60+ pieces of mail concerning the Dyer family, spanning 1905 to 1984, including C.C.Dyer, Arthur Dyer, Nelson Dyer. Also envelopes from and to many local businesses.
Collection area: Manufacturing
Greenfield Tap & Die and Lunt Silversmiths: a snapshot of industry in Greenfield collection
Finding aid prepared by Meguey Baker in partial fulfilment of Research Inventory Grant awarded by Mass Humanities, 2017.
For additional information, please contact the Historical Society of Greenfield at (413) 774-3663 or hsgreenfield1907@gmail.com
OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION
Title: Greenfield Tap & Die and Lunt Silversmiths: a snapshot of industry in Greenfield collection
Collection Date(s): 1882 -1993
Extent and Forms of Material: 30 cubic feet, including boxes of paper, wood and metal tools, wooden signage, photographs, framed items and clothing
Creator: Historical Society of Greenfield
Abstract: Over the decade, the HSG has been the recipient of various artifacts pertaining to the Greenfield Tap & Die (GTD) and Lunt Silversmiths (Lunt) businesses, collectively giving a snapshot of two important local industries.
Repository: Historical Society of Greenfield museum, located at 43 Church Street in Greenfield MA.
Collection Number: 0008
Processing Note: Processed by Meguey Baker, Secretary of the HSG, 2017
INFORMATION FOR USERS OF THE COLLECTION
Conditions Governing Access: The collection is open for research use.
Physical Access: Researchers must handle unprotected items with gloves. Researchers must use reference copies of audio-visual materials if available. When no reference copy exists, the HSG museum staff will produce reference copies on an “as needed” basis, as resources allow.
Technical Access: Do not use original materials when available on reference video or audio tapes.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use: All duplication requests must be reviewed and approved by the HSG museum staff.
Preferred Citation: Title and date of item, Greenfield Tap & Die, Lunt Silversmiths, and D. B. Kellogg Store: a snapshot of industry in Greenfield, Historical Society of Greenfield MA
For additional information, please contact the Historical Society of Greenfield at (413) 774-3663 or hsgreenfield1907@gmail.com
IN-DEPTH INFORMATION ABOUT THE COLLECTION
There have been many important industries centered in Greenfield over the past 300 years, but two stand out: cutlery and silversmithing, and the invention and production of tap & die technology for standardizing threaded screws and bolts. Concurrent with these, the D. B. Kellogg store served the community as a dry-goods store, including owners and employees at the above-listed industries.
This collection includes artifacts and ephemera from these businesses.
Greenfield Tap & Die came into being in 1912. The company was founded by Frederick Payne and Frank O. Wells of the Wells Brothers Co., following a hostile takeover of Wiley & Russell Manufacturing Co.. GTD purchased many of the local machining businesses over the next decade, including F. E. Wells & Son in 1917. During WWII, GTD was deemed a business critical to the war effort, and a anti-aircraft gun was stationed outside the plant. Beginning in 1958 Greenfield Tap & Die Corp. went through a series of mergers, ownership and organizational changes. A small branch of GTD is still in Greenfield, as a subsidiary of Kennametal, Inc.
Lunt Silversmiths was formed in 1902, when George E. Rogers, George C. Lunt and William C. Bowlen made a bid to take over the bankrupt A. F. Towle & Son silver company. Lunt and Bowlen had been employed by Towle & Son, and renamed the company Rogers, Lunt & Bowlen. Four generations of the Lunt family operated the business, which was renamed Lunt Silversmiths in 1935. The company filed for bankruptcy in 2009, and the name and inventory was sold to competitor Reed & Barton, which in turn filed for bankruptcy in 2015.
Dwight B. Kellogg operated a store at 77 Main Street, called D. B. Kellogg & Bros, Dr. He never married, never had children, and lived a quiet life out of the public eye except for belonging to a local fraternity and running a grocery store for 25 years. after taking over the business from his father Bella Kellogg.
Scope and Content: The collection consists of artifacts and ephemera pertaining to three businesses in Greenfield MA. Ephemera, advertising, catalogs, and cast metal dies and silver pieces make up the bulk of the collection.
System of Arrangement: Collection is arranged in three series.
Series 1, Greenfield Tap & Die; including a great number of stock records, business files, blueprints, and employee newsletters, as well as a large assortment of taps and dies, some in their original tool cases. Larger items include framed paintings of the founders, large signs from the GTD plant, and wall maps of GTD offices nationally.
