Series II. Personal Files (Richard S. Egly and Emory E. Toops, Jr.), 1935-1982, 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: 1935-1982, undated
Series Description
This series contains the Commercial Solvent Corporation Records' Personal Files. These files concern the work done by Dr. Richard S. Egly, Associate Scientific Director and Emory E. Toops, Jr., a physical chemist in CSC’s Technical Development Department. Dr. Egly joined CSC in 1940 and remained there until his retirement in 1976. He specialized in nitroparaffins and their derivatives. A great number of the Egly files concern the plant located in Sterlington, Louisiana. Arranged alphabetically by topic, this series consists of four boxes of ninety-five files. The files are arranged in the following two sub-series:
- Richard S. Egly Files
- Emory E. Toops, Jr. Files
Repository Details
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