Grocers

Scope and Contents The collection consists principally of Bearss’ receipts, invoices, land documents, and account books relating to his business and land interests in Peru, Indiana. Also included are account books for his transactions with the Miami people (1838–1842), his Peru general store (1835–1845), and Peru sawmill (1851–1853). The collection also contains a letterbook containing copies of his letters relating to his claims against the Indiana and other business matters, correspondence (business...

Scope and Contents This collection includes family papers and business records from the Deubener family and Deubener's Shopping Bag, Inc. in St. Paul, Minnesota and Indiana ranging from 1887 to 1967 regarding family life, the estate of Henry J. Deubener, and the Deubener's invention of the shopping bag.

Scope and Contents This collection includes a picture and advertising card from Durham Coffee and Spice Company in Lafayette, Indiana.

Scope and Contents This volume contains the minutes of the Grocery and Butcher Clerks Association in Indianapolis from August to October of 1893.

Scope and Contents This collection includes photographs from the Petty family in Indianapolis, Plainfield, and North Salem, Indiana ranging from circa 1860 to 1919 regarding members of the family, a grocery store in North Salem in 1917, and G. Harvey Petty's 8th grade class.

Scope and Contents This collection is a photocopy of a ledger book kept by Rushton and Sons, in Center Valley, Indiana, in 1887 and 1888. The book is imprinted with numbers through 199, but many of the pages were not photocopied, presumably because they were blank. Most of the entries are alphabetical by last name of the purchaser. The list contains the item purchased and the cost. The last page, 199, has a prescription for "cholera enfantum" consisting of "two table spoonsful of Listerime in one quart of warm...