This collection consists of business records for E. Howard Clock Company and document watch and clock orders, as well as stockholder and directors' meeting minutes.
Scope and Contents:
Business records of the E. Howard Clock Company, 1862-1930.
Arrangement:
The records are arranged into ten series.
Series 1, Stockholders and Directors Meeting Minutes, 1900-1930
Series 2, Watches, 1862-1869
Series 3, Watches (N Size), 1870-1904
Series 4, Watches (J Size), 1891-1904
Series 5, Watches (L Size), 1869-1904
Series 6, Watches (G Size), 1874-1893
Series 7, Clock Orders, 1871-1899
Series 8, Clocks and Watchmans, 1904-1918
Series 9, Tower Clocks, 1888-1905
Series 10, Customer Lists for Clocks
Biographical / Historical:
E. Howard Clock Company was established in Boston in 1842 by Edward Howard. The business originally limited itself to the building of clocks, but soon expanded to watches, and later to tower and street clocks.
Provenance:
The collection was donated by Verna Blackwell, October 2008.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
Rights:
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.
