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Finding aid created by: DGI/MM
Date: 2006
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Feb 2009 | converted to EAD (MRC) |
Jun 2009 | film located (MRC) |
8 Apr 2022 | media processed/updated (MRC) |
Overview of the Collection |
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Creator: | Lavitt, Seymour. |
Title: | Seymour Lavitt Collection |
Dates: | Undated |
Quantity: | 1.5 linear ft. |
Abstract: | Collection consists of copies of the "Fundamentals of Plastics" resource materials; slides from "Injection Molding" and "Fundamentals" (two lectures given by Lavitt); correspondence about Plastics Fair, 1992-1993; and brochures of Plastics Design/Development Associates; film. |
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 |
Seymour Lavitt, of Rockville, CT was an educator in the field of plastics. He taught the fundamentals of plastics from "The Plastics Seminars" of Hingham, Massachusetts.
The Seymour Lavitt Collection consists of plastics education material (copies of the "Fundamentals of Plastics" resource materials, slides from "Injection Molding" and "Fundamentals" (two lectures given by Lavitt), and a film) and professional papers (correspondence about Plastics Fair, 1992-1993 and brochures of Plastics Design/Development Associates).
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Access Restrictions:
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Persons
Lavitt, Seymour.
Corporate Bodies
Plastics Design/Development
Associates.
Subjects
Plastics -- Study and teaching.
Plastics industry and trade.
Genres and Forms
16mm (photographic film size)
Brochures.
Correspondence.
Slides (photographs)
Occupations
Authors.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Seymour Lavitt Collection,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Transfer from National Plastics Center and Museum, 11/06/2008. Originally, gift of Mrs. Seymour Lavitt.
Plastics education
Professional papers
Plastics education | |||||||||||
Box 1 | Fundamentals of Plastics resource materials | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Lecture notes | ||||||||||
Slides | |||||||||||
Box 2 | Lecture 1: Injection molding (32 slides) | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Lecture 2: Fundamentals (87 slides) | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Other (243 slides) | ||||||||||
Reel | [untitled] (16mm film) (ID#: lavitt_s_001) | ||||||||||
Beginning of the film is missing. Features plastic products, plastic plants, plastic production, plastics formulas. Handwritten note on tail leader reads: " New York Management Counter, Inc. 73640, 1 roll, 4.25.78". Includes photocopy of can label. |
Professional papers | |||||||||||
Box 1 | Brochures from plastics design/ development associates | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Correspondence regarding his attendance at Plastics Fair, 1992-1993 |