Contents


Collection Overview

Administrative Information

Historical Note

Scope and Contents of the Collection

Organization of the Collection

Search Terms

Series 1. Administrative1923-1973

Series 2. Financial and Legal 1923-1945

Series 3. Sales and Service 1920-1973

Series 4. Subsidiaries 1924-1945

Series 5. Photographs 1925-1967,

Series 1. Administrative1923-1973

Series 2. Financial and Legal 1923-1945

Series 3. Sales and Service 1920-1973

Series 4. Subsidiaries 1924-1945

Series 5. Photographs 1925-1967,

Smith and Wesson Company Records, 1920-1973

Finding Aid

Finding aid prepared by Mike Milewski.

Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

2003

Collection Overview

Creator: Smith & Wesson Company
Title: Smith & Wesson Company Records
Dates: 1920-1973
Abstract: World famous handgun and handcuff-manufacturing company founded in Springfield, Massachusetts in the 1850s. Comprised of incoming sales and service correspondence with some outgoing correspondence and administrative and financial/legal subject files, including categories such as ads and advertising, American Railway Express, audits, counselors at law, debtors, insurance, legal actions, newsletters, patents and trademarks, personnel, photos, sample parts, sideline ventures, stocks and bonds awards, and Western Union Telegrams. Includes correspondence with the National Rifle Association, Small Arms Industry Advisory Committee, and the United States Revolver Association.
Extent: 30 boxes(15 linear ft.)
Language: English.
Identification: MS 267

Administrative Information

Processed by Mike Milewski, Spring 1990.

Preferred Citation

Cite as: Smith and Wesson Company Records (MS 267). Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst.

The collection is open for research.

