| Title |
Browning Arms Company Collection, Box 012, Folder 07 |
| Creator |
Birdsell, Wayne; Browning, Val A., 1895-1994; Rafter, John R.; FN (Firm : Belgium); Schroeder Freres; Zinn, Harry A.; United States. Bureau of Customs; Browning, John Val; Mattlet, Ernest; Briggs, William M.; Browning, Marriner Bigelow; Goddard, Grant F.; Kinkade, Byron; Senden, F. Raymond; United States. Embassy (Belgium); Union of Gunsmith Retailers of Belgium |
| Description |
Exchanges and documentation regarding customs and importation, with John R. Rafter as primary creator. Includes drafts of affidavits. |
| Subject |
Firearms industry and trade--United States; Firearms industry and trade--Utah; Browning Arms Company; Business enterprises--Utah--Ogden--History |
| Digital Publisher |
Digitized by Special Collections & University Archives, Stewart Library, Weber State University. |
| Date Digital |
2026-06 |
| Date |
1951; 1952; 1953; 1954 |
| Medium |
correspondence; documents; financial records; legal records |
| Spatial Coverage |
Washington, D.C., United States; New York City, New York, United States; Denver, Denver County, Colorado, United States; Herstal, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium; Ogden, Weber County, Utah, United States; St. Louis, Missouri, United States; Liège, Wallonia, Belgium; Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium |
| Type |
Text |
| Conversion Specifications |
Archived TIFF images were scanned with an Epson Expression 13000XL scanner. Digital images were reformatted in Photoshop. |
| Language |
eng; fra |
| 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 12, Folder 7, Special Collections & University Archives, Stewart Library, Weber State University. |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6mmbx9n |
| Setname |
wsu_ba |
| ID |
194196 |
| Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6mmbx9n |
| Title |
Page 137 |
| OCR Text |
Show JOHN 6 Bridge ah, Street, May York 4 should now be its customs 29, New 1952 Mr. Val A. Browning, Browning Arms Company, Ogden, Utah. Dear Mr. Browning: Referring to the procedure which making Louis when followed by your company at St. from Belgium: imported of shotguns entries differently, For the time being and until I advise the guns should be entered in the same manner as they have been heretofore entered, namely, at their "foreign value", as most recently stated in the affidavits received from FN and Schroeder Freres and submitted by your company to the Appraiser at At St. the your branch manager per copy of letter copy of the appraiser's JRESBL Ene. at Louis. I time, St. Louis, write and promptly enclosed, reply to that recommend same his to the Mr. furnish you letter, Sincerely yours, (Signed) John R. Goddard, appraiser, Rafter with as a |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
wsu_ba |
| ID |
194333 |
| Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6mmbx9n/194333 |
