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Otto W. Schaum and his son Fletcher Schaum were directors and managers of the Fletcher Works, a Philadelphia manufacturer of machinery for the textile industry. The firm began in 1850 as Schaum & Uhlinger and became the Fletcher Works ca. 1920 because of a change of stock ownership in this clos...
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| Collection: | Fletcher Works Records |
| Collection Number: | 2064 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | Link to finding aid |
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| 520 | |a Otto W. Schaum and his son Fletcher Schaum were directors and managers of the Fletcher Works, a Philadelphia manufacturer of machinery for the textile industry. The firm began in 1850 as Schaum & Uhlinger and became the Fletcher Works ca. 1920 because of a change of stock ownership in this closed corporation. The Schaums retained their interests in the firm. The firm was sold in 1955. The records include Otto Schaum's foundry notebooks, 1890-1929, detailing the daily operations of the shop; annual financial statements of the firm, 1923-1955; records of cost estimates for orders and sales, 1920's-1946; and inventories of looms, 1952, and baten shop, 1953-1954. Of particular interest are the fairly extensive records of the firm's relations with its work force. Beginning with a 1945 job classification survey by the National Metal Trades Association, Fletcher Schaum's files reveal the company's efforts to adjust to unionization. Included are several time studies, 1946-1947, and a copy of the union contract with the International Moulders & Foundry Workers, Local #1, in 1948. There are additional wage surveys, 1951-1955, and information on employee retirement. Also included are papers containing correspondence with several Philadelphia banks on recapitalization in the 1920's and debt problems in 1930's and 1940's. Two personal account books of Otto Schaum, 1930-1947, a small group of Schaum family photographs and memorabilia complete the collection. | ||
| 541 | 1 | |a Gift of Mrs. Fletcher Schaum.; 1978 acquired | |
| 555 | |a Finding Aid Available Online: | ||
| 650 | 7 | |a Labor--20th Century. |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Philadelphia Manufacturing--20th Century |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Unions |2 Local sources | |
| 852 | |a The Historical Society of Pennsylvania |b Fletcher Works Records |l 2064 | ||
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |y Link to finding aid |u http://hsp.org/sites/default/files/legacy_files/migrated/findingaid2064fletcherworks.pdf |