Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Guide to the Bartlett Hayward Company Records

Summary
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0993
Creators:
Koppers Company.
Bartlett-Hayward Company.
Dates:
1902-1921
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
6 Cubic feet
20 boxes, 5 map folders
Repository:
Scope and Contents note
Scope and Contents note
These records of the Bartlett Hayward Company deal chiefly with the manufacture, erection, and sale of gas holders. Included are record books of drawings, 1882-1906, 1912, 1918; design calculation books; 1904-1935; trade literature, 1945; order books, 1920-1921; order progress reports, 1926-1929, 1946-1950; specifications, calculations and data; notes; shipping records; records of drawing costs; lists of materials needed; a card file listing owner, location, and dimensions of gas holders built by the company, 1883-1946; a record of employee injuries, 1929; and photographs of coupling engines, gas holders and their erection, gas works, and plants.
Arrangement
Arrangement
Arrangement: By type of material.
Biographical/Historical note
Biographical/Historical note
The Bartlett Hayward Company of Baltimore, Maryland, was founded in 1840 as Hayward and Friend, stove manufacturers. The company eventually expanded into the foundry, machinery, erection, and engineering fields and began manufacture of gas holders in 1876. The company merged with Koppers Company in 1937.
Administration
Author
NMAH Staff
Ownership and Custodial History
Transferred from Division of Work and Industry, 2006.
Processing Information
Collection is unprocessed.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Charles Ferner of the Kopper Company, circa 1977.
Using the Collection
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.
Preferred Citation
Archives Center, Bertlett Hayward Company Records, National Museum of American History.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Keywords
Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Trade catalogs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Gas Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Gasholders Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Stoves Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Tracings Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Correspondence -- 19th century Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Drawings -- 1860-1890 Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Engineering -- 19th century Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Foundries Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Baltimore (Md.) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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