Rudd, Charles E.

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The Holley Manufacturing Company of Lakeville (Salisbury), Connecticut, produced pocket cutlery and related products, from 1844 until 1946. Founded in 1844 by Alexander Hamilton Holley and George Merwin as Holley and Merwin, the Company claimed to be the oldest manufacturer of pocket cutlery in the United States. The company name was later changed to Holley & Company . In 1854, it was incorporated as the Holley Manufacturing Company, with Alexander H. Holley as president, George B. Burrall, treasurer, and William B. Rudd, secretary. William Rudd 's son, Malcolm D. Rudd, succeeded him as treasurer and general manager, serving in that position until 1942. Its customers were retailers and small jobbers, mostly in New England, Pennsylvania, and upper New York State. Total annual sales of the company probably did not exceed $50,000 from 1844 to 1925, or $10,000 from 1925 to 1933. Holley Manufacturing Company 's sales and production declined after 1933 and the firm was dissolved in 1946.

From the guide to the Holley Manufacturing Company Records., undated, 1847-1933., (Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center .)

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associatedWith American Pocket Cutlery Manufacturers Association. corporateBody
associatedWith American Table Cutlery Manufacturers Association corporateBody
associatedWith American Vulcanized Fiber Co. corporateBody
associatedWith Angiers Co. corporateBody
associatedWith Applebee & Newman corporateBody
associatedWith Arlington Co. corporateBody
associatedWith Bird Glue Co. corporateBody
associatedWith Broken Shield Co. corporateBody
associatedWith Burrall, George B. person
associatedWith Celluloid Co. corporateBody
associatedWith C. E. Rudd person
associatedWith C.T. Reynolds Co. corporateBody
associatedWith DeHaven Manufacturing Co. corporateBody
associatedWith Delaware Hard Fiber Co. corporateBody
associatedWith Diamond Co. corporateBody
associatedWith Eagle Lock Co. corporateBody
associatedWith F. W. Devoe person
associatedWith Hammacher, Schlemmer and Co. corporateBody
associatedWith Hammer Co. corporateBody
associatedWith Harlem Valley's Firemen's Association corporateBody
associatedWith Holley, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton), 1804-1887 person
associatedWith Hooley Co. corporateBody
associatedWith Janell Belting Co. corporateBody
associatedWith Jos. Stelwagon Co. corporateBody
correspondedWith Kemble & Mills corporateBody
associatedWith Krallert Co. corporateBody
associatedWith Lamson & Goodnow Manufacturing Co. corporateBody
correspondedWith Manufacturers and Association of Connecticut corporateBody
associatedWith Meriden Cutlery Co. corporateBody
associatedWith R.G. Dun and Co. corporateBody
correspondedWith R.G. Dun & Co. corporateBody
associatedWith Rogers Cutlery Co. corporateBody
associatedWith R.S. Peck & Co. corporateBody
associatedWith Rudd, Malcolm Day, b. 1877 person
associatedWith Rudd, William B. (William Beardslee) person
associatedWith R. Wallace & Sons Manufacturing Co. corporateBody
associatedWith Shercliffe & Sons corporateBody
associatedWith Shults Co. corporateBody
associatedWith Silver Plated Ware Manufacturers Association corporateBody
associatedWith Uncon Pearl Works corporateBody
associatedWith Wallace Brothers corporateBody
associatedWith Washington Emery Mills Co. corporateBody
associatedWith White Heat Products Co. corporateBody
associatedWith William Roger Manufacturing Co. corporateBody
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