Creator:
Green, Belva
Inclusive Dates:
Abstract:
Papers of the author, editor and comb
collector.
Type of Material:
Audiocassettes.
Brochures.
Combs (hair ornaments)
Correspondence.
Newsletters.
Photographs.
Sketches.
Slides (photographs)
Sound recordings.
Subject:
Authors.
Women collectors.
Plastics
Ornamental combs.
Plastics -- History.
Plastic jewelry.
Plastics -- Research.
Creator:
Halkett, James A. E.
Inclusive Dates:
Abstract:
Artifacts and a few papers related to plastics engineer James A. E. Halkett.
Type of Material:
Artifacts.
Subject:
Chemical engineers.
Plastics
Plastics industry and trade.
Creator:
Herlihy, Margaret Kimball.
Inclusive Dates:
Abstract:
Manuscript of book on hair combs, with related photographs
Type of Material:
Manuscripts for publication.
Photographs.
Subject:
Plastics
Hair ornaments -- History.
Ornamental combs -- History.
Creator:
Maddock, Bruce H.
Inclusive Dates:
1943- 1988
Abstract:
Personal patents, writings, and
schematics from Union Carbide Plastics Division employee Bruce H. Maddock.
Type of Material:
Patents.
Technical drawings.
Typescripts.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Subject:
Plastics
Plastics -- Extrusion.
Plastics industry and trade.
Thermoplastics.
Creator:
Miller, Betty Albertus, 1933-2019.
Inclusive Dates:
1829- 2020
Abstract:
Files, correspondence, photographs, printed material, posters, and artifacts (hair combs)
relating to Betty Miller, the Miller Hair Comb Museum, and the Antique Comb Collectors Club International (AC3I)
Type of Material:
Combs (hair ornaments)
Correspondence.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Magazines (periodicals)
Newsletters.
Photographs.
Celluloid (cellulosic)
Ivory (material)
Jet (coal)
Tortoise-shell.
Administrative records.
Minutes (administrative records)
CD-ROMs.
Museum records.
Research notes.
Scrapbooks.
Subject:
Massachusetts -- Leominster.
Plastics
Ornamental combs -- History.
Ornamental combs -- Specimens.
Hair ornaments -- Collectors and collecting.
Celluloid.
Tortoiseshell.
Ivory.
Jet (Precious stone)
Clothing and dress.
Material culture.
Ornamental combs -- Societies and clubs.
Small museums -- Alaska.
Creator:
Morgan, John.
Inclusive Dates:
1900- 1945
Abstract:
Collection of casein plastic
artifacts
Type of Material:
Artifacts (object genre)
Casein plastic.
Subject:
Plastics
Plastics industry and trade.
Plastic jewelry.
Creator:
Amorosi family.
Inclusive Dates:
1930- 1940
Abstract:
Collection contains pencil drawings of comb
designs presumably drawn by George and/or Samuel Amorosi; bound volume of photopies of sketches; and 2 photographs, of George Amorosi
and Samuel Amorosi.
Type of Material:
Drawings (visual works)
Photographs.
Subject:
Industrial designers.
Business and Industry
Plastics
Combs.
Ornamental combs.
Mirrors -- Frames.
Plastics industry and trade.
Creator:
unknown
Inclusive Dates:
1912- 2010
Abstract:
Collection contains correspondence, printed material, and technical reports related
to the Bakelite Corporation.
Type of Material:
Advertisements.
Booklets.
Correspondence.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Newsletters.
Technical reports.
Subject:
The Bakelite jewelry book -- Corinne Davidov and Ginny Redington Dawes.
Trefoil.
Wyandotte Peace Pipe.
Business and Industry
Plastics
Bakelite -- History.
Plastics industry and trade.
Creator:
Belcher, Samuel L., 1933-
Inclusive Dates:
1991- 2008
Abstract:
Biographical material, patent information, and product data related to Samuel Belcher's innovations in blow molding.
Type of Material:
Articles.
Brochures.
CD-ROMs.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Design patents.
Drawings (visual works)
DVDs.
Photographs.
Videotapes.
Subject:
Engineers.
Entrepreneurs.
Inventors.
Plastics
Industrial Design
Engineers -- United States.
Blow Molding.
Plastics in packaging.
Plastics industry and trade -- United States.
Plastics machinery industry -- United States.
Plastics machinery.
Plastics industry and trade -- Equipment and supplies.
Polyethylene terephthalate.
Creator:
Blitz, Saul.
Inclusive Dates:
1938- 1961
Abstract:
Collection contains copies of patents from the
United States Patent Office for processes, materials and machinery used in creating, shaping & molding
plastic; also one folder of correspondence from Arthur Cyr to Saul Blitz about blow molding
patents.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Patents.
Subject:
Industrial designers.
Inventors.
Business and Industry
Plastics
Blow molding.
Injection molding of plastics.
Plastics industry and trade.
Creator:
Bolta Products.
Inclusive Dates:
1971- 1977
Abstract:
Collection includes product literature and advertisements for Boltaware, and blueprints for pieces of Boltaware.
