2004-10-30/2019-10-02 - From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders by David H. Fox (Organ Historical Society, 1991). — Established by Erastus S. McCollum and Fenelon C. McCollum in Hartford, Connecticut, 1841; succeeded by Mansfield Organ Co. of Mansfield Depot, Connecticut, 1871. Sources: The Diapason, October, 1927, 42. Barbara Owen, The Organ in New England (Raleigh: Sunbury Press, 1979), 407.
2021-03-05/2021-03-05 - A fire destroyed a linen factory on Aug 2, 1851. According to a newspaper report: "The lower part of the building was occupied by Mr. McCollum as an organ factory. All his tools and an organ half completed were destroyed. Loss $2,000. The loss on building is $1,500. No insurance." -- The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland) · 4 Aug 1851, Mon · Page 2 -Paul R. Marchesano
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