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Series: Background and Historical Information : This series includes a scrapbook of obituaries about Singer, his controversial will, and the marriage of one of his twenty-four children; a ledger related in some way to Singer's assets in the company in 1876 and the D. Hawley register of payments made to Singer's heirs, 1878-1884; and some miscellaneous clippings concerning company history. Miscellaneous publications concerning Singer company history which are filed here were collected by researcher Robert Davies.
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Scrapbook regarding I.M. Singer, estate and family, 1875-1907
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Ledger regarding I. M. Singer estate, 1876
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“D. Hawley” ledger regarding Singer estate, 1878-1884
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Miscellaneous clippings regarding company history, 1895-1902
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Miscellaneous publications regarding company history, undated
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Series: Incorporation and Stock Records : Incorporation records consist only of a 1951 charter and incorporation papers. Minutes of the board of directors which might logically be grouped here were received from the company only in microfilm format and are listed, as a result, as a part of the Singer unprocessed 1987 Additions.
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Incorporation Records
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Charter and by-laws, circa 1951 : Also incorporation papers, undated.
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Stock Records
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Stock purchase receipt book, 1863-1896
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Stockholders, 1897-1898
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Stockholders, 1920
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Profitsharing plan ledger, 1926-1935
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Stockholder account index, circa 1900
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Dividend record books
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Record book 2, 1885-1892
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Record book 3, 1892-1896
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Record book 4, 1896-1909
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Record book 5, 1909-1913
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Record book 6, 1913-1916
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Miscellaneous lists of stock prices, undated
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New York Management Committee minutes, 1885
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Series: Outgoing Correspondence : The outgoing correspondence is subdivided into four subseries: executive correspondence, administrative correspondence, correspondence of miscellaneous employees, and letterbooks of related companies. Except for a few incidental pages, this entire section was converted to 35mm microfilm with the support of a preservation grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the deteriorated originals destroyed.
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Subseries: Executive CorrespondenceThis section consists of letterbooks used by company presidents, vice-presidents, officers, and by others acting for them during their absences from the New York headquarters. Included are letterbooks of George McKenzie; miscellaneous pages from a series of early management correspondence; “management letterbooks” (a series apparently begun about the time of McKenzie's retirement), which incorporates letters from the presidencies of Bourne and Alexander; travelling letterbooks; special letterbooks; executive summaries; and personal letterbooks. These letterbooks are indexed alphabetically by company, office, or individual name. Branch offices are usually designated in the indexes by city name. When they existed, indexes have been filmed preceding the volumes to which they relate. Access to this material is also facilitated by the fact that each letter was marked by Singer clerks to indicate the page numbers of the most recent and next letters addressed to the same correspondent. Within each category the volumes have been arranged by the volume number on the spine. In most cases this sequence reflected chronological order. If the volume number was missing because of deterioration of the binding, identification that was supplied by archivists based on internal evidence has been indicated in the list below by the use of brackets.
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McKenzie correspondence
For the period 1877-1885, McKenzie was vice-president. In the letterbooks of this period McKenzie articulated management decisions for domestic and foreign agents, commented on news from various offices, and gave directions and advice. S.A. Bennett, an attorney whose correspondence is also included here, handled legal and patent matters. (This correspondence is very similar to his activities documented in the LEGAL RECORDS described below.) Bennett also assumed McKenzie's correspondence when the latter was in Europe. Edward Clark, president of Singer during this time, appears only infrequently.
For the period 1885-1888, he was president. McKenzie appears infrequently in the correspondence of this period apparently because of the ill health which eventually resulted in his retirement in 1889. Instead, Bennett, Frederick G. Bourne, T.E. Hardenburgh, and Alexander McKenzie handled most of the correspondence with U.S. and foreign agents, offices, and factories. They also sent lengthy reports to McKenzie while he was traveling. The advice of U.S. agents common in this correspondence series includes suggestions on supervising branch managers, approval of proposed circulars, and settling of territorial disputes. McKenzie's final volume (only 45 pages) consists of letters of a more personal nature such as Christmas greetings and gifts. However, there is a detailed and relatively frank letter here discussing business with Vice-President William F. Procter and a letter to Edgar Allen expounding his personal philosophy.
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Vol. 1: , 1877 April-1878 November
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Vol. 3: , 1879 August-1880 June
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Vol. 4: , 1880 June-September
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Vol. 5: , 1880 September-1881 March
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Vol. 6: , 1881 March-September
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Vol. 7: , 1881 September-1882 January
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Vol. 8: , 1881 January-August
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Vol. 9: , 1882 August-December
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Vol. 10: , 1883 January-May
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Vol. [11]: , 1883 May-October
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Vol. [12]: , 1883 October-1884 February
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Vol. 13: , 1884 February-May
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Vol. 14: , 1884 May-November
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Vol. [15]: , 1884 November-1885 February
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Vol. 16: , 1885 February-July
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Vol. [17]: , 1886 August-1888 February
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Early management correspondence : Filed here are some loose pages removed from their respective letterbooks by an unidentified Singer employee prior to donation to the Historical Society. These pages confirm the existence of a series of letterbooks probably dating from the 1860s and 1870s which is probably no longer in existence. One volume of this type was received intact by the Historical Society. This volume contains 1864 correspondence of Julius Voight, apparently a New York clerk, regarding orders and shipments, outstanding debts, and corrections required on weekly reports. A few letters of Inslee Hopper concerning more important management matters are also included. The loose pages have not been filmed.
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Management Correspondence
This correspondence is described below by chronological period.
Frederick G. Bourne, 1888-1893, President : This is Bourne's correspondence to U.S. and foreign agents, offices, and factories. S.A. Bennett again handled the correspondence while Bourne was on European trips, sending him detailed reports, while Charles Miller and T.E. Hardenburgh handled more routine matters.
Bourne, 1893-1899, President. (Douglas Alexander, second vice-president; Charles Miller, secretary; W.F. Procter, vice-president; E.W. Church and T.E. Hardenburgh, acting secretaries) : The correspondence of this period continues as above, except that it is increasingly directed to foreign agents and factories at Kilbowie, Glasgow, Podolsk, and Canada. Here Alexander handled executive correspondence while Bourne was abroad. After Bennett retired in 1894 Alexander assumed increasing responsibility for communication with American and foreign agents, offices, and factories.
Bourne, 1899-1905, President. (Alexander, second vice-president; Hardenburgh, treasurer; and Foster, personal secretary?) : This section is largely correspondence to foreign agents and offices containing executive decisions and advice on problems brought to the attention of the executive office via regular reports or other correspondence, with Foster signing routine matters.
Douglas Alexander, 1905-1924, President. (Foster and Hardenburgh, treasurer; Oscar Graham, assistant treasurer, eventually treasurer) : This is largely correspondence to foreign agents, offices, and factories. Alexander handles all correspondence pertaining to the direction of the branches abroad, and prior to 1915 his correspondence with Hamburg is especially detailed and extensive. There is evidence that the Hamburg office under W.S. Church supervised other European offices, a task which had earlier fallen to the London Office. In this section Foster handled brief acknowledgements, enclosures, and routine matters, while Hardenburgh and Graham answer inquiries regarding tax matters and other routine financial questions. These patterns of correspondence remain unchanged while Alexander was absent on European trips.
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Vol. [1]: , 1885 July-1886 January
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Vol. [2]: , 1886 January-August
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Vol. [3]: , 1886 August-1887 May
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Vol. [6]: , 1889 June-1891 May
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Vol. [8]: , 1893 May-1895 December
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Vol. [11]: , 1898 Sept-October
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Vol. 12: , 1899 October-1900 July
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Vol. 13: , 1900 July-1901 January
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Vol. 14: , 1901 January-1901 November
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Vol. 15: , 1901 November-1902 August
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Vol. 16: , 1902 August-1903 January
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Vol. 17: , 1903 January-1903 September
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Vol. 18: , 1903 September-1904 January
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Vol. 19: , 1904 January-1904 September
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Vol. 20: , 1904 September-1905 February
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Vol. 21: , 1905 February-1905 August
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Vol. 22: , 1905 August-1906 January
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Vol. 23: , 1906 January-1906 July
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Vol. 24: , 1906 July-1906 December
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Vol. 25: , 1906 December-1907 June
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Vol. 26: , 1907 June-1907 October
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Vol. 28: , 1908 May-1908 November
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Vol. 29: , 1908 November-1909 May
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Vol. 30: , 1909 May-November
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Vol. 32: , 1910 August-1911 July
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Vol. 33: , 1911 July-1912 November
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Vol. 34: , 1912 November-1913 October
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Vol. 35: , 1913 October-1914 August
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Vol. 39: , 1917 June-1918 February
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Vol. 40: , 1918 February-December
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Traveling Letterbooks : This group of volumes consists of correspondence of Singer executives while abroad. Included are reports to New York offices and letters to various European agents and offices. During the period 1882-1884 McKenzie spent considerable time at Kilbowie, and his books contain references to construction of the new factory there. The volume dated August 29-September 22, 1885 contains four sets of minutes of the Kilbowie Factory. The traveling letterbooks of Douglas Alexander as second vice-president and F.G. Bourne as president (1896; 1897-1900) include pencil copies and drafts of outgoing correspondence. Some of Alexander's letters deal with periods when he was traveling in the United States.
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Vol. 1: , 1879 December-1880 January
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Vol. 1: , 1884 May-1884 June
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Special Letterbooks : Arranged here is outgoing correspondence from Singer executives, including Bourne, Alexander, C.C. Foster, Oscar Graham, and T.E. Hardenburgh. Except for their distinctive binding it was unclear what distinguished these volumes from the regular Management series. These books contain advice to American and foreign agents that is similar to the management letterbooks, but they also contain more references to stocks and dividends. Also, about 1917, Foster and Alexander begin to sign the correspondence as officers of the International Securities Corporation. They also sign under the name of the International Fidelity Insurance Company, Bourne and Company, and Hexigon Sewing Machine Company. Much of this correspondence is routine. In the last volume, most of the International Securities Corporation correspondence of Alexander, Foster, and Graham concerns stocks, investments, and dividends.
