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Series II: Francis Bannerman (Sons) Business

Scope and Contents

This series contains materials pertaining to the Bannerman family business, Francis Bannerman (Sons), including correspondence, notes, employee time books, scrapbooks and publications printed by the company.

Subseries A: Business Records

Scope and Contents

This subseries contains materials pertaining to the Bannerman family business from the 1890s to the 1970s. It includes correspondence, records and notes pertaining to the company's general business, ventures and eventual sale. In particular there are materials relating to its dealings with Lord Kitchnes regarding the Belgian Relief during WWI, the family of Admiral Dewey regarding the USS Olympia, the Marsteller Family regarding donations and relics, and the New York Central Railroad regarding a track crossing agreement.

F. Bannerman Sons Correspondence and Documents, 1891-1917

Box: 2, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Employee Time Book, weekly, 1892

Box: 2, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Loose Scrapbook Materials from Vol. 2, 1892-93

Box: 2, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

F. Bannerman Business, 1897-1919

Box: 2, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Olympia and Admiral Dewey, 1898-1959

Box: 2, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Francis Bannerman Business Notes, [1900]

Box: 2, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

F. Bannerman Sons, Marstellers, 1903-17

Box: 2, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, 1905-17

Box: 2, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Lord Kitchnes, Belgian Relief, 1914-18, 1933

Box: 2, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, 1915

Box: 2, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence [1 of 2], 1915

Box: 2, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence [2 of 2], 1915-17

Box: 2, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Agreement with New York Central Railroad, 1915-68

Box: 2, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Employee Time Book, weekly, 1916-18

Box: 3, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Bannerman Family Partnership, [1917]

Box: 3, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Belgian Relief Letters and Checks, 1918

Box: 3, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Employee Time Book, Bannerman's Arsenal, 1918

Box: 3, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sale of Estate, 1923-68

Box: 3, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Employee Time Book, weekly, 1929-36

Box: 3, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Quaker Realty Company, 1935

Box: 3, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Efforts to Sell the Business, 1946-48

Box: 3, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Bannerman Booth at Congressional Church Antique Show in Manhasset, 1954-56, 1958

Box: 3, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Francis Bannerman Sons, 1955-68

Box: 3, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence and Documents, 1956-57

Box: 3, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Francis Bannerman Sons, Inc., 1956-59

Box: 3, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Franics Bannerman Sons, Inc., Bylaws and Minutes, 1957-68

Box: 3, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Binder, Francis Bannerman Sons, Inc., undated

Box: 3, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Originally held Francis Bannerman Sons, Inc., Bylaws and Minutes.

Francis Bannerman Sons, 1971-75

Box: 3, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scrapbook, vol. 2, 1892-93

Volume: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scrapbook, vol. 3, undated

Volume: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries B: Printed Material

Francis Bannerman Sons Catalogs, 1945-55

Box: 4, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Bannerman Military Catalogue, 1949

Box: 4, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Bannerman Military Catalogue, 84th Anniversary, 1949

Box: 4, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Bannerman Military Catalogue, 90th Anniversary, 1955

Box: 4, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Bannerman Military Catalogue, 100th Anniversary, 1966

Box: 4, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Francis Bannerman Sons, list of parts and equipment, [1966]

Box: 4, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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