Hamilton Watch Company Collection
Call number: MG-127
1 box 12 folders .25 cubic ft.
Repository: LancasterHistory.org (Lancaster, Pa.)
Shelving Location: Archives South, Side 4
Description: Collection contains contracts with Hamilton Watch Workers’ Union, retirement plan, employee newsletter, annual reports, and a booklet about receiving the Army-Navy “E” Award for excellence in war production.
Creators: Hamilton Watch Company; LancasterHistory.org (Lancaster, Pa.)
Conditions for Access: No restrictions unless noted at item level.
Conditions Governing Reproductions: Collection may not be photocopied. Please contact Research Staff or Archives Staff with questions.
Language: English
Source of Acquisition: Items were collected by the Lancaster County Historical Society unless otherwise noted.
Folder 1 Proposed contract by and between Hamilton Watch Workers’ Union affiliated with The American Watch Workers’ Union and the Hamilton Watch Company. Meeting held at John Reynolds Junior High School Auditorium, 1 May 1944. Gift of Victor Spangler, June 2006.
Folder 2 Agreement between Hamilton Watch Company and Hamilton Watch Workers’ Union affiliated with American Watch Workers’ Union. Effective 1 October 1955 to 1 October 1957. Transferred from the Library.
Agreement between Hamilton Watch Company and Hamilton Watch Workers’ Union affiliated with American Watch Workers’ Union. Effective 21 October 1957 to 1 June 1959. Transferred from the Library.
Folder 3 Cooperative Retirement Annuity Plan for employees of Hamilton Watch Company. Effective 1 July 1940. Gift of Victor Spangler, June 2006.
Folder 4 Newsletter-Please use photocopy in Insert 2. Gift of Victor Spangler, June 2006.
Insert 1 Timely Topics, published by and for the employees of the Hamilton Watch Co., Lancaster, Penna. Vol. 2, no. 7. 8 November 1944.
Insert 2 Photocopy of newsletter in Insert 1.
Folder 5 Annual Reports. 1968-1970. Transferred from the Library.
Folder 6 Notice of annual meeting of shareholders to be held 11 May 1971. With proxy statement, by-laws, proposed by-laws, and 1971 stock option plan. 23 April 1971. Transferred from the Library.
Folder 7 Booklet about receiving the Army-Navy “E” Award for excellence in war production in 1943. Contains “How the ‘E’ Came to Hamilton”; images of the event program, correspondence, ceremony, employees, and products; the speeches of Capt. J. F. Hellweg, Calvin M. Kendig, Col. David N. Hauseman, and William Mattern; and a Roll of Honor listing the 354 employees in the armed services. Hamilton Watch Company, Lancaster. [1943].
Folder 8 Hamilton Watch Words, vol. 7, no. 1. Newsletter with articles, stories, and information about employees. On the cover is a drawing by F. W. Taylor of the ‘Hamilton Watchman,” heard on the radio on Thursday evenings at 8:45pm. January 1931.
Folder 9 “Hamilton Watch Company Lancaster, Penna., U.S.A.: Some Notes on its Founding and History,” by Robert Irving McCollough. National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, Inc. 1965. Photocopy from the NAWCC Library and Research Center, 11 February 2011.
Folder 10 Items in this folder are a gift of Mrs. June R. Bomberger, 31 January 2009.
“Notice of wage bonus and company policy with regard to hiring and guaranteed minimum rates.” 23 May 1941.
Memorandum to all foremen from Joseph R. Miller, personnel supervisor, regarding the cancellation of life insurance for men drafted into army. 18 December 1941.
“V-J Day Plans.” Details plans to close the plant for one day upon formal surrender of Japan. 11 August 1945.
Folder 11 Timely Topics, published by and for the employees of the Hamilton Watch Co., Lancaster, Penna. March-April 1959. Gift of Diane Carroll, 11 April 2013.
Folder 12 Annual Reports. 1954, 1955, 1958. Gift of Diane Carroll, 11 April 2013.