Smith & Wesson Company Records 1920-1973

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Smith & Wesson Company Records 1920-1973

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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.

30 boxes; (15 linear ft.)

eng,

Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 6323472

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