mums267 Smith and Wesson Company Records, 1920-1973 Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by Mike Milewski. Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, MA

2003

Finding aid encoded using Perl scripts and edited in XMetal 2.0. Encoded by Eric S. Cartier. 2003-07-28 Finding aid written in English. 2005-09-23 mu215 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02-5c.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst Smith and Wesson Company Records, 1920-1973 Finding Aid Manuscript Number 267 Compiled by Mike Milewski Spring 1990 Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Collection Overview Smith & Wesson Company Smith & Wesson Company Records 1920-1973 MS 267 30 boxes (15 linear ft.) Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst 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. English. 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. 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.

Organization of the Collection

This collection is organized into five series:

Series 1. Administrative, 1923-1973 Series 2. Financial and Legal, 1923-1945 Series 3. Sales and Service, 1920-1973 Series 4. Subsidiaries, 1924-1945 Series 5. Photographs, 1925-1967

The collection is open for research.

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.

Processed by Mike Milewski, Spring 1990.

Search Terms Parker, Amos, b. 1792. Smith and Wesson Company National Rifle Association Small Arms Industry Association United States Revolver Association Firearms industry and trade--Connecticut. Firearm--Law and legislation. Hand guns. Photographs. Series 1. Administrative1923-1973 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 Legal1923-1945 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 Service1920-1973 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. Subsidiaries1924-1945 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. Photographs1925-1967, 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. Administrative1923-1973 1 box, 0.5 linear ft. 1 1 American Hardware Mfg. Assoc.-conference 1944-1945 1 2 American Nationalist Committee 1945 1 3 Angier, R.H.-consulting engineer 1928-1929 1 4 Barrington Associates-economic research 1928 1 5 Criminal Investigations-testimony 1924, 1926-1928 1 6 Crossman, Captain E.C.-shooting game 1928 1 7 Department of Commerce-Bureau of Standards 1929

(see also-Series 5. Photos)

1 8 Department of Commerce-Geneva Conference 1925 1 9 Douglas Aircraft Company-thank you card 1944 1 10 Dun, R.G. & Co.-mercantile agency 1925-1927 1 11 Employer's Association of Hamden County 1924-1926 1 12 Equipment and supplies-office (1924-1927) 1943 1 13-17 Gun Legislation 1923-1929, 1943 1 18 Harvard Band 1942 1 19 "Hickory Level"-game preserve 1925 1 20 Historical Items 1929, 1945 1 21 International Patrol 1942 1 22 Invitations 1927, 1945 1 23 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1925 1 24 Memberships 1926, 1927, 1945, 1946 1 25 National Safety Council 1943 1 26 Newcomen Society of England 1945 1 27 Newsletters-Smith & Wesson Company 1969, 1970 1 28 Notary Public 1929 1 29 Pershing, General J.J.-gift of revolver from Woodrow Wilson 1943 1 30 Personnel 1925-1929, 1943-1945 1 31 Post War Plans (WW-II) 1943-1945 1 32 Prison Inmate Reform 1924, 1926 1 33 Production Engineering Company 1945 1 34 Prohibition Enforcement 1926 1 35 Small Arms Industry Advisory Committee 1941, 1945 1 x-ref

(see Series 3. Sales and Service, Subject file: History of Smith and Wesson)

1 36 Springfield Chamber of Commerce 1927-1928

(see also-Series 4. Subsidiaries-Daley Exerciser)

1 37 Symonds, Frank W. 1965, 1973 1 38 United States Post Office-Department of The Solicitor 1927-1928 1 39 United States Revolver Association 1927-1928 1 40 Western Union Telegraph Co. & Telegraphic Code 1928-1929, 1945 Series 2. Financial and Legal1923-1945 1 box, 0.5 linear ft. 2 1 Affidavits and Oaths 1924-1928 2 x-ref

(see Warren, Garfield, Whiteside & Lamson- Counselors at Law)

2 2 Audit (includes detailed chart of revolver sales, FY-1928) 1923-1928 2 3 Audit 1945 2 4 Bill of Sale for Scrap Materials 1926 2 5 Chapin National Bank 1925-1927 2 x-ref

(see Roberts, Roberts, & Cushman; and Warren, Garfield, Whiteside & Lamson; see also other subject files this series and Series 4. Subsidiaries)

2 6 Debtors 1926-1927 2 7 Dunham, Carrigan & Hayden Co. 1929 2 8 Excise Tax, Massachusetts Business Corp. 1925 2 9 Insurance 1925-1929, n.d. 2 10 Insurance 1942, 1945 2 11-15 Legal Notice-Assignment of Wages, Trustee Writs, etc. 1925-1929 2 16 Manufacturers Appraisal Company-1918 Appraisal 1927 2 x-ref

