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J.T. Baker Chemical Company History Records

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Call Number:
013
Repository:
Science History Institute Archives
Extent:
34.2 linear feet (25 boxes)
Preferred Citation:
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, J.T. Baker Chemical Company History Records, 1911-1999, Science History Institute Archives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Date:
1911-1999 (inclusive) and 1970-1989 (bulk)
Creator:
J.T. Baker Chemical Co
Form:
Archival materials
Abstract:
Corporate records of J.T. Baker Chemical Company, an American chemical manufacturer.

J.T. Baker Chemical Company was an American chemical manufacturer. Founded in 1904 by John Townsend Baker (1860-1935), the firm was established for the purpose of manufacturing chemically pure reagents. From its founding, the firm's mission was to produce chemicals of the "highest degree of purity commercially possible."

J.T. Baker was the first chemical company to include labels listing accurate analyses of trace impurities on its products. By telling customers exactly what they were getting, these "Baker Analyzed" labels saved academic and industrial chemists a considerable amount of time and rework, and increased confidence in the accuracy of their lab results. This innovation helped J.T. Baker acquire an excellent reputation. Capitalizing on this hard-earned respect, J.T. Baker began publishing The Chemist-Analyst in 1911. This publication became both a sounding-board for the firm's philosophy and a valued "how-to" guide. It also gave ample advertising space to the newest "Baker Analyzed" products.

The firm's founder John Townsend Baker died in 1935. In 1941, his company was acquired by Vick Chemical Company (which was renamed Richardson-Merrell, Incorporated in 1960 and Richardson-Vicks, Incorporated in 1980). Under Vick Chemical, J.T. Baker diversified its product line. During World War II, necessity caused the firm to move into the production of penicillin, pesticides, and component chemicals used in the manufacture of batteries and munitions. After the war, J.T. Baker continued to diversify into areas such as high-purity solvents, chromatography columns, and spill kits for hazardous waste disposal. In 1985, J.T. Baker and its corporate parent Richardson-Vicks were sold to Procter & Gamble Company. This was done to prevent an attempted hostile takeover of Richardson-Vicks by Unilever N.V.

In 1995, Mallinckrodt, Incorporated purchased J.T. Baker from Procter & Gamble, and formed Mallinckrodt Baker, Incorporated. By this time, J.T. Baker had moved heavily into the areas of ceramics, microelectronics, and biopharmaceuticals. In 2000, Tyco International acquired Mallinckrodt Baker and made it part of its Tyco Healthcare Division. In 2007, Tyco Healthcare Division was spun off as an independent company and re-named Covidien. New Mountain Capital purchased Mallinckrodt Baker from Covidien in 2010 and renamed the company Avantor, Incorporated. Today, J.T. Baker Chemicals functions as one of the family of Avantor Performance Materials Brands.

Sources

Avantor - J.T. Baker Website - https://www.avantorsciences.com/pages/en/j-t-baker

J.T. Baker Chemical Company History Records, Science History Institute Archives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The J.T. Baker Chemical Company History Records contain the corporate records of J.T. Baker Chemical Company. Begun in anticipation of J.T. Baker's 75th Anniversary, this collection is a selection of records thought to be of interest in telling the story of the firm. The contents of these records consist mainly of materials generated during the 1970s-1980s. The main focus of these records is on J.T. Baker's marketing and public relations efforts.

The collection is arranged into the following ten series:

  1. J.T. Baker 75th Anniversary
  2. J.T. Baker Corporate History
  3. Finance & Marketing
  4. Strategic Planning
  5. Research & Production Files
  6. Topical Files
  7. Nobel Laureates Lecture Series
  8. Product Catalogs & Price Lists
  9. Publicity and Advertising
  10. Publications

The J.T. Baker Chemical Company History Records were donated to the Science History Institute (formerly the Chemical Heritage Foundation) by J.T. Baker Chemical Company in 2014.

The J.T. Baker Chemical Company History Records were processed by Andrew Mangravite in May 2014.

There are no other known archival collections created by J.T. Baker Chemical Company preserved at the date of processing.

The following related archival collections are preserved at the Science History Institute Archives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:

  1. Dow Chemical Historical Collection.
  2. Records of Hercules, Incorporated.
  3. Rohm & Haas Company Archives.
  4. Records of the Commercial Solvents Corporation.
  5. Aldrich Chemical Company Collection.

The Richardson-Vicks, Incorporated Records are preserved at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill's Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

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Finding Aid Author
Finding aid created by Andrew Mangravite and encoded into EAD by Kenton G. Jaehnig.
Finding Aid Date
2014
Access Restrictions

The J.T. Baker Chemical Company History Records are open to researchers with the exception of the following materials:

In Series V, selected items in Sub-series 2 - Research Files are closed to researchers until May 2, 2034.

Use Restrictions

The Science History Institute holds copyright to the J.T. Baker Chemical Company History Records. The researcher assumes full responsibility for all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Collection Inventory

Series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this series contains J.T. Baker Chemical Company's 75th Anniversary files. These files pertain to the publicity for J.T. Baker's 75th Anniversary, which the firm celebrated in 1979. The contents of these files consist of a variety of materials, including, but not limited to, correspondence, brochures, brochure source materials (including a video script), and news clippings.

J.T. Baker 75th Anniversary: 1904-1979 - Correspondence, Re: Celebration, 1978-1979.
Box 1 Folder 1
75th Anniversary Brochure Source Material, 1979, undated.
Box 1 Folder 2a
75th Anniversary Brochure Source Material (JTB history & video script.), 1979.
Box 1 Folder 2b
75th Anniversary Brochure and News Clippings, 1979.
Box 1 Folder 3
75th Anniversary Exhibits, 1979.
Box 1 Folder 4
75th Anniversary Logo, 1979.
Box 1 Folder 5
75th Anniversary Open House, 1979.
Box 1 Folder 6
75th Anniversary - Other Companies and Associations (Including MCA and Pfizer.), 1979.
Box 1 Folder 7

Series Description

This series contains J.T. Baker Chemical Company's corporate history files. The contents of this series are arranged into the following two sub-series:

  1. Proposed Museum, Ownership Changes
  2. Announcements, Plants, Training
Sub-series Description

Arranged in its original order, this sub-series consists of J.T. Baker Chemical Company corporate history files. These files primarily concern a proposed J.T. Baker company museum and the firm's ownership changes over the course of its existence. A few files pertaining to other topics, including a 1981 labor strike and the firm's dealings with the Center for History of Chemistry (now called the Science History Institute) are also found here.

The contents of this sub-series consist of a variety of materials, including, but not limited to, correspondence, news clippings, booklets, and overhead slides.

Center for History of Chemistry (CHOC served as advisors to JTB.) - Correspondence & CHOC Materials, 1983-1986.
Box 2 Folder 1
CHOC. "Future Uses for the Past: Corporate History and the Chemical Industries" Information Packet, 1985.
Box 2 Folder 2
125th Anniversary of the Birth of John Townsend Baker - Correspondence Re: Planned Celebrations, 1982-1985.
Box 2 Folder 3
Museum - Items for potential inclusion in proposed Baker Museum (Folder 1 of 3), undated.
Box 2 Folder 4
Museum (Folder 2 of 3), undated.
Box 2 Folder 5a
Museum (Folder 3 of 3), undated.
Box 2 Folder 5b
History of J.T. Baker - Overheads for a presentation given at a meeting of the ACS Small Business Section, 1990.
Box 2 Folder 6
J.T. Baker Directories, Handbooks and Employee Headcount Lists, 1984-1985, 1993.
Box 2 Folder 7
J.T. Baker Work Stoppage - News Clippings File, 1981.
Box 2 Folder 8
J.T. Baker Strike - News Clippings File, 1981.
Box 2 Folder 9
Vick Chemical Company - Corporate History Booklets (Richardson-Vicks purchased J.T. Baker in 1941.), 1953, 1955.
Box 2 Folder 10
J.T. Baker 50th Anniversary (Includes corporate history & brochure.), 1954.
Box 2 Folder 11
Richardson-Merrell - "The Early History of Richardson Merrell" Booklet, 1975.
Box 2 Folder 12
Merrell-Nationals 150th Anniversary Celebration - Publicity Materials, 1978.
Box 2 Folder 13
Richardson-Vicks Health Insurance Plan, 1989.
Box 2 Folder 14
Procter & Gamble - Purchase of Richardson-Vicks - News Clips (P&G purchased Richardson-Vicks in a friendly take-over after a rejected offer from Unilever N.V.), 1985.
Box 2 Folder 15
Mallinckrodt Baker - Announcements, Re: Potential Sale to Ashland, 1998-1999.
Box 2 Folder 16
Mallinckrodt, Incorporated - 100th Anniversary Celebration, 1978.
Box 2 Folder 17
Mallinckrodt, Incorporated - Mallinckrodt Data Book, 1954 Edition, 1954.
Box 2 Folder 18
Phillipsburg, New Jersey (Home of JTB.) - Phillipsburg Centennial Celebration - Local Newspapers, 1961.
Box 2 Folder 19
Sub-series Description

Arranged in its original order, this sub-series also consists of J.T. Baker Chemical Company corporate history files. The files in this sub-series primarily concern the firm's organizational announcements, its plants, and the training of its employees. A handful of files regarding other topics, including the sale of J.T. Baker to Mallinckrodt, Incorporated and surveys are also present here.

