Thomas Laughlin Company Records
Scope and Contents
The records of a marine hardware firm. Included are catalogs, correspondence, employee records, bills, receipts, and medical records of employee accidents.
Dates
- 1903-1978
Creator
- Thomas Laughlin Company (Portland, Me.) (Organization)
Restrictions on Access
Kept at Fogler Library's offsite storage facility. One week's notice required for retrieval.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Information on literary rights available in the repository.
Historical Note
The Thomas Laughlin Company was a marine hardware firm in Portland, Maine. It began in 1836 as a ship chandler in Portland. In subsequent years it developed into a full-line manufacturer and dealer of forged marine hardware. In the mid-1950s it was acquired by the American Hoist & Derrick Company of St. Paul, Minnesota. The Crosby Group was formed in 1971 as a subsidiary of the American Hoist & Derrick Company. The Thomas Laughlin Company eventually became a division of the Crosby Group, Inc. of Tulsa, Oklahoma, the largest manufacturer of drop forged fittings for chain and wire rope.
Extent
36 boxes
29 ledgers (40 cm.)
Language of Materials
English
- Bills of sale Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Boats and boating -- Equipment and supplies Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Business records Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Financial records Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Hardware industry -- Maine -- Portland Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ledgers (Account books) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Marine machinery industry -- Maine -- Portland Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Medical records Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Personnel records Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Receipts (Financial records) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Ships -- Equipment and supplies Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Trade catalogs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Guide to the Thomas Laughlin Company Records
- Status
- In Progress
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English.
Repository Details
Part of the Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections Repository
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5729 United States
207-581-1686
