Photographs of Manville, New Jersey, 1912-1986 (bulk 1946-1977).

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Photographs of Manville, New Jersey, 1912-1986 (bulk 1946-1977).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122510511

Over 3,000 photographic images of Manville, New Jersey, created primarily for use in company publications and other public relations activities of Johns-Manville Corporation. Depicted are buildings, people and events, with special emphasis on Johns-Manville Corporation. A few views of Somerville, Somerset County, are also present, as are several original and copy views of earlier images by other photographers. Included are both negatives and prints, although some images are present in only one of these formats. Documents (captions, dinner programs, etc.) which accompanied selected images are also present. The several albums in the collection pertain in part to Manville's silver jubilee in 1954. A strike in 1970 is depicted in a sequence of prints which are pasted to large display boards.

ca. 7 cubic ft. (57 containers).Prints: 38 boxes.Negatives: 11 boxes.Remainder: 2 manuscript boxes, 2 newspaper boxes, 3 phase boxes, 1 canister.

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Johns-Manville Corporation

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The H.W. Johns Manufacturing Company (New York, N.Y.) was founded in 1858 for the use of asbestos as a fire resistant roofing material. The Manville Covering Company (Milwaukee, Wis.) was founded in 1886 for the use of asbestos as a heat insulating material. They merged in 1901 to form the H.W. Johns-Manville Company (New York, N.Y.). The company was reincorporated as Johns-Manville Corporation in 1926, but was temporarily named Manville Corporation between 1981 and 1997. Now Johns-Manville, hea...

Ranauro, Neal, d. 1990.

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Resident of Somerville, Somerset County, New Jersey; employed by Johns-Manville Corporation, 1936-1977, including service as plant photographer at Manville, Somerset County, 1946-1977. From the description of Photographs of Manville, New Jersey, 1912-1986 (bulk 1946-1977). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122510511 ...