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Guide to the Formica Collection
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Angela Fritz (intern); supervised by Alison L. Oswald, archivist.
August 1997
Table of Contents
Collection Overview ...................................................................................................
Administrative Information ................................................................................................ 1
Biographical / Historical .................................................................................................... 2
Scope and Contents ......................................................................................................... 4
Arrangement ..................................................................................................................... 4
Names and Subjects .................................................................................................
Container Listing ........................................................................................................
Series 1: Corporate Records, 2003, 1920-1992 .................................................... 7
Series 2: Personnel Records, 1943-1992 ............................................................ 11
Series 3: Newsletters, Magazines, and Press Releases, 1942-1990 ................... 12
Series 4: Product Information, 1948-1994 ........................................................... 14
Series 5: Advertising and Sales Materials, 1913-2000 ........................................ 21
Series 6: Subject Files, 2002, 1955-1991, 1945 .................................................. 24
Series 7: Exhibits, 1981-1994 .............................................................................. 31
Series 8: Grace Jeffers Research Materials, 1987-1997 ..................................... 33
Series 9: Audio Visual Materials, 1982-1995, undated ........................................ 34
Series 10: Martin A. Jeffers Materials, 1963-2007 ............................................... 37
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Collection Overview
Repository: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Title: Formica Collection
Date: 1913-2003
Identifier: NMAH.AC.0565
Creator: Jeffers, Grace (Donor)
Formica Corporation.
Extent: 18 Cubic feet (59 boxes, 11 oversize folders )
Language: Collection is in English. Some materials in French and Spanish.
Summary: The Formica Collection consists of textual files, photographs, slides,
negatives, drawings, blueprints, posters, advertisements, product brochures,
newsletters, and informational pamphlets documenting the history of the
Formica Corporation and the use of Formica brand plastic laminate.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
This collection was assembled by Grace Jeffers, historian of material culture, primarily from materials
given to her by Susan Lewin, Head of Formica's New York design and publicity office when the office
closed in 1995. The collection was donated to the Archives Center by Grace Jeffers in September 1996.
Related Materials
Materials at the Archives Center
Leo Baekeland Papers, 1881-1968 (NMAH.AC.0005)
DuPont Nylon Collection, 1939-1977 (NMAH.AC.0007)
J. Harry DuBois Collection on the History of Plastics, circa 1900-1975 (NMAH.AC.0008)
Earl Tupper Papers, circa 1914-1982 (NMAH.AC.0470)
The Division of Medicine and Science holds artifacts related to this collection. See accession # 1997.0319
and #1997.3133.
Processing Information
Processed by Angela Fritz (intern), August 1997; John M. Murphy (intern), June 1998; supervised by
Alison L. Oswald, archivist.
2005 and 2006 addenda processed by Alison Oswald, archivist, 2017.
Preferred Citation
Formica Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Restrictions
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with
it. Researchers must use reference copies of audio-visual materials. When no reference copy exists,
the Archives Center staff will produce reference copies on an "as needed" basis, as resources allow.
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.
Accruals
Grace Jeffers donated an additional seven videotapes in April 1998; six cubic feet of material in 2005;
and four cubic feet of papers in 2006.
Biographical / Historical
Since its founding in 1913, the history of the Formica Company has been marked by a spirit of innovation and
entrepreneurship. The history begins with the discovery of Formica by two men who envisioned the plastic laminate
as breakthrough insulation for motors. Later, Formica became a ubiquitous surfacing material used by artists and
architects of post-modern design. The various applications of the plastic laminate during the twentieth century give
it a prominent role in the history of plastics, American consumerism, and American popular culture.
The Formica Company was the brainchild of Herbert A. Faber and Daniel J. O'Conor, who met in 1907 while
both were working at Westinghouse in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. O'Conor, head of the process section in the
Research Engineering Department, had been experimenting with resins, cloth, paper, and a wide array of solvents in
an effort to perfect a process for making rigid laminate sheets from Kraft paper and liquid Bakelite. O'Conor produced
the first laminate sheet at Westinghouse by winding and coating paper on a mandrel, slitting the resulting tube, and
flattening it on a press. The finished product was a laminated sheet with the chemical and electrical properties of
Bakelite that were cut into various shapes and sizes. O'Conor applied for a patent on February 1, 1913, but it was not
issued until November 12, 1918 (US Patent 1,284,432). Since the research was done on behalf of Westinghouse,
the company was assigned the patent, and O'Conor was given one dollar, the customary amount that Westinghouse
paid for the rights to employees' inventions.
Herbert Faber, Technical Sales Manager of insulating materials, was excited about O'Conor's discovery. Faber saw
limitless possibilities for the new material. However, he quickly became frustrated by Westinghouse's policy limiting
the sale of the laminate to its licensed distributors. After failing to persuade Westinghouse to form a division to
manufacture and market the new material, Faber and O'Conor created their own company. On May 2, 1913, the first
Formica plant opened in Cincinnati, Ohio. On October 15, 1913, the business incorporated as the Formica Insulation
Company with Faber as president and treasurer and O'Conor as vice-president and secretary. The company began
producing insulation parts used in place of or "for mica," the costly mineral that had been used in electrical insulation.
Like most new companies, Formica had modest beginnings. Faber and O'Conor faced the challenge of looking
for investors who would let them maintain control over the company. Finally, they met J. G. Tomluin, a lawyer and
banker from Walton, Kentucky, who invested $7,500 for a one-third share in the Formica Company. Renting a small
space in downtown Cincinnati, Faber and O'Conor began work. The company's equipment list consisted of a 35-
horsepower boiler, a small gas stove, and a variety of homemade hand screw presses. By September 1913, Tomluin
had brought in two more partners, David Wallace and John L. Vest. With the added capital, O'Conor, Faber, and
Formica's eighteen employees began producing automobile insulation parts for Bell Electric Motor, Allis Chalmers,
and Northwest Electric.
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Initially, the Formica Company only made insulation rings and tubes for motors. However, by July 4, 1914, the
company obtained its first press and began to produce flat laminate sheets made from Redmenol resin. Business
gradually grew, and by 1917 sales totaled $75,000. Fueled by World War I, Formica's business expanded to making
radio parts, aircraft pulleys, and timing gears for the burgeoning motor industry. In the years that followed, Formica
products were in high demand as laminate plastics replaced older materials in washers, vacuum cleaners, and
refrigerators. By 1919, the Formica Company required larger facilities and purchased a factory in Cincinnati.
During this time, patent battles and legal suits emerged to challenge Formica's success. On June 11, 1919,
Westinghouse sued Formica for patent infringement on its laminated gears; Formica won. Later that year,
Westinghouse brought two new lawsuits against Formica. The first was for a patent infringement on the production
of tubes, rods, and molded parts; the second was over an infringement based on a 1913 patent assigned to
Westinghouse through O'Conor. Formica prevailed in both suits.
Legal battles did not deter the company. Having to defend itself against a giant corporation gave Formica a reputation
as a scrappy contender. Finally, Faber and O'Conor made a quantum leap in 1927, when the company was granted
a U.S. patent for a phenolic laminate utilizing lithographed wood grains of light color, forming an opaque barrier
sheet which blocks out the dark interior of the laminate. In 1931, the company received two more patents for the
preparation of the first all paper based laminate and for the addition of a layer of aluminum foil between the core
and the surface, making the laminate cigarette-proof. These patents would allow Formica to move from a company
dealing primarily with industrial material to the highly visible arena of consumer goods.
In 1937, Faber had a severe heart attack which limited his activity within the company. O'Conor continued as
president, encouraging new product lines, including Realwood, as a laminate with genuine wood veneer mounted on
a paper lamination with a heat-reactive binder. With the introduction of Realwood and its derivatives, manufacturers
started using Formica laminate for tabletops, desks, and dinette sets. By the early forties, sales of Formica laminate
were over 15 million dollars. The final recipe for decorative laminate was perfected in 1938, when melamine resins
were introduced. Melamine was clear, extremely hard, and resistant to stains, heat, light, less expensive than
phenolic resins. It also made possible laminates of colored papers and patterns.
Due to World War II, Formica postponed the manufacturing of decorative laminate sheets. Instead, the company
made a variety of war-time products ranging from airplane propellers to bomb buster tubes.
The post-World War II building boom fueled the decorative laminate market and ushered in what would come to be
known as the golden age for Formica. The company, anticipating the demand for laminate, acquired a giant press
capable of producing sheets measuring thirty by ninety-six inches for kitchen countertops. Between 1947 and 1950,
more than 2 million new homes were designed with Formica brand laminate for kitchens and bathrooms.
Formica's advertising campaigns, initially aimed at industry, were transformed to speak to the new decorative needs
of consumer society, in particular the American housewife. Formica hired design consultants, Brooks Stevens, and,
later, Raymond Loewy who launched extensive advertising campaigns. Advertising themes of durability, cleanliness,
efficiency, and beauty abound in promotional material of this time. Advertisers promised that the plastic laminate,
known as "the wipe clean wonder," was resistant to dirt, juices, jams, alcohol stains, and cigarette burns. Atomic
patterns and space-age colors, including Moonglo, Skylark, and Sequina, were introduced in homes, schools,
offices, hospitals, diners, and restaurants across America.
