Collection Summary
Harvey Washington Wiley
Papers
1854-1954
(bulk 1860-1930)
1854-1954
(bulk 1860-1930)
MSS45690
Wiley, Harvey Washington,
1844-1930
70,000
items
245 containers plus 2 oversize
99.4 linear feet
English
Collection material in
English
Manuscript Division, Library of
Congress
Washington, D.C.
Chemist, educator,
lecturer, and author. Correspondence, diaries, legal records, clippings,
memoranda, printed matter, speeches and writings, maps, photographs, and
miscellaneous material relating to Wiley's life and career as a scientist.
Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
People
Wiley, Harvey Washington, 1844-1930.
Organizations
Good Housekeeping Institute (New York, N.Y.). Bureau of Food, Sanitation, and Health.
United States. Bureau of Chemistry.
United States. Food and Drugs Act.
Subjects
Chautauquas--United States.
Drugs--Law and legislation--United States.
Food adulteration and inspection--United States.
Food law and legislation--United States.
Occupations
Authors.
Chemists.
Educators.
Lecturers.
Provenance
The papers of Harvey Washington Wiley, chemist, educator, lecturer,
and author, were given to the Library of Congress by his wife, Anna Kelton
Wiley, 1952-1956.
Processing History
The collection was organized and described circa 1977 and expanded and
revised in 1985. The finding aid was revised in 2011.
Additional Guides
An acquisition note on the Harvey Washington Wiley Papers appeared in
the Library of Congress
Information Bulletin
(Apr. 6, 1953).
Transfers
Items have been transferred from the Manuscript Division to other
custodial divisions of the Library. Some photographs have been transferred to
the Prints and Photographs Division. Some maps have been transferred to the
Geography and Map Division. All transfers are identified in these divisions as
part of the Harvey Washington Wiley Papers.
Copyright Status
Copyright in the unpublished writings of Harvey Washington Wiley
Papers in these papers and in other collections of papers in the custody of the
Library of Congress has been dedicated to the public.
Access and Restrictions
The Harvey Washington Wiley Papers are open to research. Researchers
are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many
collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these
items for research use.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the
following information: Container number, Harvey Washington Wiley Papers,
Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Biographical Note
Date
Event
1844, Oct. 18
Born near Kent, Ind.
1863
Student, Hanover College, Hanover, Ind.
1864
United States Army; member of Company I, 137th Indian
Volunteers
1867
A.B., Hanover College, Hanover, Ind.
1870
Professor of Latin and Greek, Butler College, Indianapolis,
Ind., while a student at the Medical College of Indiana, Indianapolis,
Ind.
M.A., Hanover College, Hanover, Ind.
1871
Science teacher, Indianapolis High School and Medical College
of Indiana, Indianapolis, Ind.
1872
Student, Lawrence Scientific School, Harvard University,
Cambridge, Mass.
1873
B.S., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
1873
1874
Professor of chemistry, Butler College and Medical College of
Indiana, Indianapolis, Ind.
1874
1883
Professor of chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette,
Ind., and state chemist of Indiana
1878
Student in Germany; studying food adulteration
1883
1912
Chief chemist, Department of Agriculture
1886
President, Association of Official Agricultural
Chemists
1891
Published
Song Book
. Association of Official Agricultural Chemists
1893
1894
President, American Chemical Society.
1894
1897
Published
Principles and Practice of Agricultural Analysis.
Easton, Pa.: Chemical publishing co (3 vols.)
1899
1914
Professor of agricultural chemistry, George Washington
University, Washington, D.C.
1900
Representative of Department of Agriculture, World Exposition
in Paris, France
1901
President, Indiana Academy of Sciences
1905
Consulting professor, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute,
Brooklyn, N.Y.
1906
Prominent in securing passage by Congress of Food and Drugs
Act
1908
Honorary president, First International Congress for the
Repression of Adulteration of Food and Drug Products, Geneva,
Switzerland
1910
1920
President, United States Pharmacopeia Revision
Committee
1910
1911
President, American Therapeutic Society
1911
Married Anna Campbell Kelton (died 1964)
1912
Vindicated himself against charges of
maladministration
Retired from Department of Agriculture
1912
1917
Redpath Chautauqua lecturer
1912
1930
Director, Good Housekeeping Institute Bureau of Food
Sanitation, and Health, New York, N.Y.
1914
Published
1001 Tests of Foods, Beverages and Toilet
Accessories.
New York: Hearst's International Library Co.
