Series I: Photograph Albums, Scrapbooks, and Ships' Logs.
Scope and Contents
Series I contains scrapbooks, photographs, correspondence, ships' logs, and other materials that document Bobst's career, travel, professional and personal friendships, and lifelong enthusiasm for yachting.
Scrapbook of Elmer Holmes Bobst's early career. Includes early letters of recommendation; correspondence with Hoffman-LaRoche; letters from Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Hellen Keller, Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, Adolph Menjou, and Ramon Navarro, and event group photos., 1903-1940, inclusive
Box: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photograph album. Contains various portraits of Elmer Holmes Bobst throughout his life; includes a Bobst family portrait, ca. 1900, and a photograph of the "Highwall" estate in Montclair, N.J., 1900-1960, inclusive
Box: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Album of Elmer Holmes Bobst's 25th anniversary with Roche, Inc., 1936-10-15
Box: 3, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook of editorials by Elmer Holmes Bobst, 1940-1943, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook of letters to Hoffman-LaRoche stockholders written by Elmer Holmes Bobst, 1940
Box: 3, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Guest Register and Log Book from the Yachts "Alisa III" and "Alisa IV", 1949-1953, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photograph album of "Alisa III", 1949-1950, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photograph album of the dedication of the new cafeteria, William Warner and Co., 1950
Box: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook with photographs: "Alisa III Sails the Hills", by Helmuth Klessewetter, 1950
Box: 3, Folder: 7-8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photograph album of "Cirrhosis Club" fishing cruise aboard the "Alisa IV". Annotated, 1951
Box: 3, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
A Sketchy Record of Our 1951 Peregrinations Aboard Alisa IV. Account of the cruise by Elmer Holmes Bobst. See also Series VI, Oversize Item 6 for a chart of this cruise., 1951
Box: 4, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook with annotated photographs: "All the Way to Mo-Bay on Alisa IV," by Helmuth Klessewetter, 1951
Box: 4, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook with annotated photographs: "No Virgins in 1952," by Helmuth Klesswetter. Alissa IV cruise, 1952
Box: 4, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photograph album, annotated: New Jersey Savings Bond meeting, Spring Lake, N.J., 1952-08
Box: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook: Newspapers clippings, speeches, photographs. Includes letters from Dwight D. Eisenhower and Grover Whalen, 1951-1953, inclusive
Box: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Trip to Germany. Scrapbook with newspaper clippings and photographs, multiple copies, 1953-10
Box: 4, Folder: 5-10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Album of photographs and sketches for the administration building. 2 vol. Warner-Lambert, Morris Plains, N.J., 1955
Box: 5, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Outstanding Events in the History of Roche, Inc., Nutley, N.J., 1955
Box: 5, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photograph album. Includes photographs of Elmer Holmes Bobst with Billy Graham, President and Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower, and signed photographs of Richard Nixon, 1955-1956, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook with annotated photographs. Trip to Mimmingen, Germany, 1956-05-25
Box: 5, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Guestbook with signatures of attendees and congratulatory telegrams upon receiving the Cleveland Award, American Cancer Society, 1957
Box: 5, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Guest Register of the "Alisa IV", 1953-1964, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photograph album. Cruise of the "Alisa V", 1957
Box: 5, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photograph album. Cruise of the "Alisa V" to Venezuela. Includes newspaper clippings in English and Spanish., 1958
Box: 5, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Guest register of the "Alisa IV" and "Alisa V" including signatures of Richard Nixon, Robert Sarnoff, and Herbert P. Patterson, 1956-1961, inclusive
Box: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook with photographs. Annual meeting of the New Jersey Savings Bond Committee, Spring Lake, N.J. Contains photographs of Vice-President Richard Nixon and extensive newspaper clippings regarding his intention to run for the presidency in 1960., 1959-1960, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photograph album. Lambert-Hudnut, Lititz, PA, 1959
Box: 5, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Visit to Eastleigh, Hampshire, England, 1961
Box: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photograph album, annotated, of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Holmes Bobst's visit to Germany, 1962-10
Box: 10, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photograph album. Presentation to Elmer Holmes Bobst of the Gallatin Award, New York University, 1966, inclusive
Box: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Visit to Eastleigh, Hampshire, England, 1966
Box: 10, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook with photographs and newspaper clippings. Dedication of the Elmer Holmes Bobst Institute of Clinical Research, Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 1967-05-31
Box: 10, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Trip to Germany, 1968
Box: 10, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Tribute to Elmer Holmes Bobst by the University of Pennsylvania, 1968
Box: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Yacht Log and Register of the Yacht "Dodo", 1972-1976, inclusive
Box: 10, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Elmer Holmes Bobst Address Books, undated
Box: 10, Folder: 6-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Carolyn Jackson Address Book for Walter-Lambert Pharmaceutical Co., 1973
Box: 10, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Ship's Log, Alisa V, 1951-1964, inclusive
Box: 10, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photographs of Elmer Holmes Bobst, 1936-1972, inclusive
Box: 10, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Business Address Book, includes some personal addresses, undated
Box: 10, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library commemorative album, 1968-08-08
Box: 106 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