The contents of this sub-series consist of a variety of materials, including, but not limited to, corporate announcements, logbooks, memoranda, and surveys.

J.T. Baker - Organizational Announcements, 1977-1989.
Box 3 Folder 1
J.T. Baker - Organizational Announcements, 1990-1995.
Box 3 Folder 2
Mallinckrodt Baker - Organizational Announcements, 1997.
Box 3 Folder 3
J.T. Baker Barbourville, Kentucky Plant - Relocation to Jackson, Tennessee, 1983.
Box 3 Folder 4
J.T. Baker Deventer, NV Plant - Management Training, Employee Handbook (Dutch language.), 1988.
Box 3 Folder 5
J.T. Baker Jackson, Tennessee Plant - "General Documents and Specifications 15 July 1982", 1982.
Box 3 Folder 6
J.T. Baker Penn Yan, New York Plant (Taylor Chemical Company) - History, Expansion Proposal, Closedown Proposal, Seniority and Equipment Lists, 1948-1951, 1964-1966.
Box 3 Folder 7
J.T. Baker Phillipsburg, New Jersey Plant - "First 50 Years" History & Communications Directory, 1954, 1993.
Box 3 Folder 8
J.T. Baker Winchester, Virginia Diagnostics Manufacturing Facility - Information Kit, 1975.
Box 3 Folder 9
MSO Logbook (Phillipsburg Plant?), 1981-1991.
Box 3 Folder 10
Silver Inventory Logbook (Phillipsburg Plant?), 1980-1996.
Box 3 Folder 11
Sale Memos - Sale of J.T. Baker by Procter & Gamble to Mallinckrodt Chemical (Folder 1 of 2), 1994-1995.
Box 3 Folder 12
Sale Memos (Folder 2 of 2), undated.
Box 3 Folder 13
J.T. Baker - Training Program (New Technicians), 1975.
Box 3 Folder 14
J.T. Baker - "Policies and Procedures, J.T. Baker Chemical Company", 1978.
Box 3 Folder 15
J.T. Baker Saf-T-Training Manual, 1986, 1988.
Box 3 Folder 16
General Note

See also Box 14 Folder 14.

J.T. Baker - Saf-T-Data System Labeling Kit - "How-To" Kit with Sample Labels, 1986.
Box 3 Folder 17
J.T. Baker Total Quality Training - Vendor Profile Questionnaires & Brochures, 1987-1992.
Box 3 Folder 18
Baxter/Baker Biopharm - Biopharmaceutical Training, 1993.
Box 3 Folder 19
Mallinckrodt/Baxter - J.T. Baker R&PD EOTS (Employee Opinion Trend Survey) May 1994, 1994.
Box 3 Folder 20
Mallinckrodt Baker 1997 Customer Satisfaction Survey Results & Analysis, 1997.
Box 3 Folder 21

Series Description

This series contains J.T. Baker Chemical Company's financial and marketing records. The contents of these files are arranged into the following two sub-series:

  1. Ledgers
  2. Files
Sub-series Description

Arranged chronologically by date, this sub-series contains five J.T. Baker Chemical Company financial ledgers. The materials in this sub-series contain a limited amount of information regarding the firm's financial dealings between 1925 and 1968.

J.T. Baker Ledger, 1925-1929.
Box 4 Folder 1
Miscellaneous Payments (Fellowships, Insurance, Etc.), 1936-1946 .
Box 4 Folder 2
J.T. Baker Profit-and-Loss Statements, 1943-1946.
Box 4 Folder 3
J.T. Baker Cumulative Profit-and-Loss Statements, Penicillin Report, 1945-1949.
Box 4 Folder 4
J.T. Baker Stock Certificates (Cancelled), 1941-1968.
Box 4 Folder 5
Sub-series Description

Arranged chronologically by date, this sub-series contains J.T. Baker Chemical Company's financial and marketing files. These files provide a limited amount of documentation regarding the firm's financial dealings. The files in this sub-series also contain a limited amount of documentation regarding J.T. Baker's marketing activities. A very small amount of financial materials generated by J.T. Baker's corporate parent Mallinckrodt Baker, Incorporated are also found here.

The contents of this sub-series consist of a variety of materials, including, but not limited to, memoranda, analyses, reports, presentations, and miscellaneous marketing materials.

J.T. Baker - Descriptive Analysis of J.T. Baker Chemical Company, 1930 March.
Box 5 Folder 1a
J.T. Baker - Descriptive Analysis of J.T. Baker Chemical Company, 1935 December.
Box 5 Folder 1b
J.T. Baker - Analyses of J.T. Baker Chemical Company, March and November 1936, 1936.
Box 5 Folder 1c
J.T. Baker - Annual Report, 1937.
Box 5 Folder 1d
J.T. Baker - Semi-Annual Statement, 1940 June 30.
Box 5 Folder 2
J.T. Baker - Purchase Requisitions, 1952.
Box 5 Folder 3
J.T. Baker - Shipping Order to E.H. Sargent & Company, 1957.
Box 5 Folder 4
J.T. Baker - Specialty Gas Division (Purchased from Linde Division of Union Carbide in January 1965 and sold to Matheson Gas Products Division of Will Ross in 1971.), 1965-1981.
Box 5 Folder 5
J.T. Baker - Uni-Tech (Includes a 1969 product catalog.), 1969, 1970.
Box 5 Folder 6
J.T. Baker - "Chemical Facts" July 1970 Marketing Materials, 1970.
Box 5 Folder 7a
J.T. Baker - "Chemical Facts" May 1971 & June 1971 Marketing Materials, 1971.
Box 5 Folder 7b
J.T. Baker - Senn Sales Agreement, January 28, 1971 (Patents purchased by Richardson-Merrell from Dr. Guido A. Senn.), 1971.
Box 5 Folder 8
J.T. Baker - Monthly Status Reports (by D.S. Alcorn) (Re: Marketing.), 1972 February-November.
Box 5 Folder 9
J.T. Baker - Customer-Oriented Data System-Users' Instruction Manual, 1974.
Box 5 Folder 10
J.T. Baker - Organic Chemicals Promotion - Sales Info, 1975.
Box 5 Folder 11
J.T. Baker - Controller's Report, 1979.
Box 5 Folder 12
Richardson-Merrell Annual Report, 1979.
Box 5 Folder 13
J.T. Baker - Cost Accounting System Presentation, January 16 & December 16, 1982, 1982.
Box 5 Folder 14
J.T. Baker - Cost Accounting System-Approval Specifications for Product Standard Cost Sheet, 1983.
Box 5 Folder 15
J.T. Baker - Pellicle Business Plan, 1983.
Box 5 Folder 16
Kidder, Peabody & Co., Incorporated - Memorandum prepared for Richardson-Vicks, Incorporated to assist RVI in evaluating its financial alternatives vis-à-vis J.T. Baker, 1984.
Box 5 Folder 17
J.T. Baker - Strategic Plan Review, 1985.
Box 5 Folder 18
J.T. Baker - Ceramics Business Team Presentation to Executive Staff, April 17, 1985 (Ceramics were seen as the "Savior" of the Phillipsburg plant.), 1985.
Box 5 Folder 19
J.T. Baker - Standard Cost Revisions, Effective 7/1/86, 1986.
Box 5 Folder 20
J.T. Baker - Memo, Re: "Universal Family" Brochure, 1987.
Box 5 Folder 21
J.T. Baker - National Sales Meeting, Marco Beach, Florida, July 23-29, 1987 (Includes a JTB interdepartmental memo, re: "Universal Family" brochure/J.T. Baker product distributors.), 1987.
Box 5 Folder 22a
J.T. Baker - Sales Meeting - Awards, 1987.
Box 5 Folder 22b
J.T. Baker - Research Products-FY 88/89 Program - Biochromatography Presentation, National Sales Meeting, July 28-August 2, 1988, 1988.
Box 5 Folder 23
J.T. Baker - 1990/91 Phillipsburg Plant Budget, 1990.
Box 5 Folder 24
J.T. Baker - 1991 Pittsburgh Conference Booth Training Materials, 1991.
Box 5 Folder 25
J.T. Baker - J.T. Baker Marketing Charter, 1991.
Box 5 Folder 26
J.T. Baker - Interdepartmental Memo, Re: 1991/92 Phillipsburg Plant Budget, 1991.
Box 5 Folder 27
J.T. Baker - Interdepartmental Memo, Re: Out of Spec Material Corrective Action Reports, 1992.
Box 5 Folder 28
J.T. Baker - Memo, Re: R & E (Maintenance) Costs, 1995.
Box 5 Folder 29
Mallinckrodt Baker - ISO Jackson, Tennessee (Semi-Annual Audit) (Quality Assurance), 1996.
Box 5 Folder 30
Mallinckrodt Baker - Hazardous Materials Audit, 1999.
Box 5 Folder 31
Goldman Sachs - J.T. Baker Business Review, undated.
Box 5 Folder 32
Goldman Sachs - J.T. Baker Business Review-Appendices, undated.
Box 5 Folder 33

Series Description

Arranged chronologically by date, this series contains J.T. Baker Chemical Company's strategic planning files. These files primarily document strategic planning activities conducted by J.T. Baker's management. A small amount of documentation regarding strategic planning conducted by J.T. Baker's corporate parent Mallinckrodt Baker, Incorporated is also preserved here.

