Snippets of Information Regarding the Gorham Company

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During the past week a bid of $1,700 was made per share on Gorham Mfg. Co.’s stock, but no sales are reported.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 6th May 1891

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Nicholas Wittag has for some time been allowed to gather the waste paper in several of the large stores on Broadway. Among other stores that he visited was that of the Gorham Mfg. Co. Recently that concern missed many small articles of silverware and suspicion fell on Wittag. He was arrested last Saturday and some articles belonging to the Gorham Co. were found wrapped in waste paper at Wittag’s house. The prisoner was held in default of $7,000.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 6th May 1891

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The Gorham Mfg. Co. has been elected a member of the Association of National Advertisers and will be represented therein by its advertising manager, H. J. Lance.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 20th July 1927

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Philadelphia jewelers back from the nation-wide conference of retailers at Providence under auspices of the Gorham Co. express decided satisfaction at the results. C. W. Oakford and Ralph Putnam of the firm of J. E. Caldwell & Co. and Frank Kind of S. Kind & Sons represented Philadelphia. Mr. Oakford, who only recently returned from his annual silverware buying trip abroad and also has toured the jewelry centers of New York and New England, had this to say of the Gorham conference: “In brief the purpose of the gathering was to give to forward-looking jewelers the benefit of studies made by experts so that this information might be made available in promoting the best interests of the trade. All of us went to school for five days, the sessions beginning at 9 o’clock in the morning and ending at 5 P. M. Our instructors included economists and professors in merchandising from Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania, recognized authorities on art in industries and experts in the distribution of merchandise. In addition to presenting advanced ideas in their respective lines, the instructors all stressed the need of co-operation among ail branches of industry if business is to be maintained on a sound basis. For instance they showed by illustrations that the interest of the retail jeweler of Pennsylvania are inseparable from those of the silverware manufacturer of Rhode Island and so on all through the industrial line.”

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 20th July 1927

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Robert I. Durfee, with Gorham Mfg. Co., is one of the officers of a new lodge of Masons that is being organized in this city.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 7th September 1927

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Gorham Co. - New York - 1901

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NEW YORK

The members of the Sterling Silversmiths Guild of America were guests last Thursday and Friday of the Gorham Co, at the Rhode Island Country Club, where the organization held its regular monthly meeting.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 15th September 1926

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Frank L. Barrows, with Gorham Mfg. Co., is arranging to attend the annual national encampment of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War at Grand Rapids, Mich., in September.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 10th August 1927

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Death of Ambrose M. Peck

Providence, R. I., July 9.—The funeral of Ambrose Robert Peck, for 55 years an employe of the Gorham Mfg. Co. and father of Horace M. Peck, secretary of the Manufacturing Jewelers’ Board of Trade, was held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from his late residence, 32 Carter St., and was largely attended, a number of the veteran employes of the Gorham company being present. Mr. Peck was in his 87th year and had been sick for about two and a half years, death occurring on Thursday. He retired from active work about 10 years ago.

Mr. Peck was born in Providence, May 18, 1841, one of a family of nine brothers and sisters, none of whom survive him. According to the family records his was the ninth generation of the Peck family which came to this country in 1838 from Hingham, England. After he graduated from the Elm Street Grammar School in 1858, he entered the employ of the Gorham Co. as an apprentice, the concern then being known as Gorham, Thurber & Dexter, and located at North Main and Steeple Sts. His apprenticeship was broken by a three months’ enlistment in the Union Army during the Civil War, when he served as a sergeant in the 10th Rhode Island Regiment of Volunteer Infantry.

He returned to Providence at the conclusion of the regiment’s term of enlistment and resumed his apprenticeship and, aside from one period of three months and another of two years, worked with that concern until the time of his retirement. He worked as an engraver until 1890, when he became a foreman. His specialty was the lettering of cups, memorials and similar pieces,

Mr. Peck had few interests outside of his work and family, and aside from membership in the old-time Elmwood Club, belonged to no fraternal or religious bodies. He was married to Miss Jessie Webster, of this city, who died about 10 years ago. He is survived by only one son, Horace M. Peck, who has been secretary of the Manufacturing Jewelers’ Board of Trade for a number of years, and one grandchild.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 13th July 1927

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CLEVELAND

Mrs. Jordan, formerly with the Gorham Co., and now in business for herself was a visitor to Cleveland last week prior to her return to Europe.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 13th July 1927

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The Gorham Company - Providence, R.I. - 1953

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The Gorham Company - New York - 1922

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SAN FRANCISCO

S. Peterson, with the Gorham Co., has left for his Spring trip through his territory.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 16th February 1927

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Frank L. Barrows, with the Gorham Mfg. Co., was elected colonel commanding the Rhode Island Division, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, at the annual encampment held Wednesday at Newport.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 27th April 1927

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Fred H. Colvin was re-elected Chief of the fire department of the Gorham Mfg. Co. at the annual dinner held in the Gorham Casino building at the Elmwood plant Monday evening, April 18. President Edmund C. Mayo, works manager Leroy E. Briggs and others of the company officers spoke concerning the department’s efficiency. Other officers elected were as follows: First assistant chief, Robert R. Cornell; second assistant chief, Charles R. Wright; company captains, W. E. Pimble, P. Rowland, C. Wilson, C. H. Shippee and J. Connors; secretary, R. W. Hobson.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 27th April 1927

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ALLENTOWN

H. H. Moulton, sales manager for the Gorham Co., was in town getting acquainted with local dealers. He was accompanied in making the rounds by Philip Pardee, the local Gorham representative.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 27th April 1927

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Edmund C. Mayo, president of the Gorham Mfg. Co., was in New York the past week on business.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 11th May 1927

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Gordon Lang, director of sales development of the Gorham Co., was in Cleveland over the week-end.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 11th May 1927

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The Gorham Mfg. Co. the past week cast a bas-relief of a tablet of George F. Weston, former Superintendent of Schools in the Town of Johnston, R. I., which, when completed, is to be placed in the Thornton School at an early date. The company’s bronze department has been especially busy recently in casting and finishing memorial tablets of various descriptions.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 6th April 1927

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Foremen, assistant foremen and executives of the Gorham Mfg. Co. attended a dinner in the Gorham Casino at the company’s plant in Elmwood on Tuesday evening, March 29, at which some 90 were present. LeRoy E. Briggs, works manager, announced that the meeting was the first of a series that has been arranged to be held for listening to discussions and various topics pertaining to the industry and business problems. He introduced Frank E. Morris, of Boston, who spoke on “Why you should be interested in accident prevention.”

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 6th April 1927

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