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Identifiant de l’institution contributrice
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MSA 895
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Description
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La collection contient des catalogues et des brochures publiés par Roy Brothers, Inc., un fabricant de jeux de croquet situé à East Barnet, Vermont. Quelques catalogues répertorient le bureau de New York et la salle de vente de Riemann-Seabrey Company, Inc., 1107 Broadway (sur la 24e rue) à New York. Malheureusement, la plupart des catalogues et autres documents manquent de dates. Les catalogues présentent généralement des jeux de croquet individuels de différentes configurations, principalement au format noir et blanc, mais quelques-uns sont en couleur. La collection comprend également deux livres de règles pour le jeu de croquet, l'un publié par Roy Brothers, l'autre par Wendell P. Roy. D'autres articles commerciaux comprennent des brochures sur les timbres à beurre et les chandeliers pour le bétail, ainsi que des échantillons de papier à en-tête de l'entreprise (dossier 2). Il y a plusieurs photos de l'usine et du site sur la rivière Passumpsic et deux grandes photos de l'intérieur montrant des ouvriers (dossier 3). Une chronologie non documentée datant d'environ 1927 est incluse, ainsi qu'un poème écrit sur certains employés et leurs tâches sur la chaîne de production (dossier 4). Quelques photos d'Ellen Paddleford Roy sont incluses, ainsi qu'une lettre manuscrite décrivant les dégâts causés par les inondations en 1927, qu'elle a écrite à son fils (dossier 5).
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Biography, Administrative History and Provenance
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The Roy Brothers factory claimed at one time to be the largest croquet factory in the world. A newspaper article from the fire of 1925 said the factory employed fifty people and made 40,000 croquet sets the year before. John G. Roy and his brother Elmer Ellsworth Roy founded the Roy Brothers company in 1888 in Barnet, Vermont. The company dealt in many wood products, including butter boxes and stamps, cattle stanchions, finished lumber, and croquet sets of various sizes and configurations. In 1918, Elmer sold his portion of the company to Dan Fulford, and John's son, Wendell Roy, also joined the business, eventually leading the company. In 1925, a lightning strike set the facility on fire and the factory; outbuildings, blacksmith shop, stockpiles, and John Roy's home went up in flames. Only the dedication of the firemen and the heavy rains protected nearby properties from burning in the fire as well. During the Flood of '27, the company lost its dam and buildings along the Passumpsic River. The company replaced the dam and factory. Another fire in September 1938 destroyed the factory again. John Roy began the process to rebuild. He obtained a ten-year tax deferment from the town of Barnet, but he died a year later. The company never recovered. John G. Roy was born in 1859 in Barnet, the son of Alexander and Eliza Gates Roy. He married Ellen Paddleford, a schoolteacher, of Monroe, New Hampshire. The couple had a son, Wendell Paddleford Roy, born in 1908. Ellen outlived her husband and died in 1955. Wendell served in the Army during the Second World War and worked for Fairbanks Morse Weighing Company during the latter part of his life. He graduated from UVM in 1928 with a degree in electrical engineering. The company co-founder, Elmer Roy, began with the firm in 1888 but sold his shares in 1918. He lived until 1932.
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Degré
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.25 linear feet
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