Bartlett Hayward Company Records
name: label: Creator
content: Koppers Company.
label: Creator
content: Bartlett-Hayward Company.
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
place: label: Place
content: Baltimore (Md.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Gas
label: Topic
content: Gasholders
label: Topic
content: Stoves
label: Topic
content: Engineering -- 19th century
label: Topic
content: Foundries
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by Charles Ferner of the Kopper Company, circa 1977.
creator: label: Creator
content: Koppers Company.
label: Creator
content: Bartlett-Hayward Company.
setName: label: See more items in
content: Bartlett Hayward Company Records
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: The Bartlett Hayward Company of Baltimore, Maryland, was founded in 1840 as Hayward and Friend, stove manufacturers. The company eventually expanded into the foundry, machinery, erection, and engineering fields and began manufacture of gas holders in 1876. The company merged with Koppers Company in 1937.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6 Cubic feet (20 boxes, 5 map folders)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1902-1921
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: Transferred from Division of Work and Industry, 2006.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0993
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Trade catalogs
label: Type
content: Tracings
label: Type
content: Correspondence
label: Type
content: Drawings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Arrangement: By type of material.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection is unprocessed.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Trade catalogs
label: Genre/Form
content: Tracings
label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence -- 19th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings -- 1860-1890
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: These records of the Bartlett Hayward Company deal chiefly with the manufacture, erection, and sale of gas holders. Included are record books of drawings, 1882-1906, 1912, 1918; design calculation books; 1904-1935; trade literature, 1945; order books, 1920-1921; order progress reports, 1926-1929, 1946-1950; specifications, calculations and data; notes; shipping records; records of drawing costs; lists of materials needed; a card file listing owner, location, and dimensions of gas holders built by the company, 1883-1946; a record of employee injuries, 1929; and photographs of coupling engines, gas holders and their erection, gas works, and plants.