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Bishop Foundry and Machine Shop fonds
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collection
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Code de référence
CA PCNSWH MHCA0017
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1878-1995, predominant 1935-1975 (Production)
- Producteur
- Bishop Foundry and Machine Shop
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Description matérielle
3.92 m. of textual records and other material
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Nom du producteur
Bishop Foundry and Machine Shop
Histoire administrative
Elias Bishop (1812-1895) and his son George A. (1838-1923) had a black smithing shop on Spring Street in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, in the 1860s. They were well known for making mussel mud diggers, iron ploughs and other farm machinery. Between 1873 and 1877 George established the Summerside Foundry on the corner of Water and East Streets and from 1879-1883 was in partnership with Thomas Campbell. Prior to 1900 his sons began working with the firm, Elias (1870-1951) as a moulder and Thomas (1879-1958) as a machinist. By 1909 the business name was George Bishop & Son, the son being Elias. Ten years later, it was known as George Bishop and Sons Foundry with Elias as President and Thomas as Vice-President. They carried on after their father's death until early 1935 when a decision was made to split the business. Elias worked in the foundry until 1946 when ill health forced him to retire. The building was rented for 22 months to Bruce Stewart Ltd. Of Charlottetown. Thomas ran his business as Bishop's Machine Shop until 1949 when it became Thomas H. Bishop & Son, leaving Ralph (1910-1991), son of Thomas, as sole owner in 1958. He continued to operate the shop at 101 Water Street until the mid 1970s. The building was closed up with machinery and tools intact and in 1998 was purchased by the City of Summerside for future restoration.
Historique de la conservation
The business records of the foundry and machine shop were in the possession of Ralph Bishop at the time of his death in 1991. When the City acquired the contents of the shop in 1998, the files, ledgers and assorted materials were packed and removed to City Hall and then in July 2002 to the MacNaught History Centre and Archives.
Présentation du contenu
The fonds mainly consists of the records of Bishop's Machine Shop, but does include some early ledgers (1909-1947) and daybooks (1878-1925) of Bishop's Foundry. In addition there are some personal papers of the machine shop's last owner Ralph Bishop. The fonds has been divided into the following series:
Ledgers and daybooks
Accounts payable
Accounts receivable
Bank records
Business files
Personal materials
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Langue des documents
- anglais
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NO RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS
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PERMISSION FOR USE AND REPRODUCTION IS REQUIRED FROM THE MACNAUGHT HISTORY CENTRE AND ARCHIVES; QUESTIONS REGARDING COPYRIGHT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE USER
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- Bishop Foundry and Machine Shop (Producteur)
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- anglais