Creator:
Hyatt, John W. (John Wesley), 1837-1920.
Inclusive Dates:
1869- 1945
Abstract:
Collection consists of the Executive
Committee Meeting Minutes of the Celluloid Company, 1890 to 1905, two bound volumes of
patents obtained by John Wesley Hyatt, including one for the first celluloid billiard
ball and several other patents for billiard ball coatings and knife-handles; a booklet
on Hyatt's acceptance of the Perkin Medal, 1914; six photographic
portraits; and a relief sculpture of the John Wesley Hyatt commemorative award.
Type of Material:
Minutes (administrative records)
Patents.
Programs (documents)
Photographs.
Subject:
Manufacturers.
Inventors.
Business and Industry
Plastics
Celluloid.
Billiards -- Equipment and supplies.
Patents.
Plastics industry and trade.
Creator:
McDonald, Joseph.
Inclusive Dates:
1930- 1989
Abstract:
Collection contains copies of patents
for plastic food and beverage containers collected by Joseph McDonald from 1951 to 1989,
in the course of his work for Sweetheart Plastics, Inc. and a selection of technical
offprints and reports.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Notes (documents)
Reports.
Patents.
Subject:
Engineers.
Inventors.
Business and Industry
Plastics
Plastics industry and trade.
Patents.
Beverage containers.
Food containers.
Plastic containers.
Plastics -- Extrusion.
Plastics in packaging.
Styrene.
Thermoplastics.
Plastics machinery.