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Sub-series 2. G Numbered Files – Dowtherm, 1930-1960, undated

 Sub-Series

Scope and Content

From the Collection:

The W.L. Badger Associates Collection contains the corporate records of W.L. Badger Associates, Incorporated. The collection is arranged into the following sixteen series:

From the Collection:
  1. Memoranda Files
  2. Subject Files
  3. Legal Files
  4. Financial Files
  5. Notebooks
  6. Proposals
  7. Reports
  8. Patent Files
  9. Ferris C. Standiford Files
  10. Articles, Papers, and Brochures Files
  11. Printed Materials
  12. Miscellaneous
  13. Drawings
  14. Electronic Storage Materials
  15. Oversized
  16. Photographic Materials

Dates

  • Creation: 1930-1960, undated

Sub-series Description

Arranged numerically by file number and alphabetically by subject, this sub-series consists of W.L. Badger Associates’ “G” numbered subject files. A large majority of the files in this sub-series were created by W.L. Badger Associates’ corporate predecessor W.L. Badger Consulting Chemical Engineer. A small number of files created by Dow Chemical Company’s Consulting Engineering Division and W.L. Badger Associates, Incorporated are also found here.

The G Numbered Files concern the firm’s business activities regarding Dowtherm evaporators. They mainly the document the firm’s business dealings with clients who used Dowtherm evaporators. They also provide detailed technical information about the various Dowtherm evaporator projects it worked on.

The contents of the G Numbered Files consist primarily of correspondence. Noticeable amounts of blueprints and reports are also found in these files. Indexes, article reprints, drawing reproductions, charts, graphs, papers, memoranda, and miscellaneous printed materials are preserved here as well.

Repository Details

Part of the Science History Institute Archives Repository

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