Preliminary Guide to the Parke, Davis Research Laboratory Records
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Preliminary Guide to the Parke, Davis Research Laboratory Records NMAH.AC.0001 Robert Harding 1983 Archives Center, National Museum of American History P.O. Box 37012 Suite 1100, MRC 601 Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 [email protected] http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives Table of Contents Collection Overview ........................................................................................................ 1 Administrative Information .............................................................................................. 1 Biographical / Historical.................................................................................................... 3 Arrangement..................................................................................................................... 3 Scope and Contents........................................................................................................ 3 Names and Subjects ...................................................................................................... 4 Container Listing ............................................................................................................. 5 Series 1: Corporate Materials, 1887-1951............................................................... 5 Series 2: Financial Materials, 1880-1970............................................................... 11 Series 3: Employee/Personnel Materials, 1900-1989............................................ 12 Series 4: Advertising/Sales Materials, 1868-1980.................................................. 14 Series 5: Photographs, 1932-03-1952-11.............................................................. 24 Series 6: Notebooks, 1908-1968............................................................................ 26 Series 7: Control Department Records, 1884-1931............................................... 34 Series 8: Formulas, 1882-10-04-1967.................................................................. 102 Series 9: Equipment Data Files, 1922-1978........................................................ 106 Series 10: Publications, 1868-1988..................................................................... 144 Series 11: Research Materials, 1920-1978.......................................................... 176 Series 12: Drawings, 1911-1971.......................................................................... 177 Series 13: Addenda, 1867-1970.......................................................................... 181 Series 14: Audio Materials, 1956-01-11-1957-12-13........................................... 283 Parke, Davis Research Laboratory Records NMAH.AC.0001 Collection Overview Repository: Archives Center, National Museum of American History Title: Parke, Davis Research Laboratory Records Identifier: NMAH.AC.0001 Date: 1867-1971 Source: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Medical Sciences (Collector) Creator: Parke, Davis Company (Author) Extent: 300 Cubic feet (389 boxes, 42 map folders) Language: Collection is in English. Some materials in Danish, German, Norwegian, Russian, and Spanish. Summary: The collection documents Parke-Davis and Company, one of the most important and oldest pharmaceutical firms in America. Administrative Information Acquisition Information The initial collection of approximately 185 cubic feet was donated by the Warner-Lambert Company, through Jerry A. Weisbach, Vice-President and President of the Pharmaceutical Research Division, on February 3, 1982. Provenance The intital donation in February 1982 was transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Medicine and Science in December 1982. Separated Materials Division of Medicine and Science, National Museum of American History The division holds objects related to Parke, Davis. See accessions: 1978.0882; 1982.0043; 1982.0043; 1984.0351; 1985.0475; 1988.3152; 1991.0415; 1992.3127; 2001.3066; 2012.0165; and 2018.5001. Related Materials Materials in the Archives Center, National Museum of American History Alka-Seltzer Documentation and Oral History Project (NMAH.AC.0184) N W Ayer Advertising Agency Records (NMAH.AC.0059) Cover Girl Advertising Oral History Documentation Project (NMAH.AC.0374) Garfield and Company Records (NMAH.AC.0820) Albert W. Hampson Commercial Artwork Collection (NMAH.AC.0561) Ivory Soap Advertising Collection (NMAH.AC.0791) Page 1 of 283 Parke, Davis Research Laboratory Records NMAH.AC.0001 Kiehl's Pharmacy Records (NMAH.AC.0819) Alan and Elaine Levitt Advertisement Collection (NMAH.AC.0303) Medical Sciences Film Collection (NMAH.AC.0222) Norwich Eaton Pharmaceutical, Inc. Collection (NMAH.AC.0395) Procter & Gamble Company Product Packaging Collection (NMAH.AC.0836) Sterling Drug Company Records (NMAH.AC.772) Syntex Collection of Pharmaceutical Advertising (NMAH.Ac.0821) Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Medicine (NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Medicine) Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Patent Medicines (NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.PatentMedicines) Materials at Other Organizations Detroit Public Library, Special Collections Parke, Davis & Company records, 1892-1959 Scrapbook of clippings, 1929-44; Excursions & Announcements, 1892-1902; and company newsletters. University of California San Francisco Drug Industry Documents was created by the University of California San Francisco Library in collaboration with faculty members C. Seth Landefeld, MD and Michael Steinman, MD. Originally established to house documents from an off-label marketing lawsuit against Parke- Davis (United States of America ex rel. David Franklin vs. Parke-Davis), the archive has grown to include documents from additional sources illustrating how the pharmaceutical industry, academic journals and institutions, continuing medical education organizations and regulatory/ funding agencies operate in ways that are detrimental to public health. Processing Information The original acquisition in 1982 was processed by Robert S. Harding, archivist, 1983. Subsequent accruals were processed by Alison Oswald between 2019 and 2021. Substantial portions of the papers were reorganized between 2019-2021 into a more coherent arrangement, and new series were created to bring similar material together. The original arrangement and folder titles were retained in most cases. Sections of the collection remain unprocessed, see repository for details. Preferred Citation Parke, Davis Research Laboratory Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Restrictions Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at [email protected] or 202-633-3270. Conditions Governing Use Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions. Page 2 of 283 Parke, Davis Research Laboratory Records NMAH.AC.0001 Accruals Approximately 100 c.f. of materials documenting business records, photographs, historical materials, publications, and research materials, through Pfizer Global Research and Development, through Deborah Salerno, 2006. Approximately .15 cubic feet of archival material (portfolio of prints) illustrating the history of pharmacology published by Parke, Davis was transferred from the Archives of American Art to the Archives Center on September 24, 2014. Biographical / Historical Parke-Davis and Company traces it's origins to Samuel Pearce Duffield (1833-1916), a physician and pharmacist. Duffield was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and his family moved to Detroit when he was an infant. Duffield graduated from the University of Michigan in 1854 and he attended medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, latter leaving for Germany where he studied chemistry and sought treatment for his eyesight. He subsequently earned a Doctor of Philosophy from Ludwig University at Giessen in Germany. Duffield returned to Detroit in 1858 and established a retail drugstore with a strong interest in manufacturing pharmaceuticals. Duffield sought financial partners for his retail and manufacturing venture with A.L. Patrick and Francis C. Conant. Both men retracted their investments and Duffield met Hervey Coke Parke (1927-1899), a native of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Duffield and Parke formed a formal partnership in 1866. George S. Davis, a third partner and traveling salesman previously with Farrand, Sheley and Company, was added 1867. Duffield withdrew in 1869. Augustus F. Jennings joined the company as a partner to head manufacturing. The company became known as Duffield, Parke, Davis, & Jennings Company. Duffield withdrew in 1869 and the name Parke, Davis & Company was adopted in 1871. The company incorporated in 1875 and began planning world-wide scientific expeditions to discover new vegetable drugs such as Guarana, Bearsfoot, Eucalyptus Globulus, and Coca. The company first showed a profit in 1876, and the first dividend paid to shareholders in 1878 and dividends paid until mid-1960s. Research was a major activity of the company. Due to a weakening financial position, the company became susceptible to take-over, and was purchased by Warner-Lambert in 1970. Warner Lambert, was then acquired by Pfizer in 2000. In 2007, Pfizer closed its research facilities in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Scope and Contents The collection documents Parke,