The post-war period was also marked by expansion, specifically with the establishment of Formica's first international
markets. In 1947, Formica signed a licensing agreement with the British firm the De La Rue Company of London
for the exclusive manufacture and marketing of decorative laminates outside North America, and in South America
and the Pacific Basin. In 1948, Formica changed its name from the Formica Insulation Company to the Formica
Company. In 1951, Formica responded to growing consumer demand by opening a million square foot plant in
Evendale, Ohio, devoted to the exclusive production of decorative sheet material. In 1956, the Formica Company
became the Formica Corporation, a subsidiary of American Cyanamid Company. A year later, the international
subsidiaries that Formica formed with De La Rue Company of London were replaced by a joint company called
Formica International Limited.
The plastic laminate was not merely confined to tabletops and dinette sets. Formica laminate was used for skis,
globes, and murals. Moreover, well-known artists and architects used the decorative laminate for modernist furniture
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and Art Deco interiors. In 1960, Formica's Research and Development Design Center was established, adjacent
to the Evendale plant, to develop uses for existing laminate products. In 1966, the company opened the Sierra
Plant near Sacramento, California. Such corporate expansion enabled Formica to market its laminates beyond the
traditional role as a countertop surface material.
In 1974, Formica established its Design Advisory Board (DAB), a group of leading designers and architects. DAB
introduced new colors and patterns of laminate that gained popularity among artists and interior designers in the
1980s. In 1981, DAB introduced the Color Grid, a systematic organization of Formica laminate arranged by neutrals
and chromatics. The Color Grid was described as the first and only logically arranged collection of color in the
laminate industry. DAB also developed the Design Concepts Collection of premium solid and patterned laminates
to serve the needs of contemporary interior designers.
In the 1980s and 1990s, the corporation continued to produce laminates for interior designers, artists, and
architects. In 1982, Formica introduced COLORCORE, the first solid-color laminate. Due to its relatively seamless
appearance, COLORCORE was adopted by artists for use in furniture, jewelry, and interior design. The introduction
of COLORCORE also marked the emergence of a wide variety of design exhibitions and competitions sponsored by
the Formica Corporation. In 1985, Formica Corporation became independent and privately held. Formica continues
to be one of the leading laminate producers in the world with factories in the United States, England, France, Spain,
Canada, and Taiwan.
For additional information on the history of the Formica Corporation, see:
DiNoto, Andrea. Art Plastic: Designed for Living. New York: Abbeville Press, 1985.
Fenichell, Stephen. Plastic: The Making of a Synthetic Century. New York: Harper/Collins, 1996.
Jeffers Grace. 1998. Machine Made Natural: The Decorative Products of the Formica Corporation, 1947-1962.
Master's thesis. Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts.
Lewin, Susan Grant, ed. Formica & Design: From Counter Top to High Art. New York: Rizzoli, 1991.
Scope and Contents
The Formica Collection, 1913-2003, consists of textual files, photographs, photo slides, drawings, blueprints,
posters, advertisements, product brochures, informational pamphlets, and research notes documenting the history
of the Formica Corporation and the use of Formica brand plastic laminate.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into ten series.
Series 1: Corporate Records, 1920-1992, 2003
Subseries 1.1: Annual reports, 1949, 1966, 1988
Subseries 1.2: Correspondence and company identity, 1920-1988
Subseries 1.3: Corporation histories and timelines, 1949-1991, undated
Subseries 1.4: Newspaper clippings and articles, 1934-2003
Subseries 1.5: Awards, 1940s-1987
Subseries 1.6: Patent information, 1925-1994
Subseries 1.7: Photographs, 1927-1966
Series 2: Personnel Records, 1943-1992
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Series 3: Newsletters, Magazines, and Press Releases, 1942-1990
Subseries 3.1: Newsletters, 1942-1988
Subseries 3.2: Press releases, 1973-1990
Series 4: Product Information, 1948-1994
Series 5: Advertising and sales materials, 1913-2000
Subseries 5.1: Advertising materials, 1913-2000
Subseries 5.2: Sales materials, 1922-1993
Series 6: Subject Files, circa 1945, 1955-1991, 2002
Series 7: Exhibits, 1981-1994
Series 8: Grace Jeffers Research Materials, 1987-1997
Series 9: Audio Visual Materials, 1982-1995, undated
Series 10: Martin A. Jeffers Materials, 1963-1999
Subseries 10.1: Background Materials, 1965-1999
Subseries 10.2: Employee Benefits, 1963-1998
Subseries 10.3: Product Information, [1959?]-1997
Subseries 10.4: Advertising and Sales Records, 1987-1999
Names and Subject Terms
This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Smithsonian Institution under the following terms:
Subjects:
Electronic insulators and insulation -- Plastics -- 1920-2000
Exhibitions -- 20th century -- United States
House furnishings -- 1920-2000 -- United States
Housewives as consumers -- 1920-2000
Inventions -- 1920-2000 -- United States
Laminated plastics -- 1920-2000
Plastic jewelry -- 1920-2000
Plastics -- 1920-2000
Plastics as art material -- 1920-2000
Plastics in interior design -- 1920-2000
Plastics industry and trade
Women in advertising
Women in popular culture -- 1920-2000
advertising -- plastic industry -- 1920-2000
Types of Materials:
Advertisements
Blueprints -- 20th century
Brochures
Catalogs
Catalogs -- 1920-2000
Correspondence -- 20th century
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Exhibition catalogs
Newsletters -- 20th century
Photographs -- 20th century
Posters -- 20th century
Samples -- 1920-2000
Scripts (documents)
Videotapes
Names:
Faber, Herbert A.
Loewy, Raymond
O'Conor, Daniel J.
Stevens, Brooks
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Container Listing
Series 1: Corporate Records, 2003, 1920-1992
Scope and
Contents:
Corporate Records, 1920-1992, is divided into seven subseries: Subseries 1.1, Annual Reports,
1949, 1966, 1988; Subseries 1.2, Correspondence and company identity, 1920-1988; Subseries
1.3, Corporation histories and timelines, 1949-1991, undated; Subseries 1.4, Newspaper clippings
and articles, 1934-2003; Subseries 1.5, Awards, 1940s-1987; Subseries1. 6, Patent Information,
1925-1994; and Subseries 1.7, Photographs, 1927-1966. The materials do reflect highlights of
the company's history including correspondence, published histories, a variety of photographs of
O'Conor and Faber, copies of patents for the plastic laminate, and clippings regarding labor strikes.
Company cartoons, dinner invitations listing employees by years of service, trademark material,
and a series of company logos found on stationery, calendars, and folders document the corporate
culture of Formica between 1965 and 1995. The series includes a wide variety of photographs of
Formica's plant in Evendale, Ohio, and the establishment of the Research and Design Center in
1951. Other photographs cover Formica's expansion in the international market, with images of the
corporation's factories in Australia, England, Spain, and Taiwan.
Subseries 1.1: Annual reports, 1949, 1966, 1988
Box 1, Folder 1 Annual reports, 1949
Box 1, Folder 2 Annual reports, 1966
Box 1, Folder 3 Annual reports, 1988
Box 1, Folder 4 Special report, 1955
Subseries 1.2: Correspondence and company identity, 1920-1988
Box 1, Folder 5 Correspondence, 1920
Box 1, Folder 6 Stationery, undated
Box 1, Folder 7 Invitations, 1962, 1988
Box 1, Folder 8 Company cartoons, 1965
Box 1, Folder 9 Calendar, 1995
Map-folder 4 Calendar, 1987
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Subseries 1.3: Corporation histories and timelines, 1949-1991, undated
Box 1, Folder 10 Formica Open House booklet, 1949
Box 1, Folder 11 Forty Years of Steady Vision, 1953
Box 1, Folder 12 Open House, 1955 May 15
Box 1, Folder 13 Open House, circa 1950s
Box 1, Folder 14 Various, 1988, 1922, undated
Box 1, Folder 15 Company history and manufacturing processes, undated
Box 1, Folder 16 75th anniversary research on the Formica Corporation, 1986-1991
Map-folder 4 Formica Corporation: Designing the Way We Live for 75 Years Poster, 1988
Box 1, Folder 17 Notes on Daniel J. O'Conor and H.A. Faber, 1952-1974, undated
Box 1, Folder 18 Photographs of O'Conor and Faber, 1963
Subseries 1.4: Newspaper clippings and articles, 1934-2003
Box 26, Folder 1
Box 1, Folder 19
Image(s)
Subseries 1.5: Awards, 1940s-1987
Box 2, Folder 1 Army Navy "E" Award, circa 1940s
Box 25, Folder 1 Service Award Dinner, 1945 November 15
Box 25, Folder 1 Service Award Dinner, 1949 March 24
Box 27, Folder 1 Resources Council, Inc., for Colorcore, 1982
Box 25, Folder 2 Interiors, 1983 May
Box 25, Folder 3 Advertising Award of Excellence, 1985
Box 25, Folder 4 Advertising Performance Award, 1985 March
Box 25, Folder 5 Award of Excellence by the Communication Arts Magazine, 1985
Box 25, Folder 6 Award for Outstanding Advertising Reader Response, 1985 September
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Box 25, Folder 7 Annual Design Review (Surface Ornament Program recognized), 1985
Box 25, Folder 8 Wood Furniture, Cabinets and Related Products Outstanding Advertisement Award,
1986 June 12
Box 25, Folder 9 Architectural Record Top 100 (plaque), 1985
Box 25, Folder 10 Interiors Advertising Performance Award, 1985 March
Box 27, Folder 1 Interior Architecture Award for Formica Showroom, 1987
Box 59, Folder 5 Interior Design, Top Scoring Ad, 1987 April
Subseries 1.6: Patent information, 1925-1994
Box 2, Folder 2 Patents, 1925-1942
Box 2, Folder 3 Trademark Use Manual, 1979
Box 2, Folder 4 Licensing program, 1991-1994
Subseries 1.7: Photographs, 1927-1966
Box 2, Folder 5 Evendale, Ohio, Plant, 1951
Box 2, Folder 7-8 Farmville, North Carolina, Factory, 1966
Box 2, Folder 9 Sierra, California, Factory, undated
Box 2, Folder 10 Winston Place Plant, 1950
Box 3, Folder 1 Australia Factory, undated
Box 3, Folder 2 England Factory, undated
Box 3, Folder 3 Spain Factory, undated
Box 3, Folder 4 Taiwan Factory, undated
Box 3, Folder 5 General factory, undated
Box 3, Folder 6 General factory (slides), undated
Box 3, Folder 7 Daniel J. O'Conor and H.A. Faber (slides), undated
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Box 3, Folder 8 Formica employees, 1927
Box 3, Folder 9 Formica sales force, 1961-1968, 1973
Box 3, Folder 10 Products using Formica (slides and negatives), undated
Box 3, Folder 11 Research Design Center, 1951
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Series 2: Personnel Records, 1943-1992
Scope and
Contents:
This series includes a 1950s employee manual and a 1992 personnel manual describing Formica's
employment policy and procedures as well as information on employee benefits and services.