The contents of the Strategic Planning Files consist of a variety of materials, including, but not limited to, memoranda, reports, and minutes.

J.T. Baker - Inter-Office Memos and Reports, Re: Quality Assurance Program, 1969-1977.
Box 6 Folder 1
J.T. Baker - Inter-Office Memos and Reports, Re: Quality Assurance Program, 1984-1988.
Box 6 Folder 2
J.T. Baker - Task Force Studies-Operating Rules Implementation, 1980.
Box 6 Folder 3
J.T. Baker - "Discussion of RVI Manufacturing Strategic Plan" and Minutes of Strategic Planning Meeting (Includes 1959/1960 Pundage Report.), 1981.
Box 6 Folder 4
J.T. Baker - Baker Staff Visit to IBM, Fishkill, New York (Re: Baker VLSI Photo-Resistant Systems.), 1981.
Box 6 Folder 5
J.T. Baker - Executive Staff Meetings, 1982-1983.
Box 6 Folder 6
J.T. Baker/Industrial Motivation, Incorporated - "Guide to BAD" (Buck-a-Day) Efficiency Program, 1985.
Box 6 Folder 7
J.T. Baker - Laboratory Products/Process Chemicals Strategic Plan - 1985/86-1989/90, circa 1985.
Box 6 Folder 8
J.T. Baker - Microelectronics Strategic Plan, 1985.
Box 6 Folder 9
BASF - Partners in Quality/Productivity (Acetylenics Plant, Geismar, Louisiana.) (A possible model for JTB's own Quality Assurance Program.), 1986.
Box 6 Folder 10
J.T. Baker - Quality Assurance Organization Chart - 28 March 1986, 1986.
Box 6 Folder 11
J.T. Baker - Bar Code Project Proposal/Data Processing, 1986.
Box 6 Folder 12
J.T. Baker - Interdepartmental Memos, Re: Improving Profitability, 1987.
Box 6 Folder 13
J.T. Baker - SR&A Spending (Plan for reduction and rationale.), 1987.
Box 6 Folder 14
J.T. Baker/Laboratories Wacol LTDA - Report on Distribution of JTB Products, 1988.
Box 6 Folder 15
J.T. Baker - General Company Info (Re: various JTB policies.), 1972, 1988-1991.
Box 6 Folder 16
J.T. Baker - Baker Blue Book Information Directory (Phillipsburg Plant), 1989.
Box 6 Folder 17
J.T. Baker - BAKERBOND (Packaging) Users' Survey, 1989.
Box 6 Folder 18
General Note

See also Box 13 Folder 26.

J.T. Baker - Laboratory Standard Seminar (Workbook), 1990.
Box 7 Folder 1
J.T. Baker - Strategic Planning, 1991.
Box 7 Folder 2
J.T. Baker - JTB/Textile Chemical Partnership Development Program, 1991.
Box 7 Folder 3
J.T. Baker - 1991/92 Priority Projects R & PD, 1991.
Box 7 Folder 4
J.T. Baker - 1992/93 Priority Projects R & PD/QA, 1992.
Box 7 Folder 5
J.T. Baker - JTB Deventer N.V. - TQA Project Plan, 1992.
Box 7 Folder 6
J.T. Baker - JTB Deventer N.V. - Annual Report on Personnel Affairs 1991-1992, 1992.
Box 7 Folder 7
J.T. Baker - Conducting Personal Assessments (Includes JTB Deventer N.V. manual.), 1992.
Box 7 Folder 8
J.T. Baker - Application for the ICSA Award of Excellence, 1992.
Box 7 Folder 9
J.T. Baker - Strategy Review, October 21, 1992, 1992.
Box 7 Folder 10
J.T. Baker - OGSM Alignment, 1992.
Box 7 Folder 11
Mallinckrodt Baker - Business Integration Meetings (Folder 1 of 2), 1994-1997.
Box 7 Folder 12
Mallinckrodt Baker - Business Integration Meetings (Folder 2 of 2), 1994-1997.
Box 7 Folder 13
Mallinckrodt Baker - Biopharmaceutical Training Workshop, June 10-13, 1996, 1996.
Box 7 Folder 14
Mallinckrodt Baker - MBI Sales Process, 1998.
Box 7 Folder 15

Series Description

This series contains J.T. Baker Chemical Company's research and production files. The contents of the Research & Production Files are arranged into the following two sub-series:

  1. S.O.P. (Standard Operating Procedure) Sheets
  2. Research Files
Sub-series Description

Mostly arranged alphabetically by letter, this sub-series contains J.T. Baker Chemical Company's S.O.P. (Standard Operating Procedure) sheets. The S.O.P. sheets are contained in binders.

J.T. Baker - S.O.P. Sheets (In binders.) - "A"-"C", undated.
Box 8 Folder 1
J.T. Baker - S.O.P. Sheets (In binders.) - "D"-"L", undated.
Box 8 Folder 2
J.T. Baker - S.O.P. Sheets (In binders.) - "M"-"Q", undated.
Box 9 Folder 1
J.T. Baker - S.O.P. Sheets (In binders.) - "R"-"T", undated.
Box 9 Folder 2
J.T. Baker - S.O.P. Sheets (In binders.) - "R"-"S" (Binder labeled "S".), undated.
Box 10 Folder 1
J.T. Baker - S.O.P. Sheets (In binders.) - "U"-"Z", undated.
Box 10 Folder 2
J.T. Baker - S.O.P. Sheets (In binders.) - "101" (Sheets are filed "A"-"Z".), undated.
Box 11 Folder 1
J.T. Baker - S.O.P. Sheets (In binders.) - "A"-"B", undated.
Box 11 Folder 2
Sub-series Description

Arranged in its original order, this sub-series contains J.T. Baker Chemical Company's research files. These files contain a limited amount of documentation regarding the firm's research and development activities, including its work on penicillin.

The contents of the Research Files consist of a variety of materials, including, but not limited to, correspondence, photocopied notebook pages, and operating instructions.

Restrictions

Selected items in this sub-series are closed to researchers until May 2, 2034.

J.T. Baker - "Standard Operating Procedures-Central Control Laboratory", 1970.
Box 12 Folder 1
J.T. Baker - JTB Engineering Department Standards, undated.
Box 12 Folder 2
Matthyne, John G. "Test Tube Residual Deposit Tests of Benzene Hexachloride Samples, Drosophila Flies" (Photocopied notebook pages.), 1947.
Box 12 Folder 3
"Recrystallization of D.D.T., Batch 391'' (Photocopied notebook pages.), 1947.
Box 12 Folder 4
"D.D.T. Condensations" (Photocopied notebook pages.), 1945-1948 .
Box 12 Folder 5
"Chlorination of Alcohol for Manufacture of D.D.T." (Photocopied pages.), 1946-1947.
Box 12 Folder 6
J.T. Baker - Dry Salts/Lab Organics Facilities Study, 1944, 1976-1977.
Box 12 Folder 7
J.T. Baker - Penicillin (Correspondence with suppliers of components.), 1948-1952.
Box 12 Folder 8
J.T. Baker - "Operating Instructions for Penicillin Micronizer" (Tentative), 1952.
Box 12 Folder 9
J.T. Baker - Photoresist Manufacturing Process, 1994.
Box 12 Folder 10

Series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this series contains J.T. Baker Chemical Company's topical files. These files concern various subjects that were of interest to J.T. Baker's staff. Most of the materials in this series came from the files of William J. Wojcik, J.T. Baker's Manager of Advertising.

The contents of the Topical Files consist of a wide variety of materials, including, but not limited to, correspondence, memoranda, advertisements, brochures, labels, and brochure and label mock-ups.

