Plastic Pioneers Association Interviews
name: label: Creator
content: Plastics Pioneers Association
label: Names
content: Albany Billiard Ball Company (Albany, New York)
label: Names
content: Bakelite Corporation
label: Names
content: Celanese Corporation of America
label: Names
content: Dow Chemical Company
label: Names
content: Formica Corporation.
label: Names
content: General Electric Company
topic: label: Topic
content: Plastics -- 1920-2000
label: Topic
content: Laminated plastics
label: Topic
content: Celluloid
label: Topic
content: Bakelite
label: Topic
content: Billiards -- Equipment and supplies
label: Topic
content: Styrene
label: Topic
content: Plexiglas
label: Topic
content: Plastics
label: Topic
content: Molding -- Plastics
label: Topic
content: Plastics industry and trade
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Audio tapes given to the Division of Manufacturing (now Division of Medicine and Science), by J. Harry DuBois, date unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Plastics Pioneers Association
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content: Plastic Pioneers Association Interviews
abstract: label: Summary
content: Audio recordings of interviews with members of the Plastics Pioneers Association about the plastics industry, its origins, and evolution.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Plastic Pioneers Association (PPA) was formed in the 1940s to provide individuals involved with plastics invention, innovation, and manufacturing an opportunity to meet with colleagues to share stories about the history of plastics. In 1948 the PPA became a formal organization "of individuals who are persons of accomplishment in the Plastics Industry, and who wish to foster the bonds of friendship and fraternalism among them." At the time, in order to be a member an individual had to have made "a contribution to the growth of the industry and worked at least fifteen years plastics. According to the PPA webiste, membership currently "is capped at 250 active members, and the term of service in the industry required is 25 years or more."

The PPA is dedicated to education as well as documenting and preserving the histories of people who contributed to the plastics industry. The Plastic Pioneers Interviews represents part of this effort 

http://www.plasticspioneers.org/Home/tabid/52/Default.aspx
physdesc: label: Extent
content: .30 Cubic feet (1 Box)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Researchers must use reference audio CDs. Original 1/4 inch open-reel audio tapes are not available for research use.
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1952, 1968
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The collection was transferred from the Division of Science and Medicine (now Division of Medicine and Science) in 2011.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1235
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Wendy Shay, 2016.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Reference CDs made by the Archives Center.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of four 1/4 inch open-reel audiotapes produced from 1952-1968.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Materials in the Archives Center

Albany Billiard Ball Company Records (NMAH.AC.0011)

Leo H. Baekeland Papers (NMAH.AC.0005)

Celluloid Corporation Records (NMAH.AC.0009)

Earl S. Tupper Papers (NMAH.AC.0470)

Grace Jeffers Collection of Formica Materials (NMAH.AC.0565)