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
