Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | National Plastics Center & Museum. |
| Title: | Plastics Product Literature Collection |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1912-2009 |
| Quantity: | 9.5 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Collection consists of product literature, catalogs, objects and technical bulletins on plastic products and plastic applications by numerous plastic and chemical companies. Most emanate from American companies but the collection includes some from Japanese companies, as well as a few from Germany, Australia and the United Kingdom. |
| Language: | English, German, Japanese, Spanish |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Library 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 http://scrc.syr.edu |
Founded in 1982, the National Plastics Center (NPC) is a non-profit institution dedicated to preserving the past, addressing the present and promoting the future of plastics through public education and awareness. The Center has an extensive museum collection of plastic parts, machinery and memorabilia and the archives and library contain numerous books and collections on many subjects, companies and people prominent in the industry.
The Plastics Product Literature Collection consists of product literature, catalogs, objects and technical bulletins on plastic products and plastic applications by numerous plastic and chemical companies. Most emanate from American companies but the collection includes some from Japanese companies, as well as a few from Germany, Australia and the United Kingdom.
Alphabetical by name of company and chronological within each company.
There are no access restrictions on this material.
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Special Collections Research Center has numerous holdings in the areas of plastics and industrial design. Please refer to the SCRC Subject Index for a complete listing. In particular, see the Irwin Casper Collection of Brush Product Literature and the Walter R. Kosy Papers.
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Plastics Product Literature Collection,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Library
Majority of collection, transfer from National Plastics Center and Museum, 11/06/2008.
A 1973 Rogers Corporation binder on molding materials and a 1952-1953 United States Gasket Company book, entitled "Investigation of Selected Combinations of Teflon with Filler Materials for Application to Electronic Parts" for the Navy Department, Bureau of Ships Electronics Division, gifts of George Marshall Naul, 2011.
Created by: MM
Date: 2006
Revision history: Feb 2009 - converted to EAD (MRC);
25 Feb 2011 - reprocessed the collection, added material, and updated the finding
aid. (CEG);
4 April 2011 - added material, and updated the finding aid. (CEG);
15 Dec 2011 - added material, removed Union Products folders to Union Products
Collection, and updated the finding aid. (SDG)
| Company Literature | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Allied Chemical 1964-1980 - technical service report featuring data on the refrigerant, Genetron, and a booklet on the injection molding of rigid polyvinyl chloride | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | American Hoechst Corporation undated - brochure This is American Hoechst | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Amoco undated - technical bulletin on evaluating Isopolyester resins | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | American Cyanamid Company 1957 - technical literature on CYMAC 400 polymethylstyrene molding compounds | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Aquitane [1970] - technical literature on Organico, Rilsan, Aquitane 72, and Lacqran | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Argus Chemical Corporation 1969 1975 - technical booklets on mark stabilizers, pvc pipe, and conduit | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Armstrong Products Company 1954 - technical literature on epoxy resin adhesives | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Arthur Blank and Company - purchaser catalog containing plastic products for both personal and office use | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Ashdee - vinyl stickers "put it back where you found it!," advertisement for UV Cure Reactor machine | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Atlas Electric Devices Company 1941, 1971, 1982, 1985 - technical literature and instructions for the Fade-Ometer | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Auto-Blow Corp (subsidiary of National Cleveland Corp) 1960 - technical literature regarding