TY - GEN AU - Hill,Henry Aaron TI - Henry Aaron Hill papers, KW - Brooke, Edward W. KW - Hill, Anthony Cromwell. KW - Hill, William Anthony, KW - American Chemical Society KW - Johnson C. Smith University KW - Massachusetts Institute of Technology KW - Riverside Research Laboratory (Haverhill, Mass.) KW - Sigma Chemical Company KW - United States KW - Congress KW - Senate KW - Committee on Commerce. Consumer Subcommittee KW - National Commission on Product Safety KW - National Motor Vehicle Safety Advisory Council KW - African American chemists KW - Chemical industry KW - Chemical laboratories KW - Massachusetts KW - Haverhill KW - Chemistry, Organic KW - Fireproofing of fabrics KW - Fluorine KW - Foam rubber KW - Inflammable fabrics KW - Plastics KW - Polymers KW - Polyvinyl chloride KW - Product safety KW - Rubber KW - Additives KW - Rubber, Artificial KW - Traffic safety KW - Chemists KW - itoamc N1 - Open to research N2 - Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, notes, reports, scientific papers, transcripts, writings, academic records, family papers, financial and business records, newspaper clippings, blueprints, plans, map, memorabilia, printed matter, and photographs documenting Hill's career in the chemical industry, activities in related organizations, service on governmental and educational advisory boards, and his personal and family life. Includes material on his years as a student at Johnson C. Smith University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology and later as an advisor to both institutions; his career as an organic chemist, authority on polymer chemistry and inflammable textiles, and founder and president of Riverside Research Laboratory, Haverhill, Mass., and its affiliate, Sigma Chemical Company; his association with the American Chemical Society as a member of various committees and as its first African American president; membership on the National Commission on Product Safety, National Motor Vehicle Safety Advisory Council, and advisory council to the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Consumer Subcommittee; his research interest in synthetic rubber, rubber additives, synthesis of polymers, polyvinyl chloride, fluorine chemistry, foam rubber, and plastics. Persons represented include his brother, ceramic artist William Anthony (Tony) Hill, his son, Anthony Cromwell Hill, and Edward William Brooke UR - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms004003 UR - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms004003.3 ER -