| Title |
Browning Arms Company Collection, Box 009, Folder 02 |
| Creator |
Browning, John Val; Goddard, Grant F.; Browning, Marriner Bigelow; Frost, G. E.; Comeaux, C. Stewart; Coleman, R. H.; McFarlane, Charles; Browning, Marriner A.; Ormsbee, A. G.; Babson, A. C.; United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Invention Incorporated; Winchester Repeating Arms Company; Browning, Val A., 1895-1994; Ellis, Douglas B.; Browning Arms Company; Askins, Charles; Sheldon, H. P.; Lindsey, Theodore Clay; FN (Firm : Belgium); Woodson, William T.; Prutzman, John M.; Rafter, John R.; Hume, James P.; Pattishall, Beverly W.; Levy, Beatrice; Brearley, J. A.; Russell, John E.; Griffith, G. H.; Browning, Matthew S. |
| Contributors |
J. M. & M. S. Browning Company; Winchester Repeating Arms Company; Browning Arms Company; Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute; Remington Arms Company; Federal Cartridge Corporation; The Poly Choke Company; United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Outdoor Life; Lindsey, Prutzman And Just; Lindsey, Theodore Clay; Rogers and Woodson; Rafter, John R.; Wilkinson, Huxley, Byron & Hume; United States. Department of State. Bureau of Foreign Commerce; Rogers and Reed; United States. Bureau of Customs |
| Description |
Primarily correspondence from Marriner Bigelow Browning to colleagues, such as Val Allen Browning and Douglas B. Ellis, regarding manufacturing and design matters. Additionally it is consistently discussed with Theodore Clay Lindsey in respect to legal matters such as their trademarks. |
| Subject |
Firearms industry and trade--United States; Firearms industry and trade--Utah; Browning Arms Company; Business enterprises--Utah--Ogden--History; Fabrique Nationale automatic rifles; Remington Arms Company; Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute; Winchester Repeating Arms Company; United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Firearms--Design and construction |
| Digital Publisher |
Digitized by Special Collections & University Archives, Stewart Library, Weber State University. |
| Date Digital |
2026-04 |
| Date |
1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1951 |
| Medium |
correspondence; notes (documents); documents; ephemera; newspaper clippings; publications (documents); financial records; legal records |
| Spatial Coverage |
Belgium; New York City, New York, United States; New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States; Ogden, Weber County, Utah, United States; Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States; Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States; Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States; St. Louis, Missouri, United States; Washington, D.C., United States; Ames, Major County, Oklahoma, United States; Falls Church, Virginia, United States; Herstal, Liege, Wallonia, Belgium; Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States; Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States; Richmond, Virginia, United States |
| Type |
Text |
| Conversion Specifications |
Archived TIFF images were scanned with an Epson Expression 13000XL scanner. Digital images were reformatted in Photoshop. |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes; please credit Special Collections & University Archives, Stewart Library, Weber State University. For further information:  |
| Sponsorship/Funding |
Funding generously provided by the Val A. Browning Charitable Foundation. |
| Source |
Browning Arms Company Collection, MS492, Box 9, Folder 2, Special Collections & University Archives, Stewart Library, Weber State University. |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6c1g19f |
| Setname |
wsu_ba |
| ID |
184764 |
| Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6c1g19f |
| Title |
Page 18 |
| OCR Text |
Show Remington, ee é ETERS REMINGTON ARMS COMPANY, ING. MANUFACTURERS OF SPORTING FIREARMS, AMMUNITION TRAPS TARGETS ARMS ILION, WORKS, N.Y. AMMUNITION WORKS, BRIDGEPORT, CONN. CABLE—HARTLEY, BRIDGEPORT—ALL CODES BRIDGEPORT May CARTRIDGE Be et een FINDLAY, OHIO I appreciate Z, CONN. 22, 1950 to hear DIVISION PETERS Mre Me Bigelow Browning Browning Arms Company Ogden, Utah Dear It Mr. is Browning: always a pleasure from you, and your kind invitation to drop in and see you I am in your vicinity. It is doubtful that in the west until next February when I plan the next time I will be to go to the trip Pacific schedule a Coast, visit but to I assure you on this On your request for specifications on le, 1b; shot shells, I would suggest you write direct Major C. Stewart Comeaux, Secretary, Sporting Ammunition New York Manufacturers! 16, I shall Ogden. New York 3.3 Institute, asking him send to and 20 gauge to Arms and Lexington to you Avenue, the maximum cartridge and minimum chamber specifications normally issued by the Institute for purposes such as you have in mind. Obtaining these from the Institute will insure your having specifications that apply to all ammunition manufacturers. From day to day we have been expecting the advent of one or more new Browning models on the market, particularly I am wondering if you are as the auto-loading shotgun. yet in a position to give us any information on such developments. With kindest regards to you and your associates, Sincerely k.H.Coleman:AD yours, |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
wsu_ba |
| ID |
184782 |
| Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6c1g19f/184782 |
