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Bakelite Museum Collection
An inventory of the collection at Syracuse University
Finding aid created by: KD
Date: 23 Apr 2019
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Finding aid created by: KD
Date: 23 Apr 2019
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Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Bakelite Museum |
| Title: | Bakelite Museum Collection |
| Dates: | 1985-1994 |
| Quantity: | 0.25 linear ft. (1 flat oversize box) |
| Abstract: | Printed material and a photograph from the Bakelite Museum in England |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
The Bakelite Museum was started by Patrick Cook as a collection of "plastics in the home" and other domestic items dating from the time of plastics' first invention in the mid-nineteenth century until the present day. Their focus was especially on the "inter-war years" and art and design (rather than science). The museum was first officially opened in Greenwich, UK in 1983. It then moved to Somerset in 1994 and remained there for 25 years before closing with the intention to relocate to the History of Bakelite Museum in 2020.
The Bakelite Museum Collection consists of photographs and printed material.
Photographs contains one printed image.
Printed material contains brochures, post cards, a membership application, a newsletter, and posters.
Photographs contains a single item. Printed material is in no particular order.
Access Restrictions:
The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.
Use Restrictions:
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
The Special Collections Research Center has a variety of material related to plastics. Please search our collections for more.
Persons
Beall, Glenn.
Cook, Patrick.
Subjects
Bakelite.
Plastics -- History.
Plastics -- Museums.
Genres and Forms
Brochures.
Newsletters.
Photographs.
Postcards.
Posters.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Bakelite Museum Collection,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Gift of Patrick Cook, 2019
Photographs
Printed material
| Photographs | |||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Reproduction undated - image shows one unidentified man, Sylvia Katz, Patrick Cook, Glenn Beall, and Colin Williamson (1 item) | ||||||||||
| Printed material | |||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Miscellaneous 1985-1994, undated - postcards, 1985 issue of Pastiche, membership application, brochures, posters (2 folders) | ||||||||||