Catalog of Manuscript Collections

Creator: Foskett & Bishop Company Extent: 810 items, including 27 vols. Description: An engineering and contracting firm established in 1858 and formally incorporated in 1893, the Foskett & Bishop Company often worked with local architects Douglas Orr and Westcott & Mapes. The company's clients included Yale University, New Haven railroad, Armstrong Rubber, A. C. Gilbert (toy manufacturers), Sargent's (hardware firm), and the New Haven Clock Company. Its record feature ledgers and account books, work contracts, tax records, insurance policies and records, building plans and architectural drawings, and other papers. Research Topics: New Haven engineering and contracting firms; architecture