How to Find Trade Catalogs in the Library of Congress
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Manufacturers' trade catalogs are a source of much valuable and useful
information for those interested in various decorative arts history,
the history of design, and trends of various industries. Catalogs
chronicle the development of different styles and tastes of the public
and can be used to identify articles as well as to provide information
on specifications, prices, and types of material used in construction.
For the most part, however, trade catalogs have not fared well in
libraries. Because of the catalogs' size and frequency of issue, many
libraries are unable or reluctant to collect them. For those libraries
that are interested, trade catalogs often are very difficult to obtain.
Fortunately, the Library of Congress has a representative collection
of trade catalogs that are dispersed throughout the general collections.
But because they are listed in the card catalog under many different
headings, users interested in accessing them must resort to several
strategies in order to find them.
This guide has been prepared to assist those users. The emphasis
is on catalogs of 19th and early 20th century American craftsmen
and manufacturers. There is a short bibliography on the history
of manufacturing in the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries
listing useful sources of information on a particular type of manufacture
or on manufactures in a particular geographical area. Also listed
are some catalogs from the Library of Congress collections for the
following types of manufactures: furniture, silver, glassware, and
pottery.
Of the sources listed in this guide, almost all are part of the
general collections and are either on reference in the Main Reading
Room or need to be requested from the stacks. The microform collections
are to be requested in the Microform Reading Room. If you need assistance
in locating the catalogs included in this guide, please consult
a reference librarian.
Crom, Theodore R. Trade Catalogues, 1542 to 1842. Melrose,
Fla.: T.R. Crom, 1989. xi, 392 pp., ill. (some col.). Bibliographic
references, pp. 377-84.
LCCN: 88-93066
LC CALL NUMBER: HF5861.C75 1989
Fredgant, Don. American Trade Catalogs. Paducah,
Ky.: Collector Books, 1984. 287 pp., ill.
LC CALL NUMBER: Not in LC
Guide to Architectural Trade Catalogs From Avery Library,
Columbia University. Edited by Norman Ross. Frederick, Md.:
UPA Academic Editions, 1989. 236 pp.
MicRR guide no. 105-232 MicRR
Guide to Trade Catalogs From the Corning Museum of Glass.
New York: Clearwater Publishing Company, Inc., 1987. 500 pp.
LCCN: 87-24276
LC CALL NUMBER: Z6046.G84 1987 MicRR
Hagley Museum and Library. Trade Catalogs in the Hagley
Museum and Library. Nina de Angeli Walls. Wilmington, Del.:
The Library, 1987. 104 pp.
LCCN: 87-146349
LC CALL NUMBER: HF5861.H234 1987 MicRR
Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. Trade Catalogues
at Winterthur: A Guide to the Literature of Merchandising, 1750
to 1980. [Compiled by] E. Richard McKinstry. Bethesda, Md.:
University Publications of America, 1993. 438 pp. A Winterthur Book.
Originally published in New York: Garland, 1984. Garland Reference
Library of Social Science. Bibliographic references, index.
LCCN: 93-13919
LC CALL NUMBER: Z7164.M18H43 1993 MicRR
Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. Trade Catalogues
at the Winterthur Museum Part II. Compiled by Eleanor McD.
Thompson. Bethesda, Md.: University Publications of America, an
imprint of CIS. [1991]. 159 pp.
In process 1/6/98.
Romaine, Lawerence B. A Guide to American Trade Catalogs,
1744-1900. New York: Bowker, 1960. 422 pp.
LCCN: 60-16893
LC CALL NUMBER: Z7164.C8R6 MRR ALC
Bishop, John L. A History of American Manufactures from 1608
to 1860. With an appendix, containing statistics of the principal
manufacturing centres, and descriptions of remarkable manufactories
at the present time. Rev. and enl. 3 vols. Philadelphia: E.
Young, 1868.
LCCN: 32-12896
LC CALL NUMBER: TS23.B72
Reprint. New York: A.M. Kelly, 1866. New introduction by Louis M.
Hacker. Bibliographic footnotes.
LC CALL NUMBER: TS23.B72 1966
Bolles, Albert S. Industrial History of the United States.
Norwich, Conn.: H. Bill, 1879. 936 pp., ill.
LCCN: 05-21106
LC CALL NUMBER: Micro 32577 HC
LC CALL NUMBER: HC103.B69
Reprinted in New York by A.M. Kelly (1966). Contains manufactures
divided into chapters by type of manufacture, such as paper and
paper-hanging, wood, and other manufactures. No index.
