Business enterprises
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 51 Collections and/or Records:
Schofield family account book
Collection — Volume V386
Identifier: V386
Scope and Contents
This collection includes an account book kept by members of the Schofield family of Marion County, Indiana containing entries dating from 1836 to 1868. The accounts kept in the book indicate the operation of a general store dealing primarily in groceries, dry goods, clothing, and occasional sales of hardware. It appears to have been a frequent practice for customers to work off their bills and when this occured, the hourly wage and hours worked were recorded. The account book also includes...
Dates:
1836-1868
Servel Inklings metal sign
Collection — Folder S2636
Identifier: S2636
Scope and Contents
This collection includes one black metal sign, 15 inches in length and 3.5 inches in width, with the word “INKLINGS” painted in gold from Servel Inklings, the bi-weekly factory newsletter of the Servel company in Evansville, Indiana, circa 1948-1949.
Dates:
circa 1948-1949
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Servel Inklings metal sign
Stenotype Company photograph collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SP028
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs from the Stenograph Company in Indianapolis, Indiana, ranging from circa 1913 to 1919, regarding the company's workers, equipment, and factory in Mars Hill, workers engaged in munitions manufacturing during World War I, residential homes on a street, and a banquet hosted by the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce for transportation commissions on October 16, 1919.Eight panoramic and one oversize photographs from the collection are located in an...
Dates:
circa 1913-1919
The Indiana Manufacturing Company letter
Collection — Folder S2345
Identifier: S2345
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a letter sent by the Indiana Manufacturing Company of Peru, Indiana to Alexander and Howell, a hardware store located in Dixon, Illinois. Dated May 20, 1876, the letter promotes the company's "Champion Corn Sheller" and is signed by Indiana Manufacturing Company treasurer B. E. Stockwell.
Dates:
1876/05/20
"The Standard Vehicle Company of Lawrenceburg, Indiana" historical sketch
Collection — Folder S2401
Identifier: S2401
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a copy of "The Standard Vehicle Company of Lawrenceburg, Indiana," a historical sketch written circa 1960 about the buggy manufacturer that once operated in Dearborn County. The 9-page history includes a title page with Harriet Fox's signature at the bottom, presumably the author of the sketch; a bibliography page titled "Biography"; and photographs and clippings.
Dates:
circa 1960
Up-to-Date Manufacturing Company price list and letter
Collection — Folder S2777
Identifier: S2777
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a letter of business correspondence and two different price lists for the Up-to-Date Manufacturing Company of Terre Haute, Indiana, in October 1911. The Up-to-Date M.F.G. Co., as it is also called, was a creator of ornamental and iron fencing.
Dates:
1911/10/25
Vesper Cook, "The Brownell Block and Senger Dry Goods Company" paper
Collection — Folder S2885
Identifier: S2885
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a typed history of the Brownell block of Peru, Indiana written by Vesper Cook, dated 1982, with a focus on the Senger Dry Goods Company. Senger was responsible for the last major transformation of the block. The first three pages of this history describe initial construction of the two commercial buildings of the Brownell block under C.H. Brownell, President of Citizens’ National Bank, and Charles Spencer, who let out the contract on the adjoining building. The...
Dates:
1982
White Water Valley Turnpike Company record book
Collection — Folder S0999
Identifier: S0999
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of a record book of the White Water Valley Turnpike Company located in Franklin County, Indiana. The record book includes entries ranging from 1867 to 1880 regarding the purchase of the turnpike in 1867; the company's articles of association and bylaws; lists of stockholders and the number of shares owned; board minutes; and accounts and gate receipts.
Dates:
1867-1880
William B. Tuell papers
Collection
Identifier: L466
Scope and Contents
This collection includes receipts, indentures, contracts, checks, bank drafts, mortgage papers, correspondence, daybooks, ledgers, account books, and other papers from William B. Tuell in Terre Haute, Indiana and the United States, ranging from 1822 to 1901, regarding the operation of a dry goods store, other business, and disposal of Tuell's estate.There are also oversize General Land Office certificates and indentures (1828-1860, 1877), insurance policies (1872-1875), and first...
Dates:
1822-1901
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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William B. Tuell papers
William H. Blodgett scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: L372
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two scrapbooks from William H. Blodgett in Anderson, New Castle, and Richmond, Indiana; Illinois; and elsewhere in the United States, ranging from 1858 to 1895 and undated. The scrapbooks contain correspondence, checks, advertisement cards, newspaper clippings, programs, and a ribbon. The first scrapbook (1858-1884, 1895) concerns numerous topics, including politics, business, religion, crime, sports, temperance, police corruption, and other current and local events...
Dates:
1858-1895
