Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company Inventory of Records

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Overview of the Collection Historical Note Scope and Content Arrangement

RG 103, Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company Inventory of Records

Finding aid prepared by Connecticut State Library staff. Copyright 2007 by the Connecticut State Library

Overview of the Collection

Repository: Connecticut State Library Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company records 1810-1980 98.25 cubic feet The records of Colts Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company document gun manufacturing at the armory and the companys subsidiaries, together with outside contracting activities. RG103 Multiple The records are in English.

Restrictions Index Terms Related Material Administrative Information Container List

Business File 18261979

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Legal File circa 18311943

Historical Note
Samuel Colt (1814-1862) received U.S. Patent No. 138 in 1836 for the first revolving cylinder pistol and along with other investors founded the Patent Arms Manufacturing Company of Paterson, New Jersey. Due to small sales that business closed in September of 1842. Still, Colt guns proved popular during the Mexican War and with the Texas

Administrative File circa 1836-1980

Publications File circa 1850-1980

Rangers. General Zachary Taylor, who was commanding troops in Texas in 1846, wanted 1000 Colt revolvers. Samuel Colt made an agreement with Eli Whitney, Jr., the Connecticut contractor for Army muskets, to manufacture the guns. In 1847 Colt borrowed money from his banker cousin Elisha Colt and other Hartford businessmen to lease a factory on Pearl Street in Hartford, where he adapted the system of

Mahron Collection 1871-1934

Addenda 1810-1948

interchangeable parts to the mass production of guns. In 1851 Colt's exhibited guns at London's Crystal Palace Exposition and two years later opened a branch there that

operated until 1857. The Colt's factory in Hartford manufactured 3,000 Dragoon pistols by the end of 1850, first at the Pearl Street location and then on Grove Lane. In 1851 Samuel Colt bought property in Hartford's South Meadows where he built the Colt's Armory that was completed in August of 1855. The Armory was topped with an onion-shaped blue dome on which stood a rampant colt cast from bronze. Samuel Colt died unexpectedly in January of 1862. A fire in February of 1864 destroyed one half of the Armory and the office. Some suspected that Confederates started the fire. The armory had been running at full capacity to supply the Union army with guns, its total wartime production totaling 378,000 revolvers and 114,000 muskets. Samuel Colt's widow Elizabeth ordered the Armory rebuilt exactly as it was. Construction was completed in 1867. In 1901 Mrs. Colt sold the company to Armstrong & Schirmer, a New York financial house. A holding company was formed in New York State although the Armory was still known as Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company. Colt's produced the first machine gun, the Gatling, in 1867. Dr. R.J. Gatling invented the gun first fired at Confederate troops in 1862. Gatling later moved to Hartford after improving the desgin. Colt's entered into association with John Moses and Matt Browning in 1891 to manufacture their machine gun. In 1895 John Browning test fired his first automatic pistol for Colt's. The Brownings reached a settlement with Colt in 1903 that gave the company all the benefits of the automatic pistol and automatic machine gun patents. The company also obtained rights to the English Vickers-Maxim automatic machine gun, giving it control over all machine gun production in the world. In 1911 Colt's gave Fabrique Nationale of Liege an exclusive license to sell Browning's automatic pistol in Europe, outside of England. Soon after the United States entered World War I, John Moses Browning returned to Colt's and developed more powerful machine guns than his earlier inventions. In addition to machine guns, pistols were also in demand. The Army had adopted the Colt .45 as its standard sidearm in 1911. During the war Colt's produced 425,000 automatic pistols, 151,700 revolvers, 13,000 Maxim-Vickers machine guns and 10,000 new Brownings. After the war Colt's diversified into manufacturing other products and established divisions for dishwashers, electrical, and plastics. Colt's production dropped during the early years of the Depression but improved starting in 1933. However, on March 13, 1935 over a thousand workers walked off the job to begin a strike that lasted thirteen weeks. The company experienced further catastrophe when the Flood of 1936 and Hurricane of 1938 damaged the armory. Despite increasing output at the start of World War II and winning the Army-Navy "E" award for outstanding production in 1942, Colt's began to experience financial losses starting in July of 1943 due in part to its failure to adopt modern manufacturing techniques, resulting in layoffs. Control of the company

changed hands a few times and eventually became a subsidiary of Penn-Texas. That holding company collapsed in 1958 and what remained became the holding company Fairbanks Whitney. By 1960 manufacturing operations moved from Hartford to West Hartford. Presidents of Colt's through 1969: Samuel Colt, 1855-1862 Elisa K. Root, 1862-1865 Richard Jarvis, 1865-1901 John Hall, 1901-1902 Lewis C. Grover, 1902-1909 William C. Skinner, 1909-1911 Col. Charles L.F. Robinson, 1911-1916 William C. Skinner, 1916-1921 Samuel M. Stone, 1921-1944 Graham H. Anthony, 1944-1949 B. Franklin Conner, 1949-1955 Chester Bland, 1955-1958 Fred A. Roff, Jr., 1958-1962 David C. Scott, 1962-1963 Paul A. Benke, 1963-1969 Source: Ellsworth S. Grant, The Colt Armory: A History of Colt's Manufacturing Company, Inc., (Lincoln, R.I.: Mowbray Publishing, 1982). Return to the Table of Contents

Scope and Content

The Connecticut State Library received the Colt Factory Firearms Collection and a large manuscript collection from Colt's in 1957. While there is much information regarding the operation of the company contained in the manuscript collection, it does not contain the sources needed to trace the history of a specific firearm. Such information can only be found in the company's shipping records, which were not part of the 1957 donation, and which Colt's has retained. For a fee, the Archives Department of the Colt's Manufacturing Company Inc. can provide an Archive Letter detailing the history of a specific firearm. The records of the Colt Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company cover the period 18101980, though most of the collection falls within the period 1840-1890. The records also document many of the company's outside contracted activities and subsidiaries such as the Gatling Gun Company, London Armory/Agency, and Union Ferry Company. Records

on several of the related activities are limited to a single item. Not included among the records are minutes of the board of directors meetings, personnel records, internal office memoranda, annual reports, and printed financial statements. The principle strengths of the Business File lie in the Incoming Correspondence (Series 3), and the Orders for Arms (Series 4). The routine nature of most of the incoming correspondence lessens its informational value. The Legal File contains documentation on patents. Generally, the Administrative File contains "public relations" materials, including drafts of unpublished company histories and biographies, scrapbooks, armory museum records and an index to correspondence compiled by museum staff. The Publications File contains several catalogs of arms manufactured. The collection contains handwritten and printed materials, bound volumes, drawings and foreign language material. Material in the separate manuscript catalog was transferred into the record group. All the material pertaining to the Colt Company in the State Library, except for published monographs and biographies and the gun collection in the Museum of Connecticut History, is in RG 103 or picture group PG460. A later accession has been added as the Mahron Collection, as well as several smaller accessions collectively as Addenda. Return to the Table of Contents

Arrangement
Business File, 1826-1979, Accession: T001481, 25.75 cubic feet Legal File, circa 1831-1943, Accession: T001481, 6.50 cubic feet Administrative File, circa 1836-1980, Accession: T001481, 9 cubic feet Publications File, circa 1850-1980, Accession: T001481, 6.75 cubic feet Mahron Collection, 1871-1934, Accession: T003190, 46 cubic feet Addenda, 1810-1948, Accessions: 1992-018,1994-038, 2000-036, 4.25 cubic feet Return to the Table of Contents

Restrictions

Restrictions on Access
See the Rules and Procedures for Researchers Using Archival Records and Secured Collections policy.

Restrictions on Use
See the Reproduction and Publications of State Library Collections policy. Return to the Table of Contents

Related Material
PG400, Hartford collection. See "Hartford - Industries - Colt's". PG440, Collins photograph collection. Album 3 consists entirely of views of the factory during and after the the 1936 and 1938 floods. PG460, Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company collection. Also see the Research Guide to Materials about Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company. Return to the Table of Contents

Index Terms
Organizations:
Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co.

Persons:
Colt, Samuel, 1814-1862

Subjects:
Colt firearms Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co. -- Records and correspondence

Subjects:
Hartford (Conn.)

Document Types:
Account books Advertisements Agreements Application forms

Broadsides Brochures Cashbooks Catalogs Charters Clippings Contracts Correspondence Daybooks Design drawings Diaries Financial statements Inventories Ledgers (account books) Legal documents Licenses Logs (records) Manuals (instructional materials) Patents Photographs Powers of attorney Price lists Prints (visual works) Purchase orders Receipts (financial records) Reports Scrapbooks Return to the Table of Contents

Administrative Information
Provenance
Following the 1955 take-over of the Colt Company by the Penn-Texas Corporation, the new president/chairman made a gift to the people of Connecticut of the valuable collection of Colt guns then at the armory's museum. Having concluded that the museum at the State Library was the best repository, the Pratt & Whitney Company Foundation transferred the gun collection and the business records on March 7, 1957.

