The records consist of a sample preserved at the time of the company's transfer to The Stanley Works.

Most of the records concern the manufacture of appliances, largely ice cream freezers. In particular, the records relate to the assignment and registration of patents and trademarks under which they were manufactured and sold. These include trademark registrations in many foreign countries, including Great Britain, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Cuba, Brazil, India, and the Philippines. Also included are contracts and agreements for electric and gas lighting, additions to the plant, and with the Frankford Arsenal for iron castings. There are shipping records and notebooks covering the shipments of ice cream freezers and other appliances (1879-1909).

Another group of papers describes the company's relations with the Iron Molders' Union (1890-1918), including union constitutions, grievances, bargaining papers, and notes and newspaper clippings on strike in 1899.

The collection is divided into the following six series: I. Correspondence and related papers; II. Patents, licenses, assignments, etc.; III. Agreements and contracts; IV. Trademark registration certificates and related papers for ice cream freezers; V. Shipments; VI. Business papers regarding iron molders' demands, foundry building costs, and miscellany.

Series I. Correspondence and related papers primarily include material regarding the company's various patents and trademarks. There is also a box of correspondence related to the company's building of a new plant in the 1920s.

Series II. Patents, licenses, assignments, etc., includes material on meat cutters, egg beaters, and ice cream freezers. There are also labels for ice cream freezers and copyright applications for the pamphlet "Dainty Dishes for all the year round," sponsored by the company and written by noted domestic science expert Sarah Tyson Rorer (1849-1937).

Series III. Agreements and contracts include those for electric and gas lighting, fire extinguishers, additions to the plant, and with the Frankford Arsenal for iron castings.

Series IV. Trademark registration certificates and related papers for ice cream freezers include trademark registrations in the United States and in many other countries, including Great Britain, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Cuba, Brazil, India, and the Philippines.

Series V. Shipments include shipping records and notebooks covering the shipments of ice cream freezers and other appliances from 1879 to 1909.

Series VI. Business papers include those regarding an 1899 iron molders' strike, foundry building costs, and other materials such as information on exporters, memos, and an application for time signal service to Western Union Telegraph Co.