Archives Center, National Museum of American History
J&B Manufacturing Company Records
J&B Manufacturing Company.
Huldah's Brook, Inc.
NMAH.AC.0563
Archival Resource Key
4 Cubic feet
1903-1924.
English
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Biographical/Historical note
Pittsfield, Massachusetts company which made automobile ignition coils. The company was founded in 1895 by the Southard family and incorporated in 1912.
Arrangement
The collection is divided into ten series.
Scope and Contents note
Papers documenting J&B's manufacture and marketing of automobile parts to car dealers, jobbers and small retailers; correspondence, information on the supply of auto parts to Latin America, reports from jobbers, and information on parts developed and patented by J&B; information on the company itself, including documentation on factory floor operations, labor relations, financial information, and the company's relationship with Ford Motor Company.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Restrictions on Access
Collection is open for research.
Ownership and Custodial History
Huldah's Brook, Inc. is a Massachusetts corporation which owns the former Southard property including the carriage house in which the records were housed. In 1996 they offered the papers to the Archives Center after first offering them to the nearest Southard heir, who declined them.
Immediate Source of Acquisiton
Collection donated by Benjamin W. Guy III., through Huldah's Brook, Inc., 1996.
Preferred Citation
J&B Manufacturing Company Records, 1916-1924, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Craig Orr, archivist, 1997.
Correspondence -- 1900-1950
Receipts -- 20th century
Latin America -- Business
Invoices
Automobile industry and trade
Automobile supplies industry
Industrial relations
Advertising
Ford Motor Company.
General
Series 1
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1903-1922
Patents
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1903 -1921
1
1
U.S. Government, Correspondence with
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1917
1
2
Machinery Proposals
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1917 -1922
1
3
Factory Safety
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1918
1
4
Scope and Contents
Includes National Safety Council bulletins detailing accidents and an inspection reposrt for the Traveller Insurance Company.
Minutes of Directors' and Stockholders' Meetings
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1918 -1921
1
5
Jacobson Edward B. Royalties Stock and Sales Information
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1918- 1921
1
6
Correspondence Miscellaneous
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1918 -1922
1
7
Employee Wages
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1919
1
8
Income Tax
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1919
1
9
Shop Bulletins
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1919
1
10
Employee Group Insurance Plan
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circa 1919 -1920
1
11
Southard George H. Personal
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1919
1
12
Clam Bake
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1920
1
13
Bankruptcy Sale
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1924
1
14
Financial Records
Series 2
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1916-1924
Audit Report
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1916
1
15
Balance Sheets
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1917
1
16
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
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1919 -1924
1
17
Monthly Report of Cost of Goods
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1920 -1924
1
18
Advertising Records
Series 3
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1918-1922
Miscellaneous
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1918
2
1
Walter B. Snow & Staff
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January- February 1918
2
2
Tearsheets
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1920
2
3
Sales Literature
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1920
2
4
Kitson & Neumann
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1921
2
5
Correspondence
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January -May 1921
2
6
Correspondence
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June -August 1921
2
7
Correspondence
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September -December 1921
2
8
Sales Literature
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1922
2
9
Miscellaneous
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1922
2
10
Direct By Mail Advertisements
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1922
1
Sales Records
Series 4
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Sales Report Figures
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3
1
Sales Report Figures
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3
2
Sales Informatio
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3
3
Sales Report
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3
4
Sales Manager's Correspondence
Series 5
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1921-1922
General File
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August -October 1921
3
5
General File
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November -December 1921
3
6
Miscellaneous
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1921
3
7
Inter Departmental Correspondence with George H. Southard
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1921 -1922
3
8
Circular Letters to Distributors
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1921- 1922
3
9
Form Letters
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1921 -1922
3
10
"Report on Conditions in Automotive Industry in Cleveland and Detroit as it relates to the Demand for Magnetos"
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1922
3
11
Salesmen's Correspondence with Sales Manager
Series 6
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1917-1924
Gilbert C. A. Territory to be Covered
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1921
