Louis F. Gillette Papers, 1871-1967

Title:

Louis F. Gillette Papers, 1871-1967

Creator:

Gillette, Louis F., 1857-1937

Accession / Call Number:

1993.001

Object ID:

1993-001

Date:

1871-1967

Physical Description:

1 box, approximately 180 items ; 0.33 linear feet

Scope and Content:

The Gillette Manufacturing Company records include patents for their hot water bottles in the United States and the United Kingdom. The stock certificate book shows the first three certificates issued to family members. Business correspondence includes letters on a patent infringement suit in Mexico and a highway from Keene to Concord, NH. The papers also include correspondence from Peter Gray & Sons, later Peter Gray Corporation, who bought the water bottle molds in 1917, but gave up the business in 1930. There are order forms, letterhead, information for salesmen, advertising flyers, and the "Hot Water Bottle Philosophy". \n \n Family papers include letters from Louis F. Gillette to his wife, a printed memorial, his article "The Automobile of Today", and photocopies of his newspaper articles on improving highways. There are letters from Mrs. Gillette and from Lillian Evans in New York to Esther Holmgren, who worked as a bookkeeper for Gillette manufacturing for a number of years.

Subjects:

Account books, Businessmen, Correspondence, Inventors, Manufacturing industries, Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions, Patents, Poetry

Locations:

Concord, NH
New York, NY
Cambridge, MA

People:

Evans, Lillian, Gillette, Ella M., 1858-1948, Gillette, Louis F., 1857-1937, Holmgren, Esther W., Stevens, Benjamin F.

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society purchase.

Restrictions:

Available for research.

Level Description:

Collection

Finding Aid Link:

Gillette_Louis_F_Papers_1993.001.pdf