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Upjohn Company

 Organization

Biography

W. E. and Henry Upjohn established the Upjohn Pill & Granule Company in 1886. The name changed to Upjohn Company in 1902. Upjohn merged with Pharmacia AB in November 1995, becoming Pharmacia & Upjohn. In April 2000 Pharmacia and Upjohn merged with Monsanto and Searle, becoming Pharmacia Corp. In 2002 Pfizer Inc. announced plans to buy Pharmacia and they took over April 16, 2003, now known as Pfizer Inc.

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Chester J. Lange Magazine Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4368
Scope and Contents The collection is composed of 32 Veterinary Scope magazines published by the Upjohn Pharmaceutical company. The magazines range from 1955 all the way through 1970.Each edition of the magazine deals with a different type of veterinary issue and goes into detail of importance, prevention, what something should or shouldn’t look like, and treatment. There are references for each article as well as photos and diagrams to detail what they are explaining. There are advertisements on...
Dates: 1955-1970

Frederick and Lulu Liniger Mantele Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3678
Abstract

This collection contains photograph albums of the Frederick and Lulu Liniger Mantele family of Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Dates: 1924-1949

Paula Lupina Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3443
Abstract

This collection is composed of professional materials compiled by Paula Lupina during her time spent employed by the Upjohn Company, Pharmacia & Upjohn, Pharmacia, and Pfizer. Lupina worked in the departments of Discovery Research, Global Operations, and Facilities Resources from 1972 – May, 2004.

Dates: 1972-2004

Pfizer Inc. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3149
Scope and Contents This collection documents the history and the operations of the Upjohn Company. The collection consists of manufacturing records produced from the tablets, pills and special formulas departments as well as individual researchers; full financial statements from 1901-1933 as well as a full run of annual reports from 1945-1986; real estate files; advertising and publicity as well as marketing and sales files; complete runs of Upjohn News, Scope, and The Overflow; company appraisals; and a...
Dates: 1875-2001

Research, Production, Administration, Engineering, Control, Sales

 File — Box 5-EmplRecInfo: [Barcode: 31141019084578], Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Record Group: The records collection includes: minutes of the company from the first 6 years; financial, operational, and production material such as early production ledgers, 1892-1912; speeches, 1938-1969; advertising through the years, such as Saturday Evening Post ads,1941-1944; local and national news clippings; in-house magazines---Upjohn News, 1946-1961, Overflow, 1926-1964, Inter-comment, 1972-1995, Merger news, 1995-1996, Intercom, Kalamazoo Edition, 1963-1993; Upjohn support and establishment of...
Dates: 1887-2001

Upjohn miscellaneous

 File — Box 3, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Paula Lupina was employed by the pharmaceutical company known respectively as the Upjohn Company, Pharmacia & Upjohn, Pharmacia, and Pfizer from 1972 – 2004. She did secretarial work for the departments of Discovery Research, Global Operations, and Facilities Resources.

The items, which consist of corporate publications and office supplies, came to the Regional History Archives in February, 2011 due to Lupina's moving out of the area.

Dates: 1972-2004

Upjohn office supplies

 File — Box 3, Object: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Paula Lupina was employed by the pharmaceutical company known respectively as the Upjohn Company, Pharmacia & Upjohn, Pharmacia, and Pfizer from 1972 – 2004. She did secretarial work for the departments of Discovery Research, Global Operations, and Facilities Resources.

The items, which consist of corporate publications and office supplies, came to the Regional History Archives in February, 2011 due to Lupina's moving out of the area.

Dates: 1972-2004

Upjohn publications

 File — Box 3, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Paula Lupina was employed by the pharmaceutical company known respectively as the Upjohn Company, Pharmacia & Upjohn, Pharmacia, and Pfizer from 1972 – 2004. She did secretarial work for the departments of Discovery Research, Global Operations, and Facilities Resources.

The items, which consist of corporate publications and office supplies, came to the Regional History Archives in February, 2011 due to Lupina's moving out of the area.

Dates: 1972-2004

Upjohn retirement

 File — Box 3, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Paula Lupina was employed by the pharmaceutical company known respectively as the Upjohn Company, Pharmacia & Upjohn, Pharmacia, and Pfizer from 1972 – 2004. She did secretarial work for the departments of Discovery Research, Global Operations, and Facilities Resources.

The items, which consist of corporate publications and office supplies, came to the Regional History Archives in February, 2011 due to Lupina's moving out of the area.

Dates: 1972-2004