Early Filing Devices Small Antique Files & Filing Devices This exhibit has two parts: (1) Letter and Document Files and (2) Data Files. Letter and Document Files Desktop Devices. Letter Clips Earliest patent 1843 (England) Earliest advertisements c. (England), 1848 (U.S.) The John Johnson Collection Exhibition 2001, Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, included a c. Advertisement by W. Davison, Alnwick, for letter clips. In the late 1860s, Wm.

Staehlen, New York, NY, advertised letter clips in the form of a hand, a wheatsheaf, a shield and flag, and a scroll. Letter clips were still advertised in 1919. Merry Phipson & Parker's Letter Clips, patented 1843 & 1845. These are fairly common, so it is reasonable to infer that they were sold for many decades. Left: Patented 1872 Right: Van Horn Clip, patented 1876, advertised 1881 The base of the, patented 1880, was offered separately as the Novelty Paper Clip in 1881. Clips, patented 1877 & 1878 Novelty Clip, patented 1880 Regarding the clip to the right, notice that the clip is in the shape of a keystone (the stone at the top of an arch).

The company that produced Blair's Keystone office supplies operated from 1880 to 1865. As of 1888-90, J.C. Blair was the proprietor of Blair's Keystone Stationery Manufactory, Huntingdon, PA.

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As of 1917, the company name was J. Blair's Keystone Clip, Blair's Keystone Stationery Manufactory, Huntingdon, PA, patented 1885 & 1886. Auto Files Earliest patent 1889 Patented 1889 Paper Weights Earliest advertisement 1847 Earliest patent 1876 (combination paper weight and pen holder) In the late 1860s, Wm. Staehlen, New York, NY, advertised oval, round, and stork paper weights.

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Combination Paper Weight and Clip, patented 1876, advertised 1885-87, 1911. Advertised 1878-1911 Advertised by A C McClurg & Co, 1891. Similar octogonal paperweights were advertised in 1878-1911 Straight Files (a.k.a. Paper Files, Stick Files, Spear Files) Earliest patent 1878 Earliest advertisement 1869 Grigg & Elliot, Philadelphia, PA, advertised 'paper files,' c.

1850-60, but there is no illustration. In the late 1860s, Wm. Staehlen, New York, NY, advertised 'straight wire' bills files. Image coming Patented 1878 Zodiac pattern, Tiffany Studios, NY, NY, c.

1900-20 Hanging Files (a.k.a. Harp Files) Earliest patent 1872 Earliest advertisement 1878. However, in the late 1860s, Wm. Staehlen, New York, NY, advertised 'long hook' bills files.

These may have been hanging files, but the advertisement was not illustrated. Patented 1872 Patented 1903 Paper Files Earliest patent 1870 Earliest advertisement 1886 Hustler Duplex File, Advertised 1910 Laphan's Paper File, Patented 1870 Keep's Transfer File, patented 1883. Advertised by Wm. Woglam, NY, NY, 1886. Shannon Clip, Yawman & Erde, Rochester, NY, patented 1878. Advertised as Shannon Single Arch File No. 1, Office Specialty Mfg.

Co., Rochester, NY, 1897. Accumulator Bill File Earliest patent 1880 Eastlist advertisement 1885 Image coming P.N. H Advertised 1885. Device is 15.75' long including loop. Paper Hook Loftin's Convenient Hook, F.T.

Loftin & Co., Huntington, IN. Courtesy of the. Book and Binder Files. Letter Copying Book Earliest advertisement 1847 Letter Copying Book with copies of typed letters, 1905 Yates (Ch.

4-5) reports that the Illinois Central Railroad used copying presses to make copies of outgoing letters in press books at least from the late 1850s to 1894. Adhesive Stub Files Robert T. Young's Improved Adhesive Letter and Invoice File was a book into which letters were glued to narrow paper stubs. 'The prepared surfaces [of the studs, which were 'gummed'] only require to be well moistened, and the paper immediately adheres.' Earliest patent 1853 Earliest advertisement 1874 Books of this general type are reported to have been used by the 1820s at certain government offices in the U.K., but they were not adopted by private businesses at that time. 2, note 29.) Improved Adhesive Letter and Invoice File, Robert T. Young, New York, NY, patented 1853, and subsequently by Asa L.

Shipman & Sons, New York, NY, patented 1853-71.  Mio spirit 380 maps free download. In 1874, Asa L Shipman & Sons advertised Shipman's Adhesive Letter File. In 1878, the latter was advertised in sizes from 6' x 9' to 12.5' x 17.5' for notes, bills, letters, invoices, price lists, and manifests. Adhesive stub files patented in 1876 were advertised in 1883-84 (above) for the same purposes as well as for postal cards. Shipment's Patent Gummed Letter and Invoice Files were still advertised in 1911. Yates reports that the Illinois Central Railroad stored incoming letters in bound volumes from at least the late 1850s until 1896. In the late 1850s, 'letters were pasted chronologically into bound books of blank pages or of adhesive stubs.' 'Clarke's in-letters, for example, are pasted into a bound book of gummed one-inch stubs, 'Smith and Butler's Improved Adhesive Letter, Invoice, and Music File.'