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Records of the American Chemical Society Division of Paint, Varnish, and Plastics Chemistry

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Call Number:
05
Repository:
Science History Institute Archives
Extent:
0.75 linear feet (1 hollinger box and 1 half hollinger box.)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Records of the American Chemical Society Division of Paint, Varnish, and Plastics Chemistry, 1939-1941, Science History Institute Archives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Date:
1939-1941 (inclusive)
Creator:
American Chemical Society. Division of Paint, Varnish, and Plastics Chemistry and American Chemical Society. Division of Paint and Varnish
Form:
Archival materials
Abstract:
Papers presented before the Division of Paint, Varnish, and Plastics Chemistry and its predecessor, the Paint and Varnish Division, at the 98th, 100th, 101st, and 102nd Meetings of the American Chemical Society.

The Division of Paint, Varnish, and Plastics Chemistry was a division of the American Chemical Society. Its origins go back to 1924, when chemists and materials scientists in the paint and varnish industries founded the Paint and Varnish Section within the American Chemical Society. In 1928, this section was awarded division status and was named the Paint and Varnish Division. Although the division initially focused on paints and varnishes, division members soon became interested in plastics, which prompted the division to expand its jurisdiction to include plastic chemistry. To reflect this change, the division was renamed the Division of Paint, Varnish, and Plastics Chemistry in 1941.

Over the next several decades, the division's members became interested in numerous other materials, including, but not limited to, adhesives, polymers, and composites. As its membership's interests evolved, so did the focus of the division, which led to it being renamed several more times. To accommodate a growing interest in printing inks, the division was renamed the Division of Paint, Plastics, and Printing Ink Chemistry in 1952. From 1960 to 1983, the division was known as the Division of Organic Coatings and Plastics Chemistry. In 1983, the division was renamed the Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering Division.

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Records of the American Chemical Society Division of Paint, Varnish, and Plastics Chemistry, Science History Institute Archives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Records of the American Chemical Society Division of Paint, Varnish, and Plastics Chemistry contain papers presented before the Division of Paint, Varnish, and Plastics Chemistry and its predecessor, the Paint and Varnish Division, at the 98th, 100th, 101st, and 102nd Meetings of the American Chemical Society. The collection is arranged into the following four series:

  1. Papers Presented at the 98th American Chemical Society Meeting
  2. Papers Presented at the 100th American Chemical Society Meeting
  3. Papers Presented at the 101st American Chemical Society Meeting
  4. Papers Presented at the 102nd American Chemical Society Meeting

The Records of the American Chemical Society Division of Paint, Varnish, and Plastics Chemistry were donated to the Science History Institute (formerly the Chemical Heritage Foundation) by The Chemists' Club in 1990.

The Records of the American Chemical Society Division of Paint, Varnish, and Plastics Chemistry were processed by Andrew Mangravite in August 2016. The addenda to the Records of the American Chemical Society Division of Paint, Varnish, and Plastics Chemistry (Series I) was processed by Kenton G. Jaehnig in April 2018.

There are no other known archival collections created by the American Chemical Society Division of Paint, Varnish, and Plastics Chemistry preserved at the date of processing.

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

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Publisher
Science History Institute Archives
Finding Aid Author
Finding aid created by Andrew Mangravite and encoded into EAD by Kenton G. Jaehnig.
Finding Aid Date
2018
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There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes and the collection is open to the public.

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Collection Inventory

Series Description

Arranged alphabetically by author, this series contains mimeographed preprints of papers presented before the Division of Paint and Varnish at the 98th American Chemical Society Meeting, which was held in Boston, Massachusetts on September 11-15, 1939.