Clark, Victor S. History of Manufacturers in the United
States. Introduction by Henry W. Farnam. 3 vols. New York:
Published by the Carnegie Institution of Washington by McGraw-Hill,
1929. Ill., bibliography in vol. 3, pp. 400-42.
LCCN: 29-10065
LC CALL NUMBER: Micro 46299
LC CALL NUMBER: HD9725.C5
These volumes comprise a revision of the 1916 edition, and cover
the period from 1607 to 1914. Provides information on early aspects
of many U.S. manufactures such as glass, textiles, and leather.
Depew, Chauncey M. 1795-1895: One Hundred Years of American
Commerce . . . A History of American Commerce by One Hundred Americans.
2 vols. New York: D.O. Haynes, 1895. Ill. (part col.). Reprint.
New York: Greenwood Press, 1968.
LCCN: 11-4231
LC CALL NUMBER: HC103.D4
Short chapters describe the history of various types of manufactures,
e.g., potteries, wall paper, etc.
Freedly, Edwin T. Leading Pursuits and Leading Men. A Treatise
on the Principal Trades and Manufactures of the United States.
Philadelphia: E. Young, 1856. 614 pp. Reprint. A Treatise
on the Principal Trades and Manufactures of the United States.
New York: Garland, 1966.
LCCN: 05-21107
LC CALL NUMBER: HC103.F85
Advertisements, pp. 477-614. Divided into broad subject categories
by type of manufacture, e.g., dry goods trade, clothing, and the
clothing trade. Has two indexes arranged by the name of manufacturer.
The large selection of advertisements is for Philadelphia firms.
American Advertising Directory, for Manufacturers and Dealers
in American Goods. 1831-32. 2 vols. New York: Jocelyn, Darling.
Annual.
LCCN: 55-52589
LC CALL NUMBER: HF5035.A4
No more published? Lists of manufactures arranged geographically,
a classified directory by type of product, an index by name of manufacturer,
and a miscellany containing short pieces on particular types of manufacture.
American Business Directory. 1883+. New York: American
Business Directory Co. Monthly.
LCCN: 22-4632
LC CALL NUMBER: HF5035.A5
LC has scattered holdings. Lists firms by type of product manufactured
and within type, geographically.
Arkell & Douglass. Illustrated Polyglot Catalogue of
American Manufactures. [New York: J.J. Little, 1886]. 378
pp., ill.
LCCN: ca09-2615
LC CALL NUMBER: TS199.A72
Many attractive illustrations of furniture, hardware, and other
household items.
Asher and Adams. Asher & Adams' Pictorial Album of American
Industry, 1876. New York: Rutledge Books, 1976. 192
pp., ill.
LCCN: 76-9832
LC CALL NUMBER: HD9725.5.A72 1976
Reprint of selections from the 1876 edition: Asher & Adams'
New Columbian Rail Road Atlas and Pictorial Album of American Industry.
New York: Asher & Adams, 1876. A potpourri of information about
19th-century manufactures; many companies' wares are illustrated
in this book. Sometimes a history of the company is given, at other
times a description of how a product is made. Indexed by names and
type of manufacture.
Seeger and Guernsey's Cyclopedia of the Manufactures and
Products of the United States. New York: Seeger and Guernsey
[1890]. clxxx, 855, [2], 259 pp., ill.
LCCN: 05-33764
LC CALL NUMBER: T12.S5 1890
A classified list of names and addresses of manufacturers, to which
is prefixed an alphabetical index of articles.
____ New York: Seeger and Guernsey [1891]. cxc, 902, [2], 267 pp.,
ill.
LC CALL NUMBER: T12. S5 1892
____ New York: United States Industrial Published, [1899]. ccxl,
1,116 pp.
LC CALL NUMBER: T12.S5 1900
Early California Trade Catalogues. [Edited by Michael
A. Lederer]. [San Francisco]: Book Club of California, [1991]. (Petaluma,
Calif.: Anchor & Acorn Press). 10 folders, facsims. Keepsake Series,
1991.
Contents: Introduction [Michael A. Lederer]. [1] The Bancroft
Company [Jennifer S. Larson]. [2] Redington & Company
[Albert Shumate]. [3] Main & Winchester [Richard
Dillon]. [4] Palmer & Rey [Alan Dietch]. [5] Wm.
