Chemistry -- Study and teaching

Scope and Contents The folders mainly contain textual material, but there are some photographs and plans of Aubert Hall. The series Administrative Record contains various records regarding the administration of the Department of Chemistry, College of Engineering and Science, and more generally the University of Maine information. Includes: annual reports, budgets, American Chemical Society accreditation material, faculty, staff, and various committee meeting material, missions and goals, reviews,...

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0887 Dr. Frederick Martin interviewed by Sarah Jane Adamski, November 29, 1974, York, Maine. Martin tells of his childhood in York and career as a chemist; his education, notably taking two extra years of high school to learn Latin and French in order to attend college; working for the Goodrich Company 1917-1952; footwear and the naming of the zipper; working with observation balloons during WWI; and recollections of York circa 1900. Text: 21 pp. transcript. Recording: T 0857 1 hour.

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The collection contains both academic and family papers of Lucius H. Merrill and of his son, Edward O. Merrill, and Alan Merrill. These include lecture notes, research notes, letters, correspondence, diaries, and journals.

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An undated notebook on the subject of biological chemistry belonging to Daniel Emerson Green, a member of the University of Maine Class of 1917, and a student in the Department of Agriculture. The notebook contains formulas and notes on experiments.