Frank K. Sawyer Indianapolis businesses collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2703
Scope and Contents
This collection contains an assortment of approximately 415 items collected by Frank K. Sawyer in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1854 to 1905, including correspondence, advertisements, flyers, brochures, bills, accounts, receipts, financial statements, invoices, and notes. Some receipts are handwritten on scraps of paper, while others are making use of printed business forms which display distinctive letterheads. Most of these receipts are mounted to the pages of a scrapbook and are often mounted in cascading layers.
Many business enterprises and businesspeople included in the collection are listed as follows: Henry Allen, livery and sale stable; Samuel Raymond, horse shoeing; American Express; United States Express Company; A. G. Willard and Company, pianos, organs, melodeons; Indianapolis Institute, a school; Spiegel, Thoms and Company, furniture; Dessar and Brothers, tailors; Chase, Ludington, and Cady, boots and shoes; Louis M. Wilcox, coffee, teas, spices; Ripley and Gates, staple and fine groceries; Crabill Brothers, staple and fine groceries; The Indianapolis Gas Company; The Consumers' Gas Trust Company; Indianapolis Gas-Light and Coke Company; Drs. Burkham and W. Eggert; Indianapolis Branch of the Indiana Bank Company; and Homer A. Goth, plumber and gas fitter. There is also a flyer for preachers Moody and Sankey and their meetings, signed by D. L. Moody.
Many business enterprises and businesspeople included in the collection are listed as follows: Henry Allen, livery and sale stable; Samuel Raymond, horse shoeing; American Express; United States Express Company; A. G. Willard and Company, pianos, organs, melodeons; Indianapolis Institute, a school; Spiegel, Thoms and Company, furniture; Dessar and Brothers, tailors; Chase, Ludington, and Cady, boots and shoes; Louis M. Wilcox, coffee, teas, spices; Ripley and Gates, staple and fine groceries; Crabill Brothers, staple and fine groceries; The Indianapolis Gas Company; The Consumers' Gas Trust Company; Indianapolis Gas-Light and Coke Company; Drs. Burkham and W. Eggert; Indianapolis Branch of the Indiana Bank Company; and Homer A. Goth, plumber and gas fitter. There is also a flyer for preachers Moody and Sankey and their meetings, signed by D. L. Moody.
Dates
- 1854-1905
Creator
- Sawyer, Frank K., 1872-1939 (Compiler, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Administrative History
Frank K. Sawyer was born to John S. and Martha M. Sawyer in 1872. Sawyer managed an insurance agency at 128 East Market Street, Indianapolis, Indiana. His agency offered insurance related to the protection of property. John. S. Sawyer was employed as his bookkeeper. Frank Sawyer died in 1939 and was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis.
The Sawyer family operated an earlier business as well, namely Sawyer and Co. of Piqua, Ohio, a wholesale and retail grocery business, which was operating into the 1860s.
Sources:
Items in the collection.
Findagrave.com. "Frank K. Sawyer." Find a Grave Memorial. Accessed Augsut 18, 2024. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40133470/frank-k-sawyer.
The Sawyer family operated an earlier business as well, namely Sawyer and Co. of Piqua, Ohio, a wholesale and retail grocery business, which was operating into the 1860s.
Sources:
Items in the collection.
Findagrave.com. "Frank K. Sawyer." Find a Grave Memorial. Accessed Augsut 18, 2024. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40133470/frank-k-sawyer.
Extent
0.02 Cubic Feet (2 folders)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by size.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed in 1998 by Philip N. Williams. Finding aid created by Phillip N. Williams in 1998. EAD finding aid created 2024/07/30 by A.J. Chrapliwy. EAD finding aid revised 2024/09/18 by Brittany Kropf; 2026/3/12 by Anita Brown.
- Advertisements
- Banks and banking
- Banks and banking -- Indiana
- Brochures
- Business
- Business enterprises
- Business enterprises -- Indiana
- Business enterprises -- Indiana -- Indianapolis
- Business records
- Businesspeople -- Indiana
- Clergy
- Clergy -- Indiana
- Clothing and dress
- Correspondence
- Ephemera
- Financial statements
- Furniture
- Grocery trade
- Horses -- United States
- Musical instruments
- Pamphlets
- Physicians
- Postal service
- Public utilities
- Receipts (Acknowledgements)
- Schools
- Schools -- Indiana
- Scrapbooks
Creator
- Sawyer, Frank K., 1872-1939 (Compiler, Person)
- Title
- Frank K. Sawyer Indianapolis businesses collection
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