automatic high production blow-molding machines | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | BASF World Sales 1973 - operation fundamentals book | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Boonton Molding Company 1955 1958, [1964], 1973 - "a ready reference guide for plastics" book and technical literature regarding plastic materials molding (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Borden Chemical undated - technical booklet on pvc resins and compounds | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Borg Warner (Marbon) 1957, 1965 - technical data on Cycoloy, Cyolac ABS, Cycolac high impact thermoplastic resin and various other plastic materials | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Borg Warner (Marbon) 1957, 1964-1969, 1973-1976, undated - technical data on Cycoloy, Cyolac ABS, Cycolac high impact thermoplastic resin and various other plastic materials (8 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Branson Instruments 1973 - a guide to ultrasonic plastics assembly | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | California Electrotype and Stereotype Company undated - booklet for ordering electrotype stock cuts | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Celanese Plastics Company 1945, 1967, 1973-1974, 1983-1985 - book on "fabricating methods for Lumarith, Celluloid and similar thermoplastic materials," technical literature on Celcon acetal copolymer, celanese nylon and celanex thermoplastic polyester (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Cerro de Paseo Copper Corporation 1939 - "The Cerromatrix Manual, Methods of Using Cerromatrix a Low Temperature Melting Expanding Alloy" | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Cincinnati Milacron Chemicals 1963-1973 1976 - technical literature regarding the stabilization of polyvinyl chloride and various other plastic materials | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Coca-Cola Company 1993 - catalog | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Commerical Plastics & Supply Corp. 1964 - catalog for sheets, rods and tubes | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Continental-Diamond Fibre - a booklet of technical information regarding Celoron | ||||||||||
| Box 5 | Danish Plastics 1959, 1962-1963, undated - drawings and technical booklets related to the Blow-O-Matic | ||||||||||
| Box 5 | Dartco (Dart & Craft) 1985 - technical information regarding injection molding XYDAR | ||||||||||
| Box 5 | DeBell and Richardson, Inc. undated - booklet on the innovation in polymers | ||||||||||
| Box 5 | Detroit Mold Engineering 1948, 1957, 1963, 1975 - dealer ordering books for standard mold bases, parts and supplies, and technical data regarding mold bases, injection molding machines, compression molding machines and die casting machines (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 5 | Dow Chemical 1943, 1951-1957 - technical literature regarding Styron, Polystyrene, Styrex, Ethocel, Saran, Polyethylene and PVC, as well as information regarding the design and properties of plastics (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 6 | Dow Chemical 1946, 1951-1967 - technical literature regarding Styron, Polystyrene, Styrex, Ethocel, Saran, Polyethylene and PVC, as well as information regarding the design and properties of plastics (3 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 6 | Dri-Print Foils, Inc. - a booklet highlighting the product line | ||||||||||
| Box 6 | DSM Resins UK Ltd. 1991 - a folder containing commercial literature regarding Auto Press and the innovations in injection molding | ||||||||||
| Box 6 | Du Pont 1956-1962 - technical information regarding Lucite and Zytel Nylon Resin (3 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 7 | Du Pont 1956-1962, 1968-1969, 1972-1978 - design, engineering and technical data regarding Alathon, Delrin, Teflon, Zytel Nylon Resin, Lucite, Corian, Hytrel, Neoprene, Teflon and Delrin, and two catalogs from their collection of "boudoir accessories" (6 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 8 | Durez Plastics Division (Hooker Chemical Corp) 1930, 1951-1960, 1964, 1967-1973 1983 - booklets with data regarding molding compounds and phenolics, technical data regarding properties of products and molding techniques, and thirteen copies of the Durex Molder bulletin, various dates (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 8 | Eastman Chemical Products (Tenite) 1957, 1967, undated - book detailing the invention of color film and technical information regarding Tenite | ||||||||||
| Box 8 | Edmark Enterprise, Inc. 1989 - catalog of fashion accessories | ||||||||||
