dyeing Plant - Postcard, 1917.
Box 9 Folder 9
General Note

Contains 1 color postcard.

Schelle, Carl Wilhelm - Photograph and Negative, undated.
Box 9 Folder 10
General Note

Contains 1 black and white image and 1 black and white negative.

Solvay Process Company - Syracuse, New York Works - Postcards, 1906-1907, undated.
Box 9 Folder 11
General Note

Contains 2 color postcards and 1 black and white postcard.

Worcester Salt Company - "Worcester Salt Factory, Silver Springs, New York" - Postcard, undated.
Box 9 Folder 12
General Note

Contains 1 color postcard.

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