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Preferred Citation
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Processing Information
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Scope and Contents
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Henry Heil Chemical Company records
Source:
Selvaggio, Marc (Bookseller)
Identifier/Call Number: Biomed.0463
Physical Description:
0.4 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1884-1916
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access
special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on
this page.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in
advance using the request button located on this page.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Property rights to the physical objects belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. All
other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the
responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not
hold the copyright.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Henry Heil Chemical Company Records (Collection 463). Louise M.
Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections for the Sciences, University of
California, Los Angeles.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Marc Selvaggio from the Franklin E. Murphy, M.D. Fund, 2012.
Processing Information
Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make
them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and
resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level
of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts
more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to
national and local standards and best practices.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of more than 130 pieces, including approximately 70 pages of
letters and invoices, from 40 different firms, and includes approximately 60 different
catalogues and brochures. The letters---on company letterheads, including some elaborate,
illustrated, engraved letterhead--present detailed, specific information on product
features, availability, prices and terms. The Heil Company noted that its customer base was
"mines, smelters, iron & steel works, schools, colleges, and universities," and it
principally sold items used in testing, such as for academic and industrial laboratories,
doctors' and hospital labs, medical schools, etc. The correspondence, product pamphlets and
catalogs, wholesale price lists, and other items--all from the suppliers to Heil--represent
a wide range of products, such as ampoules, syringes, water purification devices,
pharmaceutical machinery, sterilizers, measuring instruments, atomizers, cultures, Bunsen
burners, and gas (e.g., nitrous oxide) canisters. As responses to Heil Company's inquiries
to do public catalog resale of chemicals, drugs, equipment, and instruments, they document
the relationship between a distributor and mostly small manufacturing firms that supplied
specialized products. The materials originally were filed away by Heil in plain envelopes,
which were not retained. Most of the original stamped covers from the firms were discarded
at time of receipt, but some remain.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Selvaggio, Marc (Bookseller)