Bigelow-Hartford Carpet Company Records

Collection

Identifier: 6541

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Scope and Contents

Includes an auditor's report, 1924, for Bigelow-Hartford; a March 1925 issue of the Bigelow magazine; notices of annual meetings and reports to stockholders, 1924-1925, for Bigelow-Sanford; reports on its stocks, properties, etc., 1915 and 1927, from Kidder, Peabody & Co.; an agreement for the sale of assets, 1951, between Bigelow-Sanford and the Hartford Co. and the Hartford Rayon Corp., Rocky Hill, Conn.; a list of stockholders of Bigelow-Hartford preferred stock; and information, 1964, about stocks of Bigelow-Sanford

Dates

1915-1964

Creator

Bigelow-Hartford Carpet Company (creator, Organization)
Baker Library (creator, Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.

Conditions Governing Use

This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.

Biographical / Historical

The Hartford Carpet Corp. and the Bigelow Carpet Co., both incorporated in 1854, merged in 1914 to become the Bigelow-Hartford Carpet Co. In 1924 that company merged with Stephen Sanford & Sons, Amsterdam, New York and New York City, to become the Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Co. The company had headquarters in New York City and manufacturing plants in Thompsonville, Conneticut and Clinton, Massachusetts

Extent

.3 cubic feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Records include largely stock papers; list of stockholders; audit; and a copy of Bigelow Magazine, March 1925. Also agreement for sale of assets between Bigelow-Sanford & the Hartford Co. and the Hartford Rayon Corp., Rocky Hill, CT.

Custodial History

American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of the Baker Library.

Processing Information

The ATHM # references the accession number given to collections by the American Textile History Museum (ATHM). These numbers have been kept and tracked for researchers looking for former citations. The ATHM accession number for this collection was 0022.514.