American Chemical Society Centennial Collection

Arranged in its original order, the American Chemical Society Centennial Collection contains public relations materials for the American Chemical Society (ACS) Centennial, which the society commemorated in 1976. The materials in this collection were created by the ACS’ Centennial Public Relations Committee and were originally collected in a binder by committee chairman (and collection donor) Richard L. Moore.

The materials in this collection provide documentation of the ACS Centennial public relations program, which was organized and conducted by the organization’s Centennial Public Relations Committee. It provides documentation of the various components of the Centennial public relations program, including but not limited to, the travelling exhibit “Taking Things Apart and Putting Things Together,” the ACS’ various media outreach activities, the publicizing of the ACS’ national meetings in New York, New York and San Francisco, California, and the publicizing of the ceremony marking the beginning of the restoration of Joseph Priestley’s home and laboratory. The United States Postal Service’s issuance of ACS Centennial commemorative postage stamps and postal covers is also documented in this collection. The contents of this collection also represent the submission of the ACS Centennial program for the Public Relations Society of America’s Silver Anvil Award.

The contents of the American Chemical Society Centennial Collection consist of a variety of materials. Articles, correspondence, programs, and typed notes are the most common materials found in the collection. Small amounts of other miscellaneous materials, including, but not limited to, brochures, press releases, questionnaires, postage stamps, postal covers, photocopied images, photographs, and slides are preserved here as well.