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

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

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Commercial Solvents Corporation Records, 1924-1985 (inclusive) 1938-1981 (bulk)

Extent:
23.5 linear feet (17 boxes.)
Abstract:
Correspondence, patents, publications, notes, production plans, proposals, memos, reports, and data belonging to the Commercial Solvents Corporation (CSC), as well as the personal files of Richard S. Egly, CSC's Associate Scientific Director, and Emory E. Toops, Jr., a physical chemist in CSC's Technical Development Department. The collection deals with the production of nitroparaffins and nitroparaffin derivatives, an area in which Commercial Solvents Corporation was preeminent.

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