Memories of The Upjohn Company

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May 2026 - On May 15th, 2026, it has been forty years since the Kalamazoo Gazette published a 128-page supplement on the 100th anniversary of the Upjohn Company. See details about the company centennial here.

January 2026 - A new book on the Upjohn Pharmacy in Disneyland by Stephen Hall is now available. See the details here.

January 2026 - The Upjohn Company started in 1886, so 2026 marks the 140th year since W.E.Upjohn and his brothers introduced the world to the friable pill.

Recent Employee Obituaries -  Honey Joyce Handy   Robert Gilbert   Robert Peters   Grace Stafinski   Dorothy Nidy   Donna Roundhouse   Max Lewis

------  Pre-1950s Memories  ------
Earliest Memories   Early Employee - A.J.Cushman
Early Employee - Blanche Porter   Early Photos of Executives
Donald Gilmore 1939 Letter   Employee Handbook No 1
History Seminar by Broholm 1950   John McColl Memos
Kalamazoo Office 1930s   Kalamazoo Site Photos
Manufacturing in 1937   More 1930s and 1940s Photos
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
Scrapbook from 1920s/1930s   W.E.Upjohn Photos & Articles
W.E.Upjohn Life & Purposes   WWI - WW2 Military Support

------  1950s-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   Disneyland Pharmacy
Downtown Demolition in 1953   Dale Robertson Visit 1961
Granny Visit 1968   Mix-O-Vial Introduction
New Employee Photos 1950s   New Employee Photos 1960s
More New Employee Photos   Photos of Cafeterias
Photos from Carol Barbee   Pneumatic Tube System
Portage Site Photos 1950s   Shooting at the Portage Plant
Snowstorm of 1967   The Brain and The Cell
The Upjohn Company Goes Public   Unusual Jobs

----  1970s-80s-90s Memories  ----
Building 41 Vital Statistics   Building 88 Facts
Building 298 Dedication   Centennial Celebration in 1986
CQ System   Employee Drug Testing Program
Executive Quiz   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 Pharmacy   Engineering
Farms   Fine Chemical
Finance   Homemakers
Food Services   Laboratory Procedures
International   Occupational Health
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing   Polymer Chemical and CPR
Research   Retirement Photos
Retirement Photos - More   Security and Employee Badges
Upjohn Employees Today    

------  Products  ------
Caverject   Cheracol
Citrocarbonate   Cortaid
Dating your Upjohn Product   Embossed Glass Bottles
Gelfoam and Gelfilm   Halcion and Xanax
Kaopectate   Missuky Cosmetics
Mix-O-Vials   Motrin
Mycitracin   Phenolax
Product Listings   Product Photos
Prostaglandins   Quinine Pills
Rogaine - Growing Hair   Special Formula Products
Travel Cases   Unicap
Upjohn's Worst Products   Vanilla - For Employees Only

----  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 - 1979 - 1987 - 1989 - 1991 - 1996

------  Publications  ------
A Corporation and Its Home   A Tour of the Upjohn Company
An American Enterprise   Books about Upjohn
Annual Reports   Employee Handbooks and Booklets
Executive Etiquette   Intercom
Intercom Extra   Intercomment (Yellow Pages)
Medicine Designed for Health   Odyssey of Modern Drug Research
Overflow   Phone Books
Progress Through Science   Recruiting Brochures
Scope Monographs   Symptoms of and Treatment for Overdosage of Upjohn Products
The Equation   The Growing World of Upjohn
Upjohn News (1946-1962)   Upjohn (1961 brochure)
Upjohn Recipes   Other Publications

------  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   Upjohn Today
We, The Upjohn Company    

------  Collections  ------
Jeremy Winkworth Collection   Carol Orris Collection
Dan Russell Collection   Bill Steger Collection
Display in Pfizer Portage Building 41   Company Museums
University of Arizona Collection   Kalamazoo Valley Museum

------  Other Memories  ------
Art Collection   Aviation Operations
Christmas Cards and Bonuses   Fun Facts about Upjohn
List of Buildings   List of Employees 1897-1974
Logos   Postcards - Site - Products - Foldouts
Profiles and Timelines   Public Tours of Building 41
Railroad Operations in Portage   Steroid Chemistry Award 2019
Upjohn Awards    

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(The Oddball Stuff)

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