Wallace & Tiernan in World War II [On Shelf], November 13, 1943
Scope and Contents
The Wallace & Tiernan Company records include a variety of documents related to the organization. The financial documents in the collection consist of stockholder information, auditor reports, company financial data, and annual reports. The collection contains administrative documents and governance materials such as company by-laws, merger proposals, a certificate of incorporation, publicity releases, and relevant press clippings. There is also a business overview compiled by M. D. Watson in 1946 which describes the company's history, as well as descriptive booklets about Wallace & Tiernan products and inventions. In addition, the collection includes copies of legal briefs for several court cases involving Wallace & Tiernan Company.
The collection also contains several bound volumes, such as two biographies written about Charles Wallace (A Full Life...Charles Frederick Wallace, July 1, 1885-June 3, 1964; The Life and Inventions of Charles Frederick Wallace), a text on Wallace and Tiernan's chlorinator (Chlorine Control Apparatus for Water and Sewage Purification), photograph albums commemorating Wallace & Tiernan Company's 40th and 45th anniversaries, and a scrapbook given to Florence Murray Wallace on her 70th birthday.
Several of Charles F. Wallace's awards are also in the collection, including his Monmouth College honorary degree, the Edward Longstreth Medal of Merit, the New Jersey Inventors Congress and Hall of Fame Medal, and a "Pioneers Build America" plaque.
Dates
- Creation: November 13, 1943
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open to researchers.
Extent
From the Collection: 11.5 Linear Feet (3 document boxes, 4 clamshell boxes, 18 bound volumes)
Language
English
General
This volume commemorates Wallace & Tiernan’s contribution to the cause of victory of World War II. It is one of two copies (the other awarded to Tiernan) awarded to the business founders by their employees. These volumes span a time period from October 1940 to October 1943 and were kept confidential until “peace is declared”.
Included inside the back cover was a loose painting of the W & T logo surrounded by depictions of thriving science, industry, innovation and technology.
Repository Details
Part of the RIT Archives Repository
