Papers, 1919-1984 (inclusive) (bulk 1946-1950).

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Papers, 1919-1984 (inclusive) (bulk 1946-1950).

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Contains numerous copies of Bishop's unpublished history of the Scovill Manufacturing Company. Also included is material dating from 1919 to 1950 gathered by Bishop during his research. There is also correspondence dating 1980 to 1984 concerning Bishop's Scovill history and the collection of brassworking machine tools at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.

2.0 linear ft. (4 boxes)

Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library

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Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library

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Bishop, Philip W.

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Philip W. Bishop was a historian, economist, and museum curator who worked at Yale University and the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of History and Technology. During his tenure at Yale during the 1940s, Bishop was asked to prepare a history of the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut. Scovill was a manufacturer of brass objects such as buttons and other fasteners, screws, parts for lamps, tools, etc. Bishop began researching the company in 1946, using the company's...

Scovill Manufacturing Company

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Manufacturer of brass objects such as buttons and other fasteners, screws, parts for lamps, tools, etc. Located in Waterbury, Connecticut. Incorporated in 1850, but the business extended back at least until 1802. Among firms which became part of Scovill were Matthews and Willard, Schrader, Hamilton-Beach, American Pin, and Morency, Van Buren. From the description of Records, ca. 1790-1956 (inclusive). (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 17266382 From the descripti...