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Robert J. Baptista Papers

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Call Number:
025
Repository:
Science History Institute Archives
Extent:
9.7 linear feet (7 boxes.)
Language:
English and German
Preferred Citation:
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Robert J. Baptista Papers, 1921-2008, Science History Institute Archives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Date:
1921-2008 (inclusive) and 1972-2008 (bulk)
Creator:
Baptista, Robert J., 1944-
Form:
Archival materials
Abstract:
Research files, business files, publications, reports, sales agreements, forms, statements, testimonies, and proceedings belonging to Robert J. Baptista.

Robert J. Baptista is a chemist and a colorant industry historian. He was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey and attended the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. He received his B.S. in chemistry in 1966 and his Ph.D. in 1972. Baptista has been employed by several chemical firms, including Verona Dyestuffs Corporation, Mobay Chemical Corporation, and Miles, Incorporated among others. In 1972, he began his employment with Verona Dyestuffs Corporation, a division of Mobay Chemical Corporation, and from 1981 to 1986 he was in charge of manufacturing operations at the firm's newly-acquired Damascus, West Virginia plant. From 1987 to 1993, Baptista was plant manager at Harmon Colors Corporation in Haledon, New Jersey (Harmon was another division of the Mobay Corporation). In 1994, he was named vice-president of Rubber Manufacturing USA for Miles, Incorporated and moved to Orange, Texas. Baptista retired from this position in 2000.

From 2002 to 2003, Baptista served as executive director of the Chemical Alliance, an initiative aimed at promoting new investment in the chemical industry in West Virginia. He remains a resident of Orange, Texas and spends much of time documenting and writing about the colorants industry in the United States. He additionally maintains a website where digital versions of much of this material has been posted.

Sources

Baptista, Robert J. Colorants Industry History. http://www.colorantshistory.org/.

Robert J. Baptista Papers, Science History Institute Archives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Robert J. Baptista contains the personal papers of Robert J. Baptista. The collection is arranged into the following four series:

  1. About Robert J. Baptista
  2. Plant Histories and Supporting Materials
  3. History of the Colorants Industry Research Files
  4. Corporate Publications

Selected materials from this collection have been digitized and are available online in our Digital Collections: https://digital.sciencehistory.org/collections/ppay84f

The Robert J. Baptista Papers were donated to the Science History Institute (formerly the Chemical Heritage Foundation) by Robert J. Baptista in 2008.

The Robert J. Baptista Papers were processed by Andrew Mangravite in 2017 and encoded into EAD by Samantha Brigher in 2021.

The Baptista/Geigy Sample Card Collection is preserved at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Publisher
Science History Institute Archives
Finding Aid Author
The Robert J. Baptista Papers were processed by Andrew Mangravite in 2017 and encoded into EAD by Samantha Brigher in 2021.
Finding Aid Date
2017
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The Science History Institute holds copyright to the Robert J. Baptista Papers. The researcher assumes full responsibility for all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Collection Inventory

Series Description

This series contains the About Robert J. Baptista files of the Robert J. Baptista Papers. Arranged in its original order, this series consists of three files in Box 1. These files contain biographical materials about Baptista, including his doctoral dissertation and materials regarding his work with Bayer Corporation.

Baptista, Robert J. "The Preparation and Properties of Some Lithium Enolate Ions" (Doctoral Dissertation, Stevens Institute of Technology), Hoboken, New Jersey, 1972 May.
Box 1 Folder 1
Baptista, Robert J. "History of the Bayer Corporation (Formerly Miles, Incorporated) Dyes and Pigments Business" (narrative account), 2004 July 1.
Box 1 Folder 2
Baptista, Robert J. "My Career with Bayer Corporation/Major Assignments 1987-2000 and Key Results/Self-Evaluation of Management Skills/Personal Resources", 2000 May.
Box 1 Folder 3

Series Description

This series contains the Plant Histories and Supporting Materials files of the Robert J. Baptista Papers. Arranged in its original order, this series consists of four boxes of one-hundred and three files. These files contain histories compiled by Baptista from his voluminous research files and consist of a narrative and accompanying documents and images. The contents of this series are arranged into the following five sub-series:

  1. Plant Histories
  2. Bayer Corporation and Bayer Texas Plants
  3. Chemical Alliance Zone
  4. General Aniline and Film Corporation (GAF)
  5. Mobay Chemical Corporation/Harmon Colors Corporation
Sub-series Description

Arranged in its original order, this sub-series consists of eight files in Box 1. These files contain articles written by and belonging to Robert J. Baptista about the histories of the following chemical manufacturers: Pharma Chemical Company; West Virginia Sulfur Dyes Plant; Verona Chemical Company; Harmon Colors Corporation; Chemical Row Industries; and Bayer Corporation.

