American Hospital Supply Corporation Records 1920-1986

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American Hospital Supply Corporation Records 1920-1986

http://findingaids.library.northwestern.edu/catalog/inu-ead-nua-archon-164

Filling twenty-two boxes, this series dates between 1920 to 1986. Records are included for the following categories: advertising; marketing; corporate correspondence; divisional records for acquisitions and subsidiaries; mergers; scrapbooks; stocks and securities; legal records.

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eng,

Northwestern University Archives

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American Hospital Supply Corporation

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Founded in 1922 by Foster G. McGaw (1897-1986), the American Hospital Supply Corporation (AHSC) served as a major supplier of health care products to hospitals in the United States and around the world through subsidiaries for over half a century. The AHSC maintained its position of leader in the health care industry until the corporation was acquired by competitor Baxter Travenol in a merger on November 25, 1985. The AHSC dominated the hospital supply field during the 1...