Hatteroth's Surgical House [Frank J. Novak]. [6] J.J.
Pfister & Company. [Jerry Cole]. [7] Pacific Manufacturing
Company. [Michael A. Lederer]. [8] Joseph Budde and the
Water Closet. [William P. Wreden]. [9] Gladding, McBean
& Company. [Gary F. Kurutz]. [10] Ajax Cycles.
[Norman L. Wilson].
LCCN: 92-253469
LC CALL NUMBER: HF5861 .E28 1991 <Spec Format>
Copy 1
LC CALL NUMBER: HF5861.E28 1991 <Rare Bk Coll>
Copy 2
[Industrial Pamphlets]. Part 1: 18241942. 29 items.
[1] 1842. [2] Observations Concerning the Contents
and Manner of Using Copying Machines, Manufactured and Sold by W.
Dobson, at his Writing, Dressing, and Shaving Case Manufactory,
Near Surrey Street, Strand, London. 4th ed. [3] Report
of the Iron Trade in Scotland and South Wales . . . . (1839),
by Joseph Johnson. [4] Essai sur les Falsifications qu'on
Fait Subir aux Farines, au Pain, et sur les Moyens de les Reconnatre,
by M.V. Parisot et M. Robine (1840). [5] A Catechism of Electricity.
3d ed. [6] Projet de Code National et International du Commerce
et de l'Industrie, par M. Poirel. [7] Thoughts and
Details on Life Insurance Offices in a Letter to the Shareholders
and Insured in the Providence Life Office, by John Augustus
Beaumont. [8] The Harmony of Interests, Agricultural, Manufacturing,
and Commercial.
Part II: J.S. Skinner, editor. [9] The Safe and Scientific
Method of Shoeing Horses and Mules and Care of the Feet,
by Norwood Clayton Tew. [10] M.P. Moller Pipe Organs.
[11] Andrew Meneely's Sons, West Troy, N.Y., Bellfounders,
Proprietors of the Old Established Troy Bell Foundry Who Manufacture
to Order Chimes of Bells of Any Number and Alarm Bells of Any Weight
. . . . (1856). [12] The Story of the Steinways,
by Elbert Hubbard. [13] The Making of a Steinway, by
Ralph I. Bartholomew. [13] Seven Generations in the Building
of Pipe Organs. Kilgen Organ Co. [14] Chickering &
Sons, Manufacturers of Grand, Square, and Upright Pianofortes
(1860). [15] Steinway Grand: Key and Action Regulation.
Steinway & Sons (1932). [16] Some Observations on Ostriches
and Ostrich Farming. [17] The Steel Question: Justice
to the American Manufacturer Versus Discrimination in Favor of the
English Producer (1860). [18] Report on the Commercial
Intercourse of the United States and Great Britain, January, 1844
American Institute. [19] What Is a Revenue Standard?
and A Review of Secretary Walker's Report on the tariff,
by Nathan Appleton (1846). [20] General Efficiency Index System
of Single Finger Prints That Uses Henry Terms Entire. General
Efficiency Company. [21] Stuart's Type Book. [22] Port
Orford Cedar, Its Properties and Uses. Port Orford Cedar
Products Company. [23] Some Notes on the Art of Marbling Paper
in the Seventeenth Century, by Charles M. Adams. [24] Rags:
Being Explanation of Why They Are Used in the Making of Paper,
by Arthur E. Andrews. [25] A Book of Samples of Papers Manufactured
to Print Properly All Kinds of Illustrations. Champion Coated
Paper Company. [26] Inspections of Buildings Before Fires:
The Principal Conflagrations in American Cities, by A. Irving
Brewster. [27] Mausoleums. Tiffany Studios (1914).
[28] The Swedish Match Company's Head Office, Stockholm.
[29] Fruit of the Loom Muslin and Other High Quality Fabrics
Made by B.B. & R. Knight, Inc.
LCCN: 95-122373
LC CALL NUMBER: Collection Level Cataloging <Coll
MgmtHF5861>
Industrial Pamphlets. Part 2: 1824-1942. 32 items.