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Historical Note

1854 Patent of February 14th is filed under the name of Smith and Wesson for a metallic cartridge repeating magazine pistol and rifle.
1855 On April 3rd, No. 1 seven shot Smith & Wesson .22 caliber revolver is patented; it is manufactured until 1861.
1856 Books for the partnership of Smith & Wesson are opened.
1857 In April the partners rent a shop at 5 Market Street, Springfield Mass., from William L. Wilcox. First recorded income, October 1857, is $12 for a pistol, Serial No. 2 and $1 for cartridges sold to William Amadon, who kept a drug store in Springfield opposite the National Armory.
1858 J. W. Storrs advances $500 to secure the New York agency. The shop employees commence working by the piece or as inside contractors instead of by the day. Three women join the ammunition department. Gold or silver plated frames, foliate engraving and ivory stocks are introduced.
1859 Joseph M. Hall is made bookkeeper. He takes over for D.B. Wesson who kept the books of account for the first two years.
1860s Besides having to deal with domestic competition, Smith & Wesson find their pistols being copied abroad, where they hold no patents.
1860 Smith & Wesson completes a new plant on Stockbridge Street in Springfield. According to the 1860 Massachusetts Industry Census, Smith & Wesson now employs 40 males and 17 females.
1861 Production of Model No.1, second issue, .32 rimfire starts and continues till 1868.
1862 Employees at the factory number 154, including 14 women out of 36 workers in the ammunition department.
1864 Horace Smith's son, Dexter, branches out as a partner in the firm of Smith, Hall & Farmer which takes over the ammunition department of Smith & Wesson.
1866 The factory now has 300 employees and can finish as many pistols in a day. Smith & Wesson decides to send a representative to travel in the South and embarks on a modest advertising campaign. In Canada an appreciable demand for arms has arisen because of the Fenian troubles. The first advertisement ever published by Smith & Wesson appears in the Oshawa, Ontario, Vindicator of May 18, 1866.
1867 Smith & Wesson also solicits European trade through an ornate exhibit at the Paris Exposition of 1867 and advertising in its official catalog. Distant markets as far away as Yokohama & South America also begin to develop. Smith & Wesson encourages foreign trade by allowing a 5% discount on all sales for export.
1867-1874 Charles A. King serves as superintendent of the S. & W. factory.
1870s By far the largest amount of business transacted with any one customer is Smith & Wesson's series of contracts with the Russian Imperial Government.
Mid-1870s Martin y Perez of Havana buys more than 1,000 "N.M. Russian" revolvers for the use of Spanish officials. Wexel & De Gress also export the model to Mexico, and sales are made through various agents in South America. Smith & Wesson seeks to interest the Turkish, Austrian, Prussian and Persian military and governments.
1871 Walter H. Wesson, Daniel's oldest son, comes to work for the firm at the age of twenty-one as clerk and bookkeeper. He soon takes over routine correspondence.
1874 W. & C. Scott & Sons of Birmingham becomes Smith & Wesson's agents in England, later they merge with P. Webley & Sons. Smith & Wesson's agents in Paris and Argentina stamp their names on revolvers to protect against fake copies being sold as S. & W. originals. Henry M. Morehous succeeds Charles King as superintendent. The No.3 revolver aquires the title of "American" to distinguish the regular from the Russian model. Horace Smith, at the age of sixty-five, sells his interest in Smith & Wesson to his partner D. B. Wesson, who becomes sole proprietor. Smith & Wesson discontinues the manufacture of the rimfire Nos. 1 and 1-1/2 and prepares to make automatic ejector models of smaller calibers less than .44 caliber.
1877 Smith & Wesson produces decorated pistols of the American model which had been exhibited at the San Francisco Fair. An addition is built on the factory to obtain machinery space for the production of the .32 centerfire ejector.
1877/1878 About the time the factory ceases production of Nos. 1 & 1-1/2, Mexico and South America are flooded with imitations. (Some probably came from Belgium, but there were domestic copyists too.)
1878 Completion of the Russian Government contracts, in January 1878, leaves Smith & Wesson free to start a new model .44 embodying all the improvements developed in the .38 and .32 calibers.
1879 At the end of 1879 Smith & Wesson fills a special order from the Turkish Government for 5,000 pistols of the No.3 New Model in .44 rimfire. (These are the arms that comprise the "Turkish Model" as it is styled by collectors.) Production of revolving rifle starts.
1880 First double action produced by Smith & Wesson is a .38 caliber.
1881 Joe H. Wesson contracts to work for one year in the machine shop as a machinist and draftsman.
1882 Walter H. Wesson made a partner in the firm.
1887 Frank Wesson loses his life in a railroad accident, Joe Wesson becomes a partner in the firm.
1893 Horace Smith dies on January 15th, in Springfield. First single shot .22 model is introduced.
1903 Smith & Wesson manufactures a revolver for the .32 long cartridge.
1906 Daniel B. Wesson dies on August 4th, at the age of eighty-one.
1917-1918 During World War 1, the U.S. purchases 153,311 of the justly famed Model-1917 side-swing revolver.
1921 Smith & Wesson begins the manufacture of handcuffs and continues to make them up to 1940; and thereafter, they are reintroduced in 1952.
1922 Smith & Wesson is incorporated under the laws of Massachusetts on December 20, 1922.
1924 In September the company branches out into the manufacture of small water motors. The plant has 185,000 sq. ft.
1925 Officers: Harold Wesson- President, D. B. Wesson- Vice President, F. H. Wesson- Treasurer, George Chapin- Clerk.
1930s A truly target grade .32 cal. gun is put together in the late 1930s.
1945 Plant located at Springfield with 185,000 sq.ft. of floor space has a production capacity of about 125,000 firearms per annum. Officers: President- Harold Wesson, Vice President & Treasurer- H. Wesson, Clerk-George P. Chapin, Sales Manager-David H. Murray and Service Department- F. H. Miller. Net assets, as of November 10, 1944- $890,708, with 500,000 shares of stock.
1957 Officers: President- Carl R. Hellstrom, V. President & Treasurer Frank H. Wesson, Sales Manager- Harold 0. Austin, Assistant Plant Manager- Daniel B. Wesson.
1965 Smith & Wesson is now controlled by Bangor Punta Alegre Sugar Corporation. The 200 acre site has 350,000 sq. ft. of floor space and on an adjacent 31 acre site, a 100,000 sq. ft. plant addition is under construction.
1973 According to a March 1973 New York Times article, "Gun Industry", sales for Smith & Wesson are at $43.3 million and a net income of $8.3 million is realized.
1984 As stated in Moody's Industrial Manual, Smith & Wesson is acquired by Lear-Siegler Inc., February 24, 1984.
1986 The latest change in the company's ownership occurs in 1986. Smith & Wesson (handguns and handcuffs) is acquired by Gregor: Hutchings of F. H. Tomkins-PLC of United Kingdom for $113 million ($67 million English pounds). The consumer products division now encompasses the handguns, handcuffs and identi-kit system.

