J.M. DALGLISH COMPANY:
An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical
Society
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J.M. Dalglish Company
(Saint Paul, Minn.). |
| Title: | Business
records. |
| Date: | 1942-1951. |
| Abstract: | Photographs, design blueprints, motion
picture films, and correspondence of a metal fabricating company established in
1927 as general manufacturing agents for various products. The company
fulfilled defense contracts during World War II and manufactured lawn mowers
and similar items afterward. |
| Quantity: | 2.5 cu. ft. (3 boxes and
3 microfilm reels). |
| Location: | See Detailed Description section for shelf
locations. |
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Photographs, design blueprints, motion picture films, and
correspondence of a metal fabricating company established in 1927 as general
manufacturing agents for various products. The company fulfilled defense
contracts during World War II and manufactured lawn mowers and similar items
afterward.
Photographs document each stage of product production: components used
in it; assembly line workers (including women); the packing and shipping of the
units; the managers of the firm; construction of company buildings; and
marketing and advertising of the firm's products, especially lawn mowers.
Microfilm (3 reels) consists largely of blueprint drawings of product
designs. Films document lawn mower tests.
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| A print version of this finding aid is available in the repository;
filed in ALPHA notebooks under the heading: J.M. Dalglish Company. |
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| This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog
of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about
related topics should search the catalog using these headings. |
| Topics: |
| | Bridges, Prefabricated -- Minnesota --
Saint Paul. |
| | Defense contracts -- Minnesota -- Saint
Paul. |
| | Engineering firms -- Minnesota -- Saint
Paul. |
| | Lawns -- Equipment and supplies --
Minnesota -- Saint Paul. |
| | Marine engineering -- Minnesota -- Saint
Paul. |
| | Military bridges -- Minnesota -- Saint
Paul. |
| | Mowing machines -- Minnesota -- Saint
Paul. |
| | War -- Economic aspects -- Minnesota --
Saint Paul. |
| | World War, 1939-1945 -- War work --
Minnesota -- Saint Paul. |
| | World War, 1939-1945 -- Women. |
| Persons: |
| | Dalglish, Herbert M.,
1911-. |
| | Dunning, Robert M.
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| Organizations: |
| | Jefferson Island Club.
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| Document Types: |
| | Blueprints. |
| | Photographs. |
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| Preferred Citation: |
| | [Indicate the cited item and/or series
here]. J.M. Dalglish Company Records. Minnesota Historical Society. |
| | See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
examples |
| Accession Information: |
| | Accession number: 14,685 |
| Processing Information: |
| | Processed by: David B. Peterson, 1992 |
| | Catalog ID number: 09-00037469 |
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Note to Researchers: To request materials, please note both the
location and box numbers shown below.
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Correspondence Files
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| Location | Box |
| 143.C.6.7B | 1 |
Herbert Dalglish correspondence, undated and 1942-1951.
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| | | Personal letters (1942) to Herbert F. Dalglish from his mother
Grace and wife Cecile while he was in Washington, D.C. (?); interoffice
communications (1947); prospectus for the J.M. Dalglish Company (1947);
application for a position with the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
by Herbert Dalglish (1949); and three agreements between Herbert Dalglish and
Simon C. Ryan relating to Dalglish's patents (1951). |
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Herbert Dalglish correspondence, 1947.
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| | | General business materials including correspondence with and
membership roster of the Jefferson Islands Club and correspondence with a
member, Harry B. Hawes; minutes of LEMA (Lawn Equipment Manufacturers
Association), a proposed organization to promote an extended lawn equipment
sales season; and salesmen's itineraries. |
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Robert M. Dunning correspondence, 1947.
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| | | Dunning was a patent attorney. |
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Advertising Materials
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| Location | Box |
| 143.C.6.7B | 1 |
Advertisements and miscellaneous materials, [194-].
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| | | Several advertisements for lawn mowers and a small tractor, and
a booklet describing products Dalglish produced during World War II, its
management, and its future plans. The second folder contains an assortment of
photographs, blueprints, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous material.
Includes a copy of a booklet, "Dalglish Engineered Products." |
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Newspaper clippings, 1944, 1947. Articles about the firm and its
products.
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Films:
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Mower Test, Sideplate Jig. 1 16mm reel.
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Lawn Mower Test, Florida, January 12, 1947. 1 8mm reel.
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Engineering Drawings
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| Location | Box |
| M569 | 1 |
Lawn mowers and parts, [1945-1947]. 1 35mm microfilm reel.
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| | | Blueprints of lawn mowers and parts, as well as some
correspondence and engineering records of designs for their chocks, balks,
mooring bitts, rudders, rocking rollers, and packing cases. Microfilm prepared
by the company. |
| Location | Box |
| M569 | 2 |
"War work, June 20, 1947." 1 35mm microfilm reel.
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| | | More drawings and blueprints of rudders, mooring bitts, rocking
rollers, balks, bolts and brushes, chocks, and hatchets. Microfilm prepared by
the company. |
| Location | Box |
| M569 | 3 |
"War work," [ca. 1945]. 1 35mm microfilm reel.
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| | | Blueprints of rudder stock, mooring bitts, chocks, milling
machine layout, lugs, hose end plug, balks, contract of normal spending, and
lawn mowers. |
| Location | Box |
| 143.C.6.7B | 1 |
Miscellaneous Blueprints:
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Automatic welding jig no. 2, 1945.
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18-inch lawn mower, 1945.
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AP2 rudder, 1944.
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Tapered balk, 1945.
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| Location | Box |
| 143.C.6.9B | 3 | |
Headend Railroad Car.
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Photographs
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| Location | Box |
| 143.C.6.8F | 2 |
Loose Photographs:
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| | | These are enlargements of photographs found in the photograph
albums in Box 3. |
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Bailey Bridge Erector Set (M4), [194-].
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| | | | A portable aluminum floating bridge erected in the field, used
by the U.S. Army. The Army acquired plans from the British which were
redesigned by Dalglish engineers. The company completed 900 sets. A more
complete description can be found in the booklet, "Dalglish Engineered
Products," in Box 1. |
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Rudders, [194-].
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| | | | Large contra-guide rudders for the T2 tanker. Dalglish
engineers redesigned much of the internal structure. |
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Roller chocks, [194-].
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| | | | These held down the main engine plates on cargo vessels. |
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Balks, [194-].
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Lawn mowers, [194-]-[195-].
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Expositions and advertising, [194-]-[195-].
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| | | | Includes building and interior office scenes, and
personnel. |
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General, [194-]-[195-]. 2 envelopes.
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| | | | Three sheets on grey paper, apparently for advertising
purposes, and ten sheets of sepia-finished photographs. |
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Miscellaneous, [194-]-[195-].
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| Location | Box |
| 143.C.6.9B | 3 |
Photograph Albums:
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Volume 1, [194-].
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| | | | Includes: Building construction, Balk, Rudder, Bailey bridge,
Roller chocks, Mooring bitts, ans Miscellaneous. |
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Volume 2. [194-].
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| | | | Includes: Pans, Shovels, Offices and manufacturing plants
(interior and exterior views), Personnel (not identified), and Shop
photographs. |
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Volume 3. [194-].
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| | | | Miscellaneous photographs. |
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