Subject: Chemical industry / Language: English - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Amchem Products, Inc. records, 1925-1986 (inclusive)

Extent:: 7.5 linear feet
Abstract:: James Harvey Gravell started the American Chemical Paint Company in 1914 and moved the factory to Ambler, Pennsylvania soon after. He was an engineer, innovator, and philanthropist who made national headlines for paying off all his employees' debts and mortgages for Christmas in 1936. After Gravell's death, his company was renamed Amchem Products, Inc., and was acquired by Henkel in 1980. Amchem Products, Inc. records, 1925-1986, consist of administrative records, photographs, and company publications.

Held at: Wissahickon Valley Historical Society [Contact Us]

James J. Bohning Collection, 1949, 1970-1974 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.10 linear feet (1 folder)
Abstract:: Booklets, reports, and one world map of the chemical industry collected by James J. Bohning.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

John C. Sheehan Collection of Chemical Advertisements, 1950s-1960s (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 linear feet (1 box; consisting of 24 postcards)
Abstract:: Set of twenty-four illustrated color advertisements from the Eastman Organic Chemicals Department (Division of the Eastman Kodak Company) dating from the 1950s and 1960s.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

Advertisements from the Dow Chemical Historical Collection, 1921-1993 (inclusive) 1936-1986 (bulk)

Extent:: 14 linear feet (14 boxes; ca. over 900 items)
Abstract:: A collection of print advertisements, leaflets, posters and other ephemera created by the Dow Chemical Company, ranging from 1921-1993.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

Caesar A. Grasselli Collection, 1948

Extent:: .01 linear feet (1 folder)
Abstract:: A bound copy of My Family and the Grasselli Chemical Company by Caesar A. Grasselli, published posthumously, recounting his family history and the history of the Grasselli Chemical Company.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

Photographs from the Records & Ephemera of Hercules Incorporated, 1912-2007 (inclusive) 1940s-1970s (bulk)

Extent:: 12,500 photographic prints (, 15,000 negatives, 700 photographic slides, 167 jpeg files (103 boxes))
Abstract:: Photographic prints, negatives, slides, and ephemera chronicling the plants, employees, products, advertising, and brand strategies of the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Incorporated), predominately dating from the second half of the twentieth century.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

Records of the American Chemical Society National Historic Chemical Landmarks Program, 1928-2007 (inclusive) 1993-2007 (bulk)

Extent:: 3.2 linear feet (4 boxes.)
Abstract:: The Records of the American Chemical Society National Historic Chemical Landmarks Program consist of administrative materials created and maintained by the American Chemical Society National Historic Chemical Landmarks Board Ad Hoc Committee.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Records, 1919-1992 (inclusive) 1919-1973 (bulk)

Extent:: 73.0 linear feet (165 boxes)
Abstract:: Organizational records of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, which mainly cover the period from its founding in 1919 to 1973.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

Addenda to the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Records, 1919-2000 (inclusive) 1973-1995 (bulk)

Extent:: 130.0 linear feet (226 boxes)
Abstract:: Organizational records of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, which mainly cover the period from 1973 to 1995.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

John E. Mehren Chemical Industries Publications Collection, 1932-1992 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.0 linear feet (1 record box.)
Abstract:: A collection of chemical industry marketing materials and technical bulletins from 1932 to 1996 as collected and maintained by John E. Mehren on the behalf of the PM Chemical Company.

Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]

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