American Brass Company records, 1351-1978.

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American Brass Company records, 1351-1978.

Charters, correspondence, minutes, annual reports, ledgers, journals, sales dept. records, share registers, stock certificates, patents, trademarks, scrapbooks, advertisements, catalogs, price lists, personnel files, clippings, directories, awards, reports of divisions, departments, and warehouses, legal materials, production records, photos, and other materials, documenting the history of the company, its administrative, financial, and technical operations, and brass production in the Naugatuck River Valley, Waterbury, Conn., and elsewhere in the U.S. Includes materials compiled by company officers, Russell H. Pope and Clark S. Judd, pertaining to company history and the history of the brass industry; biographical files of executives and directors; corporate library vertical files; and records of predecessor, subsidiary, and affiliated companies. Companies represented include American Brass & Copper Co., American Flask & Cap Co., Ansonia Brass & Copper Co., Ansonia Clock Company, Ansonia Land Water Power Co., Benedict & Burnham Brass & Copper Co., Benedict & Burnham Mfg. Co., Chicago Brass Co., and its successor, Kenosha Branch of American Brass Co., Coe Brass Manufacturing Co., Connecticut Mining Co., Holmes, Booth & Haydens, Kenosha Brass Co., National Brass and Copper Tube Company, Old Trails Realty Corp., Portage Lake Smelting Works, The River Company, Scovill Manufacturing Company, Waterbury Brass Co., Waterbury Brass Goods Corp., and Waterbury Homes Corp.

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Waterbury Brass Co.

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Pope, Russell H.

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Ansonia Brass & Copper Co.

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Anaconda American Brass Company

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American Brass Company

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Chartered in Waterbury, Conn., 1899 with the consolidation of Ansonia Brass & Copper Co., Waterbury Brass Co., and Coe Brass Manufacturing Co.; joined by Benedict & Burnham Mfg. Co., and Holmes, Booth & Haydens in 1901; in 1922 acquired by Anaconda Copper Mining Company (headquartered in Montana); name retained until 1960 when reorganized as Anaconda American Brass Company; in 1977 Anaconda Company merged with Atlantic Richfield Co.; in ca. 1981 headquarters moved from Waterbury to R...

Coe Brass Manufacturing Co.

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Judd, Clark S.

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