4
1
Knight Floyd A. Correspondence
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March 1917 - December 1918
4
2 -6
Itinerary
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1921
4
7
Weekly expense Reports
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July- December 1921
4
8
Monthly Sales Statistics
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September- December 1921
4
9
Correspondence
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January - May 1921
4
10 -12
Correspondence
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April -December 1921
5
1-5
Ianham W. P. Salesman's Reports
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1924
5
6
Merryman Fred H. Weekly Expense Reports
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October -December 1921
5
7
Merryman Fred H. Monthly Sales Statistics
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October 1921 - September 1922
5
8
Merryman Fred H. Correspondence
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September October 1921
5
9
Merryman Fred H. Correspondence
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November 1921 - February 1922
6
1 -5
Merryman Fred H. Wage Dispute
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1921- 1922
6
6
Wilson Charles S. Weekly Expense Reports
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August- December 1921
6
7
Wilson Charles S. Monthly Sales Statistics
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September -December 1921
6
8
Wilson Charles S. Correspondence
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August -September 1921
7
9
Wilson Charles S. Correspondence
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October 1921 - December 1922
7
1 -7
Young Milton Correspondence
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1920
7
8
Correspondence with Customers
Series 7
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1916-1922
APCO Manufacturing Company
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1918
8
1
Benton Bailey Company
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1918 & 1922
8
2
Cuno Engineering Corporation
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1920
8
3
Henry Ford & Sons / Ford Motor Company
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January 1918 - December 1919
8
4 -9
Henry Ford & Sons / Ford Motor Company
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January 1920-December 1921
9
1- 4
F. S. Hardy & Company
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1922
9
5
I-Ersig Hart Company / I Ersig Auto Supply
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1918 -1924
9
6
Motor Accessory & Tire
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1922
9
7
Motor Appurtances Corporation
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1916
9
8
Post & Lester Company
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1917 - 1918
10
1-2
Post & Lester Company
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1920
10
3
Post & Lester Company
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1922
10
4
Schultz Auto Supply Company
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1917 -1922
10
5
Van Camp Hardware & Iron Company
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1921
10
6
Automobile Trade Groups and Shows
Series 8
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1916-1923
Automotive Equipment Association: Miscellaneous
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1916-1922
10
7
Automotive Equipment Association:Bulletins
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1920-1922
10
8 -10
Newsletter
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1921
10
11
Automotive Equipment Association, correspondence
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1919
11
1
Automotive Equipment Association, correspondence
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1920
11
2
Automotive Equipment Association, correspondence
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1921-01-1921-06
11
3
Automotive Equipment Association, correspondence
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1919 - 1921
11
4
Automotive Equipment Association: Correspondence re: Catalog
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2
11
5
Automotive Equipment Association: Correspondence
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1922
11
6
Automotive Equipment Association: Boston Automobile Show
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1923
11
7
Automotive Equipment Association: Chamber of Commerce of the United States
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circa 1919 and 1921
11
8
Automotive Equipment Association: Chicago Automobile Accessory Manufacturers
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1918
11
9
Automotive Equipment Association: Motor and Accesory Manufacturers Association
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1918
11
10
National Association of Automobile Accessory Jobbers: Bulletins
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1918
11
11-12
National Association of Automobile Accessory Jobbers:Correspondence
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1918
12
1
National Association of Automobile Accessory Jobbers: Form 4
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1918
12
2
National Automobile Shows of
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1918
12
3
National Hardware Association
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1918
12
4
Ohio Automotive Trade Association Auto Show
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1921
12
5
Miscellaneous
Series 9
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American Defense Society, Inc.
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1920-1921
12
6
El Automovil Americano
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1921
12
7
Berkshire Magneto Company
Series 10
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1922
Correspondence with Hawthorne Brothers
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1922
12
8-9
Griswold Direction Indicator [Company], Syracuse, New York, Photographs
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