1915
Published
The Lure of the Land; Farming after Fifty.
New York: Century Co.
1916
Published
Not by Bread Alone.
New York: Hearst's International Library Co.
Published
Health Reader-Physiology, Hygiene.
Chicago, New York: Rand, McNally & Co.
1917
Published
Wiley Health Series, Books One, Two, and Three
Published
Foods and Their Adulteration.
Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co.
1919
Published
Beverages and Their Adulteration.
Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son
1929
Published
History of a Crime against the Food Law.
[New York]: Arno Press
1930
Published
Harvey W. Wiley, an Autobiography.
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co.
1930, June 30
Died, Washington, D.C.
Scope and Content Note
The papers of Harvey Washington Wiley (1844-1930) span the years
1854-1954, with the bulk of the material concentrated in the period 1860-1930.
Included is correspondence, diaries, legal records, clippings, memoranda,
printed matter, articles, speeches, lectures, essays, maps, blueprints, graphs,
tables, memorabilia, and photographs. The papers relate to three major periods:
Wiley's early years as student and teacher; his service as chief of the Bureau
of Chemistry of the Department of Agriculture, 1883-1912, during which he led
the movement that culminated in passage of the Food and Drugs Act of 1906; and
his retirement years, during which he lectured on the Chautauqua circuit and
directed the Good Housekeeping Institute Bureau of Food, Sanitation, and
Health. The collection is organized in twelve series:
[
Letterpress Volumes
](letter);
[
General
Correspondence and Other Papers
](general);
[
Farm and Dairy
Correspondence and Other Papers
](farm);
[
Good
Housekeeping Correspondence and Other Papers
](house);
[
Engagements
Correspondence and Other Papers
](engage);
[
Articles,
Addresses, and Writings
](artwrite);
[
Subject
File
](subfile);
[
Biographical
Material
](biomat);
[
Miscellany
](miscella);
[
Printed
Matter
](print);
[
Addition
](addit);
and
[
Oversize
](overs).
Arrangement of the Papers
The collection is arranged in twelve series:
-
[
Letterpress
Volumes, circa 1879-1910
](letter)
-
[
General
Correspondence and Other Papers, circa 1854-1930
](general)
-
[
Farm and Dairy
Correspondence and Other Papers, circa 1914-1929
](farm)
-
[
Good
Housekeeping Correspondence and Other Papers, circa 1917-1930
](house)
-
[
Engagements
Corrnspondence and Other Papers, circa 1912-1929
](engage)
-
[
Articles,
Addresses, and Writings, circa 1864-1939
](artwrite)
-
[
Subject
File, circa 1897-1930
](subfile)
-
[
Biographical
Material, 1863-1924
](biomat)
-
[
Miscellany,
1869-1938
](miscella)
-
[
Printed
Matter, 1870-1930
](print)
-
[
Addition,
1865-1954
](addit)
-
[
Oversize
](overs)
Container List
Box
Contents
1-9
Letterpress Volumes,
circa
1879-1910
circa
1879-1910
Books, tablets, and loose pages torn from books constituting
letterpress copies of letters sent.
Arranged chronologically with some overlapping of dates.
1
1. 1879-1881 (folder)
1A. 1881-1882
(folder)
1C. 1883 (folder)
2. 1883, July-1884,
July
2A. 1884 (folder)
2
3. 1884, Apr.-1886,
May
3A. 1885, Jan.-Mar.
(folder)
4. 1886, May-1887,
Sept.
5. 1887, Aug.-1889,
Aug.
[1886-1887], 1 folder of circa 10
loose letterpress copies
3
6. 1889-Apr.-1891,
Apr.
7. 1891, Apr.-1892,
June
8. 1892, June-1893,
May
4
9. 1893, May-1894,
Jan.
10. 1894, Jan.-1895,
Jan.
11. 1894, July-1899, June [mainly
1894]
5
12. 1895, Jan.-1896,
Sept.
13. 1896, Sept.-1897,
Nov.
14. 1897, Oct.-1898,
June
6
15. 1897, Dec.-1899,
Sept.
15A. 1898, Nov.-1899,
Apr.
15B. 1898 (folder)
16. 1899, Apr.-1901,
July
7
17. 1901, July-1902,
Mar.
18. 1901, July-1903,
Sept.
18. 1904, Feb.-1905,
June
19. 1902, May-1903,
Jan.
8
20. 1902, Mar.-1904,
Feb.
21. 1903, Jan.-July
22. 1903, July-1904,
Feb.
