The Winterthur Library
The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and
Printed Ephemera
OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION
Creator: Percy Edward Raymond
Title: Papers
Dates: 1905-1952
Call No.: Col. 63
Acc. No.: 75x79
Quantity: 9 boxes
Location: 16 F 1-2
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT
Percy Edward
Raymond graduated from Cornell in 1902. From 1904 to 1910 he was assistant
curator in charge of Invertebrate Paleontology at the Carnegie Museum in
Pittsburgh, PA. He became associate professor at Harvard in 1917 and full professor in
1919. He was active in the
Paleontology Society of America, of which he was president in 1934. He wrote
many articles on paleontology, stratigraphy and sedimentation, his areas of
study. However,
his hobby was pewter. In addition to collecting
pewterware, he also investigated the history of early pewterers and their
methods. He was instrumental in founding
the Pewter Club of America and was its first president. These papers cover all areas of pewter.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
This collection of papers deal with all
aspects of pewter and its makers. The history of pewter making, including
methods and makers, is covered. There are drafts of many of Raymond's talks and
articles as well as correspondence and photos. There are also many other
references to pewter in the form of clippings and notes from various sources.
ORGANIZATION
Research notes,
articles and drafts of articles, correspondence, Raymond’s record book of his
collection, and clippings are found in Boxes 1-6. They are not arranged in any particular
order. The scrapbooks are in Boxes
7-9. An index to items in the collection
is available at this repository.
PROVENANCE
Gift of Dean and
Martha Gandy Fales.
ACCESS POINTS
People:
Fales, Dean.
Brunstom, John Andrew.
Calder.
Dow, Mary.
Bapst, M. Germain.
Bell, Malcolm.
Raymond, Percy Edward.
Ineson, Stanley B.
Dolbearne, John.
Otis, Harrison Gray.
Crossman, William W.
Topics:
Pewter.
Pewter - Marks.
Pewter - Collectors and collecting.
Pewtercraft.
Pewterers.
Paleontologists - Recreation.
Drafts (preliminary versions)
Photoprints.
Clippings.
Scrapbooks.
Notes.
Correspondence.
Pewterers.
Collectors.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
Location: 16 F 1-2
Alloys called pewter
"Pewtering"
References to pewter
Notes on pewter
Pewter notes, 1948
Pewter notes, 1949-50
as above, 1950
as above, 1952
as above, inventories, etc. Essex Co.;
Harvard pewter
Misc. useful notes on pewter; Conn.
pewter, Hogarth etc.
Early New England pewter
Boston pewterers
Brunstrom, John Andrew
Calder daybook
Calder, notes from daybook
Buttons
Box 2:
Flagons, tankards & measures
A Unique Tudor Measure-notes, papers,
etc.
Pipes
6" plates
Notes on porringers
Plain handled porringers, notes &
sketches
Metropolitan Museum collection
Sadware: various notes &
references
Tea & coffee pots
Teapots-notes
Notes on teapots & coffeepots
Early teapots-clippings, notes
Weights & measures
English pewter notes
French porringer notes
Continental pewter other than French
Glasgow Exhibition 1938-pewter
Scotch pewter notes
Bapst, M. Germain; porringers
Bell, Malcolm; "old pewter"
Paige-notes
Welch-history of the Pewterers'
Company
Biography of Percy Edward Raymond
"An Analysis of the English
Hallmarks on Pewter," by Percy E. Raymond
"Basins, Bowls &
Pans"-notes
"Coffeepot?
Teapot!"-relating to pewter
"Common American Britannia
Lamps"-notes
"Crown-handled
porringers"-article
"Four tankards from one
mold"
Box 3:
Notes on pewter, 1945-47
Clippings, 1921-49
Clippings, 1927-49
Clippings, 1936-51
Clippings, etc., 1946-50
Flower-handled porringers
"Princess & Porringer"
draft
Jacobs' pewter lists
Box 4:
"Four tankards from one mold"-typescript
"English pewter in the
colonies"-typescript, notes
"Heart-pierces pewter
porringers"
"Pewter candlesticks"
Pewter candlesticks notes
"Pewter porringers"-notes
Tankards, flagons & measures notes
"The Pewtering Thomases"
"The Porringer: General Utility
Vessel"
Tudor pewter measure notes
"Sadware"
"Salts, casters, snuff
boxes"
"Some pewter spoons"-notes
"The Troublesome Danforth Lions"
article
Crown-handled porringers
"What is a porringer?"
"Why Collect Pewter"
Photos, 1950-51
Photos, pewter belonging to Raymond
Box 5:
Photos, Raymond, misc.
Photos, exhibits, etc.
Photos, pewter objects
Negatives
New Bedford exhibition
Pewter shown at lst Pewter Collectors
Club, 1935
Pewter shown at Pewter & Rushlight
meeting, 1935
Talk of John W. Webber on Trasks
Problems of the pewter collector
Inventory, American pewter, 1950
Silver vs. pewter
Box 6:
Notes on silver porringers
"Harrison Gray Otis
Pewter"-notes
Danforth touch notes
Crossman, William W.; notes on this
jeweller
Correspondence
Pewter book introduction
Supplement bibliography
Mrs. Fitzgerald's catalog work
sheets
Pewterers' Hall, notes
Life of Richard Lee
Miscellaneous
Record book
Record book-Raymond's collection
Correspondence and research notes of
Dean Fales
Boxes 7-9:
Seven scrapbooks
which contain clippings and articles either about pewter or written by
Raymond. One of these scrapbooks contains
information on the Kerfoot Pewter Collection.