Correspondence between Louis P. Hammett, professor of chemistry and executive officer of the Department of Chemistry at Columbia University, and high level University administrators. Includes correspondence with funding agencies and University faculty members. The records consist of correspondence and budgets relating to the Department of Chemistry and correspondence, reports, and minutes regarding the Division of government Aided Research and government-sponsored research at the University. Also, correspondence and programs relating to a meeting of the National Academy of Science which was held at Columbia in November, 1954. Also includes a 1957 report from the Committee on Professional Training of the American Chemical Society. Topics related to the Department of Chemistry include: student affairs, faculty appointments, staffing needs, faculty affairs, research funding, the appointment of laboratory assistants, fellowships, and facilities.