1985 PITTCON, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 10-12, 1985 (Includes correspondence & Final Program.) (Folder 1 of 2), 1984-1985.
Box 13 Folder 1
1985 PITTCON (Correspondence, re: expenditures.) (Folder 2 of 2), 1985-1986.
Box 13 Folder 2
ACS Staff Meeting, December 1985 (Includes Survey Report & Exhibit Survey.), 1985-1986.
Box 13 Folder 3
Acetonitrile Process (Du Pont process.) - Correspondence, 1989.
Box 13 Folder 4
Acid Flyer, undated.
Box 13 Folder 5
Acids - Various ads, Labels & Product Information Sheets, undated.
Box 13 Folder 6
"Applications-Scientist" - Printing & Mailing costs, 1985.
Box 13 Folder 7
Ashland Oil/Ashland Chemicals - 1984 Annual Report & "1985 Current Facts" & Ashland Chemicals 1985-1986 Product Catalog (Ashland was a potential purchaser of JTB.), 1984-1986.
Box 13 Folder 8
C&E News Co-op Ad - Correspondence & Ad Copy, 1980-1981.
Box 13 Folder 9
Calculator Project (Graphic Calculators), 1975-1976.
Box 13 Folder 10
Catalog 800 - Price Estimate, 1980.
Box 13 Folder 11
Catalog 830 - Design Layouts, 1983.
Box 13 Folder 12
Ceramic-Varistor Industry - Info File, 1981-1984.
Box 13 Folder 13
Chemists' Club - Possible recruitment of JTB execs as members, 1984.
Box 13 Folder 14
China Delegation Visit - Correspondence, Etiquette Tips, Etc., 1980.
Box 13 Folder 15
Corporate Brochure - Prepared for 75th Anniversary, Correspondence, 1980.
Box 13 Folder 16
"Eat-em-Up" Campaign - Quality and Sales Improvement Campaign, 1986.
Box 13 Folder 17
Electronic Ceramics - Ad Copy & Correspondence (Folder 1 of 2), 1983.
Box 13 Folder 18a
Electronic Ceramics - Ad Copy & Correspondence (Folder 2 of 2), 1984.
Box 13 Folder 18b
Electronic Ceramics Ads for J.T. Baker, Inc., 1985.
Box 13 Folder 19
Electronic Ceramics - Six-Page Correspondence, 1985.
Box 13 Folder 20
General Note

See also Box 14 Folder 24.

Electronics (MOS) - Brochures & Ads, 1965, 1975, undated.
Box 13 Folder 21
Enzymes - Mock-up of a proposed label change, undated.
Box 13 Folder 22
Export - Miscellaneous Material (Labels, Ads), 1980.
Box 13 Folder 23
F & I Miscellaneous - Advertising Budgets, Ad Mock-Ups, Etc., 1978-1982.
Box 13 Folder 24
Frequent Closer Program - Packing Systems, 1984-1986.
Box 13 Folder 25
General Note

See also Box 6 Folder 18.

Geological Analysis (Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary Mass Extinction) (Analysis performed by R. Ganapathy, a JTB chemist.), undated.
Box 13 Folder 26
HPLC Solvents - Ads & Labels, 1977, 1979.
Box 13 Folder 27
HPLC Water - Brochure Mock-Ups & Copy, 1978.
Box 13 Folder 28a
HPLC (BAKERBOND Wide-Pore) - Brochure, Re: HPLC columns for peptides and proteins, 1983.
Box 13 Folder 28b
Horticultural (Insecticides) - Purchase Agreement (RVI agrees to sell JTB's Bag-A-Bug Horticultural Products Group to the Rid-a-Bug Company.), 1984.
Box 13 Folder 29
Intensify (Ad materials for a spray adjuvant from JTB Specialty Chemicals.), 1982-1983.
Box 13 Folder 30
Intensify (Market Research.), 1983-1984.
Box 13 Folder 31
Jackson, Tennessee/Barbourville, Kentucky - Sale & move to Tennessee from Kentucky, 1981-1984.
Box 13 Folder 32
Kingsley Award - Interoffice Memos (Warren K. Kingsley of JTB awarded the 1984 American Chemical Society's Safety Award.), 1984.
Box 13 Folder 33
Klass, Dr. N.P. (Executive V.P., JTB) - Correspondence & Memos, 1978-1980.
Box 13 Folder 34
LSC (Liquid Scintillation Counting) Booklet - Correspondence & Ad, 1979.
Box 13 Folder 35
Labels - FDA Inspections and Comments, 1969, 1970.
Box 13 Folder 36
Leverpack Photography - Correspondence & photocopy of contact sheet, 1979.
Box 13 Folder 37
Manufacturing Locations - Chart, 1979.
Box 13 Folder 38
MSDS (Mercury Sponge) - Safety Data Sheet & Hazard Data, 1986.
Box 13 Folder 39
National Football League - Inspirational videos for team-building, 1984.
Box 14 Folder 1
Organic Structure Template (McKibben template.) - Drafting Tool, undated.
Box 14 Folder 2
Organic Work - Interoffice Memo, Re: Results of Organic Mail Survey, 1971.
Box 14 Folder 3
Periodic Table of the Elements - Chart (JTB publication with their products highlighted in blue.), undated.
Box 14 Folder 4
Product Recall - Correspondence Re: Fisher recall of Ether U.S.P., 1993.
Box 14 Folder 5
Production of "Specialty Chemicals for Electronic Products" - Media Summary & News Release, 1984.
Box 14 Folder 6
General Note

See also Box 13 Folder 21.

ReAquant System Brochure - Correspondence & Copy, 1979.
Box 14 Folder 7
Recycling Program - Drafts and Copy, Re: Acid Bottle Re-cycling, 1981.
Box 14 Folder 8
Research Products Press Release Program - Correspondence & Sample Copy, 1983-1984.
Box 14 Folder 9
Research Products - Production File, 1983-1984.
Box 14 Folder 10
Resi-Analyzed - Correspondence & JTB Bulletins, Re: Pesticides, 1976-1979.
Box 14 Folder 11
Safety Products - Correspondence & Ad Copy (Includes "Hazardous Chemical Spill Control" booklet.), 1975-1980.
Box 14 Folder 12
Safety School (For dealing with hazardous chemicals.) - Brochure Production File, 1977.
Box 14 Folder 13
Safety Training - Interoffice Memos & "Saf-T-Test II Operating Instructions", 1986-1987.
Box 14 Folder 14
General Note

See also Box 3 Folder 16.

Safetainer - Safetainer Folder Production File (Folder 1 of 2), 1975.
Box 14 Folder 15
Safetainer - Safetainer/Solvent Program (Folder 2 of 2), 1975.
Box 14 Folder 16
Separation Sciences Brochure - Production File (Folder 1 of 2), 1980-1982.
Box 14 Folder 17
Separation Sciences Brochure - Production File (Folder 2 of 2), 1980-1982.
Box 14 Folder 18
Separation Sciences - Baker 10 SPE Applications Guide, Vols. I & II, 1982-1983.
Box 14 Folder 19
Singapore - Trade Exhibition at the 2nd Asian-Pacific Congress of Clinical Biochemistry - Production file for JTB's exhibit, 1982.
Box 14 Folder 20
Singapore 1983-84 - Correspondence. & Ad Slicks, 1982-1983.
Box 14 Folder 21
Sodium Benzoate Analysis - Correspondence, Re: An odor problem, 1956-1957.
Box 14 Folder 22
Solvent Packaging - "Report on Solvent Packaging, January 25, 1977", 1977.
Box 14 Folder 23
Solvents - Packaging Materials (Envelopes & Certificates), undated.
Box 14 Folder 24
Solvents for Instrumental Analysis - Upgrading of BIA (Baker Instant-Analyzed) Certificates, 1977.
Box 14 Folder 25
Special Safety Training Exhibits - An attempt to market JTB's training services, 1987.
Box 14 Folder 26
"Specialty Chemicals for Electronic Ceramics" Brochure - Media Summary & New Release, 1984.
Box 14 Folder 27
General Note

See also Box 13 Folder 21.

Spill Kit - Memos & Ads, 1975-1977.
Box 14 Folder 28
Spill Kit Revised - Galley Slicks, 1983.
Box 14 Folder 29
Thin Layer Chromatography Booklet - Production File (Includes ACS short course in TLC by M. Karl Brandt.), 1968-1970.
Box 14 Folder 30
Trace Analysis - Correspondence, Re: 4-page "Acids for Trace Analysis" bulletin reprint, 1979.
Box 14 Folder 31
Traceanate - Correspondence, and Cover Mock-Up, Re: "Traceanate water tracers" bulletin, 1980.
Box 14 Folder 32
Transportation Aid Brochure, 1980.
Box 14 Folder 33
Ultrex - Production file for Ultrex line of ultra-pure reagents, 1980.
Box 14 Folder 34
Varistor - Correspondence & mock-up of a bulletin for JTB Electronic Ceramics chemicals, 1983.
Box 14 Folder 35
VLSI Product Line - Correspondence & Product Mock-Ups, 1978-1981.
Box 14 Folder 36
"Week of" Priorities (For JTB Marketing Dept.) - Month of January 1986, 1986.
Box 14 Folder 37

Series Description

In 1978, J.T. Baker Chemical Company became the sponsor of the American Chemical Society's Nobel Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Education in Chemistry as part of its 75th Anniversary celebration. As part of this effort, the firm established the "Perspectives for the Future" lecture series, which featured lectures by Nobel Laureates.

