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Gerard Lambert Business Records Collection

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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Lambert

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.

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2007
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Collection is open for research use.

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Collection Inventory

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3 boxes

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3 boxes

1934-1935, 1934-1935. 1 box.
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1 box

1932 July-1933, 1932 July-1933. 1 box.
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1 box

1931 May-1932 June, 1931 May-1932 June. 1 box.
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1 box

Bank statements, real estate offers, insurance policies, stock transactions, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Contract - Gillette, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

"Lambert Co.", Eastern Yacht Club, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

circa 1931-1935, circa 1931-1935. 1 box.
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1 box

"Automobile" 1922-1929 -- "Chicago Mill and Lumber Co.", circa 1926-1929. 1 box.
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1 box

"Co" - "G", circa 1926-1929. 1 box.
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1 box

"Garden" - "K", circa 1926-1929. 1 box.
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1 box

"L" - Lambert Pharmacal--"Listerine", 1926-1929. 1 box.
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1 box

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1 box

Labor reports, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Statements and balances, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Drafts and deposits, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Correspondence, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

circa 1927-1929, circa 1927-1929. 1 box.
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1 box

Lambert Pharmacal - "M" miscellaneous, circa 1925-1929. 1 box.
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1 box

"N" 1926-1929 - Princeton University Bureau of International Finance, 1928-1929, 1926-1929. 1 box.
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1 box

Park Avenue-Lambert Company Offices Bills, 1926-1927 - "Sonnica", yacht chartered in 1927, 1926-1927. 1 box.
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1 box

Southampton Bathing Corp. - "Vanitie" re-rigging as sloop (correspondence and figures), dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

"A" 1930-1941 - "Albemarle" correspondence, 1934-1941, 1930-1941. 1 box.
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1 box

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3 boxes

1940-1941, 1940-1941. 1 box.
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1 box

1939, 1939. 1 box.
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1 box

1946, 1948-1949, 1946. 1 box.
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1 box

"Pink House" bills, 1949 - Carter Hall bills, 1944-1945, 1949. 1 box.
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1 box

"B" 1942-1949 - Chase National Bank, 1942-1949, 1942-1949. 1 box.
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1 box

"Cu" - "Fo", 1942-1949. 1 box.
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1 box

"G" 1942-1949 - "Albemarle" garden and greenhouse, 1947-1949, 1942-1949. 1 box.
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1 box

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2 boxes

1943 July-1944 December, 1943 July-1944 December. 1 box.
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1 box

1942 July-1943 June, 1942 July-1943 June. 1 box.
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1 box

Farm correspondence, 1943 February. 1 box.
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1 box

Farm, sales tickets for eggs, milk, etc., 1944 July. 1 box.
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1 box

"Albemarle" correspondence 1942-1949 - Automobiles 1946-1949, 1942-1949. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

includes TLsS from Helen Keller (Am. Foundation for the Blind)

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1 box

Automobiles 1942-1945 - "Albemarle" Garden, greenhouse, farm, 1945, 1942-1945. 1 box.
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1 box

"Albemarle" garden and greenhouse, 1944 and 1946, 1944. 1 box.
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1 box

"Albemarle" garden and greenhouse, 1942-1947 - Gulf Stream Golf Club, 1942-1949, 1942-1947. 1 box.
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1 box

"H" 1942-1949 - Lambert Co. 1945-1947, 1942-1949. 1 box.
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1 box

Lambert Co. 1942-1944 - Manchester VT (O'Laughlin House) bills 1946-1947, 1942-1944. 1 box.
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1 box

Manchester VT (O'Laughlin House) bills 1943-1945 - "N" 1942-1949, 1943-1945. 1 box.
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1 box

National City Bank-Farmer's Trust 1942-1949 - Palm Beach County-Manalapan-properties 1945-1947, 1942-1949. 1 box.
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1 box

Palm Beach County-Manalapan-properties, 1948-1949 -Palm Beach County- "Gemini" running expenses 1949, 1948-1949. 1 box.
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1 box

Palm Beach County-"Gemini" running expenses - Palm Beach County-275 Via Dellago, 1944-1947. 1 box.
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1 box

"Ph" 1942-1949 - Ritz-Carlton Hotel 1942-1949, 1942-1949. 1 box.
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1 box

"Ro" 1942-1949 - Washington D.C. (Kalorama Cir) purchase, furnishings 1942-1945, 1942-1949. 1 box.
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1 box

Washington D.C. (78 Kalorama Cir) - bills, 1943-1947. 1 box.
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1 box

Washington D.C. (78 Kalorama Cir) - bills, 1942 - Wyeth, King and Johnson, 1948, 1942. 1 box.
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1 box

Misc. correspondence, 1942-1948. 1 box.
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1 box

Wyeth, King & Johnson, 1946 September-1947 December. 1 box.
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1 box

Wyeth, King & Johnson, 1946 September-1947 December - "X-Y-Z" 1942-1948, 1946 September-1947 December. 1 box.
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1 box

"Pink House": running expenses, 1959 February-December; construction costs, 1949, 1959 February-December. 1 box.
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1 box

"Albemarle": sale to Westminster Choir College, 1949. 1 box.
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1 box

Bills and Correspondence, 1949-1950. 1 box.
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1 box

