Haynes, Williams, 1886-1970

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Meeting minutes, correspondence, administrative files, financial records, addenda, reports, deeds, mortgage extension agreements, leases, resolutions, by-laws, publications, registers, symposia lectures, market analyses, and ephemera belonging to the Chemists’ Club.

Scope and content The collection consists of: De Burg's No. 1 Phosphate of Lime four-page leaflet, 1854;J. W. Denison & Co., How to Maintain the Fertility of American Farms and Plantations, 84 page pamphlet, 1866; Concerning the Lodi Manufacturing Company's Complete Poudrette, 19-page pamphlet w ith Farmers Almanac for 1866-1866; Bower's Complete Manure, 27-page pamphlet, 1867; Ms. letter from John B. Sardy Shipping & Commission Agent, re: a shipment of fertilizer, 1870 Planters Fertilizer and...

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The chart titled 1949 Table of Synthetic Yarns and Fibers originally appeared in the September 1949 issue of Textile World where it accompanied an article by the editor, C. W. Bendigo entitled Newer Synthetics Are in the Spotlight. The other entitled Rayon is a whole family of fabrics, was published by the Consumer Service Section of Avisco (American Viscose Corporation) as Wall Chart E-1 and is undated.

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Portraits of chemists, chemical industrialists, and notable individuals from chemical-related fields dating from the 1800s to the 1960s.

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This collection was amassed by Williams Haynes during the course of a 38-year career as an editor and writer on the chemical industry, its history and the economic forces behind it.