(see Affidavits and Oaths)

2 17 Patent Protests 1928 2 18 Patents 1925-1929

(see also: Roberts, Cushman & Woodberry)

2 19 Property-Stockbridge & Willow St. 1925 2 20 Property-Wilbraham Road 1926-1927, 1945 2 21 Roberts, Cushman & Woodberry 1926, 1929 2 22 Roberts, Cushman & Woodberry -Sloan Company 1929 2 23 Roberts, Cushman & Woodberry -Trademarks 1943 2 24 Roberts, Roberts, & Cushman-Counselors at Law (Tariff Commission & "Alpha" revolver) 1924-1925 2 x-ref

(see also Series 4. Subsidiaries-Flush Valve)

2 25 Spring Rights 1925 2 26 Springfield, City of-Assessor's & Treasurer's Offices 1927, 1943 2 27 Stocks and Bonds 1925-1929, 1943, 1945 2 x-ref

(see Warren, Garfield, Whiteside and Lamson)

2 28 Trademark-Australia 1929 2 29 Trademark -Bolivia 1929 2 30 Trademark -Brazil 1929 2 31 Trademark -Czechoslovakia (mottled hammer and trigger) 1921, 1929 2 32 Trademark -Great Britain (Monogram "S&W") 1929 2 33 Trademark -Honduras 1929 2 34 Trademark -Mexico 1929 2 35 Trademark -renewals-Panama, Peru, Greece, Norway and Germany 1927 2 36 Trademark -Spanish infringements in Guatemala 1929 2 37 Trademark -"S & W" Hardware 1929 2 38 Trademark -Turkey 1929 2 x-ref

(see also Series 2. Financial & Legal-Roberts, Cushman & Woodberry and Series: 4 Subsidiaries-Flush Valve)

2 39 United States Tariff Commission 1925 2 40-42 Warren, Garfield, Whiteside, & Lamson-counselors at law (taxes) 1925-1927 Series 3. Sales and Service1920-1973 27 boxes, 13.5 linear ft. Subject files: general 3 1 Anniston Warehouse Corporation-ordinance depot 1944 3 2 Commission for Harry Guthrie 1925-1926 3 3 Connors, Charles J.-manufacturers representative (Minnesota) 1945 3 4 Correspondence-no addresses given (1924-1927), 1945, n.d. 3 5 Government Contracts, Commissions on 1942 3 6 History of "Smith & Wesson" 1943, 1945 3 7 Hotels 1924-1928

(see also Series 3. Sub-series 2. Domestic Sales and Service-individual states)

3 8 Murray, David H.(Sales Manager)-personal 1943-1945 3 9 National Rifle Association (N.R.A.) 1926-1927, 1943-1944 3 10 Pistol Certificates 1924, 1926 3 11 Post Cards (envelopes are stored in box-30) 1927, 1943-1945 3 12 Prepaid Parts Shipment -bills 1926 3 13 Promotional Propositions 1926-1929, (1942-1945) 3 14 Repair -estimates 1925-1929, n.d. 3 15 Repair -parts (actual pieces) 1925, n.d. 3 16-17 Repair -tags & tickets

(see also Series 3. of Sales and Service, Sub-series 2. Domestic Sales & Service-individual states)

3 18 Repaired Revolver Shipments 1926, 1929 3 19 Revolver Barrel Troubles 1926 3 20 Revolver Sketch n.d.- 3 21 Russell, John, Cutlery Company 1925 3 x-ref

(see Appendix--"Sharpshooters")

3 22 Skelly, J. J. (traveling salesman) 1927-1928 3 23 Sketch (pencil sketch of old revolver) n.d. 3 24 Springfield Museum of Fine Arts (S & W Exhibit of Revolvers) 1944 3 25 Targets, 20-yard revolver n.d. 3 26 United States Department of Commerce 1925, 1928, 1929 3 27 United States Revolver Association 1928-1929 3 28 Winchester Stores 1924-1929

(see also Series 3. Sales and Service, Sub-series 2. Domestic Sales & Service- The Winchester/Simmons Co. Stores at: Atlanta (GA), Chicago (IL), St. Louis (MO), and Toledo (OH))

SUB-SERIES 1. ADVERTISING 4 1 Ads and Articles 1925-1929, n.d. 4 2 Ads and Articles -postcards, tags, etc. 1924-1925, n.d. 4 3 Circulars 1925-1929, n.d. 4 4 Circulars -Hershey's 1944 4 Correspondence: 1924-1929, 1943-1945 4 5 A 4 6 American Rifleman 4 7 B-C 4 8 D 4 9 E-G 4 10 H-L 4 11 Livermore & Knight Co.

