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Series III: Contract files, 1894-1912
Series IV: Patents, 1824-1908, 1949-1953
Series V: Scrapbooks and photographs

R. Hoe and Company Records, 1824-1953

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Series I: Cataloged correspondence and documents

Series I contains cataloged correspondence and other cataloged materials. Cataloged correspondence consists of a small group of letters sent to Richard March Hoe, who was head of R. Hoe and Company from 1833 until his death in 1886. The other cataloged documents include two unidentified printed items, a photograph of Laura Hoe, and two company history manuscripts by Stephen D. Tucker.

Subseries I.1: Cataloged correspondence


Box 1 Bryant, William Cullen

Box 1 Craig, Daniel H.

Box 1 Crane, Thomas G.

Box 1 Dodd, Moses Woodruff

Box 1 Felley, S.R.

Box 1 Franklin, William Buel

Box 1 Harper, Joseph W.

Box 1 Harper, J. Henry

Box 1 Hoe, Rachel

Box 1 Hoe, Theodora

Box 1 Hurd, Mrs. F. M.

Box 1 Johnstone, James

Box 1 Lossing, Benson J.

Box 1 Reed, Thomas C.

Box 1 Reid, Whitelaw

Box 1 Tiffany, H.D.

Box 1 Van Benthuysen, Charles

Box 1 Van Vechten, A.M.

Box 1 Vyse, Thomas A.

Subseries I.2: Cataloged documents

Box 1 Two printed items

Box 1 Photograph of Miss Laura Hoe

Box 1 History of R. Hoe and Company by Stephen D. Tucker, 1 Volumes

Box 1 R. Hoe and Company's Progress, 1884-1888 by Stephen D. Tucker, 1 Volumes

Series II: Incoming letters and accounts, 1833-1901

The bulk of the collection is in Series II. This series is composed of incoming letter files, many with name indexes, dating from 1837 to 1879 and 1901. The collection also contains many of the firm's letterpress books dating from between 1833 and 1878. These are composed of letters, accounts, and estimates for printing offices, newspaper offices, job presses, binderies, type foundries, saw mills, lithography shops, and stereotype foundries in the United States, Canada, Latin America, and Europe.

Subseries II.1: Incoming letter files, 1837, 1851-1901


Box 2 1837 February 17-19

Box 2 1837 October

Box 2 1851 January

Includes index.

Box 2 1851 February

Box 2 1853 June

Includes index.

Box 2 1853 July

Includes index.

Box 2 1853 August

Box 2 1853 October


Box 3 1854 January

Includes index.

Box 3 Index, 1855

Box 3 1855 March 1-7

Box 3 1855 March 8-15

Box 3 1855 March 16-22

Box 3 1855 March 23-31

Box 3 1855 April

Box 3 1856 May

Includes index.

Box 3 1856 May 1-6

Box 3 1856 May 7-13

Box 3 1856 May 14-20

Box 3 1856 May 21-27

Box 3 1856 October

Box 3 1857 September

Box 3 1857 October

Includes index.

Box 3 1857 October 1-8

Box 3 1857 October 9-15

Box 3 1857 October 16-23

Box 3 1857 October 24-31

Box 3 1857 November


Box 4 1858 January

Box 4 Index, 1858 February

Box 4 1858 February 1-5

Box 4 1858 February 6-10

Box 4 1858 February 11-15

Box 4 1858 February 16-20

Box 4 1858 February 21-25

Box 4 1858 March


Box 5 1858 April

Box 5 1858 April 1-5

Box 5 1858 April 6-10

Box 5 1858 April 11-15

Box 5 1858 April 16-20

Box 5 1858 April 21-25

Box 5 1858 April 26-28

Box 5 1858 April 29-30

Box 5 1858 May

Box 5 Index, 1858 June

Box 5 1858 June 1-5

Box 5 1858 June 6-10

Box 5 1858 June 11-15

Box 5 1858 June 16-20

Box 5 1858 June 21-25

Box 5 1858 June 26-30

Box 5 1858 July

Box 5 1862 June, (bound)


Box 6 1862 June 1-30, (bound)

Box 6 1862 August

Includes index.

Box 6 1862 August 1-6

Box 6 1862 August 7-13

Box 6 1862 August 14-20

Box 6 1862 August 21-30

Box 6 1863 January 1-31, (bound)

Includes index.


