E. Howard Clock Company Records
name: label: Creator
content: Howard, Edward
label: Creator
content: E. Howard Clock Co.
label: Donor
content: Blackwell, Dana
topic: label: Topic
content: Clock and watch making
label: Topic
content: Clock and watch makers
label: Topic
content: Clocks and watches
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated by Verna Blackwell, October 2008.
creator: label: Creator
content: Howard, Edward
label: Creator
content: E. Howard Clock Co.
setName: label: See more items in
content: E. Howard Clock Company Records
abstract: label: Summary
content: This collection consists of business records for E. Howard Clock Company and document watch and clock orders, as well as stockholder and directors' meeting minutes.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: E. Howard Clock Company was established in Boston in 1842 by Edward Howard. The business originally limited itself to the building of clocks, but soon expanded to watches, and later to tower and street clocks.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6 Cubic feet (21 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1862-1930
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0776
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Business records
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The records are arranged into ten series. 

Series 1, Stockholders and Directors Meeting Minutes, 1900-1930

Series 2, Watches, 1862-1869

Series 3, Watches (N Size), 1870-1904

Series 4, Watches (J Size), 1891-1904

Series 5, Watches (L Size), 1869-1904

Series 6, Watches (G Size), 1874-1893

Series 7, Clock Orders, 1871-1899

Series 8, Clocks and Watchmans, 1904-1918

Series 9, Tower Clocks, 1888-1905

Series 10, Customer Lists for Clocks
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Wendy Shay, archivist, 2011.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Series 7: Clock Orders and Series 10: Customer Lists digitized in 2011.  Archival scanning done by The Crowley Company of Frederick, Maryland. The National Watch & Clock Museum, Columbia, Pennsylvania also holds digital copies.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Business records -- 1860-1930
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Business records of the E. Howard Clock Company, 1862-1930.