Rumford Chemical Works records, 1861-1947

Collection context

Summary

Abstract:
Business and patent records of the Rumford Chemical Works, H.M. Anthony Company and Wilson Ring Company in Providence, Rhode Island.
Extent:
8.00 Linear Feet
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Rumford Chemical Works records MC77. Institute Archives and Special Collections, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York.

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Arrangement:

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

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Preferred citation:

Rumford Chemical Works records MC77. Institute Archives and Special Collections, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York.

Location of this collection:
Folsom Library
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110 Eighth St
Troy, NY 12180, United States
Contact:
518-276-8340