Ebenezer Emmett Reid papers
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of reprints, extensive student notes, lecture notes, correspondence, and patents of Johns Hopkins professor of chemistry, E. Emmet Reid, dating from 1889 to 1974. Included are two volumes of letters to his parents written from Richmond College, and several chemistry books belonging to Reid. There are also transcripts of tapes on which Dr. Reid recorded recollections of his early childhood, his student years, his career in chemistry, and his government research in chemical warfare.
Dates
- Creation: 1889-1974
Creator
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Biographical Note
E. Emmet Reid was born in Fincastle, Virginia, in 1872. He graduated from Richmond College in 1892. Reid was a student of Ira Remsen at Johns Hopkins, and received his Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1898. Reid taught chemistry from 1908 until 1937 when he retired. His university teaching was interrupted when he was recruited to do government research in chemical warfare during World War I. Dr. Reid published Organic Chemistry of Bivalent Sulfur and Chemistry Through the Language Barrier.
Extent
0.95 Cubic Feet (2 letter size document boxes, 1 letter half-size document box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
E. Emmet Reid (born 1872) was a professor of chemistry at Johns Hopkins. The collection consists of reprints, extensive student notes, lecture notes, correspondence, and patents dating from 1889 to 1974.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was transferred from the University Archives in 1982.
Processing Information
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Subject
- School of Arts and Sciences. Department of Chemistry (Organization)
- Richmond College (Richmond, Va.) (Organization)
- Reid, E. Emmett (Ebenezer Emmett), 1872-1973 (Person)
- Remsen, Ira, 1846-1927 (Person)
- Title
- Ebenezer Emmett Reid papers
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
Repository Details
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