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Lyman Beecher Hall Prize in Chemistry correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: HCS-001-048

Scope and Contents

This collection contains documents relating to the establishment of a 100-dollar prize in Chemistry dedicated to Lyman Beecher Hall, a renowned professor of Chemistry at Haverford College. The fund for the prize was established by the class of 1898, as a reward to a student who “shows promise of contributing substantially to the advancement of science in any field of service.” Included are correspondences between Hall and Walter C. Janney as well as W. Buell Meldrum regarding Hall’s thoughts on the prize and the statement by which it would be made known to students.

Dates

  • Creation: 1923-1924, 1962

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use

Use Restrictions

Standard Federal Copyright Law Applies (U.S. Title 17)

Biographical / Historical

Lyman Beecher Hall (1852-1935) was a professor of Chemistry at Haverford College from 1880 to 1917. He attended Amherst College (1869-1873), before attaining a doctorate from the University of Göttingen (1875). Hall was a fellow and instructor of Chemistry at Johns Hopkins University (1877-1880) and taught at Haverford for 37 years before his retirement in 1917. The “New Chemistry building” (now known as Hall Building) was named in his honor. He died in 1935 in Madison, Wisconsin.

Extent

0.01 linear ft. (1 folder )

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

This collection contains documents relating to the establishment of a 100-dollar prize in Chemistry dedicated to Lyman Beecher Hall, a renowned professor of Chemistry at Haverford College.

Arrangement

Materials are arranged chronologically

Acquisition

Unknown

Processing Information

Processed by Cullen Worth, completed July, 2024

Title
Lyman Beecher Hall Prize in Chemistry correspondence
Status
Completed
Author
Cullen Worth
Date
July, 2024
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

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