Inventor Name
T. Eaton Company
Repository
Archives of Ontario
77 Grenville Street, Unit 300
Toronto, ON
M5S 1B3
Canada
416-327-1600
1-800-668-9933 (Toll-free number-Ontario only)
www.archives.gov.on.ca
Physical Description
2 metres of textual records (includes photographs)
Summary
T. Eaton Company Limited was a major Canadian retailer, established in 1869 by Timothy Eaton and based in Toronto. The store's early development was attributed to its catalogue business, established in 1884, and its guarantee of "satisfaction or money refunded." By the time of Timothy Eaton's death in 1907, the retail business had a Winnipeg branch store, mail order facilities in numerous farming communities, as well as overseas buying offices in London and Paris. The company also owned related companies and factories such as the Eaton Knitting Company, the Guelph Stove Company as well as Brampton Tire and Rubber. Eventually, Eaton's became one of the largest North American retailers with department stores in Montreal, Regina, Hamilton, Moncton, Halifax, Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton, New Westminster, Charlottetown and Vancouver. By 1987, the retailer had over 35,000 employees and 108 outlets. Series consists of intellectual property files maintained by the Company Legal Office relating to Eaton's trademarks, trademark infringement, patents, copyright, and Eaton's internal policies and procedures. Series contains correspondence, trademark applications, certificates, forms and photographs. The series includes files on trademarks associated with Eaton's subsidiary companies' names and various Eaton's brand product lines. The majority of the records were created by the Company Legal Office and appear to be deemed inactive soon after the Law Department was created, as few records were added to this series after 1977. Files are arranged numerically in accordance to the Company Legal Office's internal coding scheme.