9
23. 1905, Oct.-1908,
June
24. 1908, Sept.-1910,
Mar.
10-155A
General Correspondence
and Other Papers,
circa
1854-1930
circa
1854-1930
Letters sent and received with related clippings and memoranda.
Arranged chronologically by year, but no arrangement within each
year. Correspondence for most of the period 1854-1903 has not been removed from
envelopes. Readers are requested to consult reference staff in the Manuscript
Division before examining these.
10
circa 1854-1880
11
circa 1854-1879 (in
envelopes)
12
circa 1881-1883
13
circa 1881-1882 (in
envelopes)
14
1883 (in envelopes)
15
1884-1885
16
1884-1885
17
1885-1887
18
1885-1886 (in
envelopes)
19
1886-1887 (in
envelopes)
20-21
1887 (in envelopes)
22
1888-1891
23-24
1888 (in envelopes)
25-26
1889 (in envelopes)
27
1890 (in envelopes)
28
1891 (in envelopes)
29
1892-1893
30
1892 (in envelopes)
31-32
1893 (in envelopes)
33
1894-1895
34
1894 (in envelopes)
35
1895 (in envelopes)
36
1896-1897
37
1896-1897 (in
envelopes)
38
1897-1898
39
1897 (in envelopes)
40
1898 (in envelopes)
41
1899
42
1899 (in envelopes)
43
1900
44
1900 (in envelopes)
45
1901
46-47
1901 (in envelopes)
48
1902
49-50
1902 (in envelopes)
51-54
1903
55
1903-1910 (in
envelopes)
56
1904
57-59
1904
60-61
1906
62-64
1907
65-70
1908
71-80
1909
81-87
1910
88-100
1911
101-110
1912
111-114
1913
115-117
1914
118-121
1915
122-123
1916
124-125
1917
126
1918
127-128
1919
129-130
1920
131-134
1921
'135-136
1922
137-138
1923
139-140
1924
141-142
1925
143
1925-1926
144-145
1926
146-147
1927
148-150
1928
151
1929
152
1929-1930
153-155
Undated
155A
"In Memoriam," letters of
condolence after the death of Wiley, 1930
156-162
Farm and Dairy
Correspondence and Other Papers,
circa
1914-1929
circa
1914-1929
Letters sent and received, including related items, chiefly
concerning Wiley's farms, “Grasslands” and Bellefield,” and the Virginia
and Maryland Mild Producers Association.
Arranged chronologically within groups of years, except that the
files for the first group, 1914-1919, are arranged alphabetically.
156
1914-1919
A-I
157
J-Z
158
1920-1922
159
1923-1925
160
1925-1926
161
1927-1928
162
1928-1929
163-173
Good Housekeeping
Correspondence and Other Papers,
circa
1917-1930
circa
1917-1930
Letters sent and received and articles and inquiries relating to
the “Question Box” conducted by Wiley, 1917-1930, as director of the Good
Housekeeping Institute Bureau of Foods, Sanitation, and Health.
Arranged chronologically by the month in which an inquiry or
answer was published.
163
1917, Jan.-1918, Mar.
164
1918, Apr.-1919, May
165
1919, June-1921, June
166
1921, July-1922, July
167
1922, Aug.-1923, Aug.
168
1923,Sept.-1924,
Sept.
169
1924, Oct.-1925, Oct.
170
1925, Oct.-1926, Oct.
171
1926, Nov.-1927, Nov.
172
1928, Dec.-1929, Dec.
173
1929, Jan.-1930, Jan.
174-184
Engagements
Correspondence and Other Papers,
circa
1912-1929
circa
1912-1929
Letters sent and received regarding speaking and other
engagements, including attached clippings and memoranda.
Arranged by year or group of years; files for 1912-1913 are
arranged alphabetically.
174
1912-1914
A-L
175
M-Z
176
1914-1915
177
1916
178
1917
179
1918-1919
180
1920
181
1921-1923
182
1924
183
1925
184
1926-1929
185-197
Articles, Addresses,
and Writings,
circa
1864-1939
circa
1864-1939
Typescript, holograph, and printed copies of published and
published speeches, addresses, lecturers, articles, and essays.
Arranged chronologically.
185
1864-1874
186
1875-1890
187
1892-1898
188
1899-1903
189
1903-1905
190
1906-1908
191
1908-1911
192
1911-1916
193
1917-1925
194
1926-1929
195-197
Undated
198-210
Subject File,
circa
1897-1930
circa
1897-1930
Memoranda, reports, statistics, legal papers, pamphlets,
clippings, graphs, tables, blueprints, maps, and other material relating to
such subjects as food and drug inspection, labeling of foods and medicines, and
preservatives.
