W. T. Fielder Collection (MC 235)
Biographical Note
W. T. Fielder worked in Columbus, Georgia in the brickmaking industry. He eventually worked for the Minter System, a company that owned several patents on improved methods of firing bricks.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of one folder of correspondence between Fielder and several people identified only as Harry, Mac and Bill. Rival brick companies run by Hale Bickerstaff and the Heard family are mentioned. 1929-1937 1 box (.3 l.f.)
Permission to Publish
Permission to publish material from the W. T. Fielder Collection must be obtained from the Columbus State University Archives at Columbus State University. Use of the following credit line for publication or exhibit is required: W. T. Fielder Collection (MC 235) Columbus State University Archives Columbus, Georgia
Provenance
Unknown.
Box and Item List
Box 1
- Item 1 - Reprint of a 1929 Letter from Clay Workers to the Hewlin Corporation
- Item 2 - Order from the Minter System, Inc. to West Bros Brick Co., Washington, D.C., October 5, 1936
- Item 3 - Telegram from Minter System to West Bros Brick Co., September 30, 1936
- Item 4 - Telegram from Minter System to West Bros Brick, Co., October 1, 1936
- Item 5 -- Bill of Sale from Lummus Cotton Gin Co. to W.T. Fielder, October 1, 1936
- Item 6 - Letter from A.F. Goris to Mr. Ewary Concerning the Proposed Hewlin Plant in New York, December 1, 1936
- Item 7 - Letter from A.F. Goris to Bill Concerning a Contract with McNulty, December 3, 1936
- Item 8 - Letter from East Angus, Canada, to Mr. McNulty, December 3, 1936
- Item 9 - Letter from Hewlin Corporation to Mr. A.F. Goris, December 16, 1936
- Item 10 - Letter from Harry to Bill, in Canada, December 20, 1936
- Item 11 - List of Projects to be Done, Signed J. McNulty and Dated December 29, 1936
- Item 12 - Letter from W. T. Fielder to Harry, February 19, 1937
- Item 13 - Letter from W. T. Fielder to Harry, February 21, 1937
- Item 14 - Letter from L. Perry West, President of West Brothers Brick Company, September 17, 1937
- Item 15 - Letter from W.T. Fielder, the Minter System to Mr. West of West Brothers Brick Company September 20, 1937
- Item 16 - Sales Booklet from the Charavay Ventilating Equipment Company, 1936