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

Records, approximately 10,000 items, are comprised of incoming sales and service correspondence, with some outgoing correspondence, and administrative and financial/legal subject files. The bulk of the sales and service correspondents represented in this collection are individual gun users, sharpshooters, pawn shop owners, gun clubs, gun dealers, collectors, policemen and police organizations, military personnel, boys clubs, schools, exporters and foreign agents. Of special interest is the correspondence of the National Rifle Association (N.R.A.) (1926-1927, 1943-1944), Small Arms Industry Advisory Committee (1941, 1944), United States Revolver Association (1927-1928), and other letters from gun legislation factions, firearms manufacturers and foreign countries. The correspondence, from U.S. and foreign sources, contains original handwritten and typed letters, carbon copies, and some printed form letters.

Administrative and financial/legal records, comprised of materials found scattered throughout the papers, have been reorganized into manageable subject files. Among these files are items from the following categories: ads and advertising, American Railway Express, audits, counselors at law, debtors, insurance, legal actions, newsletters, patents and trademarks, personnel, photos, sample parts, sideline ventures, stocks and bonds awards, Western Union Telegrams and others as identified in the various series.

This collection offers resources for researchers interested in the history of firearms, firearms industry and labor, gun legislation, and gun-ownership around the 1920s and early 1940s.

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Search Terms

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Organization of the Collection

This collection is organized into five series:

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Series 1. Administrative 1923-1973 1 box, 0.5 linear ft.

This series consists of general subject correspondence, addressed primarily to the company's president, Harold Wesson, and to its secretary George P. Chapin. Included in this administrative series are letters from individuals, agencies, committees and companies. The subject content ranges from personnel matters and proposals to memberships and invitations. Of special interest are the folders pertaining to Gun Legislation (1923-1929, 1944), Post World War II Plans, and Criminal Investigations/Testimonies. The widest range of dates for the entire collection is represented by this series.

Series 2. Financial and Legal 1923-1945 1 box, 0.5 linear ft.

These are records that were received by the Treasurer, Frank H. Wesson, and other executive officers. Documented in this series are the companies dealings concerning financial and legal transactions with governmental offices, individuals, U.S.courts, counselors at law, and foreign governments. Of particular interest are the legal notices for the years, 1925-1929; these include trustee writs with release notices and assignment of future wages.

Series 3. Sales and Service 1920-1973 27 boxes, 13.5 linear ft.

By volume, this series represents 90% of the collection. It contains general subject files (box-3) and specific correspondence files from individuals, agents and companies (boxes 4-6). The domestic/foreign revolver & pistol sales and service requests can be found by geographical location in boxes 7-25, which are divided into three major sub-series:

Subseries 1 (Advertising) consists of subject files such as ads & articles, circulars, and price lists; and correspondence files from various publishing companies such as American Rifleman and Sporting Goods Buyer along with letters from individuals such as William Remington.