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Executive Summaries : These useful volumes contain abstracts of correspondence, both foreign and domestic, circulated to Singer executives for their information. Between 1892 and 1906 the series was a single chronological run, although there are many gaps in the SHSW holdings. Later there is a single volume for Bennett and separate volumes for correspondence concerning Russia and Wittenberg.
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1892 October-1893 September
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Personal Letterbooks : Filed here is correspondence of several Singer executives to family members, friends, and other business associates and vice-presidents. Two volumes (1893-1896) of Bourne's correspondence contain letters regarding personal business matters (real estate, investments, and a stable of horses, etc.). There are only a few letters to family members, and even these are not of a true personal nature. Also included is a nineteen-page volume containing balance statements and disbursements of the Clark Family trust. Douglas Alexander's personal correspondence as vice-president and president, 1900-1924, consists of letters to acquaintances, family members, and other Singer executives. Topics treated include real estate, stock, home improvements, employment of servants, and some matters relating to Singer Manufacturing Company.
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Subseries: Administrative Correspondence
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General Correspondence
This main section of the OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE consists of letters to domestic and foreign agents, factories, and others regarding invoices, payments, shipments of orders, territorial disputes between agents, accounting transactions between offices, prices, inventories, and business reports. Although similar to the executive correspondence, these letters are more routine and generally consist of matters handled by clerks and lower level company employees. This material is described below by chronological period.
1872-1876 : During this period J. Hewlett handled routine correspondence regarding shipments, orders, and monetary transactions, while Inslee Hopper appears only occasionally. George E. Bacon and S.F. Allen, who also appear in the correspondence, were Singer clerks.
1876-1885 : Here T.E. Hardenburgh replaced Hewlett and S.A. Bennett assumed Hopper's functions while Bennett also handled patent matters (as in the LEGAL RECORDS). C.S. Groesbeck handled correspondence concerning shipping details, including freight rates and routes. In general, the correspondence in these volumes is even more routine than in the previous set, and it includes whole sections of credit and debit notes and listings of lease accounts for the various regional offices. Much of the remaining correspondence consists of brief acknowledgments and statements. Other clerks whose functions are documented are Bacon and Hugh Cheyne.
1886-1889 : Letters from this period are missing.
1889-1901 : While the volumes of this period continue the routine correspondence to U.S. agents, offices, and factories regarding shipping, orders, invoices, credits, and debits, there are also more important matters such as general circulars, advice to agents, and decisions in disputes between offices. Hardenburgh and E.W. Church shared routine responsibilities here, while Alexander appears in some correspondence with agents in Australia, Canada, Mexico, and Latin America. His correspondence with London is particularly extensive. After 1898, Alexander also commented on reports from European agents as well as those from Capetown, Paris, and Bombay, although he appears less frequently after 1900 when he took over the executive correspondence. S.A. Bennett appears in this section with regard to some general management and patent-related correspondence, although he does not appear after September, 1893.
1901-1905 : The content here is similar to the above material, with E.D. Cummings handling more important decisions, Mark Dunnell handling patent matters, and J. Laird Busk noting technical problems with reports.
1905-1911 : The emphasis during this period shifts to foreign offices regarding shipments, response to inquiries from outside individuals and companies, and matters of construction and building maintenance. There are also large amounts of correspondence between Charles P. Coleman and Ernest Flagg, chief architect of the Singer Building and subsequent additions and alterations to the building, regarding construction details. By 1908, this series is almost exclusively concerned with construction. Oscar Graham handled the tax matters that are documented here.
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“A Series,” 1907-1915 : The purpose of this small section is not clear. It briefly parallels the administrative correspondence, but it also contains three volumes of different material--the cables of C.C. Foster. The cables, which are filmed in chronological order rather than according to the spine number, are coded and translated, and chiefly addressed to foreign offices. Most concern shipments; prices for machines and parts; acknowledgments of checks, reports, and orders; and international bank transfers.
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Reports and Construction, 1890-1904 : This section of the OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE consists of correspondence from T.E. Hardenburgh and E.W. Church to Singer agents and offices in the U.S. regarding consignments and business reports. The content is extremely routine, chiefly concerning technical errors in reporting and problems with machines on consignment. The correspondence in this series was initially handled by Hardenburgh and then gradually assumed by Church. At the end of the section is a volume primarily consisting of correspondence with Bombay, Capetown, and Kilbowie and a volume similar to the general reports and construction series, but which was not part of the prevailing numbering sequence for that group.
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Vol. 126: , 1890 September-1891 February
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Vol. 127: , 1891 February-August
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Vol. 128: , 1891 August-December
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Vol. 129: , 1891 December-1892 March
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Vol. 130: , 1892 March-June
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Vol. 131: , 1892 June-November
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Vol. 132: , 1892 November-1893 March
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Vol. [133]: , 1893 March-July
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Vol. 134: , 1893 July-December
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Vol. 135: , 1893 December-1894 April
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Vol. 136: , 1894 April-October
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Vol. 137: , 1894 October-1895 April
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Vol. 138: , 1895 April-1896 February
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Vol. 139: , 1896 February-May
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Vol. 140: , 1896 May-September
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Vol. 141: , 1896 September-1897 February
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Vol. 142: , 1897 February-September
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Vol. 143: , 1897 September-1898 March
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Vol. 144: , 1898 March-August
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Vol. 145: , 1898 August-1899 April
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Vol. 146: , 1899 April-1900 February
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Vol. 147: , 1900 February-1901 April
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Vol. 148: , 1901 April-1902 January
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Vol. 149: , 1902 January-November
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Vol. 150: , 1902 November-1903 June
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Vol. 151: , 1903 June-1904 February
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1898-1903 (Bombay, Capetown, Kilbowie reports by Church/Hardenbaugh)
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Subseries: Letterbooks of Miscellaneous EmployeesThis section of the OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE consists of letterbooks created by Singer employees which did not fit into the other series of outgoing correspondence. These volumes are arranged alphabetically by employee name. Perhaps the most important are the travelling letterbooks of John Mitchell, the head of Singer's London office. These volumes consist of letters written while on inspection trips in Brussels, Paris, Madrid, Lyon, etc. Also notable is a volume which includes 1851 correspondence of Singer's little-known New York partner (Barzillan Ransom) and 1853-1854 correspondence of two employees (Richard and Burgess), whose precise positions within the company are not clear. This volume was greatly deteriorated due to water damage, and it was difficult to microfilm satisfactorily. Because of the rarity of correspondence from this period in company history this volume was not destroyed after filming. Also grouped here is a book of letters (1874-1878) of George E. Bacon sent to agents regarding discrepancies in sales, suggestions for better results, and general advice on improved management, and a letterbook of C.S. Groesbeck, another New York clerk. (The Bacon volume is similar to material in the INCOMING CORRESPONDENCE.)
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Brown, George T., Letterbooks and loose pages, 1898-1905
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Graham, Oscar R., 1890-1893 January
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Synopses, 1894 September-1896 May
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1894 May-September
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1894 September-1895 July
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1895 August-1896 January
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1896 January-1897 May
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New York, 1896 February-1897 October
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“Home use,” 1896 January-1897 January
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Ransom/Richard/Burgess New York letterbook, 1851-1854
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Subseries: Letterbooks of Related Companies : This section of the OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE incorporates miscellaneous correspondence of Singer's subsidiary corporations and companies taken over by Singer. These volumes are arranged alphabetically by company name and chronologically thereunder.
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Bourne & Co. Ltd. (South Africa), 1902 April-September : The correspondence of Bourne and Company, Ltd., Singer's South African subsidiary, 1902-1920, consists of outgoing correspondence of Douglas Alexander, C.C. Foster, Coleman, and E.W. Church. These letters are primarily routine acknowledgements and routine financial inquiries. The final item in the volume is a report concerning business conditions in the Middle East in 1920.
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Mathison Button Company (Boston), 1892? March-1894? May
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National Sewing Machine Company : The National Machine Company letters refer to a manufacturer of buttonhole machines which were mounted on Singer sewing machine heads and sold by Singer as the exclusive agent. The correspondence appears to relate almost entirely to the business this company did with Singer. Although the volumes may relate to two types of correspondence (one containing routine matters and the other containing letters of greater importance) the holdings are not sufficiently complete to establish the fact. As a result, the volumes are arranged together chronologically by beginning date.
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Vol. 1: , 1887 February-1888 March
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Vol. 2: , 1887 September-1889 March
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Vol. 3: , 1888 November-1899 April
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Vol. 4: , 1888 August-1899 December
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Vol. 5: , 1889 December-1890 September
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Vol. 6: , 1891 June-1892 December 2
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Vol. 7: , 1892 August-1893 August
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Vol. 8: , 1893 April-December
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Singer Sewing Machine Company, Management letters Vol. 1, 1903 June-1924 January : This volume of correspondence of the Singer Sewing Machine Company contains outgoing letters of Douglas Alexander, C.C. Foster, and Oscar Graham from the Singer office at New York to agents around the world and to other companies and individuals. Alexander signs these letters as president. The correspondence is weighted toward U.S. agents and primarily deals with prices, policies, shipments, and patents.
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Wheeler & Wilson : The Wheeler and Wilson Company correspondence consists of two volumes, 1905-1907, from the period after Singer had assumed control, together with one isolated volume from an earlier time. In the later volumes is outgoing correspondence of Douglas Alexander, circa Coleman, Oscar Graham, and C.C. Foster to Singer agents abroad, patent lawyers, and various other individuals and companies. Douglas Alexander signs these letters as president, with Coleman and Foster as secretary and Graham as treasurer of Wheeler and Wilson Company. The letters deal largely with patent and trademark matters, shipments, arrangements with agents abroad, and contracts with other companies.