Baptista, Robert J. "History of Pharma Chemical Company Plants 1 and 2 in Bayonne, New Jersey", 2004 July 1.
Box 1 Folder 4
Baptista, Robert J. "History of Damascus, West Virginia Sulfur Dyes Plant", 2004 September 22.
Box 1 Folder 5
Baptista, Robert J. "History of Verona Chemical Company, Newark, New Jersey", 2004 October 4.
Box 1 Folder 6
Baptista, Robert J. "History of Harmon Colors Plant in Haledon, New Jersey" (Folder 1 of 2), 2004 July 27.
Box 1 Folder 7
Baptista, Robert J. "History of Harmon Colors" (Folder 2 of 2), undated.
Box 1 Folder 8
Baptista, Robert J. "Harmon Colors, Haledon, New Jersey: A Chronological History", 2006 May 15.
Box 1 Folder 9
Baptista, Robert J. "Chemical Row Industries, Orange, Texas", 2006 June 16.
Box 1 Folder 10
Baptista, Robert J. "Bayer Corporation Fibers, Additives and Rubber Division-Synthetic Rubber Plant, Orange, Texas", 2008.
Box 1 Folder 11
Sub-series Description

In 1994, Robert J. Baptista was named Vice-President of Rubber Manufacturing USA for Miles, Inc., the name by which Bayer AG's U.S. holdings was known. He retired from this position in the year 2000.

Arranged in its original order, this sub-series consists of twenty-six files in Boxes 1-2 regarding Bayer Corporation and its Texas plants. These files contain corporate publications authored by and belonging to Robert J. Baptista, a copy of the survey results for a corporate safety survey at Bayer Corporation's Orange, Texas plant, and a registration statement from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Also included in this sub-series are non-Bayer materials dealing with environmental issues, health, and safety from the Chemical Manufacturing Association and the Texas Chemical Council, and files containing publications, proceedings, and reports from the Texas Institute for Advancement of Chemical Technology.

Bayer Corporation - "Right-to-Know Briefing Book," Orange, Texas, 1998 May.
Box 1 Folder 12
Bayer Corporation - Shutdown and Decommissioning - Houston Site, Houston, Texas, 1998 March.
Box 1 Folder 13
Bayer Corporation - Sessa, R. "Corporate Safety and Industrial Hygiene: Bayer Orange Site Safety Culture Survey Analysis of Results", 1999 August.
Box 1 Folder 14
Bayer Corporation - Baptista, Robert J. "1999 Goals-Orange Plant", 1999.
Box 1 Folder 15
Bayer Corporation - "Presentation to Dr. A. Molnar-January 20,2000", 2000 January 20.
Box 1 Folder 16
Bayer Corporation - U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission - Form 20-F (Registration Statement for Bayer Corporation), 2002.
Box 1 Folder 17
Chemical Manufacturers Association - "Chemicals in the Community: Methods to Evaluate Airborne Chemical Levels: A Manual for Plant Health Professionals", 1988 May.
Box 2 Folder 1
Chemical Manufacturers Association - "Risk Communication, Risk Statistics, and Comparisons: A Manual for Plant Health Professionals", 1988.
Box 2 Folder 2
Texas Chemical Council - "Caring for Texas" (environmental remediation), 1990.
Box 2 Folder 3
U.S. Department of Labor - Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) - "The Phillips 66 Company Houston Chemical Complex Explosion and Fire", (Report to the U.S. President), 1990 April.
Box 2 Folder 4
Environmental Toxicology International - "Communicating Risk: A Short Course in Toxicology, Risk Assessment, and Risk Communication" (for Miles, Incorporated), 1992 September.
Box 2 Folder 5
Texas Institute for Advancement of Chemical Technology (TIACT) - "The Texas Chemical Industry: Our Heritage and Our Future," Insights, Volume 6, Number 2, 1995.
Box 2 Folder 6
Texas Institute for Advancement of Chemical Technology - "Proceedings: Annual Meeting Program: The TIACT Study on Hormesis", 1996 February 21.
Box 2 Folder 7
Texas Institute for Advancement of Chemical Technology - "Special Report: Comments on the Book, Our Stolen Future", 1996 June.
Box 2 Folder 8
Texas Institute for Advancement of Chemical Technology - "Introduction to the Phenomenon of Hormesis", 1996 June.
Box 2 Folder 9
Texas Institute for Advancement of Chemical Technology - "Educating Texans for Jobs with the Chemical Industry in the 21st Century, Part 1," Insights, Volume 7, Number 1, 1997.
Box 2 Folder 10
Texas Institute for Advancement of Chemical Technology - "What Are the Facts?" (informational brochure), undated.
Box 2 Folder 11
South East Texas Regional Planning Commission - Testimony Before the U.S. House Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs - "Setting Sound Economic Policy," Testimony of Mayor Frances Monks, Port Neches, Texas, 1997 April 16.
Box 2 Folder 12
Texas Chemical Council - "1999 Report for Members: 76th Texas Legislature", 1999.
Box 2 Folder 13
Texas Chemical Council - TCC News (re: nature conservation), 1999 May.
Box 2 Folder 14
Texas Chemical Council - Chemical Industry Notes (re: bird habitats), Fall 1999.
Box 2 Folder 15
Jefferson County Risk Management Group, Jefferson County, Texas - "RMP: Risk Management Planning: Making Our Community a Safer Place to Live", 1999 June.
Box 2 Folder 16
Louisiana Economic Development - "Louisiana: Building Blocks for Specialty Chemicals", 2003.
Box 2 Folder 17
Southeast Texas Industry Public Relations Association/Bayer Corporation - "The Gold Book", undated.
Box 2 Folder 18
Association of Chemical Industry of Texas (ACIT) - "A Statement of Position", undated.
Box 2 Folder 19
Texas Chemical Council - "A Statement of Position" (re: "responsible management of chemicals"), undated.
Box 2 Folder 20
Sub-series Description

