| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | C. O. Bartlett & Snow Company |
| Title: | C. O. Bartlett & Snow Co. Records |
| Dates: | 1915-1952 |
| Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) |
| Abstract: | The C. O. Bartlett & Co. was a Cleveland, Ohio, company which sold heavy machinery and manufactured power transmission equipment, boilers, conveying and elevating equipment, and special products, including machinery to process oatmeal. In 1961 the company was sold to Pacific Foundry and Metallurgy, becoming Bartlett-Snow Pacific, Inc., and was later merged into Bangor Punta of Greenwich, Conn. The collection consists of two company histories, a detailed order record book, 1915-1927, and a daily order book, 1917-1927. The collection is useful for the study of the heavy machinery business in Cleveland and their customers' orders, which included sales to such firms as Chevrolet Motor Company, Goodyear, U.S. Aluminum, M.A. Hanna Company, Proctor and Gamble, General Electric, Penzoil, Standard Oil of Ohio and others. |
| MS Number | MS 4297 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
C. O. Bartlett and Snow Co. (f. 1885) was incorporated in Ohio in 1902. Based in Cleveland, the company sold heavy machinery, manufactured power transmission equipment, boilers, and conveying and elevating equipment. An early specialty product was machinery to process oatmeal. In 1904, a factory was constructed on Center Street and headquarters were located at 6200 Harvard Avenue. The company sold its products to such firms as Chevrolet Motor Co., Goodyear, U.S. Aluminum, M. A. Hanna Co., Proctor and Gamble, General Electric, Penzoil, Standard Oil of Ohio, and Cadillac Motor Car Co. Later the company expanded its line to include incinerators. In 1961 the company was sold to Pacific Foundry and Metallurgy of San Francisco, California, becoming Bartlett-Snow Pacific, Inc. with plants in San Francisco and Cleveland. It later merged into Bangor Punta of Greenwich, Connecticut.
C. O. Bartlett and Snow Co. Records, 1915-1952, consist of two company histories, a detailed order record book, 1915-1927, and a daily order book, 1917-1927.
This collection is useful for understanding a heavy machinery business in Cleveland, Ohio, and the orders placed by customers. Those studying the history of business and industry in Cleveland will find this collection useful.
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 4297 C. O. Bartlett & Snow Co. Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Benjamin A. Smith, 1975.
Processed by Daniel J. Linke in 1988.