Upjohn Company: A Profile in Innovation
Scope and Contents
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 non-profit organizations; Centennial materials; Upjohn and Asgrow company histories; legal documents and government hearings including patents and real estate records; exhibits such as at the Smithsonian and 1964 Worlds Fair; catalogs and handbooks; miscellaneous medical and research publications.
Dates
- Creation: 1887-2001
Creator
- From the Collection: Pfizer Inc. (Donor, Organization)
- From the Collection: Upjohn Company (Publisher, Organization)
- From the Collection: Upjohn, William, 1770-1847 (Person)
- From the Collection: Upjohn, Rachel Babcock (Person)
- From the Collection: Upjohn, H. U., 1843-1887 (Person)
- From the Collection: Upjohn, Lawrence N., 1873-1967 (Person)
- From the Collection: Upjohn, Piero Cremaguan (Person)
Extent
From the Collection: 200 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
Part of the Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections Repository
Charles C. and Lynn L. Zhang Legacy Collections Center
1650 Oakland Drive
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5307 US
(269) 387-8490
arch-collect@wmich.edu