Box 3, Folder 12 Formica Employee Manual, circa 1950s
Box 3, Folder 13 Personnel policy manual, 1992
Box 3, Folder 14 Employee recognition, 1943, 1948
Box 3, Folder 15 Retirement plan, 1963
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Series 3: Newsletters, Magazines, and Press Releases, 1942-1990
Scope and
Contents:
This series contains publications, most notable are the bound volumes of the company's quarterly
magazine, This Formica World , 1950-1955. Documenting the golden age of Formica, this magazine
contains a wealth of advertisements, articles introducing new products, and an editorial column
written by Edward Hanley, the kitchen engineer. Articles such as "The Dinette Story," "The Passing
of the Maid," and "The Case of the Tired Old Kitchens," attest to the role Formica played in
revolutionizing the kitchen in the 1950s. In addition to articles on home furnishings, This Formica
World contains information on other products manufactured by Formica, including the digital
voltmeter, the crown pulley, the Gyrotex bobbin, and insulation parts for motors.
Company newsletters include the Evendale Expansion Bulletin , Focus , Formica News Views ,
The Formician , Handing it to Hitler! , HQ , Info, Insight, The Laminate , Loud Speaker , and Formica
Today , documenting the Design Advisory Board's attempt to market product lines to contemporary
interior designers during the late 1970s. Articles include "Furniture for Contemporary Living," "A
Kitchen in Chrome," and "Office Landscaping Gone Elegant."
Subseries 3.1: Newsletters, 1942-1988
Box 5, Folder 1 Evendale Expansion Bulletin, 1976 August; 1977 January; 1977 May; 1978 August
Box 5, Folder 2 Focus,, 1974 - 1974
Box 3, Folder 16 Formica News Views, 1948 March
Box 5, Folder 3 Formica Special Newsletter,, undated
Box 3, Folder 17 Formica Technical Notes (No. 1-No. 11), undated
Box 3, Folder 18 The Formician, 1949, 1954-1958
Box 4, Folder 1 This Formica World, 1948-1949
Box 4, Folder 2 This Formica World, 1950
Box 4, Folder 3 This Formica World, 1951
Box 4, Folder 4 This Formica World, 1952
Box 4, Folder 5 This Formica World, 1953
Box 4, Folder 6 This Formica World, 1954
Box 5, Folder 4 This Formica World, 1955 - 1955
Box 5, Folder 5 Formica World Pattern Story (to appear in This Formica World), 1958
Box 5, Folder 6 Formica Today, 1968
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Box 5, Folder 7 Handing It To Hitler! 1942, 1944
Box 5, Folder 8 HQ, 1966 August 15 and 1967 June 30
Box 5, Folder 9 Info, 1972
Box 5, Folder 10 Insight, 1979 Summer
Box 5, Folder 11 The Laminate, 1988
Box 5, Folder 12 Loud Speaker, 1948 December
Box 5, Folder 13 Loud Speaker, 1949 November
Subseries 3.2: Press Releases, 1973-1990
Box 5, Folder 14-15
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Series 4: Product Information, 1948-1994
Scope and
Contents:
This series includes guides, product books, information manuals, samples, and Formica Facts , a
product book containing technical specifications for plastic laminate dated 1988. These technical
manuals and fabrication guides provide use and care guidelines, offer tips for handling and storage,
and describe techniques for working with plastic laminate.
Catalogs, brochures, and samples provide information on new product lines, patterns, and colors of
the surfacing laminate from 1965 to 1994. Formica's product literature documents: atomic patterns
and space-age colors of the 1960s, the top-selling laminates of sliced avocado, bittersweet, and
harvest yellow of the 1970s, and the pastels and post-modern designs of the 1980s and 1990s.
Catalog brochures, 1965-1970, parallel advertising campaigns of the time, featuring titles such as
Join the Revolution for Easy Living ; Join the Colour [ sic ] Revolution , and Of Course You Want a
Formica Laminated Plastic Color-Kissed Kitchen . The series also includes color systems developed
by Formica such as the Color Grid, Color + Color, and Color System/Color Compliment. These
systems, developed by the Design Advisory Board in the early 1980s, enabled both distributor and
consumer to mix and match samples of COLORCORE more effectively.
Box 26, Folder 2-5 Forms (arranged chronologically by number) for various products Nos. 119-298,
undated
Box 5, Folder 16 Decorator Color Guide, 1971-1978
Box 32, Folder 1-2 Formica Facts (binders), 1988
Box 5, Folder 17-20 Fabrication Guides (poster, slides, and transparencies), 1992-1994
Box 5, Folder 21 Formica Specification Book, 1972
Box 6, Folder 1 Formica Laminated Plastic Colors and Patterns, circa 1960s
Box 6, Folder 2 Formica Laminated Plastic Colors and Patterns, 1965
Box 6, Folder 3 Formica Laminated Plastic Colors and Patterns, 1966
Box 6, Folder 4 Formica Laminated Plastic Special Designs Screened Prints, undated
Box 6, Folder 5 Formica Brand Products Color Book, 1972
Box 6, Folder 6 Formica Brand engraving stock, undated
Box 7, Folder 1 Architectural Surface Ornament Handbook (Formica Corporation Showroom), 1984
Box 7, Folder 2 Patternbook, 1986
Box 7, Folder 3 Product Information Manual, 1975
Box 7, Folder 4 Brochures, 1948-[1957?]
