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Upjohn Company

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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 6 Collections and/or Records:

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