Type of Material:
Blueprints (reprographic copies)
Brochures.
Promotional materials.
Advertisements.
Subject:
Business and Industry
Plastics
Plastics in household appliances.
Plastics in interior decoration.
Creator:
Bushman, Edwin F.
Inclusive Dates:
1946- 1992
Abstract:
Collection contains correspondence, technical reports, product literature, photographs, hand drawings, technical drawings and blueprints that relate to acrylic and fiberglass production.
Type of Material:
Blueprints (reprographic copies)
Correspondence.
Photographs.
Newsletters.
Technical reports.
Interviews.
Subject:
Engineers.
Inventors.
Industrial Designers.
Business and Industry
Plastics
Armored vehicles, Military -- Safety appliances.
Plastics industry and trade -- Technological innovations.
Plastics industry and trade -- United States -- History.
Creator:
Casper, Irwin.
Inclusive Dates:
1959- 1994
Abstract:
Collection contains catalogs and
product literature on various brands of hair brushes, combs, toothbrushes, household
brushes, and industrial brushes from American and international companies.
Type of Material:
Brochures.
Promotional materials.
Advertisements.
Subject:
Business and Industry
Plastics
Plastics industry and trade.
Brooms and brushes.
Toothbrushes.
Hair -- Care and hygiene.
Creator:
Conley, Fred (Fay Oliver)
Inclusive Dates:
1939- 1990
Abstract:
Clippings, memorabilia, photographs of the American plastics pioneer.
Type of Material:
Awards.
Certificates.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Photographs.
Subject:
Plastics news.
Engineers.
Businessmen.
Business and Industry
Plastics
Plastics industry and trade -- Technological innovations.
Plastics industry and trade -- History.
Plastics -- Research.
Creator:
Creaden, Dave.
Inclusive Dates:
1963- 1965
Abstract:
Administrative materials, correspondence,
and design materials of Dave Creaden relating to his work on the Stereo 8 cartridge at
Lear Jet Corporation
Type of Material:
Blueprints (reprographic copies)
Design drawings.
Financial records.
Journals (accounts)
Correspondence.
Research notes.
Subject:
Engineers.
Plastics
Industrial design
Automobiles -- Audio equipment.
Engineering design.
Magnetic recorders and recording -- Installation in automobiles.
Plastics.
Product design.
Creator:
DeBell, John M.
Inclusive Dates:
1924- 1986
Abstract:
Professional papers related to the
career of Plastics Hall of Fame member John M. DeBell; including biographical material
and memorabilia, correspondence, company records,technical reports, and other materials
related to DeBell's work for the U.S. military and DeBell and Richardson.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Photographs.
Technical reports.
Subject:
Engineers.
Inventors.
Businessmen.
Business and Industry
Plastics
Plastics industry and trade -- Technological innovations.
Plastics industry and trade -- United States -- History.
Injection molding of plastics.
Creator:
DuBois, J. Harry (John Harry), 1903-
Inclusive Dates:
1940- 1993
Abstract:
Collection consists of the personal and
professional papers of J. Harry DuBois, covering his long career in the plastics industry. It includes
scrapbooks and photograph albums of his family and world-wide travel for business, photographs and
slides, and audio and film reels.
Type of Material:
Audiotapes.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Negatives (photographs)
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
Slides (photographs)
Subject:
Düsseldorf (Germany)
Marshalltown (Iowa)
Businessmen.
Industrialists.
Business and Industry
Plastics
Bakelite -- History.
Industrialization -- India.
Plastics industry and trade.
Creator:
Embree, Margaret.
Inclusive Dates:
1940- 1960
Abstract:
Compiled by Margaret Embree of Syracuse, NY. Consists of candid shots of family, friends, her work at Iroquois China in Solvay and Thermold Plastics in Canastota; includes a few photos of German POWs.
Type of Material:
Photograph albums.
Photographs.
Subject:
Canastota (N.Y.) -- History.
Solvay (N.Y.) -- History.
Syracuse (N.Y.) -- History.
Plastics
New York State
Women -- Employment.
Women -- New York (State) -- Social life and customs.
Working class.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women.
Creator:
Estabrook. F. R.
Inclusive Dates:
1943- 1998
Abstract:
Contains the personal and professional papers of
F. Reed Estabrook, businessman in the plastics field.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Photographs.
Business papers.
Subject:
Industrialists.
Businessmen.
Business and Industry
Plastics
Gearing.
Plastics industry and trade.
Plastics -- Molds.
Traffic engineering.
Traffic flow.
Creator:
Evarts G. Loomis Company
Inclusive Dates:
1919- 1958
Abstract:
Collection consists of copies of 16 drawings, a materials list, and instructions for installation, operations and maintenance related to a hydraulic sheeter.
Type of Material:
Drawings (visual works)
Subject:
Hydraulic engineers.
Business and Industry
Plastics
Plastics industry and trade.
Hydraulic machinery.
Plastics machinery.
Mechanical drawing