Memories of The Upjohn Company

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November 2025 - I returned to the former Upjohn Company Portage site (now Pfizer) to give a presentation on the History of Quality in the 19th and 20th Centuries.

August 2025 - It has now been 30 years since the Upjohn Company ceased to exist. The news of the merger with Pharmacia broke on the 21st August 1995 in the Kalamazoo Gazette.

Recent Employee Obituaries -   Lee Henby   Bob Salisbury   Bijoy Bhuyan   John Caswell   Dave Duchamp   Curtis Miller    Joanne Adams    Judy Lumbard    Bill Melvin    Tony Taraska


------  Pre-1950s Memories  ------
Earliest Memories   Early Employee - A.J.Cushman
Early Employee - Blanche Porter   Early Letterhead
Early New York Office Papers   Early Photos of Executives
Early Laboratory Instruments   Life & Purposes of W.E.Upjohn
Central Stock Control   Employee Handbook No 1
Flights of Dr. Richard Light   History Overview 1934
History Seminar by Broholm 1950   John McColl Memos
Kalamazoo Office 1930s   Kalamazoo Site Photos
Manufacturing in 1937   Military Support in WWI & WWII
More 1930s and 1940s Photos   Patents
Photos of Many Buildings   Photo Album from the 1930s
Manufacturing Expansion Report   Models for the Building 41 Production Layout
Portage Road Project   Portage Building 41 Construction
Portage Building 38 Photos   Portage Other Construction
Planned Residential Development   Warehouses on N. Pitcher St.
W.E.Upjohn Photos & Articles   W.E.Upjohn Peony Garden

------  1950s and 60s Memories  ------
Automobiles at Upjohn   Building 41 Shipping
Building 88 Construction   Building 88 After Completion
Building 88 - More   Building 88 - Gazette Feature
Bus Service to the Portage Plant   Civil Defense Command Center
Diet Service   Disneyland Pharmacy
Downtown Demolition in 1953   Dale Robertson Visit 1961
Granny Visit 1968   Looking Back
Mix-O-Vial Introduction   Mystery Train Trip in 1958
New Employee Photos 1950s   New Employee Photos 1960s
Photos of Cafeterias   Pneumatic Tube System
Portage Site Photos 1950s   Portage Site Waste Treatment 
Shooting at the Portage Plant   Snowstorm of 1967
Summary of 1953   The Brain and The Cell
The Upjohn Company Goes Public   Unusual Jobs

------  1970s, 80s and 90s Memories  ------
Building 41 Vital Statistics   Building 88 Facts
Building 298 Dedication   Centennial Celebration in 1986
CQ System   Employee Drug Testing Program
Executive Quiz   ETA Program
Family Ties Article   Job Opportunity Bulletins
Kalamazoo Tornado 1980   Licence Plates
My Years at Upjohn   New Employee Photos 1970s
New Employee Photos 1980s   Photos from the Mejeurs
Puerto Rico Operation   Quality Banners
Salaries   Shining Your Shoes
Strategic Review 1984   The Blizzard of 1978
Values and Practices   Video Production in B189
W.E.Upjohn Suite   The Merger with Pharmacia
Pharmacia & Upjohn (P&U)    

------  Groups and Divisions  ------
Advertising and Sales   Agricultural and Asgrow
Animal Health   Brook Lodge
Computer Groups   Control
Diagnostics   Distribution Centers
EH&S   Emergency Squads
Employee Clinic   Employee Pharmacy
Engineering   Farms
Finance   Fine Chemical
Food Services   Homemakers/Healthcare Services
International   Laboratory Procedures
Libraries   Morgue
Occupational Health   Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Polymer Chemical and CPR   Print Shop
Research   Retirement Photos
Retirement Photos - More   Security
Upjohn Employees Today   Other Group Photos

