Business enterprises
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 51 Collections and/or Records:
John H. Vajen papers
Collection — Folder S1334
Identifier: S1334
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, ephemera, and an account book from John H. Vajen in Indianapolis, Indiana, ranging from 1861 to 1862 and undated, regarding his work as Indiana's quartermaster general during the U.S. Civil War and his hardware business. Item listing:1) Quartermaster general account book, April 29, 1861-October 9, 18612) Envelope with three business cards, one for J. H. Vajen, hardware merchant, and two from Joseph Curzon, architect,...
Dates:
1861-1862
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John H. Vajen papers
Kuhn, Loeb & Company collection
Collection — Folder S1487
Identifier: S1487
Scope and Contents
This collection contains six letters sent between February 16, 1931 and August 4, 1931 regarding the question of whether the founders of Kuhn, Loeb and Co., Abraham Kuhn and Solomon Loeb, had lived in Indiana before establishing their company in New York. The correspondence includes letters from the Kuhn, Loeb and Co.; Ethel Cleland of the Business Branch of the Public Library (Indianapolis, IN); Cyril E. Kissane of the Wall Street Journal; James A. Stuart of...
Dates:
1931
Leonard Neuerburg collection
Collection — Folder S3121
Identifier: S3121
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises undated items about Leonard Neuerburg’s Indianapolis brickyard including two business cards for Leonard Neuerburg, brick manufacturer; a four-page handwritten description of how brick is made (describing the equipment used, the physical plant with its circular pit, and how the brick was cut from mud and fired); a one-paragraph statement about the organization or brick manufacturers headed by Leonard Neuerburg; and a one-page biographical statement on Leonard Neuerburg...
Dates:
circa 1880-1910
Lincolniana Publishers photograph collection
Collection — Folder SP171
Identifier: SP171
Scope and Contents
This collection contains reproductions of images related to Abraham Lincoln from Lincolniana Publishers in Fort Wayne, Indiana used in 1934 and ranging from circa 1860 to 1934, regarding Lincoln, his family, career, pets, residences in Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, and Washington, D.C., and memorials in Spencer County, Indiana, as well as illustrations and political cartoons. There are also grave sites of Lincoln's family and others.
Dates:
1934
Marion County, Indiana collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2365
Scope and Contents
This collection contains various items related to Marion County, Indiana ranging from 1867 to 1990. The collection is organized into several categories Folder 1 includes churches and religion, colleges and institutions, government buildings, Indianapolis buildings, and manufacturing. Folder 2 contains advertisements and letterheads, clubs and organizations, Foster Hall, Indianapolis homes, Indianapolis scenes, and miscellaneous. Much of the collection consists of prints, advertisements and...
Dates:
1867-1990
Maurice Griffin and Company records
Collection
Identifier: V332
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 39 daybooks from the Maurice Griffin and Company of Corydon, Indiana containing entries ranging from 1897 to 1985, and a few notations from 1986, regarding the closing of the business. Additional information regarding the weather and other noteworthy events, such as the attack on Pearl Harbor and the flood of 1943, were added to the volumes along with a few newpaper clippings. The collection also includes two ledger books used for customer accounts (1898-1983), seven...
Dates:
1897-1985
Polar Ice and Fuel Company, "View of Indianapolis" post cards
Collection — Folder S2982
Identifier: S2982
Scope and Contents
This collection includes nine postcards from the Polar Ice and Fuel Company in Indianapolis, Indiana, from the 1930s depicting views of Indianapolis.
Dates:
circa 1930
Polk Sanitary Milk Company collection
Collection
Identifier: L212
Scope and Contents
This collection includes company account books and microfilmed copies of drivers' route sheets from Polk Sanitary Milk Company in Indianapoolis, Indiana, as well as a scrapbook of records from the Mecca Realty Company and Citizens Brewery Company, ranging from 1904 to 1961, regarding the companies and their activities.
Dates:
1904-1961, undated
Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust, Allison Branch collection
Collection — Folder S2307
Identifier: S2307
Scope and Contents
This collection contains several items ranging from 1946 to 2011 from the Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust/Allison Branch archives of Indianapolis, Indiana. The items include a "Fact Sheet" about the Allison Gas Turbine Division, General Motors Corporation, a copy of "History of Allison Engine School Locations," and a copy of "Allison - The Man, the Name, the Tradition," a history of the Indianapolis operations, all from the 1980s; a copy of "James A. Allison Story," an undated two-page biography; a...
Dates:
1946-2011
Samuel Merrill papers
Collection
Identifier: L106
Scope and Contents
The collection consists principally of Samuel Merrill’s Civil War papers, including his letters to his wife and sister in Indianapolis from Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and South Carolina (1862-1865). Also included are his war diary (1863), orders, clothing and equipment records, as well as other official military papers (1862-1865). The collection also contains business papers of Merrill and his family (1850-circa 1900), including papers of his father, essays on Indiana’s state capitals, and...
Dates:
1850-1924
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Samuel Merrill papers
