Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Burt, Hildreth & Company Records

Summary
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.1570
Creators:
Burt, Hildreth & Company
Dates:
circa 1873-1880, undated
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
.3 Cubic feet
1 box
Repository:
Collection documents the Burt, Hildreth & Company of Massachusetts, manufacturers of agricultural machinery.
Content Description
Content Description
Collection consists of correspondence and catalogs documenting the Burt, Hildreth & Company of Massachusetts, a firm which specialized in the manufacture of agricultural machinery.
Arrangement
Arrangement
Collection is arranged into three series.
Series 1, Business Correspondence, 1873-1880, undated
Subseries 1.1, Incoming, 1873-1880, undated
Subseries 1.2, Outgoing, 1876-1879
Series 2, Family Correspondence, 1877-1880, undated
Subseries 2.1, A. E. Hildreth and Son, 1877-1880, undated
Subseries 2.2, Edward and Stanley Hildreth, 1877-1879
Series 3, Other Materials, undated
Administration
Author
Vanessa Broussard Simmons
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
Custodial History
Transferred to the Archives from the Division of Work and Industry in February 2022.
Processing Information
Collection is processed.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Vanessa Broussard Simmons, archivist, 2023.
Using the Collection
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.
Preferred Citation
Burt, Hildreth & Company Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Related Materials
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John K. Parlett Collection of Agricultural Ephemera, NMAH.AC.1225
Keywords
Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Agricultural machinery Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Correspondence -- 19th century Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Threshing Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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