Contents: [30] Prospectus of a New Plan to Make a Large Fortune
on the Most Sure and Honest Way by a New System of Power as Substitute
of Steam, by Weight and Lever. Invented by Gaspard Richard
(1827). [31] Letter to the Hon. Robert J. Walker, on the Progress
of the Iron Manufacture and on the Prospects of Steel Manufacture
for Steel Rails, Car Wheels &c. in Connection with the Franklinite
and Zinc Mines of New Jersey. Samuel Reeves Brooks. [32]
A Review of the Mining, Agricultural, and Commercial Interests
of the Pacific States . . . 1866, Compiled by John H. Carmany.
[33] Edith Burnham, or, How the Homestead Was Saved,
by Fannie A. Stall Alden. [34] Report of Captain George W.
Hughes (Topographical Engineers) Relative to the Working of Copper
Ore (1844). [35] Alhara or Rocky Mountain Silver Mining
Company. H.R. Schoolcraft, Vice President, Geo. E. Mills,
Superintendent (1860). [36] Reports by Mechanical Engineers
on Trials of Duty Made in 1857 and 1859 Upon the Brooklyn, Hartford,
Belleville, and Cambridge Pumping Engines. Brooklyn Water
Works (1860). [37] The Nicolson Pavement. Invented
by Samuel Nicolson (1855). [38] A Brief History of the Commercial
Development of India Rubber with Especial Reference to its Use by
Railways. Boston Belting Co. [39] The Memorial in Relation
to the Promotion and Protection of National Industry, Adopted by
a Meeting of Citizens held in the College Hall, Cincinnati, January
17th, 1842. [40] The Boston Milling & Manufacturing
Co.'s Improved Machinery for Working Gold and Silver Ores
(1865). [41] A Treatise on Milk and Henri Nestle's Milk Food,
by H. Lebert (1877). [42] Certified Copies of Patents Issued
to Charles Goodyear (vulcanizing patent), June 15, 1844, Nelson
Goodyear (hard rubber patent), May 6, 1851 . . . . [43] Prospectus
for the Sale of a Portion of the Stock and Organization of the Trinity
Coal and Mining Company of the State of Texas (1851). [44]
Bear Valley Coal Company: Reports of William F. Roberts [et
al.] (1863). [45] Memorial Windows. Tiffany
Glass & Decorating Company. [46] The Discovery of the
Natural Printingprocess, an Invention . . . : Read in the Class
for Mathematics and Natural History, the Imperial Academy of Sciences
at Vienna, by Louis Auer (1853). [47] The Early History
of the Power Loom, by A.M. Goodale. [48] Portraits
of Musical Celebrities. Steinway (1929). [49] Knott's
Popcorn Book, compiled by E.R. Knott. [50] Hamley's
Cowboy Catalog. Hamley & Company. [51] A Camping
Trip Through Industrial America in 1931: A Diary, by a Camper.
[52] Fifty Years of Match Making, by Herbert Manchester.
[53] The Revolving Cylinder Colt Pistol Story, from 1839 to
1847, by James H. Edgerly. [54] Merwin, Hulbert &
Co., Manufacturers of the Merwin, Hulbert & Co's Smith &
Wesson Model Revolvers . . . Sole Agents, Evans Magazine Rifle Manufacturing
Co., Phoenix Metallic Cartridge Co. [55] Engravings
for Lifefrom Separations to Finishing (1948). [56] The
Story of Pocahontas, 18631915: a Good Coal, Pocahontas Operators'
Association. [57] Report on the Study of the Mikimoto Culture
Pearl, Imperial Association for the Encouragement of Inventions.
[58] The Assize of Ale, Trinity Audit Ale. [59] Illustrated
Catalogue. Soule Photograph Company. [60] Norton Hall,
Established to Commemorate the Service and the Loyalty of the Men
and Women of Norton Company, Worcester. [60a] Zyklon
B, for the Control of Insects and Rodents Causing Great Economic
Losses (1929).
LCCN: 95-122460
LC CALL NUMBER: Collection Level Cataloging <Coll
MgmtHF5861>
Industrial Pamphlets. Part 3: 1824-1942. 20 items.
