| 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 169 |
| OCR Text |
Show July Lindsey i8 Street Hartford, of Mr, 1947 & Robillard Asylum Dear 2, Connecticut Lindsey: Mir. Val Browning has suggested that I take up with you the detail our trade-mark problem. We appreciate the opportunity of having your assistence, This first communication attempts only a summary of actual usage of our trade-marks on certain products specified, and of the relationship of companies using these marks, At this time no attempt is made to pose questions covering all aspects of the problems relating to the matters of trade-mark rights and that of managing rights in view of the Lanham Act. To make such an attempt at this early date would only be I know you will comment an unwarranted anticipation of your appraisal. Paragraphs freely, beyond the bounds of the few questions mentioned, are numbered to facilitate reference, I. ORGANIZATION The J.M. & M.S. Browning Company, Ogden, Utah is the sole importer These guns from Belgium of certain guns invented by J.M. Browning. manufacturer independent an Nationale, Fabrique by Belgium are made in which sells the guns to J.M. & M.S, Browning Company. These guns were before the war an automatic shotgun and an overunder shotgun, Importetion of the During the war importation was interrupted. Overunder importation The 1946. of Fall the automatic was resumed in on the automatic, expired have patents All 1948, in will begin early but not on the Overunder, is the whollyThe Browning Arms Company, St. Louis, Missouri, The former Company. Browning owned subsidiary of the J.M. & M.S. guns imported all purchase to company is obliged by formal agreement Company sells Arms Browning The by the J.M. & M.S. Browning Company. also company This dealers, the guns directly to its established it which products, other markets through these same dealers several are: products other These purchases from makers in this country. three-shot magazine plugs, gun oil, gun blueing solution, gun cases, During the war years when imports were cut off, the Browning Arms Conm~ pany obtained in this country a manufacturer from which it directly (purehased an |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
wsu_ba |
| ID |
184933 |
| Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6c1g19f/184933 |
