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Rumford Chemical Works records

 Collection — Container: 10 boxes
Identifier: MC 77

Scope and Contents

This collection (MC 77) consists of organizational documents, correspondence, minutes, stockholders' records, trademarks, agreements, contracts, leases, deeds, accounts and other financial records, purchasing and receiving records, inventories, production and employee records, analysis and experiment books, sales and shipping records, legal materials concerning patent and trademark litigations, scrapbooks, press releases, company history, and other records. Includes records of H.M. Anthony Company, New York, N.Y., agent for Rumford grocery products (1872-1930); Wilson Ring Company and estate papers of company founder George F. Wilson including papers Newton D. Arnold, and other trustees; and letter copybooks of N.D. Arnold, treasurer and general manager. Persons represented include Charles A. Catlin, Albert E. Marshall, Count Benjamin Thompson Rumford Cornelius Sweetland, Ellery Holbrook Wilson, and members of the Arnold, Horsford, and Wilson families.

Dates

  • Created: 1861-1947

Extent

8.00 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Business and patent records of the Rumford Chemical Works, H.M. Anthony Company and Wilson Ring Company in Providence, Rhode Island.

Arrangement Note

Arranged into five series of alphabetical files with chronological arrangement within.

Related Materials

Rumford Chemical Company Records, Library of Congress Rumford Chemical Company Records, Rhode Island Historical Society

Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
eng

Repository Details

Part of the Institute Archives and Special Collections Repository

Contact:
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