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By Nathan Bender, Jacob Smith, Joshua Brown, Andrew Searle, Samantha L. Harper
Collection Overview
Title: MS 020 - Winchester Repeating Arms Company Archives Collection, 1857-1980
Primary Creator: Winchester Repeating Arms Company
Extent: 100.0 Boxes
Date Acquired: 01/01/1976
Abstract
The archives of the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. contain the original sales ledgers for firearms models (1866 – 1907), photographs of all Winchester firearms models, correspondence documenting the company's role in both World Wars, a large collection of domestic and foreign firearms catalogs, and several thousand engineering drawings. A portion of the collection contains the original patents for firearm technology purchased by Winchester.
Administrative Information
Repository:
McCracken Research Library
Access Restrictions:
McCracken Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials. Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation or publication. Contact McCracken Research Library for more information.
Acquisition Source:
Olin Corporation
Acquisition Method:
Gift
Related Materials:
Digitized Collection of Winchester Repeating Arms Company - MS 020 in Buffalo Bill Center of the West's Digital Collections For more information please see http://library.centerofthewest.org/cdm/search/collection/p17097coll30/order/identi/ad/asc
Related Publications:
Rare Books - "Winchester Goes to War!"
"Hunting for Profits" by Paul M. Doane, a Winchester-Western Press sales/marketing publication, HD9744 F552 D63 1967
Preferred Citation:
Winchester Repeating Arms Company Archives Collection, MS 20, McCracken Research Library, Buffalo Bill Center of the West
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
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Series 1: World War I, 1914 - 1923],
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Series 2: World War II, 1932 - 1954],
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Series 3: Tom Hall Winchester Files, 1970-1979],
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Series 4: Winchester Subject Files, 1900 - 1980],
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Series 5: Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1876 - 1958],
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Series 6: Winchester History, Advertisements, Press Releases, and Books],
[Series 7: Domestic Catalogs, 1884 - 1999],
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Series 8: Foreign Catalogs, 1898 - 1959],
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Series 9: Polishing Shop Record Books - Serial Number Application Ledgers, 1877 - 1953, 1980],
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Series 10: Various Winchester Historical Material, 1907 - 1956],
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Series 11: P-14 Enfield, 1914 - 1918],
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Series 12: Patents, 1872 - 1949],
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Series 13: Winchester Litigation Records, 1871 - 1951],
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Series 14: Manufacturing Techniques],
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Series 15: Winchester Gun Museum Records],
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Series 16: Bound Volumes, 1919 - 1958],
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Series 17: Photographs],
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Series 18: Addition],
[
Series 20: Addition 2015, 1950-2001, 2015],
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Series 21: Oversize Materials],
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Series 22: Inspection Sheets],
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Series 23: Production Serial Number Ledgers],
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All]
- Series 7: Domestic Catalogs, 1884 - 1999
- The Winchester Repeating Arms Company copies of domestic American catalogs date from 1884 to 1999. Included are catalogs associated with firearms and outdoor sporting goods. Arrangement is alphabetical by company name.
- Box MS20.15
- Folder MS20.15.01: Abercrombie & Fitch
- Folder MS20.15.02: Abercrombie & Fitch
- Folder MS20.15.03: Abercrombie & Fitch
- Folder MS20.15.04: Adolph, Fred (Modern Guns)
- Folder MS20.15.05: Aldens, 1953
- Folder MS20.15.06: American E.C. & Schultze Powder Co.
- Folder MS20.15.07: Eulogio Arostegui
- Folder MS20.15.08: Amateur Trapshooting Association of America, 1923
- Folder MS20.15.09: Barney & Berry
- Folder MS20.15.10: Bausch & Lomb
- Folder MS20.15.11: L.L. Bean
- Folder MS20.15.12: Belding & Mull
- Folder MS20.15.13: Benjamin
- Folder MS20.15.14: Berlin Glove Co., Mid-Western Sportlogs
- Folder MS20.15.15: Bond Electric Corporation Radio Batteries
- Folder MS20.15.16: Bourne & Bond
- Folder MS20.15.17: Braytons
- Folder MS20.15.18: James W. Brine & Co.
- Folder MS20.15.19: Brownell
- Folder MS20.15.20: Browning
- Folder MS20.15.21: Browning B & A
- Folder MS20.15.22: Buehler
- Folder MS20.15.23: California Arms Co.
