Gorham Manufacturing Company Records (Ms.74)

This collection is inventoried but not yet processed.

Materials are arranged into four record groups:

Record Group 1 History and Reference Materials

-- 1-A Family History

-- 1-B Company History

---- 1-B-1 Historical:19th Century Company Records

---- 1-B-2 Historical:Histories written about Gorham

---- 1-B-3 Historical:Articles written about Gorham

---- 1-B-4 Historical:Correspondence re: history

-- 1-C Executive Biographical Files (includes Production Managers)

---- 1-C-1 Historical:Personnel - bio on officers and employees

---- 1-C-2 Historical:Personnel - bio on officers and employees: Edward Holbrook

---- 1-C-3 Historical:Personnel - bio on officers and employees: Edmund Mayo

---- 1-C-4 Historical:Personnel - bio on officers and employees: George Wilkinson

---- 1-C-5 Photos Loose - Executives

-- 1-D Plants & Facilities

---- 1-D-1 Providence:Steeple Street & Main Street

------1-D-1-a Historical: Appraisal of Main Street Properties, 1869

------1-D-1-b Historical:Steeple Street

------1-D-1-c Photos Loose - Plant

---- 1-D-2 Providence: Adelaide Avenue: Elmwood Section

------1-D-2-a Historical

------1-D-2-b Photos Loose - Plant

------1-D-2-c Other:Plant: Maintenance: Space Cost Analysis

---- 1-D-3 New York

------1-D-3-a Historical

------1-D-3-b Working Conditions: New York Office

------1-D-3-c Photos Loose - Plant

---- 1-D-4 London

------1-D-4-a Historical:England

------1-D-4-b Photos Loose - Plant

---- 1-D-5 Chicago

------1-D-5-a Historical:Chicago

------1-D-5-b Photos Loose - Plant

---- 1-D-6 Montreal

------1-D-6-a Historical:Montreal

------1-D-6-b Photos Loose - Plant

-- 1-E History of Silver Industry

-- 1-F Gorham Company Archives

-- 1-G Gorham Company Museum

Record Group 2 Corporate and Administrative

-- 2-A Stock and Finance Records

---- 2-A-1 Corporate-President-Annual Reports to Stockholders

---- 2-A-2 Corporate-Financial-Executive - Capital stock increase 1874

---- 2-A-3 Corporate-Financial-Executive - Book of stock subscriptions

-- 2-B Board of Directors Records

-- 2-C Legal

-- 2-D Accounting Records

---- 2-D-1 Cost Accounting

------- 2-D-1-a Corporate

-------- 2-D-1-a-i Executive - Ledger 1887-1910

-------- 2-D-1-a-ii Executive - Financial Statements

-------- 2-D-1-a-iii Executive - Expense Ledgers, Journal Vouchers

-------- 2-D-1-a-iv Taxes & Insurance - Tax returns, Insurance policies

------2-D-1-b Sales

------2-D-1-c Expenses

------2-D-1-d Payroll

---------2-D-1-d-i Payroll record (ledger) books

-------- 2-D-1-d-ii Executive Salary Books

---- 2-D-2 Inventory Control

------2-D-2-a Historical: Costing Cross Reference under specific product line

------2-D-2-b Costing

------2-D-2-1 Cost Books

-------- 2-D-2-1-a Silver Holloware

-------- 2-D-2-1-b Silver Flatware

-------- 2-D-2-1-c Silver Specials

-------- 2-D-2-1-d Silver & Electroplate Specials

-------- 2-D-2-1-e Miscellany

-------- 2-D-2-1-f Electroplate Hotelware

-------- 2-D-2-1-g Electroplate Holloware

-------- 2-D-2-1-h Wood Bases

------2-D-2-2 Special Order Slips

------2-D-2-3 Cost Card and Records

------2-D-2-4 Cost Analysis

------2-D-2-5 Silver control

------2-D-2-6 Silver Flatware and Cutlery

------2-D-2-7 Silver Holloware Cost Estimates

---- 2-D-3 Inventory Control

-- 2-E Corporate Identity, Patents and Trademarks

-- 2-F Personnel and Human Resources Materials

----2-F-1 Articles of Agreement (of European craftspeople who migrated to USA)

----2-F-2 Employment cards

----2-F-3 Receipt books

----2-F-4 Working Conditions (-- category for New York Office)

----2-F-5 Photos Loose - Groups - Company outings, parties, etc.

-- 2-G Employee Activities, Clubs, & Benefits

---- 2-G-1 Gorham Savings Bank

------2-G-1-a Historical

------2-G-1-b Establishment of; Minutes of Meetings; Record Books, Cash Accounts, Deposit books, Checkbooks

---- 2-G-2 Gorham Casino

---- 2-G-3 Amalgamated Silver, Allied Metals, & Craft Workers Union, IJWU, Local 31

---- 2-G-4 Quarter-Century Club

---- 2-G-5 The Silver Tongue

-- 2-H Marketing Promotion

---- 2-H-1 Gorham Print Shop

---- 2-H-2 Marketing

------2-H-2-a Sales

-------- 2-H-2-a-i Price Books

-------- 2-H-2-a-ii Personnel

-------- 2-H-2-a-iii Conferences

-------- 2-H-2-a-iv Photos of conferences

------2-H-2-b Advertising

------2-H-2-c Packaging

------2-H-2-d Catalogs

------2-H-2-e Exhibitions/Expositions

-------- 2-H-2-e-i Historical

-------- 2-H-2-e-ii Awards won

-------- 2-H-2-e-iii Paris

-------- 2-H-2-e-iv Chicago

-------- 2-H-2-e-v Philadelphia

---- 2-H-3 Photographic Dept

------2-H-3-a Historical

------2-H-3-b Work Prints

-------- 2-H-3-b-i Index Cards

-------- 2-H-3-b-ii Products

-------- 2-H-3-b-iii Bronze Division - Architectural Bronze

-------- 2-H-3-b-iv Silver (flatware, Gorham & Webster, Hollowware, glass, Ecclesiastical, Jewelry)