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1873 November-1874 May
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1905 December-1906 July
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1906 July-1907 August
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Series: Incoming Correspondence : The INCOMING CORRESPONDENCE, which consists entirely of material received in Singer's New York offices, is divided into unbound letters, bound letterbooks, and a few miscellaneous items. The letterbooks exist only on microfilm. The bound and unbound sections of the incoming correspondence contain similar material, and there is no evidence from either external or internal sources to explain the existence of the two apparently parallel files.
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Subseries: Unbound correspondenceUnbound correspondence is subdivided into domestic and foreign files, with the domestic portion further subdivided into agency files and general files. The agency files are then arranged alphabetically by office name, with the majority of the files pertaining to central branches. For New York City, there are separate files on the City Agency, the County Agency, the Art Department of the City Agency, and the Manufacturers' Agency. In addition, this section contains correspondence from the Elizabethport and South Bend factories. (The latter also contains some material concerning the establishment of a factory at Cairo, Illinois.) For each agency the files document only the period from the 1880s to the early 1900s. In general, the correspondence of the 1880s deals with policy, while the later files concern more routine matters. (Weeded from the files were very routine correspondence concerning accounting, problems with individual machines, personnel matters, legal transfers, and office rentals; however, correspondence concerning personnel problems, general trade conditions, occasional labor difficulties, charitable contributions, salary increases, district boundary changes, sales statistics, local legal matters in which the company was involved, and legislation has been retained.) Unfortunately, material forwarded to the New York office (such as subagencies correspondence and reports) are generally not included. Taken as a whole, however, these files provide an excellent source for examining the domestic business climate in which Singer operated during the later part of the 19th century and the manner in which policy and fiscal information flowed within the corporate structure.
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Domestic : The unbound general domestic correspondence is arranged chronologically, and it covers the period 1851 to 1915 although the majority of the files cover the period from the late 1880s to the late 1890s. Although there is some overlap with other incoming correspondence elsewhere in the collection, the majority of these letters come from people who are not employees of the Singer Company.
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8
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1
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Albany, 1875-1888, 1895, 1897
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Folder
2-5
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Atlanta, 1875-1889, 1895, 1903-1904
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Baltimore
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8
Folder
6
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1851-1852, Office Account
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Box
8
Folder
7-8
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1875-1889, 1890, 1892
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Box
9
Folder
1-6
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1891-1898
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Boston
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Box
9
Folder
7-8
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1876, 1879-1885
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Box
10
Folder
1-5
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1886-1895
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Box
11
Folder
1-8
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1898-1904
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Box
12
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1-5
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Brooklyn, 1885-1894, 1896-1900
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Box
12
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6
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Cairo, 1882, 1886-1887
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Chicago
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Box
12
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7
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1867-1872, Property
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Box
12
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8-10
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1875-1886
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Box
13
Folder
1-7
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1887-1890
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Box
14
Folder
1-3
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1891-1892, III
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Box
15
Folder
1-7
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1892, IV-1894, III
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Box
16
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1-7
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1895-1896, II
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Box
17
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1-4
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1896, III-VI
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Box
17
Folder
5-7
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1897, I-III
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Box
18
Folder
1-2
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1897, IV-V
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Box
18
Folder
3-8
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1898-1899
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Box
19
Folder
1-5
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1900-1904
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Cincinnati
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Box
19
Folder
6-8
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1875-1892
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Box
20
Folder
1-8
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1893-1896
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Box
21
Folder
1-6
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1897-1901
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Box
21
Folder
7
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Dallas, 1886-1896
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Denver
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Box
21
Folder
8
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1880-1888
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Box
22
Folder
1-8
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1889-1894
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Box
23
Folder
1-7
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1895-1898, I
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Box
24
Folder
1
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1898, II
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Box
24
Folder
2-4
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1899-1901
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Box
24
Folder
5
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Detroit, 1876-1888, 1894
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Elizabethport
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Box
24
Folder
6-8
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1874, 1879-1885, Minutes
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Box
25
Folder
1-7
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1885-1892, I
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Box
26
Folder
1
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1892, II
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Box
26
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2-7
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1893-1895
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Box
27
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1-7
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1896-1897, I
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Box
28
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1-4
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1897, II
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Box
28
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5-6
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1898, I-II
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Box
29
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1-3
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1898, III-V
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Box
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4-7
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1899, I-IV
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1-2
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1899, V-VI
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3-6
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1900-1904
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30
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7
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Galveston, 1874-1896
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30
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8-9
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Houston, 1873
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Indianapolis
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31
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1-7
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1875-1897
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32
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1-4
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1898-1901
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32
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5
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Little Rock, 1880-1891
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32
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6
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Memphis, 1876
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Milwaukee
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32
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7-11
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1875-1892
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Box
33
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1-7
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1893-1898, I
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34
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1
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1898, II
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34
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2-5
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1899-1901
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34
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6
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Nashville, 1879-1890, 1895
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34
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7
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New Haven, 1880-1888
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New Orleans
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34
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8
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1875-1887
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Box
35
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1-8
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1888-1892, II
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36
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1-7
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1892, III-1896, I
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1-8
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1896, II-1904
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New York City
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1-9
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1884-1901
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1-2
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1890-1895, Art Department
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1895-1896, Weekly Lease Reports
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4-7
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1890-1901, Manufacturers Agency
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New York Country
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40
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1-7
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1888-1899, I
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1899, II-1900
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Newark, 1876
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Newburgh, 1880-1897
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Oakland, 1890
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Philadelphia
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41
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6-9
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1874-1892
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1-8
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1893-1898, I
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1-2
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1898, II-1904
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Pittsburgh
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3-9
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1879-1892
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1-9
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1893-1899
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45
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1
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1904
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Providence, 1883-1897
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Richmond
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1879-1891, I
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1891, II-1895, I
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1-8
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1895, II-1896 III
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1896, IV-1898
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1-8
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1899-1904
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Rochester
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1880-1885
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1886-1896, I
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1896, II-1898
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1895-1897, One Dollar Weekly Lease
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St. Louis Reports
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1875-1892, I
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1892, II-1896, II
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1896, III-1900
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1901
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2-3
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San Antonio, 1882-1897
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San Francisco
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4-8
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1880-1891
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1-7
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1892-1896
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1-4
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1898-1905
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South Bend
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57
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5-7
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1881-1890
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58
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1-5
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1891-1912
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58
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6
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Syracuse, 1889
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58
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Utica, 1880-1889
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58
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8
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Washington, D.C., 1881-1895
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Miscellaneous subagents' correspondence
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58
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9-11
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1873-1887
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59
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1-3
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1888-1900
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General Files
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59
Folder
4-5
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1851-1869
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60
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1-7
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1870-1880
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Box
61
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1-7
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1884-1885
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63
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1886
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1887-1888, III
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1888, IV-1890, II
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66
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1890, III-1891
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1892
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1893
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1-5
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1894, I-III
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70
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1-6
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1894, IV-1895
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71
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1895-1897, I
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72
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1897, II-1898
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73
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1-6
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1899-1903
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Box
74
Folder
1
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1904
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Box
74
Folder
2-6
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1904 World's Fair
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Box
75
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1-2
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1904 World's Fair, continued
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Box
75
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3
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1905-1914
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Box
75
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4
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Undated
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Foreign Correspondence : The unbound foreign correspondence is arranged alphabetically by country or city. These files contain not only letters from employees but also letters from a few individuals who were not Singer employees who happened to reside in the country in question. Also included is some correspondence to or from Singer executives while visiting abroad. The files vary considerably in extent and completeness, but they generally represent the far-flung Singer empire. Correspondence is often more interesting during the earlier years when the nature of overseas relationships were being developed. By the 1890s the files include many more routine matters, although the most routine of the letters (generally those containing information eventually posted in the financial records) have been weeded. The most extensively documented foreign agencies include Australia, Canada, Hamburg, Germany, Scotland, London, Russia, and Spain. There is some overlap between this section and the type of material within the foreign files in the LEGAL RECORDS.
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Amsterdam, 1882-1892
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2-5
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Argentina, 1879-1908
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Australia
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76
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6-10
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1880-1883
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Box
77
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1-7
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1884-1886
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78
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1-6
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1887-1894, II
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79
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1894, III-1909
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Belgium
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79
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10
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1881-1891
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80
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3
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1899-1909
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Brazil
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80
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4-6
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1883-1892
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1893
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Canada
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1864-1881
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81
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1882-1888
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82
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1
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82
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2-14
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1901-1904
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82
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16
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Chile, 1880-1886, 1904
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82
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17
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China (and Japan), 1884-1888
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82
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18
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Columbia, 1879-1888
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83
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1
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Cuba, 1863, 1880-1892
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83
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2
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Ecuador, 1879-1883
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83
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3
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Egypt, 1882-1898
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83
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4-10
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Geneva, 1880-1909
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Hamburg, Germany
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83
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11
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1874-1877
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84
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1-9
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1880-1892
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Box
85
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1-9
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1893-1895
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86
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1-4
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1896
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86
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5
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1896, Correspondence extracts
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87
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1-7
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1897-1899
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Box
88
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1-6
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1900-1909
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Box
88
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7
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Sample forms
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India
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88
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8
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1881-1883
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Box
89
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1-7
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1887-1909
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89
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8
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Dealers catalogues
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90
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1
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Ireland, 1880-1897
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90
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2-9
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Italy, 1860-1904
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Kilbowie (and Glasgow)
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90
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10-11
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1868-1880
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91
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1881-1883
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91
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4-7
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1884-1887
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Box
92
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1888-1899
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Box
93
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1
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Extracts, 1899
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93
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2-3
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1900
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93
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4
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List of cabinet work, 1900
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93
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1901
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93
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1902-1915
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93
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8
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Strike clippings, 1909
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London
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Correspondence and reports
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93
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9-10
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1870-1880
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94
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1881-1883, II
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95
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1883, III-1885
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95
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8
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, 1885 Financial reports
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96
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1886-1888
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97
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1889-1891
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98
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1892-1894, II
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99
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1-8
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1894, III-1896, II
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100
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1896, III-1898, II
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101
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1898, III
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101
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2
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101
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3-6
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1899
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101
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7
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1899, Form lb
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101
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8-13
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1900-1911
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102
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1-3
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1900-1902, Form lb
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102
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4-9
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Minutes, London Managing Committee, 1882-1887
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103
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1-4
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Sample forms
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198
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2
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Lists of branches in Great Britain and Ireland
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Mexico
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103
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5-9
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1879-1895
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104
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1896-1904
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104
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2
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Para, 1881-1893
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Paris
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104
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1854-1890
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105
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1891-1905
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Box
105
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6
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Philippines, 1887
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Russia (See also Hamburg)
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105
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1897-1907
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106
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1-2
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1908-1913, undated
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106
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South Africa, 1882-1905
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Spain
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106
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4-5
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1879-1891
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Box
106
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6
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, 1895 Agent information forms
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106
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7
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1898-1909
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Box
106
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8
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Venezuela, 1883-1894
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Box
107
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1-2
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Miscellaneous foreign correspondence
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107
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3
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Miscellaneous statistics for foreign activities
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Micro 2014
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Subseries: Bound Letterbooks : All of the bound correspondence within the INCOMING CORRESPONDENCE has been microfilmed, and the originals destroyed. Each volume was filmed in its original order, which was arrangement by date of receipt in New York City rather than the date on which the letter was written. As a result, many volumes contain overlapping coverage. Where indexes existed, they have been filmed preceding the volume to which they relate. These letterbooks are arranged into general and foreign sections.
