The Alan J. Klawans collection

Collection

Identifier: 2005-144

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

For a more detailed inventory, please view this record in our library catalog: https://othmerlib.sciencehistory.org/record=b1054910~S6

Dates

Creation: 1960s-1970s

Language of Materials

Text in English.

Restrictions on Access

Some of the material in this collection is on permanent display in the Molecules that Matter exhibit and is unavailable for research.

Biographical sketch

Alan J. Klawans is a working artist who served for many years as the the Director of Design for the marketing division of SmithKline Beckman. He claims credit for being the co-inventor of the term "Cultural Psychiatry.".

Extent

10.5 Linear Feet (13 boxes)

Additional Description

Arrangement

The material in this collection has been artifically grouped by product being advertised.

Ownership and Custodial History

These papers were donated to Science History Institute by Alan J. Klawans.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Klawans, Alan J. . Method of acquisition--Gift;; Date of acquisition--2005..

General Note

Collection consists of advertising ephemera. It covers the full spectrum of SmithKline Beckman products that Klawans was involved in marketing. The collection includes information on Stelazine, Thorazine, Dyazide, Tagamet, Eskalith Dyrenium, Uripas and Ornex.