[61] Neue Beitrage zur Chemi und Physik, von C.W. Osann
(1843). [62] Die Fabrikation des Pergaments und der Darmsaiten,
von Hermann Lorenz (1862). [63] Die Farben, von Jacob
Roux (1824). [64] Gemeinntzige Beitrage zur Branntweinbrennerei,
Bierbrauerei, Weinbereitung, Essig, Rum, und Liquerfabrikation,
von Gotthelf Rienecker (1842). [65] Die Entdeckung des Naturselbstdruckes,
von Alois Auer (1853). [66] Gurndliche Anweisung bie besten
und haltbarsten Kitte (1832). [67] Der Obstweinfabrikant,
von Ernst Hesse (1838). [68] Wurdigung der GewerbsProductenAustellung
in Linz (1847). [69] Praktische Anweisung, Siegellack
und Oblaten, von Lenormand (1833). [70] J.H. Bachmann,
Bremen: 17751925. [71] Spielwaren Spezial Katalog.
[72] Der Gasmotor, von J. Clairmont. [73] Der
70pferdige Dieselmotor, von J. Clairmont. [74] Die
Zweifachexpansionsdampfmaschine, von J. Clairmont. [75] Die
Gleichstromdampfmaschine, von J. Clairmont. [76] Das
Motorrad, von J. Clairmont. [77] Volkswagenwerk, GMBH,
Zentrale Berlin. [78] 40 Jahre Dieselmotor.
[79] Gunther Wagner: 18381938. [80] Der Bau des
Eiskellers, von Carl August Menzel (1848).
LCCN: 95-122932
LC CALL NUMBER: Collection Level Cataloging <Coll
MgmtHF5861>
American Grass Twine Company. Crex Grass Products. New
York, [1903]. [30] pp., ill,
LCCN: ca11-2090
LC CALL NUMBER: TS915.A5
---- Furniture Catalogue, 1903. [New York: Engraved and
Printed by the A. H. Kellogg Co., 1903]. 78 pp., col. plates.
LCCN: ca11-1067
LC CALL NUMBER: TS915.C48
American Seating Company (Founded 1906). Church Furniture.
[Chicago, 1911]. 60 pp., ill. (part col.) plates.
LCCN: 11-16355
LC CALL NUMBER: TS887.A4
"Illustrated catalogue number thirty-one."
Andrews, A. H., Company, Chicago. Guide to Church Furnishing
and Decoration. 1876-77. [Chicago:] Chicago Legal News, Printers,
1876. 132 pp., ill. (part col.).
LCCN: ca11-1072
LC CALL NUMBER: TS807.A5
Connersville Furniture Company, Connersville, Ind. Ye Old-Time
Furniture; Reproductions of Ye Olden Time in Ye Making of Which
Modern Methods Are Used. [Connersville, Ind., 1907]. 20 pp.
of ill.
LCCN: 43-49589
LC CALL NUMBER: NK2265.C6
Fiske, J. W. Illustrated Catalogue of Chairs and Settees,
Ornamental Iron-work of Every Description, Fountains, Vases, Statuary,
Deer, Dogs, Lions, etc., and Other Lawn and Garden Adornments.
[New York, 1875]. 28 pp., ill.
LCCN: 10-18057
LC CALL NUMBER: TS887.F6
Haskell, Firm, Manufacturers, Boston. Illustrated Catalogue
of the Boston School Furniture Manufactory. Boston, S. Thornton,
printer, 1870. 101 pp., ill.
LCCN: 06-28387
LC CALL NUMBER: LB3281.H2 1870
Heal & Son. Furnishings for the Middle Class; Heal's
Catalogues, 1853-1934. New York: St. Martin's Press, [1972].
1 vol. (unpaged), ill.
LCCN: 72-94279
LC CALL NUMBER: TS887.H4 1972
Johnson (A. J.) and Sons Furniture Company, Chicago. Suggestion
for the Dining Room. Chicago, 1908. 88 pp., ill. (part col.)
LCCN: 44-43107
LC CALL NUMBER: TS887.J6
Mitchell & Rammelsberg Furniture Company. Illustrated
Catalogue and Price List of Furniture. Cincinnati, Ohio:
Aldine Printing Works, 1878. 62 pp., ill.
LCCN: unk82-46854
LC CALL NUMBER: TS880.M68 1878 folio
Paines's Furniture Company, Boston. Suggestions to Those
Who Would Furnish; Illustrated by Sketches of Over One Hundred Pieces
of Furniture, Artistically Arranged. Boston: 1888. 22 leaves,
22 plates.
LCCN: ca17-1143
LC CALL NUMBER: NK2137.P3
Palmer & Embury Manufacturing Company, Inc., New York.
Products of Palmer and Embury Mfg. Co. New York [1905]. 4
pp., [54] plates.