- Folder MS20.15.24: Chemical Warfare Ordinance Munitions
- Folder MS20.15.25: Chamberlin Cartridge & Target Co.
- Folder MS20.15.26: Columbian University, February 1902
- Folder MS20.15.27: Columbian Air Gun
- Folder MS20.15.28: Colt
- Folder MS20.15.29: Colt
- Folder MS20.15.30: Compass Instrument & Optical Co.
- Folder MS20.15.31: H.W. Cooey Machine & Arms Co., Ltd.
- Folder MS20.15.32: Max Cook, Sporting Goods Catalog, 1931
- Folder MS20.15.33: Crosman Arms Company, Inc.
- Folder MS20.15.34: Cullen Ball Bearing Rifle Guns
- Folder MS20.15.35: Daisy
- Folder MS20.15.36: Dakin
- Folder MS20.15.37: Charles Daly, Inc.
- Folder MS20.15.38: Dockendorff Sights
- Box MS20.16
- Folder MS20.16.01: DuPont
- Folder MS20.16.02: DuPont Powder Co. - "Powders I Have Used" by Annie Oakley, 1914
- Folder MS20.16.03: E.I. DuPont de Nemoures Powder Co. Schultze Powder, 1914
- Folder MS20.16.04: Federal
- Folder MS20.16.05: Fecker, J.W. Inc.
- Folder MS20.16.06: Firearms International Corporation
- Folder MS20.16.07: H.D. Folsom Arms Company
- Folder MS20.16.08: H.D. Folsom Arms Company, Catalog 13
- Folder MS20.16.09: H.D. Folsom
- Folder MS20.16.10: H.D. Folsom
- Folder MS20.16.11: E.P. Follett & Co.
- Folder MS20.16.12: Fray-Mershon, Inc.
- Folder MS20.16.13: J.L. Galef
- Folder MS20.16.14: Garland's New Streamlining of Automatics
- Folder MS20.16.15: Godfrey Import Corporation
- Folder MS20.16.16: Golden State Arms Corporation
- Folder MS20.16.17: Griffin & Howe, Inc.
- Folder MS20.16.18: Hardinge Sales Company, Inc.
- Folder MS20.16.19: Harrington & Richardson Arms Company (H & R)
- Folder MS20.16.20: Harrington & Richardson Arms Company
- Folder MS20.16.21: Harrington & Richardson Arms Company
- Folder MS20.16.22: Hercules Powder Company
- Folder MS20.16.23: Hercules Powder Company
- Folder MS20.16.24: Herter's Incorporated
- Folder MS20.16.25: J. C. Higgins
- Folder MS20.16.26: Hi-Standard
- Folder MS20.16.27: Hopkins & Allen Arms Company
- Folder MS20.16.28: Hotchkins Catalogue, 1889
- Folder MS20.16.29: Russell Sporting Goods Company Catalog
- Folder MS20.16.30: Ideal Manufacturing Company
- Folder MS20.16.31: Ideal Manufacturing Company Handbook (Lyman)
- Folder MS20.16.32: Ideal Manufacturing Company Handbook (Lyman), Ideal Retail Price List
- Folder MS20.16.33: Jackson Arms
- Folder MS20.16.34: Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works
- Folder MS20.16.35: Iver Johnson
- Box MS20.17
- Folder MS20.17.01: Jarvis Manufacturing, Inc. Flex-Choke
- Folder MS20.17.02: Johnson Automatics Incorporated
- Folder MS20.17.03: Kessler Arms Corporation (Pneumatic Rifles, Lever Action Shotguns)
- Folder MS20.17.04: Kimball Arms Company
- Folder MS20.17.05: King Air Guns
- Folder MS20.17.06: King Gun Sight Company, Inc.
- Folder MS20.17.07: Kirtland Brothers & Company, Inc. Catalog
- Folder MS20.17.08: Kirkwood Brothers, Inc.
