TY - MANSCPT DB - Science History Institute DP - Science History Institute M2 - Courtesy of Science History Institute. Rights: In Copyright - Rights-holder(s) Unlocatable or Unidentifiable TI - Library and Information Retrieval Quarters at the Crompton & Knowles Research Center ID - 4t64gn212 DA - 1974/// YR - 1974 AV - Photographs from the Records of the Althouse, Bates, and Crompton Chemical Companies, Box 1 VL - Photographs from the Records of the Althouse, Bates, and Crompton Chemical Companies, Box 1 AN - Photographs from the Records of the Althouse, Bates, and Crompton Chemical Companies, Box 1 UR - https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/4t64gn212 AB - View of the Library and Information Retrieval Quarters at the Crompton & Knowles Research Center in Gibraltar, Pennsylvania. Seated are researcher John King (left) and Elizabeth B. Hamf (Literature Chemist) at right. Based in Worcester, Massachusetts, Crompton & Knowles initially specialized in the manufacture of textile machinery and diversified its business with the purchase of the Althouse Chemical Company in 1954. The purchase of Althouse laid the foundation for Crompton & Knowles' manufacture of specialty dyestuffs for a variety of industries and applications, including paper, leather, printing ink, and heat transfer printing establishments, in addition to the textile and garment industry. KW - Dye industry KW - Employees KW - Corporate libraries KW - Crompton & Knowles Corporation LA - ER -