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Acheson, Edward Goodrich , 1856-1931

 Person

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Acheson, 1907-1944

 Series
Identifier: Series 3
Scope and Contents note From the Collection:

This record group encompasses the history of the Carborundum Company. Includes: films, photographs, diaries, financial records, advertising campaigns, companies in other countries, blueprints, material from the ceramics museum, artifacts, as well as documenting changes in the company involving Kennecott Copper, Curtiss-Wright and Standard Oil.

Dates: 1907-1944

Acheson, 1893-1944, bulk: 1910 - 1911

 Box — Box: Carbo 2011-78
Identifier: Box 1
Scope and Contents A small series of books or other publications by or about Edward G. Acheson, the founder of Carborundum. Includes a farewell dinner menu (1910), "The Man Who Didn't Know When He had Failed", a pathfinder about Acheson, Egyptianized Clay, Acheson Graphite by Orrin E. Dunlap, etc. Includes a booklet on Trilobites from 1944 by John R. Ball (?), and Carborundum: Its History, Manufacture and Uses by E.G. Acheson (Reprinted from the Journal of the Franklin Institute, September, 1893). Box...
Dates: 1893-1944; Majority of material found within 1910 - 1911

Carborundum Company Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CARBO-000-000-003
Scope and Contents note

This record group encompasses the history of the Carborundum Company. Includes: films, photographs, diaries, financial records, advertising campaigns, companies in other countries, blueprints, material from the ceramics museum, artifacts, as well as documenting changes in the company involving Kennecott Copper, Curtiss-Wright and Standard Oil.

Dates: 1895-1993

Newspaper clippings, bulk: 1915-1954, undated

 Box — Box: 150
Identifier: Box 1
Scope and Contents

Niagara Falls, City Government; Plan C; City Manager Plan; Chapter Revisions, Municipal Problems - Niagara Falls, N.Y. (Clippings from various newspapers). Includes Edward G. Acheson - Etching signed by Acheson.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1915-1954, undated

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Type
Archival Object 4
Collection 1
 
Subject
Advertising 1
Carborundum Company 1
Government 1
Industrial ceramics 1
Industries -- New York (State) -- Niagara Falls 1