HERTY, CHARLES H. (CHARLES HOLMES), 1867-1938.
Charles H. Herty papers
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Educational work
Charles H. Herty papers > Educational work
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Series 10
Educational work,
1901-1938
Boxes 110-114
Scope and Content Note
For twenty-three years (1915-1938) Herty was an ardent publicist for chemistry and the American chemical industry. He made appearances all over the country before academic institutions and other organizations stressing the need for protection for American chemical industry; the relation of chemistry to national defense; the development of Southern chemical resources; cooperation between universities and industries; the need to improve the quality of chemical education; and, always, the relationship of chemistry to everyday life.
The first section of the series includes correspondence with colleges and universities about Herty's appearances, about renovating the chemical curriculum, securing financial aid for the institutions, and accepting honors and awards. Herty received a Doctor of Chemistry degree from the University of Pittsburgh (1917); Sc.D. from Colgate University (1918): LL.D. frown the University of Georgia (1928); LL.D. from the University of North Carolina (1934); Sc.D. from Oglethorpe University (1934); Sc.D. from the University of Florida (1937); and LL.D. from Duke University (1938).
The next large section contains correspondence about Herty's addresses promoting chemistry before other organizations and associations, and about honors and awards he received from these groups. The series also includes correspondence about the American Chemical Society (ACS) Committee on Prize Essays and the ACS Division of Chemical Education and Journal of Chemical Education. Herty served on the ACS Prize Essay Committee 1923-1931 . The committee sponsored state essay contests to encourage an interest in chemistry among high-school and normal school students, college freshmen, and teachers' college students. The committee work was financed by a gift from Mr. and Mrs. Francis P. Garvan. There is correspondence with the Chemical Foundation, Inc. The Division of Chemical Education and Journal of Chemical Education correspondence concerns funding provided for the journal by the Chemical Foundation; much of the correspondence is between ACS officers and representatives of the Chemical Foundation.
The remaining material consists of correspondence with the Manufacturers Record (MR). This long association (1901-1932) began with the journal's awareness of Herty's work for the preservation of southern forestry interests. In 1916 Herty cooperated with MR in its publication of a special issue (September, 1916) devoted to chemical developments and the chemical potentialities of the South. Encouraged by Herty, in 1916 MR began to campaign editorially for a self-contained American coal-tar dye industry. From 1916 through 1932 MR and Herty stressed the same themes, including: platinum conservation as a national defense measure; tariff protection for the American chemical industry; the dangers to American industry of foreign loans; and, especially, the development of southern chemical resources. Herty contributed articles to the journal and was often consulted about chemical matters. Correspondence is with Richard H. Edmonds, editor and general manager, and other members of the MR staff. In a December 16, 1926, editorial, "Why Not a Southern Business Man For President?," Edmonds suggested Herty for the Presidency of the United States.
Related material can be found in the following series: Series 2: Academic Career, Life at Chapel Hill, and Episcopal Church; Series 3: American Chemical Society; Series 6: Industrial Progress and National Defense; Series 9: Industrial Consultant Work; and Series 15: Photographs.
Colleges and Universities | ||
Box | Folder | Content |
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110 | 1 | Agnes Scott College. Correspondence: 1930 |
110 | 2 | Bowdoin College. Correspondence: 1930-1931 |
