Archive Record
Metadata
Catalog Number |
FAM 1977.36 |
Title |
The Whitney Collection |
Collection |
Family Records |
Object Name |
Records |
Scope & Content |
This collection, donated by Joel M. Whitney, consists primarily of business papers related to the Whitney Machine Company, which operated in Winchester. The collection includes a number of account books regarding the day-to-day operations of the company. There are also personal papers, some of which feature the distribution of the Whitney estate following the death of the patriarch, Joel Whitney. Also included are portraits of family members and a small number of objects, such as a pair of copper plates. |
Admin/Biographical History |
Joel Whitney (1807-1893) was the patriarch of the Whitney family and founder of the Whitney Machine Company. He was born in Townsend, Massachusetts, but moved in 1844 to Winchester, where he founded his machine company and married Esther Maria Treadwell. He perfected processes for making various machines and was also involved in the rubber business. Joel and Esther Whitney had seven children, five of whom survived infancy. The eldest son, Arthur Eastman Whitney (1847-1880) followed his father into the family business and was also an inventor; most of his machines involved leather making. He married Alice Fletcher (b. 1853) in 1878 and had two sons. Both Joel and Arthur Whitney were heavily involved in Winchester town affairs, particularly Arthur, who was vice-president of the Winchester Historical Society. |
Copyrights |
Permission to publish material from this collection is subject to approval by the Town of Winchester. |
Finding Aids |
A finding aid with detailed information about the collection's content is available. Please contact the Archives for more information. |
Subjects |
Account books Advertisements Ambrotype Business & finance Copper industry Deeds Industry Leather industry Machinery industry Rubber industry |
Search Terms |
Adelphian Society Wedge Pond Whitney Machine Company Winchester Historical Society Winchester Unitarian Society |
People |
Fletcher, Alice Treadwell, Esther Maria Whitney, Arthur Eastman Whitney, Joel M. |
Containers |
Personal Correspondence Estate Correspondence Adelphian Club Unitarian Society Winchester Historical Society Miscellaneous Clubs Household Receipts Genealogy and Biographies Miscellaneous Business Correspondence Business Correspondence Legal Correspondence Court Recod Copies Deeds and Mortgages Insurance Policies Tax Information Wedge Pond Patents Receipts Machinery Requests Client Records Business Correspondence Whitney Advertisements Other Company Advertisements Miscellaneous Business Papers Water Board Checks Envelopes Newspaper Clippings General Accounts General Accounts Cash Accounts Cash Accounts Cash Accounts Client Accounts Client Accounts Client Accounts Client Accounts Client Accounts Client Accounts Machinery Accounts Machinery Accounts Machinery Accounts Notebooks Notebooks Notebooks Orders Timebooks Scrapbooks Scrapbook Other Published Materials Portraits Photographs of Machinery Photographs of Whitney Estate Photographic Prints Copper Plate of Joel Whitney Copper Plate of Joel Whitney Leather Wallet Ambrotype Photography Plain Glass Negative Books |