This inventory was conducted by researcher Meguey Baker, and was funded by Mass Humanities under a Research Inventory Grant (RIG), |
and by the Massachusetts State Historical Records Advisory Board (MA SHRAB), for help funding archival supplies to rehouse the collection. |
Inventory completed July 2017, with 1,951 GTD items |
If you have stories or memorabilia related to GTD, Lunt, or DB Kellogg’s store in Greenfield, MA, we would like to hear from you! |
Please contact the Historical Society of Greenfield at hsgreenfield1907@gmail.com |
Item |
How many? |
Dates? |
Condition |
Notes |
Receipts for purchase (or sale?) of stock |
8 boxes each containing approx. 1000 sheets |
1912 to 1929 |
Some box lids removed due to mold, many rusty paper clips removed. Sheets are flexible and legible |
Earlier dates have hand-written names, possibly by a clerk, possibly by the purchaser |
Lists of Stockholder reports |
45 reports each containing 3 to 100 sheets of names, most in double columns. |
Dec 15, 1921 through March 15, 1930 |
Rusty paper clips, staples, post fasteners at tops, folded and creased, pages fully legible |
Contains names of George C. Lunt and Denham Lunt, as well as Mary and Lucy Kellogg. Filled with names and addresses of men and women who owned stock in GTD; |
Day-to-day business files |
Approx. 300 |
1966 to 1970 |
All records are at risk for mold, damp smelling and soiled from being in a box in the basement – recommend rehousing asap |
Gives details on various stores across the country, reports on sales of different parts, some files in individual names |
Blue metal tool cases |
4 large, one small |
No date |
Varies – badly rusted to like new, all empty |
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Blue gray wooden tool cases |
2 |
No date |
Metal hinges and hasps very rusted, wooden lids dry and split into boards, contents intact |
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Blue gray wooden tool case |
1 |
No date |
Missing lid, contents intact |
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Green tool case |
1 |
No date |
Cover badly peeling, contents missing |
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Wall posters |
Approx. 100 |
1960 -1980? |
Many duplicate copies |
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Signage |
several |
No date |
Painted wood on iron bar, foam-core mounted, poster board, metal, laminated paper |
More in other locations: Corner case, 3rd floor hall; Tool room, 3rd floor storage |
Map of stores |
1 |
Datable if crossed w/ dates of stores |
Has yellow push pins at each store location, mountd on particle board, warped and browned. |
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Blueprints |
3 |
No date |
Rolled, some browning, crushing at edges |
One has labels for desks, etc; possibly more in other locations |
Moldy Binders |
8 |
1935 – 1960 |
SERIOUS mold; two look like minutes of committee meetings c. 1935 & 1960, rest need a closer look (while wearing a mask!!) |
Discarded one binder, mostly blank and heavily coated with yellow and white mold |
Promotional binders |
4 |
No date |
Covers soiled, hinges rusted, contents missing from one, appear complete in 3 others, Check for datable material |
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Keychains and presentation box |
3 keyrings, one box |
No date |
Like new |
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Ashtray |
1 |
No date |
Like new |
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Mug & Plate |
1 ea |
No date |
Like new |
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Harry L Bill portrait |
1 |
Could be dated, can’t see |
Like new |
M. Rae is poss. artist? |
Army – Navy production award |
1 |
No date |
Paper bowed from propping for display |
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GTD parts in original packaging |
4 |
No date |
Corners worn, some contents missing |
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Green box case and gray metal part |
1 |
No date |
Dusty, box has some wear |
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Tool boards full of holes |
2 |
No date |
Worn from use |
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Employee pin w/ B/W photo of a woman, 274 |
1 |
No date |
Faded |
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Black & white photos and negatives |
Approx. 100 prints, 300 negatives |
1962 – 1967 |
Some edges curved, overall very good |
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History of GTD boolet |
1 |
1918 |
VG – small chip off back lower corner, pages crisp, slightly yellow, may be original to printing |
23-page saddle stapled booklet with pressed paper cover, 1872 – 1918 on color cover. Detailed history of machine shops in Greenfield, GTD history |