Processing Information
Most of the material that became RG 103 was cataloged separately at the point of transfer. It was not until 1971 that staff arranged and described the records as Record Group 103. Even then, many items were still among the cataloged manuscripts. Staff processed RG 103 again in 1976. In 1982 Richard Mellon provided funds for a project designed to reorganize and microfilm the Colt Company records and personal papers of Samuel Colt at the Connecticut State Library, the Connecticut Historical Society, and the Wadsworth Atheneum. An outside consultant prepared a report on the condition of the

collection in the State Library and advised staff on organizational strategies. The present organization represents efforts to clarify the original administrative and legal purposes of the records. The consultant recommended utilizing the four major file units of Business, Legal, Administrative, and Publication, to organize records whose provenance had been destroyed. A later accession has been added as the Mahron Collection, as well as several smaller accessions collectively as Addenda. Independent researcher Cari Peretzman completed Phase I, reprocessing under the grant funds in September 1983. At that point, staff concluded that the records required further processing before microfilming could proceed. Arrangement and description continued until July 1984. Return to the Table of Contents

Container List
Business File, 1826-1979, Accession: T001481, 25.75 cubic feet Series 1. Accounts, 1840-1890 This series contains those financial and accounting records that have survived from the Colt Company. It contains the accounts of guns sold by the "Allies? a select group of Colt firearm distributors. These are arranged in numerical order by the distributor's account number. These Allies accounts cover the period 1883-1884. Samuel Colt's bank account book and two volumes of cash and rent books, 1863-1890, are also included in this series. The Colt Company had some thirty contractors working in the Armory, comprising most of the company's employees. Contractor's Accounts, 1868-1889, provide information on the materials produced by oontract for the company and the amount of money Colt paid for it. The accounts are arranged in chronological order by month and year. Box Allies Rebate Account, 1883-1884 Bank Account Book, S. Colt, 1857-1859 Bills and Receipts 1840-1841, 1849-1855, 17 folders 1856-1857, 15 folders 1858-1859, 1861-1864, 15 folders 1865-1867, 1872-1874, 1878-1882, 1885-1889, 25 folders 2 3 4 1

Cash and Rent books, 1863-1890, 2 volumes Contractor's accounts, 1868, 1881-1886, 1889, 7 folders Series 2. Outgoing Correspondence, 1826-1962, 38 folders Partial index to correspondence in Administrative File. F, 1826 C, 1839 F, 1844 H-Z, 1847 C-S, 1850 C-E, 1852 C-S, 1853 C-T, 1854 B-S, 1855 C-H, 1856 C-R, 1857 A-W, 1858 A-W, 1859 C-H, 1860 A-W, 1861 G, 1868 W, 1869 B, 1870 R, 1873 U, 1875 W, 1876 C, 1878 J, 1879 E-H, 1880 M, 1881 G, 1882 H, 1885 Mc, 1886 C-L, 1887

R, 1888 A-K, 1889 G, 1899 P, 1906 The following are in the same folder F, 1910 F, 1911 F, 1916 The following are in the same folder C, 1936 F-T, 1937 L-M, 1940 S, 1941 G-W, 1942 New York, 1937-1948 The following are in the same folder B, 1947 C, 1952 B, 1954 The following are in the same folder E-W, 1960 A-W, 1961 A-W, 1962 W.B. Franklin Copy Book, 1874-1881 Franklin was a Colt Vice President and General Agent. Most of the correspondence in his copy book is directed to the London Agency. Letters in the book are arranged in chronological order. No index. Form letters, 1889-1955 Form letters were sent to Colt distributors with notification of price and supply changes and information on new weapons manufactured. Form letters are arranged chronologically by month and year. Typescript 7

Typescript is a record of both outgoing and incoming correspondence transcribed from a dictaphone. The bulk of the correspondence falls between 1853-1860 and deals with matters concerning shipment and manufacture in Europe, patents, routine incoming correspondence on manufacture and shipment in the U.S. and some occassional personal correspondence between Sam Colt and his brother James. Arranged by cylinder and follows a very rough chronological order. Series I, No. 1-79, 1847-1861 The following are in the same folder Series I, No. 79-99, 1847-1861 Series II, No. 1-8, 1847-1861 Correspondence, A-W, undated Series 3. Incoming Correspondence, 1836-1970 This series contains correspondence to Samuel Colt and to the Colt Company, 1836-1970, with the bulk of the letters covering up to 1890. The majority of the series is composed of orders and routine requests for catalogs, price lists, parts. The series also contains reports from agents in Europe and the United States. Requests for employment in Colt's new Armory are common in the early correspondence as are letters of a more personal nature from Samuel Colt's brother James. The series also contains a letter book of incoming correspondence from the Allies, 18731880. The Allies were a select group of arms dealers who, because of special araangements with the Colt Company, were insured of special prices and supplies. This letter book contains a copy of the Colt reply. Arranged chronologically as created by correspondent. Partial index in Administrative File. See also: Series 4, Orders for Arms, 1862-1933. Administrative File, Company history, for photostats on government orders of Walker rifles,ca. 1847. 1836-1851, 14 folders 1852-1853, 7 folders 1854-1864, 12 folders 1865-1873, 11 folders Allies Letter Book, 1873-1880 Allies Price Lists, 1875, 1 folder 1874-1877, 6 folders 12 8 9 10 11 11A

1878-1879, 5 folders 1880-1882, 6 folders 1883-1885 June, 6 folders 1885 July-1886 July, 4 folders 1886 August-1887, 4 folders 1888-1890, 7 folders 1891, 1893-1894, 1899-1903, 1907-1911, 1914, 19161917, 1920, 1922-1923, 1925-1927, 1930-1944, 19461949, 1951-1956, 1958-1962, 1970, 53 folders Series 4. Orders for Arms, circa 1860-1933 See also: Series 3, Correspondence, Incoming, 1836-1970. Administrative File, History files contain photostats of correspondence pertaining to government order of Walker rifles, circa 1847. General Orders (post cards), 1873-1897 The General Orders were placed by various dealers using post cards supplied by the Colt Company. These are arranged in chronological order by year, and within that are mixed. Bureau of Ordnance Composed of orders placed by the U.S. Board of Ordnance to arm the military. Over the years, these orders were placed by the various divisions- U.S. Army, Navy, and War Departments. The Army and Navy Department orders cover the Civil War period. War Department orders cover World War I. The Army and Navy Department orders are arranged chronologically by the date the order was submitted. War Department orders are listed by contract number and are not in chronological order. A list in the first folder details what each order was for. Army Department 1863-1864, 1872-1874, 1878, 1880-1889, 6 folders Miscellaneous orders and payments, 18621889 Navy Department 1862-1890 Correspondence, 1872-1890 War Department Master list of arms, 1917-1918

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P14321-2405 Sa, 1918 August 21 P2937-1219 Sa, 1918 February 12 P10740-1933 Sa, 1918 June 26 P15482-2611 Sa, 1918 September 26 P14094-2364 Sa, 1918 August 10 CMG 6, 1917 July 16 CMG 156, 1918 January 8 CMG 181, 1918 January 14 P5820-1429 Sa, 1918 April 12 CMG 3, 1918 July 16 CMG 174, 1918 November 13 P13043-2161 Sa, 1918 February 5 P13095-2177 Sa, 1918 August 6 14984, 1917 October 1 P9886-1851 Sa 14670-R32; 14671, 1917 September 18 5662-1412 Sa, 1918 May 21 18497-2992 Sa, 1918 October 17 P4813-1868 Sa, 1918 May 15 P13264-2196 Sa, 1918 August 9 47253-143/2, 1916 December 16 749/15/1442; 1443, 1915 12962-2155 Sa, 1918 August 30 1915 January 22 Miscellaneous National Guard, 1873-1889 U.S. Arsenals, 1873-1887 Orders from Foreign Governments Includes numerous British WW I orders. These are arranged in chronological order as they were placed by each country. Italy, circa 1860 January 16 Egypt, 1865 September 20, 1866 February 15 Egypt, 1866 May 17 Russia, 1867 December 7 23 22

Turkey, 1886 November Rumania, 1915 May 1 Russia, 1915 November 26 Great Britain, 1917 November 28, 1918 April 27 Great Britain, 1918 May 7, 1918 May 8 Argentina, 1933 August 29 Series 5. Tests and Reports, 1857-1921, 20 folders This series contains the records of tests conducted with arms manufactured by the Colt Company. Prior to adoption of arms, the government required that numerous trials and inspections be conducted. The series also contains reports from military officers on the merits of Colt's weapons. Series is arranged in chronological order. See item listing in first folder. 1857-1860, 1867, 1875, 1892-1904, 1910, 1912, 1921 Series 6. Production Records, 1856-1928 This series contains those records dealing with the number of arms manufactured and ordered, production notes, records of employee's production and time, materials received, contractors, and ballistic tests. Arranged in rough chronological order with some material arranged in folders by type. See also: Series 5, Tests and Reports, 1857-1921. Administrative File, Records of Colt Company Production, box 62. Production Notes, 1856-1865, 1875-1877, 1912 Production Log, 1861-1882 Contractor Log, 1867-1869, 1871-1873, 2 volumes Production/ Time Books, 1871-1889, 6 volumes U.S. Army M1897's Delivered, 1897-1899 Price/Buyer's book, 1895-1905 Orders Placed, 1926 Orders Placed, 1928 Production notes on Baxter, Universal, Colt Company, and Gatling Miscellaneous, 1892, undated Series 7. Stocks and Stockholders, circa 1917-1979, 4 folders Notices, 1934-1942 Most of the notices appeared in 24C 24B 24A 24

newspapers and dealt with dividends, dates of annual meetings, and company policy as it effects employees. These notices were issued by the Board of Directors. Statements, 1919-1948, 1979, 2 folders Contains an important record of condensed financial statements issued to stockholders. One odd statement is included for the first quarter of 1979. Most of these were released in conjunction with annual meetings. Stock Certificates, circa 1917-1953 Contains stock certificates that because of company name changes, are void. Material arranged by type in rough chronological order. Subgroup 1. London Armory, circa 1840-1890 Samuel Colt's success at the 1851 Crystal Palace Exposition in London lead to his decision to open a branch armory at Pimlico, on the Thames, in 1853. The manufacturing phase of the operation was short-lived. The factory was closed in 1857 but the London Agency, operating as a sales office, remained until 1912. Series 1. Correspondence As a branch of the armory in Hartford, London agents were required to send monthly reports to the home office concerning the London operation. Arranged in chronological order by type. Incoming 1852-1854, 1860, 1870, 1875, 6 folders Outgoing 1853, 1855, 1859-1860, 1862-1864, 1868-1875, 12 folders 1876-1883, 1885-1886, 9 folders 1887-1890, 8 folders Series 2. Accounts, 4 folders Arranged in chronological order. 1866 Balance Sheets, 1871-1882 Cash Received and Paid Out, 1871-1882 Accounts of Gatling Gun Co. to London Agency, 1873, 1875 26 27 28 25

