Ives Manufacturing Company, 1952-2002

The Ives family material is comprised of personal items and collected newspaper and magazine articles, spanning from 1832 to 2006. The collection is mostly made up of photographs and collected documents of the family's history, and a small amount of information collected about the Ives Manufacturing Company and their toy trains. Of particular interest might be the Edward C. Ives folder which includes a number of World War II naval documents, and an original "Careless Talk Costs Lives" small propaganda poster, a copy of the WWII cruise book for the USS Montpelier called "Mighty Monty", and an original Stars and Stripes Magazine issue from May 2nd, 1945 annuouncing the death of Hitler.