Series I. CSC Topical Files, 1924-1985, undated
Scope and Content
The Commercial Solvents Corporation Records contains the corporation’s institutional records. This collection primarily deals with the production of nitroparaffins and nitroparaffin derivatives, an area in which Commercial Solvents Corporation was preeminent. The collection is arranged into the following three series:
- CSC Topical Files
- Personal Files (Richard S. Egly and Emory E. Toops, Jr.)
- Plant Plans and Processes
Dates
- Creation: 1924-1985, undated
Series Description
This series contains the CSC Topical Files. These files consist of technical and commercial materials, offering a good overview of what CSC was about. Of special interest are the Chemical Research Memorandum Reports (CRMR). Arranged by subject, this series consists of eleven boxes of two hundred thirty-seven files. The files are arranged in the following eleven sub-series:
- CSC General Files
- CSC Miscellaneous Files
- Explosives
- Liquid Explosives
- Methane Nitration/Propellants
- Nitroparaffins and Nitroparaffin Derivatives
- Nitroparaffin Plant Expansion
- Nitroparaffin Publications/Hydroxylammonium Sulfate/Plant Accidents
- Reports
- Tests and Testing Files
- Tris Amino/Tris Nitro
Repository Details
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