W.C. Bainbridge – "Label Colors for Food Containers", 1939.
Box 1 Folder 1
C.E. Barnett and D.L. Gamble – "Infra-Red Absorption Spectra in the Study of Drying Oils", 1939.
Box 1 Folder 2
Theodore F. Bradley and William B. Johnston – "Drying Oils and Resins; VII. Reactions Involving the Carbon to Carbon Unsaturation During the Thermal Treatment of Some Esters of Unsaturated C18 Fat Acids", 1939.
Box 1 Folder 3
Theodore F. Bradley and Harry F. Pfann – "Drying Oils and Resins; VI. The Constitution of a Drying Oil Gel", 1939.
Box 1 Folder 4
T.C. Chadwick and S. Palkin – "Composition of the Non-Pinene Portion of American Gum Turpentine", 1939.
Box 1 Folder 5
D.H. Dawson and R.D. Nutting – "Chalking of Titanium Dioxide Pigmented Exterior Finishes; Part I: Synthetic Enamels", 1939.
Box 1 Folder 6
Paul J. Flory – "Kinetics of Polyesterification and the Randomness of Polymerizations", 1939.
Box 1 Folder 7
William C. Forbes and Harvey A. Neville – "WIJS Iodine Numbers for Conjugated Double Bonds – The Influence of Sample:Reagent Ratio", 1939.
Box 1 Folder 8
J.W. Iliff and R.B. Davis – "Moisture Peeling of House Paints; B. Preliminary Report on the Mechanism of Moisture Peeling", 1939.
Box 1 Folder 9
A.E. Jacobsen and William Howlett Gardner – "Zinc Soaps in Paints", 1939.
Box 1 Folder 10
R.H. Kienle and F.E. Petke – "The Polyhydric Alcohol-Polybasic Acid Reaction; V. The Glyceryl Succinate and Glyceryl Maleate Polyesters", 1939.
Box 1 Folder 11
Philip M. Kirk, Paul E. Spoerri, and William Howlett Gardner – "Nature and Constitution of Shellac, Shelloic Acid and Similar Acids", 1939.
Box 1 Folder 12
John J. Levenson, Jr. – "The Chemical Examination of Urea Coating Resins", 1939.
Box 1 Folder 13
J.L. Overholt and A.C. Elm – "The Formation and Deterioration of Paint Films; I. The Changes Taking Place in Films of the Methyl Esters of Several Unsaturated Fatty Acids Under Exposure to Ultra-violet Light", 1939.
Box 1 Folder 14
Henry Fleming Payne – "Permeability, Adsorption, and Solubility of Linseed Oil Films", 1939.
Box 1 Folder 15
David Richardson and Theodore F. Bradley – "Drying Oils and Resins; VIII. Ultraviolet Absorption Study of Some Esters of the Acids of Drying Oils", 1939.
Box 1 Folder 16
J.J. Russell – "Behavior of Polyvinyl Chloride Plastics Under Stress", 1939.
Box 1 Folder 17
G.B.L. Smith and A.R. Smith – "Preliminary Study of the Catalytic Hydrogenation of Shellac by Raney Nickel", 1939.
Box 1 Folder 18
James K. Stewart and George C. Hock – "Surface Tension of a Solvent-Diluent Mixture", 1939.
Box 1 Folder 19
R.E. Troutman and W.G. Vannoy – "Chalking of Titanium Dioxide Pigmented Exterior Finishes; Part II: Outside House Paints", 1939.
Box 1 Folder 20
V.W. Ware and W.M. Bruner – "Evaluation of Nitrocellulose Lacquer Solvents; IV. A Study of Ester Activation by Alcohols and the Use of Alcohols as Lacquer Diluents", 1939.
Box 1 Folder 21

Series Description

Arranged alphabetically by author, this series contains mimeographed preprints of papers presented before the Division of Paint and Varnish at the 100th American Chemical Society Meeting, which was held in Detroit, Michigan on September 9-13, 1940.

