American Hardware Corporation records, 1859-1953.

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American Hardware Corporation records, 1859-1953.

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The collection consists exclusively of 577 volumes and one box of payroll lists and financial ledgers and journals relating to American Hardware Corporation, its predecessor companies P. & F. Corbin and Russell & Erwin Manufacturing Company, and divisions associated with it, including Corbin Cabinet Lock Company, and Corbin Screw Corporation.

850 linear ft.

University of Connecticut, Homer Babbidge Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7673207

University of Connecticut, Homer Babbidge Library

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P. & F. Corbin (Firm : New Britain, Conn.)

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American Hardware Corporation.

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New Britain, Connecticut, established its dominance as the center of American hardware manufacturing as early as the late 1700s. Russell & Erwin Manufacturing Company originated in 1839 when H.E. Russell, Cornelius B. Erwin, and Frederick T. Stanley formed a partnership to produce locks and builders' hardware, under the name of Stanley, Russell & Company. When Mr. Stanley withdrew from the partnership in 1840, Smith Matteson and John H. Bowen were added, changing the name of the company ...

Russell and Erwin Manufacturing Company

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