Eva Armstrong

Eva Vivian Armstrong
Born(1877-12-22)December 22, 1877
Key West, Florida, United States
DiedMay 10, 1962(1962-05-10) (aged 84)
Occupation(s)Librarian, Curator, Historian of science
AwardsDexter Award, 1958

Eva Armstrong (December 22, 1877, in Key West, Florida - May 10, 1962) was an American secretary, librarian, curator, and historian of science. She was the original curator of the Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Collection in the History of Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania.[1] The collection, which opened on March 1, 1931,[2] was designated a National Historic Chemical Landmark on March 16, 2000.[3][4]

Armstrong also helped to establish the journal Chymia, working as secretary of the board of editors of the journal for the history of chemistry from 1948 to 1953.[5][6] She published on the history of chemistry in journals including Chymia, Isis, and the Journal of Chemical Education. Armstrong received the Dexter Award for contributions to the history of chemistry in 1958.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Miles was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "The Center for History of Chemistry: A Chronology". CHOC News. 1 (1): 3–5. 1982.
  3. ^ "Smith Memorial Collection at the University of Pennsylvania: National Historic Chemical Landmark". American Chemical Society. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  4. ^ "The Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Collection in the History of Chemistry" (PDF). American Chemical Society.
  5. ^ Deischer, Claude K. (1964). "In Memoriam: To a Secretary, Librarian, Curator of a Library, and Historian, Eva Vivian Armstrong (1877-1962)". Chymia. 9: 13–17. doi:10.2307/27757227. JSTOR 27757227.
  6. ^ Deischer, Claude K. (December 1962). "Eloge: Eva Vivian Armstrong, 1877-1962: Historian and Friend of Historians". Isis. 53 (4): 500–501. doi:10.1086/349636. S2CID 144390831.