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LOC/H/H4. Commerce

 Record Group Term
Identifier: LOC/H/H4

Found in 110 Collections and/or Records:

William J. Rapp papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 604
Abstract

William Jourdan Rapp (1895-1942) was a free-lance writer, playwright, radio script writer, and producer. The collection contains correspondence, plays, advertising and article manuscripts, Harlem Renaissance research, biographical material, publications, photographs, and a WWI era scrapbook of a YMCA camp in Greece.

Dates: 1911-1942

Mountaindale the early years, 1988 June 30 / by Eilleen Riddell

 Collection — Multiple collection box [SFM 079] 1: [Barcode: i20342561]
Identifier: SFM 079
Abstract

Reminiscences of Mountaindale, Or., by residents, compiled by Eilleen Riddell, including information on schools, parks, stores, and people. Contributors include Retha Raffety Brandenberg, Elmo Gardner, Vernon Hahn, Lucile Essner Stovall, and Melvin Van Domelin.

Dates: 1988 June 30

Carl Gotthilf Berthold Rostel papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ax 086
Abstract

Carl Rostel (1850-1928), a German immigrant, worked variously as a barber, saloonkeeper, salesperson, and land speculator in Central Point, Oregon. The collection contains correspondence, commercial broadsides, catalogues, legal documents, account books, and photographs.

Dates: 1877-1928

Sachs Bros. and Reames Bros. accounts ledger

 Collection — Multiple collection box [B 142] 1: [Barcode: 35025032079010]
Identifier: B 142
Abstract

Lippman Sachs and his brothers immigrated to American in 1861 and settled in Jacksonville, Oregon where they operated a dry goods store until 1875; the Reames Brothers then purchased the building and continued a general store until 1886. The collection (1874-1875; 1881-1884)) contains a Sachs Bros. ledger account book which also includes account pages of the Reames Bros. store.

Dates: 1874-1875; 1881-1884

Saul Marks and Company letters received

 Collection — Multiple collection box [B 045] 1: [Barcode: 35025042751905]
Identifier: B 045
Abstract

Saul Marks and Company, of Roseburg, Oregon, was a retail and commission firm. The collection (1871-1885) consists of letters received.

Dates: 1871-1885

John Howland Snow papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll 106
Abstract

Consists of personal correspondence between Snow and his wife-to-be Mary Elizabeth German Robey, owner and operator of the Robey Drilling Company and president of the National Association of Pro America; Snow's London diary documenting and analyzing Worl.

Dates: 1939-1974

Edward Franklin Sox and Carlton Edward Sox papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 168
Abstract

Collection includes corporate records and legal and personal documents from 1893-1930 relating to Edward Franklin Sox and his son, Carlton Edward Sox, of Albany, Oregon.

Dates: 1893-1930

Stearns and Chenoweth records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Bx 025
Abstract

Stearns and Chenoweth was a hardware store located in Oakland, Oregon, that dealt in hardware, stoves, tinware, guns, pistols and sewing machines. The collection (1855-1912) contains deeds and legal papers, account books, a map, and correspondence.

Dates: 1855-1912

Stephens-Weatherford Co. records

 Collection — Volume 1: [Barcode: 35025042926242]
Identifier: B 068
Abstract

Stephens-Weatherford Co. was a timber holding company headquartered in Albany, Oregon. The collection (1919-1945) contains one record book that contains a journal of expenses, and a ledger of accounts.

Dates: 1919-1945

Sugar Pine Mill and Fixture Company records

 Collection — Volume 1 : [Barcode: 35025042917878]
Identifier: B 069
Abstract

The Sugar Pine Mill and Fixture Company, located in Albany, Oregon, was incorporated by George W. Hochstedler, Edmund Zeyss, and C. W. Sears. The collection (1894-1903) consists of a a record book containing incorporation records, meeting minutes, stock, and stockholders information.

Dates: 1894-1903

War ration books, [1943-1946?]

 Collection — Multiple collection box [SFM 160] 1: [Barcode: i22983892]
Identifier: SFM 160
Abstract

War ration books issued by U.S. Office of Price Administration to Elizabeth, John, and Janice Rademaker of Lamar, Co., during World War II [between 1943 and 1946].

