Teaching Materials from the Natural Rubber Bureau
Scope and Contents
This item is a teaching kit intended to provide lesson plans for instructors about the history of natural rubber production, natural rubber’s use in modern US society, and the current state of the rubber industry. The kit includes a timeline of the use of natural rubber spanning from its initial use by Europeans in the 16th century to the 1950s, photographs and facts about natural rubber production (specifically in Southeast Asia), a booklet with lesson plans and potential projects about the importance of natural rubber in multiple academic subjects, and fictional letters between kids in Malaysia and the US discussing the production and use of natural rubber in their respective environments.
Dates
- Creation: 1954 - 1959
Creator
- Natural Rubber Bureau (U.S.) (Organization)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research use
Use Restrictions
Standard Federal Copyright Law Applies (U.S. Title 17)
Historical note
These materials were created and sent by the Natural Rubber Bureau located in Washington DC. Though little can be found about the bureau itself, its location on K Street suggests it was a lobbying organization. The history of natural rubber production and use in the US suggests the organization may have been disbanded in the 1960s due to the rise in use of nationally produced synthetic rubber and the sale of rubber production plants to privatized companies.
Extent
.01 linear ft. (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Set of teaching materials about rubber created by the Nature Rubber Bureau.
Arrangement
Four items
Acquisition
Gift of Robert Galford, 2019. Previously owned by his father, J.B. Galford.
Processing Information
Processed by Eli Cole and Anna Katzive, completed September 2023
- Title
- Teaching Materials from the Natural Rubber Bureau
- Subtitle
- Teaching Materials from the Natural Rubber Bureau
- Author
- Eli Cole and Anna Katzive
- Date
- September, 2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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