Plastics Pioneers Association supports preservation of plastics history at Syracuse University

Knowing the history of plastics is important to the future of the industry. The Plastics Artifacts Collection was accumulated originally by the National Plastics Center & Museum (NPCM) in Leominster, MA. In 2008, the collection of artifacts, histories and biographies, books and magazines that was formerly housed at the NPCM was moved to the Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) at Syracuse University. Over a year ago, the Syracuse University libraries received an endowment to hire the Plastics Pioneers Curator of Plastics and Historical Artifacts, Courtney Asztalos. At the recent fall meeting (Sept. 27 to 30) of the Plastics Pioneers Association in Louisville, KY, Asztalos gave a presentation and update of the collection.