LCCN: 43-42527
LC CALL NUMBER: NK2265.P3 folio
Schrenkeisen, M. & H., New York. Catalogue of Parlor
Furniture, Church, Lodge, Library and Hall Furniture Manufactured
by M. & H. Schrenkeisen. [New York: C.M. Cornwell, printer,
1877]. 88 pp., ill.
LCCN: 10-19918
LC CALL NUMBER: TS887.S4
Sparmann, Gustav E. Illustrated Catalogue of Iron Back Frames,
for Sofas, Lounges & Chairs, Manufactured by Gustav E. Sparmann.
New York [J.R. Huth, 1874]. 20 pp., ill.
LCCN: ca10-5327
LC CALL NUMBER: TS887.S8
Walters, Betty L. The King of Desks: Wooton's Patent Secretary.
Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. For sale by the Supt.
of Docs., GPO, 1969. Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology,
no. 3. 31 pp., ill., facsims.
LCCN: 78-604143
LC CALL NUMBER: TS887.W3
Bibliographic footnotes.
Cambridge Glass Company, Cambridge, Ohio. The Cambridge Glass
Co., Cambridge Ohio, National Cambridge Collectors, 1976. 237
pp. in various pagings, ill.
LCCN: 76-380132
LC CALL NUMBER: NK5112.C35 1976
Reprint of company catalog material originally published 1930-1934.
Includes index.
Cambridge Glass company, Cambridge, Ohio The Cambridge Glass
Co., Cambridge, Ohio [Newark, Ohio: Spencer Walker Press,
19..].
"A reprint of parts of old company catalogs".
LCCN: 74-182276
LC CALL NUMBER: TP868.C28 1974
Cambridge Glass Company, Cambridge, Ohio. Catalogue of Table
Glassware, Lamps, Barware, and Novelties Manufactured by the Cambridge
Glass Company. Cammbridge, Ohio: H. Bennett, 1976]. 106 pp.,
ill.
LCCN: 76-362976
LC CALL NUMBER: NK5198.C28A43 1976
Cover title: 1903 Catalog of Pressed and Blown Glass Ware
Manufactured by the Cambridge Glass Co., Cambridge, Ohio. Reprint
of the 1903 edition. Cambridge, Ohio: Cambridge Glass Co. Includes
index.
Illinois Glass Company. Illustrated Catalogue and Price
List, Illinois Glass Company, Manufacturers of Bottles and Glass
Containers of Every Kind. St. Louis, Mo.: Perrin & Smith
[1901]. 219 pp., ill.
LCCN: 01-31546
LC CALL NUMBER: TP868.I3
Macbeth, Geo. A., Company Pittsburgh. Illustrated Catalogue
of R. R. Lamp and Lantern Glasses. [New York: Bartlett, 1896].
200 pp., ill.
LCCN: ca09-6329
LC CALL NUMBER: TP868.M2
Matthews, John, Firm, New York. The Matthews Catalogue of
Decorated Glass for House, Steamship, and Car-work by the Tilghmam
Sand-blast and Etching Processes. New York, 1881. 78 pp.,
ill.
LCCN: 44-37610
LC CALL NUMBER: TP868.M37
Phoenix Glass Company, Monaca, Pa. Catalogue. Pittsburgh.
Library has nos. 7, 9, and 16.
LCCN: 08-15104
LC CALL NUMBER: TP868.P48a
Rice, James H., Company, Chicago. James H. Rice Co., Manufacturers,
Importers and Dealers in Art and Ornamental Glass . . . etc. Also
Chipped Glass Signs, Mirrors & Glaziers' Supplies . . . Plate
and Window Glass. Chicago, [1905]. 210 pp., ill. (part col.).
LCCN: unk82-51952
LC CALL NUMBER: TP868.R5
Semmer, Phillip, Glass Company, Ltd., New York. Price Lists.
[New York, 1888]. 164 pp., ill.
LCCN: ca10-2207
LC CALL NUMBER: TP868.S47
Shoemaker, Benjamin H., Philadelphia. Benjamin H. Shoemaker,
Importer, Dealer, and Sole Agent in Philadelphia, for the Sale of
French Thick White Plate Glass, French Looking Glass Plates . .
. Colored Glass American Window Glass, etc., etc. Phila[delphia]
1875. 55 pp., ills.
