Rush D. Touton Tobacco Collection

Preliminary arrangement and description by Special Collections staff; latest revision by Kylie Dodd
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Guide to the Rush D. Touton Tobacco Collection, ca. 1924-1981 [bulk dates 1930-1960]

Collection number: Bernath Mss 112

Department of Special Collections

Davidson Library

University of California, Santa Barbara
Processed by:
Special Collections staff; K. Dodd
Date Completed:
Dec. 6, 2012
Latest revision:
Jan. 22, 2013
Encoded by:
A. Demeter
© 2013 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Rush D. Touton Tobacco Collection
Dates: ca. 1924-1981
Bulk Dates: 1930-1960
Collection number: Bernath Mss 112
Collection Size: 1.45 linear feet (1 carton and 1 flat oversize box).
Repository: University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Dept. of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Abstract: Includes material on tobacco industry in Puerto Rico and Sumatra; many photographs, mainly black and white and in U.S.
Physical location: Del Norte (box 1); Del Norte Oversize (box 2).
Languages: English, Dutch

Access Restrictions

None.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred Citation

Rush D. Touton Tobacco Collection. Bernath Mss 112. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Acquisition Information

Purchase, 2004.

Scope and Content of Collection

From dealer description:
"Archive of letters, photographs, printed ephemera, typescripts, and published articles, 1924-1981, documenting the long career of tobacco industry engineer and executive Rush D. Touton of the Philadelphia-based Wurton Machine Company and (later) the Solaranza Company. Early in his career Touton designed and patented successful machines and special production processes for tobacco casing and curing. In concert with Harry P. Wurman, Executive Vice-President of the Philadelphia-based Bayuk Cigar Company (maker of the famous "Phillies" cigar), Touton established the Wurton Machine Co. Working out of Bayuk's cigar factory, the Wurton Company manufactured and leased improved tobacco stringing machines and provided technical assistance to tobacco growers, especially in Connecticut and Sumatra. In turn, these growers sold their tobacco to the Bayuk Company. In 1961 Touton took complete control of the Wurton Company, renamed it the Solaranza Company, and trained its expertise on Puerto Rican tobacco production, still for the benefit of the Bayuk Company, with which Touton worked simultaneously as technical advisor and public spokesman for over 50 years.
"Rush Touton's records of his tobacco industry career comprise: over 125 photographs, [...] over 340 manuscript, typed, and printed items, [...] typescripts, off-prints, and advertisements for Touton's professional articles, speeches, and public announcements regarding tobacco machinery, and typed and printed technical reports, diagrams, instructions and leases for the same; and related paper and metal tobacco ephemera (e.g., booklets, metal nameplates for machinery produced by Touton's businesses)."

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Touton, Rush D.
Wurton Machine Company.
Bayuk Cigar Company.
Solaranza Company.
Tobacco industry--Sumatra.
Tobacco industry--Puerto Rico.


 

Bayuk Cigars

Box 1: 1

Bayuk Cigars Inc. Annual Reports, 1956-1958

Box 1: 1

Correspondence between Touton and others, 1954

Box 1: 1

Newspaper clippings, press releases

Box 1: 1

Board of Directors meetings, 1973

Box 1: 1

Photographs - Sam Bayuk

Box 1: 2

Contractual Agreements: Bayuk, Wurton, Solaranza, and Rotschild, May 17, 1934-Mar. 11, 1974

Box 1: 3

Cigar history and folklore - Postcards, metal machinery serial number plates, and various informational booklets relating to cigars and tobacco

 

Cigar Manufacturers' Association (CMA) Research Seminars

Box 1: 4

Abstracts of talks, 1956-1957

Box 1: 4

Attendance list, Oct. 1961

Box 1: 4

Correspondence, 1958-1960

Box 1: 5

Photographs

Box 1: 5

Seminar programs, some with abstracts, 1950-1963

Box 1: 5-6

Seminar proceedings, 1951-1953

Box 1: 7

International Scientific Tobacco-Congress (Brussels) - Photographs from the meeting, June 1958

Box 1: 8

Professional Articles - Articles written by Rush D. Touton; correspondence between Touton and various editors regarding his articles

Box 1: 9

Professional Presentations - Correspondence between Touton and various organizations regarding speaking engagements and presentations, and newspaper clipping relating to Touton's talks, 1931-1972

Box 1: 9

The Quaker City Farmers directory, Oct. 1953

 

Solaranza

Box 1: 10

Advertisements

Box 1: 10

Bylaws, Certificate of Incorporation of Solaranza Inc.

Box 1: 10

Correspondence, 1961

Box 1: 10

Banking documents, invoices and receipts, stock documents, 1974-1976

Box 1: 10

Minutes - Board of Directors meeting, Feb. 7, 1974; Shareholder meetings, 1980

Box 1: 10

Proof of publication of notice in Main Line Times

 

Sumatra

Box 1: 11

Blueprints

Box 1: 11

Correspondence between Touton and others, 1937-1946

Box 1: 11

First sale of Sumatra Tobacco booklet, 1941

Box 1: 11

Invoices, 1937

Box 1: 11

Newspaper clippings, notes about different plantations

Box 1: 12

Photographs - tobacco farm

Box 1: 12

Receipt book of D.R. Touton, 1937

Box 1: 12

Registration booklet for Sumatra Tobacco, 1936

Box 1: 12

Statistical graph of rainfall for the company Kwala Bingei (in Dutch), 1933-1936

Box 1: 12

Statistical overview of Sumatra and Java Tobacco (in Dutch), Jan. 1937

 

Wurton

Box 1: 13

Correspondence, 1940-1961

Box 1: 13

Description and Operation Instructions booklet

Box 1: 13

Reports and articles, ca. 1931

 

Wurton Tobacco Stringing Machines

Box 1: 14

Correspondence between Touton and others

Box 1: 14

Keating, William E. - Insurance claim and lease agreement documents, 1974-1976

Box 1: 14

Documents, newspaper clippings, photographs on the stringing machines, 1949-1959, 1976

Box 1: 14

Patent purchase documents, 1956

Box 1: 15

Miscellaneous - Calling cards, Rush D. Touton

 

Newspapers/Journals

Box 2

The Tobacco Leaf, vol. 66, no. 3414: Jul. 26, 1930

Box 2

United States Tobacco Journal, vol. 123 no. 2: Jan. 12, 1935

 

Photographs

Box 2

Bayuk Cigars, Inc. building, Philadelphia, PA - Includes invoices for the production of the photographs by S.C. Horn & Co., 1929

Box 2

Panorama - 10 x 72" panoramic photo of a tobacco plantation in Cayey, Puerto Rico, Nov. 6, 1924

Box 2

R.D. Touton and other tobacco executives

Box 2

Second International Scientific Tobacco-Congress, June 1958

Box 2

Tobacco farms, machinery, and laborers

Box 2

Pocket embossing seal - with instruction sheet and black