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General : The general category contains letters received in New York during the period December, 1861 to 1879. Prior to March, 1869 the files contain letters from both foreign and domestic sources; after that date the foreign letters were separately filed. The general section contains letters from agents, offices, factories, and customers concerning orders, shipments, repairs, prices, employment, and other financial matters. Most letters are routine in content, but there are occasional items of greater interest such as activity reports from agents and employees, discussions of local business conditions, and offers of new inventions. A few scattered letters addressed specifically to Inslee Hopper and Edward Clark may be found in this section.
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Vol. 1: , 1861 December 31-1862 January 21
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Vol. 13: , 1863 January 5-February 16
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Vol. 14: , 1863 February 9-March 21
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Vol. 15: , 1863 March 11-April 29
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Vol. 22: , 1863 October 27-November 27
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Vol. 23: , 1863 November 23-December 18
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Vol. 25: , 1864 January 21-February 15
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Vol. 26: , 1864 February 6-March 8
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Vol. 27: , 1864 March 7-April 7
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Vol. 28: , 1864 April 5-25
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Vol. 29: , 1864 April 19-May 31
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Vol. 31: , 1864 June 24-July 23
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Vol. 32: , 1864 July 2-September 5
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Vol. 33: , 1864 July 24-October 8
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Vol. 34: , 1864 September 23-November 25
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Vol. 36: , 1864 October 26-1865 February 3
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Vol. 37: , 1865 February 1-March 13
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Vol. 38: , 1865 February 11-April 21
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Vol. 39: , 1865 April 22-May 17
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Vol. 40: , 1865 May 20-June 25
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Vol. 41: , 1865 June 22-July 29
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Vol. 42: , 1865 July 25-August 17
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Vol. 43: , 1865 July 29-September 8
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Vol. 44: , 1865 September 7-October 10
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Vol. 45: , 1865 October 13-November 4
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Vol. 46: , 1865 November 8-25
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Vol. 47: , 1865 November 25-December 12
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Vol. 48: , 1865 November 18-1866 January 10
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Vol. 49: , 1866 January 15-February 9
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Vol. 50: , 1866 February 10-March 6
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Vol. 51: , 1866 March 1-23
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Vol. 52: , 1866 March 20-April 18
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Vol. 53: , 1866 April 5-May 17
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Vol. 54: , 1866 May 12-June 9
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Vol. 55: , 1866 May 28-June 15
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Vol. 56: , 1866 June 20-July 23
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Vol. 57: , 1866 July 12-August 10
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Vol. 58: , 1866 August 10-September 8
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Vol. 59: , 1866 September 1-22
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Vol. 60: , 1866 September 20-October 18
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Vol. 61: , 1866 October 10-November 2
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Vol. 62: , 1866 October 22-November 26
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Vol. 63: , 1866 November 10-December 17
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Vol. 64: , 1866 December 15-1867 January 28
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Vol. 65: , 1866 November 24-1867 January 18
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Vol. 66: , 1867 February 11-18
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Vol. 67: , 1867 February 19-March 25
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Vol. 68: , 1867 March 25-April 24
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Vol. 69: , 1867 April 24-May 15
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Vol. 70: , 1867 May 11-June 4
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Vol. 71: , 1867 June 4- 27
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Vol. 75: , 1867 September 13-October 16
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Vol. 76: , 1867 October 17-26
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Vol. 77: , 1867 October 25-December 3
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Vol. 78: , 1867 December 3-23
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Vol. 79: , 1867 December 21-1868 January 13
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Vol. 80: , 1868 January 6-February 1
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Vol. 81: , 1868 February 3-28
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Vol. 82: , 1868 February 6-March 13
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Vol. 83: , 1868 March 12-7
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Vol. 84: , 1868 April 6-27
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Vol. 85: , 1868 April 13-May 26?
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Vol. 86: , 1868 May 9-June 16
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Vol. 88: , 1868 June 27-July 15
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Vol. 94: , 1868 October 28-November ?check
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Vol. 95: , 1868 November 20-December 15
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Vol. 96: , 1868 December 15-1869 January 8
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Vol. 97: , 1869 January 12-February 8
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Vol. 108: , 1869 April 3-September 20
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Vol. 156: , 1871 October 28-November 23
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Vol. 158: , 1871 November 18-December 22
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Vol. 159: , 1871 December 21-1872 January 8
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Vol. 180: , 1872 October 26-November 7
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Vol. 182: , 1872 November 29-December 16
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Vol. 198: , 1873 September 2-16 check Lees note
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Vol. 203: , 1873 November 25-December 2
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Vol. 204: , 1873 December 15-1874 January 5
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Vol. 205: , 1874 January 7-24
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Vol. 206: , 1874 January 23-February 14
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Vol. 207: , 1874 February 16-March 5
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Vol. 208: , 1874 March 7-14
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Vol. 209: , 1874 March 23-April 7
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Vol. 210: , 1874 April 6-21
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Vol. 211: , 1874 April 23-May 11
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Vol. 212: , 1874 May 9-26
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Vol. 213: , 1874 May 27-June 13
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Vol. 214: , 1874 June 12-July 2
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Vol. 215: , 1874 July 2-20
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Vol. 216: , 1874 July 16-August 7
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Vol. 217: , 1874 August 7-22
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Vol. 218: , 1874 August 18-September 10
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Vol. 219: , 1874 September 7-October 1
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Vol. 220: , 1874 September 28-October 17
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Vol. 223: , 1874 December 2-14
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Vol. 224: , 1874 December 17-1875 January 11
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Vol. 225: , 1875 January 7-27
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Vol. 226: , 1875 February 3-18
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Vol. 227: , 1875 February 20-March 13
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Vol. 228: , 1875 March 13-April 2
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Vol. 229: , 1875 March 31-April 21
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Vol. 230: , 1875 April 10-May 1
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Vol. 231: , 1875 May 10-May 16
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Vol. 232: , 1875 May 25-June 10
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Vol. 234: , 1875 June 26-July 13
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Vol. 235: , 1875 July 17-August 7
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Vol. 236: , 1875 August 7-26
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Vol. 237: , 1875 September 1-20
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Vol. 238: , 1875 September 20-October 2
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Vol. 239: , 1875 October 5-19
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Vol. 240: , 1875 October 12-November 8
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Vol. 241: , 1875 November 5-27
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Vol. 242: , 1875 November 29-December 15
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Vol. 243: , 1875 December 18-1876 January 5
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Vol. 244: , 1875 December 30-1876 January 19
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Vol. 245: , 1876 January 3-February 1
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Vol. 246: , 1876 January 21-February 11
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Vol. 247: , 1876 February 18-26
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Vol. 248: , 1876 March 4-21
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Vol. 249: , 1876 March 20-April 10
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Vol. 250: , 1876 April 8-27
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Vol. 251: , 1876 April 26-May 10
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Vol. 252: , 1876 April 24-May 27
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Vol. 253: , 1876 May 26-June 14
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Vol. 254: , 1876 June 11-22
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Vol. 255: , 1876 July 1-August 7
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Vol. 256: , 1876 August 7-21
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Vol. 257: , 1876 September 14-October 12
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Vol. 258: , 1876 October 12-November 14
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Vol. 259: , 1876 November 14-December 21
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Vol. 260: , 1876 December 19-1877 February 19
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241
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Vol. 261: , 1877 February 26-May 8
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242
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Vol. 262: , 1877 May 22-July 31
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243
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Vol. 263: , 1877 August 6-September 24
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Vol. 264: , 1877 October 1-November 24
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Vol. 265: , 1877 December 8-1878 February 4
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Vol. 266: , 1878 February 16-April 20
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Vol. 267: , 1878 April 26-July 10
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Vol. 268: , 1878 July 3-September 18
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Vol. 269: , 1878 September 28-November 30
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250
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Vol. 270: , 1878 December 5-1879 February 7
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Foreign : This section tends to be more detailed than the domestic correspondence. This correspondence often includes information on business conditions and local events such as trademark suits and the activities of competitors.
