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Finding aid created by: --
Date: Feb 1968
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| 2 Sep 2008 | converted to EAD (MRC) |
Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Richards, Kenneth, 1902- |
| Title: | Kenneth Richards Papers |
| Dates: | 1945-1961 |
| Quantity: | 4.5 linear feet |
| Abstract: | Papers of the American sportsman, inventor, businessman. Correspondence, 1947-58; patents and ideas for inventions, 1945-52; photographs; manuscript and published material. Papers relate primarily to Richard's inventions for shotguns and fishing tackle. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: | Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Kenneth Richards (1902-??) was an American sportsman and inventor. He was an authority on guns and was the inventor of the "Shooting Master" choke and the Richards method for checking shotgun and ammunition performance. He spent much of his life in Massachusetts where he owned several businesses, including Master Chokes, Inc., The Shooting-Master Corp., and the True Art Fly Co.
The Kenneth Richards Papers consists of correspondence, business files, manuscripts, patents and ideas, and a small amount of published material.
Correspondence is both incoming and outgoing and includes a small amount of correspondence by others.
Business files contains material related to Richards' various gun and fishing tackle businesses, and includes correspondence, photographs, publicity material, bills and receipts, and corporation records.
Manuscripts contains a typescript copy of Richards' pamphlet, "The Richards Quick Check Method for Checking Shotgun Patterns and Chokes."
Patents and ideas includes correspondence, patent applications, and sketches.
Published material contains copies of Richards' pamphlet, "The Richards Method for Checking Shotgun and Ammunication Performance."
Richards' correspondence is arranged chronologically, correspondence by others is arranged alphabetically. Business files contain companies owned by Richards first, arranged alphabetically; related material follows, listed alphabetically by type. Patents are listed first alphabetically by type, followed by ideas (one folder of sketches).
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Persons
Richards, Kenneth, 1902- -- Archives
Corporate Bodies
Master Chokes, Inc.
The Shooting-Master Corp.
True Art Fly Co.
Subjects
Archery -- Technological innovations.
Fishing tackle -- Technological innovations.
Shotguns -- Technological innovations.
Genres and Forms
Correspondence.
Manuscripts (document genre)
Pamphlets.
Photoprints.
Occupations
Inventors.
Sportsmen.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Kenneth Richards Papers,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Correspondence
Business files
Manuscripts
Patents and ideas
Published material
| Correspondence | |||||||||||
| Of Richards | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1949-1958, undated | ||||||||||
| Of others | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Richards, Mrs. Kenneth D. 1957-1958 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Richards, Paul C. 1961 | ||||||||||
| Business files | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Ken-Komp list of installations 1947-1957 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Kenrich correspondence 1947-1958 | ||||||||||
| Master Chokes, Inc. | |||||||||||
| Box 2 | Bills and receipts | ||||||||||
| Correspondence | |||||||||||
| Box 2 | 1950-1955 (3 folders ) | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | 1956-1958, undated (4 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Legal documents and corporation records 1948-1956, undated | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Noble Manufacturing Company, Inc. 1955-1956 | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Publicity 1956, undated | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Stock certificates | ||||||||||
| The Shooting-Master Corp. | |||||||||||
| Box 4 | Bills and receipts | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Contract (Shaughnessy, Richard) 1948 | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Corporation records | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Correspondence 1948-1958, undated (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Publicity 1948-1949, undated | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Stock certificates 1948-1949 | ||||||||||
| True Art Fly Co. | |||||||||||
| Box 4 | Bills and receipts | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Contract (Westerfors, Eric) 1949 | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Correspondence 1949 | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Photographs | ||||||||||
| Account books | |||||||||||
| Box 5 | Bound 1951-1957 | ||||||||||
| Box 5 | Unbound 1948-1952, undated | ||||||||||
| Box 6 | Bills and receipts 1946-1958, undated | ||||||||||
| Box 6 | Employees payroll record 1948-1952 | ||||||||||
| Box 6 | Lures (2 items) | ||||||||||
| Box 6 | Photographs (Gardiner's Sporting Goods Store) undated | ||||||||||
| Box 6 | Publicity 1949-1956, undated | ||||||||||
| Box 6 | Reference material 1950-1956, undated | ||||||||||
| Box 6 | Shooting master chokes (2 items) | ||||||||||
| Manuscripts | |||||||||||
| Box 6 | "The Richards Quick Check Method for Checking Shotgun Patterns and Chokes" undated - typescript | ||||||||||
| Patents and ideas | |||||||||||
| Patents | |||||||||||
| Archery equipment | |||||||||||
| Box 7 | Arrow nock 1949, undated | ||||||||||
| Fishing equipment | |||||||||||
| Box 7 | Fish lure body 1946 | ||||||||||
| Box 7 | Fly box 1948 | ||||||||||
| Box 7 | Signal device 1948 | ||||||||||
| Guns | |||||||||||
| Box 7 | Shot patterning recoil compensator 1948 | ||||||||||
| Box 7 | Interference claim, Powell v. Richards 1944-1952, undated (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 8 | Miscellaneous 1948-1952 | ||||||||||
| Ideas | |||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Sketch, floating internal baffle, adjustable shot tube, and gas diverter 1952 | ||||||||||
| Published material | |||||||||||
| Box 8 | "The Richards Method for Checking Shotgun and Ammunition Performance" (pamphlet) 1952 | ||||||||||