Thirty-five chemists met at the College of Pharmacy of the City of New York on April 6, 1876, to found the American Chemical Society (www.acs.org). ACS began publishing its flagship journal, the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), in April, 1879. Chemical Abstracts debuted in January 1907. By 1930, ACS had 18,206 members, 83 local sections and 17 disciplinary divisions. On August 25, 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Public Act No. 358, incorporating the society under federal charter. The society celebrated its 125 anniversary in 2001. The society has 189 local sections, including one in Rhode Island.
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American Chemical Society, Rhode Island Chapter, records, Ms. 2010.020, Brown University Library.
Includes correspondence, by-laws, minutes, financial statements and records, lectures, events, newsletters, membership lists, reports of the Rhode island section, historical documents and miscellaneous other material relating to its activities.
This collection has been divided into 10 series
The first part of the collection was received as a gift from the Society in 1991; it consists of records for the years 1911 through 1960. The second part of the collection was added in 1992; it consists of records and directories for the years 1956 through 1983, and records for the years 1984 through 1988.