Upon his retirement from Bayer, Robert J. Baptista took a position as Executive Director of the non-profit Chemical Alliance Zone in Charleston, West Virginia during the period 2002-2003. The goal of the Chemical Alliance Zone was to attract and/or retain chemical industries in the Kanawha Valley area of the state.

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this sub-series consists of twenty-one files in Box 2. These files contain publications and informational brochures belonging to Baptista from his time with the Chemical Alliance Zone and West Virginia Chemical Industry Committee.

Baptista, Robert J. "The Chemical Alliance Zone and the Chemical Industry of West Virginia", 2001 November.
Box 2 Folder 21
Bayer AG - "New Martinsville Business Park: For Industrial Prospects" (informational brochure), undated.
Box 2 Folder 22
Bayer AG - "Bayer Crop Science: Institute Site Manufacturing and Industrial Park", undated.
Box 2 Folder 23
Business and Industrial Development Corporation (BIDCO) - "The Chemical Attraction: A Study of the Chemical Industry's Impact on the Kanawha Valley Economy", 1996.
Box 2 Folder 24
Chemical Alliance Zone (CAZ) - informational brochure, 2003.
Box 2 Folder 25
Chemical Alliance Zone - "Workforce Development Matrix", undated.
Box 2 Folder 26
Dow Chemical Company - Around Dow, Special Commemorative Edition, 2000.
Box 2 Folder 27
Dow Chemical Company - Around Dow, West Virginia Edition, Volume 8, Number 6, 2002 November-2002 December.
Box 2 Folder 28
Du Pont - Into the Third Century, 2002.
Box 2 Folder 29
National Institute for Chemical Studies (NICS) - "West Virginia Scorecard 1999", undated.
Box 2 Folder 30
National Petrochemical and Refiners Association (NPRA) - "A Century of Achievement and Excellence", undated.
Box 2 Folder 31
Reed Business Information - "Chemical Investment Sites", 2002 June.
Box 2 Folder 32
Sunoco Chemicals-Neal Chemical Plant - press release (re: Acquisition of Neal Chemical Plant, West Virginia site.), 2002.
Box 2 Folder 33
West Virginia Chemical Industry Committee - ChemLINES, Volume 5, Number 2, 2001.
Box 2 Folder 34
West Virginia Chemical Industry Committee - ChemLINES, Volume 6, Number 2, 2002.
Box 2 Folder 35
West Virginia Chemical Industry Committee - ChemLINES, Volume 6, Number 3, 2002.
Box 2 Folder 36
West Virginia Development Office - "Industrial Inorganic Chemicals Industry", undated.
Box 2 Folder 37
West Virginia Development Office - "E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company", undated.
Box 2 Folder 38
West Virginia European Office - "Transatlantic Report: Europe and West Virginia" (informational brochure), 2002-2003.
Box 2 Folder 39
West Virginia International Chemical and Polymer Mission (informational brochure), 2003.
Box 2 Folder 40
West Virginia Polymer Alliance Zone - "Opportunities for Plastics Manufacturers" (informational brochure), undated.
Box 2 Folder 41
West Virginia University, College of Business and Economics - "Economic Prospects of the Central West Virginia Chemical Industry with Recommendations Regarding a Potential Chemical Alliance Zone", 1998 June.
Box 2 Folder 42
Sub-series Description

Robert J. Baptista co-authored a paper "IG Farben in America: the Technologies of General Aniline and Film," which appeared in the June 2006 issue of the journal History and Technology.

Arranged in its original order, this sub-series consists of one box of eighteen files. These files contain GAF annual reports, agreements, forms, and exhibits to forms for Baptista's article about the firm.