- Folder MS20.17.09: Kirtland Brothers & Company, Inc. Catalog
- Folder MS20.17.10: Leupold & Stevens Instruments
- Folder MS20.17.11: Lyman Gunsight Corporation
- Folder MS20.17.12: Lyman Gunsight Corporation
- Folder MS20.17.13: Marble Arms & Manufacturing Company
- Folder MS20.17.14: Marble Arms Corporation
- Folder MS20.17.15: Marshall-Wells Hardware Company
- Folder MS20.17.16: Marlin Firearms Company
- Folder MS20.17.17: Marlin Firearms Company
- Folder MS20.17.18: Marlin Firearms Company
- Folder MS20.17.19: Mills Woven Cartridge Belt Company
- Folder MS20.17.20: Morly-Murphy Hardware Company, Morrill Target Company
- Folder MS20.17.21: O.F. Mossberg & Sons, Inc.
- Folder MS20.17.22: O.F. Mossberg & Sons, Inc.
- Folder MS20.17.23: O.F. Mossberg & Sons, Inc.
- Folder MS20.17.24: National Target & Supply Company
- Folder MS20.17.25: National Skeet Shooting Association
- Folder MS20.17.26: National Sportsman
- Folder MS20.17.27: Noble Manufacturing Company, Inc.
- Folder MS20.17.28: R. Noske
- Folder MS20.17.29: L. Oppleman Inc.
- Folder MS20.17.30: Pacific Gunsight Company
- Folder MS20.17.31: Parker-Hale Ltd.
- Folder MS20.17.32: Page-Lewis Arms Company
- Folder MS20.17.33: Peters Cartridge Division
- Folder MS20.17.34: Philadelphia Single Trigger Company
- Folder MS20.17.35: Poly-Choke Company
- Folder MS20.17.36: Production Equipment Company
- Folder MS20.17.37: Range Finding Sight Company
- Folder MS20.17.38: Redfield Gunsight Company
- Folder MS20.17.39: Reed Manufacturing Company
- Folder MS20.17.40: Remington Arms UMC
- Folder MS20.17.41: Remington Arms Company
- Box MS20.18
- Folder MS20.18.01: Remington UMC Catalog, 1923
- Folder MS20.18.02: Remington Arms Company, 1930s
- Folder MS20.18.03: Remington Arms Company, 1940s
- Folder MS20.18.04: Remington Arms Company - Brochures, 1940s
- Folder MS20.18.05: Remington Arms Company - Brochures, 1940s
- Folder MS20.18.06: Remington Catalog No. 50, 1950
- Folder MS20.18.07: Remington Arms Company - Parts Price List, 1956 - 1957
- Folder MS20.18.08: Remington Arms Company - Brochures, 1950s
- Folder MS20.18.09: Remington Arms Company - Brochures, 1950s
- Folder MS20.18.10: Remington Arms Company - Price List Brochure, 1960s
- Folder MS20.18.11: Remington Arms Company - Miscellaneous
- Folder MS20.18.12: Remington Arms Company - Advertisements and Brochures
- Folder MS20.18.13: Remington Arms Company - Miscellaneous
- Folder MS20.18.14: Remington Arms Company - Instructions
- Folder MS20.18.15: Richardson Industries, Inc.; Richland Arms Company; Winchester Arms Company
- Folder MS20.18.16: Safeguarding Military Information - Army Regulations, June 10, 1939
- Folder MS20.18.17: Savage Arms Company - Brochures, 1950s
- Folder MS20.18.18: Savage Arms Company - Brochures, 1960s
- Folder MS20.18.19: Savage Arms Company - Model Pamphlets
- Folder MS20.18.20: Savage Arms Company - Correspondence, January 18, 1957
- R.S. Holmes to T.E. Hall re: Savage .300 Cartridge
- Folder MS20.18.21: Savage Arms Company - Catalogs, 1940s
- Folder MS20.18.22: Savage Arms Company - History by G.R. Walrous, September 10, 1945
- Folder MS20.18.23: Savage Arms Company - Catalogs, 1930s
- Folder MS20.18.24: Savage Arms Company - Early Catalogs
- Folder MS20.18.25: Savage Arms Company - Catalog, 1919
- Folder MS20.18.26: Savage Lewis Gun Model, 1915
- Folder MS20.18.27: Savage Arms Company - Catalogs, 1920s
- Folder MS20.18.28: Schoverling, Daly & Gales - Catalog 87, 1922
- Folder MS20.18.29: Schoverling, Daly & Gales - Sporting Goods Catalog No. 90, 1924
- Folder MS20.18.30: Sears, Roebuck & Company, 1924
- Folder MS20.18.31: R.F. Sedgley, Inc. - Catalog No. 6
- Folder MS20.18.32: Sequoia Importing Company, 1925
- Box MS20.19
- Folder MS20.19.01: Shapiro Sporting Goods
- Folder MS20.19.02: Simmons Gun Catalog, 1964
- Folder MS20.10.03: Skates, Roller & Ice Catalogs
- Folder MS20.19.04: Slazengers (Australia) Pty. Ltd.