B.P. Caldwell and H.F. Payne – "Dielectric Behavior of Drying Oils", 1940.
Box 1 Folder 22
W.H. Carmody – "Coal By-Products: Solubilizing Effect of Hydrogenation upon Aromatic Derived Resins", 1940.
Box 1 Folder 23
Myron A. Coler – "Aircraft Engine Finishes", 1940.
Box 1 Folder 24
V.M. Darsey – "Preparation of Automobile Bodies for Painting", 1940.
Box 1 Folder 25
Samuel S. Epstein and Foster Dee Snell – "Antiseptic and Germicidal Paints", 1940.
Box 1 Folder 26
Paul J. Flory – "Molecular Size Distribution in Three Dimensional Polymers and the Phenomenon of Gelation", 1940.
Box 1 Folder 27
William Howlett Gardner and Russell B. Waddell – "Dichlorostearates as Driers", 1940.
Box 1 Folder 28
John E. Hanle and William Howlett Gardner – "Spreading Properties of Reactive Phenolic Varnishes on Tinplate", 1940.
Box 1 Folder 29
William B. Johnston and Theodore F. Bradley – "Drying Oils and Resins; IX. Purification of Polymerized Methyl Linoleate by Molecular Distillation", 1940.
Box 1 Folder 30
R.H. Kienle and F.E. Petke – "Polyhydric Alcohol-Polybasic Acid Reaction; VI. Glyceryl Adipate and Glyceril Sebacate Polyesters", 1940.
Box 1 Folder 31
J.L. McCloud – "Baking Paint with Infra-Red 'Light'", 1940.
Box 1 Folder 32
W.J. McCortney – "Decorative Plastics for Automobiles", 1940.
Box 1 Folder 33
J.L. Overholt and A.C. Elm – "Formation and Deterioration of Paint Films; III. Changes in the Glyceryl Esters of Several Unsaturated Fatty Acids Under Exposure to Ultra-Violet Light", 1940.
Box 2 Folder 1
S.G. Saunders – "Road to Satisfactory Paint Recovery", 1940.
Box 2 Folder 2
Murray M. Sprung – "Reactivity of Phenols Toward Paraformaldehyde", 1940.
Box 2 Folder 3
G.H. Young, G.W. Gerhardt, W.K. Schneider, and G.W. Seagren – "Film Continuity of Synthetic Resin Coatings; V. Accelerated Breakdown Test", 1940.
Box 2 Folder 4
G.H. Young, G.W. Gerhardt, W.K. Schneider and G.W. Seagren – "Film Continuity of Synthetic Resin Coatings; VI. Some Applications of the Impressed Voltage Breakdown Test", 1940.
Box 2 Folder 5

Series Description

Arranged alphabetically by author, this series contains mimeographed preprints of papers presented before the Division of Paint, Varnish, and Plastics Chemistry at the 101st American Chemical Society Meeting, which was held in St. Louis, Missouri on April 7-11, 1941.

E.J. Dunn, Jr., M. Kushner and C.H. Baier – "Effect of Particle Size and Particle Shape on Paint Consistency", 1941.
Box 2 Folder 6
Elmer S. Miller and J.P. Kass – "Quantitative Ultraviolet Spectrophotometry Applications to Studies of Conjugation in Drying Oils", 1941.
Box 2 Folder 7
J.H. Mitchell, Jr. and H.R. Kraybill – "Ultraviolet Absorption Spectra and Determination of Bodied-in-Vacuo and Blown Linseed Oil in Mixtures with Raw Linseed Oil", 1941.
Box 2 Folder 8
Harold P. Ransburg – "Dipping as Augmented by Electric Teardrop Eliminator", 1941.
Box 2 Folder 9
Anthony Skett and William C. Scully – "Viscosities of Solutions of Manila Copals", 1941.
Box 2 Folder 10
S.B. Tuwiner and D.A. Dodge – "Anti-Fouling Compositions; I. Metallic Copper", 1941.
Box 2 Folder 11
J.D. von Mikush and Charles Frazier – "The Woburn Iodine Absorption Method; I. A Measure of Total Unsaturation in the Presence of Conjugated Double Bonds", 1941.
Box 2 Folder 12
J.F. White and I.V. Wilson – "Silica Aerogel as a Flatting Agent for Protective Coatings", 1941.
Box 2 Folder 13
Robert I. Wray – "Painting of Magnesium Alloys", 1941.
Box 2 Folder 14

Series Description

This series contains a copy of the publication Division of Paint Varnish and Plastics Chemistry – Briefs of the Papers Presented at the Atlantic City Meeting. The 102nd American Chemical Society Meeting was held in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 8-12, 1941.

American Chemical Society – Division of Paint Varnish and Plastics Chemistry – Briefs of the Papers Presented at the Atlantic City Meeting, 1941.
Box 2 Folder 15

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