| Title |
Browning Arms Company Collection, Box 002, Folder 07 |
| Creator |
Olsen, Joseph E.; Browning, Val; Williams, Harmon G.; Olsen, Carrie B.; Baker, Devorah H.; Browning, Marriner; Steckel, H.; J. M. & M. S. Browning Company; United States. Internal Revenue Service; Thatcher, Roy D.; Henderson, Benjamin W. |
| Contributors |
General Tire & Rubber Co.; Remington Arms Company; Colorado Fuel and Iron Corporation; Browning Arms Company; Olsen, Carrie B.; Olsen, Joseph E.; Thatcher, Roy D. |
| Description |
Exchanges regarding finances, stockholdings, and trustee status of Carrie B. and Joseph E. Olsen. Financial documentation is also present in the form of statements, receipts, and a copied contract. |
| Subject |
Firearms industry and trade--United States; Firearms industry and trade--Utah; Browning Arms Company; Business enterprises--Utah--Ogden--History; Remington Arms Company; General Tire & Rubber Co.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Corporation |
| Digital Publisher |
Digitized by Special Collections & University Archives, Stewart Library, Weber State University. |
| Date Digital |
2026-02 |
| Date |
1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966 |
| Medium |
correspondence; financial records; publications; documents; postcards; legal records |
| Spatial Coverage |
Morgan, Morgan County, Utah, United States; St. George, Washington County, Utah, United States; La Cañada, Los Angeles County, California, United States; Ogden, Weber County, Utah, United States; Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, United States; Nephi, Juab County, Utah, United States; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, 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 |
MS492, Box 2, Folder 7, Special Collections & University Archives, Stewart Library, Weber State University. |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6q063gp |
| Setname |
wsu_ba |
| ID |
183581 |
| Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6q063gp |
| Title |
Page 17 |
| OCR Text |
Show 719 xx December Dear 20, Carrie 1961 and Joe, I received your letters of December 15, 1961 and am considerably embarrassed since I would Like very much to oblige you in any way possible and certainly understand your reasons for wishing to have some of your stock sold by a donee rather than by yourselves. We have, however, filed the registration statement with the Securities Exchange Commission, in which the selling stockholders and It is a considerable the amount of stock to be sold is set forth. legal, accounting, and printing chore to file such a statement and if the identity of the sellers is changed we must amend it to that effect, Further, we may be required to which will entail delay and confusion. reprint our prospectuses and recircularize the new version throughout the country. our Far more serious than these mechanical annoyances, however, attorneys advise us that if we allow you to revoke the power of attorney for the shares contracted you have out I would by withdrawing as you request, to sell same + if must give every other selling stockholder the can imagine the confusion this might engender to change his mind. we opportunity. everyone were You invited would help certainly appreciate it therefore the requests you have made. if you As an alternative, could I suggest that since you have indicated to me that you will probably sell your remaining shares of stock also after the issue has been made public, that you give some of these shares - those you have not presently contracted to sell - to the These organizations can then church organizations you have selected. sell the shares on the open market ninety days after the stock has been issued. There would be little trouble involved in transferring the shares which you are not selling, since the powers of attorney you have given do not cover these, except to the extent that you covenanted not to sell them until 90 days after the date of public issue. I hope this can be of some help to you. - Leve, Val Mr. & Mrs. Jos. &£. P. 0. Box 88 St. George, Utah dhb Olsen, Sr. A. Browning |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
wsu_ba |
| ID |
183598 |
| Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6q063gp/183598 |