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Guide to the Elmer Holmes Bobst Collection, 1862-1978

Title: Guide to the Elmer Holmes Bobst Collection, 1862-1978

Elmer Holmes Bobst was born in 1884 in Clear Springs, Maryland with aspirations to become a doctor, but instead, he taught himself pharmacology. Bobst became manager and treasurer of the Hoffman-LaRoche Chemical Works by 1920. In 1928, Hoffman-LaRoche became Roche-Nutley, and when Bobst retired from there in 1944, he was one of the nation's highest paid corporate executives. In 1945 he took charge of the ailing William Warner Company (later Warner-Lambert) and he remained board chairman. Bobst had close connections to President Eisenhower, but was also a close friend of President Nixon, helped guide his career and contributed generously to his campaigns. In 1968, Bobst became a White House advisor on health issues. Philanthropic pursuits were also of tremendous importance, particularly cancer research and education. The collection includes family documents from the American Civil War, Bobst's documents and artifacts of both a public and private nature.

ArchivalResource: 40 Linear Feet, 47 sound discs (lacquer) 47 phonograph records: 33-1/3 (16), 78 (31), 2 videocassettes (u-matic), 2 videocassettes (vhs), 40 open reel films, 10 open reel audiotapes, 15 audiocassettes

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