Snippets of Information Regarding the Gorham Company

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The the Army-Navy production award for outstanding record in war production has been awarded the Gorham Mfg. of Providence. At the annual meeting of stockholders of that company, Elliott M. Gordon, vice president in charge of production, was added to the board. All other directors and officers were re-elected.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - June 1944

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NEW YORK

W. H. Spears, for many years designer and head of the umbrella and walking-stick department of the Gorham Co., has recently connected himself with the well-known house of the W. W. Harrison Co., 1149 Broadway.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 22nd February 1911

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The general committee of affairs of the Gorham Mfg. Co. closed a two days’ session at the office of the concern at the plant in Elmwood this afternoon. This is one of the most important gatherings of the year as regards the distribution of the company’s product, for at these sessions the designs for the next season are passed upon and conditions of business in the various sections are presented and discussed. John S. Holbrook, vice-president of the company, presided at the session, at which there were present, in addition to Mr. Holbrook, E. Frank Aldrich, Fred C. Lawton and William Codman, of the Providence executive force: A. Cotton, from London; Walter V. Ghislin, from Chicago; H. H. Adams, from San Francisco; J. L. Little, manager of the Maiden Lane, New York, office, and H. A. Bliss, general manager of the New York headquarters, with Robert Loch and E. J. Dingee, of the latter force. Among others in attendance was Harry Emanuel, manager of the Birmingham, England, factory of the company, who is making his first visit to the company’s plant in this city. The representatives from each of the great centers gave encouraging and satisfactory reports, and all agreed that there were no grounds for any pessimistic views as to the outlook for the remainder of this year. Several good orders were reported and several that were under consideration.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 22nd February 1911

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Superintendent Fred. C. Lawton, of the Gorham Mfg. Co., has fully recovered from his recent illness, which necessitated a brief sojourn in New Hampshire during recuperation.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 22nd February 1911

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George W. Rhodes, one of the oldest employes of the Gorham Mfg. Co., severed his connection with the company at noon Saturday, after 26 years’ service, 16 years of which period he was foreman of the annealing department. Before leaving the shop where he had been so long associated Mr. Rhodes was presented a beautiful stick pin by the men of his department. He will engage in business for himself.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 22nd February 1911

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The Gorham Company - Providence, R.I. - 1927

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The Gorham Company - Providence, R.I. - 1931

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Alberta Brenner to Direct Wallace Educational Program

Alberta Brenner, formerly secretary and manager of The Jewelers Group Service, has been appointed by Wallace Silversmiths, Wallingford, Conn., to the newly-formed post of educational director, announces Donald W. Leach, vice president. The new assignment calls for work both with Wallace dealers and with the ultimate consumer through the medium of women’s groups and civic organizations.

Prior to the war Miss Brenner was associated with The Gorham Company, coming to them from her native Youngstown, Ohio, where her family has been prominent in the jewelry trade for several generations.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - January 1948

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The Gorham Company - Providence, R.I. - 1943

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Edmond C. Mayo, president and general manager of the Gorham Mfg. Co., at the weekly luncheon of the Rotary Club last week at the Biltmore Hotel, gave an illustrated talk on “Fine Arts in Metals.” This was the first of a proposed series of manufacture talks. After telling the history of the Gorham Co., Mr. Mayo showed moving pictures of scenes at the Elmwood works of the concern.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 16th February 1928

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CHICAGO

A. A. Hallberg, with the Gorham Mfg. Co.. is traveling in the west.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 20th October 1915

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The New York papers reported last week that the Gorham Mfg. Co. had leased the plot on the S. E. cor. of Fifth Ave. and 36th St. The Gorham Mfg. Co. refuse to deny or affirm the truth of the report. he plot has a frontage on Fifth Ave. of 67.5 ft., on 36th St. of 150 ft. and a rear line of 98.9 ½ ft. The Gorham Mfg. Co. is already the lessee of the S. W. cor. of Fifth Ave. and 31st St.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 31st December 1902

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