Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Guide to the Herder Cutlery Collection

Summary

Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0050
Creators:
Herder Cutlery, Inc.
Dates:
1836 - 1976
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
3 Cubic feet
5 boxes, 1 map folder
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
The collection documents through corporate records, correspondence, financial records, news clippings, personal papers, photographs, and sales records of several Herder family cutlery businesses in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Arrangement

Arrangement
The collection is divided into seven series.
Series 1: Corporate Records
Series 2: Financial Records
Series 3: Sales Records
Series 4: Photographs
Series 5: Clippings
Series 6: Correspondence
Series 7: Herder Family

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
The Herder Family had several cutlery businesses in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Charles Clarenbach and Herman Herder, 606 Arch Street; L. Herder and Son, founded 1871 by Herman's son Leopold, the elder of two sons; Herder-Fine Cutlery, founded by younger son, Charles, 830 Arch Street; and Herder's Cutlery, Inc.

Administration

Author
Robert Harding
Custodial History
Transferred from the Division of Domestic Life (now the Division of Cultural and Community Life) to the Archives Center on May 26, 1983.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Robert Harding, 1983
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Herder's Cutlery, Incorporated, through Lynn Herder Walker, Secretary-Treasurer, 1997.
Separated Materials
Artifacts in the Division of Work and Industry include ice skates, steel punches, stamps, grinders, scissors, shears, store signs, a grinder's stool, claim tags, honing stones, and razor blades. See accession 1983.0406.

Using the Collection

Preferred Citation
Herder Cutlery Collection, 1847-1980, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Cutlery trade Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Philadelphia (Pa.) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographs -- 19th century Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Domestic Life Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Herder Cutlery, Inc. Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Herder, Charles Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Herder Family Family Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Herder, Herman Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Herder, Leopold Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
L. Herder and Son. Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Herder-Fine Cutlery. Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Clarenbach and Herman Herder. Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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