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Series I. CSC Topical Files, 1924-1985, undated

 Series
Identifier: I

Scope and Content

From the Collection:

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:

From the Collection:
  1. CSC Topical Files
  2. Personal Files (Richard S. Egly and Emory E. Toops, Jr.)
  3. 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:

  1. CSC General Files
  2. CSC Miscellaneous Files
  3. Explosives
  4. Liquid Explosives
  5. Methane Nitration/Propellants
  6. Nitroparaffins and Nitroparaffin Derivatives
  7. Nitroparaffin Plant Expansion
  8. Nitroparaffin Publications/Hydroxylammonium Sulfate/Plant Accidents
  9. Reports
  10. Tests and Testing Files
  11. Tris Amino/Tris Nitro

Repository Details

Part of the Science History Institute Archives Repository

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