| Box 8 | Enjay Chemical Company - technical books regarding Escon Polypropylene | ||||||||||
| Box 8 | Exact Weight Scale Company 1956, 1965, undated - instructions for operating the Exact Weight Plastics Weigh Feeder | ||||||||||
| Box 8 | Farrel-Birmingham Company, Inc. 1944 - bulletin highlighting banbury mixers | ||||||||||
| Box 8 | Fellows Gear Shaper Company 1955, 1960, undated - instructions for operating the injection molding machine with drawings | ||||||||||
| Box 8 | Fiberite 1985 - materials selection handbook | ||||||||||
| Box 8 | Fibroc June 5, 1930 - pamphlet announcing the merging with Continental-Diamond Fibre Co. and their new name, Fibroc Insulation Company | ||||||||||
| Box 8 | Foster Grant - technical bulletin highlighting nylon injection molding problems | ||||||||||
| Box 8 | Fraser and Glass, LTD undated - drawing of an unknown object | ||||||||||
| Box 8 | Furukawa Group - information book highlighting their factories, products and history | ||||||||||
| Box 9 | General Electric 1946, 1948, 1959, 1966-1968, 1971, 1974, 1983, undated - technical information regarding Phenolic Molding Compound, Lexan, Valox resin, Textolite and Genal (5 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 9 | The General Tire and Rubber Company (Bolta Products Division) undated - Boltaron fashion tones samples | ||||||||||
| Box 10 | BF Goodrich (Koroseal) - handbook and literature containing technical information related to Koroseal, and a sample of fourteen wires in various colors | ||||||||||
| Box 10 | Hanna Engineering Works - technical book for Hydraulic Cylinders | ||||||||||
| Box 10 | Hercules Powder Company 1944 - technical book for Ethyl Cellulose | ||||||||||
| Box 10 | Hitachi Chemical Products - technical book for their products and materials | ||||||||||
| Box 10 | Hoechst 1965 1987 - technical binder regarding organic pigments for PVC with samples | ||||||||||
| Box 10 | Hottwatt Electric Heaters 1981 - distributor catalog of discounts and prices for heaters | ||||||||||
| Box 10 | ICI (Imperial Chemical Industries) 1966, 1969 - technical literature on Cereclor (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 11 | Idemitsu Petrochemical Co., LTD [1972] - booklet of company history and statistics | ||||||||||
| Box 11 | IMS Co. (Injection Molders Supply) 1951, 1968-1969, 1986-1987 - catalog of supplies for the injection molder, injection machine nozzle handbook, accessory plant equipment for injection molders book, and an auxiliary machinary packet for plastic processors (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 11 | Incoe Corporation undated - technical booklet regarding the hot tip bushings manifold system | ||||||||||
| Box 11 | Interstab Chemicals, Inc. 1974 - technical manual on stabilizers, chelators, blowing agent catalysts, organotin stabilizers, and lubricants | ||||||||||
| Box 11 | Japan Gas Chemical Co. - book containing company history | ||||||||||
| Box 11 | Japan Synthetic Rubber Co. [1970] - book containing company and product history | ||||||||||
| Box 11 | Kanebo - pamphlet containing their products and materials used | ||||||||||
| Box 11 | Kelvinator (Adelaide Australia) [1965] - book discussing molding, processes and machinary | ||||||||||
| Box 11 | Kent Plastics - book highlighting their products and factory locations | ||||||||||
| Box 11 | Kleinewefers 1962 - book on company history and progress | ||||||||||
| Box 11 | Koehring 1973 - 2 booklets on Prodex extrusion systems | ||||||||||
| Box 11 | Koppers Co. - technical bulletins on troubleshooting injection molding problems, adhesive for polystyrene and Dylite | ||||||||||
| Box 12 | Krauss Maffei 1988 1991 - catalogs for machinary and technical journals | ||||||||||
| Box 12 | Kureha Chemical 1970 - book containing company history and product information | ||||||||||
| Box 12 | Kyowa Gas Chemical 1970 - typed booklet containing company history, a diagram of manufacturing process and two photographs of factories | ||||||||||
| Box 12 | Lego 2009 - holiday consumer catalog of lego products | ||||||||||
| Box 12 | Lehigh Valley Plastics - ordering catalog for their plastic sheets, rods and tubes | ||||||||||
| Box 12 | Lily-Tulip Cup Corporation undated - company history and product booklet | ||||||||||
| Box 12 | LNP 1980, 1985, undated - a guide to statically conductive and EMI attenuating composites, technical bulletins on thermoplastics and fluoropolymer composites | ||||||||||
| Box 12 | Lyon Inc. - magazine ad for Whitewalls trim ring for automobile tires | ||||||||||
