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Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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...

Scope and Contents Articles, papers, pamphlets, press releases and books that give insight into either the Upjohn Company as a whole, or some segment of the company, are found in this series. The histories are separated into "internal" and "external" histories, which notes if they were published by Upjohn or by someone within the company, or whether they were written outside of the company. Of special interest is "The Story of an American Enterprise" which is a 50 year history on the Upjohn Company written by...