Series 3. Orders, 1 folder Contains requests for arms and parts from all over Europe and Australia. The orders appear to have been submitted to Hartford where they were filled by the armory there. The London Armory was apparently just a go-between and maintained no stocks of their own. Arranged in numerical order. Orders, 1-199, 1888-1890 Series 4. Scrapbook, 3 folders Contains clippings from foreign newspapers, pasted in scrapbook pages. They concern arms in general and Colt arms in particular. They begin circa 1840, over ten years before the London Armory was established. The clippings can most likely be attributed to an enthusiastic early employee. circa 1840-1860, 3 folders Series 5. Miscellaneous, 1 folder Contains extract and autobiography of James Nasmyth. Subgroup 2. Colt's Cartridge Works, 1855, 1 folder Samuel Colt established the Cartridge Works in 1855. Located in the South Meadows, it manufactured the cartridges necessary for the guns in the nearby armory. As far as we can tell, almost all of the Cartridge Work's employees were women. Not a totally unusual occurence in light of the experiences of "mill girls" in Lowell and Lawrence, the early use of women in gun manufacturing in the Connecticut River Valley needs to be explored. Unfortunately for researchers, few records have survived from the Cartridge Works. Contained in this subgroup is the payroll record for October, 1855, and a few cartridge paper samples. Subgroup 3. Brass Foundry, 1855-1889, 1 folder The Brass Foundry, supervised by Thomas Curry, was one of many Colt armory inside contracting operations. Colt supplied the workspace and machinery and in return, experienced workers filled the orders. The owners of large manufacturing interests in the mid-nineteenth century used the inside contractor system to more efficiently run the operation. The owner could devote himself to money matters while skilled specialists saw to the employees and actual production. Contains only two items; an account book, 18551889 and a diary, 1871. Both were kept by Curry. 29

Subgroup 4. Johns-Pratt Company, 1922-1942, 4 folders In an attempt to diversify production, the Colt Company purchased the Johns-Pratt Company in 1923. Located in Hartford on Capitol Avenue, Johns-Pratt had produced electrical and moulded plastic products since 1886. Out of Johns-Pratt, Colt created three new divisions: the Plastics Division, Electrical Division, and the Autosan Dishwashing Machine Division. Johns-Pratt Company, 1 folder Contains an accounting firm's report on the Johns-Pratt Company, December 31, 1923; financial statements, income and cash reports, January 1924-January 1926. Plastics Division, 1922-1937, 1 folder The Plastics Division was divided into three departments: the button department, mechanical goods department, and general plastics moulding department. The materials in this subgroup contain, an article on the Plastics Division from a November 1936 "Connecticut Industry," and a March 1940 "American Era." Also included are newspaper clippings and an advertising circular. Colt Noark Division (Electrical Division), 1922-1942, 1 folder Colt's Electrical Division produced a wide array of fuses, switches, and starters for industrial use. Most of the material's on the division in the file are catalogues of products and two newspaper/magazine clippings. Autosan Dish-Washing Machine Division, circa 1935, 1 folder First patented in 1913, the Colt Autosan Dish-Washer gained wide acceptance with restaurants and holels during the 1930s. Production continued until circa 1950. Records include an instruction and parts booklet and advertising circulars. Subgroup 5. Sonora Mining and Exploring Company, 18581861, 1 folder Interested in the exploration of the Arizona territory, Samuel Colt founded the Sonora Mining and Exploring Company. He sent his secretary, J.D. Alden; his agent, W.B. Hartley; and his brother-in-law, R.W.H. Jarvis to Arizona to investigate land expansion and mining possibilities. The Sonora Mining and Exploring Company shared board members and some stockholders with the Colt Company.

The subgroup contains correspondence, 18581861 form Colt's men in Arizona as well as letters to Board of Directors and stockholders. Also contains H.R. 836, January 1859, a bill to provide temporary government for the Territory of Arizona. Also S. 555, February 1859, a bill to provide temporary government for the Dakota and Arizona territories. Subgroup 6. Union Ferry Company, 1857-1875 The Union Ferry Company was incorporated in 1857 for the purpose of operating a ferry across the Connecticut River between Hartford and East Hartford. Samuel Colt was elected a director of the company in August, 1858, and was the company's single largest stockholder. Series 1. Correspondence, 2 folders Arranged in chronological order by type of correspondence. Outgoing, 1858 October-1859 October Incoming, 1858 January-1864 November Series 2. Corporate Legal Records, 2 folders Contains the act incorporating the Union Ferry Company in May, 1857. Record of Incorporation, 1857 May Corporate papers and by-laws Contains a record book with minutes of Board of Director's meetings, July 1857-March 1867, corporate by-laws and legal correspondence, lists of stockholders, and certificates for shares of stock, 1858. Series 3. Financial Records, 8 volumes Contains a fairly complete records of the company's finances. Bank account book, 1858-1875 Daybook, 1858-1875 Daybook, 1858-1866 Trial balances and Treasurer's Reports, 1859-1867 Contains accounts of the Union Ferry Comapny with the Colt Company, indicating that there was some exchange of labor and storage between the two. Record Book, 1857-1869 Ledger, 1858-1866 30A 30B 30

Cash book, 1858-1866 Journal, 1859-1866 Series 4. Passenger Logs, 10 volumes Contains ten volumes listing the horse teams, wagons, ox teams and foot passengers ferried across the river. Volume one is missing. Volume 2, 1863 July-December Volume 3, 1863 September-1864 September Volume 4, 1864 September-1865 September Volume 5, 1866 November-December Volume 6, 1867 March-October Volume 7, 1867 May-June Volume 8, 1867 April-September Volume 9, 1870 December-1871 October Volume 10, 1871 October-1872 September Volume 11, 1874 July-December Subgroup 7. Willow Ware Manufacturing Company, 18641873, 9 volumes Samuel Colt built his armory on a floodplain in Hartford's South Meadows. A dyke was built and thousands of willow trees planted to help prevent soil erosion. These willows were the inspiration, and the material, for Colt's Willow Ware Manufacturing Company. Founded circa 1864, the company used the abundant willows to manufacture furniture, baskets, and wagons. Colt brought skilled craftsmen and their families over from Germany to work in the Willow Ware plant. He built them a "company town", called Potsdam Village, complete with chalet-type housing and a beer garden. Fire destroyed the Willow Ware factory building in 1874. Due in part to increased competition, it was never rebuilt. Financial Records, 1864-1873 Items 3, 4, 5 are in one box. Daybooks, 1868-1873, 2 volumes Although these volumes are labeled "daybooks" they do not contain standard daybook entries. They contain the Willow Ware Company's retail accounts and list the orders placed by these various merchants. The volumes are chronological by year, and within, chronological by month and year.

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1868 December-1873 October 1870 November-1873 April Checkbook, 1870 November-1873 March, 1 volume Contains check stubs for checks written as well as some forty pages of blank checks. Stubs are in chronological order. Inventories, 1864-1870, 2 volumes Contains year-end inventories of manufactured items, chairs, baskets, hampers etc., as well as some materials used in production. The first inventroy, 1864 December, was crossed out and consolidated in the second volume, 1864 December-1870 December. Chronological by year. 1864 December 1864 December-1870 December Journals, 1864-1873, 2 volumes Contains a monthly accounting of the basic assets and liabilities for the Willow Ware plant. Organized in chronological order by month and year. 1864 January-1871 May 1871 June-1873 October Ledger, 1864-1873, 1 volume Contains the list of Willow Ware accounts and their debit/credit standing with the company. Index included at front and back of volume. Petty Cash Book, 1872 January-1873 February, 1 volume Contains the account of petty cash on hand for the Willow Ware Company. Chronological by month and year. Subgroup 8. Baxter Steam Engine Company, 1871-1894 The Colt Company manufactured a number of products under contract from other companies in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. One of these was the Baxter Steam Engine. The Baxter Steam Engine Company was apparently 33

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purchased sometime in 1871 from the firm of Russell E Spheer and operated out of New York City. The Colt contract with the Company (Russell & Spheer) dates to September, 1870. Colt then transferred business to the new Baxter Steam Engine Co. at the request of Russell & Spheer. The Colt Company manufactured the engine, which in turn was sold by the Baxter Steam Engine Company and its agents. Series 1. Outgoing Correspondence, 1871-1890 Contains the correspondence to the Colt Company from the Baxter Steam Engine Co. and its agents. Most of the correspondence is concerned with orders and the squaring of accounts between Baxter and Colt. It is arranged in chronological order by year and, within each folder, alphabetically by name of correspondent. 1871-1874, 1877-1885, 13 folders 1886-1890, 5 folders Series 2. Incoming Correspondence, 1871-1873, 3 folders Contains a relatively small amount of correspondence from the Colt Company to Baxter Steam Engine. Most of the correspondence deals with the early period of the business relationship between the two companies and therefore concerns itself with setting down the terms under which the two companies would continue to do business. Arranged in chronological order by year, within that it is alphabetical by name of correspondent. Series 3. Accounts, 1874-1881, 2 folders Contains an account between Baxter Steam Engine and the Colt Company of the total amount, in dollars, of engines sold and the royalties due the Baxter Steam Engine Company. Also, lists of engines sold and consigned to dealers. Includes horsepower designation. Accounts, 1874-1881 The following are in the same folder Engines sold, 1871-1872 Agent's stock, 1872 Miscellaneous, 3 folders Advertising cuts and circulars Catalogues, 1878, 1880, 1889, 1894 34

Weight of castings for canal boat Subgroup 9. Colt's Disc Engine (West's Patent Disc Engine), 4 folders The Colt Disc Engine was another product manufactured under contract by Colt. The West Patent Disc Engine adopted the name of its manufacturer and was renamed Colt's Disc Engine. Advertising cuts and circulars Catalogues Correspondence, 1878, 1880-1882, 1884, 1888 Royalty and sales records of engines, 2 volumes Subgroup 10. Facer Refrigerating and Ice Machine Company, 1 folder The Colt Company, in addition to the engines noted, manufactured other related machinery. The Facer Company of New York contracted for the manufacture of its refrigerating and ice machine. Catalogue, undated Subgroup 11. Federal Adding Machine Company, 19181924, 5 folders As part of the post-war diversification effort, Colt contracted with the Federal Adding Machine Company for production of its "A" adding machine. Production began at the Colt Company in 1919. The relationship between the two companies was something less than beneficial, especially for Colt, and production ceased circa 1923. Letters of recommendation, 1918 About the machine prior to the manufacturing agreement. Outgoing correspondence, 1920, 1922 Incoming correspondence, 1919-1920, 1922 The following are in the same folder Correspondence with Colt, 1919-1920 Production notes, 1920, 1923 Rebuilt machines, 1924 The following are in the same folder Legal papers, 1920-1922 Stockholder's papers, 1919-1922 Newspaper articles, 1921 Subgroup 12. Gatling Gun Company, 1865-1900 Dr. Richard J. Gatling was born in North Carolina 36 35

