Silversmiths
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
George Rapp, 1972
File
Identifier: OH 8035
Abstract
George Rapp was the head silversmith for The Stieff Company and a native Baltimorean. In this oral history interview, he discusses: Childhood in St. Denis, now Arbutus, Maryland; first employment at Schultz Silver Company and Scofield Company for eighteen years; radar equipment work for Stieff during World War II; mechanization of silversmith processes; manufacture of Williamsburg reproduction silver; working at the Smithsonian Institution Craft Fair in Washington, D.C.
Dates:
1972
Maryland silversmiths photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: PP 0211
Abstract
This collection consists of 18 negatives of photographs of silverware used in Maryland Silversmiths, 1715-1830, by J. Hall Pleasants and Howard Sill, published in 1930.
Dates:
1930
Samuel Kirk & Son, Inc. papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 2720
Abstract
This collection consists of Board of Directors' meeting minutes (1896-1966), financial data (1902-1979), production records (1868-1978), employee records (1890-1957), material on the various real estate properties of the company (1892-1963), legal papers 91896-1971), retail data (1834-1974), Kirk publications 91914-1959), and Kirk family material (1844-1970). Also included are the records of the Kirk Silver Traveling Exhibition (1940-1979) and the Kirk Realty Company, a subsidiary...
Dates:
1834-1979