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Creator:
Griffiths, Alan (Plastics engineer and designer)
Inclusive Dates:
1950-2000
Abstract:
Collection of plastic containers for soap
Type of Material:
Artifacts (object genre)
Plastic (material)
Soap boxes (container for personal grooming)
Subject:
Industrial Design
Plastics
Industrial design.
Plastic containers.
Plastics industry and trade.
Product design.

2.

Collection Title:
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.

3.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Winfield, Armand G.
Inclusive Dates:
1957-1991
Abstract:
Collection contains the professional and personal papers of Armand G. Winfield. It focuses on the client files of Winfield's consulting company, which he formed in 1964.
Type of Material:
Catalogs (documents)
Correspondence.
Newsletters.
Research notes.
Technical reports.
Technical drawings.
VHS.
Video recordings (physical artifacts)
Subject:
Colombia.
Santa Fe (N.M.).
Businessmen.
Consultants.
Inventors.
Business and Industry
Industrial Design
Plastics
Antiques.
Plastics in building.
Plastics industry and trade.
Plastics -- Research.
Plastics as art material.

4.

Collection Title:
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.

5.

Collection Title:
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.

6.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Michaels, Ed.
Inclusive Dates:
1962-1989
Abstract:
Collection contains papers, reports and newspaper articles on resin transfer molding, including the renovation of the Truman balcony at the White House; photographs and slides from Michaels' career and the products he created; and videotapes.
Type of Material:
Beta (Betamax)
Clippings (information artifacts)
Hi-8.
Photographs.
Slides (photographs)
Reports.
VHS.
Videocassettes.
Subject:
Inventors.
Manufacturers.
Business and Industry
Plastics
Glass fibers.
Gums and resins, Synthetic.
Plastics industry and trade.
Plastics -- Molds.
Automobiles -- Parts.
Molding materials.

7.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Hellmich, Edward J.
Inclusive Dates:
1953-1958
Abstract:
Photographs, company documents, memorabilia and artifacts relating to Edward J. Hellmich, co-founder of The Branchell Company and Hellmich Manufacturing Corp, which designed, manufactured, and sold melamine dinnerware
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Contracts.
Legal documents.
Photographs.
Subject:
Puerto Rico.
Zimmer, Gregory R., 1947 -- Melmac dinnerware.
Business and Industry
Plastics
Flatware -- Specimens.
Melamine.
Plastics -- History.
Plastics -- Marketing.
Plastics industry and trade.
Plastic tableware.
Plastic tableware -- Specimens.

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

9.

Collection Title:
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.

10.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Gray, F. W.
Inclusive Dates:
1880-1912
Abstract:
Collection consists of two scrapbooks containing templates of designs for plastic hair combs. The templates are pasted onto the pages of printed books.
Type of Material:
Templates.
Subject:
Business and Industry
Plastics
Combs.
Ornamental combs.
Plastics industry and trade.

11.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Foster Grant (Firm)
Inclusive Dates:
1900-1989
Abstract:
Foster Grant was an American plastics molding and manufacturing firm specializing in eyewear. Originally founded in 1919 by Sam Foster to produce ladies hair accessories, the first piece of eyewear sold in 1929 at the Woolworth in Atlantic City. Collection contains company publications and sales materials including a training binder from the 1970s containing photographs and handwritten directions on how to create an epoxy mold; and photographs of die molds, Foster Grant products from World War II and sales displays.
Type of Material:
Sunglasses.
Photographs.
Promotional materials.
Training manuals.
Subject:
Business and Industry
Plastics
Plastics industry and trade.
Sunglasses industry.
Sunglasses.
Eyeglasses.
Plastics -- Molds.

Creator:
Friese, George.
Inclusive Dates:
1935-1954
Abstract:
Collection consists of union-related pieces of ephemera from George Friese’s career in the plastics industry in the Leominster, Massachusetts area.
Type of Material:
Membership cards.
Handbooks.
Agreements.
Subject:
Labor union members.
Business and Industry
Plastics
Plastics industry and trade.
Plastics workers -- Labor unions.

13.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Marshall, George, plastics engineer.
Inclusive Dates:
1940-1965
Abstract:
Collection contains correspondence from Wasco Chemical from 1959, photographs of plastics manufacturing facilities, plastics industry-related publications, and piping diagrams for a factory for Great American Plastics in Fitchburg, MA.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Photographs.
Plumbing plans.
Subject:
Engineers.
Business and Industry
Plastics
Plastics industry and trade.
Factories.
Factories -- Fires and fire prevention.
Piping.

Creator:
Gerard Designs.
Inclusive Dates:
1972-1997
Abstract:
Collection consists of drawings of molds created by Gerard Designs for various companies in the plastics and other industries. Most drawings contain initials of Robert McGee.
Type of Material:
Drawings (visual works)
Molds (shaping tools)
Subject:
Industrial Design
Plastics
Plastics in packaging.
Plastics industry and trade.
Plastics -- Molds.

15.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Chinn, Harry G.
Inclusive Dates:
1952-1967
Abstract:
Papers of plastics engineer Harry G. Chinn.
Type of Material:
Patents.
Research notes.
Technical reports.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Specimens.
Periodicals.
Subject:
United States.
Inventors.
Physicists.
Plastics -- Analysis
Plastics industry and trade.
Plastic coating.
Plastic films.
Plastics.
Plastics in packaging.

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.

17.

Collection Title:
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.

18.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Hill, Jack E.
Inclusive Dates:
1967-1974
Abstract:
Correspondence, technical reports, biographical material of the American plastics engineer
Type of Material:
Advertisements.
Articles of incorporation.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Financial records.
Technical reports.
Subject:
Engineers.
Business and Industry
Plastics
Blow molding.
Plastic toys.
Plastics -- History.
Plastics -- Marketing.
Plastics -- Molding.
Plastics industry and trade.
Thermoforming.

19.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Milgrom, Jack.
Inclusive Dates:
1958-2005
Abstract:
Collection consists largely of published material and reports collected and written by Jack Milgrom on the subjects of plastics in general, and specifically on the use of plastics in packaging and the recycling of plastics, as well as utility scrap and recycling in the auto industry.
Type of Material:
Articles.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Publications.
Reports.
Scrapbooks.
Technical reports.
Subject:
Researchers.
Consultants.
Business and Industry
Plastics
Beverage containers.
Conservation of natural resources.
Container industry.
Food -- Packaging.
Packaging.
Plastics in packaging.
Plastics industry and trade.
Recycling (Waste, etc.)
Recycling industry.
Biodegradable plastics.

20.

Collection Title:
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.