Mechanical Bank Research Collection
Scope and Content
The collection consists of copies from scrapbooks compiled about the Mechanical Bank Collectors of America and mechanical banks, copies of patents and advertising, publications created and compiled for the MBCA annual conventions, newsletters, an issue of Mechanical Music: Journal of the Music Box Society International, and a DVD comprised mostly of lectures done at the MBCA meetings. The collection also includes an index created by Mr. William Jones of accounting ledgers of the mechanical toy company J. & E. Stevens Company of Cromwell, Connecticut, that he holds in his personal collection.
Dates
- undated, 1867-2008.
Access
The collection is open and available for research.
Restrictions on Use
Permission to publish from this Collection must be obtained in writing from both the University of Connecticut Libraries and the owner(s) of the copyright.
Biography
William Jones is a longtime collector of mechanical banks as well as information about their manufacture and the history of patents of the banks. He is a member of the Mechanical Bank Collectors of America and compiles and distributes information about mechanical banks to the members of this group at their annual conventions.
The Mechanical Bank Collectors of America was established in 1958 to bring together collectors of mechanical banks and others interested in the banks.
Extent
2.5 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Mechanical Bank Research Collection consists of copies from scrapbooks compiled about the Mechanical Bank Collectors of America and mechanical banks, copies of patents and advertising, publications created and compiled for the MBCA annual conventions, newsletters, an issue of "Mechanical Music: Journal of the Music Box Society International," and a DVD comprised mostly of lectures done at the MBCA meetings. The collection also includes an index created by Mr. William Jones of accounting ledgers of the mechanical toy company J. & E. Stevens Company of Cromwell, Connecticut, that he holds in his personal collection.
Acquisition Information
The Mechanical Bank Research Collection was donated in 2008 by Mr. William Jones.
- Histories Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Mechanical coin banks Subject Source: Fast
- Newsletters Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Newspapers Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Patents Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Photocopies Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- bylaws (administrative records) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Mechanical Bank Research Collection
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Archives & Special Collections staff
- Date
- 2008 November
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Archives and Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library Repository
University of Connecticut Library
405 Babbidge Road Unit 1205
Storrs Connecticut 06269-1205 USA US
860-486-2524
archives@uconn.edu
