MSS 5/0004-01 Acc. 1992-100 GEORGE D. FEIDT COMPANY Records, 1833-1939 Agency history The Philadelphia chemical and pharmaceutical firm of George D. Feidt Company had its origins in a drug store established in 1819 by Daniel B. Smith (1792-1883) at Sixth and Arch streets. In 1828, Smith entered into partnership with William Hodgson, Jr., and the name of the firm was changed to Smith and Hodgson. In 1849, Charles Bullock (b. 1826) and Edmund A. Crenshaw purchased the business and renamed it Bullock Crenshaw. Under this name, the firm operated as wholesale druggists and manufacturers of pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and laboratory apparatus. In 1901, George D. Feidt (d. 1942) purchased the 528 Arch Street firm from the estate of Charles Bullock and renamed it. From 1907 to 1912, George D. Feidt Company was located at 240-244 North Fifth Street; in 1923, the firm removed to Fifth and Buttonwood streets. Scope and contents This small collection of records, 1833-1939, documents the Philadelphia pharmacy and chemical manufacturing business of George D. Feidt Company and its antecedent firms, Smith and Hodgson and Bullock Crenshaw. The collection includes a Smith and Hodgson memorandum book; a Bullock Crenshaw recipe book and commercial product catalogues; and a George D. Feidt Company stock inventory register, commercial product catalogues and price lists, order book, poison register, catalogue mailing lists, and pharmacy register. The commercial catalogues contain notes and emendations, many probably by John G. Bullock. Sample product labels, price lists, and information on the ingredients and manufacture of pharmaceuticals and chemical compounds are included. Provenance The records of George D. Feidt Company and its two antecedent firms, Smith and Hodgson and Bullock Crenshaw, were purchased by the Historical Collections of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia from Palinurus Rare Books in August 1992. The collection was processed and catalogued in 1993. During the course of processing, a notebook of Joseph DeFeher and nine unmarked commercial product catalogues were removed from the collection. 1833-1939 14 v. and 1 f. (1.25 linear ft.) 3/3/1993 je MSS 5/0004-01 Acc. 1992-100 GEORGE D. FEIDT COMPANY Records, 1833-1939 Box 1 1.[Smith and Hodgson]. Memorandum book, no. 2, 1833 July 26-1844 Dec. 25. 1 v. Lists date, preparation made, notes on quantity and process, and initials of preparator. 2. [Bullock Crenshaw]. Recipe book, [1881] 1890. 1 v. Includes index to preparations. Recipes with contents and cost per ingredient; includes specimen product labels. 3.George D. Feidt Company. Stock inventory register, 1886-1910. 1 v. (222 p.) In alphabetical order by preparation or apparatus type; apparatus numbers refer to entries in printed product catalogues. Includes several price lists.J 2 4.George D. Feidt Company. Product catalogues, 1890-1910. 6 v. 1. Bullock Crenshaw. Price list of analytical, experimental, and technical chemicals. Philadelphia, Pa., [ca. 1890], 34 p. Bound with: Bullock Crenshaw. Catalogue of chemical physical and pharmaceutical apparatus imported, manufactured and for sale. Philadelphia, Pa., [ca. 1890], 165 p. Includes one folder of supplementary material. 2. Bullock Crenshaw. Catalogue of chemical physical and pharmaceutical apparatus imported, manufactured and for sale. Philadelphia, Pa., 1890, 242 p. 3. Bullock Crenshaw. Catalogue of chemical physical and pharmaceutical apparatus imported, manufactured and for sale. Philadelphia, Pa., 1893, 256 p.JdBox 2 4. Bullock Crenshaw. Catalogue of chemical physical and pharmaceutical apparatus imported manufactured and for sale. Philadelphia, Pa., 1897, 256 p. 5. George D. Feidt Company. Price list of analytical, experimental and technical chemicals. Philadelphia, Pa., 1902, 48 p. 6. George D. Feidt Company. Catalogue of chemical, physical and pharmaceutical apparatus. Philadelphia, Pa., 1910, 256 p. 3 5. George D. Feidt Company. Order book, 1895-1910. 1 v. Lists customer name, dates of invoice and shipment arrival, order contents, and disposition. 6. George D. Feidt Company. Pennsylvania poison register : prepared in accordance with the late Pharmacy Bill, regulating the sale of poisons, 1924 Dec. 23-1935 Apr. 15. 1 v. Chronological list of purchasers with address, poison, quantity sold and intended purpose. Includes supplementary folder of poison orders, 1925-1934. 7. [George D. Feidt Company]. Catalogue mailing lists, 1928 May 28-1933 Aug. 16. 2 v. One volume arranged alphabetically by customer name, the other by customer number. 8. [George D. Feidt Company]. Pharmacy register, A1-A117, [n.d.] 1 v. Disbound. Includes sample pharmacy labels, envelopes, product labels, and bills. 9. George D. Feidt Company. Miscellaneous letters and papers, 1915-1939. 1 f. 1833-1939 14 v. and 1 f. (1.25 linear ft.) 2/23/1993 MSS 5/0004-01 Acc. 1992-100 GEORGE D. FEIDT COMPANY Records, 1833-1939 Product catalogues, 1857-1928, separated from archival collection, 23 Feb. 1993 (9 volumes). 1. Bullock Crenshaw. Catalogue of drugs, pharmaceutical preparations, utensils, apparatus, surgical instruments, etc., offered to physicians by Bullock Crenshaw. Philadelphia, Pa., 1857, [60 p.] 2. Bullock Crenshaw. Catalogue of drugs, pharmaceutical preparations, utensils, apparatus, surgical instruments, anatomical preparations, c. offered to physicians by Bullock Crenshaw. Philadelphia, Pa., 1860, [120 p.] 3. Bullock Crenshaw. Catalogue of chemical physical and pharmaceutical apparatus imported, manufactured and for sale by Bullock Crenshaw. Philadelphia, Pa., 1890, 242 p. 4. Bullock Crenshaw. Catalogue of chemical physical and pharmaceutical apparatus imported, manufactured and for sale by Bullock Crenshaw. Philadelphia, Pa., 1893, 256 p. 5. Power, Frederick B., compiler. Descriptive catalogue of essential oils and organic chemical preparations. Fritzsche Brothers : New York, N.Y., 1894, 96 p. 6. Bullock Crenshaw. Catalogue of chemical physical and pharmaceutical apparatus imported, manufactured and for sale by Bullock Crenshaw. Philadelphia, Pa., 1897, 256 p. 7. George D. Feidt Company. Catalogue of chemical, physical and pharmaceutical apparatus laboratory supplies imported, manufactured and for sale by Geo. D. Feidt Co. Philadelphia, Pa., 1910, 256 p. 8. George D. Feidt Company. [Fragmentary volume], pp. 5-252, [ca. 1910]. 9. George D. Feidt Company. Catalog "g" : chemical biological and pharmaceutical apparatus printing and paper boxes / George D. Feidt Company. Philadelphia, Pa., 1928, 340 p.