Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
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. |