General Aniline and Film Corporation - Table of Contents and Rensselaer (Folder 1 of 8), undated.
Box 3 Folder 1
General Aniline and Film Corporation - Grasselli Dyestuff (Folder 2 of 8), undated.
Box 3 Folder 2
General Aniline and Film Corporation - Linden (Folder 3 of 8), undated.
Box 3 Folder 3
General Aniline and Film Corporation - Easton Research Lab (Folder 4 of 8), undated.
Box 3 Folder 4
General Aniline and Film Corporation - Trademarks (Folder 5 of 8), undated.
Box 3 Folder 5
General Aniline and Film Corporation - Labor (Folder 6 of 8), undated.
Box 3 Folder 6
General Aniline and Film Corporation - Safety (Folder 7 of 8), undated.
Box 3 Folder 7
General Aniline and Film Corporation - GAF Corporation (Folder 8 of 8), undated.
Box 3 Folder 8
General Aniline and Film Corporation - "GAF Pigments: A Catalog of Available Colors, Their Properties, and Uses 1960", 1960.
Box 3 Folder 9
General Aniline and Film Corporation - Annual Report, 1965.
Box 3 Folder 10
General Aniline and Film Corporation - Annual Report to Securities and Exchange Commission - Form 10-K for 1970, 1970.
Box 3 Folder 11
General Aniline and Film Corporation - Note Agreement, 1977 January 31.
Box 3 Folder 12
General Aniline and Film Corporation - Agreement between GAF Corporation and Dr. Jesse Werner, 1977 April 16.
Box 3 Folder 13
General Aniline and Film Corporation - Installment Sale Agreement by and between New Jersey Economic Development Authority and GAF Corporation (First Amendment), 1977 July 1.
Box 3 Folder 14
General Aniline and Film Corporation - Form 10-K for 1977, 1977.
Box 3 Folder 15
General Aniline and Film Corporation - Exhibits to Form 10-K for 1977 (Folder 1 of 2), 1977.
Box 3 Folder 16
General Aniline and Film Corporation - Exhibits to Form 10-K for 1977 (Folder 2 of 2), 1977.
Box 3 Folder 17
General Aniline and Film Corporation - Form 10-K for 1980, 1980.
Box 3 Folder 18
Sub-series Description

Bayer AG purchased Harmon Colors from Allied Chemical in January 1977. In 1987, Robert J. Baptista took over as Director and Plant Manager of the Harmon Colors plant in Haledon, New Jersey.

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this sub-series consists of one box of seventeen files. These files contain publications, plant summaries, decommissioning projects, and remediation plans belonging to Robert J. Baptista from Mobay Chemical Corporation and Harmon Colors Corporation in Haledon, New Jersey.

Harmon Colors Corporation (B. F. Goodrich Chemical Company) - Vesce, V. C. "Vivid Light Fast Organic Pigments," Organic Digest, 1956 June.
Box 4 Folder 1
Harmon Colors Corporation - Vesce, V. C. "Exposure Studies of Organic Pigments in Paint Systems" (The Joseph J. Mattiello Lecture for 1959, presented at 37th Annual Meeting of Paint and Varnish Productions Clubs, Atlantic City, New Jersey.), 1959 October 23.
Box 4 Folder 2
Harmon Colors Corporation - "Harmon Colors for Automotive and Industrial Finishes", 1978.
Box 4 Folder 3
Harmon Colors Corporation - Harmon Colors, Volume 1, undated.
Box 4 Folder 4
Harmon Colors Corporation - "Organic Yellow Pigments in Latex Paints", undated.
Box 4 Folder 5
Harmon Colors Corporation - "Yellows, Oranges and Brown Aluminum and Titanium Dioxide Tints", undated.
Box 4 Folder 6
Harmon Colors Corporation - "Organic Reds and Violets-Molybdate Orange Combinations", undated.
Box 4 Folder 7
Harmon Colors Corporation - "Thio Indigoid Reds Aluminum and Titanium Dioxide and Red Oxide Tints", undated.
Box 4 Folder 8
Harmon Colors Corporation - "Perylene Reds and Maroons Aluminum and Titanium Dioxide Tints", undated.
Box 4 Folder 9
Harmon Colors Corporation - "Phthalocyanine Blues Aluminum and Titanium Dioxide Tints", undated.
Box 4 Folder 10
Mobay Chemical Corporation (Harmon Colors Corporation) - Dyes and Pigments Division, 1986.
Box 4 Folder 11
Mobay Chemical Corporation - Dyes, Pigments, and Organics Division, Pigments Division - Haledon Plant Summary, Haledon, New Jersey, 1988.
Box 4 Folder 12
Mobay Chemical Corporation - International Technology Corporation - "Attachment III to Remedial Investigation Work Plan" (Site Development Diagram Interpreted from Aerial Photography 1940-1987, Final Report.), 1988 September.
Box 4 Folder 13
Mobay Chemical Corporation - Dyes, Pigments, and Organics Division - Pigments Department and Haledon Plant Summary, Haledon, New Jersey, 1989 March 15.
Box 4 Folder 14
Mobay Chemical Corporation - Haledon Plant Summary, Haledon, New Jersey, 1991 October 3.
Box 4 Folder 15
Mobay Chemical Corporation - Haledon Plant History, Haledon, New Jersey, 1993 July 16.
Box 4 Folder 16
Mobay Chemical Corporation - Harmon Colors Corporation, Haledon, New Jersey - Decommissioning Project, 1987-1993.
Box 4 Folder 17
Mobay Chemical Corporation - Harmon Colors Corporation, Haledon, New Jersey - Decommissioning Team Meetings, 1987-1993.
Box 4 Folder 18
Mobay Chemical Corporation - Harmon Colors Corporation, Haledon, New Jersey - Plant Facts, 1987-1993.
Box 4 Folder 19
Mobay Chemical Corporation - Harmon Colors Corporation, Haledon, New Jersey - Notre Dame Project/DNAPLS (Evaluate the capabilities of the Center for Bioengineering and Pollution Control to conduct research for the remediation of DNAPLS' Dense Nonaqueous Phase Liquids in groundwater.), 1991-1993.
Box 4 Folder 20
Mobay Chemical Corporation - Harmon Colors Corporation, Haledon, New Jersey - Decommissioning Status, 1992 October.
Box 4 Folder 21
Mobay Chemical Corporation - Harmon Colors Corporation, Haledon, New Jersey - Decommissioning Project Steering Committee Meetings, 1992-1993.
Box 4 Folder 22
Mobay Chemical Corporation - Harmon Colors Corporation, Haledon, New Jersey - Public Meeting (re: Remediation Plan), 1993 October.
Box 4 Folder 23
Mobay Chemical Corporation - Harmon Colors Corporation, Haledon, New Jersey - Haledon Remediation, 1993-1995.
Box 4 Folder 24