in 1818. He gave up medicine to pursue inventions of a more mechanical nature. Tragically naive from the vantage point of the nuclear age, Gatling believed that a weapon of sufficient destructive capabilities, one that would result in an enormous loss of life, was sufficient to end wars. That weapon, he believed, was his Gatling Gun. It was the first hand-operated battery or rapid fire machine gun. Gatling began his work on the gun in Indianapolis in 1861-1862. In the fall of 1862, Gatling went to Cincinnati, where the manufacture of six guns by Miles Greenwood and Company was negotiated. Beginning in 1865, and until coming to Hartford, the Cooper Fire Arms Manufacturing Company of Philadelphia manufactured the Gatling Gun. Manufacture in Indianapolis ended in 1874. The Gatling Gun Company of Connecticut was formed and purchased, for the sum of $25,000, all the stock, property, and assets of the Gatling Gun Company of Indiana. The Gatling Gun Company of Connecticut was located at, and the guns manufactured by, the Colt Company of Hartford. See the Gatling file in the History section of Administrative File. Series 1. Accounts, 1872-1889, 7 folders Contains accounts with retailers, inventories, financial report numbers of guns manufactured, and accounts of labor and materials. Arranged in chronological order. Account with Paget & Co., 1872 Guns manufactured, 1873-1874 Labor/Materials, 1873-1874 Account with Morgan & Co., 1875 Inventories, 1875, 1876, 1888, 1889 The following are in the same folder Cash liabilities , 1873-1874 Cash receipts and disbursements, 1889 Royalty statement, 1896 Series 2. Agents Records, 1869-1899, 8 folders Contains the agreements, contracts, correspondence, and some accounts of the agents that represented the Gatling Gun Company. Folders with material on the agents are arranged in chronological order. 37

L. Broadwell (Europe), 1869 J.H. Brown (Mexico), 1869-1871 Schuyler, Hartley & Graham, 1871 B.H. Zerbe, 1873 C. Cramp (Philadelphia), 1886 E.H. Carmick & C. Colne (France), 1887 F. Penfield (Europe), 1888 Gatling Gun Limited, circa 1888-1899 Series 3. Incoming Correspondence, 1865-1898, 11 folders Contains the correspondence addressed to the Gatling Gun Company in Hartford and includes the correspondence from Colt to the Gatling Gun Company. Also contained in this series are tests and reports on guns sent to the cmmpany. Arranged in chronological order and alphabetical within each year. Tests and reports 1865 1873 undated Incoming correspondence 1867-1873 1875 1876, 1877, 1879 1884-1885 1888-1889 1890, 1895, 1898 1892 1895 Series 4. Outgoing Correspondence, 1867-1895, 6 folders Arranged in chrolological order. 1880-1884, 1 folder Contains the outgoing correspondence from the Gatling company to the Colt Company. 1867-1875, 1877-1878, 1889-1890, 1894-1895, 5 folders 38

Contains early outgoing correspondence from R.J. Gatling, the Gatling Gun Company of Indianapolis. Series 5. Orders, 1866-1900 Contains orders placed to the Colt Company for the manufacture of Gatling Guns. Arranged first by source of orders, i.e. Army Department, and within that it is chronological. Orders to Colt's, 4 folders 1874, 1877-1879 1880-1883 1885 1886-1890 Payment notices, 1877-1886, 1 folder U.S. Government Appropriations, 1874 Rules for inspection, 1875 Bureau of Ordnance U.S. Army 1866 1873-1874 1875 1877 1878 1880, 1882 1889-1893 1889 1894-1895 1897 1899 U.S. Navy 1873-1884 1900 War Department, 1871-1890 U.S. Arsenals, 1873-1884 39 38

National Guard, 1886-1890 U.S. Ordnance Agency, 1877-1878 Foreign Governments Argentina, 1867 Dutch Government, 1867 Prussia, 1867 Bavarian Arsenals, 1868 Denmark, 1868 Russia, 1869-1870 Turkey, 1870 Italy, 1872 Spain, 1873 Japan, 1874 Tunisia, 1875 France, 1878 Series 6. Legal Records, 1866-1890, 13 folders Contains agreements for sale and/or manufacture, U.S. and foreign licenses for production abroad, power of attorney, power of patentee, statements to stockholders, proxies, a copy of the articles of incorportion, some early board meeting minutes, by-laws, and lists of stockholders. Arranged by type of record and within that, in chronological order. Agreements 1866 1870, 2 folders 1870, 1875, 1881 1871 1889 1890 U.S. Cartridge Co. Licenses 1871 1879 Power of Attorney, 1875, 1888 40 40

Power of Patentee, 1881 Stockholder's records, 1873-1874, 1876, 1880, 1888-1889 Series 7. Production Records, 1873-1874, 2 folders Contains one bound volume consisting of a record of the component parts for the C.30 Gatling Gun. Also drawings of component parts, made perhaps for patent applications. M1895 Gatling Gun, 1873-1874 Drawings Series 8. Publications/Advertisements, 1865-1898, 2 folders Contains a mixed assortment of newsclippings, leaflets, price lists, illustrations, advertisements, and brief company histories. Subgroup 13. Railway Register Manufacturing Company, 1873-1890, 7 folders Located in Buffalo, New York, the Railway Register Manufacturing Company produced punches for railway use. Correspondence is in chronological order by year and alphabetical within that by the last name of the correspondent. Outgoing Correspondence, 1873-1874, 1877-1879, 18821890, 6 folders Most of the correspondence is addressed to the Colt Company. These letters are from agents and the main office in Buffalo concerning manufacture and shipments. Newsclippings Subgroup 14. The Thorne Cylindrical Type-setting Machine Company, 1 folder As suggested by the company name, the Thorne Cylindrical Type-setting Machine Company was involved in the production of composing and distributing machines. Manufactured in Hartford, presumably by Colt's. Catalog, undated Subgroup 15. The Universal Printing Press, 1874-1890 The Universal Printing Machine, patented by Merritt Gally in 1869, was manufactured by the Colt Company under a contract made with three licensees of the press in 1873. The licensees traded under the name of E.V. Haughwout & Co. This license was terminated in 1876 and Colt continued to manufacture the printing presses for 42 41 40

the patentee, Merritt Gally. In 1886, Gally's patent expired on the press and Colt continued to produce them for the J. Thomson Press Company. John Thomson had been Merritt Gally's manager. A legal battle followed between Gally and Thomson. Outgoing Correspondence Contains almost exclusively outgoing correspondence from either Gally or Thomson to the Colt Company. Arranged in chronological order. 1874, 1877-1886, 4 folders 1886-1890, 5 folders Incoming Correspondence Legal Contains the defendants brief to the litigation between Gally and Thomson. Catalogues Contains an advertising circular and four sales catalogues from J. Thomson Press Company. Legal File, circa 1831-1943, Accession: T001481, 6.50 cubic feet Box Series 1. Agreements and Contracts, 1849-1899, 20 folders Arranged chronologically by year. No index. See item listing in first folder. For contracts dealing with arms manufacture, see Orders, Series 4, in Business File Also, Correspondence, Series 2 and 3 in Business File. Agreements for Employment 1849 1852 1853 1859 1867 1878 1894 Undated Agreements for Manufacture 44 43 42

1870, 2 folders 1871 1883 1890 Agreements with Selling Firms 1859 1860 1865 1866 1868, 1870, 1873 1896-1897, 1899 Contract for Universal Printing Press, 1886 Series 2. Charter, 1836, 1 folder The single item in this series is the charter for the "Patent Arms Manufacturing Company" of Paterson, New Jersey, 1836. Issued to Samuel Colt, et.al. One printed copy, 1836, and one photostatic copy, circa 1949. Charter Series 3. Complaints and Law Suits, 1851-1913 See also, Correspondence, Series 2 and 3 in Business File. Bills of Complaint Contains breach of contract cases and claims on unsold arms. Arranged chronologically by the date the complaint was first filed. No index. See item listing in first folder. 1884 1908 1911 Law Suits Contains files of suits by and against the Colt Company, in the U.S. and abroad. Files contain depositions and correspondence pertaining to cases. Law suits are arranged in chronological order by year. 1851 1856 44 44

1857 1870, 2 folders 1870 (German) 1873 1877 1879 1882, 2 folders 1884, 2 folders 1885-1886 1887 1889 1890 1900 1911 1913 Series 4. Patents, circa 1831-1943 By 1920, the Colt Company owned or was licensed under 300 patents, 50 of which were design patents. The patent series contains information on both individual and company patents. Also includes one box of oversized drawings. Applications, 1844-1856, 6 folders Contains the inventor's name and description of item a patent is requested for. Arranged chronologically by date filed. Item listing in first folder. 1844 1849 1850 1851, 2 folders 1856 Assignments, 1836-1910, 7 folders Contains information on the transfer or purchase of patent rights from the original holder to Sam Colt or the Colt Company. Accompanying correspondence and actual agreement are in the files. Arranged chronologcally by date of 45 45

transfer agreement. Item listing in first folder. 1836 1850 1871 1872 1880-1881 1884 1893 1910 Correspondence, 1835-1894, 15 folders Contains mostly incoming letters from patent attorneys concerning pending patent applications and possible infringements. Most of this correspondence is from John E. Earle, a New Haven patent attorney. Also contains letters requesting Colt Company support for adoption of a new invention. Arranged chronologically by date of creation. Item listing in first folder. 1835-1856 1873-1919 1878 1880-1888 1881 1881, 1884 1884-1887 1885-1887 1886, 2 folders 1882-1889 1884-1886 1892 1893-1895 1894 Extensions, 1840-1871, 7 folders Contains applications for and accompanying documentation for an extension for an existing patent at the time of expiration. Also contains Congressional reports on Samuel Colt's 46

1848-1849 and 1857 patent extension cases. Arranged chronologically by date of extension application. Item listing in first folder. 1848 1840-1851 1855 1858, 3 folders 1871 Interferences/Infringements, 1859-1903, 14 folders Contains claims and opinions concerning cases of patent interference relating to the Colt Company, its contractors or employees. Arranged in chronological order. Item listing in first folder. 1859 1869 1872 1882 1884, 4 folders 1885, 2 folders 1888 1893 1892, 1896 1903 Licenses, 1870-1889, 3 folders Licenses were issued to the Colt Company granting it the right to manufacture, sell and use an invention without fear of patent infringement. Arranged in chronological order with an item listing in the first folder. 1870 1872 1889 Lists, 1890-1907, 5 folders Lists were compiled by the Colt Company or the individual inventor on the patents held by each.