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Vol. 1: , 1869 March 8-November 22
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Vol. 2: , 1869 December 11-1870 September 6
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Vol. 3: , 1870 September 2-1871 April 4
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Vol. 4: , 1871 April 7-1872 April 6
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Vol. 5: , 1872 April 20-1873 March 8
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Vol. 6: , 1873 February 18?-1873 November 25
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Vol. 7: , 1873 December 10-1874 May 19
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258
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Vol. 9: , 1874 September 16-1875 February 8
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Vol. 10: , 1875 February 19-July 24
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Vol. 11: , 1875 July 31-December 6
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Vol. 12: , 1875 December 15-1876 April 27
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Vol. 13: , 1876 May 26-1877 January 13
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Vol. 14: , 1876 December 23-1878 March 19
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264
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Vol. 15: , 1878 April 3-May 14
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Miscellaneous Volumes : This section of the INCOMING CORRESPONDENCE consists of several special volumes of letters addressed to George McKenzie; a volume of letters addressed to L.B. Miller, the superintendent of the Elizabethport factory; and a volume of letters written by George E. Bacon while he was engaged in work as a traveling examiner for the company. Within McKenzie's material the third volume contains many letters written to him by J.W. Seymour, who appears to have been a traveling examiner for the company before this position was formally established by the company. Seymour's letters have been collected to reconstruct the letterbooks in which they were originally written.
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284
Frame 1
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G.E. Bacon, 1874-1876
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284
Frame 183
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Supt. L.B. Miller, 1881-1884
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McKenzie letterbooks
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284
Frame
421
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1874-1876
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284
Frame
684
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1876-1877
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Seymour, J.W., Jr.
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285
Frame
1
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1878-1879 August
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285
Frame
301
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Loose pages from four letterbooks, 1879-1880
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Series: Advertising and PublicationsThis section consists of bound records, which are available only on microfilm, and four boxes of loose advertising material and company publications. The loose materials are an artificial (and very incomplete) series of items selected from locations throughout the collection either because of their visual quality or because the material had been published. Included are advertising brochures, price lists, examples of early Singer logos and symbols, drawings of Singer buildings, examples of advertising and letterheads issued by competitors and by illegal users of the Singer name, publications issued for their salesmen by several Singer branches, examples of sewing and artwork produced by various Singer machines, instructions (including a sheet pertaining to use of Singer's 1851 machine), photographic portraits of salesmen (circa 1895), blank forms used by the company, and duplicate copies of some forms retained for exhibit purposes. The nine microfilmed volumes of advertising correspondence consist of letters from agents, newspapers, journals, publishers, and printers to Singer executive offices concerning the terms available for advertising space and proposals for advertisements. Also included are copies of agreements on costs. The nine microfilmed volumes of advertising correspondence consist of letters from agents, newspapers, journals, publishers, and printers to Singer executive offices concerning the terms available for advertising space and proposals for advertisements. Also included are copies of agreements on costs.
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Subseries: Bound Records
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265
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1868 April 20-October 15
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266
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1868 June 8-1869 January 13
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267
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1869 October 2-April 21
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1870 April 30-October 28
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1870 December 24-1871 July 19
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270
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1871 July 15-1872 May 22
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271
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1872 September 27-1873 November 12
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272
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1874 December 9-1875 November 2
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273
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1874 August 29-1876 June 1
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U.S. Mss AI
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Subseries: Loose Material
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Box
108
Folder
1
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British exhibit, 1887
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Box
108
Folder
2
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Broadsides
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Box
198
Folder
3
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Oversize
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Box
108
Folder
3
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Brochures and price lists
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Box
108
Folder
4
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Brochures for special machines
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Box
108
Folder
5
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Catalogue for machines for manufacturers, 1896
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Box
108
Folder
6
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Checks and Singer logos and symbols
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Box
108
Folder
7
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Competitors' letterheads
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Box
108
Folder
8-9
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Competitors' and users of Singer name, Advertising and publicity
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Box
108
Folder
10
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Delinquent Department Register, 1891
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Box
109
Folder
1-2
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Directories of central agencies and offices, 1901-1906
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Box
109
Folder
3
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Exhibit material and duplicate items
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Box
204
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Artifacts not wanted by museum
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Box
198
Folder
4
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Export agency ads
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Forms, 1861-1901, undated
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Box
109
Folder
4
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Bonds and Agreements
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Box
109
Folder
5
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Canvassing salesmen agreements
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Box
109
Folder
6
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Chattel mortgages
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Box
109
Folder
7
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Collecting and selling
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109
Folder
8
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Contracts
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Box
109
Folder
9
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Agreements for hiring
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Box
109
Folder
10
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Instructions and rules
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Box
109
Folder
11
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Leases
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Box
109
Folder
12
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Letters
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Box
109
Folder
13
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Orders and sales slips
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Box
109
Folder
14
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Reports, statements, and summaries of results
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Box
109
Folder
15
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Miscellany
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110
Folder
1
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Instructions, 1851-1897
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Box
110
Folder
2
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Miscellaneous advertising for Singer
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Box
110
Folder
3
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Miscellaneous publications by Singer Company
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Salesmen
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Newsletters
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Box
110
Folder
4
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Miscellaneous newsletters
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Box
110
Folder
5
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Chicago Saturday Review, 1889-1891
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Box
110
Folder
6
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Chicago Skirmish Line, 1890-1891
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Box
110
Folder
7
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Chicago Weekly Hustler, 1891
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Box
110
Folder
8
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Chicago miscellany
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Box
110
Folder
9
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Cincinnati Review, 1891
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Box
110
Folder
10
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Pittsburgh Record, 1890
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Box
110
Folder
11
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St. Louis Salesman, 1889-1891
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Box
110
Folder
12
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Salesmen's rules and miscellaneous publications
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Box
198
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5
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Oversize material
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Box
198
Folder
6
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Miscellaneous district maps
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Box
110
Folder
13
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Sewing machine products and services
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Box
110
Folder
14
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Sewing samples
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Box
110
Folder
15
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Singer Company buildings
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Box
110
Folder
16
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Thread
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Box
110
Folder
17
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World's Fair exhibit, 1904
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Box
198
Folder
1
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Exhibit booth blueprint
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Series: Subject Files : These files, which include correspondence, reports, and documents of many types, are arranged alphabetically by topic. Included are application for positions letters, circular letters, examiners' reports, letter register, traveling notebooks, and war loss files.
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Subseries: Application Letters
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Box
110
Folder
18-19
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1896
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111
Folder
1-3
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1897-1899
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Subseries: Circular letters : The Circular Letters are mimeographed form letters sent by the New York office to the company's agents and local offices concerning policies and procedures. They cover the period from 1882 to 1904 and are arranged chronologically and sometimes numerically thereunder. Also included are similar files of circular letters issued by several branches for the years 1895, 1898, and 1900, all arranged alphabetically by branch. This section also includes a file, 1893-1901, of replies from local representatives.
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112
Folder
1-7
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1872-1894, New York circular
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1895
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113
Folder
1
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New York
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113
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2-5
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Branch circulars
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113
Folder
6
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1896-1900, New York circulars
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114
Folder
1-6
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1896, Branch circulars
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1898
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114
Folder
7
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Baltimore-Chicago
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115
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1-4
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Cincinnati-San Francisco
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115
Folder
5-6
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1900, Branch circulars
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1901-1904, New York circulars
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Box
115
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7
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Index
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115
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8-10
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Circulars
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Replies to circular letters
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116
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1-6
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1880-1897, I
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117
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1-6
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1897, II-1899, 1901
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Subseries: Examiners' Reports : The Examiners' Reports consist of chronologically-arranged narrative reports, 1881-1891, from travelling representatives concerning accounting and operational conditions and problems at various branches and factories.
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118
Folder
1-7
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1881-1886
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119
Folder
1-6
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1887-1888
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120
Folder
1-5
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1888
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121
Folder
1-6
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1890-1891
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122
Folder
1-6
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1891
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123
Folder
1-6
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1894
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124
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1-6
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1895
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125
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1-7
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1896
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126
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1-6
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1897
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127
Folder
1-6
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1897
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128
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1-7
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1898
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129
Folder
1-4
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1900
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Subseries: Letter Registers : The Letter Registers are an incomplete run of volumes in which correspondence (primarily concerning orders) was logged. In the register is the letter number, correspondent, subject, and remittance amount; the 1878 volumes contain summaries of orders. The correspondence to which these volumes refer appears not to have been received by the Historical Society.
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131
Folder
1
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1878 January-May
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131
Folder
2
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1878 May-November
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Box
130
Folder
1
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Register #14, 1900, February-1901 March
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Box
130
Folder
2
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Register [#16], 1902 September-1904 May
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Box
130
Folder
3
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Register #17, 1904 May-1907 April
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Subseries: Traveling Notebooks : The Traveling Notebooks contain notations made by Singer executives while visiting various European branches during the early twentieth century. Although the writer or writers of this material is not identified, the office referred to is clearly indicated.
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131
Folder
3-6
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1898-1906
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Box
132
Folder
1-4
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1908-1928
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Box
132
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5
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Undated
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Box
132
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6
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Legal and financial notes, 1910-1938
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Subseries: War Loss Files : The War Loss Files constitute the large quantity of twentieth century documentation in the collection. These records document Singer's interests in Central Europe during the 1930s and 1940s, in Russia prior to and immediately following the Bolshevik Revolution, and in Japan and Germany during World War II. The provenance of these files is uncertain, but it is presumed they were used in attempts to recoup company losses as a result of wars and nationalization. The papers detail the political and economic situation of each nation at the time of the losses, and they are arranged alphabetically by country or geographic area. Substantial portions of the papers included with the Czech and Eastern European categories appear to be files which were originally part of the complicated recordkeeping system of the Paris Supervisory Office, which had significant responsibilities for local European agencies. These files were apparently transported to New York for use in the war claims litigation. The war losses files also include three folders of architectural drawings, elevations, and blueprints for construction and remodeling of company facilities in Prague, Warsaw, and Riga. Evidence suggests these files may also have been part of the Paris Supervisory Office files.
