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Handy & Harman Papers
Collection, Ms B154
1935 – 1952
1935 – 1991
1935 – 1991
Parker Handy and Cortlandt Harman established Handy & Harman in 1867 as a dealer in gold and silver bullion and a supplier of precious metals to the jewelery industry. Until the turn of the century the firm's operations were limited to dealing in bullion, specie and bond but, by 1901 they entered into the fabrication and refining of precious metals, starting with the absorption of the Standard Metal Company of Chicago and, in 1902 manufacturing facilities were moved from Chicago to Bridgeport, Connecticut. At Bridgeport, Handy & Harman began producting sterling silver for silversmiths, silver anodes for plating, and granualted silver for alloying. A new factory was built in Bridgeport in 1915, was enlarged in 1930s and became the principle plant of the company. Offices were located in New York City and at 1770 King's Higway in Fairfield, Connecticut. Handy & Harman was awarded the Army-Navy E- "Star" Award in 1942 and 1943 for high achievement in the production of war equipment.
The collection consists of 1 box of documents and photographs relating to the Bridgeport/Fairfield factory between the late 1930's up to 1952. The box also contains one typed 146 page manuscript entitled "The Story of Handy& Harman" by Len Dorsett (1991).
The collection is arranged chronologically when dates are known.
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