This series contains J.T. Baker Chemical Company's Nobel Laureates Lecture Series files. The contents of this series are arranged into the following two sub-series:

  1. Chronological Files
  2. Named Files
Sub-series Description

Arranged chronologically by year, this sub-series contains J.T. Baker Chemical Company's chronological files concerning the Nobel Laureates Lecture Series. These files primarily document the planning and public relations work involved in staging the lecture series. Nobel Laureates who spoke at the lectures represented in this sub-series include Christian B. Anfison, Glenn T. Seaborg, Melvin Calvin, Max Delbruck, and Robert W. Holley.

The contents of these files consist of a variety of materials, including, but not limited to, correspondence, financial documents, programs, and photocopied portraits.

ACS (with JTB) - Correspondence & Award Brochure Mock-Up, 1979-1980.
Box 15 Folder 1
Abstracts/Speeches from All Nobel Lectures - Anfison, Seaborg, Calvin, & Delbruck, 1979-1982.
Box 15 Folder 2
Nobel Laureate Interviews (from "Chemist-Analyst") - Delbruck & Holley, 1982.
Box 15 Folder 3
Nobel Laureates - General File, 1978-1985.
Box 15 Folder 4
Nobel Laureate Signature Award/Lecture Series - General File (Folder 1 of 2), 1979-1980, 1983.
Box 15 Folder 5
Nobel Laureate Signature Award/Lecture Series - General File (Folder 2 of 2), 1979-1980, 1983.
Box 15 Folder 6
ACS-Nobel - General File, 1982-1983.
Box 15 Folder 7
Nobel - California - General Info, 1978-1986.
Box 15 Folder 8
First Nobel Award - Houston, Texas, March 1980 (Wayne Gladfelter) - Clippings File, 1978-1979.
Box 15 Folder 9
Nobel - Germany 1981 - General File, 1980-1983.
Box 15 Folder 10
Nobel Lecture - 1981 - Interdepartmental Memos, Re: Publication, 1980, 1981.
Box 15 Folder 11
Nobel Lecture - 1982 - Copy of JTB Press Release, 1982.
Box 15 Folder 12
Nobel Laureate - Las Vegas 1982 - Correspondence, 1981-1982.
Box 15 Folder 13
Nobel Laureate - 1983 Award - Correspondence, 1982-1984.
Box 15 Folder 14
Nobel Laureate Program - Mexico City, October 31, 1983 - Correspondence & Abstract, 1983.
Box 15 Folder 15
Nobel Laureate Program - Work File for 1983 Mexico City Talk (Invitations), 1983.
Box 15 Folder 16
Nobel Mexico - Publicity, 1983.
Box 15 Folder 17
Nobel-ACS 1983 St. Louis, 1983.
Box 15 Folder 18
Nobel - Chicago - Miscellaneous, 1981-1983.
Box 15 Folder 19
Nobel Laureate Lectures - Lecture Programs, 1985-1987.
Box 15 Folder 20
Nobel - 1985 - Correspondence, 1985.
Box 15 Folder 21
Nobel - Harvard 1985 - Expenses, 1985-1986.
Box 15 Folder 22
Nobel - Stanford 1986 - Planning and Expenses (Folder 1 of 2), 1986-1987.
Box 15 Folder 23a
Nobel - Stanford 1986 (Folder 2 of 2), 1986-1987.
Box 15 Folder 23b
Nobel - ACS 1986 New York - Correspondence & ACS National Meeting Program, 1985-1986.
Box 15 Folder 24
Nobel - Cornell 1987 - Planning and Expenses, 1987-1988.
Box 15 Folder 25
Nobel - Denver, March 9-12, 1987 - Expenses, 1987.
Box 15 Folder 26
Nobel - Cambridge, United Kingdom 1988/Princeton 1989 - Announcements of 11th & 12th Programs, 1988, 1989.
Box 15 Folder 27
Nobel - Boston 1990 - Correspondence, 1990.
Box 15 Folder 28
J.T. Baker Nobel Laureate Signature Award - Portrait File (Photocopies), undated.
Box 15 Folder 29
Sub-series Description

Mostly arranged in numerical order by original file number, this sub-series contains J.T. Baker Chemical Company's named files concerning the Nobel Laureates Lecture Series. These files primarily document the planning and public relations work involved in staging this lecture series. Nobel Laureates who spoke at the lectures represented in this sub-series include Christian B. Anfison, Glenn T. Seaborg, Melvin Calvin, Manfred Eigen, H. Gobind Khorana, and Roald Hoffman.

The contents of these files consist of a variety of materials, including, but not limited to, correspondence, invitation lists, signature facsimiles, and press releases.

Nobel Lectures - Booklets & Awards Production File (As the first of the Nobel Laureate Signature Award lectures, the Christian B. Anfinsen file contains facsimiles of several Nobel Laureates' signatures.), 1978.
Box 16 Folder 1
Nobel Lecturers - Contract (Photocopy of a contract signed by Glenn Seaborg.), 1979.
Box 16 Folder 2
Nobel Lecture #1 (Christian B, Anfinsen, Yale University.) - Invitation Lists, 1978.
Box 16 Folder 3
Nobel Lecture #1 - Miscellaneous File, 1978.
Box 16 Folder 4
Nobel Lecture #1 - General Correspondence (Includes more Laureate facsimiles.), 1978-1980.
Box 16 Folder 5
Nobel Lecture #2 (Glenn T. Seaborg, Cal Tech.) - Invitation Lists, 1979.
Box 16 Folder 6
Nobel Lecture #2 - General Correspondence (Includes Seaborg speech.), 1979-1981.
Box 16 Folder 7
Nobel Lecture #3 (Melvin Calvin, M.I.T.) - Invitation Lists & Correspondence (Folder 1 of 2), 1980.
Box 16 Folder 8
Nobel Lecture #3 - M.I.T. - Invitation Lists & Correspondence (Folder 2 of 2), 1980.
Box 16 Folder 9
Nobel Lecture #3 - General Correspondence, 1980-1981.
Box 16 Folder 10
Nobel Lecture #3 - New Releases, 1980.
Box 16 Folder 11
Nobel Lecture #4 (Manfred Eigen, Munich.) - General Correspondence, 1979-1981.
Box 16 Folder 12
Nobel Lecture #4 - Nobel Lecture 1980, Germany - Correspondence, 1980.
Box 16 Folder 13
Nobel Lecture #4 - News Releases & Drafts (Includes Manfred Eigen's speech.), 1981-1982.
Box 16 Folder 14
Nobel Lecture #4 - Invitation Lists (Max Planck Institute), 1981.
Box 16 Folder 15
Nobel Lecture #5 (H. Gobind Khorana, University of Chicago) - General Correspondence, 1982-1983.
Box 16 Folder 16
Nobel Lecture #5 - Invitation Lists, 1982.
Box 16 Folder 17
Nobel Lecture #11 (Roald Hoffmann, Cambridge, United Kingdom) - Program, 1988.
Box 16 Folder 18

Series Description

Arranged chronologically by date, this series contains J.T. Baker Chemical Company product catalogs and price lists. These files provide information regarding the various chemical products manufactured and marketed by the firm between 1945 and 1992, which include, but are not limited to, reagents, acids, and pharmaceuticals. They also document the prices J.T. Baker charged for its products during this time period.

J.T. Baker product catalogs and price lists make up the bulk of the materials in this series. A very small amount of materials published by competitors Merck Chemicals and Uni-Tech Chemical Manufacturing Company are preserved here as well.

