Ohio State University, Department of Chemistry Records 1905-2017

15.79 Cubic feet

(32) letter file folders; (12) cartons; (1) oversize flat box; (1) 2.5" letter document box

The Department of Chemistry was one of the ten original departments at the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College. The Ohio State University, Department of Chemistry Records contains publications, budget materials, scrapbooks, and papers from the Chemistry Graduate Program.

[identification of item], Ohio State University, Department of Chemistry Records, RG 27.C, Ohio State University Archives, The Ohio State University

The Ohio State University, Department of Chemistry Records contains publications, budget materials, scrapbooks, and papers from the Chemistry Graduate Program, such as program specifications and candidate recommendations. The records also include previously classified information related to the former US Chemical Warfare Service. The materials date from 1905-2010.

Materials are arranged in the order they were received.

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Accession Number UA.1974.0004: Department of Chemistry; Accession Number UA.1982.0034: Department of Chemistry; Accession Number UA.1985.0201: Chemistry Libraries; Accession Number UA.1995.0068: Earl Casterline; Accession Number UA.1996.0180; Accession Number UA.1998.0098: Lester Barnhart; Accession Number UA.2009.0074; Accession Number UA.2012.0133: Brittany Poast, 2012 October

Ohio State University Archives Subject File: Department of Chemistry

The Ohio State University Department of Chemistry began in 1873, when Sidney Norton was the only, and first, professor in the department. The Department of Chemistry was one of the ten original departments at the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College. Norton remained the only faculty member for twenty years until 1893 when William McPherson was appointed as an assistant professor. In 2012, the Department of Chemistry merged with the Department of Biochemistry to form the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.

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Finding aid written by Zoe MacLeod, 2017 February

Finding aid prepared by Zoe MacLeod