Dates: 1943-1946?

Washington Street Market Co. records

 Collection — Volume 1 : [Barcode: 35025042917845]
Identifier: B 070
Abstract

Washington Street Market Company was a grocery firm in Portland, Oregon incorporated by Samson Hirsch, Otto J. Kraemer, and M. I. Gustavson. The collection (1932-1933) contains articles of incorporation, correspondence, stockholder's and Board of Director's meeting minutes, and receipts.

Dates: 1932-1933

David Wilkins letter to Oregon City merchants and businessmen

 Collection — Multiple collection box [CA 1849 Sep 26] 1: [Barcode: i49075147]
Identifier: CA 1849 Sep 26
Abstract

David Wilkins was a common merchant from Pittsburgh who had a hand in the steam boat commerce of that city. The collection consists of a letter from Wilkins to the merchants and businessmen of Oregon City, Oregon Territory.

Dates: 1849 September 26

Willamette Draying and Forwarding Co. journal and day book

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: B 145
Abstract

Willamette Draying and Forwarding Co. was incorporated in Portland, Oregon, on January 17, 1870, by Robert, James, and John Holman, and George W. Taylor, and it exists today as the Holman Distribution Center, a warehousing and transportation company. The collection (1870-1871) contains a journal and a day book.

Dates: 1870-1871

William M. Turner memorial letter

 Collection — Multiple collection box [CB T859] 1: [Barcode: i49301755]
Identifier: CB T859
Abstract

Robert Aubrey Miller, C.C. Beekman, Henry Klippel and William M. Turner, were all prominent Oregon businessmen. The collection contains one letter in memoriam about William M. Turner.

Dates: circa 1887

Jerome Workman correspondence

 Collection — Multiple collection box [A 150] 1: [Barcode: i49998341]
Identifier: A 150
Abstract

Jerome Workman was an attorney in Eugene, Oregon, who also served as secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. The collection (1912-1914) contains correspondence regarding Oregon businesses, including transportation and mining firms.

Dates: 1912-1914

Yaquina Deep Sea Fishing Company stock certificate

 Collection — Multiple collection box [CA 1889 Sept 7] 1: [Barcode: i50002235]
Identifier: CA 1889 Sept 7
Abstract

Founded in 1888, the Yaquina Deep Sea Fishing Company operated out of Portland, Oregon. The collection consists of a single stock certificate issued by the company.

Dates: 1889 September 7

Benjamin Young papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ax 046
Abstract

Benjamin Young was a salmon canner, banker, real estate promoter of Astoria, Oregon and worked for the British America Packing Company. The collection contains letterpress copy books that include personal and business correspondence, a record book of the Ben Young Land Company, a scrapbook, and twenty-one volumes of British America Packing Company journals, cash books, letterpress copy books, ledgers, and invoice books, 1882-1906.

Dates: 1882-1906

James Webb Young papers

 Collection — Box 1 : [Barcode: 35025041750908]
Identifier: Ax 739
Abstract James Webb Young (1886-1973) had a long career in advertising as the head of the Advertising Council, as key figure with J. Walter Thompson company, and with varied national and government agencies. The collection (1933-1972) contains printed and published documents pertaining to Young's career in advertising and also speeches, photographs, working notes, personal scrapbooks, Christmas cards designed by Young, autobiographical material, and files regarding his professional service and...
Dates: 1933-1972

J. A. Zehntbauer letter to J. L. Krantz

 Collection — Multiple collection box [CA 1917 Nov 16] 1: [Barcode: i50171690]
Identifier: CA 1917 Nov 16
Abstract

C.C. Jantzen and J. A. Zehntbauer purchased the manufacturing department of the Portland (Oregon) Knitting Company in 1909; this company was the manufacturer of the Jantzen clothing line. The collection contains a letter dated November 18, 1917, from Zehntbauer to J. L. Krantz, regarding the early history of the company, and problems that arose without access to a worsted (wool) spinning mill in the West.

Dates: 1917 November 16