West Bend Company Records, 1911-1989

Container Title
Series: Legal Records
Patents
Box   14
Folder   1
Cookers and heat distribution plates, Stanley Sauvage, patents and assignments, 1914-1936, 1948
Box   14
Folder   2
Cooking or heating utensil, acquisition of Maurice Stransky patent, agreement and correspondence, 1909-1910, 1923 December-1924 May, 1925 November
Outboard motors
Box   14
Folder   3
Kissel Industries Inc., patents and correspondence, 1938-1945
Box   14
Folder   4-7
B.M. Kissel patent and assignments, 1937-1944
Box   14
Folder   8
William L. Kissel patent, 1938 March-April
Box   14
Folder   9
Blu-Morgan-Dempsey patent, 1941 April
Box   14
Folder   10
Gear case unit (Kieckhafer), correspondence, 1952 April-May
Box   14
Folder   11
Governors for internal combustion engine, B.M. Kissel patent and assignments, 1940-1944
Box   14
Folder   12
Landrum patent and agreement, 1941, 1944
Box   14
Folder   13-14
Starting device, B.M. Kissel patent and assignment, 1941-1944
Box   14
Folder   15
Stern bracket construction, B.M. Kissel patent and assignment, 1939, 1944
Box   14
Folder   16
Pressure cookers, Jerome L. Murray, patents and patent data, 1945
Pressure cookers and agitators
Box   14
Folder   17
Jerome L. Murray, correspondence, 1945 June-1948 October, 1949-1951 (scattered)
Box   14
Folder   18
Jerome L. Murray, agreements, 1945
Box   14
Folder   19
Roaster rack, patents and correspondence, 1923-1927
Waterless cookers
Box   14
Folder   20
Ray Morgan and Robert H. Wentorf patent, 1921 July-1924 October
Box   14
Folder   21
Covers, Ralph N. Kircher patent, 1890-1925 (scattered), , 1925 December-1927 September
Box   14
Folder   22
Detachable covers, Robert H. Wentorf and Ernest A. Kerler patent and assignment to West Bend, 1923 August-1925 December
Agreements
Box   15
Folder   1
Broiler and toaster, agreement with Buckeye Aluminum Company, 1934 April, 1936 April
Box   15
Folder   2
Drip coffeemaker, Phylax Company, agreements and correspondence, 1915, 1921-1929
Kissel Industries
Box   15
Folder   3
Agreements and correspondence, 1915, 1921-1929
Acquisition of Kissel Industries (Hartford plant)
Box   15
Folder   4
Agreements and correspondence, 1937 February-1944 August
Box   15
Folder   5
Inventories, 1943-1944
Box   15
Folder   6
Kitchen Craft Products Co. Inc., agreements and correspondence, 1950-1951
Box   15
Folder   7
Outboard motors, agreement with Sears, Roebuck and Co., 1944 May-1955 (scattered)
Box   15
Folder   8
Sales territory, agreement and authorization, 1931 March
Box   15
Folder   9
Supreme Aluminum Industries Inc., 1959 March-1960 December, 1963 July
Box   15
Folder   10
Miscellaneous agreements, 1919-1930 (scattered)
Legal cases
Aluminum Wares Association, tariff question, aluminum cooking utensils
Box   15
Folder   11
Correspondence, 1921 February-August
Box   15
Folder   12
Questionnaires, 1921
Box   15
Folder   13
Exhibits, 1921
Box   15
Folder   14
Briefs, 1921
Box   15
Folder   15
Bausch Machine Tool Company Case, correspondence, 1929 May-1935 February
Box   16
Folder   1
H.C. Dowds vs. West Bend Aluminum Co., correspondence, 1921 May-June
Federal Trade Commission complaint case
Box   16
Folder   2
Correspondence, 1941 February-1943 May, 1945 April
Box   16
Folder   3
Commission exhibits, 1-77, 1940-1943
Box   16
Folder   4
Respondent's exhibits, 1-27, 47, 1941-1943
Box   16
Folder   5
Miscellaneous, 1941-1943
Stephen F. Mayer vs. West Bend Aluminum Company, et al.