Contains lists of patents held by the Gatling Gun Company, Fabrique Nationale/John Browning and patents assigned to E.K. Root. In chronological order with an item listing in the first folder. circa 1890 1898 1907 Undated, 2 folders Opinions, 1867-1943, 9 folders Patent opinions were issued in the form of correspondence by patent attorneys and concerned whether new patent application posed any problems. Arranged in chronological order by date of correspondence. See item listing in first folder. 1867 1874 1877 1880 1884 1886 1901 July, October 1901 August 1943 Specifications, 1836-1920 Patent specifications detail the design elements of the new invention and generally include the drawings. Also contains patent specifications presented to numerous countries, including Austria, France, Germany, Great Britain and Italy, with most presented to the United States. Naturally, because of the number of foreign countries represented, a number of patent specifications are in a foreign language. No translations made. Additional design drawings in oversize box 53A. Patent specifications contain information on the invention, the inventor, the date, and the country the patent was requested form. Some handwritten, some typewritten. Contains Patent Gazette reprints and photostats. Arranged by number assigned by patent 48-53 47

office. Includes four itemized lists arranged by patent number, chronological by date, alphabetical by country, and alphabetical by inventor. A detailed listing is available at the History and Genealogy reference desk. Drawings, circa 1831-1859 Series 5. Power of Attorney, 1849-1894, 3 folders Contains handwritten copies of the power of attorney granted to Elisha Colt by Samuel Colt, 1849, correspondence concerning a power of attorney granted to J.D. Greene by V.A. King, and the power of attorney granted to Mexican agent A.E. Combaluzier by the Colt Company. Arranged in chronological order. See item list in first folder. 1849 October 13 1884 July 8 1894 November 10 Miscellaneous, 1856, 1885, 2 folders Administrative File, circa 1836-1980, Accession: T001481, 9 cubic feet Box Diaries, 1865-1925 Evidence suggests that company administrators or prominent employees created these items. The contents of this series varies: Records of daily appointments and other notes by company officials; notes on patents, and engineering and mathematical computations, enclosures of articles from American Machinist, and notes of excavation work in South Meadows from 1895-1906. Arranged by date of entry. W.B. Franklin's diary is indexed in the Index to Correspondence in this File. There is also an index to a diary not included in this record group, dated January-March 1871. No index for other items. Daily Appointment Journals (handwritten with enclosures), 1893, 1902, 1905, 1908-1911, 4 volumes (bound) Diaries (handwritten), 2 diaries (bound) W.B. Franklin , 1865-1867 Franklin was Vice President and General Agent, 1866-1888. S. Stone, 1925 54 53 53A oversize

Stone was President, 1921-1944. Personal Notebooks, 1883-1910 C.J. Ehbets, 1883-1910, 6 volumes (bound) + enclosures. Ehbets was patent attorney. RESTRICTED The notebooks are in very fragile condition. A use copy is available in the box for researchers to use. Includes information on various patents, mathematical notes, and a sketchbook of fellow administrators, 1872. Stenographer's Notebooks, 4 notepads Dictation not transcribed. 1901 January 21-1901 January 30 1901 January 31-1901 February 11 1901 February 11-1901 February 22 1901 October 18-1901 October 26 Company History, circa 1846-1979 Biographies (printed, typed and handwritten), 2 folders Evidence suggest that the biographical files on the individuals that comprised the company were kept on record for public use. Internal, Employees and Inventors (available for publication) J. Browning, M. Bulkeley, B.F. Conner, W.B. Franklin, R.J. Gatling, R.W.H. Jarvis, W. Mason, C.L.F. Robinson, E.K. Root, W.C. Skinner, S.M. Stone, A.L. Ulrich. Also, 1890 award presented to C.J. Ehbets by Franklin Institute. Samuel Colt, 1814-1862, 1 folder Includes September 1, 1853 certificate from C.H. Pond presenting S. Colt as Major Commandant; copy of 1855 speech given at the Institute of Civil Engineers; newspaper clippings and obituary notices; coat-of-arms; Colt family tree; items on murder trial of brother, John Colt; and 1914 articles on celebration of 100th anniversary of Colt's birth (photostat). 55

Histories (handwritten and typed), 2 folders Evidence suggest that the historical files on the company were kept on record for public use. Internal Synopsis of arms manufactured over the years, 1830-1916; draft of Arms Production, 1838-1911 (see Records of Colt Company production for bound copy, 18381949); Development of Colt Revolver; Development of Machine Guns, 1862-1943; and papers on the Colt-Walker revolver, 18461847 correspondence (photocopies) pertaining to the contract with United States Government; (typed) copies of correspondence and photos of letters of S. Walker and S. Colt from same 1846-1847 period. Originals of these photos were loaned to Colt's by Walker's daughter in 1939. External Items written about the Colt Company and its history. (Also see: Printed Materials/Periodicals). Obituary Notices Consists of press releases, newspaper clippings and official announcements by the company related to employees and Hartford notables. Scrapbooks (bound and unbound) Created by the Colt Company Museum staff. Generally contains programs of miscellaneous United States events or celebrations, Christmas cards, employee obituary clippings, and shareholder's reports. Two scrapbooks contain samples of Colt Company stationery, including blank letterheads, envelopes, shipping labels and business cards. Arranged internally by date of event or article. No index. 1850-1860 1877-1878 1880-1889 1900-1929 56

1930-1931 1932-1933, 2 folders 1934 1935 Labor strike, 1935, 2 items Arms probe, 1934 Arms probe, 1936 Flood, 1936, 2 folders 1937-1938, 2 folders 1938-1939 Colt's Hobby Shows, 1935-1939 1939-1940 1940-1941 1941 1942-1943 1944-1945 1944-1947 1949-1956 Miscellaneous Stationery, circa 1850-1979, 1 folder Includes blank letterheads, envelopes, shipping labels, and business cards. Also, 6 stickers of the Seth Parker's Singing School, 1929 (sponsored by Colt's), 2 impressions of Company seal, a blank Colt Company check, and 13 blank sheets of Inspector of Factories, E. Burrows Brown letterhead. In-House Communications, 1938-1971 Many of these items are between administrators at the Firearms Division and Colt Industries, NYC. Arranged chronologically by date written or posted. No index. In-house notices (plant publicity), 1938-1942 Inter-office correspondence, 1938, 1940, 1942, 19691971 Contains correspondence between Hartford administration and Colt Industris, NYC. Also, telephone directory, 1969. Records of the Colt Company Museum, 1887-1957 61 61 60 59 58 57

Contains assorted items used in the Museum and saved by staff members. The following are in the same folder Inventory of manufactured arms, 1887, 1 paper, 1 photostat copy Contains serial numbers and/or Museum tag numbers for all items listed. Arranged by date of entry or by tag number. No index. The unbound inventory was compiled by C.J. Ehbets. List of arms lent to Columbian Exposition (photostat, original, and typed copies), 1893 Inventory of manufactured arms (with notations from 1929 and 1942; with serial numbers) (bound) The bound inventory contains notations of missing arms and company donations to the World War II scrap metal campaign. Internal evidence suggests that it was compiled prior to 1929. Assorted sketches, lists of exhibited arms, and examples of past displays, as saved by staff members Visitor's registries, 1934-1956 3 volumes (2 are spiral notebooks, 1 is bound) Papers relating to transfer of collection of firearms and business archives to the State of Connecticut, 1957 Includes copy of invitation, newspaper clippings and event program. Records of Colt Company Production, 1851-1945 See also Business File Series 4, Production records, 1856-1928. Colt Production of firearms, 1914-1945, 1 bound volume Compiled by A.L. Ulrich and R.E. Courtney in 1914. This volume is divided into 4 sections, the first of which is an overview of production prior to 1914. (Drafts of this section are located in the Company Histories File). Carbon copy reports dated February 1945 cover the three other sections; Automatics, Current Revolvers, and Obsolete Revolvers and Automatics. These reports include information such as model name, factory model letter, general description, calibers, barrel lengths, bore and groove diameters, rifling, serial 62 62 61

numbers, and additional comments. Arranged by factory model letter, these reports appear to have been added to the initial production folder of 1914, by Museum Curator, C.H. Coles, and then placed in one volume. Payroll Records, 1851-1936, 13 folders Lists of contractors and work completed. Occupation and political preference noted. Contractors' payroll and rent, change in pay rates, lists of employees. Arranged chronologically. No index. Records of Colt Company Property, circa 1836-1980 South Meadows File, 1853-1867 South Meadows file contains documents re land purchases, circa 1853 and the following pertaining to work on the rebuilding of the factory after the fire: unbound daybook of expenditures and small leather bound volume account book (Old brick), 1866-1867. Fire took place in 1864. Production Projects Contains files of production projects undertaken by Colt Industries in the period 1960-1980, including files re the establishment of manufacturing plants in Indonesia, Singapore, Korea and the Philippines, transferred during the 1981 company move to West Hartford. Newspaper Clippings Also newspaper clippings of early advancements and improvements. Taken from old binder in February 1944 and reworked by H. Hart. 1836 February-1852 June 1852 August-1858 April 1858 May-1861 January 1852-1858 1853-1858 Lamar, Texas Includes correspondence to Colt's from Harry Traylor, 1942, with typed copies of deeds, and a map of the purchased area, 1856-1870. Miscellaneous, 1871-1872 63 62A62C 62 64

Includes insurance statement under Mrs. E.H. Colt's name, 1871-1872, for land on South Meadows. See also map and picture flat filing drawers for the following: original lease of Samuel Colt to first factory in Hartford, 1847; Samuel Colt's Lands, 1852 (2 large maps encapsulated). Index to Correspondence Incomplete file of incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1847-1888. Cross-referenced by sender, by receiver and by subject. Prepared by L. Heffner, undated. Contains index to W.B. Franklin's diary of 1865-1867, with additional summaries of January-March, 1871 diary, which was not transferred to the State Library. Dates of correspondence covered are as follows: AprilDecember 1847; August, October-December 1850; September, October, December 1851; January, February, April-June, October-December 1852; 1853, except August; January 1854; November 1856; August 1862, and February, March 1888. Arranged by date of item, or by entry, and crossreferenced throughout with name of sender, or receiver, and by subject. Index to Correspondence Publications File, circa 1850-1980, Accession: T001481, 6.75 cubic feet Box Advertising and Marketing Departments, circa 1850-1980 These materials vary depending upon the target group. In selling to the general public, security and protection of the home was stressed, while endorsements from satisfied police officers were presented for possible sales to police departments. Promotional aids such as advertising cuts and displays for use by dealers were distributed by the Colt Company. Some include fold-outs, press kits and duplicate copies. All of these materials differ in size, type of paper, style of print and number of pages. For trade abroad, items were printed in foreign languages, i.e., French, Spanish, Russian and Chinese. Advertising materials from the 1960s-1970s were accessioned in the spring of 1981. These items were collected from the advertising closet at Colt's Armory. During the company's move to West Hartford, the Curators of the Museum of Connecticut History were allowed to go through and take any of the advertising materials left. Files are arranged chronologically by date or item, or by period of production (model of firearm). No index.

