![]() He also sold his other inventions under the company name The Alexander Instrument Company. The loose-leaf binder was his most successful invention improvement and was sold under the name Autoset Company and Autolock Company. From 1915 to 1965, he began to patent and sell various items for businesses and record keeping, such as a plumb adjuster, paper puncher, tape splice, as well as the loose leaf binder. He was born in 1873 in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, where he worked as a mining engineer, moving to Washington D.C. ![]() Alexander was an inventor and entrepreneurial businessman from Washington, D.C. Along with these sales and business documents, there are material samples, such as grommets, extenders, fabric samples, printing plates, and sample binders from both the Autoset Company and its competitors.Ĭlinton B. However, the Alexander Binder Company sold frequently to companies outside of the United States as well. The biggest customer of the Alexander Binder Company was the Aluminum Company of America, now known as Alcoa. Alexander and his suppliers and customers. The vast majority of this collection is textual material, especially business ephemera used to improve the business or sales records between Mr. Business and sales information and materials from competitor companies are also included. There is also material covering the inventions created and sold under the Alexander Instrument Company. Most of the collection deals with the binders sold under the Autoset Company and the Autolock Company names. The Alexander Binder collection consists of 7.5 cubic feet of records and business materials which were created between the 1910s and 1965.
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