Series 2, Lunt Silversmiths; including sales catalogs, advertising ephemera, a small assortment of silver items, and newspaper clippings.
Series 3, D. B. Kellogg store receipts; including receipts dated 9 Nov 1903 through 9 April 1904. Not all dates are present, but a fair sample from all months, including 31 Dec 1903, New Years Eve. Receipts were found in small rusted metal drawers which were obviously for that purpose, but without any other marks and without the furniture that housed them.
Acquisition Information: This collection was donated various people over the past 100 years; some of these items have a known donor, others were found in collections and documented here to better facilitate locating them for research purposes.
Access Points:
Subject/Names: Frederick Payne, Frank O. Wells, George E. Rogers, George C. Lunt, William C. Bowlen, Herbert Darling, Dwight B. Kellogg, Bella Kellogg.
Subject/Topical: manufacturing, machinist, silversmith, industry, WWII, cutlery, Little Giant, lathe
Geographic: Greenfield Massachusetts, United States.
Form/Genre: Business records, manufactured items, employee items, promotional items
Listing:
| 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 | |
| Blue gray wooden tool cases | 2 | No date | Metal hinges and hasps very rusted, wooden lids dry and split into boards, contents intact | |
| Blue gray wooden tool case | 1 | No date | Missing lid, contents intact | |
| Green tool case | 1 | No date | Cover badly peeling, contents missing | |
| Wall posters | Approx. 100 | 1960 -1980? | Many duplicate copies | |
| 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. | |
| 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 | |
| Keychains and presentation box | 3 keyrings, one box | No date | Like new | |
| Ashtray | 1 | No date | Like new | |
| Mug & Plate | 1 ea | No date | Like new | |
| 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 | |
| GTD parts in original packaging | 4 | No date | Corners worn, some contents missing | |
| Green box case and gray metal part | 1 | No date | Dusty, box has some wear | |
| Tool boards full of holes | 2 | No date | Worn from use | |
| Employee pin w/ B/W photo of a woman, 274 | 1 | No date | Faded | |
| Black & white photos and negatives | Approx. 100 prints, 300 negatives | 1962 – 1967 | Some edges curved, overall very good | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Richard Schacts photo | 1 | No date | VG – one B&W photo, 5×7 | |
| Wooden board w/ GTD bumper sticker | 1 | No date | P-F – Ripped, dirty | |
| 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 | |
| Wrench box | 1 | No date | P – box split at ends, worn at sides, empty | |
| 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 | |
| Sheets on ground thread taps | ~10 | No date | VG – 2 color printed sheets on Greenfield taps | |
| Cotton GTD apron w/ photo pin | 1 | No date | VG – apron is like new, pin is silver tone, with young woman’s photo | |
| Metal advertising engravings | 2 | No date | VG | One copper, one unknown; we also have prints of these images |
| 1952 Union Handbook | 1 | 1952 | G | |
| Catalogs | Approx 30 | 1920 – 1980 | ||
| Technical Manuals | 2 | G – two green 3-ring binders w/ contents | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| GTD Foundation Ledger and records | Approx 30 | Through 1966 | VG | |
| GTD Girls Club records | 1 folder, some loose papers | No date | VG | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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), which funded archival supplies for help rehousing the collection. | Inventory completed July 2017, with 27 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 |
| Letter opener in original packaging | 1 | Datable | F – letter opened has tarnished inside sealed plastic sleeve, original box has been crushed slightly | Art deco lines on handle |
| 2 – tined fork | 1 | Datable | EX – no tarnish | “Pendant of Fruit” pattern |