- Folder MS20.19.05: Smith's Patent Gun Sight Company, 1902
- Folder MS20.19.06: Smith & Wesson Inc. - Brochures
- Folder MS20.19.07: Smith & Wesson Inc. - Miscellaneous
- Folder MS20.19.08: Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturer's Institute
- Folder MS20.19.09: Sporting Ballistite
- Folder MS20.19.10: Sporting Goods Salesman, November 1922
- Folder MS20.19.11: Springfield Armory Models Since 1795
- Folder MS20.19.12: Stauffer, Eshleman & Co. - Catalog No. 56s
- Folder MS20.19.13: J. Stevens Arms and Tool Company
- Folder MS20.19.14: Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.
- Folder MS20.19.15: Sub-Target Gun Company
- Folder MS20.19.16: Telescopes for Springfield - Advertisements
- Folder MS20.19.17: Edward K. Tryon Company - Catalogs
- Folder MS20.19.18: Edward K. Tryon Company - Catalogs
- Folder MS20.19.19: Union Hardware Company - Gun Implements and Police Goods
- Folder MS20.19.20: United States Cartridge Company
- Folder MS20.19.21: United States Cartridge Company
- Folder MS20.19.22: Valtion Metallitehta'at
- Folder MS20.19.23: Vaver Corporation - Firearm Sights
- Folder MS20.19.24: Vickers Armstrongs Ltd.
- Folder MS20.19.25: Von Lengerke & Antoine, Catalog No. 67 & 73
- Folder MS20.19.26: Von Lengerke & Detmold, 1900
- Folder MS20.19.27: Von Lengerke & Detmold Inc., 1925-1926, 1927-1928
- Folder MS20.19.28: Warner Objective Sighting System
- Folder MS20.19.29: Weatherby's Inc.
- Folder MS20.19.30: W.R. Weaver Company, 1952
- Folder MS20.19.31: Wells Fargo Bank & Union Trust Company
- Folder MS20.19.32: Westchester Trading Post
- Folder MS20.19.33: Western Auto Hunting Catalog
- Folder MS20.19.34: Western Arms Corporation
- Folder MS20.19.35: Western Cartridge Company
- Folder MS20.19.36: Western Cartridge Company - Brochures
- Folder MS20.19.37: Western Cartridge Company - Miscellaneous
- Folder MS20.19.38: Western Cartridge Company - Brochures
- Folder MS20.19.39: Whitney Arms Company, January 1884; November 15, 1862
- Folder MS20.19.40: Whitney Firearms
- Folder MS20.19.41: Wilkes-Barre Gun Company
- Folder MS20.19.42: Williams Gun Sight Company
- Folder MS20.19.43: William M. Locke - Antique Firearms Sales List
- Folder MS20.19.44: Winchester Ammunition
- Box MS20.20
- Folder MS20.20.01: Winchester Reloading Catalogs, 1992, 1994, 1997
- Folder MS20.20.02: Winchester Ammunition Brochures, 1984
- Digital Collections - Scan of Item
- Folder MS20.20.03: Winchester Ammunition Catalogs, 1986 - 1999
- Digital Collections - Scan of Item
- Folder MS20.20.04: Winchester Gun Museum
- Folder MS20.20.05: Winchester Model Information - M21, M42, M88
- Digital Collections - Scan of Item
- Folder MS20.20.06: Winchester Radio & Flashlight Battery
- Folder MS20.20.07: Winchester Repeating Arms Company - Advertising Flyers, Publications and Price List, 1910 - 1960
- Folder MS20.20.08: Winchester Sales Manuals & Production Bulletin, 1920s
- Folder MS20.20.09: Winchester Sales Manuals, 1933, 1934, 1941
- Folder MS20.20.10: Winchester-Western Sporting Arms & Ammunition Catalogs, 1968
- Folder MS20.20.11: Winchester-Western Sporting Arms, Ammunition, & Reloading Components Catalogs, 1976, 1977, 1978
- Folder MS20.20.12: Winchester Sporting Arms & Ammunition Catalogs, 1981
