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Tisinger, Catherine A. Phoenix rising : a 20th century Valley tale, one manufacturing plant and three owners / Catherine A. Tisinger.

Title: Phoenix rising : a 20th century Valley tale, one manufacturing plant and three owners / Catherine A. Tisinger. [2006]

Describes the history of Avtex Fibers, Inc., a major defense materials manufacturer, located in Front Royal, Virginia. Founded in 1937, by the American Viscose Corporation, (AVC), the plant produced numerous rayon-based products for the U.S. government during World War II. In the post-war years the company was sold to the Food Machines Corporation, (FMC), in 1963, which produced materials for the Space Program and the aerospace industry. The Avtex Fibers bought the company in 1976, but within a decade, highly toxic waste disposal problems landed the company on the federal Superfund cleanup list. Citing numerous violations of the federal Environmental Protection Act and Virginia Water Control legislation, the facility was summarily closed by state officials in 1989. Environmental clean up efforts over the following decade have rehabilitated the 300 acre site to the point where local and state authorities can contemplate the future of this controversial Virginia landmark.

ArchivalResource: [5] leaves ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/72440273 View

Wilmington Trust Company. Trust Dept. Investment analysis files ("A"), 1909-1959 (bulk 1931-1954).

Title: Investment analysis files ("A"), 1909-1959 (bulk 1931-1954).

The records contain some information on the workings of the Trust Dept., but are more useful for the information they contain on the individual companies in which the department invested.

ArchivalResource: 4 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86134237 View

Hotchkiss, Willard Eugene, 1874-1956. Willard Eugene Hotchkiss arbitration papers, 1917-1945.

Title: Willard Eugene Hotchkiss arbitration papers, 1917-1945.

The arbitration awards and papers of Willard Eugene Hotchkiss include speeches and writings, including some book reviews (1917-1940); also arbitration awards, chiefly for the Textile Workers' Union of America (1937-1945), and United Steelworkers of America (1939-1944).

ArchivalResource: 2.6 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63540292 View

Dalton, Harry L. Papers, 1785-1990 (bulk 1969-1990).

Title: Papers, 1785-1990 (bulk 1969-1990).

Manuscripts collected by and material relating to a Charlotte businessman, bibliophile, and benefactor of UNC Charlotte. Includes manuscripts by Bernardo de Galvez, Marquis de Lafayette, Louis XVI of France, and Daniel O'Connell. Includes clippings and biographical information about Dalton, and extensive business records, personal and family papers, and records documenting Dalton's support of various art museums, including the Mint Museum of Art.

ArchivalResource: 32 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46681235 View

Willard Eugene Hotchkiss arbitration papers, 1917-1945.

Title: Willard Eugene Hotchkiss arbitration papers, 1917-1945.

The arbitration awards and papers of Willard Eugene Hotchkiss include speeches and writings, including some book reviews (1917-1940); also arbitration awards, chiefly for the Textile Workers' Union of America (1937-1945), and United Steelworkers of America (1939-1944).

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William Ernest Hocking papers

Title: William Ernest Hocking papers

Correspondence of Harvard philosopher William Ernest Hocking, his wife, Agnes Hocking, the Hocking family, and others.

ArchivalResource: 144 linear feet (110 boxes)

http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.Hough:hou01777 View

Battista, O. A. (Orlando Aloysius), 1917-1995,. Oral history interview with Orlando Aloysius Battista, 1992 February 23.

Title: Oral history interview with Orlando Aloysius Battista, 1992 February 23.

O. A. Battista begins the interview by describing his childhood in Cornwall, Canada, as one of eight siblings born to a poor, uneducated laborer and a housewife. Battista proudly details his family's hard-working nature and the many professional accomplishments of his brothers, who include a chemist and company president and a world-renowned neurosurgeon. Attending McGill University along with his younger brother, Battista earned a B.S. in chemistry while supporting his household by writing epigrams for the Saturday Evening Post. Upon graduation Battista obtained a research chemist position at American Viscose Corporation, which was owned by Courtaulds, Canada, where his brother was well established and later became president. He worked on the rubber program and other war-related projects until the end of the war, when he married Helen Keffer and began inventing successful commercial products. Later, his work at American Viscose and its predecessor FMC earned him over sixty-five patents, including patents on viscose molding, novel yarn, pure cellulose, and microcrystalline collagen. Throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, Battista wrote and published several works, including technical scientific texts, popular magazine articles on chemistry, a "human interest" chemistry text, an examination of the potential of psychopharmaceuticals, and several popular non-scientific collections. In the early 1960s, Battista realized the medical applications of microcrystalline collagen and obtained pharmaceutical backing from Alcon to license the substance as the patented hemostat Avitene. American Viscose and Alcon formed Avicon, Inc. in Fort Worth, Texas, and appointed Battista vice president for science and technology; Avicon obtained FDA approval for Avitene Hemostat, which today is used worldwide in hospital operating rooms. In 1974 Battista took early retirement from Avicon to start his own research institute and promote an Olympiad of Science that encourages and facilitates new product innovations. His institute created over fifty-five new products and publishes of Knowledge Magazine.

ArchivalResource: Sound recordings ; cassettesTranscript : (62 leaves) ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62902043 View