Sub-series 6. General Chemical Company, 1896-1910

General Chemical Company was an American chemical company. The firm specialized in industrial acids. From 1902 to 1910, Howard B. Bishop served as chief chemist in General Chemical’s analysis laboratory, which was located at the firm’s Laurel Hill Works in Queens, New York. While employed by General Chemical, Bishop was a founder and active member of the Laurel Hill Laboratory Analytical Council.

Arranged in its original order, this sub-series contains Howard B. Bishop’s General Chemical Company files. The files in this sub-series mainly document Bishop’s involvement with the Laurel Hill Laboratory Analytical Council. To a lesser extent, some of his other activities with General Chemical are also documented.

Laurel Hill Laboratory Analytical Council minutes make up the largest component of the General Chemical Company files. A variety of miscellaneous materials, including, but not limited to, correspondence, reports, article reprints, patent materials, and a pocket notebook are preserved in this sub-series as well.