Box 7 1863 January 1-31, (bound)

Box 7 1864 December

Box 7 Index, 1865 January

Box 7 1865 January 1-4

Box 7 1865 January 5-8

Box 7 1865 January 9-12

Box 7 1865 January 13-16

Box 7 1865 January 17-20

Box 7 1865 January 21-24

Box 7 1865 January 25-28

Box 7 1865 January 29-31

Box 7 1865 February

Box 7 1868 May 28-31


Box 8 1872 January

Box 8 1872 February

Box 8 1872 March

Box 8 1872 July

Box 8 1872 August

Box 8 1872 September

Box 8 1872 October

Box 8 Index, 1872 November

Box 8 1872 November 1

Box 8 1872 November 2-3

Box 8 1872 November 4

Box 8 1872 November 6

Box 8 1872 November 7

Box 8 1872 November 8

Box 8 1872 November 9

Box 8 1872 November 10

Box 8 1872 November 11

Box 8 1872 November 12

Box 8 1872 November 13

Box 8 1872 November 14

Box 8 1872 November 15


Box 9 1872 November 16

Box 9 1872 November 17

Box 9 1872 November 18

Box 9 1872 November 19

Box 9 1872 November 20

Box 9 1872 November 21

Box 9 1872 November 22

Box 9 1872 November 23

Box 9 1872 November 24

Box 9 1872 November 25

Box 9 1872 November 26

Box 9 1872 November 27

Box 9 1872 November 28

Box 9 1872 November 29

Box 9 1872 November 30


Box 10 1873 February 3

Box 10 1873 August 9

Box 10 1874 January

Box 10 Index, 1874 February

Box 10 1874 February 1

Box 10 1874 February 2

Box 10 1874 February 3

Box 10 1874 February 4

Box 10 1874 February 5

Box 10 1874 February 6

Box 10 1874 February 7

Box 10 1874 February 8

Box 10 1874 February 9

Box 10 1874 February 10

Box 10 1874 February 11

Box 10 1874 February 12

Box 10 1874 February 13

Box 10 1874 February 14

Box 10 1874 February 15


Box 11 1874 February 16

Box 11 1874 February 17

Box 11 1874 February 18

Box 11 1874 February 19

Box 11 1874 February 20

Box 11 1874 February 21

Box 11 1874 February 22

Box 11 1874 February 23

Box 11 1874 February 24

Box 11 1874 February 25

Box 11 1874 February 26

Box 11 1874 February 27

Box 11 1874 February 28

Box 11 1874 March

Box 11 Index, 1874 March 26-June 1

Box 11 1874 April

Box 11 1874 June

Box 11 1874 May 1-10

Box 11 1874 May 11

Box 11 1874 May 12-15

Box 11 1874 May 16-17

Box 11 1874 May 18

Box 11 1874 May 19


Box 12 1874 May 20-25

Box 12 1874 May 26 - 31

Box 12 Index, 1874 September 26-October 26

Box 12 1874 September 17-26

Box 12 1874 October 1

Box 12 1874 October 2

Box 12 1874 October 3-4

Box 12 1874 October 5

Box 12 1874 October 6

Box 12 1874 October 7-8

Box 12 1874 October 9

Box 12 1874 October 10-17

Box 12 1874 October 24-30


Box 13 1875 February 1

Box 13 1875 March 9

Box 13 1875 April 6-30

Box 13 1875 June 10

Box 13 Index, 1875 May 1-22

Box 13 1875 May 1

Box 13 1875 May 3

Box 13 1875 May 4

Box 13 1875 May 5

Box 13 1875 May 6

Box 13 1875 May 7

Box 13 1875 May 8

Box 13 1875 May 9-10

Box 13 1875 May 11

Box 13 1875 May 12

Box 13 1875 May 13

Box 13 1875 May 14

Box 13 1875 May 15

Box 13 1875 May 16-19

Box 13 1875 May 20-22

Box 13 Index, 1875 May 18-31

Box 13 1875 May 1-19

Box 13 1875 May 20-31, 2 folders

Box 13 1875 June 10

Box 13 1875 July

Box 13 1875 October


Box 14 1876 October

Box 14 1876 November

Box 14 Index, 1877 January 27-March 19

Box 14 1877 January 27

Box 14 1877 February 10-19

Box 14 1877 February 21

Box 14 1877 February 22-25

Box 14 1877 February 26

Box 14 1877 February 27

Box 14 1877 February 28

Box 14 1877 March 1

Box 14 1877 March 2

Box 14 1877 March 3

Box 14 1877 March 4-5

Box 14 1877 March 6

Box 14 1877 March 7

Box 14 1877 March 8

Box 14 1877 March 9-10

Box 14 1877 March 11-19

Box 14 1877 June 19, 26


Box 15 1877 July 1-31

Box 15 Index, 1877 July 31-August 20

Box 15 1877 August 1-11, 2 folders

Box 15 1877 August 12-20

Box 15 1877 August 30-December 19

Box 15 1877 August 30

Box 15 1877 October 1-31

Box 15 Index, 1877 November 1-15

Box 15 1877 November 1-19, 3 folders


Box 16 1877 October 12-29

Box 16 1877 November 15-30, 3 folders

Includes index.

