Pratt, Read and Company, Pratt, Read and Company, Inc., and Pratt-Read Corporation
name: label: Collection Donor
content: Nickse, Hugo
label: Collection Donor
content: Johnson, Hanford
label: Collection Creator
content: Comstock, Cheney and Co.
label: Collection Creator
content: Pratt, Read and Company
label: Collection Donor
content: Steinway, Henry Ziegler
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content: Pratt, Read Corporation Records
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1863-1988
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0320, Series 3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The records in this series three document the company from 1863-1990, during which time it was known as Pratt, Read & Company (from 1863-1936), Pratt, Read & Company, Inc. (from 1936 1970), and then as Pratt Read Corporation (from 1970 to the present day).  These records, which form the bulk of the collection, are arranged into fifteeen series:  Executive Records, Stock Records, Financial Records, Publicity and Advertising Scrapbooks, Advertising Records, Sales Records, Personnel Records, Real Estate Records, Machinery Records, Manufacturing and Design Records, Engineering Department Records, Photoprints, Photonegatives, Historical and Background Information, and Publications.