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Box 7, Folder 5 Brochures, 1965-1970
Box 7, Folder 6-7 Brochures, 1989-1994
Box 7, Folder 8 Product literature, 1950s
Box 7, Folder 9 Product literature (photocopies), undated
Box 7, Folder 10 Product Catalogs, 1965-1975
Box 7, Folder 11 Product Catalogs, 1982-1989
Box 8, Folder 1 Product Catalogs, 1990-1994
Box 8, Folder 2 Product Catalogs, undated
Box 8, Folder 3 Product Reference Guide, 1971-1980
Box 8, Folder 4 Surface Level/Laminate Surfaces from Formica Corporation, 1993
Box 35, Folder 1-2 Formica Laminated Plastics, Colors and Patterns, 1962
Box 8, Folder 5 Samples-Color + Color, circa 1980s
Box 8, Folder 6 Samples-Color Grid/Color Core primary Metal pattern (Japanese), circa 1980s
Box 33, Folder 1 Color System/Color Complement, 1992
Box 8, Folder 7 Samples-Surrell Surface (slides of samples), undated
Box 34, Folder 1 Samples-Surell Surface Elegance (in binder), undated
Box 34, Folder 2 The Color Grid™, undated
Box 37, Folder 2 Samples-Formica
Box 37, Folder 2 Mirage, SA-561, undated
Box 37, Folder 2 French Quarter, SA-580, undated
Box 37, Folder 2 Arabesque, DA-5019, undated
Box 37, Folder 2 Manadrin, SA-265, undated
Box 37, Folder 2 Damask, DA-5012, undated
Box 37, Folder 2 Quadrille, DA-5026, undated
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Box 37, Folder 3 Samples-Formica
Box 37, Folder 3 Scotsweave, SA-5024, undated
Box 37, Folder 3 Desert Song, DA-5001, undated
Box 37, Folder 3 Mosaic, DA-5013, undated
Box 37, Folder 3 Dutch garden, DA-5006, undated
Box 37, Folder 3 Montilla, DA-5009, undated
Box 37, Folder 3 Carnival, SA-749, undated
Box 38, Folder 1 Montezuma, DA-5011, undated
Box 38, Folder 1 Rain tree, SA-663, undated
Box 38, Folder 1 Garland, DA-5021, undated
Box 38, Folder 1 Opaline, DA-5004, undated
Box 38, Folder 1 Flamenco, DA-5028, undated
Box 38, Folder 1 Samoa, DA-5002, undated
Box 38, Folder 2 Square Dance, DA-5022, undated
Box 38, Folder 2 Fallen Leaves, 7231-58, undated
Box 38, Folder 2 Crayon, 7226-58, undated
Box 38, Folder 2 Formica Ligna, Wood Surfacing Material, undated
Box 38, Folder 2 Formica Primary Metals, undated
Box 38, Folder 2 Key chains, undated
Box 39, Folder 1 22-MZ-1, 1959
Box 39, Folder 1 34D31, undated
Box 39, Folder 1 60D1, 1953
Box 39, Folder 1 2-D-1, 1959
Box 39, Folder 2 105, 1965
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Box 39, Folder 2 8C15, 1953
Box 39, Folder 2 50C1, 1953
Box 39, Folder 2 165, 1970
Box 39, Folder 3 66C11, 1955
Box 39, Folder 3 50-C-61, undated
Box 39, Folder 3 36C30, 1953
Box 39, Folder 3 42C38, 1956
Box 39, Folder 4 22-M2-1, 1959
Box 39, Folder 4 58-M2-1, 1959
Box 39, Folder 4 7-ST-1, 1959
Box 39, Folder 4 12-H-1, 1961
Box 39, Folder 5 2-D-1, 1959
Box 39, Folder 5 268, 1963
Box 39, Folder 5 2-D-1, undated
Box 39, Folder 5 264, 1963
Box 40, Folder 1 50M52, 1953
Box 40, Folder 1 25M11, 1953
Box 40, Folder 1 30M1, 1955
Box 40, Folder 1 60D1, undated
Box 40, Folder 2 791, 1956
Box 40, Folder 2 44D42, 1956
Box 40, Folder 2 5D11, 1957
Box 40, Folder 2 7D16, 1956
Box 40, Folder 3 Series O, 1958
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Box 40, Folder 3 32d1, 1953
Box 40, Folder 3 92-202, 1966
Box 40, Folder 3 50D53, 1953
Box 40, Folder 4 3C1, 1953
Box 40, Folder 4 1C41, undated
Box 40, Folder 4 5C-5, 1962
Box 40, Folder 4 1C31, undated
Box 40, Folder 5 9MR1, 1954
Box 40, Folder 5 7412, 1966
Box 40, Folder 5 31-Fl-43, 1962
Box 40, Folder 5 94-113, undated
Box 41, Folder 1 49PD43, 1959
Box 41, Folder 1 23SE46, 1958
Box 41, Folder 1 92-215, 1964
Box 41, Folder 1 36SE48, 1958
Box 41, Folder 2 105E70, 1955 April 24
Box 41, Folder 2 52JE50, 1958 August 20
Box 41, Folder 2 41SE49, 1958 August 15
Box 41, Folder 2 16SE45, 1958 August 15
Box 41, Folder 3 83CW1, undated
Box 41, Folder 3 39CW40, undated
Box 41, Folder 3 43PD87, 1959
Box 41, Folder 3 37GP44, 1954
Box 41, Folder 4 80L42, 1956
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Box 41, Folder 4 81L30, 1953 June 3
Box 41, Folder 4 78L16, 1956 November 2
Box 41, Folder 4 Cream, undated
Box 41, Folder 5 8PR1, 1954
Box 41, Folder 5 24PR1, 1954
Box 41, Folder 5 33PR1, 1954
Box 41, Folder 5 Brown tile, 1960
Box 42, Folder 1 93L48, undated
Box 42, Folder 1 79L40, undated
Box 42, Folder 1 47L56, undated
Box 42, Folder 1 86l18, 1953 June 8
Box 42, Folder 2 80GP92, 1954 February 18
Box 42, Folder 2 18CW16, undated
Box 42, Folder 2 92L46, undated
Box 42, Folder 3 69PR1, 1954 February 10
Box 42, Folder 3 Primary standard (blue), undated
Box 42, Folder 3 15PR1, undated
Box 42, Folder 3 Primary standard (red), undated
Box 42, Folder 4 Primary standard (orange), 1954 January 25
Box 42, Folder 4 Primary standard (yellow), undated
Box 42, Folder 4 Color standard (gray/blue), 1958 April 21
Box 42, Folder 4 Primary standard (green), undated
Box 42, Folder 5 82L11, undated
Box 42, Folder 5 91L45, undated
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Series 5: Advertising and Sales Materials, 1913-2000
Scope and
Contents:
The advertising materials are divided into two subseries: Subseries 5.1, Advertising materials,
1913-2000 and Subseries 5.2, Sales materials, 1922-1993. The series contains scripts for television
commercials such as Beauty and the Bath and King-TVS , and the Formica Kitchen Face-
Lift Contest. Together with material found in This Formica World , the advertisements are most
comprehensive for the years 1948-1962. Many of the oversized advertisements feature recurring
characters including Mrs. America of the 1940s, Mr. and Mrs. Consumer of the 1950s, and the
Formica Girl of the 1960s.
Information relating to Formica's sales force can be found in campaigns and sales conferences.
Material from 1953-1954 and 1986-1993 includes binders distributed to the Formica sales force
which describe various product lines and national marketing campaigns. This series also contains
a photo album documenting the 1953-1954 sales conference. Over eighty photographs document
the company's annual convention dinner celebration, convention booths entitled Do-It Your-Self with
Formica, Bill Reilly's Mobile Demonstration Unit, introduction of Formica's Sunrise Line, the Formica
runway show featuring models carrying Formica samples, sales skits, and the Formica Ad Rodeo.
Subseries 5.1: Advertising materials, 1913-2000
Box 9, Folder 2 Advertisements, 1913-1930
Box 29, Folder 1-3 Advertisements, 1925
Box 29, Folder 4-6 Advertisements, 1948
Box 9, Folder 3 Advertisements, 1940s
Box 9, Folder 4 Advertisements-labels, 1948
Box 36, Folder 1 Advertisements (scrapbook), 1951-1956
Box 29, Folder 7 Advertisements, 1952
Box 29, Folder 8-9 Advertisements, 1953
Box 29, Folder 10 Advertisements, 1954
Box 29, Folder 11-12 Advertisements, 1955
Box 29, Folder 13 Advertisements, 1956
Box 9, Folder 5 Advertisements, 1950s
Box 9, Folder 5A Advertisements for Textolite, Marlite and Panelyte (photocopies), circa 1950s
Box 9, Folder 6 Advertisements, circa 1960s, undated
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Box 25, Folder 11 Advertisements, 1969
Box 37, Folder 1 Advertisements, undated
Box 9, Folder 7 Boomerang pattern of Formica, 1950s
Box 9, Folder 8 Advertisements in Architectural Record (photocopies), 1950-1958
Box 9, Folder 9 Policies and procedures for District Sales Managers, 1965
Box 9, Folder 10 Advertisements, 1979
Box 27, Folder 4 Advertisements, 1993
Box 27, Folder 5-6 Advertisements, 1994
Box 9, Folder 11 Formica Tile informational media kit, 2000
Map-folder 7 COLORCORE Fabrication Guide poster, 1984 (poster)
Box 26, Folder 7 Formica Design Center t-shirt, undated
Box 24, Folder 7 Advertising presentation slides, undated
Subseries 5.2: Sales materials, 1922-1993
Box 10, Folder 1 Sales meeting, 1922
Box 10, Folder 2 Sales meeting, 1948-1963
Box 28, Folder 1 Sales Convention (photographs), 1953-1954
Box 10, Folder 3 Sales and service centers, 1950s
Box 10, Folder 4 Sales seminar information, 1952-1958
Box 10, Folder 5 Formica Foreman's Business Club-"This is Your Life," by Daniel O'Conor, 1955
June
Box 10, Folder 6 Formica Sales Training Program, circa 1950s
Box 10, Folder 7 Decorative Sales Conference, 1960
Box 10, Folder 8 Sales and Marketing Conference, 1962
Box 10, Folder 9 Sales Conference, 1986
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Box 30, Folder 1 National Sales Distributor Conference (binder), 1988
Box 31, Folder 1 National Sales Conference (binder), 1990
Box 10, Folder 11 Sales conferences (photographs), 1948-1953; 1955-1957; 1960
Box 30, Folder 2 Fall Product Launch (binder), 1989
Box 10, Folder 10 Fall Product Introduction, 1990
Box 31, Folder 2 Take the lead sales information (binder), circa 1990s
Box 31, Folder 12 Television commercial script for Beauty and the Bath, 1969
Box 31, Folder 13 Television commercial (printed materials) for Formica Brand Laminate, 1980
Box 11, Folder 1 Commericals and contests-King TV Formica Kitchen Face-Lift Contest, 1990
Box 11, Folder 2 Dealer Partnership Program, 1990
Box 11, Folder 3 Mailing lists, 1968
Box 11, Folder 4 Marketing review, 1993
Box 11, Folder 5 Presentation transparencies, undated
Map-folder 5 A World Class Sweepstakes from the Only World Class Surfacing Company,
(poster), 1990
Box 28, Folder 2 Lecture announcements, 1985
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Series 6: Subject Files, 2002, 1955-1991, 1945
Scope and
Contents:
The subject files are arranged alphabetically and consist of material documenting the production,
installation, and use of Formica brand plastic laminate. This series is comprised of photographs
but includes informational material such as brochures, catalogs, menus, and articles documenting
the use of plastic laminate. Photographs with accompanying narrative captions explain the
production process from the Kraft paper roll to the completed sheet of laminate. Other photographs
document Formica's researchers and engineers conducting tests on the plastic laminate. The series
also contains step-by-step photographs illustrating the home installation of Formica laminate on
countertops in the 1960s.