110 | 3 | Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. Correspondence: 1933 |
110 | 4 | Brown University. Correspondence: 1923 |
110 | 5 | Bucknell University. Correspondence: 1933 |
110 | 6 | Carnegie Institute of Technology. Correspondence: 1915, 1920, 1928 |
110 | 7 | Case School of Applied Science. Correspondence: 1926-1927, 1929-1930 |
110 | 8 | Colgate University. Correspondence: 1915, 1917-1918, 1920, 1923, 1930, 1932, 1937 |
110 | 9 | College of the City of New York. Correspondence: 1917-1920, 1923, 1925-1928, 1933, 1937 |
110 | 10 | Columbia University. Correspondence: 1917, 1919, 1923 |
110 | 11 | Connecticut College. Correspondence: 1937 |
110 | 12 | Cooper Union. Correspondence: 1921, 1929 |
110 | 13 | Cornell University. Correspondence: 1915-1916, 1924, 1928, 1934 |
110 | 14 | Cumberland University. Correspondence and University publications: 1929-1930, 1932, 1937 |
110 | 15 | Dartmouth College. Correspondence: 1921 |
110 | 16 | Davidson College. Correspondence: 1921, 1933 |
110 | 17 | Drexel Institute. Correspondence: 1921, 1923, 1927-1930 |
110 | 18 | Duke University. Correspondence: 1937-1938 |
110 | 19 | Emory University (includes Emory College). Correspondence: 1916, 1920, 1929-1930 |
110 | 20 | Georgia Military College. Correspondence: 1934, 1937 |
110 | 21 | Georgia School of Technology. Correspondence: 1901, 1905-1907, 1915, 1917, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1930-1932 |
110 | 22 | Georgia State College for Women. Correspondence: 1932, 1934-1938; Includes correspondence about the Herty Medal awarded annually since 1933 by the College and the ACS Georgia Section. Herty was given the award in 1934. |
110 | 23 | Georgia State Teachers College. Correspondence: 1930 |
110 | 24 | Harvard University. Correspondence: 1924, 1926, 1928 |
110 | 25 | Haverford College. Correspondence: 1928 |
110 | 26 | Howard College. Correspondence: 1928 |
110 | 27 | Hunter College. Correspondence: 1918, 1928-1929 |
110 | 28 | Lafayette College. Correspondence: 1915, 1924, 1927-1928 |
110 | 29 | Laurinburg Normal and Industrial Institute. Correspondence: 1925 |
110 | 30 | Lehigh University. Correspondence: 1928 |
110 | 31 | Massachusetts Agricultural College. Correspondence: 1928 |
110 | 32 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Correspondence: 1916-1917, 1920-1921, 1923-1929 |
110 | 33 | Medical College of Virginia. Correspondence: 1927-1930, 1937; Includes some correspondence about ACS Virginia Section. |
110 | 34 | Morehouse College. Correspondence: 1929 |
110 | 35 | Mount Holyoke College. Correspondence: 1918, 1927-1931, 1933 |
110 | 36 | New York University. Correspondence: 1926-1928 |
110 | 37 | North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. Correspondence: 1914, 1917 |
110 | 38 | Oberlin College. Correspondence: 1927-1928, 1930, 1936 |
110 | 39 | Oglethorpe University. Correspondence: 1934-1938 |
110 | 40 | Ohio State University. Correspondence: 1928 |
111 | 1 | Pennsylvania State College. Correspondence: 1921, 1928, 1932 |
111 | 2 | Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science. Correspondence: 1921 |
111 | 3 | Polytechnic Institute. Correspondence: 1920, 1932 |
111 | 4 | Pratt Institute. Correspondence: 1917, 1934 |
111 | 5 | Princeton University. Correspondence: 1914-1915, 1917, 1920, 1924, 1927-1929 |
111 | 6 | Purdue University. Correspondence: 1931 |
111 | 7 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Correspondence: 1928, 1935 |
111 | 8 | Rollins College. Correspondence: 1929-1930 |
111 | 9 | Rose Polytechnic Institute. Correspondence: 1934-1935 |
111 | 10 | Rutgers University. Correspondence: 1929-1930, 1933 |
111 | 11 | Shorter College. Correspondence: 1916, 1930 |
111 | 12 | South Georgia Teacher's College. Correspondence: 1930, 1933, 1935, 1937; A bronze tablet marking the spot where Herty began his turpentining experiments was unveiled at the college on April 15, 1935. |
111 | 13 | Spelman College. Correspondence: 1929 |
111 | 14 | Stanford University. Correspondence: 1922, 1926-1927 |
111 | 15 | Stevens Institute of Technology. Correspondence: 1921, 1930 |
