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Parke, Davis Research Laboratory Records.

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    Object Details

    sova.nmah.ac.0001
    GUID
    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8869c518d-5cbd-42cf-b508-e688de3bf14d
    Author
    Parke, Davis Company
    Collector
    National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Medical Sciences
    Names
    Pfizer Inc.
    Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis
    Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis. Pharmaceutical Research Division
    Davis, George S.
    Duffield, Samuel P., Dr. (physician, pharmacist)
    Parke, Hervey Coke , 1827-1899
    Topic
    advertising
    Antibiotics
    Architectural Blueprints
    Biologicals
    Chemistry
    Diseases
    Drugs -- 1900-1950
    Drug factories
    Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919
    Laboratories
    Medical scientists -- 1900-1950
    Patents
    Pharmaceutical industry -- 1900-1950
    Pharmacology -- 1900-1950
    Photographs
    Vaccines
    Provenance
    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.
    Author
    Parke, Davis Company
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    Parke, Davis Research Laboratory Records.
    Summary
    The collection documents Parke, Davis and Company, one of the largest and oldest pharmaceutical firms in America.
    Accruals
    Approximately 100 c.f. of materials documenting business records, photographs, historical materials, publications, and research materials, was donated by 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.
    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. 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. In 1907, Parke, Davis and Company bought 340 acres in northeast Avon Township, Michigan, and called it Parkedale Farm. The farm was dedicated on October 8, 1908, and included sterilization rooms and a vaccine propagating building. By 1909 the farm included 200 horses, 25 to 50 cattle, 150 sheep, and employed 20 men. The horses produced the antitoxin for diphtheria and tetanus, the cattle produced a vaccine for smallpox preventatives, and the sheep made serum. Only the healthiest animals were used and all were well cared for. Exotic plants were also grown on the site and used for drugs. Parke-Davis' chief products were antitoxins and vaccines as well as farm crops for feeding the animals. The farm continued to produce vaccines for diphtheria, scarlet fever, tetanus, smallpox, anthrax, and in the 1950s, the Salk polio vaccine. 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. Source Rochester Hills Museum at Voon Hoosen Farm (last accessed on September 29, 2021 https://www.rochesterhills.org/Museum/LocalHistory/ParkeDavisFarm.pdf) Parke, Davis and Company. Parke-Davis At 100...progress in the past...promise for the future. Detroit, Michigan, 1966.
    Extent
    365 Cubic feet (510 boxes, 43 map folders)
    Date
    1866-1992
    Custodial History
    The intital donation in February 1982 was transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Medicine and Science in December 1982.
    Archival Repository
    Archives Center, National Museum of American History
    Identifier
    NMAH.AC.0001
    Type
    Collection descriptions
    Archival materials
    Annual reports
    Blueprints
    Brochures
    Catalogs
    Correspondence
    Employee records
    Formulae, chemical
    Lantern slides
    Newsletters
    Newspaper clippings
    Notebooks
    Price lists
    16mm films
    Sound recordings
    Tracings
    Trade literature
    Citation
    Parke, Davis Research Laboratory Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
    Arrangement
    Collection is divided into 13 series. Series 1: Corporate Materials, 1887-1951 Series 2: Financial Materials, 1880-1970 Series 3: Employee/Personnel Materials, 1900-1989 Series 4: Advertising/Sales Materials, 1868-1980 Series 5: Photographs, 1866-1992 Series 6: Notebooks, 1908-1968 Series 7: Control Department Records, 1884-1931 Series 8: Formulas, 1882-1967 Series 9: Equipment Data Files, 1922-1978 Series 10: Publications, 1968-1988 Series 11: Research Materials, 1920-1978 Series 12: Drawings, 1911-1971 Series 13: Addenda, 1867-1970 Series 14: Audio Materials, 1956-1957
    Processing Information
    The original acquisition in 1982 was processed by Robert S. Harding, archivist, 1983. Subsequent accruals were processed by Alison Oswald, archivist, between 2019-2021. Substantial portions of the records 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.
    Rights
    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.
    Genre/Form
    Annual reports -- 20th century
    Blueprints -- 20th century
    Brochures -- 20th century
    Catalogs
    Correspondence -- 19th-20th century
    Employee records
    Formulae, chemical
    Lantern slides -- 1900-1950
    Newsletters -- 20th century
    Newspaper clippings
    Notebooks -- 1900-1950
    Price lists
    16mm films
    Sound recordings -- Audiotapes -- Open reel
    Tracings
    Trade literature
    Scope and Contents
    The collection documents Parke, Davis and Company, one of America's oldest and largest drug makers. Parke, Davis had the first research laboratory in the American pharmaceutical industry. The company played a major role in the development of some of the principle new drugs of the twentieth century and pioneered the field of drug standardization. They were one of the first American firms to produce antitoxins, hormones, and other biologicals. They introduced new and important drugs such as adrenalin, dilantin, chlorenpleniol, and other antibiotics. They also did important research on vitamins, disinfectants, and pencillin. The collection contains complete documentaion of all the research activities done, including research laboratory notes, correspondence, and published papers. The collection also contains corporate, financial, advertising and sales materials, photographs, and audiovisual materials. The collection is important for those researchers interested in the history of public health, the history of biologicals, pharmaceutical manufacturing and business 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.
    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) 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 the Smithsonian Institution Libraries Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collection Trade catalogs related to Parke, Davis & Co.; Warner-Lambert; Pfizer Pharmaceuticals; and Pfizer, Inc. 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.
    Separated Materials
    Division of Medicine and Science, National Museum of American History The division holds objects related to Parke, Davis that primarily include containers (boxes and glass bottles) that held phamrmaceuticals, biologicals (vaccines), crude drugs, and herb packages. 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.
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    Record ID
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