unitedcigarettemachineco Inventory of the United Cigarette Machine Company Records, 1887-1955 and undated Processed by: Willeke Sandler and Matthew Warren; machine-readable finding aid created by: Paula Jeannet Mangiafico, Willeke Sandler, Matthew Warren David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, N.C., USA

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 Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: July 2012Processed by Willeke Sandler and Matthew Warren; finding aid encoded by Paula Jeannet Mangiafico, Willeke Sandler and Matthew Warren, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, July 2012 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS and local Style Guide Inventory of the United Cigarette Machine Company Records, 1887-1955 and undated David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

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 Descriptive Summary David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University United Cigarette Machine Company. United Cigarette Machine Company records, 1887-1955 and undated Material in English 40 Linear Feet Approx. 12,000 Items For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Lynchburg, Virginia manufacturing company specializing in cigarette machine and car parts; plants were located in the U.S. and Germany. The bulk of the United Cigarette Machine Company collection, dating from 1887-1955, consists of thousands of brownprints ("Van Dyke photoprints") and blueprints related to the various cigarette machines and parts manufactured by the company. These include the Universal, U-K, Improved Bonsack (designed by James Bonsack), and Heckendorn cigarette machines; materials from the 1920s also pertain to the manufacturing of Buick, Dodge, and Chevrolet auto parts. Other files contain black-and-white photographs of products, and company catalogs. Additional material includes contracts, legal papers, appraisals, audits, patent lists, tax reports, and minutes documenting company operations and finances. The center of operations was located in Lynchburg, Virginia; the company also owned manufacturing plants in Germany. A few materials are in French and German. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], United Cigarette Machine Company Records, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

 Provenance

The United Cigarette Machine Company Records were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift in 1956.

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Processed by Willeke Sandler and Matthew Warren, July 2012

Encoded by Paula Jeannet Mangiafico, Willeke Sandler and Matthew Warren, July 2012

Accession described in this finding aid: 56-688

This collection is minimally processed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.

Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and local Style Guide.

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 Collection Overview

The bulk of the United Cigarette Machine Company collection, dating from 1887-1955, consists of thousands of brownprints ("Van Dyke photoprints") and blueprints related to the various cigarette machines and parts manufactured by the company. These include the Universal, U-K, Improved Bonsack (invented by James A. Bonsack), and Heckendorn cigarette machines; materials from the 1920s also pertain to the manufacturing of Buick, Dodge, and Chevrolet auto parts. Other files contain black-and-white photographs of products, and company catalogs. Additional material includes contracts, legal papers, appraisals, audits, patent lists, tax reports, and minutes documenting company operations and finances. The center of operations was located in Lynchburg, Virginia; the company also owned manufacturing plants in Germany. A few materials are in French and German. The United Cigarette Machine Company's main factory in Lynchburg was built in 1907, at the crossing of the Southern Railway main line and the Lynchburg & Durham Railroad line.

Collection Arrangement

Arranged in three series: Company Records, Mechanical Drawings, and Volumes.

 Subject Headings

These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.

Bonsack, James Albert, 1859-1924. United Cigarette Machine Company. Cigarette industry. Cigarette industry--Virginia. Cigarette industry--Germany. Cigarette manufacture and trade--United States. Machinery--Drawings. Lynchburg (Va.)--History. Black-and-white photographs. Blueprints. Brownprints. Mechanical drawings (tool-aided drawings) Contents of Collection Company Records Series, 1887-1953 and undated (6 boxes)

Contains contracts, legal papers, tax reports, correspondence, minutes, blueprints, and catalogs relating to the United Cigarette Machine Company, and the company's properties in Virginia and Dresden, Germany.

 1Information Folder

Includes a typed account of James A. Bonsack's invention of the cigarette-making machine written by Bonsack's nephew, John E. Bonsack, 1938.

 1Papers, 1887-1901 1Papers re: Durmid [Va.] property, 1887, Oct. 24-1920, May 26 and undated 1Papers (general), 1903-1909 1Papers, 1904 1Papers (general), United Cigarette Machine Co. vs. W.I. Brown, 1904, Feb. 12-1907, May 15 1Papers, 1905-1920, Deeds, 1905, July 25-1920, Sept. 15 1Papers (general), 1910-1912 1Papers (general), 1913-1914 2Papers (general), 1915 2Dead Leases, Durmid, 1915, Dec. 31 2Papers (general), 1916-1917 2Papers (general), 1918-1919 2Papers, 1920-1921 3Papers relative to the formation of the UCMC GmBH in Dresden, circa 1921 3Papers (general), 1922 3Papers (general), 1923-1926 3Papers (general), 1927-1929 4Papers (general), 1930-1953 4Contracts, 1889-1899 4Contracts, 1900-1905 4Contracts, 1906-1910 4Contracts, 1911-1913 4Contracts, 1914-1916 5Contracts, 1917-1919 5Contracts, 1920 5Contracts, 1921 5Contracts, 1922 5Contracts, 1923 5Contracts, 1924 6Contracts, 1925 6Contracts, 1926 6Contracts, 1927 6Contracts, 1928-1929 6Contracts, 1930-1953 6Printed Material 6Papers (general), undated; Report of Validity, Scope, and Infringement of Items 6Papers (general), miscellany and undated Mechanical Drawings Series, 1896-1948 and undated (19 boxes)