1. Baker's Analyzed C.P. Chemicals and Acids Price List No. 150, 1944 July.
Box 17 Folder 1 Object 1
2. Baker's Analyzed C.P. Chemicals and Acids, 1945.
Box 17 Folder 1 Object 2
3. Baker's Chemicals Schedule No. 1 (Photocopy only.), 1945 July.
Box 17 Folder 1 Object 3
4. Baker's Chemicals Price Schedule No. 4, 1947 September.
Box 17 Folder 1 Object 4
5. Baker's Chemicals Price Schedule No. 5, 1947 December.
Box 17 Folder 1 Object 5
6. Baker's Chemicals Price Schedule No. 6, 1948 April.
Box 17 Folder 1 Object 6
Baker's Analyzed Chemicals and Acids (In a ring binder.), 1950.
Box 17 Folder 2
Baker's Analyzed Reagents - Specification Catalog & Price List, No. 54, 1954 April.
Box 17 Folder 3
Baker Analyzed Reagents - Specification Catalog & Price List, No. 58 (2 copies.), 1958.
Box 17 Folder 4
Baker Analyzed Reagents - Specification Catalog & Price List 620, 1960.
Box 17 Folder 5
Baker & Adamson Laboratory Reagents and Fine Chemicals, 1964.
Box 17 Folder 6
Merck Chemicals 1969-1970 Price List (Includes Narcotic Products.), 1969.
Box 17 Folder 7
J.T. Baker Special Batch Directories (Halogen, Hydroxyl, & Cyclic Nitrogen Products), 1966 January.
Box 17 Folder 8
J.T. Baker Laboratory Chemicals Catalog 660, 1966.
Box 17 Folder 9
J.T. Baker Fine and Industrial Chemical Price List, 1968 September.
Box 17 Folder 10
J.T. Baker Specialty Gases, 1968 November.
Box 17 Folder 11
Uni-Tech Chemical Manufacturing Company (Bristol-Myers), Fifth Edition (2 copies.), 1969.
Box 17 Folder 12
J.T. Baker Laboratory Chemicals and Products (2 copies.), 1970.
Box 17 Folder 13
J.T. Baker Laboratory Chemicals - In a ring binder, 1973.
Box 17 Folder 14
J.T. Baker Prescription Chemicals, Vitamins, Narcotics Price & Product Information (2 copies.), 1973.
Box 17 Folder 15
J.T. Baker Chemical Company Price List C-104, 1973 March.
Box 17 Folder 16
J.T. Baker Diagnostics Division Price List C-106 (2 copies.), 1974 November 15.
Box 17 Folder 17
J.T. Baker Ultrex Ultra-Pure Reagents and Chemicals C-452, 1975 September.
Box 17 Folder 18
J.T. Baker Prescription Chemicals, Reagents, Vitamins, Controlled Substances, Price & Product Information, 1975 April 12.
Box 17 Folder 19
J.T. Baker Fine & Industrial Chemicals, Price List, 1977 March 15.
Box 17 Folder 20
J.T. Baker Consumer Price List 751-C, 1975 July 1.
Box 17 Folder 21
J.T. Baker Inorganic & Organic Laboratory Chemicals Catalog 760 (2 copies.), 1976 January 1.
Box 17 Folder 22
J.T. Baker Fine & Industrial Chemicals Price List, 1976 August 15.
Box 17 Folder 23
J.T. Baker Inorganic & Organic Laboratory Chemicals (2 copies.), 1976 October 15.
Box 17 Folder 24
J.T. Baker Fine & Industrial Chemicals, 1976 December 15.
Box 17 Folder 25
J.T. Baker Fine & Industrial Chemicals, 1977 March 15.
Box 17 Folder 26
J.T. Baker Laboratory Chemicals Price List 770, 1977 May 2.
Box 17 Folder 27
J.T. Baker Fine & Industrial Chemicals Price List, 1977 July 1.
Box 17 Folder 28
J.T. Baker Fine & Industrial Chemicals Price List, 1977 October 15.
Box 17 Folder 29
J.T. Baker Inorganic & Organic Laboratory Chemicals Price List, 1977 November 1.
Box 17 Folder 30
J.T. Baker Fine & Industrial Chemicals Price List, 1978 April 15.
Box 17 Folder 31
J.T. Baker Fine & Industrial Chemicals Price List, 1978 July 15.
Box 17 Folder 32
J.T. Baker Fine & Industrial Chemicals Price List, 1978 August 15.
Box 17 Folder 33
J.T. Baker Reagents & Products for Biological Sciences, 1978.
Box 17 Folder 34
J.T. Baker Fine & Industrial Chemicals Price List, 1979 May 1.
Box 17 Folder 35
J.T. Baker Reagents and Laboratory Products Price List 800C (2 copies.), 1978 December 6.
Box 17 Folder 36
J.T. Baker Chemicals for Electronic Applications Price List, 1979 December 15.
Box 17 Folder 37
J.T. Baker Fine & Industrial Chemicals Price List, 1978 December 17.
Box 17 Folder 38
J.T. Baker Reagents and Laboratory Products Price List 801C (3 copies.), 1980 April.
Box 18 Folder 1
J.T. Baker Chemicals for Electronic Applications Price List (2 copies.), 1980 May 1.
Box 18 Folder 2
J.T. Baker Fine and Industrial Chemicals Price List, 1980 May 1.
Box 18 Folder 3
J.T. Baker Reagents and Laboratory Products Price List 802C, 1980 June 30.
Box 18 Folder 4
J.T. Baker Specialty Chemicals Price List, 1980 October 1.
Box 18 Folder 5
J.T. Baker Reagents and Laboratory Products Price List 810C, 1981 January 5.
Box 18 Folder 6
J.T. Baker Specialty Chemicals Price List, 1981 January 5.
Box 18 Folder 7
J.T. Baker Chemicals for Electronic Applications, 1981 February 1.
Box 18 Folder 8
J.T. Baker Reagents and Laboratory Products Price List 811C, 1981 July 1.
Box 18 Folder 9
J.T. Baker Specialty Chemicals Price List (2 copies.), 1981 July 15.
Box 18 Folder 10
J.T. Baker Reagents and Laboratory Products Price List 820C, 1982 July 6.
Box 18 Folder 11
J.T. Baker Specialty Chemicals Price List, 1982 September 30.
Box 18 Folder 12
J.T. Baker - 'Baker'-10 SPE Applications Guide, Volume 1, 1982.
Box 18 Folder 13
General Note

See also Box 18 Folder 30.

J.T. Baker - 'Baker'-10 SPE Applications Guide, Volume 2, 1982.
Box 18 Folder 14
General Note

See also Box 18 Folder 30.

J.T. Baker Reagents and Laboratory Products - Specifications and Prices 830C (3 copies.), 1983.
Box 18 Folder 15
J.T. Baker Specialty Chemicals Price List, 1983 December 19.
Box 18 Folder 16
J.T. Baker MOS Chemicals for Electronic Applications Price List, 1984 July 1.
Box 18 Folder 17
J.T. Baker Reagents and Laboratory Products for Sample Preparation and Analysis Catalog 840C (4 copies.), 1984 July 2.
Box 18 Folder 18
J.T. Baker Specialty Chemicals Price List, 1984 July 2.
Box 18 Folder 19
"Ceramic Industry" - 1985 Data Book and Buyers Guide, 1984 September 15.
Box 18 Folder 20
J.T. Baker Products for Chromatography 1984 (2 copies.), 1984.
Box 18 Folder 21
J.T. Baker Reagents and Laboratory Products Catalog 850C, 1985 July 1.
Box 18 Folder 22
J.T. Baker Products for Chromatography 1986 Catalog, 1985.
Box 18 Folder 23
J.T. Baker - "HPLC Solvent Reference Manual", 1985.
Box 18 Folder 24
J.T. Baker Process Chemicals Catalog 850PC, 1985.
Box 18 Folder 25
J.T. Baker Chemicals for Electronics (Pages from a disassembled binder.) , 1985.
Box 18 Folder 26
J.T. Baker Reagents and Laboratory Products Catalog 860C, 1986 July 1.
Box 18 Folder 27
J.T. Baker Products for Chromatography 1986/87 Catalog (2 copies.), 1985.
Box 18 Folder 28
J.T. Baker Products for Chromatography 1988/89 Catalog, 1988.
Box 18 Folder 29
J.T. Baker Solid Phase Extraction for Sample Preparation, 1988.
Box 18 Folder 30
General Note

See also Box 18 Folder 13-14.

J.T. Baker Full Line Catalog 880C (2 copies.), 1988.
Box 18 Folder 31
J.T. Baker Laboratory Reagents and Chromatography Products 1990/91 Catalog, 1990.
Box 18 Folder 32
J.T. Baker Laboratory Chemicals Price List 901, 1990 September.
Box 18 Folder 33
J.T. Baker RaPID Assay Price Schedule, Effective June 1, 1992, 1992.
Box 18 Folder 34
J.T. Baker - Baker Chemikalien, Seltene Zucker, undated.
Box 18 Folder 35
J.T. Baker Laboratory Products Price List 840 (Deventer, N.V.) (2 copies.), undated.
Box 18 Folder 36
J.T. Baker Microelectronic Materials Product List, undated.
Box 18 Folder 37

Series Description

This series contains J.T. Baker Chemical Company's publicity and advertising files. The contents of the Publicity and Advertising Files are arranged into the following three sub-series:

  1. Publicity Clippings
  2. Miscellaneous Files
  3. Advertising
Sub-series Description

Arranged chronologically by date, this sub-series contains J.T. Baker Chemical Company's publicity clippings. These files provide documentation of publicity concerning J.T. Baker's corporate activities and products between 1963 and 1986. The contents of this sub-series consist of news clippings.

