Zinc Institute Archives
Scope and Contents
The following material was received from the Zinc Institute in 1991. It includes minutes of meetings, budget material, membership lists, reports of Annual Meetings, runs of “The Journal”, the “Zinc Sheet” newsletter, many articles, reprints etc., but no correspondence.
Dates
- 1918-1988
Creator
- Zinc Institute (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection housed remotely. Users need to contact 24 hours in advance.
Conditions Governing Use
Collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
The Zinc Institute was founded in 1919, with offices in New York City. Its purpose was to support the zinc industry. Due to declining membership, staff was reduced in 1987 and the Institute is apparently now defunct.
Extent
8 Cubic feet (8 cartons)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains minutes of meetings, budget material, membership lists, reports of annual meetings, runs of “The Journal”, the “Zinc Sheet”, many articles, reprints. Most material falls into period 1960-1988 but includes a few items as early as 1918. The collection contains no personal or business correspondence.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by format in 8 series (8 cartons): Carton 1: Official Business (in loose leaf binders) Carton 2: Annual Meetings (in loose leaf binders) Carton 3: Executive Committee and Board of Directors (in loose leaf binders) Carton 4: Meeting minutes, etc. (scrapbooks and loose leaf binders) Carton 5: Annual Reports (in folders, loose leaf binders, pamphlets) Carton 6: “Journal of Zinc Institute” and “Zinc” magazine Carton 7: Annual Reviews and Reports (pamphlets) Carton 8: Published materials
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the Zinc Institute (1991)
Creator
- Zinc Institute (Organization)
- Title
- Zinc Institute Archives
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Special Collections Staff
- Date
- 1991-10-09
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Lehigh University Special Collections Repository
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