Perkin Medal

Correspondence, lecture and symposia materials (speech typescripts, lecture notes, etc.), notebooks, journal articles, and biographical materials of American inorganic chemist Eugene G. Rochow.

Business records, correspondence, financial records, printed materials, electronic storage materials, and photographs of the Société de Chimie Industrielle (American Section), an American learned society for chemical industry professionals.

This collection is really a research file consisting of ten key monographs by Baker and two articles on the Bell Laboratories, both dating from the period in which Baker served as vice president of the Research Division. The Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey were considered to be among the world's most advanced industrial research facilities. Eleven Nobel Prizes were awarded for research conducted at the labs during Baker's tenure there.