(see also Series 4. Subsidiaries-Flush Valve)

4 12 M-O 4 13 P 4 14 Q-R 4 15 Remington, William B., Inc. 4 16 S 4 17 "Sporting Goods Buyer" 4 18 T-W 4 19 Smith and Wesson Revolvers ca. 1943 4 20 Retail Prices 1925 4 21 Suggested Retail Price Lists 1973 SUB-SERIES 2. DOMESTIC SALES & SERVICE Subject files: Firearms Manufacturers: 5 1 Colt Patent Firearms Manufacturing Co. (1924-1928) 1945 5 2 Harrington & Richardson Arms Co. 1925-1927 5 3 Remington Arms Co. 1926-1929

(see also Series 3., Sub-series 3. Export Sales & Service- exporters)

5 4 Savage Arms Corporation 1925 5 5 Springfield Armory-Massachusetts 1925, 1928, 1944 5 6 Stevens, J., Arms Co. 1928 5 7 Winchester Repeating Arms Co. 1927-1928

(see also Series 3., Sub-series 3. Export Sales & Service-exporters)

Railroads: 5 8 Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railway Co. 1927-1928 5 x-ref

(see Series 3., Sub-series. 3. Export Sales & Service (box-27, folder-40))

5 9 American Railroad Express Company 1924, 1927

(see also Series 1. Administrative- Criminal Investigations/Testimonies)

5 10 Atlanta and West Point Railroad Co. 1924 5 11 Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railway Co. 1924 5 12-13 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. 1924-1929 5 14 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co. 1925-1929 5 15 Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen 1926 5 x-ref

(see Series 3., Sub-series 3. Export Sales & Service (box: 26, folders: 29-33))

5 16 Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Co. 1924-1928

(see also Series 1. Administrative- Criminal Investigations/Testimony)

5 17 Chicago and North Western Railroad Co. 1924-1926 5 18 Chicago Junction Railroad 1927-1928 5 19 Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis R.R. Co. 1924 5 20 Delaware, Lachawanna Western Railroad Co. 1926 5 21 Florida East Coast Railway Co. 1926 5 22 Georgia Railroad 1926 5 23 Grand Trunk Railroad System 1928 5 24 Illinois Central Railroad Co. 1925 5 25 Lehigh Valley Railroad Co. 1927 5 26 Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. 1927 5 27 Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie R.R. Co. 1924-1925 5 28 Mississippi Central Railroad Co. 1924-1925 5 29 Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. 1926-1928 5 30 New York Central Railroad Co. 1924-1929 5 31 New York, New Haven and Hartford Railway Co. 1926 5 32 Nickel Plate Road 1926-1927 5 33 Norfolk and Western Railway Co. 1923-1928 5 34 Pennsylvania Railroads 1925-1928 5 35 Rock Island Lines 1925 5 36 Santa Fe Railroad 1924, 1927 5 37 Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. 1924-1928 5 38 Southern Railway Co. 1924-1929 5 39 Southern Railroad System 1924-1929 5 40 Tennessee Railroad Co. 1925-1926 5 41 Toledo Terminal Railroad Co. 1924, 1927 5 42 Union Pacific System 1924, 1926 United States Government and Military: 6 43 Army 1928-1929 6 44 Chemical Warfare Service 1943 6 45 Coast Guard 1944 6 46 Department of the Interior-Indian Service 1926, 1928 6 48-51 Military Personnel (personal sales & service letters/orders while on active duty in the Armed Forces) 1924-1929, 1942-1946, n.d. 6 52 Navy and Marines 1943-1944 6 53 Post Office Department 1924-1929 6 54 Treasury Department 1924-1926 6 55 War Department 1928, 1944, n.d. Correspondence (by individual state) 1939, (1924-1929, 1942-1946) 7 56-60 Alabama 7 61-62 Arizona 7 63-64 Arkansas 7 65 Alaska 8 66-70 California 8 71 California -Andrew Carrigan Company 1924, 1926 8 72 California -Linforth, Paul S. (mfg. rep.) 1939, 1943 8 73 Colorado 8 74-75 Connecticut 9 76 Delaware 9 77 Delaware -E.I. Dupont de Nemours & Co. Inc. (with blueprint) 1927 9 78 District of Columbia 9 79-85 Florida 10 86-91 Georgia 10 92 Hawaii 10 93 Idaho 10 94 Idaho -Dudley, Erle P. 1945 11 95-100 Illinois 11 101-104 Illinois -Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co. 1925-1926 11 105 Illinois -von Lengerke & Antoine 1924-1925 12 106-109 Indiana 12 110-112 Iowa 12 113-114 Kansas 13 115-120 Kentucky 13 121 Kentucky -Bellenap Hardware & Mfg. Co. 1927 13 122-124 Louisiana 13 125 -Lee Hardware Co. 14 126 Maine 14 127 Maryland 14 128-133 Massachusetts 14 134 Massachusetts -Keyes, George H. 14 135 Massachusetts -Springfield (Peerless Handcuff Co.) 1944 14 x-ref