111 | 16 | Syracuse University. Correspondence: 1930 |
111 | 17 | Trinity College. Correspondence: 1926-1927 |
111 | 18 | Tufts College. Correspondence: 1915 |
111 | 19 | Tulane University. Correspondence: 1915 |
111 | 20 | Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. Correspondence: 1937 |
111 | 21 | Union College. Correspondence: 1928 |
111 | 22 | University of Akron. Correspondence: 1934 |
111 | 23 | University of Chattanooga. Correspondence: 1934-1936 |
111 | 24 | University of Chicago. Correspondence: 1929 |
111 | 25 | University of Cincinnati. Correspondence: 1914, 1917, 1919, 1926 |
111 | 26 | University of Florida. Correspondence: 1931, 1937-1938 |
111 | 27 | University of Illinois. Correspondence: 1931 |
111 | 28 | University of Maine. Correspondence: 1927 |
111 | 29 | University of Maryland. Correspondence: 1927 |
111 | 30 | University of Minnesota. Correspondence: 1928 |
111 | 31 | University of Mississippi. Correspondence: 1920, 1930 |
111 | 32 | University of Notre Dame. Correspondence: 1937 |
111 | 33 | University of Pennsylvania. Correspondence: 1922, 1935-1938 |
111 | 34 | University of Pittsburgh. Correspondence: 1915, 1917 -1918, 1921, 1923, 1930 |
111 | 35 | University of Richmond. Correspondence: 1927 |
111 | 36 | University of Tampa. Correspondence: 1938 |
111 | 37 | University of Virginia. Correspondence: 1915-1919, 1921-1922, 1927-1929, 1931 |
111 | 38 | Vanderbilt University. Correspondence: 1936 |
111 | 39 | Vassar College. Correspondence: 1932 -1933 |
111 | 40 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Correspondence: 1917, 1930 |
111 | 41 | Wellesley College. Correspondence: 1919, 1927-1930 |
111 | 42 | Wesleyan College. Correspondence: 1930, 1938 |
111 | 43 | Wesleyan University. Correspondence: 1928 |
111 | 44 | West Georgia College. Correspondence: 1937 |
111 | 45 | West Virginia University. Correspondence: 1928, 1938 |
111 | 46 | Wittenberg College. Correspondence: 1927 |
111 | 47 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Correspondence: 1915, 1925-1926, 1928, 1934, 1936 |
111 | 48 | Yale University. Correspondence: 1918 -1919, 1921-1922, 1926-1930 |
Associations and Organizations | ||
112 | 1 | American Association for Adult Education. Correspondence: 1934 |
112 | 2 | American Drug Manufacturers Association. Correspondence: 1917-1921; Program: 1926 |
112 | 3 | Associated Industries of Massachusetts. Correspondence: 1927-1928 |
112 | 4 | Association of Southern Agricultural Workers. Correspondence: 1930-1931 |
112 | 5 | Atlanta Rotary Club. Correspondence: 1934 |
112 | 6 | Atlanta School Tree Planting. Correspondence: 1933 |
112 | 7 | Atlanta Women's Club. Correspondence: 1934 |
112 | 8 | Boston Rotary Club. Correspondence: 1917, 1919 |
112 | 9 | Central Council of the Savannah Women's Federation. Correspondence: 1935 |
112 | 10 | Charleston Rotary Club. Correspondence: 1928 |
112 | 11 | Chemistry Teachers' Club of New York City. Correspondence: 1921 |
112 | 12 | The City Club. Correspondence: 1928 |
112 | 13 | The Country Bankers Association of Georgia. Correspondence: 1930 |
112 | 14 | The Engineering Foundation. Correspondence: 1927-1931 |
112 | 15 | The Engineering Foundation. Program: 1915 |
112 | 16 | Federated Women's Clubs of the State of New York. Correspondence: 1937 |
112 | 17 | The Fireside Club. Correspondence: 1928 |
112 | 18 | First District Press Association (Statesboro, Georgia). Correspondence: 1931 |
112 | 19 | Garden Club of Georgia. Correspondence: 1932-1936, undated |
112 | 20 | General Federation of Women's Clubs. Correspondence: 1929 |
112 | 21 | Harmon Foundation and Commission on Race Relations. Correspondence: 1930 |
112 | 22 | "Herty Day" in Milledgeville (Georgia). Correspondence: 1933-1934; A marker designating Herty's birthplace was unveiled at Milledgeville on January 25, 1934. |
112 | 23 | Interstate Council of the National Conference of Jewish Women. Correspondence: 1929 |
112 | 24 | Inter-Urban Conference at Eastman (Georgia). Correspondence: 1938 |
112 | 25 | Lawyers Club of Atlanta. Correspondence: 1938 |
