1876		American Chemical Society (ACS) founded.
1877		Proceedings of the American Chemical Society started.
1879		Journal of the American Chemical Society started (Hermann Endemann, editor).
1884		ACS Committee on Nomenclature and Notation established.
1893		ACS symposium on "Bibliography", chaired by G. Thoms, presented at the World's Congress of Chemists in Chicago.
1895		Review of American Chemical Research started (Arthur A. Noyes, editor) (became part of the Journal of the American Chemical Society in 1897).
1907		Chemical Abstracts started (William A. Noyes, Sr., editor).
1919		First literature-oriented symposium on "Chemical Libraries and Their Problems" presented at the 57th ACS National Meeting in Buffalo.
1937		ACS given the National Charter enacted by the 75th US Congress.
1943		First Group luncheon held at the 106th ACS National Meeting in Pittsburgh (Edward R. Weidlein, guest speaker).
1943		Symposium on "Technical Library Techniques", chaired by Norman C. Hill, presented at the 106th ACS National Meeting in Pittsburgh.
1943		Chemical Literature Group (within the ACS Division of Chemical Education) founded.
1943		Paper on "Problems of the Scientific Literature Survey" (G. Egloff, M. Alexander, and P. Van Arsdell) presented at the 105th ACS National Meeting in Detroit.

1948		Division of Chemical Literature founded (Norman C. Hill, acting chairman).
1949		First Divisional symposium on "The University Library as an Aid to Scientific Work", chaired by Norman C. Hill, presented at the 115th ACS National Meeting in San Francisco.
1949		First Divisional luncheon held at the 115th ACS National Meeting in San Francisco (G. Malcolm Dyson, guest speaker).
1949		First joint symposium (with Division of Chemical Education) on "Foreign Chemical Literature. Language Instruction", chaired by James W. Perry, presented at the 116th ACS National Meeting in Atlantic City.
1949		Austin M. Patterson Award for documentation of chemistry established by the ACS Dayton Local Section; first recipient, Austin M. Patterson, received the Award at a meeting of the Dayton Local Section.
1950		First elected Divisional chairman: E. J. Crane.
1950		First issue of Divisional bulletin Chemical Literature published (Ben H. Weil, editor).
1951		First ACS Advances in Chemistry Series (No. 4) based on a Divisional symposium on "Searching the Chemical Literature" published.
1953		First technical demonstration of equipment for the preparation, reproduction, and utilization of technical information sponsored at the 124th ACS National Meeting in Chicago (46 companies participated).
1955		First Divisional Regional Meeting organized in Houston on February 25.
1959		10th anniversary of the Division celebrated at the 136th ACS National Meeting in Atlantic City.
1961		First Local (Delaware Valley) Chemical Literature Group formed, cosponsored by the ACS Delaware and Philadelphia Local Sections (Carleton C. Conrad, chairman).
1961		ACS Journal of Chemical Documentation (J. Chem. Doc.) started (Herman Skolnik, editor).
1966		Documentation Abstracts (DA) started (cosponsored with the American Documentation Institute and Special Libraries Association).
1966		Documentation Abstracts, Inc. (DAI) organized (with a CINF representative as a member of the DAI Board of Directors).
1968		First tutorial session on "Wiswesser Line Notation", sponsored by the Division, conducted at the 155th ACS National Meeting in San Francisco.
1969		DA changed its name to Information Science Abstracts (ISA).
1973		25th anniversary of the Division celebrated at the 166th ACS National Meeting in Chicago.

1976		First Vendor's Seminar/Workshop, sponsored by the Division and presented by CAS, at the 171st ACS National Meeting in New York.
1976		Herman Skolnik Award established to recognize outstanding contributions to and achievements in the theory and practice of chemical information science; first recipient, Herman Skolnik, received the Award at the 171st ACS National Meeting in New York.
1977		Austin M. Patterson Award expanded to honor E. J. Crane and renamed Austin M. Patterson-E. J. Crane Award (cosponsored by the ACS Dayton and Columbus Local Sections; the CINF chairman is a member of the Selection Jury); first recipient of the joint Award, Ben H. Weil, received the Award at a meeting of the Columbus Local Section.
1978		First Tri-Society Symposium on "Future of Chemical Information", cosponsored with the American Society for Information Science (ASIS) and the Special Libraries Association (SLA), presented in conjunction with the SLA 69th Annual Conference in Kansas City.
1978		Divisional representation on the CHEMTECH Editorial Advisory Board established; first representative: Cynthia H. O'Donohue.
1979		Divisional logo introduced.
1980		Subdivision of Chemistry and the Law formed (Howard M. Peters, chairman).
1982		ACS Outstanding Intermediate Division Performance Award received.
1983		ACS Division of Chemistry and the Law formally founded (Hubert E. Dubb, chairman).
1984		First joint session with the ACS Society Committee on Chemical Abstracts Service conducted at the 188th ACS National Meeting in Philadelphia.
1984		Symposium on "Chemical Information Science", organized by Herman Skolnik and Kurt L. Loening, presented at the first International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies in Honolulu.
1984		Videotape on Chemical Information produced.
1985		ACS Computer Secretariat formed (CINF was a founding member).
1985		Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences celebrated its 25th anniversary with a Silver Anniversary Issue.
1986		First teaching guide (module) for searching chemical information online produced.
1986		ACS Biotechnology Secretariat formed (CINF was a founding member).
1986		Divisional Newsletter published to provide an additional medium of communication with members (Ann P. Moffett, editor).
1987		First International Conference on Chemical Structures (Wendy A. Warr, chairman) organized at Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands (cosponsored with the UK Chemical Structure Association, the RSC Chemical Information Group, and the GDCh Fachgruppe Chemie-Information).
1987		Clearinghouse for Chemical Information Instructional Materials established (jointly with the Special Libraries Association).
1987		ACS Outstanding Intermediate Division Performance Award received for the second time.
1987		Division's formal Mission Statement published.
1988		Poster "Chemical Information in the Computer Age" created for the Journal of Chemical Education.
1989		Divisional Newsletter in a new format, CINFnews, published (Bonnie Lawlor, editor).
1989		Student Scholarship Award established to recognize chemists pursuing graduate studies in information, library, or computer science, leading to a career in chemical information; first recipient, Joan M. Evans, received the Award at a meeting of the ACS Philadelphia Local Section.
1990		Information Science Abstracts observed its 25th anniversary.
1992		Divisional Meritorious Service Award established to recognize outstanding contributions to the Division; first recipient, W. Val Metanomski, received the Award at the 204th ACS National Meeting in Washington.
1992		Salary Survey: Scientific Information Professionals with a Focus on Chemistry published (Patricia E. O'Neill and Joanne L. Witiak, editors).
1993		50th anniversary of the formation of the Chemical Literature Group in 1943 celebrated at the 206th ACS National Meeting in Chicago.
1994		First National Chemical Information Symposium (NCIS), chaired by Guenter Grethe, organized at the University of Vermont, Burlington.
1996		Divisional Web home page developed (Andrea B. Twiss-Brooks, Webmaster).
1996		Student Scholarship Award renamed as Lucille M. Wert Scholarship Award.
1997		Division recognized as one of the pioneer organizations in information science in the ASIS "Pioneers of Information Science in North America" report (Robert V. Williams, project director).
1997		Division became a cosponsor of the Chemical Information Sources Discussion List (CHMINF-L).
1998		50th anniversary of the formation of the Division in 1948 celebrated at the 216th ACS National Meeting in Boston.