Clock and Watch Makers, United States
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:
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.
Hamilton Records Collection
File
Identifier: MG-335
Overview
This collection contains correspondence, drawings, photographs, reports, and other records that document various activities and operations of Hamilton Watch Company. It highlights many of Hamilton's horological accomplishments as a fixture of American watchmaking.
Hamilton Space Clock Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG-401
Scope and Contents
The documents in this collection focus on the material surrounding the creation of the Hamilton Space Clock. This includes sketches and drawings, however the bulk of the material focuses on the press and publicity around the release of the clock. In particular, there are a number of speeches and lectures given by the Hamilton employee who constructed the clock, Ralph Mentzer.Additionally, there are some photographs of the clock, Mentzer, and the inventor of the clock, Dr. I.M....
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.
Jim West Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG-326
Scope and Contents
This collection primarily comprises of presentations and research focusing on clocks. The bulk of the information is about tower clocks in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana. While the collection does focus on the South and Midwest, there is information on tower clocks throughout the United States. This includes postcards, photographs, illustrations, presentations, and research.
The presentations appear to have been used at NAWCC events, such as Regional and National conferences....
Maker & Repair Records
Collection
Identifier: MG-100
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a number of accounting and/or repair ledgers and notebooks. They range in dates from the first half of the 19th Century through the mid-20th Century. They are primarily from the United States with some ledgers possibly originating from Europe. There are ledgers originating from Ohio, South Dakota, New York City, Connecticut, and more.The legders are primarily account books, keeping trake of repairs made to watches and clocks, as well as charges applied for...
Mark Massey Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG-333
Scope and Contents
This collection includes notes on watch clockmakers as well as some correspondence from various companies, such as the E. Ingraham Company, National Magnetic Clock Company, and Tiffany & Co.
The majority of these records are the notes on various watch and clockmakers of the United States, organized by geographic region, and then alphabetically by town or company. There is a specific focus on the eastern United States. In particular, there are folders on Connecticut, Delaware,...
[Unknown Collection]
Collection
Identifier: MG-416
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the items in this collection focus on the subject of Seth Thomas and New England horology. This includes histories of the Seth Thomas Clock Company as well as various newspaper articles about Seth THomas and General Time. There are a number of photographs as well. There are photographs of the Seth Thomas factory in Thomaston, Connecticut. This includes a few photographs of the factory in the immediate aftermath of a flood in 1955. There are also a number of photographs of a...
Whitaker Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG-014
Scope and Contents
This collection includes various Westclox materials, including clock catalogs, advertising materials, journals, personnel records, photographs, and incorporation papers.
William & Dudley S. Humphrey Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG-437
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of several ledgers and papers that belonged to and were created by William G. Humphrey and Dudley S. Humphrey, brothers who were in business together in Ohio during the mid-1800s. The material in the collection are primarily related to their business dealings, including that of a horological nature. The Humphrey brothers seemed to have primarily been in the lumber business, which is reflected in these ledgers, but they also note sales of clocks. The material in...