Records, 1831-1986.

Resource Type

ArchivalResource

Display Entry

Gorham company. Records, 1831-1986.

Title

Records, 1831-1986.

Resource Link

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145430374

Abstract

Archival records of the company founded in 1831 by silversmith Jabez Gorham of Providence, Rhode Island. At various times the company was the largest manufacturer of silver products, producer and distributor of ecclesiastical goods, and art bronze foundry in the United States. The collection features many thousands of drawings and photographs of Gorham products, reflecting American taste from Victorian times to the present. It also contains corporate, personnel, costing, sales, and advertising records, as well as blueprints, plaster casts, and copper printing plates. Included also are the records of fourteen companies acquired by Gorham prior to being acquired itself--first by Textron Inc., then by Dansk International.

Extent

Approximately 1,000 linear feet.

Holding Repository

Brown University Archives, John Hay Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6835148

Related Entities

There are 18 Entities related to this resource.

Holbrook, Edward, 1849-1919.

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Dansk International. Gorham Division.

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Gorham Manufacturing Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vt7780 (corporateBody)

After President Harding died in 1923, a campaign was launched among newsboys to donate pennies to be melted down to make a statue in honor of Laddie Boy (now housed at the Smithsonian Institute). Metal left over was made into small figurines such as this one. From the description of Figurine [realia]. 1921 (Ohio Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 694405025 ...