Series III. Proposal Files, 1953-1995, undated

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this series contains Henry C. McBay’s Proposal Files. The materials in this series concern proposals prepared and submitted by McBay to obtain funding for some of the various projects he worked on. Some of the proposals represented in this series were submitted by McBay alone. Others were prepared and submitted jointly by McBay and others. The funding requested in the proposals was sought from several sources, including United States government agencies, chemical companies, and educational foundations. McBay and his colleagues were successful in obtaining funding for several of the proposals represented in this series.

A majority of the proposals represented in this series were submitted to obtain funding for McBay’s chemistry research into free radicals. A handful of the files in this series concern proposals submitted to improve chemistry education at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). A single file concerning a proposal to obtain funding for a chemical preparations facility at the Atlanta University Center is also preserved here.

The actual proposals prepared and submitted by McBay and his colleagues make up the largest component of the materials in this series. Miscellaneous materials accompanying the proposals, including correspondence, grant applications, notes, reports, article reprints, and government documents are preserved here as well.