SYMPOSIUM BOOKS
From the Introduction [with slight editing] of Mary Virginia Orna's HIST's Centennial History Chapter HIST's Sixty Years of Sponsored Publications: An Expanded Bibliography: For sixty years, the Division of the History of Chemistry (HIST) has sponsored publications of history-related volumes drawn for the most part from symposia that were presented at American Chemical Society (ACS) meetings. The origin of each volume depended upon individuals who organized symposia, or in some cases, proposed book volumes. It has been the practice of the Division to provide some financial support for these ventures; many organizers were able to obtain additional support from various types of grants and contributions. Generally, the editor of the volume was also the organizer of the event. Except for the Archaeological Chemistry volumes, there were no set series or themes over the years, but the volumes naturally fell into six categories:
- Archaeological Chemistry
- Thematic Biographical Collections
- Anniversaries and Landmarks
- Entertainment and Diversion
- Subdisciplines
- Places
Series/Publisher | Series Number | Publication Date | Editor(s) | Title | Category |
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Advances in Chemistry Series | 61 | 1966 | O. Theodor Benfey | Kekulé Centennial | Anniversaries & Landmarks |
Advances in Chemistry Series | 62 | 1967 | George B. Kauffman | Werner Centennial | Anniversaries & Landmarks |
ACS Symposium Series | 12 | 1975 | O. Bertrand Ramsay | van't Hoff-Le Bel Centennial | Anniversaries & Landmarks |
ACS Symposium Series | 565 | 1994 | George B. Kauffman | Coordination Chemistry. A Century of Progress | Anniversaries & Landmarks |
ACS Symposium Series | 1080 | 2011 | E. Thomas Strom and Seth C. Rasmussen | 100+ Years of Plastics. Leo Baekeland and Beyond | Anniversaries & Landmarks |
ACS Symposium Series | 1208 | 2015 | Mary Virginia Orna | Sputnik to Smartphones: A Half-Century of Chemistry Education | Anniversaries & Landmarks |
ACS Symposium Series | 1209 | 2015 | E. Thomas Strom and Vera V. Mainz | The Foundations of Physical Organic Chemistry: Fifty Years of the James Flack Norris Award | Anniversaries & Landmarks |
Springer: Perspectives on the History of Chemistry | 2021 | Gregory S. Girolami, Carmen Giunta and Vera V. Mainz | 150 Years of the Periodic Table: A Commemorative Symposium | Anniversaries & Landmarks | |
Advances in Chemistry Series | 138 | 1974 | Curt W. Beck | Archaeological Chemistry | Archaeological Chemistry |
Advances in Chemistry Series | 171 | 1978 | Giles F. Carter | Archaeological Chemistry II | Archaeological Chemistry |
Advances in Chemistry Series | 205 | 1984 | Joseph B. Lambert | Archaeological Chemistry III | Archaeological Chemistry |
Advances in Chemistry Series | 220 | 1989 | Ralph O. Allen | Archaeological Chemistry IV | Archaeological Chemistry |
ACS Symposium Series | 625 | 1996 | Mary Virginia Orna | Archaeological Chemistry V. Organic, Inorganic, and Biochemical Analysis | Archaeological Chemistry |
ACS Symposium Series | 831 | 2002 | Kathryn A. Jakes | Archaeological Chemistry VI. Materials, Methods, and Meaning | Archaeological Chemistry |
ACS Symposium Series | 968 | 2007 | Michael D. Glascock, Robert J. Speakman, and Rachel S. Popelka-Filcoff | Archaeological Chemistry VII. Analytical Techniques and Archaeological Interpretation | Archaeological Chemistry |
ACS Symposium Series | 1147 | 2013 | Ruth Ann Armitage and James H. Burton | Archaeological Chemistry VIII | Archaeological Chemistry |
Cambridge Scholars Pubs. | 2020 | Seth C. Rasmussen and Mary Virginia Orna | Archaeological Chemistry: A Multidisciplinary Analysis of the Past | Archaeological Chemistry | |
American Chemical Society | 1983 | Samuel Gerber | Chemistry and Crime: From Sherlock Holmes to Today's Courtroom | Entertainment and Diversion | |
American Chemical Society | 1997 | Samuel M. Gerber and Richard Saferstein | More Chemistry and Crime: From Marsh Arsenic Test to DNA Profile | Entertainment and Diversion | |
American Chemical Society | 1998 | Jack H. Stocker | Chemistry and Science Fiction | Entertainment and Diversion | |
ACS Symposium Series | 1153 | 2013 | Jack Stocker and Natalie Foster | A Festival of Chemistry Entertainments | Entertainment and Diversion |
ACS Symposium Series | 1179 | 2014 | Mary Virginia Orna | Science History: A Traveler's Guide | Places |
World Scientific | 2018 | Seth C. Rasmussen | Igniting the Chemical Ring of Fire: Historical Evolution of the Chemical Communities of the Pacific Rim | Places | |
Advances in Chemistry Series | 190 | 1980 | William F. Furter | History of Chemical Engineering | Subdiscipline |
ACS Symposium Series | 176 | 1982 | Lloyd A. Currie | Nuclear and Chemical Dating Techniques. Interpreting the Environmental Record | Subdiscipline |
ACS Symposium Series | 222 | 1983 | Burtron H. Davis and William P. Hettinger, Jr. | Heterogeneous Catalyis Selected American Histories | Subdiscipline |
D. Reidel Publishing, Dordrecht | 1986 | John T. Stock and Mary Virginia Orna | The History and Preservation of Chemical Instrumentation: Proceedings of the ACS Division of Chemistry Symposium Held in Chicago, 1985 | Subdiscipline | |
ACS Symposium Series | 390 | 1989 | John T. Stock and Mary Virginia Orna | Electrochemistry, Past and Present | Subdiscipline |
ACS Symposium Series | 1044 | 2010 | Carmen J. Giunta | Atoms in Chemistry: From Dalton's Predecessors to Complex Atoms and Beyond | Subdiscipline |
ACS Symposium Series | 1211 | 2015 | Seth C. Rasmussen | Chemical Technology in Antiquity | Subdiscipline |
ACS Symposium Series | 1314 | 2019 | Mary Virginia Orna, Gillian Eggleston and Alvin F. Bopp | Chemistry's Role in Food Production and Sustainability: Past and Present | Subdiscipline |
ACS Symposium Series | 1122 | 2013 | E. Thomas Strom and Angela K. Wilson | Pioneers of Quantum Chemistry | Thematic Biographical Collections |
ACS Symposium Series | 1136 | 2013 | Gary D. Patterson and Seth C. Rasmussen | Characters in Chemistry: A Celebration of the Humanity of Chemistry | Thematic Biographical Collections |
ACS Symposium Series | 1262 | 2017 | E. Thomas Strom and Vera V. Mainz | The Posthumous Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Volume 1. Correcting the Errors and Oversights of the Nobel Prize | Thematic Biographical Collections |
ACS Symposium Series | 1273 | 2018 | Gary Patterson | Preceptors in Chemistry | Thematic Biographical Collections |
ACS Symposium Series | 1311 | 2018 | Vera V. Mainz and E. Thomas Strom | The Posthumous Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Volume 2. Ladies in Waiting for the Nobel Prize | Thematic Biographical Collections |
ACS Symposium Series | 1349 | 2020 | E. Thomas Strom and Vera V. Mainz | Pioneers of Magnetic Resonance | Thematic Biographical Collections |