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Czechoslovakia Files : The Czechoslovakian Files, which consist of correspondence, legal records, and financial records, are subdivided into Paris and New York sections, with the former arranged into pre- and post-war categories. Within each category the material is arranged by file number. The pre-war records on the Singer Manufacturing Company's agency in Prague are dominated by the 1938 transfer of Sudeten territories to German control, annexation of the remaining Bohemia-Moravia provinces by Germany in 1939, and the transfer of Slovakia to Hungary. Three files of correspondence and legal material relate to the Aryan verifications to which the directors of the Prague agency had to submit and to the ways in which normal business was disrupted while other aspects of the business continued normally. The post-war Czech files document Singer's difficulties in a period of political upheaval with operations of some kind continuing despite nationalization. Correspondents of this period regularly complain about new laws that created work and employee councils, supply problems, and controls on capital.
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Paris Office Files
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Pre-War Files
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Box
133
Folder
1
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A-41, Sales records and agency accounts, 1938-1939
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Box
133
Folder
2
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A-41a, Cession of territories, 1938-1939
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Box
133
Folder
3
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A-71, Year-end statements and inventories, 1938-1941
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Box
133
Folder
4
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A-168, Miscellaneous invoices, inventories, and estimates, 1938-1939
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Box
133
Folder
5
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A-231, Inventory and non-moving stocks, 1938
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Box
133
Folder
6
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G-7, Trademark and patent business, 1938-1939
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Box
133
Folder
7
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G-18, Transfers, deliveries, and complaints, 1937-1939
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Box
133
Folder
8
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G-33, Re-organisation of agency, 1938-1939
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Box
133
Folder
9-11
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G-33a, Transfer of Sudeten Territory to Germany, Hungary, and Poland, 1938-1939
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Box
133
Folder
12
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G-55, Insurance, 1938-1939
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Box
134
Folder
1
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G-64, Audits, 1938-1939
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Box
134
Folder
2
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G-llla, Relations with Bata Shoe Company, 1938-1939
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Box
134
Folder
3
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G-169, Real estate management, 1938-1939
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Box
134
Folder
4-6
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G-204, Orders and shipments, 1938-1939
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Box
134
Folder
7
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G-390, Singer service repairs, 1938-1939
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Box
134
Folder
8
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G-390a, Singer service reports, 1937-1939
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Box
134
Folder
9
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S-57, Competition, 1938-1939
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Box
134
Folder
10
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S-66, Income taxes, 1937-1940
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Box
134
Folder
11
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S-81, Prices and credit policies, 1938-1939
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Box
134
Folder
12
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S-98, Legal matters, 1938-1939
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Post-war files
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Box
135
Folder
1-2
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A-6, Bookkeeping, reports, and remittances, 1947-1953
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Box
135
Folder
3
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G-61, Organization, 1947-1951
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Box
135
Folder
4
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G-62, Audits, 1947-1950
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Box
135
Folder
5
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G-63, Orders, shipments, and stocks, 1947-1954
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Box
135
Folder
6
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G-64, Manufacturing Trade Department, 1947-1949
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Box
135
Folder
7
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G-65, Parts, needles, and accessories repairs, 1948, 1954
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Box
135
Folder
8
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G-66, Trademarks and patents, 1947-1955
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Box
135
Folder
9
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G-67, Buildings, 1947-1952
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Box
135
Folder
10
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S-60, Prices and sales conditions, 1947-1950
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Box
135
Folder
11-12
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S-62, Staff correspondence, 1947-1955
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Miscellaneous correspondence
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Box
135
Folder
13-14
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1940-1944
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Box
136
Folder
1-2
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1945-1954
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New York Office Files
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Box
136
Folder
3
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Plans for new purchases of real estate, 1940
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Box
136
Folder
4,7
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Miscellaneous correspondence, 1940-1941, 1951-1962
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Box
136
Folder
5
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Correspondence of O. Myslik, (vice president), 1945
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Box
136
Folder
6
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Prague real estate, 1946-1951
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Eastern Europe Files : The files on Eastern Europe are the most thorough of the war loss materials. These files encompass Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland, all countries in which Singer had opened agencies following World War I. In 1937 the Baltic countries were annexed by the Soviet Union, all industry was nationalized, and Singer was deprived of its assets and bank deposits. These records include voluminous correspondence between Singer and their managers in Eastern Europe which describe political and financial conditions. A large number of folders contain information used in claims filed against the Soviet Union. The Eastern European files are divided into files originally created in Paris and New York City.
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Paris Office Files : The Paris files appear to be part of the same complex filing system reflected in the Czech materials described above. These files are arranged by file number and are followed by several folders of financial reports. Taken together, the Paris files contain extensive general correspondence and detailed information on financial losses. The folders entitled “Organization” best describes the political situation and its effect on normal operating procedures.
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Box
137
Folder
1
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A-16, Estonian miscellany, 1940
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Box
137
Folder
2
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A-29, Bookkeeping, reports, and remittances, 1947-1950
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Box
137
Folder
3
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A-47, Estonian comments and instructions on return statistics, 1937-1940
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Box
137
Folder
4
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A-53, Latvian comments and instructions on return statistics, 1938-1940
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Box
137
Folder
5
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A-54, Lithuania comments and instructions on return statistics, 1939
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Box
137
Folder
6
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A-77, Estonian inventories and final reports, 1937-1940
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Box
137
Folder
7
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A-83, Latvian inventories and final reports, 1938-1940
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Box
137
Folder
8
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A-84, Lithuanian inventories and final reports, 1937-1940
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Box
137
Folder
9
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A-87, Polish inventories and final reports, 1938-1940
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Box
137
Folder
10
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A-98, Estonian stock debts and credit notes, 1938-1940
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Box
137
Folder
11
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A-117, Estonian remittances, 1938-1940
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Box
137
Folder
12
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A-123, Latvian remittances, 1938-1940
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Box
137
Folder
13
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A-124, Lithuanian remittances, 1938-1940
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Box
137
Folder
14
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A-178, Latvian stock debts and credit notes, 1938-1940
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Box
137
Folder
15
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A-197, Lithuanian invoice returns, 1938-1939
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Box
137
Folder
16
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E-15, Lithuanian general correspondence, 1935-1940
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Box
137
Folder
17
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G-9, Lithuanian audits, 1938-1939
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Box
138
Folder
1-3
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G-26, Polish audits, 1938-1939
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Box
138
Folder
4
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G-67, Estonian insurance, 1938-1939
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Box
138
Folder
5
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G-84, Latvian organization, 1938-1940
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Box
138
Folder
6
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G-91, Lithuanian transfers, deliveries, and complaints, 1938-1939
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Box
138
Folder
7-8
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G-117, Poland, Manufacturing Trade Department, 1938-1939
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Box
138
Folder
9
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G-161, Polish correspondence, 1938-1939
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Box
138
Folder
10
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G-166, Latvian trademarks and patents, 1938-1940
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Box
139
Folder
1-2
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G-174, Lithuanian organization, 1938-1940
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Box
139
Folder
3
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G-175, Estonian organization, 1940
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Box
139
Folder
4
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G-188, Estonian audits, 1938-1939
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Box
139
Folder
5
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G-199, Lithuanian trademarks and patents, 1938-1939
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Box
139
Folder
6
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G-207, Estonian orders and shipments, 1938-1940
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Box
139
Folder
7
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G-213, Latvian documents, 1923-1936
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Box
139
Folder
8-9
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G-213, Latvian orders and shipment, 1938-1940
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Box
140
Folder
1
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G-216, Polish orders and shipments, 1938-1939
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Box
140
Folder
2
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G-230, Estonian trademarks and patents, 1938-1940
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Box
140
Folder
3
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G-240, Latvian audits, 1938-1939
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Box
140
Folder
4
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G-245, Latvian canvassing cars, 1938-1939
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Box
140
Folder
5
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G-256, Lithuanian orders and shipments, 1938-1940
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Box
140
Folder
6
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G-284, Estonian canvassing cars, 1938-1939
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Box
140
Folder
7
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G-287, Estonian service reports, 1938-1939
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Box
140
Folder
8
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G-290, Poland, General, 1948
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Box
140
Folder
9
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G-291, Polish organization, 1948-1950
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Box
140
Folder
10
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G-292, Polish audits, 1948
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Box
140
Folder
11
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G-293, Polish orders and shipments, 1947-1950
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Box
140
Folder
12
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G-296, Polish trademarks and patents, 1947-1953
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Box
140
Folder
13
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G-297, Polish buildings, 1947-1953
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Box
140
Folder
14
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G-359, Lithuanian canvassing cars, 1938-1939
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Box
140
Folder
15
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G-361, Latvian business reports, 1940
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Box
140
Folder
16
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G-368, Latvian service reports, 1938-1939
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Box
140
Folder
17
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G-369, Lithuanian service reports, 1938-1940
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Box
140
Folder
18
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G-389, Latvia, Building in Riga, 1938-1939
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Box
140
Folder
19
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M-46, Estonia, Sundry goods for resale, 1938-1940
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Box
140
Folder
20
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M-59, Latvia, Thread and twist, 1938-1940
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Box
140
Folder
21
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M-68, Estonia, Thread and twist, 1938-1940
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Box
140
Folder
22
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M-71, Lithuania, Thread & twist, 1938-1940
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Box
140
Folder
23
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M-164, Latvia, Sundry goods for resale, 1938-1940
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Box
140
Folder
24
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M-184, Poland, Printed material, 1939
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Box
141
Folder
1
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M-184, Poland, Printed material, 1939, continued
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Box
141
Folder
2-5
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S-16, Lithuania, Legal correspondence, 1938-1940
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Box
141
Folder
6
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S-19, Lithuanian taxes, 1938-1940
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Box
141
Folder
7
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S-31, Lithuanian staff, 1938-1939
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Box
141
Folder
8
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S-32, Lithuanian competition, 1938-1939
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Box
141
Folder
9-10
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S-40, Latvian competition, 1938-1940
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Box
141
Folder
11
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S-43, Estonia, Prices and credit conditions, 1938-1940
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Box
142
Folder
1
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S-54, Lithuania, Prices and credit conditions, 1938-1940
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Box
142
Folder
2
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S-58, Polish staff, 1940
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Box
142
Folder
3
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S-60, Estonian competition, 1938-1940
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Box
142
Folder
4
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S-73, Latvia, Prices and credit conditions, 1938-1939
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Box
142
Folder
5
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S-78, Poland, Prices and credit conditions, 1938-1939
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Box
142
Folder
6
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S-83, Latvian taxes, 1938-1940
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Box
142
Folder
7
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S-113, Polish competition, 1938-1939
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Box
142
Folder
8
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S-124, Estonian taxes, 1938-1940
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Box
142
Folder
9
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S-139, Estonia, Legal correspondence, 1938-1939
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Box
142
Folder
10
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S-154, Latvia, Legal correspondence, 1938-1939
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Box
142
Folder
11
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S-290, Poland, Prices and sales conditions, 1947-1949
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Box
142
Folder
12
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S-293, Poland, Legal correspondence, 1947-1949
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Reports
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Box
142
Folder
13-14
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Estonia, 1938-1940
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Box
142
Folder
15-16
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Latvia, 1938-1939
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Box
142
Folder
17-19
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Lithuania, 1938-1940
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New York Office Files : The New York City portion of these files is further divided into two parts. The first, which is arranged by country, contains information received in the president's office, a large portion of which deals with Poland and the status and use of Singer property there. The second part contains general correspondence concerning the Eastern European situation, as well as a file of President Lightner's correspondence with the U.S. State Department, 1940-1944.