The Subject Files document some of Formica's unique home interior products, including the
COLORCORE "dinated" kitchen, Formica's model bath, and the vanitory. The vanitory, was a
combination of a vanity and lavatory, heralded by Formica as the essential new bathroom fixture for
women in the 1950s. This series contains photographs of a wide variety of vanitories, accompanied
by Formica's Beauty Board walls. The subject files also include material about Stephen's House of
Ideas. This thirteen room house, built in 1967, was conceived as the ultimate showroom for a wide
variety of Formica's decorative building products.
The subject files document the many uses of Formica outside the home, including hospitals, airports,
boats, restaurants, and snack bars. For example, material on boats consists of two product catalogs,
Formica: Material in Ships and The Formica Scene on the Queen Elizabeth 2 . These catalogs
depict the interiors of Rowan & Boden Limited cruise boats in 1965. In addition, material includes
an article entitled "Formica is a Way of Life for Californians," describing Miss Formica , a custom
design ski racing boat.
The series also contains information on artists and jewelry designers, who worked with Susan Lewin,
Formica's creative director from 1986-1992. These files contain slides, photographs, and catalogs
displaying the designer's jewelry.
Box 11, Folder 6 Abet Laminati, undated
Box 11, Folder 7 Akron Art Museum (Piet Mondrian), 1982
Box 11, Folder 8 American Cyanamid Offices (Atlanta), undated
Box 11, Folder 9 American Cyanamid Offices (Philadelphia), 1950s
Box 11, Folder 10 Appliances (residential), [1950s?]
Box 11, Folder 11 Applications of Formica (miscellaneous), 1950s
Box 11, Folder 12 Arch House, 1950s
Box 11, Folder 13 Artschwager, Richard, 1989
Box 11, Folder 14 Atomic, 1989
Box 11, Folder 15 Augat, Xavier, (apartment), circa 1950s
Box 11, Folder 16 Bathrooms and vanitories, 1950s
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Box 11, Folder 17 Bathrooms (Photographs), 1960s
Box 11, Folder 18 Bathrooms (negatives), 1960s
Box 11, Folder 19 Bearings, gears, pulleys, undated
Box 11, Folder 20 Beautyboard, undated
Box 11, Folder 21 Bedrooms, 1950s
Box 11, Folder 22 Blue Dot, 2002
Box 11, Folder 23 Boats, 1966
Box 12, Folder 1 Chicago Holiday Inn, circa 1960
Box 12, Folder 2 ColorCore Dinated Kitchen, circa 1960
Box 12, Folder 3 Color Marketing Group, 2002
Box 12, Folder 4 Colors (solid color line samples), 1968
Box 12, Folder 5 Commercial applications, 1940s
Box 12, Folder 6 Customer stories, 1950s
Box 12, Folder 7 Dental cabinet (Hamilton Manufacturing Company), undated
Box 12, Folder 8 Design Communications International (New York, New York), 1987-1995
Box 12, Folder 9 Deskey, Donald, 1989 April
Box 12, Folder 10 Design Advisory Board, 1981
Box 12, Folder 11 Detroit Race Course, 1965
Box 12, Folder 12 Electrical, electronics, engines, radios, undated
Box 12, Folder 13 Flakeboard, 1950s, 1961
Box 12, Folder 14 Formica Design Center correspondence (Los Angeles, California), 1968-1969
Box 12, Folder 15 Formica Design Center photographs, Los Angeles, California), 1968-1969
Box 12, Folder 16 Formica Contact Cement, undated
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Map-folder 7 Formica Corporation Showroom, Merchandise Mart (blueprints), Chicago, Illinois,
1984
Box 12, Folder 17 Formica Insulation Company (legal and financial), 1940s
Box 12, Folder 18 Formica Insulation Company (sales and engineering data), 1944
Map-folder 6 Formica model bath, circa 1960 (blueprints)
Box 12, Folder 19 Formica sheet size, undated
Box 12, Folder 20 Francis, Arlene (residence), 1950s
Box 13, Folder 1 Furniture, 1950s
Box 13, Folder 2-3 Furniture, circa 1960
Box 13, Folder 4 Gears and pulleys, undated
Box 13, Folder 5 Gehry, Frank (Gehry Fish Sculpture), undated
Box 13, Folder 6 Hospitals, General-69th American Hospital Association Meeting, 1960
Box 13, Folder 7 Hospitals, General-Negatives, 1960
Box 13, Folder 8 Hospitals, General-Photographs, 1960
Box 13, Folder 9 Hospitals, General-Franklin Medical Center, San Francisco, California, 1968
Box 13, Folder 10 Hospitals, General-St. Mary's Hospital, Racine, Wisconsin, 1966
Box 13, Folder 11 Hospitals, General, undated
Box 13, Folder 12 Hotels/Motel, undated
Box 13, Folder 13 General industrial materials, undated
Box 13, Folder 14 Industrial applications, undated
Box 13, Folder 15 Installations, 1940s
Box 13, Folder 16 Installation, circa 1960
Box 13, Folder 17 Interiors (articles), 1983-1988
Box 13, Folder 18 Newspaper clippings (about interiors), 1989
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Box 13, Folder 19 Newspaper clippings (about interiors), 1990-1991
Box 13, Folder 20 Jean-Lucien, Guillaune, 1986
Box 14, Folder 1 Jewelry-Articles, 1983-1986
Box 14, Folder 2-3 Jewelry-Designers-Bucher, Suzanne
Box 24 Jewelry-Designers-Bucher, Suzanne, (slides)
Box 14, Folder 4 Jewelry-Designers-Falkenhagen, Diane
Box 14, Folder 5 Jewelry-Designers-Freyaldenhoven, Jem
Box 14, Folder 6 Jewelry-Designers-Friedman, Dan
Box 14, Folder 7 Jewelry-Designers-Furnald, Cliff
Box 14, Folder 8 Jewelry-Designers-Garrett, Paula
Box 14, Folder 9 Jewelry-Designers-Ives, Robin
Box 14, Folder 10 Jewelry-Designers-Kim, Jung-Hoo
Box 14, Folder 11 Jewelry-Designers-Klein, Alice
Box 14, Folder 12 Jewelry-Designers-Korman, Barbara
Box 14, Folder 13 Jewelry-Designers-Kroiz, Shana
Box 14, Folder 14 Jewelry-Designers-Lo Bue, Keith
Box 14, Folder 15 Jewelry-Designers-McCarthy, Christina
Box 14, Folder 16 Jewelry-Designers-Moty, Eleanor
Box 14, Folder 17 Jewelry-Designers-Neo
Box 14, Folder 18 Jewelry-Designers-Papp, Tony
Box 14, Folder 19 Jewelry-Designers-Parkin, Ann
Box 15, Folder 1 Jewelry-Designers-Ramshaw, Wendy
Box 15, Folder 2 Jewelry-Designers-Ross, Ivy
Box 24, Folder 2 Jewelry-Designers-Ross, Ivy (slides)
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Box 15, Folder 3 Jewelry-Designers-Schneider, Dana
Box 15, Folder 4 Jewelry-Designers-Scott-Clark, Ann
Box 15, Folder 5 Jewelry-Designers-Suh, Jin-Hwan
Box 15, Folder 6 Jewelry-Designers-Tanis Brenna, Edie
Box 15, Folder 7 Jewelry-Designers-Temple, Malcolm
Box 15, Folder 8 Jewelry-Designer-Tuke, Steven
Box 15, Folder 9 Jewelry-Designers-Valentine, DeWain
Box 15, Folder 10 Jewelry-Designers-Von Allworden, Veronica
Box 15, Folder 11 Jewelry-Designers-Wurlitzer, Heidi
Box 15, Folder 12 Jewelry-Designers-Jager, Jan
Box 15, Folder 13 Jewelry-Designers-Zilker, Sandra
Box 15, Folder 14 Jewelry-Designers-Miscellaneous
Box 15, Folder 15 Jewelry-Press Releases, 1985, 1991
Box 15, Folder 16 Kitchens (non-Formica, not built-in), 1913-1930
Box 15, Folder 17 Kitchens, 1950s
Box 15, Folder 18-19 Kitchens, circa 1960s
Box 16, Folder 1 Klein, Sheila, undated
Box 16, Folder 2 Laminex, undated
Box 16, Folder 3 Loewy, Raymond, undated
Box 16, Folder 4 Machinery, equipment, tools, undated
Box 16, Folder 5 Marsh, Sargent (residence), 1950s
Box 16, Folder 6 Maps and globes, circa 1960s
Box 16, Folder 7 McCarthy, Evelyn, 1984
Box 16, Folder 8 Murals, circa 1960s
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Box 16, Folder 9 National Design Center (Chicago), circa 1960
Box 16, Folder 10 Niemi, Ries, undated
Box 16, Folder 11 Offices and banks, undated
Box 16, Folder 12 Oriental Theater (Chicago), 1988
Box 16, Folder 13 Owen Inorganic Electrical Insulating Materials (fiberglass), 1938
Box 16, Folder 14 Patterns (for Formica samples), 1950s
Box 16, Folder 15 Patterns (for Formica samples), 1990s
Box 16, Folder 16 Printed circuits, undated
Box 16, Folder 17 Photographs (residential), 1950s
Box 16, Folder 18 Pioneer/Pionte Decorative Laminates, 1995
Box 16, Folder 19 Products, 1940s
Box 16, Folder 20-21 Production, circa 1960