Series Description

This series contains the History of the Colorants Industry Research Files of the Robert J. Baptista Papers. Arranged alphabetically by subject, this series consists of two boxes of seventy-eight files. These files contain webpage printouts from various sources belonging to Robert J. Baptista for his History of the Colorants Industry web site. The contents of this series are arranged into the following two sub-series:

  1. Research Files-1 (A-L)
  2. Research Files-2 (M-Z)
Sub-series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this sub-series consists of one box of forty-five files. These files contain printouts from various sources about the histories of chemical manufacturers and dye manufacturers in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.

Baptista, Robert J. "History of the Colorants Industry in the United States: An Abstract of ColorantsHistory.Org" (Folder 1 of 2), undated.
Box 5 Folder 1
Baptista, Robert J. "History of the Colorants Industry in the United States: An Abstract of ColorantsHistory.Org" (Folder 2 of 2), undated.
Box 5 Folder 2
Dyestuffs Industry Articles - technical and historical (1888-2007), undated.
Box 5 Folder 3
Pigments Articles (1997-2006), undated.
Box 5 Folder 4
A. B. Ansbacher and Company, Brooklyn, New York (1873-1920), undated.
Box 5 Folder 5
Albany Coal Tar Dye and Chemical Company, Albany, New York (1893, 2006), undated.
Box 5 Folder 6
Amatol Explosives Factory, Aintree, United Kingdom (1915, 2001-2006), undated.
Box 5 Folder 7
Arnold, Hoffman and Company, Dighton, Massachusetts (1920, 1948, 1952, 2003), undated.
Box 5 Folder 8
Atlantic Chemical Company, Nutley, New Jersey (Rubin Rabinowitz, Founder) (1974-2005), undated.
Box 5 Folder 9
Atlantic Dyestuff Company, Boston, Massachusetts (1919-2005), undated.
Box 5 Folder 10
Atlantic Dyestuff Company, Boston, Massachusetts, Burrage (now Hanson), Massachusetts, and Newington, New Hampshire (1919-2007), undated.
Box 5 Folder 11
Albert C. Burrage Biography (Atlantic Dyestuff Company, Founder) (1902-2006), undated.
Box 5 Folder 12
Ault and Wiborg Company/Cincinnati Chemical Company, Cincinnati, Ohio (1920-2007), undated.
Box 5 Folder 13
Beaver Chemical Company, Damascus, Virginia (1927-2005), undated.
Box 5 Folder 14
Beckers Aniline and Chemical Works, Brooklyn, New York (1916-2003), undated.
Box 5 Folder 15
William C. Beckers Biography (Beckers Aniline and Chemical Works, Founder) (1916-2005), undated.
Box 5 Folder 16
British Dyes Industry/ICI (1915-2006), undated.
Box 5 Folder 17
Brooklyn, New York Dye Industry (1957-1976), undated.
Box 5 Folder 18
Brooklyn, New York Dye and Chemicals Industry/Dr. August F. W. Partz (1867-2005), undated.
Box 5 Folder 19
Buffalo Color Corporation, Buffalo, New York (1996-2006), undated.
Box 5 Folder 20
Calco Chemical Company/American Cyanamid, Bound Brook, New Jersey (1940), undated.
Box 5 Folder 21
Clayton Aniline Company, Manchester, United Kingdom (2004-2007), undated.
Box 5 Folder 22
Collway Colors, Incorporated, Paterson, New Jersey (Division of General Aniline and Film Corporation) (2005), undated.
Box 5 Folder 23
Cooks Falls Dye Works, Roscoe, New York (1911-2007), undated.
Box 5 Folder 24
Dow Chemical Company/Midland Dyes, Midland, Michigan (synthetic indigo) (1915-1917), undated.
Box 5 Folder 25
Du Pont Plant Site, Linden, New Jersey (1979, 2005), undated.
Box 5 Folder 26
Federal Dyestuff and Chemical Corporation, Kingsport, Tennessee (1915-2006), undated.
Box 5 Folder 27
General Aniline and Film Corporation Central Research Laboratory, Easton, Pennsylvania (chemists) (1943, 1984, 2005), undated.
Box 5 Folder 28
General Aniline and Film Corporation, Linden, New Jersey (products and expansion) (1905-2005), undated.
Box 5 Folder 29
General Aniline and Film Corporation, Rensselaer, New York (employees, unions, and strikes) (1915-2005), undated.
Box 5 Folder 30
Godlove, Isaac (General Aniline and Film Corporation, Color Scientist) - color measurement, perceptions (1946-2005), undated.
Box 5 Folder 31
Geigy Company (1938-1956), undated.
Box 5 Folder 32
Grasselli Chemical Company, Cleveland, Ohio (1922-2005), undated.
Box 5 Folder 33
Grasselli, Caesar Augustin. "My Family and the Grasselli Chemical Company" (1927), undated.
Box 5 Folder 34
Harmon Colors Corporation, Haledon, New Jersey (1953-2006), undated.
Box 5 Folder 35
Hebden, J. C. (Franklin dye process inventor) (1924, 1929), undated.
Box 5 Folder 36
Hilton Davis Chemical Company, Cincinnati, Ohio (1950-2002), undated.
Box 5 Folder 37
Hoechst AG, Frankfurt, Germany/Clariant Corporation, Coventry, Rhode Island and Charlotte, North Carolina (1999-2005), undated.
Box 5 Folder 38
Holliday Dyes and Chemicals Limited, Huddersfield, United Kingdom (2000-2006), undated.
Box 5 Folder 39
Holliday Dye Works, Brooklyn, New York and Manhattan, New York (1865-1908), undated.
Box 5 Folder 40
IG Farben/IG Chemie/Interhandel (1929-2006), undated.
Box 5 Folder 41
Imperial Color, Chemical and Paper Corporation, Glens Falls, New York (1912-2008), undated.
Box 5 Folder 42
Keystone Aniline Corporation, Chicago, Illinois (2001, 2006), undated.
Box 5 Folder 43
Kohnstamm (H. Kohnstamm and Company), Brooklyn, New York (1881-2005), undated.
Box 5 Folder 44
LCP Chemicals, Incorporated, Linden, New Jersey (site remediation) (1998, 2005), undated.
Box 5 Folder 45
Sub-series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this sub-series consists of one box of thirty-three files. These files contain printouts from various sources about the histories of chemical manufacturers and dye manufacturers in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.

