Business enterprises
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 44 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
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
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