112 | 26 | Macon Rotary Club. Correspondence: 1937-1938 |
112 | 27 | Macon School Tree Planting. Correspondence: 1933 |
112 | 28 | Massachusetts State Federation of Women's Clubs. Correspondence: 1929 |
112 | 29 | Mess Club of the South Congregational Church. Correspondence: 1927 |
112 | 30 | Milledgeville Chamber of Commerce. Correspondence: 1925-1926 |
112 | 31 | Nassau Club. Correspondence: 1934 |
112 | 32 | National Civic Federation. Correspondence: 1932 |
112 | 33 | National Drainage Congress. Correspondence: 1929 |
112 | 34 | National Industrial Conference Board. Correspondence: 1924, 1927-1928, 1931 |
112 | 35 | National Industrial Conference Board. Miscellaneous Papers: 1923, 1926, 1928-1929, 1931 |
112 | 36 | New England Association of Chemistry Teachers. Correspondence: 1926 |
112 | 37 | New England Association of Chemistry Teachers. Reports: 1926, 1928 |
112 | 38 | New England Conference of Credit Men. Correspondence: 1929 |
112 | 39 | New Jersey Science Teachers' Association. Correspondence: 1918, 1921 |
112 | 40 | New York Academy of Sciences. Correspondence: 1919 |
112 | 41 | New York State Federation of Women's Clubs. Correspondence: 1921 |
112 | 42 | Parent Teachers Meeting, Roselle High School, New Jersey. Correspondence: 1925 |
112 | 43 | Pawtucket Business Men's Association. Correspondence: 1928 |
112 | 44 | Pilot Club. Correspondence: 1934-1938 |
112 | 45 | Plains School (Georgia). Correspondence: 1935-1936 |
112 | 46 | Purchasing Agents' Association of New York. Correspondence: 1927 |
112 | 47 | Robert Morris Associates. Correspondence: 1929 |
112 | 48 | Mrs. Charles F. Robbins. Correspondence: 1927 |
112 | 49 | Rotary Club of Chattanooga. Correspondence: 1936 |
112 | 50 | Rotary Club of Savannah. Correspondence: 1938 |
112 | 51 | St. Louis Association of Credit Men. Correspondence: 1920 |
112 | 52 | Sanford Rotary Club. Correspondence: 1932 |
112 | 53 | Savannah Business and Professional Women's Club. Correspondence: 1935 |
112 | 54 | Southern Conference on Human Relations in Industry. Correspondence: 1937 |
112 | 55 | Southern Economic Association. Correspondence: 1938 |
112 | 56 | United Parents' Association.of Greater New York Schools, Inc. Correspondence: 1927-1928 |
112 | 57 | Valdosta Garden Club. Correspondence: 1935-1936 |
112 | 58 | Wagner Free Institute of Science. Correspondence: 1917 |
112 | 59 | Western Society of Engineers. Correspondence: 1930-1931 |
112 | 60 | Wilmington Rotary Club. Correspondence: 1928-1929 |
112 | 61 | Women's Republican Club of Massachusetts. Correspondence: 1929 |
112 | 62 | Women's Republican Club of Massachusetts. Statecraft Institute Programs: 1929 |
American Chemical Society. ACS Committee on Prize Essays | ||
113 | 1 | ACS Committee on Prize Essays. Correspondence: 1923 |
113 | 2 | ACS Committee on Prize Essays. 1924-1926 |
113 | 3 | ACS Committee on Prize Essays. 1927 |
113 | 4 | ACS Committee on Prize Essays. 1928-1929 |
113 | 5 | ACS Committee on Prize Essays. 1930-1931 |
113 | 6 | ACS Committee on Prize Essays. Miscellaneous Papers: 1923-1931, undated |
American Chemical Society. ACS Division of Chemical Education and Journal of Chemical Education | ||
113 | 7 | ACS Division of Chemical Education and Journal of Chemical Education. Correspondence: 1921-1922, 1924-1926 |
113 | 8 | ACS Division of Chemical Education and Journal of Chemical Education. Correspondence: January-July, 1927 |
113 | 9 | ACS Division of Chemical Education and Journal of Chemical Education. Correspondence: August-December, undated, 1927 |
113 | 10 | ACS Division of Chemical Education and Journal of Chemical Education. Correspondence: 1928-1932, 1934, undated |
113 | 11 | ACS Division of Chemical Education. Committee on Women's Club Study Courses. Correspondence: 1927-1929 |
113 | 12 | Journal of Chemical Education. Miscellaneous Papers: 1924 |
Manufacturers Record. Correspondence | ||
114 | 1 | 1901, 1905, 1907, 1911 |
114 | 2 | January-August, 1916 |
114 | 3 | September-December, 1916 |
114 | 4 | 1917-1918 |
114 | 5 | 1919-1921 |
114 | 6 | 1923-1924,1926-1927 |
114 | 7 | 1928 |
114 | 8 | 1929-1932 |