Magruder Color Company, Elizabeth, New Jersey (1993, 1996), undated.
Box 6 Folder 1
Marietta Dyestuffs Company, Marietta, Ohio (1949-2008) (site remediation), undated.
Box 6 Folder 2
Metro Dyestuff Corporation, West Warwick, Rhode Island (Harry W. Grimmel, Founder) (1953, 1957, 2005), undated.
Box 6 Folder 3
National Aniline and Chemical Company, Buffalo, New York (1899-2007), undated.
Box 6 Folder 4
Newark Colorants Industry, Newark, New Jersey (1915-2006), undated.
Box 6 Folder 5
Newark Dye and Chemical Industry, Newark, New Jersey (Herman Metz and George A. Prochaska) (1888-2005), undated.
Box 6 Folder 6
Noil Chemical and Color Works, New York, New York (Lion Brewery-made dyes) (2005), undated.
Box 6 Folder 7
Nyanza Color and Chemical Company, Ashland, Massachusetts (1919-2007) (site remediation), undated.
Box 6 Folder 8
Pearsite Company, Cannel City, Kentucky (1915, 1926, 2006), undated.
Box 6 Folder 9
Peerless Color Company, Plainfield, New Jersey (1924, 1946, 2006), undated.
Box 6 Folder 10
Perkin, William Henry (mauve-dyed silk) (2001-2007), undated.
Box 6 Folder 11
Pharma Chemical Corporation, Bayonne, New Jersey/Verona Dyestuffs Corporation, Union, New Jersey (Incl. material on WWII Italian Service Units.) (1944-2006), undated.
Box 6 Folder 12
Pharma Chemical Corporation, Bayonne, New Jersey - re: malaria treatment (Early pharmaceuticals manufacturer.) (1919-2005), undated.
Box 6 Folder 13
Pharma Chemical Corporation - Dr. Eric Diment (Incl. information on Jewish refugee chemists.) (2005-2006), undated.
Box 6 Folder 14
Rensselaer Dye Industry - Bayer/Grasselli/GAF/BASF (site remediation) (1918-2008), undated.
Box 6 Folder 15
Roberts, Dale and Company, Manchester, United Kingdom (1864-2007), undated.
Box 6 Folder 16
Scottish Dyes, Limited, Grangemouth, United Kingdom (1925, 1943), undated.
Box 6 Folder 17
Shadyside Chemical Industry, Edgewater, New Jersey (site remediation) (1888-2007), undated.
Box 6 Folder 18
Sou-Tex Chemical Company, Mount Holly, North Carolina (2001, 2006), undated.
Box 6 Folder 19
"Spies and Dyes" (Material for an article by Robert J. Baptista.) (1918-2006), undated.
Box 6 Folder 20
Standard Aniline Products, Wappingers Falls, New York (1909-2005), undated.
Box 6 Folder 21
Standard Ultramarine and Color Company, Huntington, West Virginia (2001-2007), undated.
Box 6 Folder 22
Standard Ultramarine and Color Company - Henri Dourif (Co-Founder) (1934, 2005), undated.
Box 6 Folder 23
Standard Ultramarine and Color Company - Omar T. Frick (Co-Founder) (1931, 1949, 2005), undated.
Box 6 Folder 24
Submarine Deutschland (U-200, later U-155) (1933, 2005), undated.
Box 6 Folder 25
Sun Chemical, Rosebank, Staten Island, New York (1907-2008), undated.
Box 6 Folder 26
Tremley Point Industrial History, Linden, New Jersey (1859-2007), undated.
Box 6 Folder 27
Turkey Red Dyeing in Blackley, United Kingdom (by W. H. Cliffe), undated.
Box 6 Folder 28
Union Dye and Chemical Corporation/Federal Dye and Chemical Corporation, Kingsport, Tennessee (1918-2008), undated.
Box 6 Folder 29
Verona Chemical Company, Newark, New Jersey (1908-2006), undated.
Box 6 Folder 30
West Virginia Dye Industry (1918-1933), undated.
Box 6 Folder 31
West Virginia Dye Industry - Life of Victor G. Bloede (1929-2005), undated.
Box 6 Folder 32
William G. Beckers Aniline and Chemical Works, Brooklyn, New York (1915-2005), undated.
Box 6 Folder 33