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Estonia
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Box
143
Folder
1
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Legal correspondence, 1927-1931, undated
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Box
143
Folder
2
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General correspondence, 1939-1941
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Box
143
Folder
3
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Registration, 1928, 1939-1940
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Box
143
Folder
4
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Sales merchandise, 1939-1940
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Latvia
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Box
143
Folder
5
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General correspondence, 1940-1941
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Box
143
Folder
6
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Government control, 1940
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Box
143
Folder
7
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Powers of attorney, 1938
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Box
143
Folder
8
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Premises, 1934-1939
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Box
143
Folder
9
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Reports, 1939-1940
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Lithuania
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Box
143
Folder
10
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General correspondence, 1939-1940
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Box
143
Folder
11
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Nationalization, undated
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Box
143
Folder
12
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Powers of attorney, 1929, undated
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Box
143
Folder
13
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Registration, 1920-1939
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Box
143
Folder
14
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Reports, 1940
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Box
143
Folder
15
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Sales expenses, 1940
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Poland
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Claims
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Box
143
Folder
16-20
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1940-1961
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Box
144
Folder
1
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1962-1963
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Box
144
Folder
2
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Correspondence, 1924-1947
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Box
144
Folder
3
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Educational courses, 1930
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Box
144
Folder
4
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Exchange rates, 1962
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Box
144
Folder
5-7
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Financial correspondence, 1948-1950
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Box
144
Folder
8
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Food parcels, 1948-1949
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Box
144
Folder
9
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General, 1958-1963
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Box
144
Folder
10
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Handlowy, 1938
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Box
144
Folder
11-12
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Nationalization, 1947-1960
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Box
144
Folder
13
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Power of attorney, 1929
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Box
144
Folder
14
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Profit and loss, 1948-1950
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Box
145
Folder
1
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Registration, 1934-1937
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Box
145
Folder
2
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Sales to schools, 1930-1931
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Box
145
Folder
3-4
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Settlements, 1921-1931
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Box
145
Folder
5-6
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Staff, 1946-1949
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Box
145
Folder
7
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Status, 1919-1948
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Box
145
Folder
8
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Taxes, 1938
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Box
145
Folder
9
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Trademarks and patents, 1929-1938
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Box
145
Folder
10
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General correspondence, 1953-1963
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Box
145
Folder
11
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M.G. Lightner file, 1940-1944
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Box
203
Folder
1
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Architectural drawings, elevations, and blueprints from Czechoslovakia (file 14), Poland (file 25), and Riga (file 31), 1927-1935
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Box
203
Folder
2
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Map of Wittenberge property (Mittel Breese and Klein-Breese), circa 1905
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Germany : The German files are separated into pre- and post-war files. The pre-war folders contain business, financial, and legal correspondence. The post-war folders also contain business correspondence not only concerning losses in East Germany, but also concerning conditions in West Germany where operations were renewed. These files mention problems with de-Nazification of former Singer executives; regaining control of Singer property from Allied forces; and repairing, retooling and resupplying for new production. Also included is information on restructuring of the German subsidiary company, sales records, and corporate reviews. Especially descriptive here is a 38-page memorial to the Secretary of State concerning Singer losses in Germany. The three folders entitled “Wittenberg” chronicle the Soviet seizure of Singer's factory in the Soviet zone at which time Singer lost securities in Berlin banks as well as machinery in the factory which was dismantled and sent to the USSR.
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Pre-War files
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Box
145
Folder
12
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Business correspondence, 1938-1940
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Financial records
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Box
145
Folder
13
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1938
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Box
146
Folder
1
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1939
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Box
146
Folder
2
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Interest accounts, 1900-1939
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Box
146
Folder
3
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Legal records, 1922-1940
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Box
146
Folder
4
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General correspondence, 1942-1945
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Box
146
Folder
5-8
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Business correspondence, 1945-1963
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Correspondence with U.S. officials
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Box
146
Folder
9
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1945
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Box
147
Folder
1
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1946
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Box
147
Folder
2
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Corporation review reports, 1948-1949
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Box
147
Folder
3
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Decontrol of property, 1948
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Box
147
Folder
4
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Financial records, 1938-1945
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Box
147
Folder
5
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Financial losses, 1945
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Box
147
Folder
6
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Real estate records,
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Box
147
Folder
7
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Sales records, 1946-1947
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Box
147
Folder
8
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Settlement claim, 1960
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Box
147
Folder
9-11
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Wittenberg, 1945-1948
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Japan : The Japanese files contain correspondence, legal exhibits, and files on losses in Japan and Japanese-occupied territories. With the exhibits are inventories of parts and machines.
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Correspondence
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Box
148
Folder
1-8
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1939-1952
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Box
149
Folder
1-3
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1953-1954
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Exhibits for claim
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Box
149
Folder
4
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Allied Powers Property Compensation Law, 1952-1953
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Box
151
Folder
1-2
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General material, 1941-1953
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Information and inventory report
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Box
151
Folder
3
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1941
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Box
150
Folder
1
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1947
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Machines
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Box
151
Folder
4
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Pre-war
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Box
151
Folder
5
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1942, Kobe, Osaka, Tokyo, Yokohama
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Needle stock
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Box
151
Folder
6
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Pre-war file
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Box
151
Folder
7
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1942, Osaka, Tokyo, Yokohama
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Parts stock
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Box
151
Folder
8
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Pre-war file
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Box
151
Folder
9-10
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1942, Kobe, Osaka, Tokyo, Yokohama
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Claims for Japanese-occupied territories
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Box
152
Folder
1-2
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China, 1923-1961
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Box
152
Folder
3-4
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Djakarta, 1946-1948
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Box
152
Folder
5
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Hong Kong, 1942-1953
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Box
152
Folder
6
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India, 1942-1953
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Box
152
Folder
7
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Korea, 1947-1948
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Malaya
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Box
152
Folder
8-10
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1941-1949
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Box
153
Folder
1-6
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1950-1959
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Box
153
Folder
7-9
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Philippines, 1947-1957
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Box
153
Folder
10-11
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Siam, 1946-1949
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Singapore
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Box
153
Folder
12
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1941-1948
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Box
154
Folder
1-5
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1951-1958
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Box
154
Folder
6-7
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Thailand, 1946-1948
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Box
154
Folder
8-9
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War loss recovery, 1947-1963
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Russia : Papers concerning Singer's losses following the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in the Soviet Union are separated into four categories: affidavits used in legal proceedings, other legal material, research used to supplement the legal documents, and general materials concerning company operations in Russia during the pre-Revolutionary era. The affidavits are from the period 1915 to 1930 and include letters from former employees, managers, and auditors explaining the situation at the time of the Bolshevik seizure of the Singer assets. The legal material contains one large folder of statements and exhibits. These statements address actions which precipitated the claim and contain descriptions of the property and the assessed value of properties and bank deposits. The research material consists of information used in preparing the case before the Foreign Claims Commission in 1959. Also located here is financial information concerning the construction of the factory in Podolsk in 1902, some general correspondence, and a log detailing of the history of Singer operations in the USSR. The final category contains background material on the formation of the Russian subsidiary in 1897, by-laws, 1917 demands of the workers, and correspondence concerning the Foreign Claims Commission in 1959 and after. Miscellaneous correspondence in this section, which is largely in Russian, was written by former employees during the 1920s. It discusses working conditions and the decreasing company success in Eastern Europe. Translations of some of the Russian materials are included.
