Information Regarding the Alvin Corporation

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The Alvin Silversmiths - Providence, R.I. - 1947

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Alvin Silver Company - Sag Harbor, N.Y. - 1921

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CHICAGO

Roy F. Jacobson and D. S. Low, representing the Alvin Silver Co., returned last week from their respective territories. H. M. Stewart, Fred B. Clark and Herbert Park, also representing this concern, will return some time this week from their territories. The entire traveling force will now remain in Chicago until after the holidays.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 19th December 1923

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Alvin Mfg. Co. - New York - 1908

'BRIDES BOUQUET' - 'LILY'

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NEW YORK

The Alvin Corp. has vacated its store at 20 Maiden Lane, and is now located on the second floor in the same building.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 8th November 1928

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The Alvin Silversmiths - Providence, R.I. - 1956

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Stock and Equipment of Alvin Corp. Being Moved from Sag Harbor, L. I., to Gorham Co.’s Plant in Providence

Since the Gorham Co. acquired the business of the Alvin Silver Co., as reported in The Jewelers’ Circular of July 26, the name of the concern has been changed to the Alvin Corp., with offices at 20 W. 47th St., New York. The moving of the Alvin concern’s stock from the Sag Harbor plant to Providence is nearing completion.

In this new corporation, which is operated as a separate unit from the Gorham Co., G. Ernest Fahys, Jr., has been selected as vice-president; M. E. Savvis, merchandise manager; W. E. Hayward, eastern sales manager; J. D. Grassick, western sales manager; Guy Robinson, southwestern district manager; L. Edwards, Pacific Coast district manager, and Samuel Stephens, New York, showroom manager. The personnel of the sales staff remains unchanged.

A number of the department heads from both the Sag Harbor plant and the New York office of the Alvin concern have already been transferred to Providence. The moving of the finished stock, dies, tools, fixtures and machinery from the Sag Harbor plant is bdeing done under the direction of H. Hoyt, secretary, Roy Briggs, works manager and Frank Westel.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 16th August 1928

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CHICAGO

W. A. Harnisch and George C. Maier, representatives of the Alvin Silver Co., traveling out of the Chicago offices at 10 S. Wabash Ave., just completed their trips for the season and are spending a few weeks in Chicago.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 28th June 1928

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J. D. Grassick, Chicago manager for the Alvin Silver Co., is spending a couple of weeks in the East, visiting with friends. He attended the convention of the Sterling Silversmiths Guild of America at Plymouth, Mass.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 28th June 1928

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L. M. Edward, Pacific Coast representative for the Alvin Silver Co., arrived in Chicago last week and is spending some time here making preparations to travel out of the local office. Mr. Edwards formerly had charge of the San Francisco office of this concern, but this office was closed recently.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 28th June 1928

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Fred B. Clark of the Alvin Silver Co. returned to Chicago this week from his home at Rochester, N. Y., where he was called 10 days ago on account of the illness of his mother. Mrs. Clark is very much improved and well on the road to recovery. Mr. Clark represents the Alvin Silver Co. through Wisconsin and Minnesota.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 28th June 1928

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Alvin Manufacturing Company - Sag Harbor, N.Y. - 1917

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The Alvin Silversmiths - Providence, R.I. - 1953

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The Alvin Silversmiths - Providence, R.I. - 1950

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The Alvin Silversmiths - Providence, R.I. - 1945

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The Alvin Silversmiths - Providence, R.I. - 1948

'ROMANTIQUE' - 'SOUTHERN CHARM' - 'CHATEAU ROSE' - 'CHAPEL BELLS' - 'CHASED ROMANTIQUE'

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An Important Merger

Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, R. I., Purchases Alvin Silver Co., Sag Harbor, N. Y., and Latter Plant Will Close

PROVIDENCE, R. I., July 23.—A merger of considerable significance and importance in the silversmithing industry of the country was announced here this afternoon when Edmund C. Mayo, president and general manager of the Gorham Mfg. Co., gave the information that the Gorham Mfg. Co. had completed negotiations for the purchase and taking over of the name, good will, tools, machinery, patterns, designs, inventories and other assets of the Alvin Silver Co., Sag Harbor, N. Y., long established manufacturer of silverware. Mr. Mayo stated that the negotiations had been pending for some time and, although the Gorham company’s offer had been accepted by the directors of the Alvin company some time ago the deal was not consummated until today when the sale was ratified by the Alvin stockholders.

It is hoped, Mr. Mayo stated, that the new business acquired through the purchase of the Alvin company will eventually require an addition of 150 to 200 employes to the Gorham company’s present working force at the Elmwood plant. Because of the finished stock acquired in the transaction, however, the operating force of the Gorham company will not have to be increased at the present time.

The manufacturing plant of the Alvin Silver Co. at Sag Harbor will be closed and the property transferred to the Gorham company’s plant at Elmwood where all its merchandise will be produced by the new owners. The Alvin Silver Co. business, however, will be operated as a separate corporation, having its own salesmen, but will receive the advantages of the larger facilities of the Gorham plant.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 26th July 1928

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Fred B. Clark, who represents the Alvin Silver Co., Sag Harbor, N. Y., arrived in Minneapolis, the morning of Feb. 3, on a “fill-in” trip, and had his usual good word for everybody. This was a short trip for Mr. Clark, and he hesitated to judge business conditions on the basis of his present calls on the trade. He said he would return about the first of March with a new line of the Alvin Silver Co.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 9th February 1928

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CHICAGO

W. E. Hayward, representative of the Alvin Mfg. Co., is taking an outing at Eagle River, Wis.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st August 1906

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George E. Fahys, Jr., vice-president and general sales manager of the Alvin Silver Co., returned several days ago from a trip through New England after visiting the trade. Charles E. Beechell, who is calling on the trade with novelties and specialties being made by the Alvin concern, returned last week from Philadelphia, where he called on the trade. Mr. Beechell will continue his visits in New York. George E. Fahys, president of Jos. Fahys & Co., is sojourning at Hot Springs, Va.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 12th May 1926

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