Mechanical drawings, brownprints ("Vandyke prints"), and blueprints representing cigarette-making machines and car parts designed and manufactured by the United Cigarette Machine Company. Arranged in original order as received, and housed in boxes according to size; therefore, box numbers appear out of sequence.

 Cigarette-Making Machine Parts Drawings, 1896-1955 7Untitled set, circa 1896(26 sheets) 7D33: The Ludington Peerless Cigarette Machine, 1897-31+1900(31 sheets) 7D-B: The Ludington Unique Cigarette Machine, 1899-1900(53 sheets) 7UB, 1909(2 sheets) 7A-F: Automatic Feed, 1909-1922(53 sheets) 7Elliott Receiver, 1910(5 sheets) 7E.M.: Ewers cigarette-making machine, 1910-1912(82 sheets) 7N.L. & M.L., 1910-1920(16 sheets) 8, 21, 23UM: Universal cigarette-making machine, 1910-1920(933 sheets) 8United Company's Cut-off, 1914(4 sheets) 8Stemming Mch., 1914-1915(31 sheets) 8, 21, 23U.A.: Automatic Feed for the Universal cigarette-making machine (U-M), 1914-1926(240 sheets) 9, 23-25UG: Triumph cigarette-making machine, 1915-1940(3,412 sheets) 10Heating Device, 1915(4 sheets) 10Ewers Hopper Attachment, 1915(6 sheets) 10UM & UK [no.]-P, or P, 1914-1919(43 sheets) 10, 21, 25TA: Tipping Device, 1919-1929(210 sheets) 10, 21, 25U.K.A.: Automatic feeder for the UK cigarette-making machine, 1915-1923(315 sheets) 10R, or UM & UK [no.]-R: Receiver for Universal and United Koerner cigarette-making machine, 1915-1919(2 sheets) 11, 21, 25BM: Bonsack machine, 1917-1925(459 sheets) 11P.C.M., 1917-1921(9 sheets) 11, 21, 26P, or, PERF: Perfection cigarette-making machine, 1916-1923(477 sheets) 11, 21, 26H, or HECK: Heckendorn cigarette-making machine, 1916-1918(851 sheets) 10-12, 22BTS: Billings Tobacco Stemmer, 1919-1948 (includes parts lists)(1,256 sheets) 1Oversize sheets from BTS: Billings Tobacco Stemmer, 1919-1948 13-14, 27UK: United Koerner cigarette-making machine, 1906-1930(1,295 sheets) 15, 28Miscellaneous, 1915-1930 and undated(242 sheets) 15Single Knife Grinder, undated(9 sheets) 15Old Crimper, undated(6 sheets) 15Net Cut-Off, undated(6 sheets) 15Improved Crimper, undated(4 sheets) 15Improved Bonsack--Not Finished, undated(7 sheets) 15Hopper Attachment for Bonsack Aut., undated(2 sheets) 15Double Printer and Bronzer, undated(8 sheets) 15Details for Printer, undated(3 sheets) 15Bonsack Roller Part, undated(11 sheets) 15Bonsack Machine, undated(4 sheets) 15Bonsack Channel for Universal Machine, undated(2 sheets) 15A.M.: Cigarette Splitter, undated(3 sheets) 15T.S.H., 1927(61 sheets) 16, 22, 28P.E., 1925-1927(221 sheets) 16AR, 1922-1923(8 sheets) 16C: Boedicker Phot. Litho. Machine, or, United-Precision Group Negative Machine and Camera, 1921-1950(222 sheets) 17, 29PM: A machine to put cigarettes into packets of ten or twenty, 1921-1927(1,730 sheets) 18Bonsack Machine with Automatic Feed: Assembly Draing, 1915(1 sheet) 18Cigarette Splitting Machines, 1915(98 sheets) 1Heckendorn Cigarette-Making Machine, 1920-1923(7 sheets) 18Miscellaneous Data Concerning Cigarette-Making Machines, 1915-1927 and undated(52 sheets) 18T.S.V.: Tobacco Cutting Machine, 1914-1940(18 sheets) 18U.K.: Cigarette-Making Machine, Assembly Drawings, 1916-1921(6 sheets) 18Winston Cigarette Machine Company: Machine Blueprints, undated(7 sheets) 19Standard (S.T.A.) Cut-Off: Brownprints, 1927(163 sheets) 19T.S.V.: Tobacco Cutting Machine, Blueprints, 1923-1929(466 sheets) 20U.M. and U.K.: Cigarette-Making Machines, Brownprints, 1918-1927(726 sheets) 22Bonsack Machine: Original Drawings of Old 'Bonsack' Cigarette Making Machine, undated(53 sheets) 22Hand-Feed Machine, undated(24 sheets) 22U.G., 1925-1955(212 sheets) 22S.T.S.: Tobacco Stemming Machine, New Schofield Design, undated(4 sheets) 28ST.A.: Standard Abschneider, 1927(8 sheets) Car Parts Drawings, 1923-1924 18Buick Carburetor Parts--Miscellaneous, 1924(40 sheets) 18Buick High Power Engine, undated(2 sheets) 22Buick Carburetor for Ford Cars, 1924(53 sheets) 22Buick Carburetor for Willys-Knight Cars, 1924(30 sheets) 22Buick High Power Engine, undated(2 sheets) 22Chevrolet Car Parts: Mostly Buick Carburetor, 1923-1924(9 sheets) 22Dodge Car Parts, 1924(5 sheets) 22Overland Car--Choker Body, undated(1 sheet) Volumes Series, 1888-1926 and undated (6 boxes)

