A Guide to the Smith and Wesson Company Correspondence, 1925-1946 Smith and Wesson Company Correspondence, 1925-1946 10960

A Guide to the Smith and Wesson Company Correspondence, 1925-1946

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The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 10960

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

10960

Title

Smith and Wesson Company Correspondence 1925-1946

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of fifteen letters.

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

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Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Smith and Wesson Company Correspondence, 1925-1946, Accession #10960 , Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was purchased by the Library from Timothy H. Bakken of Halvor Americana in Clarendon Hills, Illinois on June 12, 1990.

Scope and Content Information

There are fifteen letters, 1925-1946, from various peace officers in Virginia localities including Suffolk, Hopewell, Charlottesville, Richmond, Norfolk, and Newport News to Smith and Wesson Company in Springfield, Massachusetts concerning information, maintenance, special orders, and complaints about firearms, specifically revolvers, manufactured by the company.