Subseries 2 (Domestic Sales and Service) consists of subject files for firearm manufacturers, railroads and U.S. Government and Military. The bulk of the sales and service correspondence is contained in this series which is arranged by individual state. For the most part, these files have not been sorted with the exception of some special folders that have been identified for easier access, especially the files for Massachusetts.

Subseries 3 (Export Sales and Service) is made up of files from exporters, especially noteworthy are the files of the Remington Arms Co.-Export Division and Winchester Repeating Arms Co., 1927. Also included are subject files, i.e. the file for Frederick N. Bungey, export division of "S&W", (1924-1929); and finally correspondence for other locations: Canada, Caribbean, Central & South America, and other countries located throughout the world.

Series 4. Subsidiaries 1924-1945 0.5 box, 0.2 linear ft.

Prior to 1924, Smith and Wesson exclusively manufactured firearms; thereafter, they took on miscellaneous work that was suitable to their machinery. Series: 4 contains files on some of these side-line ventures which were proposed, such as production of an automobile brake accessory and bookkeeping machine; and undertakings which were pursued by the company, such as a shock absorber, aircraft screw tool and dish washing machine parts. Especially well documented are the files for flush valves, which also contain some patent and design information.

Series 5. Photographs 1925-1967, 0.5 box, 0.2 linear ft.

These photos were separated from the general collection and have been cross-referenced with their original locations. The photos are of individuals, Ed McGivern (the famous sharpshooter), test bullets used in evidence, and other miscellaneous subject matters.

Series 1. Administrative 1923-1973 1 box, 0.5 linear ft.


Box
Folder
1 1
American Hardware Mfg. Assoc.-conference 1944-1945

2
American Nationalist Committee 1945

3
Angier, R.H.-consulting engineer 1928-1929

4
Barrington Associates-economic research 1928

5
Criminal Investigations-testimony 1924, 1926-1928

6
Crossman, Captain E.C.-shooting game 1928

7
Department of Commerce-Bureau of Standards 1929

8
Department of Commerce-Geneva Conference 1925

9
Douglas Aircraft Company-thank you card 1944

10
Dun, R.G. & Co.-mercantile agency 1925-1927

11
Employer's Association of Hamden County 1924-1926

12
Equipment and supplies-office (1924-1927) 1943

13-17
Gun Legislation 1923-1929, 1943

18
Harvard Band 1942

19
"Hickory Level"-game preserve 1925

20
Historical Items 1929, 1945

21
International Patrol 1942

22
Invitations 1927, 1945

23
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1925

24
Memberships 1926, 1927, 1945, 1946

25
National Safety Council 1943

26
Newcomen Society of England 1945

27
Newsletters-Smith & Wesson Company 1969, 1970

28
Notary Public 1929

29
Pershing, General J.J.-gift of revolver from Woodrow Wilson 1943

30
Personnel 1925-1929, 1943-1945

31
Post War Plans (WW-II) 1943-1945

32
Prison Inmate Reform 1924, 1926

33
Production Engineering Company 1945

34
Prohibition Enforcement 1926

35
Small Arms Industry Advisory Committee 1941, 1945

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36
Springfield Chamber of Commerce 1927-1928

37
Symonds, Frank W. 1965, 1973

38
United States Post Office-Department of The Solicitor 1927-1928

39
United States Revolver Association 1927-1928

40
Western Union Telegraph Co. & Telegraphic Code 1928-1929, 1945

Series 2. Financial and Legal 1923-1945 1 box, 0.5 linear ft.