Contains handwritten and typed minutes, documents of appraisal, audits, articles of association, ledgers, photographs, catalogs, and legal documents related to the United Cigarette Machine Company's involvement in court cases. Unless otherwise noted, all volumes are undated. Some materials are in French and German.

 30Appraisal 31Minute book 31Memorandum and articles of Association of Molins Machine Company Limited, 1912 31Certified appraisal 31Minutes of the Tobacco Stemming Machine Company, 1913-1926 32Bonsack Cigarette Machine, list of parts 32Parts of Bonsack Cigarette Machine, photographed, The Glamorgan Pipe and Foundry Company, Lynchburg, VA 32Bonsack Machine Co., 1900, Jan. 1(Handwritten notes and clippings) 32Spare parts catalogue of the Triumph Cigarette Machine, first edition(In English, German, and French) 32Spare parts catalogue of the Triumph II Cigarette Machine, first edition(In English, German, and French) 33The United Cigarette Machine Company Limited, Memorandum and Articles of Association, 1899 33D.E. Ledger 33Ledger 33Catalog for the UK Cigarette Machine, fourth edition(In English, French, and German) 33List of patents, 1921 34Catalog for the Universal Cigarette Machine, fourth edition(In English, French, and German) 34Report on audit, 1918

For year ending December 31, 1916 and year ending December 31, 1917.

 34Restatement of accounts, 1920 34Fiftieth Congress--First Session, House Bill 593: An Act for the Relief of Jas. A. Bonsack, Affidavits of James A. Bonsack and Others, 1888 34U.S. Circuit Court, Northern District, N.Y.: Bonsack Machine Company against Allison Brothers Company, Master's Report, 1891 34Fiftieth Congress--First Session, House Bill 593: Note of Argument--No. 3, 1888 34U.S. Circuit Court at Lynchburg: E.T. Pollard vs. The Bonsack Machine Company, Note of Argument for the defendant by Robt. E. Scott 34U.S. Circuit Court, Northern District, N.Y.: Bonsack Machine Company against Allison Brothers Company, Brief on Motion to Dismiss 34Index of parts, Universal Cigarette Machine 34Universal Cigarette Machine, photographic catalog of parts 34Photos, Heckendorn, 1920 34Universal Cigarette Machine, photographic catalog of parts 34United Cigarette Machine Company photographs(44 8x10 black-and-white prints of cigarette rolling machines) 35The United Cigarette Machine Company Shareholders Minute Book, No. 1, 1900-1916 35U.K. cigarette machine, photographic catalog of parts 35Supreme Court of Missouri: Bonsack Machine Company vs. C.E. Halliwell et al., 1905 35Spare parts catalog of the Tobacco Cutting Machine, first edition(In English, German, and French) 35Spare parts catalog of the Cigarette Waste Stripping Machine, first edition(In English, German, and French)