Parke, Davis Research Laboratory Records
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Parke, Davis Company
- Dates:
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1866-1992
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365 Cubic feet (510 boxes, 43 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0001
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Parke, Davis and Company, one of the largest and oldest pharmaceutical firms in America.
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Norwich Eaton Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Orr, Craig
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1900-1985
bulk 1920-1950
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18 Cubic feet (37 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0329
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Norwich Eaton Pharmaceutical, Inc., Collection includes advertisements, company histories, equipment purchasing proposals, batch orders, finishing production orders, packaging orders and records documenting the creation and advertising of several products, including Furacin, Asogen, Paracin, Unguentine, Necta Sweet, and Chloraseptic Pepto Bismo, a popular liquid still used to relieve various digestive ailments. Founded in 1885, Norwich Eaton was acquired in 1982 by Proctor and Gamble.
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Sterling Drug, Inc.
Winthrop Chemical Company
Bayer Company
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1867-1993
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120 Cubic feet (261 boxes, 16 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0772
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection contains domestic and foreign advertising for both pharmaceutical and consumer health care products; sales and marketing materials for pharmaceuticals aimed at physicians, such as brochures, package inserts, reports, catalogs, price lists, manuals; the company's business and administrative papers, including annual reports, news relea...
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Levitt, Alan
Levitt, Elaine
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1920 - 1960s.
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5 Cubic feet (5 boxes, 3 oversized folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0303
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Advertising materials relating to pharmaceutical and other supplies as part of the stock of retail pharmacies from 1920 to the early 1960s, mostly advertisements for cigars, cigarettes, Coca-Cola, Kodak, veterinary supplies, and patent medicines.
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Syntex Laboratories
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1962-1978
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13 Cubic feet (25 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0821
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of domestic and foreign advertisements--primarily tearsheets from medical journals--leaflets, and product literature from 1962 to 1978, maintained by Syntex to track its competitors' products.
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1953-1987
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7 Cubic feet (17 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0184
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Alka-Seltzer Oral History and Documentation Project is a result of a one year effort supported, in part, by Miles Laboratories, Incorporated. Twenty-four oral history interviews and a variety of related materials were gathered to document Alka- Seltzer advertising, primarily from the mid-1950s to the 1980s. The project covers "Speedy" Alka-Seltzer, "Oh what a relief it is," "The Blahs," "Alka Seltzer on the rocks," and "I can't believe I ate the whole thing" campaigns
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Kiehl's Pharmacy
Morse Laboratories. Kiehl's Pharmacy
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1920-1973
bulk 1960-1970
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6.5 Cubic feet ( 8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0819
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of formulas and prescriptions for Morse Laboratories and Kiehl's Pharmacy products.
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Mundel, Marvin Everett, 1916-1996 (industrial engineer)
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1937-1996
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15 Cubic feet (36 boxes)
75 Motion picture films
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0676
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Marvin E. Mundel Industrial Engineering Collection contains correspondence, reports, data, notes, publications, books, charts, certificates, awards, writings, photographs, films and videos that document the life and career of Marvin Mundel, a well-known expert in the field of work management and productivity enhancement.
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Helfand, William
- Dates:
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1980-1991
- Size:
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0447
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A collection of cards advertising telephone sex purveyors in New York, New York; London, United Kingdom; Amsterdam, Netherlands; Tokyo, Japan, and other countries.
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United States. War Production Board.
Garfield & Co.
- Dates:
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1909-1969
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15 Cubic feet (17 boxes, 11 oversized folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0820
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Garfield and Company, a pharmaceutical manufacturer in New Jersey during the twentieth century. Garfield and Company, founded by Isidor Z. Garfield (1863-1951), made Seidlitz Powder, a commonly known medication composed of tartaric acid, sodium bicarbonate, and potassium sodium tartrate that was used as a mild cathartic by dissolving it in water and then drinking it. Materials include customer files, invoices, correspondence, advertising and packaging materials, calendars, posters, financial records, and an oral and video history with Julius Garfield, son of Isidor Z. Garfield.