Firearms Includes press releases, Consumer analysis, original and printed copies of advertising lay-outs (oversize, Box 65A), promotional packets, and dealer handouts. Also, purchase orders to/from Colt's (1942; 1970). Also, a description of arms displayed in 1926 Sesqui-Centennial Celebration called Evolution of the Revolver. Accessories Historical Prints, 1943, 8 items (7 prints + 1 duplicate) Distributed by the Small Arms Division, these sets of 6 prints were quite popular and sold very well. (1943 April-1943 December 31 = 20,000 sets sold) Commemorative Series of firearms, 1961, 2 folders Celebrating anniversaries of statehoods, the lives of well-known people in history, and depicting celebrated battles from a century of wars. Archery Divison, 1962 Includes samples of advertisements used in various magazines. Gun Oil Project, 1969-1970 With background from 1965. Holsters, 1970 Jewelry, 1970 Security Equipment, 1970 Includes material on bomb disposal systems and handcuffs. Advertisements Advertisements from various publications, 1 folder Includes an original and photocopy of 1860 publication,The Knickerbocker, with testimonials of Colt's pistols (last 8 pages); a 1889 October full-page ad in Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper (oversize, Box 65A); 1909 ad from Everybody's Magazine, p. 79; Scribner's, 1917-1918 back cover. Outing, 1919 April-September, volume 72, bound

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volume Broadsides and Circulars, 5 folders Distributed by the Colt Company. These are published with the target group in mind: for dealers, advertising cuts and display ideas are included; for police department, specific arms are highlighted, and for the public, operation and correct use of whatever gun purchased is stressed. Catalogues 1888, paper cover-bound 1890 January, 2nd ed., c.1, leather cover-bound 1890 January, 2nd ed., c.2, paper cover-bound 1890 January, 2nd ed., c.3, leather cover-bound 1892 January, 3rd ed., c.1, paper cover-bound 1898 January, c.2, leather cover-bound 1898 January, c.3, leather cover-bound 1899 September, c.1, paper cover-bound 1902, c.2, paper cover-bound 1905, c.1, leather cover-bound 1905, c.2, leather cover-bound 1905, c.3, leather cover-bound circa 1900 1903-1916, 1919-1923 undated Romance of a Colt Makers of History/F. Romer Evolution of the Colt, 1926 November, c.2 Double Action Handbook Colt's Fire Arms Sales Manual Colt's Police Revolver Handbook, 1913, Colt's Police Revolver Handbook, 1924, Colt's Police Revolver Handbook, 1925, Colt's Police Revolver Handbook, 1943, Colt's Police Revolver Handbook, 1943, Different edition. Catalogues and Brochures 69 68 67

Including 1887 handwritten description of Franklin Magazine Rifle, pamphlets on various automatic pistols and military sporting rifles, and export catalogue, and 1874-1881 (inclusive) annual sales booklets. Colt Gun and Dundonald Gun Carriage and Ammunition Cart, 1889 See oversize. Colt Gun and Dundonald Gun Carriage and Ammunition Cart, 1900 See oversize. Handbook for Colt Automatic Machine Gun (Ordnance Department), 1913 Handbook for Browning Machine Rifle M1918 (Ordnance Department), 1918 February Handbook for Browning Machine Rifle M1918 (Ordnance Department - War Plans Division), 1918 June Handbook for Vicker's Machine Gun M1915 , 1917 Handbook for Vicker's Machine Gun M1915 , 1918 Catalogue/Cover-pirate , undated Catalogue/Crossed pistol and revolver with world and rampant colt behind guns; grey/green cover (A-70-3rd), circa 1925 Catalogue/Same cover design; grey/green cover, undated Catalogue/Same cover design; brown cover (A70-9th) , undated Catalogue/Same cover design: brown cover (A70-10th), undated Catalogue/Embossed rampant colt and "Colt Firearms" in blue with blue cover, 1931 Catalogue/Embossed rampant colt and "Colt Firearms" in brown with tan cover, 1932 Catalogue/Embossed rampant colt and "Colt Firearms" in grey with grey cover , 1934 Catalogue/Embossed rampant colt and "Colt Firearms" in green with grey cover , 1935 Catalogue/Embossed rampant colt and "Colt Firearms" in red with grey cover, 1936 Catalogue/Embossed rampant colt and "Colt Firearms" in red with grey cover , 1938 Catalogue/Embossed rampant colt and "Colt Firearms" in green with blue cover, 1941 January

Catalogue/Embossed rampant colt and "Colt Firearms" in green with blue cover , 1941 July Catalogue/Colt Automatic Gun/Browning's Patent; beige outer cover, undated Catalogue/Colt Automatic Gun/Browning's Patent; grey cover with red writing and red rampant colt , undated Catalogue/Colt Automatic Gun/Browning's Patent; brown cover with black writing and black rampant colt, undated Catalogue/Colt's Automatic Gun/Browning's Patent; battle scence in blues, undated Catalogue/Colt's Automatic Gun/Browning's Patent; battle scene in greens , undated Catalogue/M1919 Automatic Machine Gun/Rifle/Aircraft Machine Gun - brown cover "A60" Catalogue/M1919 Automatic Machine Gun/Rifle/Aircraft Machine Gun - brown cover "A60-R" Handbook for Automatic Machine Gun and Aircraft Machine Gun; M1924 , undated Automatic Machine Guns and Rifles "HDF" with diagrams, c.15, 1932 Thompson Submachine Gun, undated Thompson Submachine Gun M1921-23 , undated Foreign Materials/Colt's Advertisements Catalogues, pamphlets, and handouts Price lists Trade letters, circa 1930 Foreign Materials/non-Colt's Schulhof, 1887 M1886/Webley (Government arms) M1889/Webley M1892/instructions for use; Paris Minister of War, 1893 M1892/instructions for use; Paris Minister of War, 1897 Fabrique Nationale, 1899 Fabrique Nationale, 1900 Fabrique Nationale, 1906 70

Revue d'armee Belgue, 1907 Steyr-N. Pieper system/West Germany, 1909 Frommer c.7.65 pistol/Budapest (with enclosures), 1910 Royal/Cuba, 1911 Martian/Cuba, 1911 Star/Cuba, 1911 Novelty/2-page pamphlet advertising N. Pieper pocket 6-shot revolver, 1911 July Westley-Richards & Co. "Instanter", 1912 Received from Australia, 1912 Victoria/Cuba, 1913 Swiss industrial Company/Vetterli breech-loading repeating military and sporting rifles, undated Webley & Scott-handout, undated Webley & Son-advertisement, undated Bayard baby automatic pistol-Liege, undated Abadie-Belgium, undated Catalogue describing the Light Automatic GunVicker's, Sons & Maxim, Ltd. (with photos and handwritten enclosure; Also, 1913 sketch by F.T. Moore), undated Price Lists/non-Colt's Liege manufactured firearms, 1852, 1886, 1890 Melbourne, Australia, undated Westley-richards prices, undated Operation of firearms/Instructions for use Includes various circulars and handouts, such as an early 1850s page with "directions for loading and managing Colt's pistols" (from Beware of Counterfeits advertisement), and a typed sheet giving loading directions and taking apart revolvers. Colt Manual on Target and Defense Shooting How to Shoot What Every Parent Should know... Handgunning and Winning The Handgun Manual Shooting Suggestions

Special Instructions Do all safety devices really safeguard? More Fun with Your .22 Rifle Handling the Handgun (2 different versions) How to Organize and Conduct a Revolver Club Instructions and Operation of Colt Automatic Machine Gun (MG 50) 1940 October Vol. II (4 copies) Vol. IIIa (2 copies) Vol. IIIa-1 (3 copies) Vol. IIIb (4 copies) Vol. IIIb-1 (3 copies) Vol. IVa (1 copy) Vol. IV (2 copies) Instructions for Automatic Machine Guns and Rifles (MG 38/MG 38B) (4 copies) 1939 March Browning Machine Gun Technical Manual 1942 April Contractor's Operations Manual-Colt AR-15 Technical Manual M-16 (2 copies) 1966 August Technical Manual M-16 (2 copies) 1974 March Elementary Instructions for Operations of Colt Automatic Gun M1914 Mod "R" The Colt Cap and Ball Revolver (Haven and Belden 1940-reprint) Description and Nomenclature of Colt Automatic Gun Description of Colt Automatic Gun (2 copies) Price lists Retail, 1855-1972 Wholesale, 1899-1980 Proofs and Drafts Includes drawings, sketches, photos and first proofs of woodcuts of Colt's arms for use in catalogues, advertisements, and price lists. In-original folder, dated 1889. Some items are also dated individually. Also, proofs for Lightning Magazine Rifle (13 copies) and (5 copies) proofs for advertising copy (also see Advertising and Marketing/Lay-outs (oversize). Blueprints for special grip for 38c. pistol (No. 540,275-1933 April 4) Also, drafts of printed material: A Century of Achievement, A. L. Ulrich, 1937 (2 copies) Combat Shooting for Police, P. B. Weston, 1960 (copy) Crime Prevention, 1927-1931

