Newsletters, Magazines, and Press Releases
name: label: Collection Donor
content: Jeffers, Grace
label: Collection Creator
content: Formica Corporation.
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content: Formica Collection
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1942-1990
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0565, Series 3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 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."