Box
Folder
2 1
Affidavits and Oaths 1924-1928

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2
Audit (includes detailed chart of revolver sales, FY-1928) 1923-1928

3
Audit 1945

4
Bill of Sale for Scrap Materials 1926

5
Chapin National Bank 1925-1927

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6
Debtors 1926-1927

7
Dunham, Carrigan & Hayden Co. 1929

8
Excise Tax, Massachusetts Business Corp. 1925

9
Insurance 1925-1929, n.d.

10
Insurance 1942, 1945

11-15
Legal Notice-Assignment of Wages, Trustee Writs, etc. 1925-1929

16
Manufacturers Appraisal Company-1918 Appraisal 1927

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17
Patent Protests 1928

18
Patents 1925-1929

19
Property-Stockbridge & Willow St. 1925

20
Property-Wilbraham Road 1926-1927, 1945

21
Roberts, Cushman & Woodberry 1926, 1929

22
Roberts, Cushman & Woodberry -Sloan Company 1929

23
Roberts, Cushman & Woodberry -Trademarks 1943

24
Roberts, Roberts, & Cushman-Counselors at Law (Tariff Commission & "Alpha" revolver) 1924-1925

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25
Spring Rights 1925

26
Springfield, City of-Assessor's & Treasurer's Offices 1927, 1943

27
Stocks and Bonds 1925-1929, 1943, 1945

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28
Trademark-Australia 1929

29
Trademark -Bolivia 1929

30
Trademark -Brazil 1929

31
Trademark -Czechoslovakia (mottled hammer and trigger) 1921, 1929

32
Trademark -Great Britain (Monogram "S&W") 1929

33
Trademark -Honduras 1929

34
Trademark -Mexico 1929

35
Trademark -renewals-Panama, Peru, Greece, Norway and Germany 1927

36
Trademark -Spanish infringements in Guatemala 1929

37
Trademark -"S & W" Hardware 1929

38
Trademark -Turkey 1929

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39
United States Tariff Commission 1925

40-42
Warren, Garfield, Whiteside, & Lamson-counselors at law (taxes) 1925-1927

Series 3. Sales and Service 1920-1973 27 boxes, 13.5 linear ft.



Subject files: general

Box
Folder
3 1
Anniston Warehouse Corporation-ordinance depot 1944

2
Commission for Harry Guthrie 1925-1926

3
Connors, Charles J.-manufacturers representative (Minnesota) 1945

4
Correspondence-no addresses given (1924-1927), 1945, n.d.

5
Government Contracts, Commissions on 1942

6
History of "Smith & Wesson" 1943, 1945

7
Hotels 1924-1928

8
Murray, David H.(Sales Manager)-personal 1943-1945

9
National Rifle Association (N.R.A.) 1926-1927, 1943-1944

10
Pistol Certificates 1924, 1926

11
Post Cards (envelopes are stored in box-30) 1927, 1943-1945

12
Prepaid Parts Shipment -bills 1926

13
Promotional Propositions 1926-1929, (1942-1945)

14
Repair -estimates 1925-1929, n.d.

15
Repair -parts (actual pieces) 1925, n.d.

16-17
Repair -tags & tickets

18
Repaired Revolver Shipments 1926, 1929

19
Revolver Barrel Troubles 1926

20
Revolver Sketch n.d.-

21
Russell, John, Cutlery Company 1925

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22
Skelly, J. J. (traveling salesman) 1927-1928

23
Sketch (pencil sketch of old revolver) n.d.

24
Springfield Museum of Fine Arts (S & W Exhibit of Revolvers) 1944

25
Targets, 20-yard revolver n.d.

26
United States Department of Commerce 1925, 1928, 1929

27
United States Revolver Association 1928-1929

28
Winchester Stores 1924-1929

SUB-SERIES 1. ADVERTISING


Box
Folder
4 1
Ads and Articles 1925-1929, n.d.

