Three chemical industry catalogs: General Chemical Company, Clive & Co., and Reynolds & Branson Limited
Scope and content
General Chemical Company and Reynolds & Branson Limited. provided chemicals. The catalogs date from the 1930s. Clive& Company provided chemical apparatus. Their catalog is undated.
Dates
- Creation: 1931-1932
Creator
- Helfand, William H. (compiler., Person)
- General Chemical Company (New York, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Clive & Co. (Organization)
- Reynolds and Branson (Leeds, England) (Organization)
Language of Materials
Text in English.
Biographical sketch
Roberta M. Tremain was a textile chemist employed in the Research Department. Her group would report each year on their research work recording their findings in notebooks illustrated with samples of the textiles or fibers that they studied.
Extent
1 Linear Feet (3 catalogs)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--William Helfand. Method of acquisition--Gift;; Date of acquisition--1986..
General Note
This is a collection of three unrelated catalogs produced by chemical manufacturers.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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