(see also Series 3. Sales & Service-Subject files (general): Russell, John, Cutlery Company; Springfield Armory; Springfield Museum of Fine Arts)

15 136-139 Michigan 15 140-142 Minnesota

(see also Series 3. Sales & Service-Subject files: Connors, Charles J.(manufacturers representative))

16 143-145 Mississippi 16 146-151 Missouri 16 152 Missouri -Schmelner C. 1924-1925 16 153 Missouri -Wyeth Hardware & Mfg. Co. 1925-1927- 17 154 Montana 17 155 Montana -McGivern, Ed (sharpshooter, etc.) 1926, 1929, 1943 17 156-157 Nebraska 17 158 Nebraska -Lee Kountze Hardware Co. 1927 17 159 Nevada 17 160-161 New Hampshire 17 162-163 New Jersey 17 164 New Mexico 17/18 165-176 New York 17/18 177 New York -Weed & Co. 1927-1928 19 178-182 North Carolina 19 183 North Carolina -Abernethy, A.T. (pastor) 1929 19 184 North Dakota 19/20 185-193 Ohio 19/20 194-195 Oklahoma 19/20 196-197 Oregon 21 198-204 Pennsylvania 21 205 Pennsylvania -Tryon, Edward K. 1925-1929 21 206 Rhode Island 22 207-210 South Carolina 22 211 South Dakota 22/23 212-217 Tennessee 22/23 218-222 Texas 24 223 Utah 24 224 Vermont 24 225-229 Virginia 24 230-231 Washington 25 232-237 West Virginia 25 238-239 Wisconsin 25 240 Wyoming SUB-SERIES 3. EXPORT SALES & SERVICE Exporters: 26 1 Arkell & Douglas, Inc. 1924-1927 26 2 Astlett, H.A. & Co. 1927 26 3 Davega 1928 26 4 Donneli & Palmer 1926-1927 26 5 Dunn, John, Son & Co. 1924 26 6 Grace, W. R. & Co. 1926 26 7 Hanberger-Polhemus Co. 1924-1925 26 8 Hasenclever & Co. 1926-1927 26 9 Hunter, John H. & Son, Inc. 1928 26 10 Markt & Hammacher Co. 1924-1927 26 11 Markt & Hammacher Co. & Schaefer Co. 1926, 1928 26 12 Muller and Phipps (Asia) Limited 1927 26 13 Pan-American Exporters 1925 26 14 Pan-American Exporters Trading Company 1924-1928 26 15 Remington Arms Company, Inc.-export 1927 26 16 Schwab, H. W. & I. 1927 26 17 Snow Shipping Company 1927-1929 26 18 Winchester Repeating Arms Co.-export 1927 Subject files: 26 19 American Exporter 1945 26 20 American Express Company 26 21 American Manufacturers Export Assoc. 1929 26 22 Bungey, Federick N. (export div. S. & W.) 1924-1929 26 23 Driggs Ordinance and Engineering Co. Inc. 1928 26 24 First National Bank of Boston-foreign 26 25 Foreign Credit Interchange Bureau 1926 26 26 International Pan American Committee 1929 26 27 International Trade Developer Corp. 1926 26 28 Pan American Society 1945 Correspondence-by geographical location 26 29-33 Canada 1924-1929, 1943-1946 26 34 Canada-Defense Industries Limited 1944 Caribbean 27 35-36 Cuba 1924-1929 27 37 Dominican Republic 1924-1929 27 38 Haiti 1924 27 39 Jamaica 1929 27 40 Puerto Rico 1923-1929 Central America 27 41 Costa Rica 1924-1929 27 42 El Salvador 1924-1929 27 43-44 Guatemala 1925-1929 27 45 Honduras 1925-1929 27 46 Nicaragua 1925-1928 27 47 Panama 1923-1928, 1943 27 48 Panama of-Canal Zone 1925-1929 27 49-50 Mexico 1923-1929 27 51 Mexico 1943, 1945 South America 28 52 Argentina 1924-1929 28 53-54 Argentina -Martin Engstrom 1925-1929 28 55 Bolivia 1927-1928 28 56-61 Brazil 1924-1929, 1946 28 62 Chile 1925-1929, 1943 28 63 Columbia 1924-1928 28 64 Ecuador 1924-1929 28 65 Paraguay 1927-1928 28 66 Peru 1922-1929 28 67 Uruguay 1924, 1928 Other Countries Throughout the World 29 68 Afghanistan 1925 29 69 Africa 1925, 1927, 1945 29 70 Australia 1925-1927, 1944 29 71 Austria 1927 29 72 Belgium 1926-1929 29 73 Burma 1927 29 74 China (1922-1929), 1944-1945 29 75 Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) 1929 29 76 Egypt 1927, n.d. 29 77 England 1924-1929, 1945 29 78 Finland n.d. 29 79 France 1920, 1925-1929 1944-1945 29 80 Germany 1924-1929 29 81 Greece 1925, 1927 29 82 Hong Kong 1926-1927 29 83 Hungary 1927-1928 29 84 India 1924-1926 29 x-ref

