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Formal title:
Gorham Manufacturing Company Records
Extent:
6000 linear feet
Date range:
1831–1986
Abstract:
Archival records of the company founded in 1831 by silversmith Jabez Gorham in Providence, Rhode Island, and expanded under the leadership of his son John in the 1840s. The collection features many thousands of drawings and photographs of Gorham products. It also contains corporate, personnel, costing, sales, and advertising records, as well as blueprints, plaster casts, and copper printing plates. Incorporated into the collection are the records of fourteen companies acquired by Gorham prior to its acquisition by larger companies, first by Textron Inc., then by Dansk International, and finally by Brown-Forman Corporation in 1991. This collection is inventoried but not yet processed.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.74

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