Avery Allen Ashdown papers
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The papers of Avery Allen Ashdown contain a scrapbook of newspaper clippings and diary entries; material on Ashdown House; and biographical essays on the following chemical engineers associated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Arthur Alphonzo Blanchard, William H. Carlisle, Jr., Arthur Clay Cope, James Mason Crafts, Tenney Lombard Davis, Frederick George Keyes, Gilbert Newton Lewis, Arthur D. Little, James Flack Morris, Allan Winter Rowe, William P. Ryan, and Charles William Tucker.
Dates
- 1928 - 1956
Creator
- Ashdown, Avery Allen (Person)
Access note
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Biography
Avery Allen Ashdown, 1891-1970, S.B., 1914, A.M. 1916, University of Rochester; Ph.D. in chemistry, 1924, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, became a research associate in organic chemistry at MIT in 1925, an instructor in the Department of Chemistry in 1930, assistant professor in 1934, and associate professor in 1940. He participated in MIT's purchase of the Riverbank Court Hotel in 1937, which became a graduate residence named in his honor.
Extent
0.3 Cubic Feet (1 manuscript box)
Language of Materials
English
Location
Materials are stored off-site. Advance notice is required for use.
Processing Information note
Some collection descriptions are based on legacy data and may be incomplete or contain inaccuracies. Description may change pending verification. Please contact the MIT Department of Distinctive Collections if you notice any errors or discrepancies.
- Ashdown, Avery Allen
- Blanchard, Arthur A. (Arthur Alphonzo), 1876-1956
- Carlisle, William H., Jr., 1904-1967
- Chemists -- Biography Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cope, Arthur C.
- Crafts, James Mason, 1839-1917
- Davis, Tenney L.
- Keyes, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1885-1976
- Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- Faculty Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ashdown House
- Norris, James F. (James Flack), 1871-1940
- Rowe, Allan Winter, 1879-1934
- Ryan, William P.
- Tucker, Charles William
Creator
- Ashdown, Avery Allen (Person)
- Title
- Preliminary Inventory to the Papers of Avery Allen Ashdown
- Status
- Ready For Review
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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