| Box 12 | Magnus Harmonica Corporation 1946-1948, 1989 - book entitled, "Precision Builds an Industry, The Story of the Magnus Harmonica Corporation," contianed within are reprints of old newspaper clippings and ads | ||||||||||
| Box 12 | Mattel, Inc. undated - book of mold standards with drawings | ||||||||||
| Box 12 | McNeil Akron undated - booklet on machinary and products | ||||||||||
| Box 12 | Mitsubishi Petrochemical Company Limited 1967 - book containing company history, statistics and product information | ||||||||||
| Box 12 | Modern Plastics 1995 - retail order form, product information catalog for Defender Interior Insulating Windows,product list and a green plastic sample | ||||||||||
| Box 12 | Monsanto 1963-1964, 1969 - product magazines featuring greenhouses and furniture, Lustran San price schedule | ||||||||||
| Box 13 | Monsanto 1961, 1964, 1969, 1976, undated - two technical books regarding plasticizers and resin modifiers, and technical information on Lustrex L and LX Styrenes (5 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 14 | Morgan Industries - book entitled, "Cutting Costs in Short-Run Plastics Injection Molding" featuring injection molding process, tool design and building, part design and material selection, epoxy tooling and material handling | ||||||||||
| Box 14 | The M.S. Plastics Co. undated - facilities report | ||||||||||
| Box 14 | Nalle Plastics, Inc. [1963] - Naltex netting information and samples | ||||||||||
| Box 14 | Newbury Industries, Inc. 1969 - information on plastic injection molding machines, "mini-jector" | ||||||||||
| Box 14 | Nichimen Co., LTD 1968 - book from the 12th National Plastics Exposition with company and plastic material history | ||||||||||
| Box 14 | NL Industries [1972] - technical information regarding Titanox titanium pigments | ||||||||||
| Box 14 | Novacor Chemicals, Inc. (a subsidiary of Nova Corporation of Alberta) 1991 - "Nova World" employee publication | ||||||||||
| Box 14 | Nypro 1998, 2000-2002 - The Nypro Institute booklets, and an annual report from the company | ||||||||||
| Box 14 | Olsen Testing Machine Company 1941 - information booklet for their impact testing machine with "change-o-matic" head | ||||||||||
| Box 14 | Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation 1943 - technical information concerning fiberglas development programs and their indicated uses | ||||||||||
| Box 14 | Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Textile Products Division undated - promotional materials in folder 'more product problems solved with reinforced molding compounds' | ||||||||||
| Box 14 | PARR Moulding Compounds Corp. [1960] - information on the tests they conduct on their materials and products | ||||||||||
| Box 14 | Phillips Chemical Company [1964] - a glossary of plastics terms | ||||||||||
| Box 14 | Pioneer Mold Co 1947 - Tool & Die journal article, "An Electronic Aid in Die Making" | ||||||||||
| Box 15 | Pixley Richards, Inc. 1980-1988 - three promotional booklets | ||||||||||
| Box 15 | Plaskon Co. 1939 - handbook containing the properties of molded Plaskon and the technique of molding Plaskon | ||||||||||
| Box 15 | Plasticraft, Inc. - craft instructional book for "Dolie-Craft" doll outfits | ||||||||||
| Box 15 | Plastics Unlimited - customer pamphlet with a list of their products, properties, and distributors | ||||||||||
| Box 15 | Plastics Engineering Co. (Plenco) 1970 1976 1997-1998 - price schedules for various plastic materials, and technical information for phenolic molding compounds | ||||||||||
| Box 15 | Polyplastex United, Inc. 1960-1961 - information on Royaltex | ||||||||||
| Box 15 | Plume & Atwood Mfg - product catalog for washers and rivets | ||||||||||
| Box 15 | Polaroid 1940, 1989 - book entitled, "Polaroid Access, Fifty Years" by Richard Saul Wurman, and a product catalog | ||||||||||
| Box 15 | Racine Hydraulics & Machinery 1944-1949, 1956, undated - technical catalogs and data for products, and diagrams for 4-way valves, check valves and pressure gauges | ||||||||||
| Box 15 | Raschig 1985 - technical product booklet for resins and molding compounds | ||||||||||
| Box 15 | Raybestos – Manhattan, Inc. 1956 - technical data for R/M Pyrotex Molding Compounds, and a bulletin of engineering data for reinforced plastics | ||||||||||
| Box 15 | Reed Prentice 1966 - technical booklet on how to evaluate screw injection machine plasticating performance | ||||||||||
| Box 15 | Resinous Products & Chemical Company 1944 - price schedule for resin adhesives, Tego resin film, Amberlite and Uformite | ||||||||||
| Box 15 | Rexall Chemical Co. 1961, 1966, 1972, 1979, undated - technical information on reciprocating screw machine, Polypropylene, Polyethylene and El Rex brand products, information on correcting molding faults | ||||||||||
