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Firearms

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:

MS 020 - Winchester Repeating Arms Company Archives Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 020
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.

Dates: Created: 1857-1980; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1976

MS 065 - Rudolph Kornbrath Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 065
Dates: Created: 1911-1935; Other: Date acquired: 10/16/1986

MS 066 - L.C. Smith, Marlin & Hunter Arms Companies Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 066
Abstract

Serial number record books from these companies: Series I-Marlin; Series II-Hunter Arms-L.C. Smith.

Dates: Created: 1890-1918; Other: Date acquired: 10/01/1989

MS 104 - Nicholas Kusmit Engraving Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 104
Abstract Two sets of copies of notebooks kept by Nicholas Kusmit to record his Custom Shop work for the Winchester Repeating Arms Company Custom Shop, and later as part of the Olin Corporation.  The white notebooks are simply photocopies of the various notebooks he kept, while the Winchesters That I Have Engraved volumes are prints from digital scans, which are all on CD-Rom at the beginning of the series. Nick’s format for his diaries is:  Left side page lists completed guns with summary of...
Dates: Created: 1952-1981; Other: Date acquired: 12/21/1998

MS 111 - Roy Marcot Firearms Advertisement Collection

 Collection — Box MS111.001: Series Series MS111.001
Identifier: MS 111
Scope and Contents

Gun Ads

Dates: Created: 1839-1999; Other: Majority of material found within 1895-1958; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1999

MS 162 - Winchester and Marlin Firearm Catalogues and Literature

 Collection — Box MS162.01
Identifier: MS 162
Scope and Contents

Collection includes Winchester catalogs 1960-1999; Winchester price lists begin in 1933 and end in 1991 but are not complete. Marlin price lists consist of the years 1946, 1953, 1961 and 1982; Marlin catalogs include 1960, 1962-1999, and a parts catalog.

Dates: Created: 1933-1999; Other: Majority of material found in 1960-1999; Other: Date acquired: 12/00/1999

MS 249 - Tom Frye Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS 249
Abstract

Collection includes clippings, letterhead, photographs, letter from President Reagan, posters, ephemera and art design of a Frontier 737 done by master shooter Tom Frye.

Dates: Created: 1982; Other: Majority of material found in 1982; Other: Date acquired: 12/29/1986

MS 255 - Mrs. Troup E. Saxon Collection

 Collection — Box MS255.OS1
Identifier: MS 255
Abstract

Letters, photographs and news reports about Mrs. Troup E. Saxon of Claremore, Oklahoma, 1909-1914.  She was a representative of and featured shooter in advertisements for the Ithaca Gun Company.  She and her husband Capt. Troup E. Saxon held shooting demonstrations at trap shoots and helped organize shooting clubs in Oklahoma and northern Texas.  Volume: one oversize box (1/4 c.f.)

Dates: Created: 1909-1914; Other: Date acquired: 10/00/2000

MS 262 - Outdoor Sports Catalogs

 Collection — Box MS262.01
Identifier: MS 262
Abstract

This collection consists of catalogues of boats and firearms.

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

MS 293 - Sturm, Ruger & Company Collection

 Collection — Box MS293.01
Identifier: MS 293
Abstract

Ruger catalogs, various firearms magazine articles on Ruger concentrating on Ruger No.1 Single-Shot, news clippings, correspondence, Ruger advertisements, various firearms magazine advertisements  on Ruger, various firearms magazine articles on Ruger No. 1 and other Ruger revolvers & rifles, Ruger No. 1 instructions & parts list, 7 typed pages of statistics and information on the Ruger No. 1 Single-Shot.

Dates: Created: 1967-2001