31 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 20, 1967
San Francisco Chronicle Clipping 'Asbestos Linked To Lung Cancer' with Union Carbide Distribution Stamp and Handwritten Note (1967)
…Medical Association by Drs. Selikoff and Hammond on lung cancer among asbestos construction workers who smoke. The clipping carries a Union Carbide distribution list with check marks and initials, underlining of passages, and a handwritten note…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 28, 1967
N. L. Zutty to Distribution on the 1967 Asbestos Laboratory Program, with R. G. Woolery's Program Summary (1967)
Cover memo from N. L. Zutty to a distribution list transmitting a summary of the 1967 laboratory program on asbestos carried out under R. G. Woolery at Niagara Falls, and asking for comments on consolidating overlapping programs. The attached…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents
J. A. Riddle to F. Kummerer, F. M. Patterson and M. J. Detter on Product Handling and Bag Damage in Rail Car Shipments to Kentile-Brooklyn and Jersey City (undated)
Memo headed "Product Handling" in which J. A. Riddle reported conclusions from a review with Ken Hoo(?) and Abbie Andrade of information gathered at Kentile-Brooklyn and Jersey City on bag damage in rail car shipments. It described trials of…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 26, 1968
J. A. Riddle to W. S. Young, L. F. Crow, T. F. Frangos and J. L. Myers Transmitting Industrial Hygiene Synopsis on Asbestos (1968)
One-paragraph transmittal memo dated July 26, 1968, from J. A. Riddle to W. S. Young, L. F. Crow, T. F. Frangos and J. L. Myers. It says a synopsis of the industrial hygiene aspects of asbestos is enclosed for use in the long range plan. The…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 5, 1972
W. N. Johnson to R. G. Woolery on Following Up by Phone (1972)
A one-page note from W. N. Johnson to R. G. Woolery dated January 5, 1972. It says that, following a telephone conversation, Johnson would be in touch with the recipient on Friday or Monday. The note lists an enclosure, but none is included in the exhibit.
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 17, 1972
W. N. Johnson to P. W. McDaniel and Others on the Test Program for Airborne Asbestos (1972)
Memo summarizing arrangements agreed at a January 12 meeting in Niagara for a program to measure airborne asbestos. The program covered a survey of employee exposure at customers' plants near Bartow, Florida, and laboratory tests at Niagara of…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 28, 1967
N. L. Zutty to J. W. Biddle and Others Transmitting R. G. Woolery's 1967 Asbestos Laboratory Program Summary (1967)
Internal Plastics Division cover memo from N. L. Zutty forwarding a summary of the 1967 asbestos laboratory program run by R. G. Woolery at Niagara Falls, with a proposal to consider consolidating some programs with similar work elsewhere in Group…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 17, 1969
Gabe Acosta to Paul W. McDaniel Transmitting King City Plant Dust Particle Counts (1969)
A one-paragraph internal letter from Gabe Acosta at King City to Paul W. McDaniel in New York enclosing dust particle counts taken September 10 and 11, 1969, on swing shift. The attached sample sheets list 18 samples by plant area (palletizing,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 27, 1967
F. H. Thompson to R. G. Woolery on Identification of Asbestos Particles in Paper (1967)
Internal memo reporting a test developed in the paper laboratory to show the distribution of asbestos particles on the surface of cellulosic paper by coating with a vinyl chloride/vinyl acetate polymer solution and heating. It describes six attached…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 13, 1968
J. A. Riddle to P. W. McDaniel on Dust Count Results and Dust Control Measures at the King City Plant (1968)
Internal Union Carbide letter from J. A. Riddle to Dr. P. W. McDaniel of the Medical Department about dust count results taken by Kamens at the King City plant. It says the counts were generally within…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 20, 1976
T. J. Kagetsu to W. C. Thurber Transmitting J. J. Militello's Design Memo and Cost Estimate for a Wetted Supervisbestos Circuit at King City (1976)
A cover memo from T.J. Kagetsu to W.C. Thurber transmitting a preliminary engineering study for producing "Wetted Supervisbestos" at the King City plant. The attached Design Memo No. 1 by J.J. Militello (August 13, 1976) gives the design criteria,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 11, 1974
G. J. Weihs, Chrysotile Asbestos Markets and Forecasts for Group 7, with W. C. Thurber Cover Note and Related Memos (1974)
…7', March 1974: summary, conclusions, tables and end-use sections Partial Union Carbide internal form (Berkshire Business Forms) with little legible content; apparently not part of the report Commercial Intelligence memo to William Thurber, May 9…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 21, 1977
W. C. Thurber to R. G. Woolery on Silane-Treated RG-244 (1977)
Internal memo from W.C. Thurber to R.G. Woolery asking him to finish work on silane-treated RG-244 using COF-25 as the base material. The work covered viscosity tests at several silane loadings, a stability check, and pressing a patent application.…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 2, 1976
J. E. Skvarla to R. G. Woolery on a Wetted Dust-Free Supervisbestos Product and Improved Product Quality (1976)
Internal memo from J. E. Skvarla to R. G. Woolery responding to W. C. Thurber's letters on improving Supervisbestos. It proposes making a dust-free wetted product by blending S V filter cake with dry pellets in the Lancaster mixer, citing Niagara…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 5, 1977
John L. Myers to R. L. Schult, W. C. Thurber and R. G. Woolery Forwarding a Columbia Journalism Review Article on Selikoff, NIOSH and the ANPA (1977)
…paper, cites R. G. Woolery's papers on asbestos in paper-making and Union Carbide's marketing of high-purity asbestos for pitch control, and quotes Myers on when asbestos use in paper began and declined.
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 7, 1972
M. A. Peters to W. N. Johnson on Experimental Results for Airborne Asbestos, Part II (1972)
Memorandum from M. A. Peters reporting experimental work on a method of estimating airborne asbestos by measuring magnesium with atomic absorption spectroscopy instead of counting fibers. It covers reagent and filter blanks and air samples from four…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 19, 1968
K. Park to R. G. Woolery on Flow Testing of Asbestos Suspensions and Super Visbestos (1968)
Memorandum from K. Park responding to questions in a May 27, 1968 letter from H. M. Wyatt of Montello Inc. to J. E. Skvarla about Super Visbestos. It states that no satisfactory method existed for measuring flow properties of a flocculated pure…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 5, 1969
R. P. Braddicks and L. F. Riglioni, Evaluation of Titanated Calidria Asbestos, Part IV: Pilot Plant Titanated SG 100 in Vinyl Asbestos Tile (1969)
A Union Carbide project report on a re-evaluation of pilot-plant-made 30 percent R101 titanated SG 100 Calidria asbestos in vinyl asbestos tile, using colorimeter brightness readings converted to K/S values. It reports…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 14, 1974
J. E. Skvarla to R. G. Woolery on the Construction Schedule for the Building 169 Asbestos Pilot Plant, with W. C. Thurber's Handwritten Note (1974)
A May 14, 1974 memorandum from J. E. Skvarla to R. G. Woolery gave a projected schedule for building the Building 169 asbestos pilot plant, with dates for engineering, equipment installation, purchase orders, relocation from Building 158 and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1969
D. S. Kamens to Paul W. McDaniel Transmitting King City Dust Count Data (January and February 1969)
Two internal letters from D. S. Kamens at King City to Paul W. McDaniel of the Medical Department in New York, dated January 10 and February 3, 1969. Each transmitted dust count data (MPPCF) for the bagging, palletizing, refining, rock fiber and…