LCCN: ca10-2206
LC CALL NUMBER: TP868.S55
Catalog of Rookwood Art Pottery Shapes. 1971+ [Kingston,
N.Y., P-B Enterprises.]
LCCN: 79-28292
LC CALL NUMBER: TP818.C37
Connelly, John A. A Century-old Concern, Business of Jones,
McDuffee & Stratton Co. Founded by Otis Norcross, the Elder,
in 1810, Unbroken Record of Growth and Progress, the Largest Wholesale
and Retail Crockery, China and Glassware Establishment in the County.
[Boston: G. H. Ellis Co., Printers, 1910.] Ill. (part col.).
LCCN: 11-679
LC CALL NUMBER: TP818.C7
Maddock Pottery Company. Lamberton China Hotel and Club
Ware. [Trenton, N.J., 1905.] [31] pp., col. plates.
LCCN: unk82-53314
LC CALL NUMBER: TP818.M3
Stedman, D. B., & Company, Boston. Catalogue of China,
Glass, and Crockery Ware. [Boston:] Ripley & Co., Printers,
1861. 39 leaves.
LCCN: ca10-2215
LC CALL NUMBER: TP818.S8
Tice & Huntington, Cincinnati. Catalogue of Art Pottery,
Glass, and House Furnishing Goods. [Cincinnati, 1883]. 40
pp. ills.
LCCN: ca10-2214
LC CALL NUMBER: TP818.T5
Union Porcelain Company, New York. Price List of House Trimmings,
Consisting of Porcelain Door Knobs, Escutcheons, Bell Pulls, etc.
New York [Francis & Loutrel], 1861. 164 pp., ills.
LCCN: 08-21187
LC CALL NUMBER: TP818.U6
Gorham Manufacturing Company. The Gorham Book; A Convenient
Classification of the Sterling Silver Wares and Other Productions
of the Gorham Company. New York: Gorham Co. 1909. 173 pp.
LCCN: 42-8840
LC CALL NUMBER: TS735.G664
--- Sterling Silver Toilet Ware. New York, 1904. 137
pp. ills.
LCCN: unk83-10106
LC CALL NUMBER: TS735.G67
Meriden Britannia Company. Illustrated Catalogue and Price
List of Meriden Britannia Co.'s Electro Gold and Silver Plate on
Nickel Silver and White Metal. [Meriden, Conn.], 1882. 324
pp. (Chiefly ills.)
LCCN: 56-51650
LC CALL NUMBER: NK7199.M4 folio
Reed & Barton. General Catalog (in Four Divisions).
4 vols. [Cambridge, Mass.: University Press, 1911?]. Ill.
LCCN: 38-9935
LC CALL NUMBER: NK7230.R4
Contents: 1st division. Plated hollow ware. 2nd division. Flatware.
3d division. Sterling hollow ware. 4th division. Chests & cases,
pewter, bronze, and other wares.
---- Reed & Barton, Artistic Workers in Silver & Gold
Plate. [Catalogue, 1885. Springfield? Mass.], cl884. 371
pp. ills. (part col.).
LCCN: 57-55443
LC CALL NUMBER: NK7199.R4 folio
Cover title: Artistic Workers in Gold and Silver Electro Plate;
Illustrated Catalogue.
LCCN: unk81-1655
LC CALL NUMBER: TS675.R32
Rorer, Sarah T.H. How to Set the Table; Being a Treatise
Upon this Important Subject. Wallingford, Conn., R. Wallace
[1901]. 47 pp., ills.
LCCN: 02-15162
LC CALL NUMBER: TX871.R78
"A few brief remarks concerning the '1835--R. Wallace' silver plated
ware & illustrations showing the beauties of the various articles
made in the different patterns, with price lists for the same" (pp.
25-47).
Towle Manufacturing Company. The Life and Services of Benj.
Franklin, with Some of the Proverbs of Poor Richard, and a Catalogue
of the Benj. Franklin Pattern of Sterling Silver Tableware.
Newburyport, Mass. [1905]. 88 pp., ills.
LCCN: 06-2524
LC CALL NUMBER: Micro 65590 E
Another copy is included in Historical Publications of the
Towle Mfg. Company. Springfield, Mass.: 1901-1908.
LCCN: 09-2442
LC CALL NUMBER: TS735.T7
[Architectural trade catalogues from Avery Library, Columbia
University]. Edited by Norman A. Ross; introduction by Frank
Matero]. Frederick, Md.: UPA Academic Editions, c1989. 3,477 microfiches,
ill., 11 x 15 cm.
