Chemists’ Club Library

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CCL Chemists Club Library, 50E CGS Central Gunnery School... 

The Chemists Club Library s collection of 60/000 volumes is almost entirely restricted to chemical literature. Particular emphasis is placed on specialized phases of the chemical industry, notably biographical and portrait material, prizes and awards listings, the CCDA and CMRA publications, the Society of Cosmetic Chemists collection, watermarks and hand-made papers, the Natta reports, and company histories. Special services of the library are described. 

In 1944, the Chicago Section of the American Chemical Society and the Chicago Chemists Club set up a joint library committee to study the scientific literature needs of the Chicago area. As a result of the work of this committee, a decision was made in November 1946 to establish the Chicago Chemical Library Foundation (3, 10). In the constitution and bylaws of the CCLF adopted December 31, 1947, the object of the foundation is stated as follows (4) ... 

One of the largest chemical libraries in the United States is that of the Chemists Club in New York. Its stock of 60,000 volumes which include the leading textbooks and periodical publications of the world is available for reference to members, to bona fide students and to the general public on suitable evidence of identification. It receives over 500 current periodicals including society... 

C.C. Wakefield Co., and the care of this library was placed in her hands. Although in her later years she did not give herself much time for recreation, Margaret Le Pla loved music, and for many years she sang in the Old Vic Opera Company. Latterly, she took great interest in the functions of the Women Chemists Dining Club [see Chap. 2], of which she was a member.83(a)... 

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