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Affidavits
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Box
155
Folder
1
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Affidavits and correspondence regarding 1915 seizure
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Box
155
Folder
2-3
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Affidavits, 1921, 1930
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Box
155
Folder
4
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Affidavits of C.C. Foster, 1930
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Box
156
Folder
1
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Legal, statement and exhibits of claim against USSR
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Research
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Box
155
Folder
5
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Balance sheets, reports, and estimates, 1911-1916
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Box
155
Folder
6
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Russian bonds and bank deposit losses, undated
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Box
155
Folder
7
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Cash outlays for Podolsk, 1900-1902
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Box
155
Folder
8-10
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European trip documents, 1897-1933
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Box
157
Folder
1
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Final financial reports, 1912-1913
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Box
157
Folder
2
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Financial miscellany, 1914-1919
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Box
157
Folder
3
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Data for Foreign Claim Settlement Commission, 1958-1959
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Box
157
Folder
4
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Constantinople office, 1918-1919
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Box
157
Folder
5
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Miscellaneous material “not used for affidivits,” undated
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General
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Box
157
Folder
6
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Formation of Russian subsidiary, undated
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Box
157
Folder
7
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By-laws and translation, 1909
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Box
157
Folder
8
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Demands of the All-Russian Conference of Delegates, 1917
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Box
157
Folder
9
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Blueprint of factory and timberlands, 1913
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Correspondence
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Box
157
Folder
10-12
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1918-1958
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Box
158
Folder
1-3
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1959-1964
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Box
158
Folder
4
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Miscellany, 1921-1922, undated
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Spain : The Spanish files contain correspondence and reports on losses during the Spanish Civil War. Included are descriptions of fighting, arrests of Singer management, and damage to stock. The reports section is divided into reports received in the New York and Paris offices; both include detailed financial information.
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Correspondence, 1936-1953
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Series: Legal RecordsFiled here are correspondence, legal documents, and patent files, with the correspondence further subdivided into bound and unbound categories. The difference between the bound and unbound legal correspondence is unclear, however. The general domestic correspondence within the INCOMING CORRESPONDENCE contains some references to legal and patent matters which should also be consulted by researchers interested in Singer's legal history. The material originally in the bound volumes is available only on microfilm. The filmed outgoing correspondence covers the periods 1866 to 1879 and 1885 to 1892. Filed here are letters from John Crow, S.A. Bennett, and Mark Dunnell to other attorneys, Singer factories (especially the Elizabethport patent department), and agents. These volumes are described below by period. John Crow, 1866-1868 : This section consists of letters to Singer's U.S. agents, customers, insurance companies, and other individuals, regarding overdue accounts, rent for Singer properties, location of deeds, errors in weekly reports of agents (usually missing funds, etc.), local laws, powers of attorney, and prosecution of law suits. It is possible these are not records of Singer's Law Department, as there is little evidence of patent litigation in them, and patent litigation is the main concern of later volumes which are clearly marked “Law Dept.” S.A. Bennett and Mark Dunnell, 1885-1892 : This section consists of letters to Singer agents, factories (especially Elizabethport), law firms, lawyers, inventors, insurance companies, the commissioner of patents, and others regarding registration of new patents, patent infringement suits, solicitation of new inventions, management of Singer properties (leases, mortgages, rent, etc.), and powers of attorney. By 1890, Dunnell had taken responsibility for these matters with the help of Edgar Davidson, both of whom sign for S.A. Bennett throughout the series. Construction letters, 1898-1906 : This section consists of outgoing correspondence of Dunnell and Charles Miller (company secretary) to building contractors, suppliers of building materials, building inspectors, renters, and suppliers of coal, regarding construction, and lease of Singer properties in New York.
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Unbound : The unfilmed, unbound legal correspondence consists of foreign and domestic letters dating from the 1890s, with the foreign correspondence being made up primarily of letters from the London solicitor Gilbert Wansbrough.
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1867-1896, I
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Incoming : The microfilmed incoming legal letterbooks consists of ten volumes covering the period from 1866 to 1880. They include letters from domestic and foreign agents, offices, factories, customers, competitors, and attorneys concerning legal matters. Typical topics include outstanding debts, correspondence with debtors, errors in business reports, damage claims, patent infringements, and Singer property and leases. The majority of these letters are addressed to the corporate office in New York City, although a few items are personally addressed to John Crow and S.A. Bennett.
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Vol. [1]: , 1866 May 26-1868 April 29
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Vol. 2: , 1868 April 9-1870 February 28
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Vol. [3]: , 1870 January 24-July 20
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Vol. 4: , 1870 July 20-May 15
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Vol. 5: , 1871 May 13-July 10
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Vol. [6]: , 1872 July 13-1873 December 31
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Vol. [7]: , 1874 January 2-1875 August 18
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Vol. 8: , 1875 August 19-1877 July 3
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Vol. [9]: , 1877 July 3-1879 August 29
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Vol. 10: , 1879 January 25-1880 July 29
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Vol. 6: , 1873 October-1874 November
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Vol. 7: , 1874 November-1876 September
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Vol. [8]: , 1876 September-1877 November
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Vol. 16: , 1884 February-1885 July
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Vol. [23]: , 1891 December-1892 November
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Subseries: Legal Documents : The legal documents file is a chronological arrangement of agreements, contracts, indentures, mortgages, some financial papers, and other legal material. Also included within the file are several handwritten transcripts of court proceedings related to patent litigation. The most extensive of these are transcripts of the 1896 Wamsley suit.
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1846-1855
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1860, Singer and Clarke vs. Walmsley
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Volumes 279-282
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Volumes 283-285
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Volumes 286-288
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Volumes 289-291
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Volumes 292-294
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1860-1866, I
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1866, II-1869
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1869, II-1879
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Subseries: Patent Files : The patent files, which are probably only a small portion of the reference materials of this type which once existed in company hands, consist of information on sewing machine patents held by Singer and its competitors. These records are arranged by patent number. Oversize materials such as patent drawings are filed in a parallel sequence. One additional box that has been arranged here contains letters of agreement, correspondence, and reports of returned machines prepared by George Gifford, receiver for the sewing machine patent combination. The agreements identify companies licensed to manufacture sewing machines under patents held by Singer, Wheeler & Wilcox, Grover & Baker, and John Bachelder, and the return forms detail all machines returned at the expiration of the license.
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Miscellaneous patent finding aids
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Patent index (Guarantees & defenses, 1-115), 1871-1909
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179
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Alphabetical index to patents, suits, laws, and other patent material, undated
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List of expired patents, 1872
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Published legal decisions and rulings regarding patents
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1841-1860, I
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1860, II-1861
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1940, undated
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183
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Notes regarding patents
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Published patents for sewing machines
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183
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United States
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England
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183
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Miscellany
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Oversize letters patent and drawings
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199
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Oversize U.S. patents, by patent number
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Oversize French patents
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Miscellaneous oversize material regarding patents
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1-15
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Subseries: Gifford receivership, 1867-1877
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185
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Abstract of Liberty Street property, 1897
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Abstract of Liberty Street property, 1906X
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186
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Deeds for property transferred from SMF Company, New York to SMF Company, New Jersey, 1863-1910
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Rental account book, 1877-1887
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Rentals and litigation account books, 1876-1889
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Rental vouchers, 1895-1901
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Rentals in Singer Building, 1914
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History of the Singer Building Construction, 1908
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187
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Singer addition/Bourne addition account book, 1906-1907
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Singer addition account book, 1908-1909
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Typed summaries of construction accounts, undated
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Series: Financial RecordsThe financial records consist of bound volumes (now available only on microfilm) and loose records. Together these records constitute an important source for examining the company's early history. The volumes are arranged into three groups: records kept in the New York office, records kept at the factory in Elizabethport, and records of related companies. A few records for which the provenance could not be identified were placed with the New York records. Within the two groups of records pertaining to Singer itself, the materials are arranged alphabetically by record type or title and chronologically thereunder. In most cases, the title used for arrangement purposes was the title which appeared on the spine. When the binding was missing due to physical deterioration, titles were supplied based on internal evidence. (So that researchers may better understand the physical appearance of the volumes prior to microfilming, supplied titles or supplied portions of titles are designated by the use of brackets.)
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New York
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1851 February 24-1855 November 1
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Accounts payable & receivable, 1851-1857
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Agents statements (Monthly), 1872 April-1876 September
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[Cash journal], 1859 January 31-1860 May
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[Comparative cash statistics]
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Great Britain, 1899-1900
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European offices, 1900-1904
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Daybooks
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Vol. A: , 1852 February 2-1853 July 19
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Vol. B: , 1853 July 19-1856 April 3
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Vol. 6: , 1861 March 26-1861 November 30
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Vol. 9: , 1862 November 15-1863 March 31
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Vol. [10]: , 1863 April 1-August 31
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Vol. E: , 1860 June-1863 March
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Vol. F: , 1863 April-1868 May
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Vol. G: , 1868 June-1873 May
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Vol. 1A: , 1892 January 2-1893 April 28
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[Order book], 1856 January 30-1856 December 29
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Related companies : Records of the related companies are arranged alphabetically by company name and then alphabetically by type and chronologically thereunder. The relation of the Singer Company to the Morley Company, which is extensively documented here, is not clear, although it is known that for the period documented in the Singer Records, Morley did extensive business with Singer. For the other two represented firms, the Philadelphia Barring Machine Company and the Sullivan Attachment Company, there is only a single volume for each.
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Vol. [4]: , 1886 July 1-1889 January 7
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Vol. [5]: , 1889 January 8-1891 March 26
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Subseries: Loose Records : For the most part, the unbound financial records consist of source documents used in accounting. These were retained only for the 1850s because of the importance of documenting the company's earliest years and because of the scarcity of other documentation for this period. Included are paid bills, cash vouchers, monthly statements from companies with whom Singer did business, and occasional monthly accounts from agents. Also included is a separate file of accounts from the Philadelphia agent, some payroll sheets (undated, but probably from the 1850s), some promissory notes, and accounting sheets apparently concerning bills receivable at the Gloversville office.
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Accounting source documents, circa 1850s
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1859 May-August
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1860 February-December, undated
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Chemical bank bills, 1859, 1890-1893
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Philadelphia agency accounts, 1851-1855
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Promissory notes, 1850s-1860s
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Payroll sheets, circa 1850s
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Miscellaneous payroll sheets, undated
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Union Button Hole Company bills, 1868-1869
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Bills receivable, circa 1855-1960 (Gloverville notes)
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Diehl Manufacturing Company statements, 1903-1910
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