MS 020 - Winchester Repeating Arms Company Archives Collection, 1857-1980 | McCracken Research Library

By Nathan Bender, Jacob Smith, and Joshua Brown

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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 Publications: Rare Books - "Winchester Goes to War!"

Preferred Citation: Winchester Repeating Arms Company Archives Collection, MS 20, McCracken Research Library, Buffalo Bill Center of the West<span style="display: none;"> </span>

Box and Folder Listing

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, 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],
[Box 37],
[Box 38],
[Series 16: Bound Volumes, 1919 - 1958],
[Series 17: Photographs],
[Series 18: Addition],
[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 15

Folder 1: Abercrombie & Fitch
Folder 2: Abercrombie & Fitch
Folder 3: Abercrombie & Fitch
Folder 4: Adolph, Fred (Modern Guns)
Folder 5: Aldens, 1953
Folder 6: American E.C. & Schultz Powder Co.
Folder 7: Eulogio Arostegui
Folder 8: Amateur Trapshooting Association of America, 1923
Folder 9: Barney & Berry
Folder 10: Bausch & Lomb
Folder 11: L.L. Bean
Folder 12: Belding & Mull
Folder 13: Benjamin
Folder 14: Berlin Glove Co., Mid-Western Sportlogs
Folder 15: Bond Electric Corporation Radio Batteries
Folder 16: Bowrne & Bond
Folder 17: Braytons
Folder 18: James W. Brine & Co.
Folder 19: Brownell
Folder 20: Browning
Folder 21: Browning B & A
Folder 22: Buehler
Folder 23: California Arms Co.
Folder 24: Chemical Warfare Ordinance Munitions
Folder 25: Chamberlin Cartridge & Target Co.
Folder 26: Columbian University, February 1902
Folder 27: Columbian Air Gun
Folder 28: Colt
Folder 29: Colt
Folder 30: Compass Instrument & Optical Co.
Folder 31: H.W. Cooey Machine & Arms Co., Ltd.
Folder 32: Max Cook, Sporting Goods Catalog, 1931
Folder 33: Crosman Arms Company, Inc.
Folder 34: Cullen Ball Bearing Rifle Guns
Folder 35: Daisy
Folder 36: Dakin
Folder 37: Charles Daly, Inc.
Folder 38: Dockendorff Sights

Box 16

Folder 1: DuPont
Folder 2: DuPont Powder Co. - "Powders I Have Used" by Annie Oakley, 1914
Folder 3: E.I. DuPont de Nemoures Powder Co. Schultze Powder, 1914
Folder 4: Federal
Folder 5: Fecker, J.W. Inc.
Folder 6: Firearms International Corporation
Folder 7: H.D. Folsom Arms Company
Folder 8: H.D. Folsom Arms Company, Catalog 13
Folder 9: H.D. Folsom
Folder 10: H.D. Folsom
Folder 11: E.P. Follett & Co.
Folder 12: Fray-Mershon, Inc.
Folder 13: J.L. Galef
Folder 14: Garland's New Streamlining of Automatics
Folder 15: Godfrey Import Corporation
Folder 16: Golden State Arms Corporation
Folder 17: Griffin & Howe, Inc.
Folder 18: Hardinge Sales Company, Inc.
Folder 19: H & R Arms Company
Folder 20: H & R Arms Company
Folder 21: H & R Arms Company
Folder 22: Hercules Powder Company
Folder 23: Hercules Powder Company
Folder 24: Herter's Incorporated
Folder 25: J. C. Higgins
Folder 26: Hi-Standard
Folder 27: Hopkins & Allen Arms Company
Folder 28: Hotchkins Catalogue, 1889
Folder 29: Russell Sporting Goods Company Catalog
Folder 30: Ideal Manufacturing Company
Folder 31: Ideal Manufacturing Company Handbook (Lyman)
Folder 32: Ideal Manufacturing Company Handbook (Lyman), Ideal Retail Price List
Folder 33: Jackson Arms
Folder 34: Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works
Folder 35: Iver Johnson

