Wellmade Glove artifacts and records

The Wellmade Glove records are comprised of business and financial records kept by Louis Lebman, the owner and operator of Wellmade Glove, throughout the period 1941 to 1964. Items include account books, receipt books, checkbooks, and ledgers in which Lebman recorded expenses and transactions with leather manufacturers, accessory and clothing vendors, and various other businesses and individuals. Two large receipt books are housed separately from the rest of the collection in an oversize box. Additional items include invoices from several leather manufacturers, including the Gloversville Leather Manufacturing Corporation and the United States Raw Skins Tanners, among others; business cards; a business telephone directory; insurance policy documents and maintenance contracts; tax returns; photographs of Louis Lebman and his wife, Rose, and daughter, Maria; and several issues of the monthly periodical Handbags and Fashion Accessories.