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Joy Manufacturing Company

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

James Packer collection of Joy Manufacturing Company photographs

 Collection
Accession: 2013-212
Abstract:

The Joy Manufacturing Company was a major manufacturer of underground mining and materials handling machinery. The photographs were collected by retired corporate secretary James Packer (1920-2008) in 1985 for the purpose of writing a company history. This small collection consists of photographs, mostly group portraits of staff. The collection dates range from the 1921 to 1988. The materials are so sporadic that there is no bulk date.

Dates: 1921-1988

Joy Manufacturing Company records

 Collection
Accession: 2463
Abstract:

The Joy Manufacturing Company was a major manufacturer of mining and materials handling machinery built upon the invention of the first practical coal loading machine by Joseph F. Joy (1883-1957). It is a somewhat random collection of documents assembled and preserved by the former corporate secretary James Packer (1920-2008) for the purpose of writing a never-completed company history. They include the sorts of documents normally in possession of a corporate secretary, such as copies of meeting minutes, corporate family tree information, historical notes, and promotional publications.

Dates: 1915-1989; bulk 1949-1984

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Factories 1
Financial statements 1
Group portraits 1
Office workers 1