Collection number: UA 8/3/1
Size: 2 and 1 oversize boxes
(3 cu.ft.)
About Charles "King" James
Charles James was born in Earl's Barton, Northhamptonshire, England in 1880. He was educated at University College in London from 1899-1904. He came to the United States in 1906 and was asked to join the faculty at the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts as Assistant Professor of Chemistry in the same year. He went on to become head of the Chemistry Department in 1912 and remained in that position until his untimely death from cancer in 1928. He became internationally known for his work in the rare earths and for discovering several new compounds.
About the Charles "King" James Scrapbooks
This series contains two scrapbooks prepared by Marion E. (Templeton) James, wife of Charles James. The first scrapbook consist of letters and photographs that Charles received from people all over the world. Most of the letters refer to his work as a chemist and most request samples he had prepared. The scrapbook was in poor condition and has been taken apart and the material placed in folders in their original order.
The second scrapbook is a timeline of Charles' life that was complied by Marion James for their daughter, also named Marion, who was a young girl when her father died. The scrapbook is in its original binding, some of the items have become loose and it is very fragile.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
This collection is open.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the University of New Hampshire.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Charles "King" James Scrapbooks, 1880-1930, UA 8/3/1, Milne Special Collections and Archives, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham, NH, USA.
Acquisitions Information
This collection was donated by Prof. Marion James, daughter of Charles James, August 20, 1979
Collection Arrangement
The series is divided into two subseries: Subseries I: Scrapbook 1: Professional life; Subseries II: Scrapbook 2: Personal life.
Collection Contents
Series 1: Scrapbook: Professional life, Aug. 1907-1929
(1 box)The contents of Scrapbook 1.
Box 1 | ||
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Box 1, Folder 1 | Charles James - Portrait | |
Box 1, Folder 2 | Charles James, the Chemist by B.S. Hopkins | |
Box 1, Folder 3 | Charles James - Photographs | |
Box 1, Folder 4 | Laboratory photographs | |
Box 1, Folder 5 | Aug. 1907 | William Ramsay portrait |
Box 1, Folder 6 | 1900-1915 | Correspondence with William Ramsay |
Box 1, Folder 7 | 1899-1913 | Correspondence with William Crookes |
Box 1, Folder 8 | 1913 | Correspondence with G. Urbain |
Box 1, Folder 9 | L'Affinite' Chimique by G. Urbain, Professeur de Chimies a la Sorbonne | |
Box 1, Folder 10 | 1915-1921 | Correspondence with other British Chemists: F.G. Donnan |
Box 1, Folder 11 | ca. 1914 | Correspondence with other British Chemists: H. Mosley (killed at Galipoli) |
Box 1, Folder 12 | 1908 | Correspondence with other British Chemists: Henry Bassett |
Box 1, Folder 13 | 1910 | Correspondence with other British Chemists: J.R. Mines (killed when experimenting) |
Box 1, Folder 14 | 1912-1913 | Correspondence with other British Chemists: Edward C. Cecil Baly |
Box 1, Folder 15 | 1913 | Correspondence with other British Chemists: H.F.V. Little |
Box 1, Folder 16 | 1914 | Correspondence with other British Chemists: Leplure |
Box 1, Folder 17 | 1912-1915 | Correspondence with other British Chemists: R.W. Gray |
Box 1, Folder 18 | 1913 | Correspondence with other British Chemists: Raphael Meldola |
Box 1, Folder 19 | 1904-1912 | Correspondence with other British Chemists: Cecil H. Desch |
Box 1, Folder 20 | 1927 | Receipt for subscription to the Institute of Chemistry of Great Britain and Ireland |
Box 1, Folder 21 | 1911-1912 | Correspondence with other British Chemists: W.M. Hicks |
Box 1, Folder 22 | 1906-1912 | Correspondence with other British Chemists: K.A. Burke |
Box 1, Folder 23 | 1923 | Correspondence with other British Chemists: Gordon |
Box 1, Folder 24 | 1919 | Correspondence with other British Chemists: Edward Cahan |
Box 1, Folder 25 | 1925 | Correspondence with other British Chemists: G. Morgan |
Box 1, Folder 26 | 1910 | Correspondence with other British Chemists: J.W. Mellor |
Box 1, Folder 27 | 1911-1917 | Australia: Correspondence with W. Terment Cooke |
Box 1, Folder 28 | 1913 | Australia: Correspondence with S. Radcliff |