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5 boxes

1957 July-1959 January, 1957 July-1959 January. 1 box.
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1 box

1956 March-1957 June, 1956 March-1957 June. 1 box.
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1 box

1954 July-1956 February, 1954 July-1956 February. 1 box.
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1 box

1952 June-1954 June, 1952 June-1954 June. 1 box.
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1 box

1950 January-1952 May, 1950 January-1952 May. 1 box.
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1 box

"Am" 1950-1959 - "Automobiles" 1950-1959, 1950-1959. 1 box.
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1 box

"B" - "Chase National Bank", 1950-1959. 1 box.
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1 box

Christmas lists, memos, etc., 1941-1959. 1 box.
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1 box

"Cor" - "F", 1950-1959. 1 box.
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1 box

First National City Bank 1950-1959 - Gillette Safety Razor Co. 1957-1959, 1950-1959. 1 box.
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1 box

Gillette Razor Co. 1942-1956 - Guaranty Trust Co. 1950-1959, 1942-1956. 1 box.
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1 box

Gulf Stream Golf Club - "L", 1950-1959. 1 box.
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1 box

Social Security, G.B. Lambert, Personal, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Warner-Lambert Annual Reports, 1958-1959. 1 box.
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1 box

Lambert Company (merged to Warner Lambert, 3/55), 1950-1959. 1 box.
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1 box

"M" through Manchester Vt. - O'Laughlin House and Webster property, 1943-1957. 1 box.
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1 box

Mather Ltd. - "N", 1950-1959. 1 box.
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1 box

Nassau "Casa Rosa" 1955-1959 - Pan American Bank of Miami, 1958-1959, 1955-1959. 1 box.
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1 box

Palm Beach County (Manalapan) Fla. "Gemini" running expenses, 1952 May- ? to Properties-purchases, bonds, town council,etc. undated, 1952 May. 1 box.
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1 box

Palm Beach County (Manalapan) Fla. "Gemini" running expenses, 1950 June-1952 April. 1 box.
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1 box

Palm Beach County, Fla. ("Gemini") - "R", 1950-1959. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Includes folder, Princeton U donations and Dept. of Art and Archaeology, 1942-1959

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1 box

R.G. Rankin & Co. (CPA) through "SM", 1950-1959. 1 box.
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1 box

"ST" through "Vega": H.F. Spitzer material, folders I - III, 1957-1958. 1 box.
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1 box

"Vega" running expense, 1957-1959 through Washington D.C. (Whitehaven St.) furnishings, 1953-1959, 1957-1959. 1 box.
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1 box

Washington D.C. (Whitehaven St.) bills, 1954 March-1957. 1 box.
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1 box

Washington D.C. (Whitehaven St.) running expenses, 1953 May-1954 February through "Yankee in England, 1935" plus "Yankee" clippings, 1953 May-1954 February. 1 box.
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1 box

"N" through National City Bank Farmer's Trust Co, 1936-1941. 1 box.
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1 box

National City Bank, Farmer's Trust Co., 1930-1935 through "P", 1930-1941, 1930-1935. 1 box.
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1 box

Palm Beach bills to Correspondence "R", circa 1935-1944. 1 box.
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1 box

"Radio" to "Ritz-Carlton Hotel", circa 1935-1944. 1 box.
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1 box

"Ro" to "Sc", circa 1935-1944. 1 box.
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1 box

Securities - General information, etc. 1937-1941 through Tams, Inc. 1936-1941, 1937-1941. 1 box.
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1 box

"Vanitie" re-rigging, 1932 through Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1932. 1 box.
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1 box

"Su" to "Ti", circa 1935-1944. 1 box.
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1 box

"U" to "Vanitie" payrolls and expense accounts, circa 1933-1941. 1 box.
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1 box

"WA" - "WO", 1930-1941. 1 box.
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1 box

Wrenn Bros. & Co, 1931-1932. 1 box.
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1 box

"X-Y-Z" through "Yankee", 1937. 1 box.
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1 box

Plan of property, Princeton Borough (Franklin Street), 1948 June, surveyor's blueprint, 1948 June. 1 box.
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1 box

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3 boxes

Maple Terrace, Princeton; Franklin Terrace, Princeton - bonds, construction, operations, etc., dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Lambert plan, miscellaneous, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Miscellaneous, circa 1938. 1 box.
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1 box

Lambert Plan clippings, circa 1938. 1 box.
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1 box

U.S.H.A. clippings, circa 1938. 1 box.
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1 box

Application from housing authority, Princeton Borough to U.S.H.A., 1939. 1 box.
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1 box

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2 boxes

U.S.H.A. 1938-1939, "Franklin Terrace", 1938-1939. 1 box.
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1 box

New Brunswick, NJ Notes-bonds, construction operations, etc., 1939 -. 1 box.
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1 box

Box of 8x10 b&w photos of hurricane damage to Lambert's Manalapan home, 1947 September 16-17. 1 box.
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1 box

Miscellaneous correspondence, dates not examined. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

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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1 box

Typescript, "Murder in Newport", dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Assorted TS short stories by Lambert, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Correspondence with Lambert's literary agent, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Misc. correpondence with publishers, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Mainly literary correspondence, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Typed manuscript of novel, lacks T.P. and first four pages, not identified, undated. 1 box.
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1 box

"The Swan Song" and "Uncle Sam as Courier", sealed envelope, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Memorabilia, Randolph Macon College on dedication of Lambert Hall, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Miscellaneous correspondence, dates not examined. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Includes letters by FDR and Eisenhower, invitation to DDE's inauguration; works of others

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1 box

Mainly literary correspondence, some story fragments, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

1 typed MS, "Gamut" (original version), dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Scrapbooks, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Print, Suggest