February 2026 - Added
information about a Scope publication titled 'Handbook
of Adolescent Medication'. Added Diarrhea Improved
(Contains opium!), Blaud Compound with Capsicum and Cold Cream on the
Product Page. Made the collection of Upjohn News
more easily searchable using Google.
January 2026 - Added a
175-page Upjohn Company scrapbook
from the 1920s/1930s. Added a
1939
letter from Donald Gilmore to all Upjohn employees. Added
pages on blockbuster products Motrin
and
Halcion/Xanax.
Added a Quassia bottle and a Super D Perles bottle on the
Product Page.
December 2025 - Added a
photo of small Upjohn
dolls. Added a
Xanax paint can. Added an
Aloe
and Rue Compound bottle. Added a link to a YouTube recording
of Granny advertising
Cheracol D. Added 4 more
Christmas Cards sent to
me by Doris Balgoyen.
November 2025 - Added an
Opium
and Lead Acetate bottle. Added a
Traveller's Guide booklet.
October 2025 - Added a skunk
cabbage bottle to the
Products Page. Added
July 1996
and January 1997 Pharmacia &
Upjohn Retail Price Lists. Added a page on
Unipet, the
multivitamin for cats and dogs.
September 2025 - Thanks to
Ron Stryd, I have added a
1960's booklet "A
Moment at a Concert". This supported the large metal model
of the brain that Upjohn showed around the country. Also added a 1961
publicity and recruiting brochure titled "Upjohn".
Added a handout for a
1966 Brook Lodge
tour. Added some information about a 1976 book "Patterns
for Progress". Added a page with
caricatures of
employees by Jack Harkema. Added a 1991 publication
titled "Van Gogh -
A Psychosocial Perspective".
August 2025 - Added a
new
page of products. These were donated by Jack Crispin of
Crispin's Drug Store Museum. Added recent obituaries to
the main page. Thanks to Steve King I have added a
1985 veterinary
products catalog, a brochure from the
1978 Control
Managers' Conference and a presentation titled "Back
To The Basics: Sterile Plant History 1951 - 2003". Added
a
1981 Corporate Objectives, Policies and Organization. Added
a
1988 Corporate Objectives, Policies and Organization. Added
some lists of
Building 41
sterile products and their uses.
July 2025 - Added a new fun
fact about Rhubarb and Blue
Mass pills. Added
Upjohn Awards
for Arthur Bowman and for Stanley Euston. Added the
Summer 1998 phone book.
June 2025 - Added a number
of employee
handbooks and
booklets that cover company policies, rules, salaries, benefits and
opportunites. Updated the page for the
Upjohn Disneyland
display in the Coit Museum of Pharmacy & Healthcare Sciences
at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Added a page on
Building 189.
May 2025 - Added six more
products. Added
a page on Walter Enz, a
leader in Upjohn research from the 1930s to the 1960s. Added
a page on Upjohn brand
candy. Added a summary of
visitor statistics.
Added 21 products on the latest
Products
Page. Added a series of
recruiting brochures from 1959-1961.
April 2025 - Added another
Upjohn embossed bottle.
Added a new fun fact. Added
a new
page of products owned by Don Parfet. Updated the
Alligator Bags
page with photos of real alligator skin Upjohn bags. Added a
section on the
History of Officers and Directors. Added
search functionality to the
website. Updated the
Scope Monographs
section. Added a page on
wooden shipping
boxes. Added
Key Upjohn Patents displayed in Don Parfet's office.
March 2025 - Added a section
on Pharmacia & Upjohn (P&U), the
short-lived successor to The Upjohn Company. Added another page
of photos of
Upjohn
products. Added a new page on
Zymadrops toy boats.
Added 7 new advertising
items. Updated the photos in
Jeremy's
collection.