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Gerard Lambert Business Records Collection
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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
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Gerard B. Lambert (Princeton Class of 1908) was head of the Lambert Pharmacal Co. of St. Louis, which are the developers and manufacturers of Listerine.
The collection consists of the business records of Lambert (Princeton Class of 1908), including correspondence, bills, invoices, and financial statements, which reflect his position as head of the Lambert Pharmacal Co. of St. Louis, developers and manufacturers of Listerine. In addition, there are two scrapbooks, one documenting Thomas E. Dewey's run for the Republican presidential nomination in 1940 and another filled with reviews of Lambert's autobiography, All Out of Step (1956).
This is an unprocessed collection and remains in its original arrangement.
Gift of the author.
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This is an unprocessed collection. The contents list provided is a preliminary inventory.
The collection inventory was created by Michael Heist in August 2007.
No appraisal information is available.
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- Finding Aid Date
- 2007
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Collection is open for research use.
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Includes a letter of thanks for $100,000 donation to build Firestone Library, 1944; memorabilia regarding "Vanitie", an America's Cup yach
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