2
Ads and Articles -postcards, tags, etc. 1924-1925, n.d.

3
Circulars 1925-1929, n.d.

4
Circulars -Hershey's 1944


Correspondence: 1924-1929, 1943-1945

5
A

6
American Rifleman

7
B-C

8
D

9
E-G

10
H-L

11
Livermore & Knight Co.

12
M-O

13
P

14
Q-R

15
Remington, William B., Inc.

16
S

17
"Sporting Goods Buyer"

18
T-W

19
Smith and Wesson Revolvers ca. 1943

20
Retail Prices 1925

21
Suggested Retail Price Lists 1973

SUB-SERIES 2. DOMESTIC SALES & SERVICE



Subject files: Firearms Manufacturers:

Box
Folder
5 1
Colt Patent Firearms Manufacturing Co. (1924-1928) 1945

2
Harrington & Richardson Arms Co. 1925-1927

3
Remington Arms Co. 1926-1929

4
Savage Arms Corporation 1925

5
Springfield Armory-Massachusetts 1925, 1928, 1944

6
Stevens, J., Arms Co. 1928

7
Winchester Repeating Arms Co. 1927-1928


Railroads:

Box
Folder
5 8
Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railway Co. 1927-1928

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9
American Railroad Express Company 1924, 1927

10
Atlanta and West Point Railroad Co. 1924

11
Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railway Co. 1924

12-13
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. 1924-1929

14
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co. 1925-1929

15
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen 1926

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16
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Co. 1924-1928

17
Chicago and North Western Railroad Co. 1924-1926

18
Chicago Junction Railroad 1927-1928

19
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis R.R. Co. 1924

20
Delaware, Lachawanna Western Railroad Co. 1926

21
Florida East Coast Railway Co. 1926

22
Georgia Railroad 1926

23
Grand Trunk Railroad System 1928

24
Illinois Central Railroad Co. 1925

25
Lehigh Valley Railroad Co. 1927

26
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. 1927

27
Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie R.R. Co. 1924-1925

28
Mississippi Central Railroad Co. 1924-1925

29
Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. 1926-1928

30
New York Central Railroad Co. 1924-1929

31
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railway Co. 1926

32
Nickel Plate Road 1926-1927

33
Norfolk and Western Railway Co. 1923-1928

34
Pennsylvania Railroads 1925-1928

35
Rock Island Lines 1925

36
Santa Fe Railroad 1924, 1927

37
Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. 1924-1928

38
Southern Railway Co. 1924-1929

39
Southern Railroad System 1924-1929

40
Tennessee Railroad Co. 1925-1926

41
Toledo Terminal Railroad Co. 1924, 1927

42
Union Pacific System 1924, 1926


United States Government and Military:

Box
Folder
6 43
Army 1928-1929

44
Chemical Warfare Service 1943

45
Coast Guard 1944

46
Department of the Interior-Indian Service 1926, 1928

48-51
Military Personnel (personal sales & service letters/orders while on active duty in the Armed Forces) 1924-1929, 1942-1946, n.d.

52
Navy and Marines 1943-1944

53
Post Office Department 1924-1929

54
Treasury Department 1924-1926

55
War Department 1928, 1944, n.d.


Correspondence (by individual state) 1939, (1924-1929, 1942-1946)

Box
Folder
7 56-60
Alabama

61-62
Arizona

63-64
Arkansas

65
Alaska

Box
Folder
8 66-70
California

71
California -Andrew Carrigan Company 1924, 1926

72
California -Linforth, Paul S. (mfg. rep.) 1939, 1943

73
Colorado

74-75
Connecticut

Box
Folder
9 76
Delaware

77
Delaware -E.I. Dupont de Nemours & Co. Inc. (with blueprint) 1927

78
District of Columbia

79-85
Florida

Box
Folder
10 86-91
Georgia

92
Hawaii

93
Idaho

94
Idaho -Dudley, Erle P. 1945

Box
Folder
11 95-100
Illinois

101-104
Illinois -Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co. 1925-1926

105
Illinois -von Lengerke & Antoine 1924-1925

Box
Folder
12 106-109
Indiana

110-112
Iowa

113-114
Kansas

Box
Folder
13 115-120
Kentucky

121
Kentucky -Bellenap Hardware & Mfg. Co. 1927

122-124
Louisiana

125
-Lee Hardware Co.

