U. S. Hame Company Collection

A collection relating to the manufacturing of wood and metal hames in the United States. Included are records of the U.S. Hame Company of Buffalo, New York; a school report by John P. Carr for an economics class on the history of the wood hame industry in the United States; a typescript of a report on the history and description of Concord hames (11 leaves); a typescript of a history of the hame industry in New England (8 leaves); a price list (no date) of the Bartlett & Rowell hames manufactured by Bartlett & Rowell, proprietors of the Granite Hames Works, Sunapee, N.H. (15 p.); a catalog of wood and steel hames, hame trimmings and saddlery hardware for domestic use, no. 22, November, 1922, manufactured by U.S. Hame Company, Buffalo, N.Y.; a sawing book record of the Codman & Carr Company for the years 1838 to 1853; a chart showing the relationship of manufacturers of hames in the United States from 1825 to 1902;; legal papers of the United Hame Company of New York, the Consolidated Hame Company of Andover and Sunapee, New Hampshire, and the U.S. Hame Company; a list of stockholders from Aug. 31, 1920 (company not named); and deeds or bills of sale from the United Hame Company and the Consolidated Hame Company of 1902.