Box 16, Folder 22 Public places and signatures, undated
Box 16, Folder 23 Queen Mary, 1936 and, undated
Box 16, Folder 24 Radio City Music Hall, undated
Box 16, Folder 25 Radios, 1913-1930
Box 26, Folder 7 Subject--Rashid, Karim (designer), 1999
Box 16, Folder 26 Residential and electrical appliances, 1940s
Box 17, Folder 1 Restaurants, diners, and bars, 1987 and, undated
Box 17, Folder 2 Rhode, Gilbert (designer), undated
Box 17, Folder 3 Robsjohn-Gibbings (designer), undated
Box 17, Folder 4 Sambo's Restaurant, California, 1968
Box 17, Folder 5 San Diego Zoo, 1962
Box 17, Folder 6 San Francisco International Airport, circa 1960
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Box 17, Folder 7 Schools and universities, undated
Box 17, Folder 8 Seybold residence, post 1950s
Box 17, Folder 9 Silver Diner, undated
Box 17, Folder 10 Snackbars, circa 1960
Box 17, Folder 11-12 Stephen's House of Ideas, 1967
Box 17, Folder 13 Stevens, Brooks, 1985, 1990
Box 17, Folder 14 Stores, undated
Box 17, Folder 15 Texas Family Boys Camp, 1956
Box 17, Folder 16 Total homes, undated
Box 17, Folder 17 Transportation terminals, undated
Box 17, Folder 18 Transportation-trains, ships, planes and automobiles, undated
Box 17, Folder 19 Vitricor, 1999
Box 17, Folder 20 Walter, F.C., (residence), 1950s
Box 17, Folder 21 Willard, Jack (mural painter), 1961
Box 17, Folder 22 Wilsonart, 1991, 1996, undated
Box 18, Folder 1-4;
Box 59, Folder 3-4
Women and Formica (photographs), 1955 - 1960
Box 18, Folder 5 World's Fair House, 1964
Box 18, Folder 6 Wright, Russel, undated
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Series 7: Exhibits, 1981-1994
Scope and
Contents:
This series consists of material documenting design competitions and exhibitions sponsored by
Formica is in the series Exhibits, 1981-1994, including correspondence, photographs, slides,
exhibition catalogs, brochures, posters, press releases, and articles. The series highlights Formica-
sponsored traveling exhibits including Surface & Ornament, Material Evidence: New Color
Techniques in Handmade Furniture, and Surface and Edge. These exhibits featured interior designs,
furniture and jewelry made from Formica's 1980s product lines including COLORCORE, NUVEL,
and SURELL. Material also covers the Contemporary COLORCORE Exhibition of 1986 and the
corresponding tour of Japan and Taiwan. Additionally, the series features exhibitions carried out in
conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibit Service (SITES), the Cooper-Hewitt
Museum, and a proposed Melrose Diner Exhibit at the National Museum of American History in
1987.
Box 43, Folder 7 Color and Context, 1986
Box 43, Folder 8 Columns in Design Concepts, undated
Box 18, Folder 9-12;
Map-folder 9
Contemporary COLORCORE Exhibition, 1986
Box 24 COLORCORE Exhibition, 1986 (slides)
Box 27, Folder 2 Design Explorations, 1991, 2001
Box 19, Folder 1 Design Materialized, NUVEL, undated
Box 25, Folder 12;
Box 19, Folder 2-3
Formica and Design: From The Counter Top to High Art, 1991
Box 19, Folder 4-6 Found Futures, 1992
Box 19, Folder 7 From Table to Tablescape (correspondence), 1988, 2000
Map-folder 1 From Table to Tablescape (blueprints)
Map-folder 8 From Table to Tablescape (drawings)
Map-folder 2 From Table to Tablescape, 1988, 2000, (posters)
Map-folder 2 From Table to Tablescape, 1988, 2000, (posters)
Box 19, Folder 8-9 Material Evidence, 1983-1987
Box 20, Folder 1 Meeting of the Minds, 1985-1986
Box 20, Folder 2 Mondo Materials, 1990
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Box 20, Folder 3 National Association of Home Builders Convention, 1981
Box 20, Folder 4 Smithsonian, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, 1984-1990
Box 20, Folder 5 Smithsonian, Melrose Diner, 1987
Box 20, Folder 6 SITES (Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service), 1987
Box 20, Folder 7-8 Solid Color, The Color Grid and OLORCORE, 1981
Box 20, Folder 9 Surface and Edge, 1986
Box 20, Folder 10-13 Surface and Ornament, 1983-1986
Box 27, Folder 3 Surface and Ornament (invitations), 1983-1984
Map-folder 11 Stanley Tigerman design drawing for tete-a-tete chair, 1983
Map-folder 3 DESIGN-USA poster
Box 21, Folder 1 SURELL Vanity, 1994
Box 21, Folder 2 Traversing the Threshold, Kansas City Art Institute, 1989
Box 21, Folder 3-4 Miscellaneous exhibition catalogs, 1982-1995
Box 26, Folder 8 Exhibits-miscellaneous catalogs, undated
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Series 8: Grace Jeffers Research Materials, 1987-1997
Scope and
Contents:
Grace Jeffers research materials contain notes, correspondence, printed publications and a copy
of her Master's thesis from Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts titled, Machine
Made Natural: The Decorative Products of the Formica Corporation, 1947-1962 , documenting the
history and use of Formica.
Box 21, Folder 5 General research notes, 1987, 1997, undated
Box 21, Folder 6 Good Housekeeping, 1990 February
Box 21, Folder 7 Dinette research file (photocopies), 1950s, undated
Box 21, Folder 8 Quality, philosophy research files (photocopies), undated
Box 21, Folder 9 Popular Culture Association Conference proposal, undated
Box 21, Folder 10 Thesis questions and research, 1995-1996
Box 21, Folder 11 Outline for thesis and notes, 1995
Box 21, Folder 12-14 Machine Made Natural: The Decorative Products of the Formica Corporation,
1947-1962, MA thesis
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Series 9: Audio Visual Materials, 1982-1995, undated
Scope and
Contents:
The audio visual materials include promotional videos documenting marketing research, fabrication
demonstrations and technical updates, product line launches, and Formica's display booths at
home-building trade shows. The series contains interviews with Susan Lewin discussing the history
of Formica Corporation, women in Formica advertisements, Formica jewelry, and interior design.
Box 22, Folder OV
565.1
ABC HOME, "ABC-National Formica", undated
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
Notes: ABC HOME feature story entitled Rooms to Grow with decorating
expert, Kitty Bartholomew, discussing Formica's display at a home-
kitchen show. Total Running Time: 8 minutes
Box 22, Folder OV
565.2
ALPI, circa 1995
1 Videocassettes (VHS) (Total Running Time: 13 minutes )
Notes: A promotional video produced by ALPI, an Italian company
specializing in wood veneers and laminates.
Box 22, Folder OV
565.3
COLORCORE vs. The Competition: Post Forming vs. The Competition, 1982
1 Videocassettes (VHS) (Total Running Time: 6 minutes)
Notes: A 1982 video produced by Formica Corporation to introduce
COLORCORE surfacing material and compare COLORCORE with
competing products manufactured by WILSONART and PIONEER.
Box 22, Folder OV
565.4
Focus on Women with Florence Rapoport, Great Neck, New York, 1995 July 17
1 Videocassettes (VHS) (Total Running Time: 28 minutes)
Notes: Susan Lewin discusses the history of Formica Corporation, women
and Formica in advertisements, women designers, and Formica
jewelry.
Box 22, Folder OV
565.5
Formica Corporation, 1990 Launch
1 Videocassettes (VHS) (Total Running Time: 14 minutes)
Notes: Promotional video created by Formica Corporation to introduce the
Formations Collections and the Color Portfolio, a 1990 product line
emphasizing earth tones.
Box 22, Folder OV
565.6
Formica Corporation, 1990 National Kitchen/Bath Industry Show Exhibit, Chicago,
Illinois, 1990 April 21-23
1 Videocassettes (VHS) (Total Running Time: 9 minutes)
Notes: Promotional video produced by Formica Corporation documenting
Formica's display at the Kitchen/Bath Show including clips of
COLORCORE blocks, SURELL wall murals, the New for the 1990s
collection, and the Formica-Chip dispenser.