Arranged alphabetically with cross-references to related subjects
and to related correspondence.
198
Absinthe, circa 1907-1912,
undated
Adulteration, circa 1905,
undated
Agriculture, Department of, circa
1911-1929, undated
Albumen, circa, 1914,
undated
Alcohol, circa 1908-1913,
undated
Alum, circa 1914, 1924-1928,
undated
American Therapeutic Society,
circa 1909-1911
Baking powder (1), circa
1924-1926, undated
199
Baking powder (2),
undated
Bee culture, circa 1918,
1926-1928, undated
Benzoate of soda, circa
1908-1911, 1923, undated
Beverages (alcoholic), circa
1907-1908, undated
Bleached flour, circa 1910-1917,
undated
Bread and Food Reform League,
circa 1917, undated
Bureau of Chemistry
1897-1905
200
1905-1912
Butter, circa 1905-1908,
undated
Caffeine, circa 1905-1912,
undated
Calcium sulfate, circa
1911
Chemistry societies, circa
1909
Chocolate and cocoa, circa 1916,
undated
Cholera, circa 1909,
undated
Classical studies, circa
1907-1917, undated
Coca cola, circa 1906-1920,
undated
201
Cocoanut, undated
Coffee, circa 1901-1912,
undated
Columbia Hospital for Women,
Washington, D.C., circa 1914-1916, undated
Corn sugar, circa 1926-1930,
undated
Cost of living, circa
1910
Dentistry, circa 1923-1926,
undated
Dextros, circa 1926,
undated
Diet, circa 1909, 1929,
undated
Distilled spirits, circa
1904-1912, undated
Drugs: opium, morphine, cocaine,
and alcohol, circa 1908-1909, undated
Fish, list of publications re
preservation, circa 1917-1923, undated
Food and Drug Inspection
Board
Eggs, circa 1911-1912,
undated
202
Food inspection decisions,
circa 1911-1928, undated (2)
Indanthrene case, circa
1908-1911, undated
Index of executive session,
1907-1909
Interstate seizures
I. S. 1-I. S. 2999, circa
1907-1911, undated
203
I. S. 3000–I. S. 13, 999,
circa 1909-1911., undated (11)
204
I. S. 14,000–I. S. 30,000,
circa 1909-1911, undated (14)
205
I. S. memo file, circa
1907-1912, undated (3)
Seizures, circa 1909-1912,
undated
Statistics, circa
1907-1911
Food and drug laws, circa
1889-1928, undated (4)
206
Food coloring, circa
1909-1911
Fruit and fruit products,
1923
Fungicides and insecticides,
circa 1908
Glucose, undated
Gluten, circa
1908-1909
Grain, circa
1912-1919
Heinz India Relish, circa
1909-1911
Insecticides, circa
1908
Japanese nutrition investigation,
undated
International Congress of Applied
Chemistry, 1909-1912
Labels-labeling of food and
medicines, circa 1907-1910
“Marsden Cattle Food”,
undated
Meat, circa 1907-1925
Narcotics, circa 1913,
1926
One Hundred Years Club,
1899
Optical activity (1),
undated
Optical activity (2),
undated
207
Patents, circa
1892-1902
Pharmacopoeia, circa
1910-1911
Plant analysis lab.,
undated
Poultry, circa
1906-1907
Powder (gunpowder), circa
1902-
Preservatives, circa
1905
“Preservatives in Foods”,
1908
Public health, circa 1910,
undated
Public institutions, food
supplied to, circa 1909
Pure food, miscellaneous, circa
1912-1914, undated
Real estate, miscellaneous, 1902,
1906, undated
Salicylic acid, circa 1903,
1908
Sargol case, circa
1917
School hygiene, circa
1913
Sewage, circa
1909-1910
208
Smokeless powder,
1902
Society of Chemical Industry,
circa 1910-1913
Soft drinks, 1911,
undated
Soils, circa 1903-1904, undated
(4)
Starch, 1902
Statistics, circa
1910-1914
Sugar, circa 1893-1931,
undated
Swift & Co., circa 1921-1922,
undated
Tea, circa 1911-1918,
undated
209
Tobacco, circa 1920-1929,
undated
Trade marks, circa
1907-1908
University of the United States,
circa 1911-1914, undated
Vanilla, 1910
Water, circa 1911-1915,
undated
Whiskey
1906-1913, undated
(3)
210
1913-1927, undated
(2)
Wines, circa 1906-1916,
undated
Yeast powder, 1911
211-213
Biographical Material,
1863-1924
1863-1924
Diaries and address books, autobiographical notes, diplomas and
certificates, articles about Wiley, cartoons, and memorabilia.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material.