Series Description

This series contains the Corporate Publications files of the Robert J. Baptista Papers. Arranged in its original order, this series consists of one box of ninety-five files. These files contain newsletters, reports, and informational brochures belonging to Robert J. Baptista from several chemical companies. The firms represented in this series include, but are not limited to Bayer AG, Bayer Corporation, Bayer USA, Bayer-North American Rubber, Dow Chemical Company, Du Pont, General Aniline and Film Corporation, Mobay Chemical Corporation, and Miles, Incorporated.

Bayer AG of West Germany in the United States - Annual Reports for Computergraphic Corporation, Mobay Corporation, Miles, Incorporated, and Helena Chemical Company, 1984.
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Bayer AG - "Bayer Review: A Look at Bayer's History", 1988.
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Bayer AG - Bayer Annual Report, 1993.
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Bayer AG - Bayer Annual Report, 1996.
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Bayer AG - Bayer Annual Report, 1997.
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Bayer AG - Bayer Annual Report, 1998.
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Bayer AG - Bayer Annual Report; Bayer Financial Report, 2000.
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Bayer AG - Bayer Annual Report; Bayer Financial Report, 2001.
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Bayer AG - Bayer Annual Report, 2002.
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Bayer AG - Bayer Financial Report, 2002.
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Bayer AG - Bayer Annual Report, 2003.
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Bayer AG - Bayer Environmental Report, 1997.
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Bayer AG - Bayer Responsible Care Report, 1999.
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Bayer AG - Bayer Sustainable Development Report, 2001.
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Bayer AG - Bayer Sustainable Development Report, 2003.
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Bayer AG - Stockholders' Newsletter '99 (Interim Report for the First Three Quarters of 1999.), 1999.
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Bayer AG - Stockholders' Newsletter 2004 (Interim Report for the First Quarter of 2004/Report on the 52nd Annual Stockholders' Meeting of Bayer AG on April 30, 2004 in Cologne, Germany.), 2004.
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Bayer Corporation - Annual Report, 1996.
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Bayer Corporation - Annual Report, 1997.
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Bayer Corporation - Annual Report, 1998.
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Bayer Corporation - Annual Report (Incl. "1999 Bayer Corporation At-A-Glance"), 1999.
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Bayer Corporation - Annual Report (Incl. "2000 Bayer Corporation At-A-Glance"), 2000.
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Bayer Corporation - Health, Environment, and Safety Report, 1997.
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Bayer Corporation - Health, Environment, and Safety Report, 1998.
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Bayer Corporation - "Changing the World with Great Care: Health, Environment, and Safety at Bayer", 2000.
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Bayer Corporation - Baytown Plant, Baytown, Texas - "Neighbors", 1966.
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Bayer Corporation - Orange, Texas Plant - Bayer News, Fourth Quarter, 1999.
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Bayer Corporation - Elkhart Area Site, Elkhart, Indiana (Bayer Science Forum) - informational brochure, undated.
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Bayer Foundation - "Making Science Make Sense" (education initiative), 1998.
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Bayer USA - Annual Report, 1987.
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Bayer USA - Annual Report, 1988.
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Bayer USA - Annual Report, 1989.
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Bayer USA - Annual Report, 1990.
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Bayer-North American Rubber - informational brochure, undated.
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Bayer-North American Rubber - "Taking Charge" (employee brochure), 1997.
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Bayer-North American Rubber - "Taking Charge Update," Volume 1, Issue 4, undated.
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Bayer-North American Rubber - "Taking Charge Update," Volume 2, Issue 1, 1998.
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Bayer-North American Rubber - "Taking Charge Update," Volume 2, Issue 2, undated.
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Bayer-North American Rubber - "Taking Charge Update," Volume 2, Issue 3, undated.
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Bayer-North American Rubber - "Taking Charge Update," Volume 2, Issue 4, undated.
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Bayer-North American Rubber - "Taking Charge Update," Volume 2, Issue 5, undated.
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Cyanamid - "50 Bound Brook Plant 1915-1965" (brochure), 1965.
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Dow Chemical Company - "Progress Report on Environment, Health, and Safety Goals for 2005", 1998.
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Du Pont - "Pigments," Du Pont Magazine, 1949 April.
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Du Pont - Safety, Health, and Environmental 1997 Performance Report, Sabine River Works, Orange, Texas, undated.
