Plastics History Collection 1948-2012

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Plastics History Collection 1948-2012

Miscellaneous items relating to the history of the plastics industry and notable figures in plastics research, development and manufacturing. Includes printed material, photographs, technical papers, interviews, and audiovisual material.

1 linear ft.

eng,

fre,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6362479

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Kline, Gordon M. (Gordon Mabey), 1903-1996

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Gordon M. Kline was born in Trenton, N.J., on February 9, 1903. After graduating from the local public high school he attended Colgate University, George Washington University, and the University of Maryland from which he received a Ph.D. in chemistry in 1934. In 1929 Kline began working at the Plastics Section of the National Bureau of Standards. He became Chief of the Technical Division in 1935. The next year he was named technical editor of MODERN PLASTICS, the indust...

Anderson, Norman

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University of Massachusetts at Lowell. Library

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Plastics Historical Society

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Thomas, Islyn

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Imperial Chemical Industries, ltd.

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Society of the plastics industry

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The Society of the Plastics Industry was organized on May 11, 1937, by several engineers and salesmen connected with the manufacture of plastics feedstocks, finished products, and processing machinery. As a general trade association, the Society was somewhat unusual in that it represented both the giant chemical firms and small finishers and molders. In its early years, the Society was a loose organization which brought its members together for socializing and informal exchanges ove...

Society of Plastics Engineers.

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Plastics Hall of Fame.

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