Title derived from guide. Titles selected by Herbert Mitchell. Accompanied
by printed guide entitled: Guide to Architectural Trade Catalogs
from Avery Library, Columbia University. Index, bibliographic
references.
MicRR GUIDE NUMBER:105-232
LCCN: 89-5754
LC CALL NUMBER: Microfiche 90/8091 (H) <MicRR>
Early American Imprints, 1639-1800. New York: Readex
Film Products, [1984]. 22,000 microfiches, ill., 11 x 15 cm. Accompanied
by guide with title: National Index of American Imprints Through
1800: the Short-title Evans.
MicRR GUIDE NUMBER: Z1215.S495
LCCN: 84-142517
LC CALL NUMBER: Microfiche 85/431 (Z) <MicRR>
Early American Imprints, 1801-1819. New York: Readex,
1985-{1993}. 40,480 microfiches, ill., 11 x 15 cm. Accompanied by
guides: Ralph R. Shaw, American Bibliography: A Preliminary
Checklist for 1901-1819; Ralph R. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker,
American Bibliography, a Preliminary Checklist, 1801-1819;
Ralph R. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker, Printer, Publishers,
and Booksellers Index, Geographical Index. Compiled by Frances
P. Newton.
MicRR GUIDE NUMBER: Z1215.S48, Z1215.N58 1983
LCCN: 90-956074
LC CALL NUMBER: Microfiche 90/7049 (Z) <MicRR>
Trade Catalogs From the Corning Museum of Glass.
New York, N.Y.: Clearwater Pub. Co., 1987. Ca. 5,000 microfiches
; 11 x 15 cm. Accompanied by Guide to Trade Catalogs From
the Corning Museum of Glass.
MicRR GUIDE NUMBER: Z6046.G84 1987
LCCN: 90-956075
LC CALL NUMBER: Microfiche 90/7050 (T) <MicRR>
Hagley Museum and Library. Trade Catalogs from the Hagley
Museum and Library: Transportation. Frederick, Md.: UPA Academic
Editions, c1989. 904 microfiches, ill.
MicRR GUIDE NUMBER: 105-247.
LCCN: 89-30672
LC CALL NUMBER: Microfiche 90/7051 (H) <MicRR>
Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. Trade Catalogues
at Winterthur. Frederick, Md.: Clearwater Pub. Co., c1989.
About 3,000 microfiches, ill.
Printed guide: E. Richard McKinstry, comp., Trade Catalogues
at Winterthur: A Guide to the Literature of Merchandising, 1750
to 1880. Bibliographic references.
MicRR GUIDE NUMBER: Z7164.M18H43 1984.
LCCN: 89-70533
LC CALL NUMBER: Microfiche (o) 90/8089 (H) <MicRR>
Printed guide: Eleanor McD. Thompson, comp., Trade Catalogues
at the Winterthur Museum Part II.
LC CALL NUMBER: In process 1/6/98
Many old trade catalogs are currently being reprinted. Consult
the online catalog. The files are accessible using standard Library
of Congress subject headings as listed below, or by using key words
from the cataloging record, or the name of the company. Instruction
is available at the Computer Catalog Center.
There are large collections of trade catalogs at various libraries
across the country. In addition, researchers can often find regional
material in public libraries or historical societies relating to
manufacturers or craftsmen that were located in those areas. The
following is a list of locations for some of the larger trade catalog
collections.
- University of California. Santa
Barbara. Library.
Special Collections Department, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
(over 100,00 catalogs)
- Smithsonian Institution.
Museum of History and Technology Library.
Washington, DC 20560
(over 225,000 catalogs)
- Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.
4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213
(over 25,000 catalogs)
- Name of the Company
- Type of manufacture--catalogs
--place--catalogs
--place--directories
e.g.Silversmithing--catalogs
Pottery--London--catalog
Glass manufacture--U.S.--directories
- Art industries and trade--place
--place--directories
e.g. Art industries and trade--Vermont
Art industries and trade--U.S.--directories
- Hardware--catalogs
- Place--directories
--Industries
--manufactures--directories
--manufactures--history
e.g. New York (State)--directories
New York (State)--industries
United States--manufactures--directories
United States--manufactures--history
Lois Korzendorfer
Humanities & Social Sciences Division
January 1998
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