Creator:
Hellmich, Edward J.
Inclusive Dates:
1953- 1958
Abstract:
Photographs, company documents, memorabilia and artifacts relating to Edward J. Hellmich, co-founder of The Branchell Company and Hellmich Manufacturing Corp, which designed, manufactured, and sold melamine dinnerware
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Contracts.
Legal documents.
Photographs.
Subject:
Puerto Rico.
Zimmer, Gregory R., 1947 -- Melmac dinnerware.
Business and Industry
Plastics
Flatware -- Specimens.
Melamine.
Plastics -- History.
Plastics -- Marketing.
Plastics industry and trade.
Plastic tableware.
Plastic tableware -- Specimens.
Creator:
Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900.
Inclusive Dates:
1797- 1904
Abstract:
Papers of the American railroad magnate and capitalist, whose financial interests included steamship, manufacturing, construction, and land companies. Philanthropist, trustee of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute and supporter of Tuskegee Institute. Collection includes incoming correspondence (1856-1904); letterpress copybooks (1868-1901); legal and financial (including real estate) records (1797-1901); amd personal papers (1862-1901). Notable among the real estate records are documents relating to the furnishing and household expenses of Huntington's San Francisco residence, and records relating to the design, construction, decoration, furnishing, and maintenance of Huntington's palatial home on 57th St. in New York City.
Type of Material:
Account books.
Bills of sale.
Blueprints (reprographic copies)
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Daybooks.
Deeds.
Ledgers (account books)
Letterpress copybooks.
Maps (documents)
Mortgages.
Photographs.
Receipts (financial records)
Stock certificates.
Subject:
United States -- History -- 1865-1898.
United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Capitalists and financiers.
Entrepreneurs.
Philanthropists.
Railroads
Business and Industry
California, History, 1850-1950.
Capitalists and financiers, United States.
Ciphers.
Entrepreneurship.
Palaces -- United States.
Philanthropists -- United States.
Railroad law -- United States.
Railroads -- California.
Railroads -- History.
Railroads -- Freight -- Rates.
Railroads -- United States.
Railroads and state -- United States.
Upper class -- United States.
Creator:
Hyatt, John W. (John Wesley), 1837-1920.
Inclusive Dates:
1869- 1945
Abstract:
Collection consists of the Executive
Committee Meeting Minutes of the Celluloid Company, 1890 to 1905, two bound volumes of
patents obtained by John Wesley Hyatt, including one for the first celluloid billiard
ball and several other patents for billiard ball coatings and knife-handles; a booklet
on Hyatt's acceptance of the Perkin Medal, 1914; six photographic
portraits; and a relief sculpture of the John Wesley Hyatt commemorative award.
Type of Material:
Minutes (administrative records)
Patents.
Programs (documents)
Photographs.
Subject:
Manufacturers.
Inventors.
Business and Industry
Plastics
Celluloid.
Billiards -- Equipment and supplies.
Patents.
Plastics industry and trade.