Edgett-Burnham Company records, 1854-1930.
Collection Number: 2522

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Edgett-Burnham Company records, 1854-1930.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
2522
Abstract:
Records of the Edgett-Burnham Company, and its predecessors, Edgett & Totten and Wayne County Preserving Company, include correspondence, 1883-1920, with the Federal Trade Commission, the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell, the New York State Canned Goods Packers Association, the New York State Factory Investigation Commission and the United States Department of Agriculture. Also contains brokerage accounts, cash books, check registers, farm accounts, corn accounts, daily reports of packing and canning departments, daybooks, ensilage records, inventories, labor and time books, ledgers, merchandise books, payroll records, and sales books. Includes correspondence of Edwin K. Burnham concerning the Democratic Party in Wayne County, New York, area crops, and the State Custodial Asylum for Feeble-Minded Women at Newark, and photographs of company personnel.
Creator:
Edgett-Burnham Company
Quanitities:
80 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

The Edgett-Burnham Company was a canning company based in Camden, Hew York. The company relocated to Newark, Wayne County, New York after 1863.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Records of the Edgett-Burnham Company, and its predecessors, Edgett & Totten and Wayne County Preserving Company, include correspondence, 1883-1920, with the Federal Trade Commission, the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell, the New York State Canned Goods Packers Association, the New York State Factory Investigation Commission and the United States Department of Agriculture. Also contains brokerage accounts, cash books, check registers, farm accounts, corn accounts, daily reports of packing and canning departments, daybooks, ensilage records, inventories, labor and time books, ledgers, merchandise books, payroll records, and sales books. Includes correspondence of Edwin K. Burnham concerning the Democratic Party in Wayne County, New York, area crops, and the State Custodial Asylum for Feeble-Minded Women at Newark, and photographs of company personnel.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Edgett-Burnham Company records, #2522. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Burnham, Edwin K.
Edgett-Burnham Company
Edgett & Totten
Cornell University
New York State Canned Goods Packers Association
New York State College of Agriculture
New York State. Factory Investigation Commission
United States. Department of Agriculture
United States. Federal Trade Commission
Wayne County Preserving Co
Places:
Wayne County (N.Y.) -- Politics and government.
Wayne County (N.Y.)
Newark (N.Y.)
Camden (N.Y.)
Subjects:
Manufactures.
Food, Canned.
Canning and preserving -- Industry and trade.
Canneries.
Agriculture -- Economic aspects.
Form and Genre Terms:
Ledgers (account books)
Inventories.
Accounts.

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