Box WWII envelopes |
1, ~100 envelopes |
1944 |
G – no contents |
Note from donor John Kirk: GTD sent service men and women Xmas gift, these held notes acknowledging receipt. |
WWII Honor Roll |
3 |
1945 |
VG – small chip off back lower corner, pages crisp, slightly yellow, may be original to printing |
Lists all GTD workers in service. D; John Kirk |
WWII newsletters |
~36 |
May 1942 – Oct 1945 complete |
G – VG – monthly newsletter for employees, full of chatty news and wartime practices |
D: John Kirk |
Blue print for second floor of admin building |
1 |
May 15, 1917 |
F-G Very wrinkled, edges faded |
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Black & white photo, Gage Room workers |
1 |
Oct 1938 |
VG -Matted photo of ~30 men |
Inscribed in bottom R: Gage Room GTD Oct 1938 |
Black & white photo, Ted Addis and staff |
1 |
1942 |
G -Framed photo of Ted Addis, staff and foremen inside Supt Plant 2 |
Remove from frame, put in archive sleeve |
Postcard, “Trio” advert. |
1 |
No date |
G -3 men in real photo postcard, holding Trio tools |
“Use the Trio and be happy” |
H M Darling history of GTD |
1 |
1963 |
VG -Black binder with type-written 14 page memories of Herbert Darling |
Note from Peter James to Peter Miller, giving it to the HSG |
Blank receipt book |
1 |
No date |
Good – Red/brown book of perforated receipts for rents |
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Richard Schacts photo |
1 |
No date |
VG – one B&W photo, 5×7 |
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Wooden board w/ GTD bumper sticker |
1 |
No date |
P-F – Ripped, dirty |
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Award – Equitable Life Ins |
1 |
Unclear |
G – soiled, needs washing |
Varnished plaque from the Equitable Life Assurance Society recognizing coverage for GTD employees since Dec 1917 |
GTD stock certificates |
200+ sheets in 1 brown accordion file folder |
1944 – 1957 |
G – many with paperclips, some wrinkles |
Many have typed or handwritten personal notes attached |
State inspection certificate |
2 |
1973, 1986 |
F-G – non-archival wooden frames, some water damage |
Two framed inspection certificates |
1985 Goals for Greenfield |
1 |
1985 |
VG – Typed and very detailed business plan for Greenfield plant in 1985, complete with who is responsible for each part. |
Letter explaining reasoning behind plan stapled to inside back cover |
Binder – Canceled stock certificates |
~100 sheets in 1 green 3-ring binder marked TRW Greenfield GTD on the cover |
1909 – 1950 |
VG – certificates in possible archival sleeves |
Contains note from Elliot Drury, retiree, which notes his design of the current logo, and also reply from GTD |
Architectural drawings for GTD |
1 set of 4 sheets |
1980 |
G – outer sheet yellowed, foxing; strong original center vert & horiz folds |
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Wrench box |
1 |
No date |
P – box split at ends, worn at sides, empty |
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Employee handbook |
1 |
No date |
EX – Typed, like new, in soft green 3-ring binder |
Could be dated by names of HR manager and President |
Technical manual for screw heads |
1 |
1983 |
VG – saddle stapled, some wear at spine |
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Sheets on ground thread taps |
~10 |
No date |
VG – 2 color printed sheets on Greenfield taps |
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Cotton GTD apron w/ photo pin |
1 |
No date |
VG – apron is like new, pin is silver tone, with young woman’s photo |
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Metal advertising engravings |
2 |
No date |
VG |
One copper, one unknown; we also have prints of these images |
1952 Union Handbook |
1 |
1952 |
G |
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Catalogs |
Approx 30 |
1920 – 1980 |
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Technical Manuals |
2 |
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G – two green 3-ring binders w/ contents |
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Catalogs |
Approx 30 |
1930 – 1950 |
G |
Also Union materials; candidate from more granular work |
Wooden file drawer |
1 |
1915 – 1920 |
G- monthly records of parts issued and received |
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Ledger books |
Approx 20 |
1900 – 1920 |
Ex, Vg, G |
Includes gray book w/ banding strap (artifact in it’s own right) with very fine sheets of handwritten history of GTD |
Glass block |
1 |
1952 |
F -G |
Some residue on outside |
Catalogs and papers |
Approx 30 |
1970 – 1993 |
G – VG |
Includes newspaper clipping on whether to condemn the GTD building |
Stock certificate books |
16 |
1907 forward |
VG – books of sold and unsold stock certificates |