| Box 16 | Rexall Chemical Co. [1975], undated - technical information for Polypropylene, Polyethylene, Polystyrene, powders and resins; measurement tools, (7 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 17 | Rogers Corporation 1973 - technical information for plastics molding materials | ||||||||||
| Box 17 | Rohm & Hass Company 1954, 1965-1968, 1974 - samples of plexiglas, technical information on molding powder product design, solving light control problems with plexiglas, and Monoplex and Paraplex plasticizers (3 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 17 | Seaward International, Inc. 1994 - technical manuals Seapile recycled plastic information, and various other boat/marine products | ||||||||||
| Box 17 | Sekisui Plastics 1969 - book containing company and product history | ||||||||||
| Box 17 | Showa Denko KK (SDK) 1968 - book of technical information for light metals, ferroalloys, electrodes, abrasive grains, synthetic resins, organic and inorganic chemicals, and fertilizers | ||||||||||
| Box 17 | Silvatrim Mouldings 1962 - product information and samples for Silvatrim | ||||||||||
| Box 18 | SMS Plastics Technology 2002 - a Modern Plastics custom publication featuring an article on Battenfeld injection molding machines and technology | ||||||||||
| Box 18 | Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI) 1978 - distributor book entitled, "Standards and Practices of Plastics Molders and Plastics Molded Parts Buyers Guide" | ||||||||||
| Box 18 | Solar Chemical Corporation 1960 - plastic weight comparator and a plastic weight converter | ||||||||||
| Box 18 | South Bend Lathe Works 1938-1939 - bulletin on how to cut screw threads in the lathe and an apprentice training book for a machine shop course | ||||||||||
| Box 18 | Spin-Cast Plastics, Inc. undated - Spin-Cast rotational moulding advertisement | ||||||||||
| Box 18 | Spirex Corporation 1992 - book of technical information regarding plasticating components with mention of some of their products, such as screws and barrels | ||||||||||
| Box 18 | Springborn Laboratories 1992 - book of technical information regarding trends in end-use markets for plastics, such as aviation/space and apparel/footwear | ||||||||||
| Box 18 | Standard Tool Company undated - technical booklet for molds, beryllium copper, and steel castings | ||||||||||
| Box 18 | Starplast Industries undated - product catalog | ||||||||||
| Box 18 | Sterling Extruder Corporation undated - book of technical information regarding manufacturing, research and development, engineering, and several machines, such as the Sterling Series | ||||||||||
| Box 18 | Sumitomo Chemical Co., LTD undated - Japanese technical book | ||||||||||
| Box 18 | Sun Chemical Corporation 1963 - 35th annual report | ||||||||||
| Box 18 | Taber Instrument Corporation undated - book discussing the quality of their products and the various testing each goes through, specifically the Taber Abraser Test | ||||||||||
| Box 18 | Tech-Art Plastic Company undated - molders' manual | ||||||||||
| Box 18 | Tennessee Eastman Corporation (subsidiary of Eastman Kodak Company) 1940, 1944 - technical information for Tenite | ||||||||||
| Box 18 | Tokuyama Soda Co., LTD 1970 - book of company history and technical information for their materials | ||||||||||
| Box 18 | Tucker undated - consumer catalogs of their products | ||||||||||
| Box 19 | UBE Laboratories 1966, 1968, 1970 - two books discussing their industrial history and a technical book on polyethylene | ||||||||||
| Box 19 | Union Carbide & Bakelite 1912, 1938, 1955-1957, 1974 - purchaser's guide on plastics for molding and extrusion, technical information on molding materials and Bakelite, brochure announcing Bakelite Cellulose Acetate, technical data on vinyl rigid sheets and Parylene conformal coatings (3 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 19 | Uniroyal undated - Royalite thermoplastic materials technical information | ||||||||||
| Box 19 | United States Gasket Corporation 1953-1954 - "Final Report, Feb. 15, 1953 to June 15, 1954, Investigation of Filled Teflon, Fluorocarbon Products, Inc., Div. of United States Gasket Company, Camden, NJ, Navy Department Bureau of Ships Electronics Division" | ||||||||||
| Box 19 | United States Plastic Corporation 2001 - consumer ordering catalog of products, such as Glutton containers and Smokers Cease-Fire cigarette disposal containers | ||||||||||
| Box 19 | Vetrotex CertainTeed (Glassline) 1992 - product information catalog featuring FRP panels | ||||||||||
| Box 19 | Valentine Sugars, Inc. 1989 - Technical data book | ||||||||||