Box 22, Folder OV
565.7
Formica Corporation Architects (Commercial), Los Angeles, California, 1992
December 21
1 Videocassettes (VHS) (Total Running Time: 1:27 minutes)
Notes: Focus group conducted by a marketing research firm to gather
information from commercial interior designers regarding designers
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selection process, preferences for surfacing materials, and opinions
about future trends in solid surfacing material.
Box 22, Folder OV
565.8
Formica Corporation Architects (Residential), Los Angeles, California, 1992
December 21
1 Videocassettes (VHS) (Total Running Time: 1:14 minutes)
Notes: Focus group conducted by a marketing research firm to gather
information from residential interior designers regarding designers'
selection process, preferences for surfacing materials, and opinions
about future trends in solid surfacing material.
Box 22, Folder OV
565.9
Formica Evendale Strike, 1989 April
1 Videocassettes (VHS) (Total Running Time: 7 minutes)
Notes: Television news coverage documenting Formica's strike in 1989,
including interviews with leaders of the International Union of
Electrical Workers.
Box 22, Folder OV
565.10
Formica Show, undated
1 Videocassettes (Betamax)
Box 22, Folder OV
565.11
Formica Sold, undated
1 Videocassettes (Betamax)
Box 22, Folder OV
565.12
Susan Lewin: Formica, Morning Exchange News, Cleveland, Ohio, 1988 July 20
1 Videocassettes (VHS) (Total Running Time: 8 minutes)
Notes: Susan Lewin discusses the history of Formica Corporation, the
various uses of Formica within home interiors, and Formica jewelry.
Box 23, Folder OV
565.13
Formica, Susan Lewin: Formica, Sun Up San Diego, KFMB-TV, San Diego,
California, 1988 August 1
1 Videocassettes (VHS) (Total Running Time: 6:55 minutes)
Notes: Interview with Susan Lewin entitled America's Design Trends. Lewin
discusses history of Formica Corporation and Formica jewelry.
Box 23, Folder OV
565.14
Grant-Lewin, Susan - Formica, Seattle Today, KING-TV, Seattle, Washington, 1990
October 2
1 Videocassettes (VHS) (Total Running Time: 6 minutes)
Notes: Susan Lewin discusses the Formica Kitchen Face-Lift Contest,
kitchen design throughout Formica's history, and Formica jewelry.
Box 23, Folder OV
565.15
Kansas City, undated
1 Videocassettes (Betamax)
Box 23, Folder OV
565.16
Laminate Manufacturing, 1986
1 Videocassettes (VHS) (Total Running Time: 8 minutes)
Notes: A video produced by the Design Council to document the production
of the Formica product.
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Box 23, Folder OV
565.17
Laminate: The Smart Surface, 1988
1 Videocassettes (VHS) (Total Running Time: 13:06 minutes)
Notes: Promotional video produced by the Laminate Council of America.
Includes a series of interviews with interior designers on the qualities
and attributes of laminate.
Box 23, Folder OV
565.18
NUVEL Fabrication Video, undated
1 Videocassettes (VHS) (Total Running Time: 28 minutes)
Notes: Fabrication video created by Formica Corporation describing
installation techniques and handling tips for the solid surfacing
material.
Box 23, Folder OV
565.19
NUVEL Surfacing Material Press Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1993 February
19
1 Videocassettes (VHS) (Total Running Time: 39 minutes)
Notes: Vincent Langone, the CEO of Formica Corporation, introduces
NUVEL, a solid surfacing material, at the Las Vegas Convention
Center. The video features clips from the NUVEL display booth at the
home building show.
Box 23, Folder OV
565.20
Opening for the San Diego Art Center Bookstore, San Diego, California, 1986
1 Videocassettes (VHS) (Total Running Time: 4 minutes)
Notes: Interview with Susan Lewin entitled A Real Gem? Lewin discusses
an exhibit of Formica jewelry at a San Diego bookstore.
Box 23, Folder OV
565.21
Rowena Reed Kostellow: 50 Years of Design, May 24, 1994
1 Videocassettes (VHS) (Total Running Time: 20:53 minutes)
Notes: A tribute to the educator and designer Rowena Reed Kostellow.
Includes interviews with colleagues, and scenes of her teaching.
Box 23, Folder OV
565.22
SURELL, Fabrication and Installation Technique, undated
1 Videocassettes (VHS) (Total Running Time: 27 minutes)
Notes: Fabrication video created by Formica Corporation describing
installation techniques and handling tips for the solid surfacing
material.
Box 23, Folder OV
565.23
Surface and Ornament, undated
1 Videocassettes (VHS) (Total Running Time: 13 minutes)
Notes: PBS interview with Susan Grant-Lewin, Creative Director of Formica
Corporation, and Dennis Barrie, Director of the Contemporary Arts
Center, Cincinnati, Ohio. Grant-Lewin and Barrie discuss the history
of the exhibit, Surface and Ornament. Video also includes discussion
of items on display.
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Series 10: Martin A. Jeffers Materials, 1963-2007
Scope and
Contents:
These materials are part of the 2006 addenda donated to the Archives Center. The materials
document Martin A. Jeffers (1940-2007) role as a salesman at Formica from 1963-1997. The
materials include biographical and medical and dental plans, employee benefit documentation,
photographs, corporate branding and identity, product literature and product samples, advertising
and sales records, and newsletters.
Subseries 10.1: Background Materials, 1965 - 1999
Scope and
Contents:
These materials consist of biographical documents about Martin A. Jeffers, sales representative
for the Formica Company. Included are resumes, photographs, corporate identity pieces (business
cards and envelopes), performance plans and progress reviews, Jeffers notes about the
performance reviews, salary information, social security and disability claims, company enrollment
applications and forms, and sales quota data. The chron files maintained by Jeffers also contain
performance evaluation data.
Box 43, Folder 1 Name tag for Marty Jeffers, undated
Box 43, Folder 2 Resumes, undated
Box 52, Folder 2 Martin A. Jeffers diary/calendar, 1999 - 1999
Box 52, Folder 3 Martin A. Jeffers diary/calendar (loose materials), 1999 - 1999
Box 43, Folder 3 Photographs, undated
Box 43, Folder 4 Employment agreement and payroll stubs, 1965
Box 43, Folder 5 Formica Company envelopes and business cards for Marty Jeffers, undated
Box 43, Folder 7 Formica and Design From the Counter Top to High Art, 1991
Box 43, Folder 8 Performance plans/progress reviews, 1975 - 1983
Box 43, Folder 9 Performance evaluation/progress reviews, 1988
Box 43, Folder 10 Performance evaluation, 1989
Box 43, Folder 11 Performance evaluation, 1999 - 1999
Box 43, Folder 12 Service awards, 1987
Box 43, Folder 13 Formica Corporation certificate of achievement, 1988
Box 43, Folder 14 Producer Council, Inc. award (Martin Jeffers), undated
Box 43, Folder 15 Call reports (for Marty Jeffers), 1988 - 1990
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Box 43, Folder 6 Surface and Panel (article about Marty Jeffers), 2007
Box 43, Folder 16 Forms for display material, credit card request claim and return authorization,
undated
Box 43, Folder 17 Telephone Directory, 1989
Box 43, Folder 18 Chron file for Martin A Jeffers, 1980 - 1988
Box 43, Folder 19 Chron file for Martin A. Jeffers, 1989 - 1999
Box 43, Folder 20 Job position (social security and disability claim), 1997
Box 44, Folder 1-3 Business cards (for individuals, organizations, doctors, and businesses)
Box 44, Folder 4 Formica corporate credit card (American Express), 1991
Box 44, Folder 5 American Express Business Travel Service, 1993
Subseries 10.2: Employee Benefits, 1963 - 1998
Scope and
Contents:
This subseries contains documentation about medical and dental health plans and retirements
savings plans provided by Formica Corporation to it's employees.
