Bakelite
Would you have guessed that many thousands of web sites have something about Bakelite on them? Turns out there are hordes of Bakelite collectors:
Radio & Bakelite Resources in the UK and Worldwide
Urbana Bakelite
Marcia's Putting on the Glitz
And some general sites:
Bakelite: a revolutionary early plastic
Marvelous, Wondrous Bakelite
The Rise of Bakelite and other Plastics
in the US during the 1930s