Bartlett Hayward Company Records
Object Details
- Creator
- Koppers Company.
- Bartlett-Hayward Company.
- Former owner
- National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
- Place
- Baltimore (Md.)
- Topic
- Gas
- Gasholders
- Stoves
- Engineering -- 19th century
- Foundries
- Provenance
- Donated by Charles Ferner of the Kopper Company, circa 1977.
- Creator
- Koppers Company.
- Bartlett-Hayward Company.
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- Bartlett Hayward Company Records
- Biographical/Historical note
- The Bartlett Hayward Company of Baltimore, Maryland, was founded in 1840 as Hayward and Friend, stove manufacturers. The company eventually expanded into the foundry, machinery, erection, and engineering fields and began manufacture of gas holders in 1876. The company merged with Koppers Company in 1937.
- Extent
- 6 Cubic feet (20 boxes, 5 map folders)
- Date
- 1902-1921
- Ownership and Custodial History
- Transferred from Division of Work and Industry, 2006.
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Identifier
- NMAH.AC.0993
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Trade catalogs
- Tracings
- Correspondence
- Drawings
- Citation
- Archives Center, Bertlett Hayward Company Records, National Museum of American History.
- Arrangement
- Arrangement: By type of material.
- Processing Information
- Collection is unprocessed.
- Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
- Genre/Form
- Trade catalogs
- Tracings
- Correspondence -- 19th century
- Drawings -- 1860-1890
- Scope and Contents note
- These records of the Bartlett Hayward Company deal chiefly with the manufacture, erection, and sale of gas holders. Included are record books of drawings, 1882-1906, 1912, 1918; design calculation books; 1904-1935; trade literature, 1945; order books, 1920-1921; order progress reports, 1926-1929, 1946-1950; specifications, calculations and data; notes; shipping records; records of drawing costs; lists of materials needed; a card file listing owner, location, and dimensions of gas holders built by the company, 1883-1946; a record of employee injuries, 1929; and photographs of coupling engines, gas holders and their erection, gas works, and plants.
- Restrictions
- Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503513010694-1503513010696-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
