Document Type
Article
Date
7-2023
Keywords
Plastics, plastics history, plastics primary sources, plastics industry
Language
English
Funder(s)
Plastics Pioneers Association; Harry Greenwald and Greenwald-Haupt Charitable Foundation; Plastics Pioneers Association - Plastics History and Artifacts Committee
Disciplines
Aerospace Engineering | Aviation | Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering | Chemical Engineering | Engineering | Engineering Education | Engineering Science and Materials | Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations | Materials Science and Engineering | Mechanical Engineering | Other Engineering | Sales and Merchandising | Technology and Innovation
Description/Abstract
This reference packet is an informational tool to support further research into the history of plastics—whether interested in companies, individuals within the plastics industry's history, historical plastics materials, essays, and more. All content featured within this packet was previously published on the former plastics.syr.edu website as part of a Syracuse University Libraries and Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) partnership established in 2007 with the Plastics Pioneers Association (PPA)—an association of plastics industry professionals interested in preserving the plastics industry's past.
Recommended Citation
Special Collections Research Center, "The Plastics Collection Reference Packet" (2023). Special Collections Research Center. 1.
https://surface.syr.edu/scrc/1
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Included in
Aerospace Engineering Commons, Aviation Commons, Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering Commons, Chemical Engineering Commons, Engineering Education Commons, Engineering Science and Materials Commons, Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations Commons, Materials Science and Engineering Commons, Mechanical Engineering Commons, Other Engineering Commons, Sales and Merchandising Commons, Technology and Innovation Commons
Additional Information
To learn more about plastics archival resources available at Syracuse University Libraries, please visit the Special Collections Research Center Plastics Collection area page: https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center/collections/collection-areas/plastics/
To learn more about the Syracuse University Libraries' digital collection resource known as the Plastics Collection, see here: https://digitalcollections.syr.edu/plastics-collection.