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HOPEWELL FURNACE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE ELVERSON, PENNSYLVANIA FINDING AID FOR THE BUCKLEY AND BROOKE COMPANY RECORDS AND THE CLINGAN AND BUCKLEY COMPANY RECORDS 1750-1937 (BULK DATES 1800-1860) CATALOG NUMBER: HOFU 35503 INDIVIDUAL NUMBERS: 7645, 7737, 8169, 8178, 8180, 34079, 34080, 35366 PREPARED BY TERI DEYOUNG Northeast MUSEUM SERVICES CENTER AUGUST 2007 Cover illustration: Account sheet, 29 December 1808 From Buckley and Brooke Company and Clingan and Buckley Company Records, 8081229 (box 2, folder 2). Buckley and Brooke Company and Clingan and Buckley Company Records - i CONTENTS Preface ...................................................................................................................................... iii Restrictions .................................................................................................................................v Introduction ................................................................................................................................1 Part 1: Collection Description .....................................................................................................5 Scope and Content Note .........................................................................................................7 Series Descriptions ............................................................................................................... 11 Part 2: Corporate History .......................................................................................................... 13 Part 3: Collection Listing .......................................................................................................... 19 Series I. Hopewell Furnace Records ................................................................................. 20 Series II. Birdsborough Forge Records .............................................................................. 72 Series III. Hampton Forge Records ...................................................................................... 75 Series IV. Research Files ..................................................................................................... 76 Series VI. Oversize Material ................................................................................................ 79 Bibliography ............................................................................................................................. 83 Buckley and Brooke Company and Clingan and Buckley Company Records - ii Buckley and Brooke Company and Clingan and Buckley Company Records - iii PREFACE This document, Finding Aid for the Buckley and Brooke Company and the Clingan and Buckley Company Records, 1750-1937 (bulk dates 1800-1860), describes the administrative records created by the owners of Hopewell Furnace between 1800-1937. The current draft of this finding aid was completed in July 2007 and is the result of a backlog cataloging project carried out by the Northeast Museum Services Center (NMSC) during FY 2007. The catalogers would like to express their gratitude towards the staff of Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site for their assistance in carrying out this work. In particular, thanks must go to Cultural Resource Manager, Becky Ross. This document represents materials relating to the Buckley and Brooke Company and the Clingan and Brooke Company Records at Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site. Researchers are encouraged to explore related collections here at the park, as well as related collections at other institutions. Some significant related collections held by other institutions are mentioned in this document, and researchers are encouraged to consult with park staff for assistance in guiding their research. Buckley and Brooke Company and Clingan and Buckley Company Records - iv Buckley and Brooke Company and Clingan and Buckley Company Records - v COPYRIGHT AND PRIVACY RESTRICTIONS The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted materials. The Privacy Act of 1974 (5 United States Code 552a) governs the use of materials that document private individuals, groups and corporations. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a reproduction if the document does not infringe the privacy rights of an individual, group or corporation. 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Buckley and Brooke Company and Clingan and Buckley Company Records - vi Buckley and Brooke Company and Clingan and Buckley Company Records - 1 INTRODUCTION The Buckley and Brooke Company and Clingan and Brooke Company Records, 1750-1937 (HOFU 35503) document the administration and operation of Hopewell Furnace owned by the Daniel Buckley and Thomas and Matthew Brooke families. The records hold financial and legal documents, correspondence, technical and administrative material, ledgers, journals, daybooks and some personal papers. The records are a significant resource for the park and are used by researchers and park staff to interpret the development of the iron-making complex. Intellectual control of the collection provides a framework for its care and preservation while at-the-same- time ensuring continued use and access. In November 2006, 37 archival document boxes containing the records of the owners’ of Hopewell Furnace were brought to NMSC for processing. After the records were moved to NMSC offices, a survey was conducted. The results of the survey and a review of the park’s Collection Management Plan revealed that additional records, cataloged separately by the park, belonged to the manuscript collection. A second trip was undertaken in January 2007 to pick up the bound volumes of account books, ledgers, journals, daybooks and time books. Once the additional records were surveyed, a processing plan was developed for the entire manuscript collection. One other manuscript collection, the E. and G. Brooke Land Company Records (unprocessed), was found holding records relating to the Buckley and Brooke Company and the Clingan and Buckley Company Records. This collection was also conveyed to the NMSC office in Charlestown. The E. & G. Brooke Land Company, founded by Matthew Brooke’s sons Edward and George, hold a significant amount of land records and deeds relating to Hopewell Furnace and Birdsborough Forge. These records will be processed separately under a different phase of the project. Between November 2006 and June 2007, NMSC Museum Specialist, Teri DeYoung, processed and cataloged the collection under the guidance of NMSC Archivist and Backlog Cataloging Supervisor, David Vecchioli. During the project the NMSC was administered by Sara Wolf, Director and Giles Parker, Deputy Director. The project was carried out at the Northeast Museum Services Center with fiscal year 2007 backlog cataloging funds. The materials were processed according to NPS, NMSC and park standards. Collection processing included removing staples and fasteners and rehousing records in acid-free buffered enclosures. Bound volumes that were not oversized were placed spine-down in acid-free folders and then put in archival boxes. Items larger than the standard 81/2” x 11” were removed from their original file locations for preservation purposes. Oversized items were removed from the original folders and cross-referenced to their original location with separation sheets. The collection catalog record in the Collections Management Module of the Automated National Catalog System Plus (ANCS+) was created and a completion report, Completion Report: Backlog Cataloging for Hopewell Furnace National Historical Park, Buckley and Brooke Company and Clingan and