Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, financial records, newspaper clippings, speeches, genealogical materials, and other papers, documenting Ingraham's personal, business, and civic affairs, including information relating to the development of the American clock and watch industry; establishment of American Clock and Watch Museum in Bristol; effect of the Swiss tariff issue on the American clock industry and U.S. governmental and economic policies; industrial policies of U.S. War Production Board and other committees during World War II; and arbitration, legal evaluations, and labor relations between E. Ingraham Co., and Local 260 of United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America. Includes information documenting Ingraham's activities with Clock Manufacturers Association of America, Manufacturers Association of Connecticut, Bristol Boys Association, International Silver Company, Bristol Brass Company, Bristol Bank and Trust Company, Connecticut Junior Republic, Bristol Public Library, and other organizations; problems of the clock industry during wartime and the role of the clock business in national defense; technological and social problems of reconversion from war to peace-time production; problems of plant expansion; the importance of E. Ingraham Co., as a major source of employment in Bristol; and his 1910 Yale class reunion. Correspondents include Frederick W. Beach, Smith F. Ferguson, Dudley Ingraham, Francis T. Maloney, Noel Sargent, and Charles J. Treadway.