Box 17

Folder 1: Jarvis Manufacturing, Inc. Flex-Choke
Folder 2: Johnson Automatics Incorporated
Folder 3: Kessler Arms Corporation (Pneumatic Rifles, Lever Action Shotguns)
Folder 4: Kimball Arms Company
Folder 5: King Air Guns
Folder 6: King Gun Sight Company, Inc.
Folder 7: Kirtland Brothers & Company, Inc. Catalog
Folder 8: Kirkwood Brothers, Inc.
Folder 9: Kirtland Brothers & Company, Inc. Catalog
Folder 10: Leupold & Stevens Instruments
Folder 11: Lyman Gunsight Corporation
Folder 12: Lyman Gunsight Corporation
Folder 13: Marble Arms & Manufacturing Company
Folder 14: Marble Arms Corporation
Folder 15: Marshall-Wells Hardware Company
Folder 16: Marlin Firearms Company
Folder 17: Marlin Firearms Company
Folder 18: Marlin Firearms Company
Folder 19: Mills Woven Cartridge Belt Company
Folder 20: Morly-Murphy Hardware Company, Morrill Target Company
Folder 21: O.F. Mossberg & Sons, Inc.
Folder 22: O.F. Mossberg & Sons, Inc.
Folder 23: O.F. Mossberg & Sons, Inc.
Folder 24: National Target & Supply Company
Folder 25: National Skeet Shooting Association
Folder 26: National Sportsman
Folder 27: Noble Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Folder 28: R. Noske
Folder 29: L. Oppleman Inc.
Folder 30: Pacific Gunsight Company
Folder 31: Parker-Hale Ltd.
Folder 32: Page-Lewis Arms Company
Folder 33: Peters Cartridge Division
Folder 34: Philadelphia Single Trigger Company
Folder 35: Poly-Choke Company
Folder 36: Production Equipment Company
Folder 37: Range Finding Sight Company
Folder 38: Redfield Gunsight Company
Folder 39: Reed Manufacturing Company
Folder 40: Remington Arms UMC
Folder 41: Remington Arms Company

Box 18

Folder 1: Remington UMC Catalog, 1923
Folder 2: Remington Arms Company, 1930s
Folder 3: Remington Arms Company, 1940s
Folder 4: Remington Arms Company - Brochures, 1940s
Folder 5: Remington Arms Company - Brochures, 1940s
Folder 6: Remington Catalog No. 50, 1950
Folder 7: Remington Arms Company - Parts Price List, 1956 - 1957
Folder 8: Remington Arms Company - Brochures, 1950s
Folder 9: Remington Arms Company - Brochures, 1950s
Folder 10: Remington Arms Company - Price List Brochure, 1960s
Folder 11: Remington Arms Company - Miscellaneous
Folder 12: Remington Arms Company - Advertisements and Brochures
Folder 13: Remington Arms Company - Miscellaneous
Folder 14: Remington Arms Company - Instructions
Folder 15: Richardson Industries, Inc.; Richland Arms Company; Winchester Arms Company
Folder 16: Safeguarding Military Information - Army Regulations, June 10, 1939
Folder 17: Savage Arms Company - Brochures, 1950s
Folder 18: Savage Arms Company - Brochures, 1960s
Folder 19: Savage Arms Company - Model Pamphlets
Folder 20: Savage Arms Company - Correspondence, January 18, 1957: R.S. Holmes to T.E. Hall re: Savage .300 Cartridge
Folder 21: Savage Arms Company - Catalogs, 1940s
Folder 22: Savage Arms Company - History by G.R. Walrous, September 10, 1945
Folder 23: Savage Arms Company - Catalogs, 1930s
Folder 24: Savage Arms Company - Early Catalogs
Folder 25: Savage Arms Company - Catalog, 1919
Folder 26: Savage Lewis Gun Model, 1915
Folder 27: Savage Arms Company - Catalogs, 1920s
Folder 28: Schoverling, Daly & Gales - Catalog 87, 1922
Folder 29: Schoverling, Daly & Gales - Sporting Goods Catalog No. 90, 1924
Folder 30: Sears, Roebuck & Company, 1924
Folder 31: R.F. Sedgley, Inc. - Catalog No. 6
Folder 32: Sequoia Importing Company, 1925

Box 19

Folder 1: Shapiro Sporting Goods
Folder 2: Simmons Gun Catalog, 1964
Folder 3: Skates, Roller & Ice Catalogs
Folder 4: Slazengers (Australia) Pty. Ltd.
Folder 5: Smith's Patent Gun Sight Company, 1902
Folder 6: Smith & Wesson Inc. - Brochures
Folder 7: Smith & Wesson Inc. - Miscellaneous
Folder 8: Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturer's Institute
Folder 9: Sporting Ballistite
Folder 10: Sporting Goods Salesman, November 1922
Folder 11: Springfield Armory Models Since 1795
Folder 12: Stauffer, Eshleman & Co. - Catalog No. 56s
Folder 13: J. Stevens Arms and Tool Company
Folder 14: Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.
Folder 15: Sub-Target Gun Company
Folder 16: Telescopes for Springfield - Advertisements
Folder 17: Edward K. Tryton Company - Catalogs
Folder 18: Edward K. Tryton Company - Catalogs
Folder 19: Union Hardware Company - Gun Implements and Police Goods
Folder 20: United States Cartridge Company
Folder 21: United States Cartridge Company
Folder 22: Valtion Metallitehta'at
Folder 23: Vaver Corporation - Firearm Sights
Folder 24: Vickers Armstrongs Ltd.
Folder 25: Von Lengerke & Antoine, Catalog No. 67 & 73
Folder 26: Von Lengerke & Detmold, 1900
Folder 27: Von Lengerke & Detmold Inc., 1925-1926, 1927-1928
Folder 28: Warner Objective Sighting System
Folder 29: Weatherby's Inc.
Folder 30: W.R. Weaver Company, 1952
Folder 31: Wells Fargo Bank & Union Trust Company
Folder 32: Westchester Trading Post
Folder 33: Western Auto Hunting Catalog
Folder 34: Western Arms Corporation
Folder 35: Western Cartridge Company
Folder 36: Western Cartridge Company - Brochures
Folder 37: Western Cartridge Company - Miscellaneous
Folder 38: Western Cartridge Company - Brochures
Folder 39: Whitney Arms Company, January 1884; November 15, 1862
Folder 40: Whitney Firearms
Folder 41: Wilkes-Barre Gun Company
Folder 42: Williams Gun Sight Company
Folder 43: William M. Locke - Antique Firearms Sales List
Folder 44: Winchester Ammunition

Box 20

Folder 1: Winchester Reloading Catalogs, 1992, 1994, 1997
Folder 2: Winchester Ammunition Brochures, 1984
Folder 3: Winchester Ammunition Catalogs, 1986 - 1999
Folder 4: Winchester Gun Museum
Folder 5: Winchester Model Information - M21, M42, M88
Folder 6: Winchester Radio & Flashlight Battery
Folder 7: Winchester Repeating Arms Company - Advertising Flyers, Publications and Price List, 1910 - 1960
Folder 8: Winchester Sales Manuals & Production Bulletin, 1920s
Folder 9: Winchester Sales Manuals, 1933, 1934, 1941
Folder 10: Winchester-Western Sporting Arms & Ammunition Catalogs, 1968
Folder 11: Winchester-Western Sporting Arms, Ammunition, & Reloading Components Catalogs, 1976, 1977, 1978
Folder 12: Winchester Sporting Arms & Ammunition Catalogs, 1981
Folder 13: Winchester Sporting Equipment Catalogs
Folder 14: Winchester "The Sport of Trapshooting"
Folder 15: Winchester Tool & Fishing Catalogs
Folder 16: Winchester W Brand (Brochures)
Folder 17: Wyeth Hardware & Mfg. Company, 1924

Box 39

Folder 1: Winchester Firearms Catalogs, 1982-1993
Folder 2: Winchester Firearms Catalogs, 1994-1999
Folder 3: Winchester Special Editions & Custom Firearm Catalogs, 1983-1999
Folder 4: Winchester Catalogs - Miscellaneous
Folder 5: Winchester Dates of Manufacture 1 of 1,000
Folder 6: "A Survey of the Winchester Model 1894 - Records Serial Numbers 1 - 353,999"

Box 40

Folder 1: L.C. Smith Catalog (Photocopy), 1888
Folder 2: L.C. Smith Catalog (Photocopy), 1897
Folder 3: L.C. Smith Catalog (Photocopy), 1901
Folder 4: L.C. Smith Catalog (Photocopy), 1904
Folder 5: L.C. Smith Catalog (Photocopy), 1905
Folder 6: L.C. Smith Catalog (Photocopy), 1906
Folder 7: L.C. Smith Catalog (Photocopy), 1907
Folder 8: L.C. Smith Catalog (Photocopy), 1913
Folder 9: L.C. Smith Catalog (Photocopy), 1918
Folder 10: L.C. Smith Catalog (Photocopy), 1919
Folder 11: L.C. Smith Catalog (Photocopy), 1921
Folder 12: L.C. Smith Catalog (Photocopy), 1924-1925
Folder 13: L.C. Smith Catalog (Photocopy), 1926
Folder 14: L.C. Smith Catalog (Photocopy), 1929
Folder 15: L.C. Smith Catalog (Photocopy), 1934
Folder 16: L.C. Smith Catalog (Photocopy), 1936
Folder 17: L.C. Smith Catalog (Photocopy), 1937
Folder 18: L.C. Smith Catalog (Photocopy), 1940
Folder 19: L.C. Smith Catalog (Photocopy), 1942
Folder 20: L.C. Smith Catalog (Photocopy), Various