Edward R. Squibb collection
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Abstract
This collection contains materials relating to Edward R. Squibb, his family, and his company, Squibb Pharmaceuticals. Items include correspondence, a family bible, books, pamphlets, additional printed materials, and nine antique pharmaceutical containers.
Biographical Note
Edward Robinson Squibb (1819-1900) was a physician and chemist. He was born in Wilmington, DE and attended Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, PA. Shortly after graduating, he was appointed a surgeon in the United States Navy. He then ran a medical station at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in Brooklyn, N.Y. before opening his own pharmaceutical company, Squibb Pharmaceuticals, in Brooklyn. The company later became E.R. Squibb & Sons, and eventually became part of the major pharmaeutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb.
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- "Death List of a Day: Dr. Edward R. Squibb." New York Times, October 27, 1900. Accessed November 7, 2011. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F00D12FE3F5B11738DDDAE0A94D8415B808CF1D3
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials relating to Edward R. Squibb, his family, and his company, Squibb Pharmaceuticals. Items include correspondence, a family bible, books, pamphlets, additional printed materials, and nine antique pharmaceutical containers.
Inventory
Letter from Catharine Harrison Squibb to her son Edward R. Squibb (with typed transcript), 1832
Squibb family bible, circa 1832
Map of the property of J.I. and S. Joseph and Company, in Brooklyn's Fifth Ward, 1836 (Gold Street, between Plymouth Street and Marshall Street, along the East River)
Medico Chirurgical Society speech manuscript, 1859
2 New York State Medical Society reports, 1861
1 medical paper by the Squibb brothers, 1884
Journal of Edward Robison Squibb M.D., 1819-1900, bound in two volumes, 1930
2 medical reference books, 1919, 1936
5 Squibb Company publications, 1945-1979
2 glass laboratory storage bottles, circa 1850-1920
7 Squibb pharmaceutical products and containers, circa 1880-1920
A more detailed inventory is available in the collection's accession file.
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Conditions Governing Access
Open to users without restriction.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date (if known); Edward R. Squibb collection, 2008.021, Box and Folder number; Brooklyn Historical Society.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Marion Belcher, 2008.
About this Guide
Processing Information
Finding aid authored and collection minimally processed by Nicholas Pavlik in November 2011. Collection rehoused and additional description provided by John Zarrillo in February 2015.
