Memories of The Upjohn Company

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November 2023 - If you are searching for information about a relative who worked at The Upjohn Company, start at this page.

July 2024 - After 11 years of operation, the upjohn.net website has reached 1,000 web pages and 20,000 images.

September 2023 - Pfizer is celebrating 75 years of the opening of the Portage site by Upjohn. The two major buildings opened in 1948 were Building 38, Fermentation Production, and Building 39, Biological Extracts. It took until 1951 to fully complete the site.


------  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
Dr Upjohn and his Peonies   Flights of Dr. Richard Light
History Overview 1934   History Seminar by Broholm 1950
Historic Benefits   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    

------  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 
Savings Plan 1965 and 1972   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 Handbook
Employee Drug Testing Program   Executive Quiz
ETA Program   Family Ties Article
Job Opportunity Bulletins   Kalamazoo Tornado 1980
Licence Plates   Medical Coverage 1986
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   Values and Practices
W.E.Upjohn Suite    
THE END (Pharmacia & Upjohn Merger in 1995)

------  Groups and Divisions  ------
Advertising and Sales   Agricultural and Asgrow
Animal Health   Brook Lodge
Computer Groups   Control
Diagnostics   Distribution Centers
EH&S   Emergency Squads
Employee Pharmacy   Engineering
Farms   Finance
Fine Chemical   Food Services
Healthcare Services   International
Laboratory Procedures   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  ------
Carol Orris Collection - A to H   Carol Orris Collection - I to P
Carol Orris Collection - Q to Z   Caverject
Citrocarbonate   Consumer Products
Dating your Upjohn Product   Gelfoam and Gelfilm
Missuky Cosmetics   Mix-O-Vials
Products List from 1886-1950   Product Information 1967
Product Information 1975   Product Photos - Official
Prostaglandins   Quinine Pills
Rogaine - Growing Hair   Special Formula Products
Travel Cases   Upjohn Cabinets
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 Embossed Glass Bottles   Vanilla - For Employees Only
Worst Products    

------  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 - 1998 -
A Century of Caring (The Definitive Book About The Upjohn Company)
A Corporation and Its Home   Acronyns, Initialisms & Symbols
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
Executive Etiquette   Home Drug Reference Guide
How to Use Spices   Human Anatomy
Humor in Medicine   Intercom
Intercom Extra   Intercomment (Yellow Pages)
List of Official Product Names   Medical Technologist
Medicine Designed for Health   New Directions
Odyssey of Modern Drug Research   Overflow
Osborn looks at the Veterinarian   Prescription Products 1936
Pharmaceutical Industry Key Facts   Phone Books
Product Reference 1952   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   Vacation Needs - Kaopectate
We The Upjohn Company   Working Safely
You and Your People   Kalamazoo Today

------  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 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    
Jeremy's Corner  -  Page 1 - Page 2 - Page 3 - Page 4

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