Singer Manufacturing Company Records, 1850-circa 1975

Container Title
Subseries: Letterbooks of Miscellaneous Employees
Scope and Content Note

This 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.)

Reel   194
Bacon, George E., 1874 June-1878 December
Reel   195
Brown, George T., Letterbooks and loose pages, 1898-1905
Reel   196
Graham, Oscar R., 1890-1893 January
Mitchell, John
Reel   197
Synopses, 1894 September-1896 May
“Private letterbooks”
Reel   198
1894 May-September
Reel   199
1894 September-1895 July
Reel   200
1895 August-1896 January
Reel   201
1896 January-1897 May
Reel   202
New York, 1896 February-1897 October
Reel   203
“Home use,” 1896 January-1897 January
Ransom/Richard/Burgess New York letterbook, 1851-1854
U.S. Mss AI
Box   7
Original volume
Micro 2013
Reel   204
Microfilm copy