Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company Collection
Scope and Content
The collection contains a broad range of materials documenting building history, union strikes, and employee memoirs at the Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company in Stamford, Connecticut, including correspondence, newspaper articles, magazine articles, oral history audio tapes, photographs, video tapes, maps and artifacts.
Dates
- undated, 1869-2001
Access
The collection is open and available for research.
Restrictions on Use and Copyright Information
Permission to publish from these Papers must be obtained in writing from both the University of Connecticut Libraries and the owner(s) of the copyright.
History
Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company was established in 1868 by Linus Yale and Henry Towne in Stamford, Connecticut. Linus Yale was the inventor of the tumbler lock. He died in New York on December 24, 1868, never knowing that his company would become the leading manufacturer of locks in the world. Henry Towne expanded the company from locks to materials handling in 1875. Yale & Towne Manufacturing was the leading employer in the Stamford, Connecticut, area.
Extent
5.5 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company was established in 1868 by Linus Yale and Henry Towne in Stamford, Connecticut. Yale & Towne Manufacturing was the leading employer in the Stamford, Connecticut, area for many years.
Acquisition Information
Collected by the Yale & Towne Project and University of Connecticut--Stamford students and presented to the Jeremy Richard Library in July 2002. Transferred to Arcvhives & Special Collections by Jeremy Richard Library in December 2015.
Accruals
Additional materials were added to the collection in November 2002 and December 2003.
Existence and Location of Copies
Portions of this collection have been digitized and digital reproductions of materials in this collection may also be found in the Archives & Special Collections digital repository
Separated Material
These titles are located in Box 7.
Hennessy, Thomas F. Locks and lockmakers of America. Rev. 3rd. ed. Park Ridge, Ill.: Locksmith Publishing Corp., c1997. Call Number 3
#887: The Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company vs. Yale's Hardware Store. Appellant's brief. Superior Court, No. 43277. June 26, 1934 Fairfield County, CT: Supreme Court of Errors of the State of Connecticut. October Term, 1934. Call Number 4
Same as above, except instead of Appellant's brief, the title is: Plaintiff's appeal from Superior Court for Fairfield County. (2 copies) Call Number 5
Fifty Years of a Successful Industry, 1868-1918. Stamford, CT: Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company, c1919. Call Number 2
History of the Trade-Mark "Yale." 4th edition . Stamford, CT: Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company, c1930. Call Number 1
- Artifacts (objects genre) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Clippings (information artifacts) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Connecticut (state) Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Hardware Subject Source: Fast
- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Interviews Subject Source: Fast
- Labor Subject Source: Fast
- Locks and keys Subject Source: Fast
- Manufactures Subject Source: Fast
- Maps (documents) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Oral histories (literary works) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Periodicals Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Stamford (inhabited place) Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Trademarks Subject Source: Fast
- Video recordings Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company Collection
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Archives & Special Collections staff
- Date
- 2002 October
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- This finding aid was prepared with generous support from the Connecticut Humanities Council.
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