211
Articles and addresses about
Wiley, 1907-1924
Autobiographical
notes
Cartoons about Wiley
Cartoons by Wiley
Diplomas, certificates, awards,
and appointments
[
See also
Oversize
](con211dawardsov)
Hanover College, Hanover,
Ind.
Harvard University, Cambridge,
Mass.
Last will and
testament
List of addresses and lecturers
delivered by Wiley, 1910-1911
“List of Papers Published by
Harvey Washington Wiley”
Mementos of parents
Memorabilia
212
Poems and music
Programs
Purdue University, Lafayette,
Ind.
Real estate
Review of
Foods and Their Adulteration
213
Diaries and address
books
1863 and 1864
1878, Aug.-Dec.
(5 vols.)
1900-1901; 1903,1907-1908, 1911
(3 vols.)
213-214
Miscellany,
1869-1938
1869-1938
Legal and financial papers, printed legislative bills, notes, and
other miscellaneous material.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material.
213
Legal and financial papers
(2 folders)
214
Legislative bills,
1933-1938
Maps
[
See
Oversize
](con214mapsov)
Muster record, Indiana Volunteer
Infantry, 137th Regiment
[
See Oversize
](con214musterov)
Notes, cards, and other items
(4 folders)
Passport
[
See
Oversize
](con214passov)
215-230
Printed Matter,
1870-1930
1870-1930
Printed copies of articles, books, pamphlets, and newspaper
clippings.
Arranged chronologically.
215
Articles, books, and
pamphlets
1870-1905
216
1905-1910
217
1905-1910
218
1911-1915
219
1911-1915
220
1916-1926
221
1921-1926
222-223
1926-1930
224
Undated
225
Newspaper clippings
1885-1898
(3 vols.)
226
1905-1908
(8 folders)
227
1909-1911
(6 folders)
228
1911
(5 folders)
229
1912
(5 folders)
230
1913-1926
(7 folders)
231-242
Addition,
1865-1954
1865-1954
Diaries, journals, correspondence, reports, writings, legal
material, and miscellany.
Organized alphabetically by type of material.
231
Diaries and journals
1865-1868
1869-1870
(2 vols.)
1871
1872-1874
(3 vols.)
1878-1879 (2 vols.); 1883-1886;
1898
232
1912-1913
(5 vols.)
1913-1916
(3 vols.)
Correspondence, 1879, 1912, and
1954
Legal papers
British Royal Commission on
Whiskey and Other Potable Spirits
Brief prepared by
Wiley
Correspondence, 1907-1908 and
1913
Minutes of
evidence
Vol. 1
233
Vol. 2 and
index
Printed matter
(2 folders)
Statements
234
Williams Brothers Co. v.
Barnard
“Evidence–Benzoate of
Soda”
Vols. 1 and 2
235
Vols. 3 and 4
236
Vols. 5 and 6
237
Printed matter
“Everglades of Florida,”
Hearings before the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture,
1912, nos. 1-42
(3 folders)
Experiments with Sugar Beets
, 1891-1893 and 1897
(4 vols.)
Foods and Food Adulterants
Parts 1-2, and 4
238
Parts 5-10
(2 folders)
Influence of Food Preservatives and Artificial Colors on
Digestion and Health
, Parts 1-5
(3 folders)
239
Methods of Analysis
1902, 1908
1910, 1912
Record of experiments with
sorghum, 1886-1893
(8 vols., 2 folders)
240
Report of the chemist,
1889-1912
(3 folders)
Articles and
speeches
1873-1897
(2 folders)
241
1898-1929
(5 folders)
242
Undated
Miscellany
“A Chemico-Metrical
Madrigal,” poem, 1873
Grade book, Butler College,
1868-1870
Notes and other
items
Wiley Memorial Dinner, 1944,
Sept. 12
OV 1-OV 2
Oversize
Oversize certificates diplomas, awards, maps, muster record, and
passports.
Arranged and described according to the container and series from
which the items were removed.
OV 1
Biographical Material
Diplomas,
certificates, and awards (Container 211)
OV 2
Miscellany (Container
214)
Maps
Muster
record, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, 137th
Passport