------  Products  ------
*** Product Listing Covering 1886 to 1995 ***   Caverject
Citrocarbonate   Consumer Products
Dating your Upjohn Product   Gelfoam and Gelfilm
Missuky Cosmetics   Mix-O-Vials
Phenolax   Prostaglandins
Prescription Products 1936   Product Reference 1952
Product Information 1967   Product Photos - Official
Quinine Pills   Rogaine - Growing Hair
Special Formula Products   Travel Cases
Upjohn Products - Page 1   Upjohn Products - Page 2
Upjohn Products - Page 3   Upjohn Products - Page 4
Upjohn Products - Page 5   Upjohn Products - Page 6
Upjohn Products - Page 7   Upjohn Products - Page 8
Upjohn Products - Page 9   Upjohn Products - Page 10
Upjohn Products - Page 11   Upjohn Building 41 Products
Upjohn Brand Candy   Upjohn Cabinets
Upjohn Embossed Glass Bottles   Upjohn's Worst Products
Vanilla - For Employees Only   B41 Sterile Products and Uses

------  Publications  ------
Catalogs and Price Lists: 1886 - 1887 - 1888 - 1889 - 1890 - 1891 - 1894 - 1895 - 1896 - 1898 - 1899 - 1900 - 1904 - 1908 - 1910/1911 - 1925 - 1928 - 1931 - 1937 - 1939 - 1942 - 1954 - 1954 - 1956 - 1959 - 1961 - 1966 - 1967 - 1971 - 1973 - 1977 - 1987 - 1989 - 1991 -  
A Century of Caring (The Definitive Book)
A Corporation and Its Home   A Moment at a Concert
An American Enterprise   A Tour of the Upjohn Company
Annual Reports   Books about Upjohn
Captain Kangaroo's Get Well Elephant   CGMPs and You
Code of Corporate Conduct   Dr. Upjohn's Company
Employee Handbooks and Booklets   Executive Etiquette
Glasgow Coma Scale   Home Drug Reference Guide
How to Use Spices   Human Anatomy
Humor in Medicine   Intercom
Intercom Extra   Intercomment (Yellow Pages)
Kalamazoo Today   List of Official Product Names
Medicine Designed for Health   Medical Technologist
Odyssey of Modern Drug Research   New Directions
Osborn looks at the Veterinarian   Overflow
Pharmaceutical Industry Key Facts   Phone Books
Progress Through Science   Reference Guide for Weight Control
Recruiting Brochures   Scope Monographs
The Better Life   The Equation
The Female Anatomy   The Growing World of Upjohn
The True Story of Vitamins   The Upjohn Dog Book
This is Upjohn   Upjohn at 100 Years
Upjohn News (1946-1962)   Upjohn Recipes
Upjohn (1961 brochure)   Upjohn Traveller's Guide
Vacation Needs - Kaopectate   Van Gogh - A Psychosocial Perspective
Working Safely   You and Your People
Acronyns, Initialisms & Symbols    

------  Videos and Films  ------
A Century of Caring   A Fairy Tale (Pharmacia)
A Tribute to Ted Cooper   Construction of the Portage Site
Control Division   Downtown Footage 1930s
Fitness and Good Health   History of the Company
History Presentation 1986   Journey (P&U Merger)
Industry for Health   Kalamazoo Aerial Survey
Making an Upjohn Movie   Manufacturing 1940s
More Centennial Videos   Quality of Life, Quality of Work
Rogaine Patient Information   The Greatest Good
The Pharmacist in Industry   Unicap Commercial 1974
Unicap M Commercial 1984   Upjohn Today
We, The Upjohn Company    

------  Collections  ------
Jeremy Winkworth Museum   Carol Orris Collection
Dan Russell Collection   Bill Steger Collection
Display in Pfizer Portage Building 41   Company Museums
University of Arizona Collection   Upjohn Items on eBay

------  Other Memories  ------
Alligator Bags   Art Collection
Aviation Operations (The Air Force)   Awards - Upjohn Award
Awards - Service Recognition   Awards - Other Awards
Badges-Tags-Seals-Office Supplies   Barbers Shop
Caps   Christmas Cards and Bonuses
Disneyland Pharmacy   Forms and Reports
List of Buildings   List of Employees 1897-1974
Logos   Other Photos and Misc.
Postage Stamps nnd Perfins   Postcards - Site - Products - Foldouts
Power Plants   Profiles and Timelines
Public Tours   Rental Houses
Railroad Operations   Shirts and Jackets
Steroid Chemistry Award 2019   Stock Certificates
Stock Photos   Stories That Probably Shouldn't Be Told
Trophies   Upjohn Directors and Officers
Upjohn Fun Facts   Wooden Boxes
Jeremy's Corner  -  Page 1 - Page 2 - Page 3 - Page 4

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