Series VI. Education Files, 1934-1945
Scope and Content
The Henry C. McBay Papers contain the professional and personal papers of African American chemist and chemistry educator Henry C. McBay. The contents of the Henry C. McBay Papers had very little original order to them when donated to the Science History Institute. The collection has been arranged artificially by the processor into the following ten series:
- Correspondence Files
- Academic Files
- Proposal Files
- Article and Publication Files
- Speeches and Presentations
- Education Files
- Personal Files
- Printed Materials
- Miscellaneous Files
- Photographs
Dates
- Creation: 1934-1945
Series Description
Arranged alphabetically by subject, this series contains Henry C. McBay’s Education Files. These files provide limited documentation of McBay’s graduate level education. Most of the materials in the Education Files were generated by McBay while studying for his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago. A single file of materials from a chemistry class McBay took as a graduate student at Atlanta University is also present in this series. A single file of materials from a chemistry class McBay took at Tuskegee Institute is also preserved here.
Exams, laboratory reports, and class assignments are the most common materials found in the Education Files. A manuscript of McBay’s Ph.D. dissertation, his Ph.D. diploma, a photocopied notebook, and photocopied notes are preserved here as well.
Repository Details
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