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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

NOTE: The table is sorted by Category. If you want to sort in a different way, download the Excel spreadsheet.

Series/Publisher Series Number Publication Date Editor(s) Title Category
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