Publicity Clippings, 1963-1964.
Box 19 Folder 1
Rossen, Kremer & Slawter Publicity Program, 1978 January-August .
Box 19 Folder 2
Publicity Clippings, 1978 September.
Box 19 Folder 3
Publicity Clippings, 1978 October.
Box 19 Folder 4
Publicity Clippings, 1978 November.
Box 19 Folder 5
Publicity Clippings, 1978 December.
Box 19 Folder 6
Publicity Clippings, 1979 January.
Box 19 Folder 7
Publicity Clippings, 1979 February.
Box 19 Folder 8
Publicity Clippings, 1979 March.
Box 19 Folder 9
Publicity Clippings, 1979 April.
Box 19 Folder 10
Publicity Clippings, 1979 May.
Box 19 Folder 11
Publicity Clippings, 1979 June.
Box 19 Folder 12
Publicity Clippings, 1979 July.
Box 19 Folder 13
Publicity Clippings, 1979 August.
Box 19 Folder 14
Publicity Clippings, 1979 September.
Box 19 Folder 15
Publicity Clippings, 1979 October.
Box 19 Folder 16
Publicity Clippings, 1979 November.
Box 19 Folder 17
Publicity Clippings, 1979 December.
Box 19 Folder 18
Publicity Clippings, 1980 January.
Box 19 Folder 19
Publicity Clippings, 1980 February.
Box 19 Folder 20
Publicity Clippings, 1980 March.
Box 19 Folder 21
Publicity Clippings, 1980 April.
Box 19 Folder 22
Publicity Clippings, 1980 May.
Box 19 Folder 23
Publicity Clippings, 1980 June.
Box 19 Folder 24
Publicity Clippings, 1980 August.
Box 19 Folder 25
Publicity Clippings, 1980 September.
Box 19 Folder 26
Publicity Clippings, 1980 October.
Box 19 Folder 27
Publicity Clippings, 1980 November.
Box 19 Folder 28
Publicity Clippings, 1980 December.
Box 19 Folder 29
Bag-A-Bug Publicity Clippings, 1980.
Box 19 Folder 30
Publicity Clippings, 1981 January.
Box 19 Folder 31
Publicity Clippings, 1981 February.
Box 19 Folder 32
Publicity Clippings, 1981 March.
Box 19 Folder 33
Publicity Clippings, 1981 April.
Box 19 Folder 34
Publicity Clippings, 1981 May.
Box 19 Folder 35
Publicity Clippings, 1981 June.
Box 19 Folder 36
Publicity Clippings, 1981 July.
Box 19 Folder 37
Publicity Clippings, 1981 August.
Box 19 Folder 38
Publicity Clippings, 1981 September.
Box 19 Folder 39
Publicity Clippings, 1981 October.
Box 19 Folder 40
Publicity Clippings, 1981 November.
Box 19 Folder 41
Publicity Clippings, 1982 January.
Box 20 Folder 1
Publicity Clippings, 1982 February.
Box 20 Folder 2
Publicity Clippings, 1982 March.
Box 20 Folder 3
Publicity Clippings, 1982 April.
Box 20 Folder 4
Publicity Clippings, 1982 May.
Box 20 Folder 5
Publicity Clippings, 1982 June.
Box 20 Folder 6
Publicity Clippings, 1982 July.
Box 20 Folder 7
Publicity Clippings, 1982 August.
Box 20 Folder 8
Publicity Clippings, 1982 September.
Box 20 Folder 9
Publicity Clippings, 1982 October.
Box 20 Folder 10
Publicity Clippings, 1982 November.
Box 20 Folder 11
Publicity Clippings, 1982 December.
Box 20 Folder 12
Publicity Clippings, 1983 January.
Box 20 Folder 13
Publicity Clippings, 1983 February.
Box 20 Folder 14
Publicity Clippings, 1983 March.
Box 20 Folder 15
Publicity Clippings, 1983 April.
Box 20 Folder 16
Publicity Clippings, 1983 May.
Box 20 Folder 17
Publicity Clippings, 1983 June.
Box 20 Folder 18
Publicity Clippings, 1983 July.
Box 20 Folder 19
Publicity Clippings, 1983 August.
Box 20 Folder 20
Publicity Clippings, 1983 September.
Box 20 Folder 21
Publicity Clippings, 1983 October.
Box 20 Folder 22
Publicity - Unsorted by a clipping service, 1985-1986.
Box 20 Folder 23
Sub-series Description

Arranged in its original order, this sub-series contains miscellaneous J.T. Baker Chemical Company publicity materials. Its contents consist of a file concerning J.T. Baker's news release program, a J.T. Baker calendar, and a New Jersey Technology Council Annual Awards Nomination application submitted by J.T. Baker's corporate parent Mallinckrodt Baker, Incorporated.

J.T. Baker News Release Program (Includes plan for Community Relations Program by Rosston, Kremer & Slawter, P.R.), 1977, 1985.
Box 20 Folder 24
J.T. Baker, Incorporated - 1993 Calendar, 1993.
Box 20 Folder 25
Mallinckrodt Baker, Incorporated - Application for New Jersey Technology Council Annual Awards Nomination, 1998 August 26.
Box 20 Folder 26
Sub-series Description

Arranged in its original order, this sub-series contains J.T. Baker Chemical Company's advertising files. These files document J.T. Baker's efforts to advertise itself and its products.

J.T. Baker advertisements make up the largest component of the materials in this sub-series. J.T. Baker brochures and a product information files are also found here. Three advertising scrapbooks compiled by the firm are preserved in this sub-series as well.

J.T. Baker - "Why professionals close J.T. Baker 2 to 1 over the next leading brand!", 1974.
Box 21 Folder 1
J.T. Baker - Wastewater Treatment Ad, 1978.
Box 21 Folder 2
J.T. Baker - Product Information Packet, 1983.
Box 21 Folder 3
J.T. Baker - Corporate Information Brochure - Two Different, undated.
Box 21 Folder 4
J.T. Baker/Procter & Gamble - Corporate Information Brochure, undated.
Box 21 Folder 5
J.T. Baker - Assorted Ads, undated.
Box 21 Folder 6
J.T. Baker - Ammonium Chloride U.S.P., undated.
Box 21 Folder 7
J.T. Baker - Ammonium Thiocyanate, 1969.
Box 21 Folder 8
J.T. Baker - "Baker Analyzed" Biochemicals, 1976.
Box 21 Folder 9
J.T. Baker - Cadmium Nitrate/Cadmium Salts - Two Ads, undated.
Box 21 Folder 10
J.T. Baker - Ceramics - Ads, 1967, 1984-1988, undated.
Box 21 Folder 11
J.T. Baker - Chromatography (Includes TLC) - Ten Ads, 1972-1990, undated.
Box 21 Folder 12
J.T. Baker - Dyes and Stains - Fifteen Ads, 1972-1974, undated.
Box 21 Folder 13
J.T. Baker - HPLC - Fourteen Ads, 1977-1989, undated.
Box 21 Folder 14
J.T. Baker - Intensify (Spray Adjuvant for Cotton Defoliation), 1982.
Box 21 Folder 15
J.T. Baker - Model "S" Coulter Counter Reagents - Five Ads, 1972-1974.
Box 21 Folder 16
J.T. Baker - Narc-1 (Narcotic Analysis by Rapid Chromatography), 1987.
Box 21 Folder 17
J.T. Baker - Organics - Three Ads, 1977, undated.
Box 21 Folder 18
J.T. Baker - PRS-1000 Stripper, 1983.
Box 21 Folder 19
J.T. Baker - Packaging and Shipping - Eleven Ads, 1977, undated.
Box 21 Folder 20
J.T. Baker - Pesticide Residue Analysis, undated.
Box 21 Folder 21
J.T. Baker - Pellite (Pellicle Film), 1986.
Box 21 Folder 22
J.T. Baker - Periodic Table of the Elements (For electronic-ceramic uses.), undated.
Box 21 Folder 23
J.T. Baker - RaPID Assay, undated.
Box 21 Folder 24
J.T. Baker - Reagents - Sixteen Ads, 1972-1994, undated.
Box 21 Folder 25
J.T. Baker - "Baker Analyzed" Reagent Contest Fact File, 1972.
Box 21 Folder 26
J.T. Baker - SPE (Solid Phase Extraction) - Eleven Ads, 1981-1991, undated.
Box 21 Folder 27
J.T. Baker - Safety (Chemical Training) - Twenty Ads, 1975-1989, undated.
Box 21 Folder 28
J.T. Baker - Solvents - Three Ads, 1978, 1989, undated.
Box 21 Folder 29
J.T. Baker - Spoonpak Containers, 1972.
Box 21 Folder 30
J.T. Baker - Traceanate (Water Tracers), 1980.
Box 21 Folder 31
J.T. Baker - VLSI Low Particulate Chemicals - Six Ads, 1980, 1985, undated.
Box 21 Folder 32
J.T. Baker/VWR - VWR Scientific (Product Lines) - Four Ads, 1986, 1987, undated.
Box 21 Folder 33
J.T. Baker - "Distributor Program 1951", 1951.
Box 22 Folder 1
J.T. Baker - Advertising Scrapbook, 1976-1981.
Box 22 Folder 2
J.T. Baker - Advertising Scrapbook (In two large portfolios.), 1948-1951.
Box 23 Folder 1
J.T. Baker - Advertising Scrapbook, 1948-1951.
Box 23 Folder 2

Series Description

This series contains publications printed by J.T. Baker Chemical Company. The contents of this series are arranged into the following two sub-series:

  1. Papers, Monographs, and Miscellaneous Company Publications
  2. The Chemist Analyst
Sub-series Description

Arranged alphabetically by author and publisher, this sub-series contains scientific papers, monographs, and miscellaneous publications published by J.T. Baker Chemical Company. The materials in these files provide documentation of research and development work conducted by J.T. Baker and its employees. They are also examples of J.T. Baker's efforts to communicate with scientists, employees, and the general public.

