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Aaron Dennison Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG-321
Scope and Contents
This collection includes articles, correspondence, and genealogy related to Aaron Dennison.
Brooks Palmer Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG-011
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of Brooks Palmer's correspondence, primarily regarding clocks and watches. This includes information on the early years of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors (NAWCC), as Palmer was an early member of the association. This includes information on several national conventions and chapters.
Additionally, there is correspondence regarding an article written by Brooks, "Your Clock May Be an Antique," published in March, 1946. This...
Erastus Hodges Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG-358
Scope and Contents
This collection represents the remaining papers and effects of Erastus Hodges, his children, remaining family and business partners in the form of photocopies. The collection was assembled by Theodore B. Hodges, Erastus's great-great grandson. The collection was then used to write his book on behalf of the NAWCC. The book, titled "Erastus Hodges," remains in the collection of the NAWCC library and is a look into the life of early clock merchants in America. The collection contains photocopies...
Franklin Dennison Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG-322
Scope and Contents
This collection includes records and materials of Franklin Dennison, such as personal and business correspondence. Additionally, there are a number of watch and clock schematics and drawings.
Hamilton Financial Data Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG-403
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of various financial data of the Hamilton Watch Company. This includes auditor reports, stockholders reports, pamphlets, and mergers and acquisitions of corporations. Corporations of particular note ar Katy Industries, General Defense Corporation, and Bush Universal, Inc. Bush, Katy Industries and Clabir, of which General Defense is a subsidiary, were majority shareholders of Hamilton Watch Company, aka HMW Industries, Inc., in the 1970s and 1980s.
Henry Abbott Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG-035
Scope and Contents
This collection contains various papers and ephemera belonging to Henry Abbott, as well as papers about Abbott, specifically in the year after his death in the 1940s.
The majority of the collection is comprised of official documents belonging to Abbott. There are a number of patents issued to Abbott during the second half of the 19th Century, as well as copyrights issued by the Library of Congress, and a mortgage and bond issued to Abbott.
There are a number of ephemeral...
Horace R. Danner Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG-408
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of various documents belonging to Horace R. Danner. This includes correspondence as well as informatino on various watch companies, including the Illinois Watch Company, Columbus Watch Company, and the Waltham Watch Company. Additionally, there are a couple certificates of guaranty for watch movements and several certificates of shares of stock for several companies including Waltham Watch Company and Elgin National Watch Company.
James Gibbs Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG-007
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of papers and photographs that Gibbs based his research on for several of his books. This includes research on Pennsylvania clockmakers broken down by county, Dueber Hampden Watch Company, Ohio clockmakers, Alabama clockmakers, Louisiana clockmakers, Virginia clockmakers, Tennessee clockmakers, and correspondences from different individuals.
James J. Niehaus Papers
Collection
Identifier: MG-009
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of Niehaus' correspondence regarding his personal clock collection, his NAWCC membership materials, and newspaper clippings on individual clocks and antique collectors.
John J. Bowman Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG-018
Scope and Contents
This collection contains information and material related to the Bowman Technical School of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. This includes exams, school catalog distribution letters, and testimonials. Furthermore, this collection contains articles written and publisehd for the Jewlers' Circular-Keystone as well as questions submitted to the Jewlers' Circular-Keystone that were answered by Bowman. Additionally, this collection includes correspondence and contractual information related to the...
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