Box
Folder
14 126
Maine

127
Maryland

128-133
Massachusetts

134
Massachusetts -Keyes, George H.

135
Massachusetts -Springfield (Peerless Handcuff Co.) 1944

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Box
Folder
15 136-139
Michigan

140-142
Minnesota

Box
Folder
16 143-145
Mississippi

146-151
Missouri

152
Missouri -Schmelner C. 1924-1925

153
Missouri -Wyeth Hardware & Mfg. Co. 1925-1927-

Box
Folder
17 154
Montana

155
Montana -McGivern, Ed (sharpshooter, etc.) 1926, 1929, 1943

156-157
Nebraska

158
Nebraska -Lee Kountze Hardware Co. 1927

159
Nevada

160-161
New Hampshire

162-163
New Jersey

164
New Mexico

Box
Folder
17/18 165-176
New York

177
New York -Weed & Co. 1927-1928

Box
Folder
19 178-182
North Carolina

183
North Carolina -Abernethy, A.T. (pastor) 1929

184
North Dakota

Box
Folder
19/20 185-193
Ohio

194-195
Oklahoma

196-197
Oregon

Box
Folder
21 198-204
Pennsylvania

205
Pennsylvania -Tryon, Edward K. 1925-1929

206
Rhode Island

Box
Folder
22 207-210
South Carolina

211
South Dakota

Box
Folder
22/23 212-217
Tennessee

218-222
Texas

Box
Folder
24 223
Utah

224
Vermont

225-229
Virginia

230-231
Washington

Box
Folder
25 232-237
West Virginia

238-239
Wisconsin

240
Wyoming

SUB-SERIES 3. EXPORT SALES & SERVICE



Exporters:

Box
Folder
26 1
Arkell & Douglas, Inc. 1924-1927

2
Astlett, H.A. & Co. 1927

3
Davega 1928

4
Donneli & Palmer 1926-1927

5
Dunn, John, Son & Co. 1924

6
Grace, W. R. & Co. 1926

7
Hanberger-Polhemus Co. 1924-1925

8
Hasenclever & Co. 1926-1927

9
Hunter, John H. & Son, Inc. 1928

10
Markt & Hammacher Co. 1924-1927

11
Markt & Hammacher Co. & Schaefer Co. 1926, 1928

12
Muller and Phipps (Asia) Limited 1927

13
Pan-American Exporters 1925

14
Pan-American Exporters Trading Company 1924-1928

15
Remington Arms Company, Inc.-export 1927

16
Schwab, H. W. & I. 1927

17
Snow Shipping Company 1927-1929

18
Winchester Repeating Arms Co.-export 1927


Subject files:

