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

1915-1951

Creator

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

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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

0 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.