Record Group 31

Whitman Barnes

Finding Aid

 

Box 1, Shelf 8

Entry 1:  Time Capsule

Folder 1         

List of items buried in time capsule by Whitman-Barnes of Sept.10, 1949

Proof set of 1948 coins from time capsule (Acc. #99.149.13)

 

Entry 2:  Newspaper Clippings

Folder 1

“Unearthed time capsule brings back the past,” Observer& Eccentric, 1999

“Whitman-Barnes to begin second century of business in Plymouth,” Plymouth Mail, Jan. 14, 1949 (Acc. #99.149.2)

“Boring named by J.A. to Plymouth Committee,” Plymouth Mail, August 31, 1966

 

Entry 3: Company documents from time capsule

Folder 1

Employees’ hourly rate earnings, 1948 (Acc. #99.149.30)

Bulletin of results of union election of April 15, 1949 (Acc. #99.149.21)

Roster of 25 Year Club (Acc. #99.149.22)

Annual report of 1948 (Acc. #99.149.29)

Factory overhead statement of 1948 (Acc. #99.149.15)

Factory and office personnel on Sept. 15.1948 (Acc. #99.149.26)

Customer lists of various salesmen (Acc. #99.149.35)

            New York

            Chicago

            H.J. Lincoln

            T.W. Quin

F.W. Hertrich, Jr.

H. Richmond

E.R. Smith

H.S. Logan, Jr.

E.L. Foreman

B.J. Rohde

Taylor Bros.

D.M. Patterson

Open

M.B. Snow

Foreign export

Northeast District

Earl Hoffman

“Drill and Reamer Facts” booklet (Acc. #99.149.18)

Blueprint of #7 Detroit automatic milling and clearing machines (Acc. #99.149.28)

Organization chart, 1948 (Acc. #99.149.6)

Anniversary booklet, “The First 100Years” (Acc. #99.149.5)

Program of Army and Navy “E” Award ceremony on Feb. 23, 1945 (Acc. #99.149.19)

Booklet, “Your Job with Whitman-Barnes” 1925 (Acc. #99.149.8)

 

Entry 4:  Catalogs

Folder 1

Drill and Reamer catalog #97-S (Spanish) includes discount sheet effective January, 1940 (Acc. #99.149.16)

Drill and Reamer catalog #100 includes discount sheet effective Sept. 1, 1948

            (Acc. #99.149.9)

Drill and Reamer catalog #100 (Portuguese) includes discount sheet effective January, 1949 (Acc. #99.149.17)

Hercules Retainers and Interchangeable Punches catalog #99 (Acc. #99.149.27)

Domestic and Export discount sheets for catalog #100 (Acc. #99.149.23)

Carbide Tipped Tools catalog #101 (Acc. #99.149.20)

Drills-Drill Sets and Drill Assortments catalog including discount pricing sheet effective Sept., 1949 (Acc. #99.149.31)

Leaflets  (Acc. #99.149.25)

            Hercules Major Drills

            Hercules Carbide Tipped Die Drills

            W&B Spotting and Centering Drills

            W&B Altercut Reamers

            Hercules Retainers and Interchangeable Punches

            Twist Drills

            Micro Chucks and Collets

            Short Length Screw Machine Drills

            Carbide Tipped Masonry Drill

            Auger Bit

 

Entry 5: Photographs

Folder 1

Unearthing Whitman-Barnes time capsule at Durr Industries, 1999 (Acc. #99.149.10, 99.149.11, 99.149.12)

Twenty-Five Year Goldwatch Award to William Rucker, March 18, 1944 (Acc. #99.149.36)

Employees of Whitman-Barnes who gave their lives in WWII, 1941-1945 (Acc. #989.149.36)

New Plant-south side of factory and west side of office (3 copies) (Acc. #99.149.4)

East end of factory and office building of new plant from Plymouth Rd. (3 copies) (Acc. #99.149.4)

Groundbreaking ceremonies on June 19, 1948 (3 copies) (Acc. #99.149.4)

New plant-office building from Plymouth Rd. (3 copies) (Acc. #99.149.4)

Groundbreaking ceremonies on June 12, 1948 (3 copies) (Acc. #99.149.4)

 

 

Map Case 2, Drawer 2

Ground Breaking for New Whitman & Barns Factory, 40600 Plymouth Road, 19 June 1948 (2 copies) (Acc #77.190.3)

 

Compiled by Lena Packer, 15 September 2005