| Deerfield MA spoon in original packaging | 1 | Datable | EX – no tarnish | Spoon engraved with Old Indian House image, box includes original note about Deerfield |
| Child’s cup | `1 | Datable | VG – Original label from Old Deerfield, sticker on bottom, blue-tone tarnish | |
| Gift of Kings ornament | 1 | 1973 | 3 Kings Christmas ornament in original packaging | |
| LUNT sign | 2 | Datable | VG – appear intact, art deco lines | |
| LUNT award trophy | 1 | 1973 – 1980 | G – Tarnished, legible | 5x7x11.5 |
| Large Silver bowl | 1 | 1933 | VG – little tarnish. large award trophy bowl with names inscribed | |
| Christmas ornament | 1 | 1982 | VG – Silver edged ornament w/ image of a sleigh | |
| Ladle | 1 | early 1900s | G – tarnished, engraved embossed handle | |
| GHS fork | 1 | G – Dark tarnish | Donor: Newman Wright | |
| Christmas ornament | 1 | 2001 | Gold tone, E. A. Hall building | |
| Dessert knives and fork | 2 knives, 1 fork | G – tarnished | Donor: Ralph Haskins | |
| Tricia’s Silversmiths newspaper | 1 | 10/24/1971 | VG – original folds in newspaper insert on Patricia Nixon Cox choosing Lunt as her wedding silver | |
| Mount Vernon pattern book | 1 | 1905 | G – covers soiled, edges dinged, interior clean. Saddle stapled booklet on the Mount Vernon pattern w/ history, illustrations | |
| Century of Crafting newspaper clipping | 1 | 1994 | G – strong vert & horiz folds in full sheet newspaper clipping | |
| Rogers, Lunt & Bowlen catalog sheets | 2 | 1924, 1925 | VG / Ex – in clear poly sleeves | |
| Dealer’s price lists | 6 | 1980 | VG, full color and single color print | |
| Newspaper clippings | 4 | 1984 – 1993 | VG – full articles, no folds, paper clear |
| 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 400 of an estimated 4000 receipts examined | 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 | |
| Reciepts are largly in sequence. All receipts are sorted by date and in marked archival sleaves within RIG Box 1 | The receipts have a pre-printed M__ and clerks fill in the letters for Mr, Mrs or Miss. Most customers appear to be men. | This record contains samples of the names found within the D.B. Kellogg & Bros. store receipts dated 9 Nov 1903 through 9 April 1904. Not all dates are present, but a fair sample from all months, including 31 Dec 1903, New Years Eve. | There are several clerks who initial each receipt, indicate who the customer is, note items and the prices, and make any other notes. All receipts include an itemized list of goods purchased. | The Greenfield Directory 1887 contains the following listing: Cromack John, clerk at D. B. Kellogg’s, https://archive.org/stream/greenfielddirect1887mass/greenfielddirect1887mass_djvu.txt | |
| Receipt Number | Mrs? | Name (best guess) | Clerk | Condition | Notes |
| 1 | H D Packard | P | G | ||
| 2 | F E Kellogg | P | “ | ||
| 3 | A W Ryder | P | “ | ||
| 4 | Y | Bissonetti | P | “ | |
| 36 | William Leonard | A | “ | Charge to the G. A. R | |
| 37 | Henry C Haskel | “ | “ | ||
| 38 | Frank P Forbes | “ | “ | ||
| 39 | A B Smith | “ | “ | ||
| 40 | H E Hamilton | “ | “ | ||
| 41 | W W Wells | “ | VG | Paid DBKB | |
| 42 | S H Travis | “ | G | ||
| 43 | F A Fisk | “ | “ | ||
| 44 | E E Lyman | “ | “ | ||
| 45 | Miss | Spreal, Girls Club | “ | Long list! | |
| 46 | Miss | Keliher | “ | “ | Paid DBKB |
| 47 | Pat Salivan | “ | “ | ||
| 48 | Martin Welch | “ | “ | ||
| 49 | C E Parker | “ | “ | ||
| 1 | F A Rugg | B | |||
| 2 | H A Streater | “ | “ | ||
| 3 | J G Stodard | “ | “ | ||
| 4 | H W Hale | “ | “ | ||
| 5 | Y | H B Gascome | “ | “ | Paid DBKB |
| 6 | N A C | “ | “ | “ | |
| 7 | W H Whiting | “ | “ | ||
| 8 | Y | J Porter | “ | “ | |
| 9 | J Richard | “ | “ | ||
| 10 | Y | D L Warner | “ | “ | |
| 11 | Will Chapin | “ | “ | By Cash – possibly paying on a store credit? | |
| 12 | Y | D G Chapin | “ | “ | Paid |
| 13 | Y | Elkingbrod | “ | “ | |