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GTD Foundation Ledger and records |
Approx 30 |
Through 1966 |
VG |
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GTD Girls Club records |
1 folder, some loose papers |
No date |
VG |
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Ledger of Frank Snow |
1 |
1917 – 1924 |
VG – record of ice cream company founding |
Need to confirm GTD connection, found in Box 6 |
3 Engraving blocks for GTW literature |
3 |
datable |
VG- Ex |
We have prints of these blocks |
Ledgers of machine shops |
13 |
1903 – 1940 |
G – legers of various sizes, from the following companies: |
Morgan Grinder co, Nutter & Barnes Co; Lincoln Twist Drill co; Bickford Machine co; Greenfield MCH co; F. E . Wells & Son co; J M Carpenter Tap & Die co; Wiley & Russell Manufacturing co; Ampco Twist Drill corp; |
Advertising posters |
25 – 50 |
No date |
G – VG |
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Black & white architectural painting of GTD plant |
2 |
|
EX – twp paintings, approx 2’x3′ |
C. Thomas Mason scrap attached to cover |
GTD cap, apron, t-shirt |
|
datable |
VG, used by Dick Schatz |
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GTD blueprints |
15 |
No date |
varies |
Rolled blueprints of different thickness, ends of some crushed due to poor storage, 2 sheets evacuation plan, administration building |
GTD drill bits |
9 |
|
G |
Mounted display of incorrectly-made drills (kind of awesome) |
GTD drill bits |
5 |
|
EX |
Large, heavy, loose drill bits |
Engineering bulletin |
2 |
No date |
VG |
3-ring binders full of papers |
GTD receipts and letterhead |
20 |
No date |
varies |
|
GTD ledgers |
2 |
1952 & 1959 |
G |
Small yellow ledgers, look like part orders |
Production machine company binder |
1 |
No date |
VG |
Brown binder full of B&W photographs and notes, compiled by Richard B. Robinson |
Knit hat |
1 |
modern |
EX – green and white knit hat w/ pompom, TRW – GTD worked around the hat |
Herbert Darling collection |
Tap Sharpener notes |
1 |
1947 |
EX – packet of development notes on a tap sharpener, including finished blueprints and photo of product |
Herbert Darling collection |
Tap Sharpener folder |
1 folder |
1957 |
VG -brown paper folder of correspondence, flyers, and design notes on a tap sharpener |
Herbert Darling collection |
Goodell-Pratt report |
1 |
1930 |
VG – typed, in brown paper binder |
Herbert Darling collection |
GTD Field Day programs |
3 |
1913, 1912, 1937 |
G – VG Program of events for company field days, 1937 is punched to fit a 6-ring binder, heavy vert. crease |
Herbert Darling collection, Sticker on rev: H. E. Darling |
Herbert Darling GTB scrapbook |
1 |
1910 – 1982 |
Scrapbook of articles on GTD |
Herbert Darling collection |
Herbert Darling correspondence |
1 folder |
1934 |
VG – letters mostly concerning shipments to Japan |
Herbert Darling collection |
Wells MFG drawings |
1 folder |
datable |
EX – high quality precision drawings, some notes and blueprints, olive binder, b/w photos |
Herbert Darling collection |
WWI sight gauge photos |
2 |
1917 |
G – photos have yellowed some, scuffs on rev |
Herbert Darling collection, Note on rev w/ provenance: pictures of parts made by donor in Greenfield in 1917 |
History of GTD booket |
1 |
1943 |
EX – 3-color separation professionally produced booklet with B/W photos throughout |
Herbert Darling collection |
Herbert Darling mechanical drawings |
Aporx. 50 |
1911 – 1912 |
G – EX Original hand drafted mechanical drawings of proposed parts for machines, many with notes in margins |
Herbert Darling collection |
Tool catalogs |
6 |
1882, 1895, 1900, 1910, 1924, 1926 |
G – Pocket-sized catalogs for tool companies that eventually folded into GTD |
Herbert Darling collection |
Plastic hourglass |
1 |
datable |
G – plastic egg-timer hourglass w/ GTD and United Greenfield logos on ends; possibly from merger? |
Herbert Darling collection |
GTD id pin |
1 |
datable |
EX – b/w photo of a thin caucasian man wearing glasses, mid 40s or early 50s in age, employee number 3483 |
Herbert Darling collection |
Tool roll |
1, contains 7 fine tools |
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Set of well-used draftsman’s tools in hand-sewn suede leather pouch |
Herbert Darling collection |
The Helix |
12 |
1918 – 1921 |
G – Company newsletters for GTD employees, including profiles, notes, photos, jokes |
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Tools from tributary companies |
85 |
datable |
G – EX – large assortment of tools from tool companies that folded into GTD |
Wells Co, Threadwell Tap & Die, B. E. Hale, Mass Tool Co, Americana Tap & Die co, Goodell-Pratt Co, Goodell Bros, Wiley & Russell, A.J. Smart |
Adding machines |
2 |
datable |
G – one black, one green, one gray |
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