| Title |
Browning Arms Company Collection, Box 007, Folder 05 |
| Creator |
FN (Firm : Belgium); Banc d'Epreuves des Armes a Feu; LaLoux, René; Bennett, Elbert G.; Russell, John E.; Browning Arms Company; American Forestry Association; Woodson, William T.; Peters, H. M.; Benzley, C. Verl; Bell, J. S.; Shaw, A. M.; Hobbs, Robert D.; Leggett, E. B.; Lawrence, Alick E.; St. Louis Globe-Democrat; Browning, Marriner A.; Gillis, Wallace D.; Driscoll, J. L.; D'Geralamo, Joseph; First Security Bank of Utah; Potts, R. J.; Nation's Business Magazine |
| Contributors |
Knapp, Joseph |
| Description |
Exchanges, primarily between John E. Russell and Elbert G. Bennett, regarding business operations of J. M. & M. S. Browning Company during first years of Great Depression. |
| Subject |
Firearms industry and trade--United States; Firearms industry and trade--Utah; Browning Arms Company; Business enterprises--Utah--Ogden--History; Great Depression, 1929 |
| Digital Publisher |
Digitized by Special Collections & University Archives, Stewart Library, Weber State University. |
| Date Digital |
2026-03 |
| Date |
1931; 1932 |
| Medium |
correspondence; documents; notes (documents); financial records; newspaper clippings; publications; memorandums |
| Spatial Coverage |
Herstal, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium; St. Louis, Missouri, United States; Ogden, Weber County, Utah, United States; Washington, D.C., United States; Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States; New York City, New York, United States; Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States; Puerto Cabello, Venezuela; Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri, United States; Boise, Ada County, Idaho, United States; Kenner, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States; York, York County, Nebraska, 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; 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 7, Folder 5, Special Collections & University Archives, Stewart Library, Weber State University. |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6gt30qt |
| Setname |
wsu_ba |
| ID |
178570 |
| Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6gt30qt |
| Title |
Page 154 |
| OCR Text |
Show Sep tember Lith 1930 Ime Je Sse Bell, York, bear Nebraska, Stevrart: Very glad to hear from you in yours of the 9th. What kind of a gun would you prefer,- 12 gauge or 16 gauge? Do you wish a rib, and if so, a raised matted rib or a ventilated rib? What kind of barrel do you prefer? In the 12 gauge we have the 32 or 30 inch full choke, or a modified choke or cylinder bore in the 28 ineh bar- rel. Unless Otherwise barrel, which seems modified choke 28 The 16 gauge £omes in 26 ar 28/inch, Fall choke what preference, - specified inéh we furnish to be most generally ghed unless any/ you have better idea. choke SO inch in 28 or 30 inch full choke barrel, and cylinder bore barrels in 26 inch, furni if a full desired. otherwise in these specified. matters, ean ‘hen give I you know a — inehes, drop The standerd stock is at heel 2> inches, and the half pistol grip, at comb 1-3/4 inches. length 142 This would be Kind of Browning have the stock that the local owners would if they simply purchased their guns from a local store without askine for a special stock job. Quite a bit of extra work is involved in making stocks to special dimensions. The standerd stock is what 1 prefer and what is used by most hunters, but if you have any special ideas élong those lines, we can work them out foryou. ith best regards, I am, Very te truly Ge yours, Be miett President. BGB~VB |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
wsu_ba |
| ID |
178724 |
| Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6gt30qt/178724 |