David Spence : Guayle Project Records, 1910-1950 (bulk 1942-1946).

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David Spence : Guayle Project Records, 1910-1950 (bulk 1942-1946).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62712145

The bulk of the collection are the reports dealing with the wartime cultivation of guayule. The materials relating to the earlier attempts are fewer in number. Of special interest is the file containing large numbers of Photostat copies of synthetic rubber patents issued between 1910 and 1944. The collection also contained a number of photographic images detailing guayule cultivation, harvesting and milling. These were removed for separate processing and storage, but photocopies of the more important and or germane images were substituted.

47 boxes (3 linear ft.)

rus,

eng,

Chemical Heritage Foundation, Othmer Library of Chemical History

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Chemical Heritage Foundation, Othmer Library of Chemical History

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