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George Marshall Papers

A description of his papers at Syracuse University


Finding aid created by: DGI/MM
Date: 2006



Biographical History

George Marshall worked in the plastics and chemical industries. He worked for the Leominster, Mass. office of Borden Chemical in 1955 and by 1959 had moved to Wasco Chemicals, first in Cambridge, Mass. and then in Sanford, Maine.


Scope and Contents of the Collection

The George Marshall Papers consists of blueprints (piping diagrams for a factory for Great American Plastics in Fitchburg, MA), papers (correspondence from Wasco Chemical from 1959), photographs of plastics manufacturing facilities, and publications related to the plastics indutry.


Restrictions

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.


Related Material

Special Collections Research Center has numerous holdings in the areas of plastics and industrial design. Please refer to the SCRC Subject Index for a complete listing.


Subject Headings

Persons

Marshall, George, plastics engineer -- Archives.

Corporate Bodies

Borden Chemical.
Great American Plastics.
Wasco (firm)

Subjects

Factories -- Fires and fire prevention.
Factories.
Piping.
Plastics industry and trade.

Genres and Forms

Correspondence.
Photographs.
Plumbing plans.

Occupations

Engineers.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

George Marshall Papers,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

Transfer from National Plastics Center and Museum, 11/06/2008. Originally, gift of children of Dorothy and George Marshall.


Table of Contents

Blueprints

Papers

Photographs

Publications


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