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Plastics Pioneers Association
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1952, 1968
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 Box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1235
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Audio recordings of interviews with members of the Plastics Pioneers Association about the plastics industry, its origins, and evolution.
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Winfield, Armand G.
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1960 - 1980
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18 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1271
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The eleven boxes contain documentation relating to project files including business correspondence, invoices, sketches, contracts and agreements, research materials, brochures, photographs, slides and models. This collection, which includes some biographical material and which is specifically related to the design process and to the use of plastic...
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Albany Billiard Ball Company Records
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Albany Billiard Ball Company (Albany, New York)
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1870 - 1974
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8 Cubic feet (25 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0011
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
These records include documents relating to John Hyatt and include legal documents, 1871-1966; bank books; patents; patent certificates; patent assignments; memoranda and articles of association; union contracts; balance sheets; profit and loss accounts; journals and cash books; ledgers; time books; invoices; photographs; and correspondence to and from the company.
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Physical Sciences, Division of (NMAH, Smithsonian Institution).
DuBois, J. Harry, 1903-1986
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circa 1900-circa 1975
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2.66 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0008
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
J. Harry DuBois (1903-1986) was an industrial consultant in the field of petrochemicals and plastics. In 1927 at General Electric his studies resulted in extending the use of laminated plastics.
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Automatic Button Company.
American Pearl Button Company.
Claus Schmarje Button Company.
Barry Manufacturing Company.
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1898 - 1993
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13 Cubic feet (55 boxes, 4 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0504
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the manufacture of both freshwater pearl and plastic buttons in Muscatine, Iowa, including at least 12 different companies from primarily 1925 to the 1960s.
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Jeffers, Grace
Formica Corporation.
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1913-2003
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18 Cubic feet (59 boxes, 11 oversize folders )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0565
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Grace Jeffers Collection of Formica Materials consists of textual files, photographs, slides, negatives, drawings, blueprints, posters, advertisements, product brochures, newsletters, and informational pamphlets documenting the history of the Formica Corporation and the use of Formica brand plastic laminate.
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Hyatt, John Wesley (inventor)
Celluloid Corporation.
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1883 - 1943
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3 Cubic feet (3 boxes )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0009
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of trade catalogs, price lists, notebooks, promotional literature, patents, a salesman's kit (including samples), photographs and prints of plant buildings, personnel, celluloid molds and by-products documenting the Celluloid Corporation.
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Nordic Ware Division, Northland Aluminum
Dalquist, H. David
Dalquist, Dorothy
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1940-2006
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28 Cubic feet (53 boxes and 25 oversize folders )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0980
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records of a family-owned manufacturing firm, best known for kitchenware products including the Bundt Pan and Micro-Go-Round. The collection richly documents the entrepreneurial spirit of the Minnesota firm and its history of product innovation through technical files, marketing materials, and administrative and financial records.
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American Petroleum Institute.
- Dates:
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1860s-1980s
bulk 1955-1990
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45 Cubic feet (122 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0711
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection includes historic photographs, slides and films on subjects relating to all aspects of the petroleum industry, including exploration, drilling, refineries, tankers, pipelines, automobiles, trucks, aviation, refueling, buildings, coal, gasification, plants, mining, surface mining, fields, land reclamation, coastal zone management, corporate public service, educational programs, crude oil, deepwater ports, and watercraft It also documents numerous products other than gasoline produced by the petroleum industry, such as propane, lubricants, heating oil, and plastics.
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Ryder Mobile Homes, Inc.
Zink, Philip G.
Zink, Scott
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circa 1920s-2001
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15 Cubic feet (44 boxes and 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0777
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents trailer park life, particularly the Ryder Mobile Homes Park founded by Ralph Ryder in New Haven, Connecticut in 1930.