Sporting goods industry
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
A.G. Spalding Company Subsidiaries Business Records
Collection
Identifier: MSSP_10046
Content Description
This collection consists of sporting good manufacturing companies' corporate records from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Most materials relate to companies that were or would become corporate subsidiaries of the A.J. Spalding Company, a pioneering and influential American sporting goods company. The records consist primarily of meeting minutes (stockholders meetings or board of directors meetings) with a few other types of records included. Spalding subsidiaries represented...
Dates:
1888-1934
Henry Hall Fishing Line Company Records
Collection
Identifier: MSSP_7005
Content Description
A collection of mostly correspondence and business records of the Henry Hall fishing line company. Included are about 100 orders and invoices from customers and suppliers in the 1880s. The collection also includes about 75 pieces of correspondence written in 1900 by D. D. Anderson of the New York sales office to company president Alexander G. Hall at Highland Mills.
Dates:
1880-1939; Majority of material found within 1880-1900
Sporting Goods Catalog Collection
Collection
Identifier: EPH 5063
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of catalogs advertising sporting goods and athletic products. Many items are general purpose catalogs that offer products for a wide range of athletic activities. Other specialized catalogs cover topics like outdoors recreation, fishing, playground equipment, outdoor lighting, boxing,football practice equipment, and other subjects. Most catalogs include product descriptions, pricing information, and illustrations (sometimes in color) of the products for sale....
Dates:
1881-1979