| 14 | Dr. Hunting | “ | “ | ||
| 15 | Y | Kielene | “ | “ | |
| 16 | W L French | “ | “ | ||
| 17 | Wesport E P[?] | “ | “ | ||
| 18 | C ? Noyes | “ | “ | ||
| 19 | Y | A W Bull | “ | “ | |
| 20 | E G Lyman | “ | “ | ||
| 21 | Sect. Blewehain | “ | “ | ||
| 22 | C W Tack | “ | “ | ||
| 23 | Y | T D Bincon | “ | “ | |
| 41 | “ | E E Ringwold | “ | “ | |
| missing | Miss | Wallis Truesuxeu (?) | “ | “ | Last word of name is underlined, and “Wednesday 10-AM'”on bottom of slip |
| missing | Y | G H Clapp | “ | “ | |
| 44 | Y | R E Newcomb | “ | “ | |
| 45 | Y | C H Ball | “ | “ | |
| 46 | Y | Charles Slocomb | “ | “ | |
| 47 | H G Packard | “ | “ | ||
| 48 | L A Cuoli | “ | “ | ||
| 49 | C F Foster | “ | “ | ||
| 1 | N A Belyea | C | “ | ||
| 2 | Y | J P Morgan | “ | “ | |
| 3 | A F Kellogg | “ | “ | ||
| 4 | George Roberts | “ | “ | ||
| 5 | H D Houston | “ | “ | ||
| 6 | J C Woodard | “ | “ | ||
| 7 | Y | G D Cranson | “ | “ | |
| 8 | C F Foster | “ | “ | ||
| 9 | O A Shumway | “ | “ | ||
| 10 | W L Phelps | “ | “ | ||
| 11 | Miss | H J Parmenter | “ | “ | |
| 12 | Y | M A Morell | “ | “ | |
| 13 | Judge Fessenden | “ | “ | ||
| 14 | H Stephans | “ | “ | ||
| 15 | T Lyman | “ | “ | ||
| 16 | H D Packard | “ | “ | ||
| 17 | George Lunt | “ | “ | Lunt connection | |
| 18 | J Kean | “ | “ | ||
| 19 | A L French | “ | “ | ||
| 20 | A duplicate for 19 | Crossed out | |||
| 21 | L Barns | “ | “ | ||
| 22 | A W Ball | “ | “ | ||
| break | |||||
| 39 | J B Cromack | “ | “ | ||
| 40 | F P Calehwell | “ | “ | By Cash – paid towawrd debt? | |
| 41 | W D Kingsbury | “ | “ | ||
| 42 | H Stephans | “ | “ | ||
| 43 | F C Frizzell | “ | “ | Paid by Cash | |
| 44 | W Kennedy | “ | “ | Early | |
| 45 | Allen Warner | “ | “ | ||
| 46 | F P Hosmer | “ | “ | ||
| 47 | H A Piedalue | “ | “ | ||
| 48 | E Howard | “ | “ | ||
| 49 | Y | C W Bascom | “ | “ | |
| 50 | G A Graves | “ | “ | By Cash |
Herbert Darling collection, 1911 - 1960
(2 linear feet)
Call no.: 0007
Call no.: 0007
Herbert Darling was a draftsman for GTD and before that for companies that folded into GTD. His mechanical drawing are especially fine. Each one is dated, and several are stamped APPROVED. Key items in this collection include his drawings and his photos of sight gauges he built for WWI gun sights.
| GTD Knit hat | 1 | modern | hat | |
| Tap Sharpener notes | 1 | 1947 | EX – packet of development notes on a tap sharpener, including finished blueprints and photo of product | |
| Tap Sharpener folder | 1 folder | 1957 | VG -brown paper folder of correspondence, flyers, and design notes on a tap sharpener | |
| Goodell-Pratt report | 1 | 1930 | VG – typed, in brown paper binder | |
| 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 GTB scrapbook | 1 | 1910 – 1982 | Scrapbook of articles on GTD | |
| Herbert Darling correspondence | 1 folder | 1934 | VG – letters mostly concerning shipments to Japan | |
| Wells MFG drawings | 1 folder | datable | EX – high quality precision drawings, some notes and blueprints, olive binder, b/w photos | |
| WWI sight gauge photos | 2 | 1917 | G – photos have yellowed some, scuffs on rev | |
| History of GTD booket | 1 | 1943 | EX – 3-color separation professionally produced booklet with B/W photos throughout | |
| Herbert Darling mechanical drawings | Aprox. 50 | 1911 – 1912 | G – EX Original hand drafted mechanical drawings of proposed parts for machines, many with notes in margins | |
| Tool catalogs | 6 | 1882, 1895, 1900, 1910, 1924, 1926 | G – Pocket-sized catalogs for tool companies that eventually folded into GTD | |
| Plastic hourglass | 1 | datable | G – plastic egg-timer hourglass w/ GTD and United Greenfield logos on ends; possibly from merger? | |
| 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 | |
| Tool roll | 1, contains 7 fine tools | Set of well-used draftsman’s tools in hand-sewn suede leather pouch |
Types of material
- Drawings, photos, tools