Box
Folder
26 19
American Exporter 1945

20
American Express Company

21
American Manufacturers Export Assoc. 1929

22
Bungey, Federick N. (export div. S. & W.) 1924-1929

23
Driggs Ordinance and Engineering Co. Inc. 1928

24
First National Bank of Boston-foreign

25
Foreign Credit Interchange Bureau 1926

26
International Pan American Committee 1929

27
International Trade Developer Corp. 1926

28
Pan American Society 1945


Correspondence-by geographical location

Box
Folder
26 29-33
Canada 1924-1929, 1943-1946

34
Canada-Defense Industries Limited 1944


Caribbean

Box
Folder
27 35-36
Cuba 1924-1929

37
Dominican Republic 1924-1929

38
Haiti 1924

39
Jamaica 1929

40
Puerto Rico 1923-1929


Central America

Box
Folder
27 41
Costa Rica 1924-1929

42
El Salvador 1924-1929

43-44
Guatemala 1925-1929

45
Honduras 1925-1929

46
Nicaragua 1925-1928

47
Panama 1923-1928, 1943

48
Panama of-Canal Zone 1925-1929

49-50
Mexico 1923-1929

51
Mexico 1943, 1945


South America

Box
Folder
28 52
Argentina 1924-1929

53-54
Argentina -Martin Engstrom 1925-1929

55
Bolivia 1927-1928

56-61
Brazil 1924-1929, 1946

62
Chile 1925-1929, 1943

63
Columbia 1924-1928

64
Ecuador 1924-1929

65
Paraguay 1927-1928

66
Peru 1922-1929

67
Uruguay 1924, 1928


Other Countries Throughout the World

Box
Folder
29 68
Afghanistan 1925

69
Africa 1925, 1927, 1945

70
Australia 1925-1927, 1944

71
Austria 1927

72
Belgium 1926-1929

73
Burma 1927

74
China (1922-1929), 1944-1945

75
Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) 1929

76
Egypt 1927, n.d.

77
England 1924-1929, 1945

78
Finland n.d.

79
France 1920, 1925-1929 1944-1945

80
Germany 1924-1929

81
Greece 1925, 1927

82
Hong Kong 1926-1927

83
Hungary 1927-1928

84
India 1924-1926

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85
Iran 1945

86
Israel-Palestine (Crown Agents for the Colonies) 1924

87
Italy 1924-1928

88
Malaysia 1927

89
Nigeria 1928

90
Norway 1942

91
Philippines 1924-1929

92
Poland 1927-1929

93
Russia 1928

94
Siam 1927

95
Sicily 1924, 1926

96
South Africa, Union of 1943

97
Spain 1921, 1925, 1927

98
Spain -Balearic Islands 1927

99
Sweden 1926-1928

100
Switzerland

101
Thailand 1927

102
Turkey 1925-1928

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Series 4. Subsidiaries 1924-1945 0.5 box, 0.2 linear ft.


Box
Folder
30 1
Automatic Wrench Corporation (letter of interest) 1927

2
Automobile Attachment (letter of interest) 1928

3
Daley Exerciser (letter of interest) 1928

4
Electric Drills (patent search) 1925

5
Flashlight Sighting Device w/sketch (offer) 1929

6
Flush Valve-Toilet (production of) 1927-1928, 1943, 1945

7
Flush Valve-Toilet -application for "S&W" trademark 1929

8
Flush Valve-Toilet -dishwashing machine (bid form) 1942-1943

9
Flush Valve-Toilet -Livermore & Knight Co. (ads) 1928-1929

10
Flush Valve-Toilet -Milner, Henry J. (engineer) 1927

11
Flush Valve-Toilet -Patents (counselors-Roberts, Cushman & Woodberry) 1929

12
Hinges (S.& W. negative reply to offer) 1928

13
Miscellaneous inventions offered for mfg.-accepted and denied 1924-1929, 1945

14
National Car Advertising Co. (contract search) 1924

15
Safety Razor (decline of offer) 1928

16
Shook Absorbers (production of) 1926-1927

Series 5. Photographs 1925-1967, 0.5 box, 0.2 linear ft.


Box
Folder
30 1
Alfonso, Rafael-Cuban Embassy, Washington, D.C. (revolver-1926) 1927

2
Ashman, Samuel- West Yellowstone, Montana (2 full body photos w/ fish & bobcat) 1926

3
Austin, William G.- Michigan (revolver-.22 caliber-1910) 1945

4
Bliss, J. E.- Iowa City, Iowa (full body photo w/ sixgun) 1927

5
Department of Commerce- Bureau of Standards (4 photos of bullets w/ barrel markings) 1929

6
Gaunaurd, Celestino- Habana, Cuba 1927

7
von Henneberg, F. W.- Massachusetts (full body photo showing sharpshooting) 1925

8
McGivern, Ed- Montana (shooting contest) 1926

9
Miles, Clarence F.- Massachusetts (rifle manufactured by Frank Wesson, ca. 1873) 1943

10
Pedroso, Juaquin- Habana, Cuba (5 full body photos showing stance) 1927

11
Police Department- Newark, New Jersey (automatic pistol- 635 caliber) n.d.

12
Siess, James- Bossier City, Louisiana (old revolver, ca. 1860) 1967