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Mallinckrodt Chemistry Laboratory

Address12, Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number313C
Alternate Names Edward Mallinckrodt Chemical Laboratory
Building Root Number 04133
Architect (Original)
Building Acquired 1929
Constructed 1929
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named for Edward Mallinckrodt Sr., (1845-1928) founder of Mallinckrodt Chemical Co. of Saint Louis, Missouri. Mallinckrodt donated a quarter of the funds raised for the construction.Historical NotesMallinckrodt Lab was designed in 1929 by Coolidge Shepley Bulfinch and Abbott of Boston to serve as a Harvard chemistry laboratory. At the time of its construction it was the largest chemistry laboratory on campus. It originally housed the collection of historical scientific instruments. Construction of the lab was funded by a gift of Edward Mallinckrodt of St. Louis and funds from the General Education Board.
Additional Information
Bradley Laboratory Rotunda
Cabot Division Room
Harvard University Archives. Construction Management Records, ca. 1953-1986. Harvard University Archives call number UAV 298.8000
Harvard University. General Information By and About Foxcroft House. Harvard University Archives call number HUB 1403.2
Harvard University. General Information By and About Mallinckrodt Laboratory. Harvard University Archives HUB 1548.2.
Records of the Association of Harvard Chemists. Harvard University Archives call number HUD 3276 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.ARCH:hua25008.
Chemical Laboratories Correspondence Files, 1894-1949. Harvard University Archives call number UAV 274.10.5 and UAV 274.20.2.
“New Laboratories at Harvard Opened: Mallinckrodt, Converse Chemical Buildings Distinglished Company at Reception--Dinner Served for Donors.” Daily Boston Globe, 9 Apr. 1929, p. 2.
“Harvard Buildings to Be Opened Today: Mallinckrodt and Converse Laboratories Ready Many Donors of New Chemical Structures Will Be Present.” Daily Boston Globe, 8 Apr. 1929, p. 5.
Weber, Paul J. Photographs of Harvard University Buildings and Grounds Taken by Paul J. Weber, Ca. 1929-1931 and 1939. Harvard University Archives call number HUV 2329
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