Makers of History, F. Romer, 1924-25 Yankee Arms Maker, J. Rohan (uncorrected proofs) Publisher's Advertising (book promotions) The History of The Colt Revolver, Haven & Belden, 1937 A Century of Achievement, A.L. Ulrich, 1937 Printed Materials (Company-Related), 1851-1970 Includes illustrations collected by the Colt Company of both Colt and non-Colt items, 18511964. Publications are also included,in this series. These are internally published: The Rampant Colt, 1929-1941, and The Coltsman, 1942-1944. Also contained in these files are stock certificates of the Colt Company. No dates (however, includes "Colt's Manufacturing Company"/1947). No index. Illustrations/Colt's Also see Pinted Materials/Newspapers. 1964 calendar with 1879 Colt's Ferry reproduction L. Paeth's illustration of the history of the Colt Revolver London Armory, 2 copies "1851, Great Exibition" from the Illustrated London News, oversize CT Exhibits at the International Exhibition, Paris, 1878, oversize Illustrations/non-Colt's Engraving of last steamer to run the Connecticut River above Hartford (C. Dexter), 1866 The Old State House Aetna Life Home Office Comparigraph of arms period/wheellock, flintlock, matchlock Cabin yacht "Mascot" with 'disc' type engine, 1881 Publications/Internal (Colt Company publications) The Rampant Colt, (Electrical Division)1929 September-1941 September The Coltsman, 1942 September-1944 March Publications/External Articles written about the Colt Company and its product line. Broadcasts/Lectures 70

Arranged by date presented. Royal United Service Institution, "Magazine Rifles & Repeaters", Lt. Col. G.V. Fosbery, 1883 June 23 WDRC/Hartford radio 6:00-6:05 p.m.; "A Newcomer's Impression of Hartford", B. Rufe - Manager of Goodyear Service, 1934 November 15 Address delivered at 17th Annual meeting of Army Ordnance Association "Guaranties of Peace". (see Army Ordnance-articles), 1935 October Talk delivered at Ogden Industrial Club meeting and broadcast over WKLO; "John Browning and his Achievements", G.L. Becker, 1937 March 29 Address delivered at 13th Annual American Dinner of the Newcomer Society for the Study of the History of Engineering and Technology; "Interchangeable Manufacture", J.W. Roe of New York University, 1937 April 21 WTIC/Hartford radio 7:45 p.m., on Colt's; The Spotlight, sponsored by The Hartford Electric Light Company, 1937 October 21 WABC/New York radio 6:45-7:00 p.m.; "Guns and Gangsters", Honorable E. Celler & Honorable B. McMahon, 1937 December 11 Great Lakes Regional Conference of the National Association of Real Estate Boards in Cincinatti, "Colt Village", Aubrey Maddock, 1939 March 20 "Walker-Colt" Repeating pistol", Capt. J.E. Hicks, 1940 TV program, "The Arm of Law and Order", with Al Marsters of Colt's, 1953 "The Hawken Shop", C.L. Quick, undated Lecture presented by G. Vander Haeghen, "The Automatic Pistol", (copy of the French translation), undated Periodicals Arranged alphabetically. Africana Notes & News "The Introduction of the Revolver into South Africa", G. Tylden, 1953 September, p. 122. American Archivist, The 70A

"The Evaluation & Presentation of Business Archives", O.W. Holmes, vol. 1:14, 1938 October, p. 171. American Collector, The "The Metal Flask", G. Coopernail, 1937 November, p. 10. American Mercury, The "The First Munitions King", J. Rohan, 1936 March, p. 351. American Rifleman "Hand-Gun History", R. McHenry, 1923 August, p. 129. "Johnny Colt", R. McHenry, vol. LXXI, No. 6, 1938 October, p. 168. (part 2) "Some Spark Photographs, Recoil and Pressure Curves of the 45 Caliber Colt Automatic Pistol", P.P. Quayle, 1926 February. "The Old Colt Revolving Rifles", P. Jenkins, 1928 June. (photocopy) "Pistol Progress - 1871", Major J.S. Hatcher, 1931 May, p. 31. "Forgotten Guns of the Early 70's", P. Jenkins, 1931 May, p. 33. "The Invention of the Central-Fire Primer", Major J. Clark, 1931 May. "Colt's Arms in the '70's", A.L. Ulrich, 1931 May, p. 42. "What Made the Spark-Notes on the history of gun-locks", C. Haven, 1937 December, p. 4. "Federal Firearms Registration", C.B. Lister, 1938 January, 2 copies "Colt Service Model Ace", Lt. Col. J. S. Hatcher, 1938 January. "Henry Aston & His Pistols", L.D. Antwerp, 1942 January. (reprint) "Lightweight Colt Automatics", staff, 1949 September, p. 34. "Early Snub-Nosed Colt's", J. DuMont, 1956 August, p. 22. "Production & Purchases of Civil War Revolvers", J. Baentali, 1956 December. "Colt Mark III Passes Shooting

Tests", staff, 1969 October, p. 70. Arms and the Man "The Paterson & the Walker Colts", December 1917, p. 205, 'sniper'. "The Peacemaker", S.J. Fort, 1922 February, p. 9. Army & Navy Journal "Colt's Automatic Pistol Adopted", 1911 April, p. 922, 3 copies Army Ordnance "Facts About 'Munitions Makers'", 1934 May-June, p. 361. "Organization for Defense", Brig. Gen. B. Crowell, 1935 November. "The Art of Victory", B. Baruch, 1935 November. "Peace, War and Munitions", N. Baker, 1935 November. "Origins of Our Modern Guns", Col. R. Birnie, 1935 November. "Our Lines of Defense", R.E. Flanders, 1935 November. "The Adams Revolver", S.B. Haw, 1938 January-February, p. 219. "The Machine Gun", Lt. Col. C. Goddard, 1942 May-December, 1943 January-February.(reprint) "Machine Guns of the United States, 1895-1944", Major B.R. Lewis, 1945 July-August, 1946 March-April. Art Journal "Homes of America-Armsmear", VII, 1876 November, p. 321. Bookbinding & Book Promotion "Bookvertising", Review of A Century of Achievement. Chamber's Edinburgh Journal "What is a Revolver?", W. & R. Chambers, 1853 December, p. 3. The Christian Century "Profits From Blood-How Long?", P. Hutchinson, 1937 May.

Collector-Dealer "The Rim-Fire Peacemaker", 1957 July, p. 6. Collier's "Goose Killers", G. Creel, 1937 January, p. 26, 2 copies Collier's Weekly "How to Train Defense Workers", H.F. Pringle, 1941 January, p. 23. Connecticut Circle "What the Growth of Aviation Means to Connecticut", H.L. Williams, 1939 September, p. 6. (on Pratt & Whitney Co.) Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin "Colt-Walker Contract", J.E. Parsons, 1948 April, p. 9. Connecticut Industry, 1939 February. Copper & Brass Research Association Bulletin, 1937 December. Detective Fiction Weekly "A Mystery of the Tombs-murder conviction of John Colt", M. Abbott, 1930 February, p. 683. Dictionary of American History "The Colt Six-Shooter". (typed copy) DuPont Magazine, The "The Course of Empire", B. Darlington, vol. 96, No. 6-7, p. 168., 2 copies "Arms and Two Men-Remington and Rifles; Hartley and Cartridges", 1932 May, p. 5. Engineering "Clyde Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, 1882", 1883 February. (extract) Factory Management & Maintenance "Industry and the Next War", L.C. Morrow, 1938 May, p. 46. Field & Stream "Makers of Famous Guns", E.O.

Perrin, 1922 July, p. 289, 2 copies Financial Survey, The "Colt's Enters a New Epoch", E. Newmarker, 1929, p. 40. Fortune "Cadillac", 1938 December. "Company Collections", 1953 January, p. 94. Freehold "$6.66 per room per month", 1937 October, Real Estate News and Comments, (Colt Village). Gun & Cartridge Record "Who's Who...Charles Coles", J. Murphy, 1953 March, p. 1. "The Winchester Story", staff, 1953 March, p. 4. Gun Collecting "Paterson & Walker Colts", J. DuMont. Gun Report, The "Arms of the Russo-Turkish War", 1939. "Keep Your Powder Dry", F. Braucher, 1941 June, p. 1. "Facts About Flasks", J. Serven, 1941 July. "More Facts About Flasks", J. Serven, 1941 August. Guns "White House and Midwest Cops", 1962 February, p. 32. Guns and Ammo "The Living Legend that was Sam'l Colt", A. Chernoff, 1962 November. "Commemorative Guns", W. Beinfield, 1970 March. (reprint) Guns & Hunting "A Look at the Varmint-Handguns", 1963 July, p. 25. Harper's Monthly "Slaughter for Sale", J. Gunther,

1934 May, p. 649. Harper's New Monthly Magazine "Hole-in-the-Day", J. Micoley, 1862, p. 186. Harper's Weekly "Samuel Colt", 1902 April, p. 446. Heat Treating & Forging "Heating Processes in Small Arms Manufacture", F.M. Prendergast, 1940 October, p. 511. Hobbies "Unusual Colt Percussion Arms", J.E. Serven, 1935 April, p. 90. "Colt Powder Flasks", W.F.S. Quick, 1941 January, p. 100. "Rare American Powder Flasks", W.F.S. Quick, 1941 April, p. 101. Holiday "The Killer", circa 1954 August, p. 69. Doc Holliday Hoofs & Horns "The Elegant Era in America Fancy Guns and Famous Actors", J. Serven, undated, p. 4. Hossthief Gazette, The, Miller Bedford, 1942 April. Household Words A weekly journal. "Revolvers", C. Dickens, 1854 June, p. 352. (copy) Illustrated Inventor, The "Terry's Patent Breech-Loading Rifles", No. 16, 1958 February. Illustrated London News, The "Guns & Rifles at British Sporting Exhibition", 1938 January. "The Gatling Battery Gun", 1867 March 23, p. 300. Imperial Journal of Arts, Sciences, Mechanics & Engineering, The, undated, p. 600. (photocopy)