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Du Pont - Safety, Health, and Environmental 1998 Performance Report, Sabine River Works, Orange, Texas, undated.
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General Aniline and Film Corporation - Annual Report, 1960.
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General Aniline and Film Corporation - Annual Report, 1961.
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General Aniline and Film Corporation - Annual Report, 1962.
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Miles, Incorporated - Annual Report, 1991.
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Miles, Incorporated - Annual Report, 1992.
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Miles, Incorporated - Annual Report, 1993.
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Miles Perspectives 1988 and Beyond - Bayer Corporation, Elkhart, Indiana, undated.
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Miles Update, Volume 2, Issue 1, 1991 February.
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Miles Update, Volume 2, Issue 2, 1993 April.
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Miles Update, Volume 2, Issue 3, 1993 June.
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Miles Update, Volume 2, Issue 4, 1993 August.
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Miles Update, Volume 2, Issue 5, 1993 October.
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Miles Update, Volume 3, Issue 1, 1994 February.
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Mobay Chemical Corporation - Bayer AG (formerly Baychem) - informational brochure, 1974.
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Mobay Chemical Corporation - informational brochure, 1976.
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Mobay Chemical Corporation - informational brochure for potential new hires, undated.
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Mobay Chemical Corporation - Mobay Facts, 1984.
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Mobay Chemical Corporation - Report for 1980, 1980.
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Mobay Chemical Corporation - Report for 1982, 1982.
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Mobay Chemical Corporation - Report for 1983, 1983.
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Mobay Chemical Corporation - Report for 1984, 1984.
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Mobay Chemical Corporation - Report for 1985, 1985.
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Mobay Chemical Corporation - Technology Transfer (informational brochure), 1989.
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Mobay Chemical Corporation - Mobay News, Volume 5, Number 4, 1981 April.
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Mobay Chemical Corporation - Mobay News, Volume 6, Number 1, 1981 August.
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Mobay Chemical Corporation - Mobay News, Volume 6, Number 2, 1981 December.
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Mobay Chemical Corporation - Mobay News, Volume 6, Number 3, 1982 April.
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Mobay Chemical Corporation - Mobay News, Volume 6, Number 4, 1982 August.
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Mobay Chemical Corporation - Mobay News, Volume 7, Number 1, 1982 December.
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Mobay Chemical Corporation - Mobay News, Volume 7, Number 2, 1983 April.
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Mobay Chemical Corporation - Mobay News, Volume 7, Number 3, 1983 August.
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Mobay Chemical Corporation - Mobay News, Volume 7, Number 4, 1983 December.
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Mobay Chemical Corporation - Mobay News, Volume 8, Number 2, 1984 August.
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Mobay Chemical Corporation - Mobay News, 1988 May.
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Mobay Chemical Corporation - Mobay News, 1988 June.
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Mobay Chemical Corporation - Mobay News, 1988 August.
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Mobay Chemical Corporation - Mobay News, 1988 October.
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Mobay Chemical Corporation - Mobay News, 1988 December.
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Mobay Chemical Corporation - Mobay News, 1989 February.
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Mobay Chemical Corporation - Mobay News, 1989 December.
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Mobay Chemical Corporation - Mobay News, Volume 12, Number 2, 1990 May.
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Mobay Chemical Corporation - Mobay News, Volume 12, Number 3, 1990 June.
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Mobay Chemical Corporation - Mobay News, Volume 12, Number 4, 1990 August.
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Mobay Chemical Corporation - Mobay News, Volume 12, Number 5, 1990 November.
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Mobay Chemical Corporation - Mobay News, Volume 12, Number 6, 1990 December.
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Mobay Chemical Corporation - Polygram, Summer 1973.
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Mobay Chemical Corporation - Dyestuff Division ad (re: Du Pont paper dyes), undated.
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National Aniline and Chemical Company, Incorporated - Dyestuffs, 1921 September.
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Nyanza Color and Chemical Company - price list, 1966 October 1.
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Tenneco Chemicals, Incorporated - informational brochure, 1968.
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