Memories of The Upjohn Company

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  ------  News  ------

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

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 -  Pete Dame   Greg DeWard   Sandy Leversee   Ralph Borton   Diana Swope   Nancy Kaercher   Peter Rizzo   Barbara Stafinski   Robert Rose   David Mulder   Charlie Broberg

------  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   Central Stock Control
Donald Gilmore 1939 Letter   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   Old 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   Scrapbook from 1920s/1930s
Warehouses on N. Pitcher St.   W.E.Upjohn Photos & Articles
W.E.Upjohn Life & Purposes   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
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   Summary of 1953
The Brain and The Cell   The Upjohn Company Goes Public
Unusual Jobs   Portage Waste Treatment 

------  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 Pharmacy   Engineering
Farms   Fine Chemical
Finance   Homemakers
Food Services   Laboratory Procedures
International   Morgue
Libraries   Occupational Health
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing   Polymer Chemical and CPR
Print Shop   Research
Retirement Photos   Retirement Photos - More
Security   Upjohn Employees Today
Other Group Photos    

------  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 Brand Candy   Upjohn Cabinets
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 - 1987 - 1989 - 1991 - 1996

------  Publications  ------
A Corporation and Its Home   A Tour of the Upjohn Company
An American Enterprise   Books about Upjohn
Annual Reports   CGMPs and You
Code of Corporate Conduct   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   The Equation
The Growing World of Upjohn   This is Upjohn
Upjohn at 100 Years   Upjohn News (1946-1962)
Upjohn Recipes   Upjohn (1961 brochure)
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 Museum   Carol Orris Collection
Dan Russell Collection   Bill Steger Collection
Display in Pfizer Portage Building 41   Company Museums
University of Arizona Collection    

------  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 Employment Application   Upjohn Fun Facts
Wooden Boxes    

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