180. Eli Lilly and Company Research Award (The Bailey K. Ashford Medal)

In the Christian Petersen Art Collection, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.

Date	1935-1936
Material	Plaster; Bronze
Dimensions	3 x ¼ in. (7.6 x 0.6 cm) [diameter x depth]
Description	Commission won in open competition among engravers and sculptors in the U.S. Recto: Chemist in a lab coat looking into a microscope. Verso: Man seated under a tree.
Markings	Inscription: THE ELI LILLY AND COMPANY RESEARCH AWARD / for FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH IN BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY / ADMINISTERED BY THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY -- or -- ADMINISTERED BY / THE AMERICAN SOCIETY / OF TROPICAL MEDICINE / SPONSORED BY / ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
Provenance / Location	Plaster: Location unknown. Bronzes: 1) Charlotte Petersen; SC, Purchased with Iowa State University Library Funds. CPAC; Transferred from Special Collections, Iowa State Library. UM99.68; 2) eBay; Shelia and Kent Mauck, Des Moines, Iowa; CPAC, Gift of Shelia and Kent Mauck. UM2008.543; 3) Richard Draper, CPAC, Gift of Richard Draper. UM2019.269
Alternate Title(s)	n/a
Notes / Sources	Papers, SC, Box 2 f.1, letter; Box 2 f.2 typescript by Laura Dailey, 1952; Box 5 f.1, Pusey correspondence, including Pusey’s sketch of suggested changes in design; Box 5 f.13, 1935 letter about casting. Plaster image in the Pat Bliss archives, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. Cited in Hume, Edgar E. "The Medals of the United State Army Medical Department and Medals Honoring Army Medical Officers" The American Numismatic Society, NY, 1942; Milepost (Ames, IA), April 25, 1935.