Employee Handbooks

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.

Scope and Contents Series comprised of promotional and informational publications, policies, memos, awards, and presentations. These materials were created by or for various employee associations and/or the Watch Workers Union to promote events, inform workers of their benefits, and share company policies.

Scope and Contents This collection includes various Westclox materials, including clock catalogs, advertising materials, journals, personnel records, photographs, and incorporation papers.