Sub-series 2. G Numbered Files – Dowtherm, 1930-1960, undated
Scope and Content
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:
- Memoranda Files
- Subject Files
- Legal Files
- Financial Files
- Notebooks
- Proposals
- Reports
- Patent Files
- Ferris C. Standiford Files
- Articles, Papers, and Brochures Files
- Printed Materials
- Miscellaneous
- Drawings
- Electronic Storage Materials
- Oversized
- 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
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