Importer's Guide, The "Industrial Use for the Colt Machine Gun", 1924 May, p. 77. Industrial Heating "Heat Treating Small Arms", 1940 August, p. 690. Investigator, The "Colt's Gun Collection", FBI Recreation Assoiciation, 1956 April. Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly "From Stone-Hammer to BreechLoader", A. Trumble, vol. V, No. 2, 1878 February, p. 129. Leslie's Weekly "T. Roosevelt's Rough Riders", 1898 June, p. 396. Photograph Life "U.S. is Weak in Arms and Industry is Unprepared", 1938 December, p. 45. "The Color Spectacle-Colt's Pistols", E. Elisofon, 1962 March, p. 48. Lubrication & Civilization/Esso Oil-Ways "New England Craftsmanship", 1935 July. Metropolitan Hartford "Colt's Aids Business & Sport", G.B. Armstead, 1935 September. Month at Goodspeed's "Gatlin and His Colt", 1939 October, p. 14., 2 copies. Newsweek "Report on National Defense", special issue, 1940-1941. Oil-Power/Standard Oil Company "Big Guns", 1931 April, p. 36. Outdoor Life "A Home Museum of Famous Guns", 1935 May. (about A. Foster, Jr.) "Colt's - The Side-Arm that Built a

Nation, 1836-1935", undated. Outlook, The "The Pistol - The Development of the American Revolver", 1919 June, p. 259. Pawnee Bill's Pony Club Newsletter "Life Story of Pawnee Bill", p. 3. Reserve Officer, The (U.S. Army) "Automatic Pistol Marksmanship", Capt. R.C. Springer, 1939 September, p. 7. "New Weapons Adopted", 1938 December. (37mm antitank & antiaircraft guns) Romance of a Firearms Collector "The 13th Texas Colt", C.W. Sawyer, undated, p. 280. Saga of the Sixshooter C.E. Freeman, Ch. II-V, p. 129. Saturday Evening Post "The Pink Slip Strike", R. Pitcairn, 1935 June, (reprint). "We Can Defend America", Gen. J. Hagood, 1936 November, p. 20. Scribner's "The Rifle that Won the Revolution", R. Burlingame, 1938 February. Shooter's Corner, The "Colt's Metallic-Cartridge Long Guns", P. Kuhlhoff, p. 141. "More About the Spencer", P. Kuhlhoff, p. 169. Southern Sportsman, The "America's Munitions", B. Crowell, 1941 May, p. 47. Sporting Goods Dealer, The "Man Behind Browning", 1955 February. (on son Val) "At Colt's with Capt. E.C. Crossman", 1919 December, p. 31 , 2 copies. Sporting Goods Journal

"You Cannot Control That Way", Capt. E.C. Crossman, 1934 December, p. 21. Sports Afield "Too Good to Leave in the Past", 1961 October, p. 41, 4 copies. Time - Book Review "Those Were the Days", E. Hewitt. (about Cooper & Hewitt families, mentions Maxim and his inventions) Letters - "Americana", p. 5. Today "Behind the Battlefield", 1936 December, p. 9. Touring Topic "Six Shots Rang Out!", C.N. Hess, 1929 March, p. 20. United States Magazine "Repeating Fire-Arms: A Day at the Armory of Colt's Patent Fire-arms Manufacturing Company", Vol. IV, No. 3, 1857 March, p. 221. Waffe & Sport (Weapon & Sport) "General Remarks on the History of Weapons", 1926 October, p. 12. Western Horseman, The "Federal Cavalryman - The Civil War Soldier", R. Steffen, 1962 January, p. 38. Western New England Magazine "Industries of Western New England - Firearms", J.M. Freeman, 1913 March, p. 119. Western Writers of America "The Roundup", Vol. VIII, No. 38 1960 August, p. 6. "Westerns Triggered Big Boom for Colt", 1960 August. (SAA production resumed) Wiring for Profit "The story of Colt's", J. Savage, July (no year), 2 copies "Making Them Smoke", B.K. Wingate, p.

24. "Gleanings from the US Ordnance Report Testing the Colt Automatic Pistol", undated. "Are They Putting J. Edgar Hoover on the Spot?", W. Irwin. "The Beginnings of Winchester", Ch. I, p. 1. "Winchester Manufacturing Methods and Standards", Ch. II, p. 8. "Mr. Gatling's Coffee Grinder", F.J. Gillespie, undated, p. 32. Newspaper articles Arranged chronologically by date of newspaper. Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, "Sketches of Eminent Persons - Samuel Colt", 1852, p. 80. Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, "Crystal Palace Exhibition", 1853 November, p. 320., copy Supplement to the Courant, "Colt in the Caucasus", 1854 May 6, p. 69. The (London) Daily News, "The New Fashioned Fire Arms", 1854 July 18, photostat. Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, "Tales of Revolvers", 1854 September 23, p. 179. Supplement to the Courant, "Colonel Colt's Pistols", 1856 June 21, p. 116. Harper's Weekly, "Illustrations & Story Colt's Fire", 1864 February 2, pp. 125-126. Harper's Weekly, "Illustrations of Colt's Armory Fire", 1864 February 27, p. 132. Scientific American, "Conflagration at Colt's Armory", 1864 February 20, March 12, p. 117., typed copies The Turf, Field & Farm, "The Gun Trade in America", with advertisements for B. Kittredge & Co., Colt's agents1875 March 19. The Daily Graphic, "American Arms in Europe", 1877 April 20, p. 353. Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, "The Evolution of the Bicycle", p. 157, also "Army Rifle Competitions" - illustrations, 1889 October 5. 70B

New York Daily Tribune, "Novel Coast Defense - Berdan's Gunboat", 1892. Hartford Sunday Post, "Colt's Armory, the Home of the Best Revolver in the World", 1911 October 22. New York American, "How to Shoot", Alfred Lane, 1914 March 22. Sunday Globe Magazine, "8 Million Shots Ready for the Huns", 1918 June, p. 12. Hartford Courant, "Government Honors Colt Co.", 1920 March 13, front page. New Haven Register, "Old Timers Melange of Subjects - New and Old", 1922 March 12, p. 7. Macon (Missouri) Daily Chronicle, "The Colt's in History", 1930. The Branford Review, "The Story of Small Arms", R.A. Lull, 1932 September 8. The Waterbury Republican, "Marking 100 Years for the Gun that Settled America's West, 1936 July 16, 2 copies. Hartford Courant magazine, "Superb Literary Memorial to Col. Colt", Book Review of Haven & Belden's A History of the Colt Revolver, 1940 September 22. Orlando Sunday Sentinnial-Star, "The First Six-Gun Man", 1953 June 7, p. 16-D. The Sunday News, "Colt's Submarine Battery Tests off Staten Island", D. Owen, 1954 November 14., 3 copies The (Waterbury) Sunday Republican, "Return of 'The Peacemaker', Gun That Won the West", 1956 January 8, magazine section. "The Birth of the Six-Shooter". Hartford Courant, "Texas to Honor Colt 'Glory Guns' in Centennial Exposition, Dallas", 1864 February 27. Hartford Courant, "Machine Guns Manufacture/Hartford", also "25 Year Employee Club", 1924 July. Printed Materials/Employee-Related, 1871-1952, 2 folders + 2 volumes Includes many items for use within the Armory, throughout employment with Company, such as an office benefits booklet and company procedures, invitations to Company dances and lectures, employee and exit passes, booklet with agreement between Union members and 71

administration officials 1941, time cards and a 1935 listing of telephone numbers. No exact dates. There are a number of items relating to clubs and committees within the Company. These are as follows: 1890 programme of the Wheel Club Tournament (with Colt's Bicycle Club); a menu from event sponsored by the Colt Pistol and Revolver Club; the Constitution of the Colt Club; 2 booklets of the Colt Hammerless Gun Club, 1894, 1903; and a booklet of the Machine Gun Associates, 1946. Also, an 1871 handwritten list of contributors to the Chicago Relief Fund (presented in 1913 by Sam Walker, past employee). There are also two bound items--the 1907-1911 papers of the Tuberculosis Committee, and the 19191930 papers of the Arms Club (in looseleaf binder). Also, the letters to members of the 25year club, 1934-1940 (inclusive). Printed Materials/External, 1851-1980, 2 folders Items collected by Colt Company of own dealers and trade, 1 folder Senate Report advocating Colt's repeating pistols distributed by H. E. Dimick with cover for advertising, 1851 January 30 Illustrated booklet of "The Evolution of the Gun," E. C. Meacham, 1890 Bucheimer, manufacturers of leather goods such as holsters, police equipment and hunting accessories, 1905 "Gun-play," by Texas Jack Sullivan, 1931 H & D Folsom Arms Co. NY - trade prices, 1934 May 15 125th anniversary programme - E. K. Tryon & Co., 1811-1936, 1936, 2 copies List of members of the Armor and Arms Club, 1980 Cherry's Sporting Goods, Illinois Commemorative Gun Listing, undated The Peters Cartridge Company, Ohio, undated The Mills Woven Cartridge Belt/T. C. Orndorff manufacturer, undated Frontier Colts/Hy Hunter, undated Hi-Standard's Flite-King parts price list, undated Items collected by Colt Company of other organizations and various events, 1 folder Includes 1916 "40 Days at Colt's," a booklet documenting Aberthaw's construction of a building at Colt's, items from the Wadsworth Atheneum; 1935 Conncticut Tercentenary celebration 71

programe; a catalogue from Steinfeld's 3rd annual gunshow (1960 August) and "Eighty Years at Pratt & Whitney"; American Swedish Monthly (with an article on Pratt & Whitney, and press release and advertisements, 1966-1969. Mahron Collection, 1871-1934, Accession: T003190, 46 cubic feet Box Sales Journals 1875 January-1879 December, 1 volume 1880 January-1882 December, 1 volume 1883 December-1886 December, 1 volume 1887 January-1890 December, 1 volume 1891 January-1898 December, 1 volume 1898 October-1907 December, 1 volume 1908 January-1915 April, 1 volume 1919 May-1923 July, 1 volume Sales Books 1887 January-1891 December, 1 volume 1890 November-1891 July, 1 volume 1891 July-December, 1 volume 1892 January-August, 1 volume 1894 January-December, 1 volume 1894 October-1895 July, 1 volume 1895 July-1896 March, 1 volume 1896 April-December, 1 volume 1897 January-September, 1 volume 1897 October-1898 April, 1 volume 1898 May-December, 1 volume 1898 December-1899 July, 1 volume 1899 May-1901 May, 1 volume 1900 February-August, 1 volume 1900 August-1901 April, 1 volume 1900 August-1901 April, 1 volume 1901 February-May, 1 volume 1901 May-December, 1 volume 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

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Drafting room practice Miscellaneous drawing documents Miscellaneous handwritten notes Machine tools Federal Adding Machine Corp.