Box   16
Folder   6
Summons and complaint, 1922 June, October
Box   16
Folder   7
Defendant's deposition, 1922 August
Box   16
Folder   8
Defendant's response, 1922 December
Box   16
Folder   9
Mayer's deposition, 1922 December 20
Box   16
Folder   10
Correspondence and miscellaneous, 1922-1923
Box   16
Folder   11
United States of America vs. Aluminum Company of America, data compiled for court case, 1926, 1933-1940
Box   16
Folder   12
Waterless cooker, Kewaskum Aluminum Company case, correspondence and evidence, 1921 July, 1927 September-November
Box   16
Folder   13
Waterless cooker, Polar Ware Company (Sheboygan, Wisconsin) case, correspondence, evidence, and agreement, 1923-1926
Waterless cooker, West Bend Aluminum Co. vs. Aluminum Goods Mfg. Co.
Box   16
Folder   14
Order to show cause, bill of complaint, 1927 October
Box   16
Folder   15
Plaintiff's reply affidavits, 1927 November
Box   16
Folder   16
Hearing transcript, 1927 November 12
Box   16
Folder   17
Appeal transcript, 1927 November 19
Box   16
Folder   18
Final decree, 1928 February
Box   17
Folder   1
Plaintiff's exhibits 1-55, 1927 November
Box   17
Folder   2
Miscellaneous court documents, 1927
Box   17
Folder   3
Patents, 1909-1910, 1923-1926
Box   17
Folder   4
Correspondence, 1926 May, 1927 August-November
Box   17
Folder   5
Certificates of approval, 1921-1927
Box   17
Folder   6
Miscellaneous plaintiff's exhibit materials, 1923-1927
Box   17
Folder   7
West Bend information compiled for attorney, 1923-1927
Box   17
Folder   8
Materials regarding Lifetime Cooker by Aluminum Products Co., 1925-1928
Box   17
Folder   9
American Goods Manufacturing Co., miscellaneous, 1927 May-October
Box   17
Folder   10
Letters of inquiry, 1923-1927
Box   17
Folder   11
Miscellaneous, 1927
Box   17
Folder   12
West Bend Aluminum Co. vs. West Bend Heating and Lighting Co., correspondence, 1919-1923
Property records
Leases for buildings and property
Box   17
Folder   13-14
1923 May, 1926-1929
Box   18
Folder   1-2
1930-1942
Box   18
Folder   3
Mortgage agreements between West Bend and B.C. Ziegler and Company, 1923 November
Box   18
Folder   4
Building addition, contract, 1926 August
Box   18
Folder   5
Warehouse building construction, contract and correspondence, 1945 August-1946 December (scattered)
Box   18
Folder   6
Land purchases and agreements, “Fair Park” addition of West Bend, 1942-1946 (scattered)
Box   18
Folder   7
Land sales, “Decorah Lawns,” correspondence, 1946-1952
Box   18
Folder   8
Land sales and agreements, “Parkview” Subdivision of West Bend, 1946, 1949-1950 (scattered)
Miscellaneous
Box   18
Folder   9-11
Gehl Bros. Manufacturing Co., loan agreement (West Bend to Gehl), correspondence, 1935 June-September, 1936 May-September, 1937 February-September
Employees' mortgage and insurance papers, 1915-1952
Box   18
Folder   12-18
A-L
Box   19
Folder   1-6
M-Z
Box   19
Folder   7
Garnishment case, W.R. Waltner vs. Carl H. Jensen (West Bend employee), correspondence, 1938 July-September
Box   19
Folder   8
Eric Gruetzmacher (employee) case, correspondence, 1927 September-October, 1928 October-November
Box   19
Folder   9
Automobile sales to employees, correspondence, 1947 November-1949 July (scattered)