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Barrier-Pribble/Pribble Plastics Products
Plastics Mold Engineering papers
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| Creator: | Pribble, Wayne I. |
| Title: | Wayne I. Pribble Papers |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1946-1984 |
| Quantity: | 4.5 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Collection includes the records of Wayne Pribble's companies, Barrier-Pribble and Pribble Plastics Products; mold drawings produced by Barrier-Pribble and Pribble Plastics Products; and drafts and papers related to Pribble and J. Harry DuBois' book, Plastics Mold Engineering. |
| Language: | English |
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Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Library 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 http://scrc.syr.edu |
Wayne I. Pribble was an American engineer, manufacturer, and author in the plastics field.
Pribble was a graduate of the General Electric Co. apprentice training program at Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was trained as a toolmaker but never practiced that profession and was instead employed as a mold designer by the Plastics Division of the General Electric Co. in Fort Wayne, 1937-1942. In 1942, he was promoted to product engineer and continued in that capacity until resigning in 1948 to form his own company.
Pribble formed Barrier-Pribble and Co., Inc. in 1948 with Alvis L. Barrier. In 1954, this company became Pribble Plastics Products, a custom mold maker specializing in thermosetting molding. Pribble Plastics Products closed in 1981 and was sold in 1983. Pribble went on to buy and sell hard-to-find used books and sell computer programs for Apple and IBM computers.
In collaboration with J. Harry DuBois, Pribble wrote the majority of the text for Plastics Mold Engineering, originally published by the American Technical Society of Chicago in 1946. The National Society of Plastics Engineers obtained publishing rights and issued a revised and enlarged text in 1965 as part of the Polymer Technology Series of SPE and published by Reinhold Publishing Company.
Pribble was a member of the Plastics Pioneers Association of the Society of the Plastics Industry, National Councilman for the Northern Indiana Section of the Society of Plastics Engineers, National Treasurer of the National Society of Plastics Engineers and recipient of the Society of Plastics Engineers Presidents Cup in 1948.
The Wayne I. Pribble Papers includes the records of Wayne Pribble's companies, Barrier-Pribble and Pribble Plastics Products; mold drawings produced by Barrier-Pribble and Pribble Plastics Products; and drafts and papers related to Pribble and J. Harry DuBois' book, Plastics Mold Engineering.
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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 also the J. Harry Dubois Papers.
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Wayne I. Pribble Papers,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Library
Transfer from National Plastics Center and Museum, 11/06/2008. Originally, gift of Wayne Pribble, 1997.
Created by: DGI/MM
Date: 2006
Revision history: Feb 2009 - converted to EAD (MRC)
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| Box ? | Miscellaneous 1948-1984 - includes corporation record of Barrier-Pribble, mold records, an appraisal report from 1973, and a scrapbook containing clippings, photographs and notes on the plastics industry as well as personal interest of Wayne Pribble covering 1970-1985 | ||||||||||
| Drawings | |||||||||||
| Map-Case on N. wall | Mold drawings 1950-1981 (1204 items) | ||||||||||
| Plastics Mold Engineering papers | |||||||||||
| Box ? | Correspondence, drafts of revisions 3 and 4 1946-1982 | ||||||||||
