QC16545
34 volumes (4 linear feet)
Open for research
Donated by the New York State Office of General Services, October 17, 2006
H.E. Weltin, Senior Librarian
Historical Note
The trade catalogs that make up this collection were used first by the New York State Department of Architecture and later the New York State Department of Public Works, Division of Architecture (the predecessor agencies to the New York State Office of General Services) to identify and order hardware for state office buildings they maintained. These buildings included the State Education Building and the State Capitol, both in Albany.
Scope and Content Note
Trade catalogs from the first half of the twentieth century featuring hardware, in particular hardware and locks for doors, windows, and cabinets.
E. V. Rockwood's name appears on a number of the catalogs in this collection. Rockwood must have been an employee of the Department of Public Works, Division of Architecture, but his exact function within the department is not known. A 1937 letter from William E. Haugaard, Commissioner of Architecture, and its reply can be found in Ives, catalogue number 16.
The collection is arranged alphabetically by company name.
Company | Product Line | Date |
|---|---|---|
Albany Hardware & Iron Co. (Albany, N.Y.) | general hardware | ca. 1925 |
Clark Witbeck Co. (Schenectady, N.Y.) | general hardware | 1921 |
Corbin (New Britain, Conn.) | locks | 1938 and 1940 |
Eagle Lock Co. (Terryville, Conn.) | locks | 1914 |
H.S. Getty & Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.) | hardware for doors and windows | 1941, 1951, and 1964 |
Glynn-Johnson Corporation (La Porte, Ind.) | door holding devices | 1932, 1941 |
H.B. Ives Co. (New Haven, Conn.) | hardware for windows and doors | ca. late 1920s and 1931 |
Lockwood Manufacturing Co. (South Norwalk, Conn.) | hardware for doors | 1914 and 1932 |
National Lock Co. (Rockford, Ill.) | general hardware (called the "Rockford Line of Hardware" on the earlier catalog) | no dates |
Norwalk Lock Company (South Norwalk, Conn.) and Segal Lock & Hardware Co. | locks | 1926 and 1939 (with supplements to 1957) |
Reading Hardware Company (Reading, Pa.) | hardware for windows and doors | ca. 1909, 1931, and ca. 1947 |
Richards-Wilcox Manufacturing Co. (Aurora, Ill.) | hardware for doors and elevators | 1928 and no date |
Oscar C. Rixson Co. (Chicago, Ill.) | hardware for doors | 1940 (2 copies) |
Russell & Erwin Division, The American Hardware Corporation (New Britain. Conn.). Used "Russwin" as trademark and trade name. | hardware for doors | 1909 and ca. 1950s. |
Sargent & Co. (New Haven, Conn.) | hardware for doors | 1916, 1922, 1926, and no date |
Yale & Towne Manufacturing Co. (Stamford, Conn.) | locks and hardware for doors | ca. 1910 and no dates |
Non-catalog item: Binder labeled "Old Standard Hardware Specifications, 1926 & 1928 with notes & revisions." Contains pages from catalogs, copies of forms, handwritten notes and lists, and typewritten notes and lists. | ca. 1928 |