Illinois Springfield Watch Company Record Book
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Illinois Springfield Watch Company
label: Donor
content: Hanson, Jon
place: label: Place
content: Illinois
topic: label: Topic
content: Clock and watch makers
label: Topic
content: Clock and watch making
label: Topic
content: Clocks and watches
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Jon Hanson.
creator: label: Manufacturer
content: Illinois Springfield Watch Company
label: Donor
content: Hanson, Jon
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: The Illinois Springfield Watch Company was created in 1869. Though the first movements were produced in 1872, the company did not really achieve full production until 1875. The first stem-wind watch was produced in 1875. By 1885 the company name was changed to the Illinois Watch Company. The Illinois Watch Company was purchased by Hamilton Watch Company in 1927, but continued to produce Illinois watches under Hamilton management until 1932. Hamilton continued producing Illinois watches in the Hamilton factory until 1939.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1872-1883
container: label: Container
content: Box 1
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: Donated to the Archives Center in 2009 by Jon Hanson.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1145
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Record books
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged in one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Vanessa Broussard Simmons, archivist, 2024.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Record books
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Collection contains one production record book of the Illinois Springfield Watch Company dating from March 1872-June 1883.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
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