The majority of the collection deals with Domogalla's work with Applied Biochemists, Inc., and consists of water treatment agreements, invoices, work progress reports, and correspondence for projects throughout the United States. The subject files also include fragmentary work and experiments from his career with the University of Wisconsin and the Madison Board of Health as well as reports, product advertisements, and pamphlets relating to weed eradication. Financial records of the company, other than invoices and contracts, are not included in the collection.
The files rarely provide complete documentation of individual treatment projects, although the collection does provide documentation of the company's general operations, its customer relations, and the chemical application techniques used.
The PROJECT FILES, 1925-1966, are directly related to specific lake treatment projects and contain water treatment agreements, correspondence, newspaper clippings, business development correspondence (filed alphabetically by state under the heading “prospects for business”), work progress reports, maps, and invoices. The overall arrangement of the series is alphabetical by state and then by keyword (lake, town, or client involved). For example, files on Lake Mendota are filed as “Mendota Lake.” The vast majority of the projects are from the period 1946 to 1966, the time when Domogalla worked at Applied Biochemists, Inc.
SUBJECT FILES, 1925-1966, consist of papers not directly related to specific lake treatment projects. They include chemical studies; experiments and consultation for specific persons, communities, or companies; studies on freshwater plant and animal life; and information on equipment and supplies used. The lake analyses here consist of data tables showing level of ammonia, nitrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus. This series is arranged alphabetically by subject.