-------- 2-H-3-b-v 1960-1985 Series

----------- 2-H-3-b-v-1 Silver: Flatware

----------- 2-H-3-b-v-2 Silver: Hollowware

----------- 2-H-3-b-v-3 Bronze: Architectural

----------- 2-H-3-b-v-4 Bronze: Statuary

----------- 2-H-3-b-v-5 Ecclesiastical

----------- 2-H-3-b-v-6 Gold

------2-H-3-c Advertising

-------- 2-H-3-c-i Loose Photographs: Advertising

-------- 2-H-3-c-ii Loose Photographs: Competing Companies

------2-H-3-d Non-Gorham --jects

---- 2-H-4 Retail Stores

------2-H-4-a New York Store

------2-H-4-b Chicago Store

------2-H-4-c San Francisco Store

Record Group 3 Production and Product Lines

-- 3-A Design Department

----3-A-1 Designers

---- 3-A-2 Inventories

---- 3-A-3 Drawings

---- 3-A-4 Blueprints

---- 3-A-5 Technical Drawings (Blackline Prints)

---- 3-A-6 Chasing Patterns

---- 3-A-7 Plaster Molds

---- 3-A-8 Brass Template Patterns

---- 3-A-9 Gorham Design Library

------3-A-9-a Library

------3-A-9-b Gorham Publications

------3-A-9-c Design

-- 3-B Production Records

---- 3-B-1 Silver

------3-B-1-a Administrative History

---- 3-B-2 Silver: Flatware

------3-B-1-b Administrative History

------3-B-2-b Production Records

---- 3-B-3 Silver: Hollowware

------3-B-3-a Administrative History

------3-B-3-b Production Records

---- 3-B-4 Silver: Electroplate

---- 3-B-5 Ecclesiastical

------3-B-5-a Administrative History

------3-B-5-b Production Records

---- 3-B-6 Stained Glass Division

---- 3-B-7 Bronze Division

------3-B-7-a Administrative History

------3-B-7-b Production Records

---- 3-B-8 Gold

------3-B-8-a Administrative History

------3-B-8-b Production Records

---- 3-B-9 China

---- 3-B-10 War Production Work

------3-B-10-a World War I

------3-B-10-b World War II

---- 3-B-11 Other

------3-b-11-a Dolls

------3-b-11-b Gorham Mint

------3-b-11-c Jewelry

------3-b-11-d Plastics

------3-b-11-e Silver Polish

------3-b-11-f Stainless

Record Group 4 Subsidiaries and Acquired Companies

-- 4-A Alvin

---- 4-A-1 Administrative History

---- 4-A-2 Financial

---- 4-A-3 Legal

---- 4-A-4 Product

---- 4-A-5 Marketing/Sales/Advertising

-- 4-B Black, Starr & Frost

---- 4-B-1 Administrative History

---- 4-B-2 Personnel

---- 4-B-3 Legal

---- 4-B-4 Marketing/Sales/Advertising

-- 4-C Davis & Galt

---- 4-C-1 Administrative History

-- 4-D Durgin

---- 4-D-1 Administrative History

---- 4-D-2 Financial

---- 4-D-3 Accounting/Cost Control/Inventory

---- 4-D-4 Personnel

---- 4-D-5 Marketing/Sales/Advertising

-- 4-E Eaton Paper

---- 4-E-1 Administrative History

---- 4-E-2 Production

-- 4-F Friedman

---- 4-F-1 Administrative History

---- 4-F-2 Marketing/Sales/Advertising

-- 4-G Gotham Silver Company

---- 4-G-1 Legal

-- 4-H Graff, Washbourne & Dunn

---- 4-H-1 Administrative History

---- 4-H-2 Drawings

---- 4-H-3 Marketing/Sales/Advertising

---- 4-H-4 Production

-- 4-I Kennard & Jenkes

---- 4-I-1 Administrative History

-- 4-J Kerr

---- 4-J-1 Administrative History

---- 4-J-2 Financial

---- 4-J-3 Accounting/Cost Control/Inventory

---- 4-J-4 Design

------4-J-4-a Drawings

---- 4-J-5 Marketing/Sales/Advertising

---- 4-J-6 Production

-- 4-K McChesney

---- 4-K-1 Administrative History

---- 4-K-2 Drawings

---- 4-K-3 Marketing/Sales/Advertising

-- 4-L Mount Vernon

---- 4-L-1 Administrative History

---- 4-L-2 Financial

---- 4-L-3 Legal

---- 4-L-4 Personnel

---- 4-L-5 Marketing/Sales/Advertising

-- 4-M Quaker Silver co.

---- 4-M-1 Accounting/Cost Control/Inventory

---- 4-M-2 Marketing/Sales/Advertising

-- 4-N Spaulding & Co.

---- 4-N-1 Administrative History

-- 4-O Stand Metal Products

---- 4-O-1 Administrative History

-- 4-P Whiting

---- 4-P-1 Administrative History

---- 4-P-2 Financial

---- 4-P-3 Design

---- 4-P-4 Marketing/Sales/Advertising

---- 4-P-5 Production

-- 4-Q Wood & Hughes (See Graff, Washbourne & Dunn)

---- 4-Q-1 Marketing/Sales/Advertising

-- 4-R Silversmiths Company

---- 4-R-1 Administrative History

---- 4-R-2 Financial

-- 4-S Speculations:

---- 4-S-1 Wallace Stainless Steel

---- 4-S-2 Mexican Silver Mine