J.T. Baker company publications, including Baker News and Chemical Fumes, make up the largest component of this sub-series. A noticeable number of scientific papers authored by J.T. Baker employees, which were published in scientific journals, are also present in this sub-series. A handful of J.T. Baker company monographs regarding a few of the firm's chemical products are also preserved here. A few issues of publications printed by J.T. Baker's corporate parents Richardson-Merrell, Incorporated and Richardson-Vicks, Incorporated are found in this sub-series as well.

Anonymous. "Ammonium Thiocyanate", Product Bulletin 101, undated.
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Anonymous. "DDT (Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane)" (Bibliography), October 5, 1945, 1945.
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Anonymous. "IPC: Data on the Chemistry, Properties, and Use of IPC as a Plant Growth-Regulating Substance as Compiled from the Literature", September 1947, 1947.
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Anonymous. "Rutin: Data on the Chemistry, Pharmacology, and Clinical Use of Rutin as Compiled from the Literature", June 1947, 1947.
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Anonymous. "Rutin: The Chemistry, Pharmacology, and Clinical Use of Rutin", June 1948, 1948.
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Barnard, A.J., Jr., W.C. Broad, and H. Flaschka. "EDTA Titration: Nature and Methods of End Point Detection", Chemist Analyst, 45, 86, 111, 1956.
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Broad, W.C. and A.J. Barnard, Jr. "Thioacetamide as a Sulfide Precipitant", March 1960, 1960.
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Guenther, J.G. "New, Versatile Solid Phase Matrix for Rapid, Selective Extraction and Purification of DNA or RNA from Experimental Mixtures", Bio Techniques, November/December 1984, 1984.
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Henry, M. and M. Flashner. "Advantages of Large-Pore Bonded Phases for Protein Separations in HPLC", Laboratory Technology, March-April 1984, 1984.
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Johnston, M.B., A.J. Barnard, Jr., and H.A. Flaschka. "EDTA and Complex Formation", Journal of Chemical Education, 35, 601, December 1958, 1958.
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Kershner, N.A., J.D. Bonn, and A.J. Barnard, Jr. "Development of an Inductively Coupled Plasma Emission Spectrometry (ICP-ES) Capability at J.T. Baker Chemical Co.", November 1979, 1979.
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Kiser, R.E., H.E. Ramsden, J.T. Patterson III, and D. Law. "Solid Phase Extraction of Delta 9-Carboxy-THC from Urine", Clinical Chemistry, 32, 6, 1115, 1986, 1986.
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Monkowski, J.R. and R.T. Zahour. "Failure Mechanism in MOS Gates Resulting from Particulate Contamination", J.T. Baker Chemicals for Electronics, Reprint 1, September 1982, 1982.
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Mulholland, D.B. "PC Management and Right-to-Know of Information and Data", American Laboratory, June 1987, 1987.
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Nau, D.R. "Optimization of Mobile Phase Conditions for Antibody Purification on a Mixed-Mode Chromatographic Mix", BioChromatography, 4, 3, 131-143, 1989, 1989.
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Seidenberger, J.W. and F.M. Blum. "New Concept in Lab Safety: Chemical Spill Cleanup Kit", American Laboratory, June 1975, 1975.
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Smith, G.F. "Drying Agents", J.T. Baker Chemical Company, 1930.
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Technical Information Services. "J.T. Baker *ABET Directory for Inorganic Compounds", April 1967, 1967.
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Wainer, I.W. "Practical Guide to the Selection and Use of HPLC Chiral Stationary Phases", 1988.
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J.T. Baker - Baker News (Older issues.), 1954-1969.
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J.T. Baker - Baker News, 1977-1978.
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J.T. Baker - Baker News, 1979.
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J.T. Baker - Baker News, 1980.
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J.T. Baker - Baker News, 1986-1989.
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J.T. Baker - Baker News, 1990-1991.
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J.T. Baker - What's My Name?/Chemical Fumes, Volume 1, (Mostly photocopies; a few original editions.), 1939 January-December.
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J.T. Baker - Chemical Fumes, Volume 2 (Mostly photocopies.), 1940 January-December.
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J.T. Baker - Chemical Fumes, Volume 3 (Photocopies; missing Numbers 3, 5/6, and 9/10.), 1941 January-December.
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J.T. Baker - Chemical Fumes, Volume 4 (Numbers 4 & 5 only.), 1942 January-December.
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J.T. Baker - Chemical Fumes, Volume 5 (Number 1 only.), 1943 January-December.
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J.T. Baker - High Purity Solvents Outlook (Newsletter) - September & December 1990, 1990.
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J.T. Baker - Purely Baker, Volume One, Number One, Winter 1992-1993, 1992.
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Richardson-Vicks - The RVI News (Single issues.), 1981-1982.
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Richardson-Merrell - The RichMer News (Single issues.), 1979-1981.
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Sub-series Description

Arranged chronologically by date, this sub-series contains an incomplete run of the J.T. Baker Chemical Company publication The Chemist Analyst, consisting of issues published between 1911 and 1979.

The Chemist Analyst - Numbers 1-10 (Numbers 1 & 2 are photocopies), 1911-1914.
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The Chemist Analyst - Numbers 11-19, 1914-1916.
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The Chemist Analyst - Numbers 20-26, 1917-1918.
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The Chemist Analyst - Numbers 32-39 (Numbers 33, 34, 36, & 38 are photocopies.), 1921-1923.
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The Chemist Analyst - Numbers 40-45, 1923-1925.
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The Chemist Analyst - Numbers 46-49, 1926-1927.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 17, Numbers 1-4, 1928.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 18, Numbers 1-6; Index, 1929.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 19, Numbers 1-5, 1930.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 20, Numbers 1-6, 1931.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 21, Numbers 1-6, 1932.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 22, Numbers 1-4, 1933.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 23, Numbers 1-4, 1934.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 24, Numbers 1-4, 1935.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 25, Numbers 1-4, 1936.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 26, Numbers 1-4, 1937.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 27, Numbers 1-3, 1938.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 28, Numbers 1-3, 1939.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 29, Numbers 1-4, 1940.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 30, Numbers 1-4, 1941.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 31, Numbers 1-4, 1942.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 32, Numbers 1-4, 1943.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 33, Numbers 1-4, 1944.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 34, Numbers 1-4, 1945.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 35, Numbers 1-4, 1946.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 36, Numbers 1-3, 1947.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 37, Numbers 1-4, 1948.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 38, Numbers 1-4, 1949.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 39, Numbers 1-4, 1950.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 40, Numbers 1-4, 1951.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 41, Numbers 1-4, 1952.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 42, Numbers 1-4, 1953.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 43, Numbers 1-4, 1954.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 44, Numbers 1-4, 1955.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 45, Numbers 1-4, 1956.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 46, Numbers 1-4 (Includes Laboratory Suggestions: Chemist-Analyst, 1954-1957), 1957.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 47, Numbers 1-4, 1958.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 48, Numbers 1-4, 1959.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 49, Numbers 1-4, 1960.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 50, Numbers 1-4, 1961.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 51, Numbers 1, 2, 3-4, 1962.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 52, Numbers 1-4, 1963.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 53, Numbers 1-4, 1964.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 54, Numbers 1-4, 1965.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 55, Numbers 1-4, 1966.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 56, Numbers 1-2, 3, 4, 1967.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 64, Numbers 1-3 (Newspaper format.), 1975.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 65, Numbers 2-4, 1976.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 67, Number 3, 1978.
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The Chemist Analyst - Volume 68, Number 2, 1979.
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