Box 1, Folder 29 | 1912-1924 | Australia: Correspondence with T.H. Laby |
Box 1, Folder 30 | 1913 | Correspondence from Holland: F.M. Jaeger |
Box 1, Folder 31 | 1924-1933 | Correspondence from Holland: J. Zernicke |
Box 1, Folder 32 | 1911 | From Germany: Sitzungsberichte der Konglich Preuessischen Akademie der Wissenschaften |
Box 1, Folder 33 | 1911-1913 | Correspondence from Germany: R.J. Meyer |
Box 1, Folder 34 | 1912-1924 | Correspondence from Germany: C. Richard Bohm and Otavi-Minen und Eisenbahn-Gesselschaft |
Box 1, Folder 35 | 1911 | Correspondence from Austria: J.M. Eder |
Box 1, Folder 36 | 1926-1927 | Correspondence from Asia - Calcutta, India: P.B. Sarkar |
Box 1, Folder 37 | 1913 | Correspondence from Asia - Turkey: A.O. Arozian |
Box 1, Folder 38 | 1920-1921 | Correspondence from Asia - [Korea] sic. Japan: I. Katayama |
Box 1, Folder 39 | 1919-1920 | Correspondence from Asia - Calcutta, India: R.L. Datta |
Box 1, Folder 40 | 1912-1926 | Correspondence from Canada: J.C. Cain and unidentified writer |
Box 1, Folder 41 | 1923-1924 | Correspondence from Trade Commissioner and Deputy Trade Commissioner in the Office of the High Commissioner for the Union of South Africa |
Box 1, Folder 42 | 1904-1905 | Correspondence from South America - Sao Paulo, Brazil: Decby; Eugene Hussack |
Box 1, Folder 43 | 1909-1925 | American Chemists: Theodore William Richards |
Box 1, Folder 44 | Notes for a letter written by Charles James | |
Box 1, Folder 45 | 1920-1926 | Fund Research |
Box 1, Folder 46 | Publications, list of | |
Box 1, Folder 47 | 1926 | Publications: correspondence from Karl T. Compton |
Box 1, Folder 48 | 1915-1952 | Publications: correspondence from Arthur Lamb, Editor of Journal of American Chemical So |
Box 1, Folder 49 | Publications: The Separation of Rare Earths by C. James | |
Box 1, Folder 50 | 1927 | Publications: Contract with the Chemical Catalog Company |
Box 1, Folder 51 | 1928 | Correspondence with H. Monmouth Smith regarding purchase of tulip bulbs |
Box 1, Folder 52 | 1911-1919 | Ramsay Memorial Fund Committee |
Box 1, Folder 53 | 1908-1921 | Supplying Chemicals for Medical Research |
Box 1, Folder 54 | 1909-1926 | Supplying Chemicals to Laboratories |
Box 1, Folder 55 | 1924 | Portrait of Hans Mannhardt |
Box 1, Folder 56 | 1924 | Correspondence from Hans Mannhardt and Charles Parsons |
Box 1, Folder 57 | 1928 | Proposed cooperation with Professor Hopkins |
Box 1, Folder 58 | 1908-1928 | Speaking Engagements |
Box 1, Folder 59 | 1914-1921 | Requests for job references |
Box 1, Folder 60 | 1927 | Correspondence from John H. Gerould regarding membership in a chemical society |
Box 1, Folder 61 | 1915-1929 | Newspaper articles |
Box 1, Folder 62 | 1911-1924 | Alpha Chi Sigma Fraternity and Phi Kappa Phi |
Box 1, Folder 63 | 1922 | Correspondence from S.L. Swasey and mineral sample |
Box 1, Folder 64 | James Hall on the University of New Hampshire campus photographs | |
Box 1, Folder 65 | 1922 | Group photo of the meeting of the Northeastern Section of American Chemical Society at Durham |
Box 1, Folder 66 | 1916 | Offer of a position, Univ. of Illinois |
Box 1, Folder 67 | 1911 | Personal announcement of Prof. Parsons's coming resignationn |
Box 1, Folder 68 | 1912 | Announcement of Nichols medal |
Box 1, Folder 69 | 1917-1928 | College Contracts |
Box 2 | ||
Box 2, Folder 1 | Commercial Chemistry: Price List Rare Compounds | |
Box 2, Folder 2 | 1921-1922 | Commercial Chemistry: Consulting Chemist for Western Electric Company |
Box 2, Folder 3 | 1925-1926 | Commercial Chemistry: Consulting Chemist for Bell Telephone Laboratories |
Box 2, Folder 4 | 1916-1918 | Commercial Chemistry: Consulting Chemist for Foote Mineral Company |
Box 2, Folder 5 | 1924 | Commercial Chemistry: Consulting Chemist for Bureau of Mines |
Box 2, Folder 6 | August 8, 1928, Letter from A.D. Mackay requesting information on chemical/metal prices and availability. | |
Box 2, Folder 7 | 1911-24 | Supplying samples to the Welsbach Light Company |
Box 2, Folder 8 | 1925 | Work for Union Carbide and Carbon Research Laboratories |
Box 2, Folder 9 | 1928-1930 | Patent |
Box 2, Folder 10 | 1917 | Business Venture - Nursery |
Box 2, Folder 11 | 1926 | Obtaining compounds from the Christiana Minekompani |
Series 2: Scrapbook: Personal life, 1880-1930
(1 oversize box)Scrapbook 2 includes family photos, letters, postcards from his travels abroad, early campus and his hobbies, which included beekeeping, stamp collection, raising orchids and delphiniums.