Box 16 1877 November 13-16

Box 16 1877 December 7-31

Box 16 Index, 1877 December 31-1878 January 12

Box 16 1878 January 1-14, 3 folders


Box 17 1877 November 14-30

Box 17 1877 December 1-9

Box 17 1877 December 10-19

Box 17 1878 February 25

Box 17 1878 May 27

Box 17 1878 June 1-30

Box 17 Index, 1878 July 12-22

Box 17 1878 July 1-9

Box 17 1878 July 10-22, 2 folders


Box 18 1878 January 2

Box 18 1878 March 26-29

Box 18 1878 April 5-9

Box 18 1878 April 12-20

Box 18 Index, 1878 April 27-May 9

Box 18 1878 May 1-9

Box 18 1878 June 1-17

Box 18 1878 July 9-17

Box 18 1878 July 22-31

Box 18 Index, 1878 August 5-19

Box 18 1878 August 1-10

Box 18 1878 August 11 - 19

Box 18 1879 January-March

Box 18 1879 February


Box 19 B, 1901 June-November

Box 19 C, 1901 June-November

Box 19 D, 1901 June-November

Box 19 G, 1901 June-November

Box 19 H, 1901 June-November

Box 19 I-J, 1901 June-November

Box 19 K, 1901 June-November

Box 19 L-M, 1901 June-November

Box 19 N-P, 1901 June-November

Box 19 S, 1901 June-November

Box 19 T, 1901 June-November

Box 19 undated, 1 folders

Subseries II.2: Letterpress books, 1833-1889


Box 20 1833 March 18-1834 February 10

Box 20 1834 September-1835 April 15


Box 36 Letter-press book, 1834-1858


Box 20 1837 March 27-November 6

Box 20 1839 December 11-1841 February 15


Box 21 1842 December 15-1846 April 15

Box 21 1850 February 25-September 19


Box 22 1859 January 25-May 9


Box 23 1859 May 3-August 3

Box 23 1859 August 4-November 9


Box 24 1862 February 3-July 9


Box 27 Steel order book, 1862 April 15-1869 April 7


Box 24 1863 May 9-September 30


Box 25 1865 May 21-Sept 29

Box 25 1866 January 19-March 21

Box 25 1866 December 10-1867 January 24


Box 26 1868 June-August

Box 26 1868 December 20-1869 March 6


Box 27 1868 March 6-April 12

Box 27 1870 March 15-April 29


Box 28 1870 June 2-August 5


Box 29 1873 April 8-May 31


Box 30 1873 October 21-December 12

Box 30 1874 May 20-July 1


Box 31 1874 July 1-August

Box 31 1874 November 24-1875 January 5


Box 32 1876 January 18-March

Box 32 1876 May 2-July 10


Box 33 1876 October 5- November 26

Box 33 1876 November 21-1877 January 23


Box 34 1877 March 12-April 27


Box 35 1878 April 8-May 20

Box 35 Chicago office: orders sent, 1887 December 28-1889 April 13

Series III: Contract files, 1894-1912

Series III contains a small group of contract files with related correspondence dating from 1894 and 1910-1912, but chiefly for the year 1911.

See PDF Summary Guide to the R. Hoe Orders and Contracts File, 1911, for a list of individual firms ordering materials from R. Hoe and company in 1911.


Box 37 1894 January-1911 July


Box 38 1911 August-January 1912

Series IV: Patents, 1824-1908, 1949-1953

Series IV contains some miscellaneous patents dating from 1949 to 1953. There are also miscellaneous manuscript patent files for printing presses, with diagrams and blueprints, as follows: American patents, circa 1850-1900, French patents, 1824-1906, and German patents, 1893-1908.


Box 39 1949 November 8

Box 39 1950 February 14

Box 39 1950 April 4

Box 39 1950 May 2

Box 39 1950 May 23

Box 39 1950 August 8

Box 39 1950 August 15

Gift of Susan O. Thompson, 1982

Box 39 1952 December 9

Box 39 1952 December 16

Box 39 1952 December 23

Box 39 1952 December 30

Gift of Susan O. Thompson, 1982

Box 39 1953 January 6

Box 39 1953 February 3

Box 39 1953 March 10

Box 39 1953 March 17

Box 39 1953 April 7

Box 39 1953 May 26

Box 39 1953 June 9

Box 39 1953 June 16


Box 40 American patents, A-Hoe, circa 1850-1900

Gift of Emilia Kazimiroff, 1983


Box 41 American patents, L-W, circa 1850-1900

Gift of Emilia Kazimiroff, 1983


Box 42 French patents, 1824-1894, undated

Gift of Emilia Kazimiroff, 1983


Box 43 French patents, 1898-1906

Gift of Emilia Kazimiroff, 1983

Box 43 German patents, 1893-1908

Gift of Emilia Kazimiroff, 1983

Series V: Scrapbooks and photographs

Series V contains a small subject file of technical data for printing, binding, and other Hoe equipment. It also includes scrapbooks with photographs of Hoe machinery and ten oversize photographs of Hoe presses, 1872-1950. The photograph of Laura Hoe was cataloged and is in Subseries I.2: Cataloged documents.


Box 39 Manuscript register of printing equipment used by newspapers with titles N-Z, undated


Box 44 Scrapbooks of Photographs of Hoe Equipment, undated

Gift of Emilia Kazimiroff, 1983


Box 45 Subject File of Technical Data, B-W, undated

Gift of Emilia Kazimiroff, 1983


Mapcase 14-M-7 Photographs of Hoe presses, 1872-1950, 10 items

Gift of Emilia Kazimiroff, 1983