Box 44, Folder 6 Cynamid Employees Dental Plan, 1978
Box 44, Folder 7 Cynamid Employees Retirement Plan, 1982
Box 45, Folder 1 Cynamid Personal Protection Plan, 1963 - 1963, 1978 - 1992
Box 45, Folder 2 Cynamid Employee Savings Plan, 1983
Box 45, Folder 3 Formica Corporation Long Term Disability Plan, 1997
Box 45, Folder 4 Group Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance, 1997
Box 45, Folder 5 Salary redirection agreement, 1996
Box 45, Folder 7 Met Life, employee savings plan, 1996
Box 45, Folder 8 Fidelity, savings plan, 1997
Box 45, Folder 9 Formica Corporation, employee benefits summary, 1992
Box 45, Folder 10 Met Life, savings plan, 1990 - 1996
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Box 45, Folder 11 Cynamid, employee benefits (includes retirement reports), 1972, 1974 - 1979, 1981
- 1981
Box 46, Folder 1 United Medical Resources, Inc., 1988
Box 46, Folder 2 Retirement and medical changes (flex plan and cost schedule), 1992 - 1993
Box 46, Folder 3 United Medical Resources (dental file), 1995
Box 46, Folder 4 AFLAC Premier Cancer Expense Protection, 1992
Box 46, Folder 5 AFLAC, medical program, 1995 - 1996
Box 46, Folder 6 Cynamid, retirement plan, 1974 - 1980
Box 46, Folder 7 Formica Corporation, savings plan, 1997 - 1997, 1994
Box 46, Folder 8 Cynamid Corporation, pension estimate, 1992 - 1996
Box 46, Folder 9 American Home Products Scholarship, 1996 - 1998
Box 46, Folder 10 Info Distribution, undated
Box 46, Folder 11 The Laminate Press, 1985 August
Box 46, Folder 12 American Cynamid Company, employee retirement plan estimate, 1994
Box 46, Folder 13 Retirement accrued benefits estimate, 1992
Box 46, Folder 14 Medical Aetna, managed choice, 1995
Box 46, Folder 15 Changes to American Home Products retirement plan, 1994 - 1995
Box 46, Folder 16 American Home Products Corporation, pension administration contract, 1996
Box 46, Folder 17 American Cynamid, medical and life benefits, 1994
Box 46, Folder 18 American Cynamid, healthcare bill, 1985 - 1987
Box 46, Folder 19 American Cynamid, life and medical contract, 1996
Box 46, Folder 20 American Cynmaid, premium receipts, 1991 - 1997
Box 46, Folder 21 Cynamid, healthcare changes, pay schedule, 1991 - 1993
Box 46, Folder 22 Cynamid, children's healthcare, 1994
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Box 46, Folder 23 Cynamid, dental plan, 1980
Box 46, Folder 24 Formica Corporation, long term disability insurance, 1994
Box 46, Folder 25 Long term disability certificate, 1991
Box 46, Folder 26 Disability leaves, salary continuation changes, 1992
Box 46, Folder 27 Retirement plan pension and welfare, 1986 - 1991
Box 46, Folder 28 Consolidation Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), 1991
Box 46, Folder 29 The Hartford Life Insurance, 1990 - 1991
Subseries 10.3: Product Information, [1959?]-1997
Scope and
Contents:
This subseries contains product literature, forms price lists, and samples for Fromica brand
products. Also included is literature about other company's products.
Box 47, Folder 1 #1820, Boomerang Collection Bianco
Box 47, Folder 2 #1821, Boomerang Collection Charcoal
Box 47, Folder 3 #1822, Boomerang Collection Grecian Blue
Box 47, Folder 4 #1823, Boomerang Collection Rosetta
Box 47, Folder 5 #91602-58, Boomerang Black and White
Box 54 Formica samples (finish options, matte finishes, patterns, color portfolio matte),
1999 - 1999
Box 55 Formica samples (includes Nuvel), undated
Box 56, Folder 1 Caring for Formica Brand and ColorCore Brand Laminate, undated
Box 56, Folder 2-7 Formica samples (Laurinda Spear Collection), 1998 - 1998
Box 56, Folder 8 #90972, Black Rock Finish
Box 56, Folder 9 7-ST-1, [1959?]
Box 56, Folder 10 #837, Graphite; #839, Stop Red; #845 Spectrum Red, undated
Box 56, Folder 11 #90991, Black Laquer, undated
Box 56, Folder 12 Formica samples, undated
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Notes: #506, Beige Grafix; 7169-21, Quantum Sky; #7166-21, Quantum
Sand; #7165-91, Golden Shimmer; #7177-91, Dark Aurora;
#7178-91, Black Quasar; #3118-91, Midnight Galaxia; #7157-91,
Cosmic Dawn; #7159-91, Light Pearlwood; #7164-91, White Chroma;
#7128-91, Silver Fusion; #7144-91, Lux Travertino; and #7158-91,
Cosmic Dusk.
Box 57 Formica samples (ColorCore edge finishes)
Box 58 Formica sample (edge finish), undated
Box 47, Folder 6 Sample, unidentified, undated
Box 47, Folder 7 Levey Barrett Furniture, undated
Box 47, Folder 8 Product literature, forms, and price lists, 1991
Box 47, Folder 9 Product literature (laminate, Chemtop, Surrell), 1996 - 1999
Box 47, Folder 10 Homewood Industries, 1991
Box 47, Folder 11 Evendale Formica telephone directory, 1995
Box 47, Folder 12 Haines Directory, undated
Box 47, Folder 13 Formica flooring technical installation guide, 1997
Box 47, Folder 14 Bretford (conference furniture), 1997
Box 47, Folder 15 Product introduction, 1989
Box 47, Folder 16 Architectural Woodwork Quality Standards Guide Specifications, 1988
Box 47, Folder 17 National Electrical Manufacturers Association (high pressure decorative laminates,
1975
Box 47, Folder 18 Surrell product literature, 1990
Box 47, Folder 19 Surrell action plan and Formica brand laminate action plan, 1991
Subseries 10.4: Advertising and Sales Records, 1987 - 1999
Box 48, Folder 1 Field recognition program quota, 1987
Box 48, Folder 2 Customer service action request, 1990
Box 48, Folder 3 Accounts, 1988 - 1989
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Box 48, Folder 4 Incentives and quotas, 1990
Box 48, Folder 5 price in crease to distributors, 1990
Box 48, Folder 6 Sales data and quotas, 1991
Box 48, Folder 7 Adjusted gross sales (for Martin Jeffers), 1991
Box 48, Folder 8 Adjusted gross sales (for Martin A. Jeffers), 1993
Box 48, Folder 9 Sales data, 1998 - 1999
Box 49, Folder 1 Price/volume relationships, 1998
Box 49, Folder 2 Sales data and quotas, 1999
Box 49, Folder 3 Salesman, total sales data, 1995 - 1999
Box 49, Folder 4 Performance (Chicago Office), 1984
Box 49, Folder 5 Color portfolio, 1990
Box 49, Folder 6 Sales rebate summary, 1993
Box 49, Folder 7 Sales Bonus Program, 1992
Box 49, Folder 8 Sales Plan, 1993
Box 49, Folder 9 Sales Plan, 1996
Box 49, Folder 10 Sales Plan, 1997
Box 49, Folder 11 Sales Plan, 1997 - 1998
Box 49, Folder 12 Sales Plan (incentive plan), 1998
Box 50, Folder 1 Sales Plan, 1998
Box 50, Folder 2 Sales Plan, 1999
Box 50, Folder 3 Distributors Conference (Martin Jeffers notes), 1997
Box 50, Folder 4 Bids, 1998
Box 50, Folder 5 Marginal income report (Martin Jeffers, distributor), 1997
Box 50, Folder 6 Market summary, 1998
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Box 50, Folder 7 Bonus plan, 1996 - 1998
Box 50, Folder 8 Representatives sales performance quota, 1991
Box 50, Folder 9 Selling Techniques, National Meeting, 1991
Box 50, Folder 10 National Sales Meeting, agenda, 1991
Box 50, Folder 11 National Sales Meeting, Martin Jeffers notes, 1991
Box 50, Folder 12 National Sales Meeting, 1997
Box 50, Folder 13 National Sales Meeting (Surrell), 1998
Box 50, Folder 14 North American Sales Meeting, 1999
Box 50, Folder 15 Sales announcement (CVC Capital Partners and BTR purchase of Formica), 1998
Box 50, Folder 16 Baer Supply Company (customer lists), 1998
Box 50, Folder 17 Authorized Formica Design Center Directory, 1996
Box 50, Folder 18 Formica wall board registration, 1999
Box 50, Folder 19 Client list, 1997
Box 50, Folder 20 Slot machines, 1997
Box 51, Folder 1 Formica G2 Register, 1996
Box 51, Folder 2 American Home Products Corporation (scholarship), 1995
Box 51, Folder 3 Elkhart Area Manufactured Housing Directory, 1998 - 1999
Box 51, Folder 4 Chicagoland Custom Woodworking Resource Guide, undated
Box 51, Folder 5 Topcrafters. Ltd., 1991
Box 51, Folder 6 Windsor Publications, 1995
Box 51, Folder 7 Competitive pricing, 1993
Box 51, Folder 8 Distributor performance, 1994
Box 51, Folder 9 Architectural Blitz, 1994
Box 51, Folder 10 National Association of Store Fixture Manufacturers, 1993
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Box 51, Folder 11 Marty Jeffers (expenses), 1997 - 1998
Box 51, Folder 12 Formica Brand Distributors, 1998
Box 51, Folder 13 Formica Flooring (pricing), 1998
Box 51, Folder 14 Invoices, 1998
Box 51, Folder 15 Customers (problems), 1996
Box 51, Folder 16 Incentive Program, 1999
Box 51, Folder 17 Pricing (all customers), 1999
Box 51, Folder 18 Decorative Laminate Products Association Fabricator Guide, 1993
Box 51, Folder 19 Color Book, undated
Box 52, Folder 1 Formica Design Center Program, 1996 - 1996
Box 53, Folder 2 [Sales meeting?], Houston Texas, 1966 - 1966
1 Photograph
Box 53, Folder 2 E. Kinart Distributors list, 1991 - 1991
Box 53, Folder 3 Calendar for Formica 75th Anniversary, 1988 - 1988
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