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Knapp Family papers
Collection, Ms B157
1893 – 1919
1850 – 1945
1850 – 1945
The Shoe Hardware Company was a shoe manufacturing company that produced out of Naugatuck, Ct. The company produced buckles and fasteners.
It is believed that in 1892 it along with nine other Naugatuck companies consolidated to become the United States Rubber Company. One of the nine companies included Goodyear's India Rubber Glove Mfg. Co. Between 1892 and 1913 the company continued to manufacture fasteners for footwear, until they consolidated the shoe brand under the name "Keds."
Henry Augustus Knapp and Caroline Burr Sherwood were married at Trinity Church, Southport CT on April 23, 1846. Henry Augustus Knapp, Hull Sherwood (his father-in law) and George Ogden purchased the grounds for St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Fairfield. Henry and Caroline had five children: Lucy Cornelia, Caroline Sherwood, Henry Augustus, George Herbert, James Leffingwell. George Herbert Knapp was a tax collector and town clerk in Fairfield. George Herbert married Amelia Katherine Hull on November 10, 1880. They had six children, one of whom died in infancy, Harriet Augusta, Albert Henry, George Herbert, Jr., Ethel Hull, Kate Amelia. Kate Amelia Knapp married George Robert Chambers at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Fairfield, CT on October 25, 1913. They had two children: George Robert Chambers, Jr. and Catherine Marietta. George Robert Chambers, Jr. was the father of James Chambers, the donor of this collection.
It is believed that in 1892 it along with nine other Naugatuck companies consolidated to become the United States Rubber Company. One of the nine companies included Goodyear's India Rubber Glove Mfg. Co. Between 1892 and 1913 the company continued to manufacture fasteners for footwear, until they consolidated the shoe brand under the name "Keds."
Henry Augustus Knapp and Caroline Burr Sherwood were married at Trinity Church, Southport CT on April 23, 1846. Henry Augustus Knapp, Hull Sherwood (his father-in law) and George Ogden purchased the grounds for St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Fairfield. Henry and Caroline had five children: Lucy Cornelia, Caroline Sherwood, Henry Augustus, George Herbert, James Leffingwell. George Herbert Knapp was a tax collector and town clerk in Fairfield. George Herbert married Amelia Katherine Hull on November 10, 1880. They had six children, one of whom died in infancy, Harriet Augusta, Albert Henry, George Herbert, Jr., Ethel Hull, Kate Amelia. Kate Amelia Knapp married George Robert Chambers at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Fairfield, CT on October 25, 1913. They had two children: George Robert Chambers, Jr. and Catherine Marietta. George Robert Chambers, Jr. was the father of James Chambers, the donor of this collection.
The Shoe Hardware Company Collection contains documents from 1893-1919 and undated. The collection was compiled by the company which later became a part of the United States Rubber Company.
The small collection contains various records collected by the Shoe Hardware Company. The records include company advertisements, related advertisements from competing shoe buckle makers, samples of the company shoe buckle fasteners and ledgers. Of special interest is the Time book ledger which details the names of employees, their hours worked, and their pay. ;This collection contains two boxes. Box 1 consists of correspondence, receipts, individual photographs from the Henry A. Knapp, George Herbert Knapp families, and photographs from the Shay and Hull branch of the family. It also includes a history of the Second Evacuation Hospital, in which George R. Chambers, Jr. served during WWII. George R. Chambers' material also includes a scrapbook entitled "Army Life" which includes some photographs of Buchenwald, the German concentration camp near Weimar, Germany. Box 2 contains 2 photograph albums.
The small collection contains various records collected by the Shoe Hardware Company. The records include company advertisements, related advertisements from competing shoe buckle makers, samples of the company shoe buckle fasteners and ledgers. Of special interest is the Time book ledger which details the names of employees, their hours worked, and their pay. ;This collection contains two boxes. Box 1 consists of correspondence, receipts, individual photographs from the Henry A. Knapp, George Herbert Knapp families, and photographs from the Shay and Hull branch of the family. It also includes a history of the Second Evacuation Hospital, in which George R. Chambers, Jr. served during WWII. George R. Chambers' material also includes a scrapbook entitled "Army Life" which includes some photographs of Buchenwald, the German concentration camp near Weimar, Germany. Box 2 contains 2 photograph albums.
The folders in Box 1 are arranged by family order beginning with the father Henry A. Knapp, his wife Caroline, his children Lucy, Henry A. Jr., George Herbert, and Kate Amelia; George Robert Chambers Jr. (Kate Amelia's son).
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