(see Dutch East Indies)

29 85 Iran 1945 29 86 Israel-Palestine (Crown Agents for the Colonies) 1924 29 87 Italy 1924-1928 29 88 Malaysia 1927 29 89 Nigeria 1928 29 90 Norway 1942 29 91 Philippines 1924-1929 29 92 Poland 1927-1929 29 93 Russia 1928 29 94 Siam 1927 29 95 Sicily 1924, 1926 29 96 South Africa, Union of 1943 29 97 Spain 1921, 1925, 1927 29 98 Spain -Balearic Islands 1927 29 99 Sweden 1926-1928 29 100 Switzerland 29 101 Thailand 1927 29 102 Turkey 1925-1928 29 x-ref

(see South Africa)

Series 4. Subsidiaries1924-1945 0.5 box, 0.2 linear ft. 30 1 Automatic Wrench Corporation (letter of interest) 1927 30 2 Automobile Attachment (letter of interest) 1928 30 3 Daley Exerciser (letter of interest) 1928 30 4 Electric Drills (patent search) 1925 30 5 Flashlight Sighting Device w/sketch (offer) 1929 30 6 Flush Valve-Toilet (production of) 1927-1928, 1943, 1945 30 7 Flush Valve-Toilet -application for "S&W" trademark 1929 30 8 Flush Valve-Toilet -dishwashing machine (bid form) 1942-1943 30 9 Flush Valve-Toilet -Livermore & Knight Co. (ads) 1928-1929 30 10 Flush Valve-Toilet -Milner, Henry J. (engineer) 1927 30 11 Flush Valve-Toilet -Patents (counselors-Roberts, Cushman & Woodberry) 1929 30 12 Hinges (S.& W. negative reply to offer) 1928 30 13 Miscellaneous inventions offered for mfg.-accepted and denied 1924-1929, 1945 30 14 National Car Advertising Co. (contract search) 1924 30 15 Safety Razor (decline of offer) 1928 30 16 Shook Absorbers (production of) 1926-1927 Series 5. Photographs1925-1967, 0.5 box, 0.2 linear ft. 30 1 Alfonso, Rafael-Cuban Embassy, Washington, D.C. (revolver-1926) 1927 30 2 Ashman, Samuel- West Yellowstone, Montana (2 full body photos w/ fish & bobcat) 1926 30 3 Austin, William G.- Michigan (revolver-.22 caliber-1910) 1945 30 4 Bliss, J. E.- Iowa City, Iowa (full body photo w/ sixgun) 1927 30 5 Department of Commerce- Bureau of Standards (4 photos of bullets w/ barrel markings) 1929

(see also Series 1. Administrative- Subject files: Dept. of Commerce-Bureau of Standards)

30 6 Gaunaurd, Celestino- Habana, Cuba 1927 30 7 von Henneberg, F. W.- Massachusetts (full body photo showing sharpshooting) 1925 30 8 McGivern, Ed- Montana (shooting contest) 1926 30 9 Miles, Clarence F.- Massachusetts (rifle manufactured by Frank Wesson, ca. 1873) 1943 30 10 Pedroso, Juaquin- Habana, Cuba (5 full body photos showing stance) 1927 30 11 Police Department- Newark, New Jersey (automatic pistol- 635 caliber) n.d. 30 12 Siess, James- Bossier City, Louisiana (old revolver, ca. 1860) 1967