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Finding aid created by: Michele Combs
Date: 17 Jan 2025
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| 16 Sep 2025 | collection processed (DTF) |
Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Plastics Pioneers Association. |
| Title: | Plastics Pioneers Association Records |
| Dates: | 1948-2022 |
| Quantity: | 0.25 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Records of the Plastics Pioneers Association (PPA) |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Ave., Suite 600 Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center/university-archives |
The Plastics Pioneers Association (PPA), founded in 1948, is an organization of individuals who are persons of accomplishment in the field of plastics, including research, design, development, and sales/promotion. The PPA provides educational grants and scholarships that help students pursuing careers in the various fields of plastics and materials science; contributes to the growth and maintenance of the Plastics Collection at Syracuse University Special Collections Research Center; and supports educational programs such as the Plastivan which caters to school age children.
The Plastics Pioneers Association Records contains administrative files and financial material.
Administrative files includes meeting agendas and minutes for its Annual, Fall, and Board of Governors meetings. Also, the series includes PPA membership rosters.
Financial/legal material comprises budgets, journals, and ledgers. Additionally, there is a Federal tax exemption application which includes the organization's bylaws and certificate of incorporation.
The collection is arranged alphabetically.
Access Restrictions:
Please note that the collection is housed off-site, and advance notice is required to allow time to have the materials brought to the Reading Room on campus.
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.
Special Collections Research Center has extensive holdings related to plastics. Please refer to the SCRC Subject Index for a full listing of manuscript collections, and to Libraries Search for published items such as books, periodicals, etc.
Corporate Bodies
Plastics Pioneers Association (PPA)
Subjects
Plastics -- History.
Plastics -- Research.
Plastics -- Societies, etc.
Plastics -- Study and teaching.
Plastics industry and trade -- History.
Plastics industry and trade -- Technological innovations.
Genres and Forms
Agendas (administrative records)
Bylaws (administrative records)
Certificates of incorporation.
Correspondence.
Journals (accounts)
Ledgers (account books)
Minutes (administrative records)
Rosters.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Plastics Pioneers Association Records,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Gift of the Plastics Pioneers Association (PPA), 2023.
Administrative files
Financial/legal material
| Administrative files | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Meeting agendas 2012-2014 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Meeting agendas, minutes, budgets 2005-2022 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Membership rosters and information 2013-2015 | ||||||||||
| Financial/legal material | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Federal income tax exemption application and supporting materials 1991-1992 - removed from 3-ring binder, includes bylaws, certificate of incorporation, and legal correspondence | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | General fund journal 1948-1991 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | General ledger 1982-1992 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Miscellaneous 2006-2016 - budgets, cash disbursements, financial reviews, and treasurer's reports | ||||||||||