- Folder MS20.20.13: Winchester Sporting Equipment Catalogs
- Folder MS20.20.14: Winchester "The Sport of Trapshooting"
- Folder MS20.20.15: Winchester Tool & Fishing Catalogs
- Folder MS20.20.16: Winchester W Brand (Brochures)
- Item 1: MS20.20.16.01 - Winchester Arms and Accessories Catalog, 1948
- Digital Collections - Scan of Item
- Item 2: MS20.20.16.02 - Winchester General Utility Oil
- Digital Collections - Scan of Item
- Folder MS20.20.17: Wyeth Hardware & Mfg. Company, 1924
- Box MS20.39
- Folder MS20.39.01: Winchester Firearms Catalogs, 1982-1993
- Folder MS20.39.02: Winchester Firearms Catalogs, 1994-1999
- Folder MS20.39.03: Winchester Special Editions & Custom Firearm Catalogs, 1983-1999
- Folder MS20.39.04: Winchester Catalogs - Miscellaneous
- Folder MS20.39.05: Winchester Dates of Manufacture 1 of 1,000
- Folder MS20.39.06: "A Survey of the Winchester Model 1894 - Records Serial Numbers 1 - 353,999"
- Box MS20.40
- Folder MS20.40.01: L.C. Smith Catalog (Photocopy), 1888
- Folder MS20.40.02: L.C. Smith Catalog (Photocopy), 1897
- Folder MS20.40.03: L.C. Smith Catalog (Photocopy), 1901
- Folder MS20.40.04: L.C. Smith Catalog (Photocopy), 1904
- Folder MS20.40.05: L.C. Smith Catalog (Photocopy), 1905
- Folder MS20.40.06: L.C. Smith Catalog (Photocopy), 1906
- Folder MS20.40.07: L.C. Smith Catalog (Photocopy), 1907
- Folder MS20.40.08: L.C. Smith Catalog (Photocopy), 1913
- Folder MS20.40.09: L.C. Smith Catalog (Photocopy), 1918
- Folder MS20.40.10: L.C. Smith Catalog (Photocopy), 1919
- Folder MS20.40.11: L.C. Smith Catalog (Photocopy), 1921
- Folder MS20.40.12: L.C. Smith Catalog (Photocopy), 1924-1925
- Folder MS20.40.13: L.C. Smith Catalog (Photocopy), 1926
- Folder MS20.40.14: L.C. Smith Catalog (Photocopy), 1929
- Folder MS20.40.15: L.C. Smith Catalog (Photocopy), 1934
- Folder MS20.40.16: L.C. Smith Catalog (Photocopy), 1936
- Folder MS20.40.17: L.C. Smith Catalog (Photocopy), 1937
- Folder MS20.40.18: L.C. Smith Catalog (Photocopy), 1940
- Folder MS20.40.19: L.C. Smith Catalog (Photocopy), 1942
- Folder MS20.40.20: L.C. Smith Catalog (Photocopy), Various
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: World War I, 1914 - 1923],
[
Series 2: World War II, 1932 - 1954],
[
Series 3: Tom Hall Winchester Files, 1970-1979],
[
Series 4: Winchester Subject Files, 1900 - 1980],
[
Series 5: Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1876 - 1958],
[
Series 6: Winchester History, Advertisements, Press Releases, and Books],
[Series 7: Domestic Catalogs, 1884 - 1999],
[
Series 8: Foreign Catalogs, 1898 - 1959],
[
Series 9: Polishing Shop Record Books - Serial Number Application Ledgers, 1877 - 1953, 1980],
[
Series 10: Various Winchester Historical Material, 1907 - 1956],
[
Series 11: P-14 Enfield, 1914 - 1918],
[
Series 12: Patents, 1872 - 1949],
[
Series 13: Winchester Litigation Records, 1871 - 1951],
[
Series 14: Manufacturing Techniques],
[
Series 15: Winchester Gun Museum Records],
[
Series 16: Bound Volumes, 1919 - 1958],
[
Series 17: Photographs],
[
Series 18: Addition],
[
Series 20: Addition 2015, 1950-2001, 2015],
[
Series 21: Oversize Materials],
[
Series 22: Inspection Sheets],
[
Series 23: Production Serial Number Ledgers],
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All]
