Hide Preparation and Tanning Archive of D.W. Cooke, Chemist--Keystone Leather Company, New Jersey 1911-1929

Cooke, D.[Dwight] W.

Verlag: Camden, New Jersey, 1929

Archive of several hundred pages from the work of chemist Dwight W. Cooke of the Keystone Leather Company, Camden, New Jersey. Pages in binder and loose. Condition is good only with light water damage and toning to pages; chips and tears. Overall very legible. Consists of original typed material, carbon copied material and manuscript. Two issues, good only condition, of the Journal of the American Leather Chemists Association (Jan. 1922 and March 1932) included. Small portion of archives date to the early 20's as school reports by Cooke to a Dr. Rogers of the Pratt Institute of Brooklyn New York. These are field trip reports from visits to tanneries. The bulk of the archives served as a recipe book of sorts for the tanning of goat and horse hides, primarily from 1922-1929. Included are several letters to Cooke regarding tanning techniques. The Keystone Leather Company marketing products under the name Keystone Kid with tanning capacity said to be as much as one thousand dozen a day, as noted in Shoe and Leather Facts Volume 33, July 1913. Camden New Jersey was the epicenter of agriculture in the early 20th century so it is no surprise we find tanneries active in the city. The archive also contains records of supplies purchased, wages paid to employees, and some shipping records. The bulk however are the recipes used for the tanning of various leathers, no doubt highly proprietary information. A unique archive. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 32

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Titel: Hide Preparation and Tanning Archive of D.W....
Verlag: Camden, New Jersey
Erscheinungsdatum: 1929
Einband: Softcover