Essex Foundry records
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Scope and Contents
The collection contains the incorporation papers, by-laws, directors' minutes, minutes of stockholders' meetings, and related records.
Dates
- Creation: 1916-1965
Creator
- Essex Foundry (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Due to the nature of certain archival formats, including digital and audio-visual materials, access to certain materials may require additional advance notice.
Biographical / Historical
Organized as the John Simmons Manufacturing Company in 1899, the company's name was changed in 1901 to Essex Foundry. As part of a plan of reorganization for Universal Pipe & Radiator Company, Essex Foundry transferred its assets to that company in 1936, becoming a unit of the Central Foundry Company.
Extent
1.4 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Incorporation papers, by-laws, directors' minutes, minutes of stockholders' meetings, and related records.
Provenance
Gift of Sylvere Clousement, 1998
General
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Processed by
Unknown, 2008; updated by Martha Bace, 2013
Cultural context
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Essex Foundry records
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- February 2008
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository