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Brinton-Peterborough Carpet Company fonds
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Fonds
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Statement of scale (cartographic)
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1910-1973 (Creation)
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Physical description
14 cm of textual records
2 panoramic photographs : b&w
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Custodial history
This material was in the custody of the donor (Mr Sidney W. Townsend, the former Treasurer and Board Secretary of Brinton Carpets, Peterborough) prior to acquisition by the City Archives in July 2001. Mr Townsend began working at Brinton Carpets in 1933 as a office mail boy. He retired in 1980.
Scope and content
The fonds consists of surviving business records of the Brinton Carpet Company, Peterborough. Included are: early business records (1910-1911); Bylaws and Letters Patent (1927-1973); General Managers Reports (1962-1963); Minutes of the Board of Directors and Annual Shareholder Meetings (1952, June to 1973, April); promotional material including a colour catalogue and poster featuring Brinton Oriental Carpets made in Peterborough (ca. 1950); photograph on board, of Brinton Carpet office staff (ca. 1930), two panoramic group photograph of Brinton employees ca. 1930 and August 1936), mounted photograph showing the interior of the factory and a Jacquard Axminster Loom in operation (ca. 1920) and other photographs.
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Immediate source of acquisition
Sidney W. Townsend, former Secretary/Treasurer at Brinton Carpets.
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Open
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None
Associated materials
See also a wooden shuttle and spool from Brinton Carpets and a Sar-U-Kan Persion style carpet donated to the PCMA in 1996.
Accruals
Possible
General note
Photographs require conservation treatments since water damaged - warping of mounted photographs, loss to one panoramic photograph, other panoramic photograph requires un-rolling.