Business
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:
American Cast Iron Pipe Company nomination binder
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3456
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a binder of materials and photographs nominating the American Cast Iron Pipe Company for Birmingham, Alabama's fifth annual Beautification Award.
Dates:
1975
American Settlement Company letter and constitution
Collection
Identifier: W-0135
Overview
Constitution of the American Settlement Company (a subscription company which sold plots of land to Kansas settlers) and a letter written by a company representative
Dates:
1855-06-11
Jesse Beene letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0128
Abstract
Two letters written from Cahawba, Alabama, to Rowland G. Hazard in Peace Dale, Rhode Island. The first, dated 14 July 1839, orders shoes for Beene's sixty-eight slaves and includes a list of slaves and a measurement of their feet in inches. In the second, dated 16 December 1841, Beene expresses dissatisfaction with both shoes and prices.
Dates:
1839-1841
Beta Gamma Sigma records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0146
Abstract
This collection contains an account book, receipts, and clippings pertaining to this national scholastic fraternity for commerce and business.
Dates:
1929-1944
Cahaba, Alabama Public Land Office record
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1172
Overview
Public land office records from Cahaba, Alabama, possibly created by George S. Gaines.
Dates:
1825 - 1830
William Cash papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0285
Scope and Contents
The contents of both boxes are IBM Quality Control Cards.
Dates:
unknown
Coleman and Coleman mercantile records
Collection
Identifier: W-0051
Overview
Two ledgers documenting sales made at the Coleman, Hearst, and Company mercantile, also named Coleman and Coleman, located in Richmond, Alabama, in the 1860s.
Dates:
1861-1862
Dauphin Island, Alabama, public development papers
Collection
Identifier: W-0148
Overview
Papers and plat maps of real estate developments in Dauphin Island, Alabama, in 1953, 1958, and 1961.
Dates:
1953 - 1961
Diary of E. Carey Moore in England in 1890
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4337
Scope and Contents
One diary consisting of 205 pages kept by E. Carey Moore from January to July of 1890 as he traveled throughout England on business. The diary makes mention of interactions with politician Robert Todd Lincoln, British diplomat Clement Lloyd Hill, and banker John C. New. Some of the companies mentioned throughout the diary are Colonia Coffee Plantation, Canara and Escuadron Coffee Plantations, and Tepis. The diary is bound, with blank pages dated from July 25, 1890, to the end of the year. The...
Dates:
1890-01-01 - 1890-07-24
Ethel Armes letters
Collection
Identifier: W-0146
Overview
Letter to Robert Jemison Jr. of Birmingham, Alabama, about uncredited copying of material from her book, The Story of Coal and Iron in Alabama, and a letter to her brother about a promotion.
Dates:
1921 - 1944
Exchange Club, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1640
Overview
Issues of the newsletter "The Unitor" (1922-2011), framed pictures, and brochures
Dates:
1922-2011
George O. Baker and Joseph M. Baker papers
Collection
Identifier: W-0066
Overview
Correspondence, ledgers, and other papers of Selma, Alabama, businessmen, George O. Baker, his son, Joseph M. Baker, and their various companies and businesses.
Dates:
1886 - 1898
Daniel J. Haughton papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0649
Overview
Mainly personal correspondence and newspaper clippings about the passing of Daniel Haughton
Dates:
1980s
James Hogan papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0687
Overview
This collection contains letters of correspondence and bills pertaining to duties and tasks of the business; primarily with the distribution of cotton.
Dates:
Unknown
J. O. Campbell diary
Collection
Identifier: W-0139
Overview
Diary of J. O. Campbell, a young man employed as a stenographer and typist in Montgomery, Alabama
Dates:
1895-01 - 1895-05
Kennedy Store ledger
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0802
Overview
Store ledger of a Florence, Alabama firm.
Dates:
Unknown
L. M. Falk and Company records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0833
Overview
A ledger and cash book.
Dates:
unknown
Edward F. McCrossin papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0950
Overview
Contains personal papers and company records.
Dates:
Unknown
Earl McGowin papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0955
Overview
Contains family papers and business records.
Dates:
Unknown
Early Huntsville, Alabama, letters
Collection
Identifier: W-0100
Overview
Two unrelated letters, dated from 1822 and 1831, containing information about Huntsville, Alabama.
Dates:
1822, 1831
Mobile Terminal and Railway Company circular
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1783
Abstract
A prospectus and preliminary circular for the Mobile Terminal and Railway Company, with the details of the company and bonds that would mature on 1 September 1935.
Dates:
circa 1911
Perry County, Alabama, papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0139
Abstract
Letters and other documents donated by a source in Perry County, Alabama. The collection consists of eight letters to Elias Benson. There is also one summons order included in the Elias Benson series. Another series contains the will of Philip Smith of South Carolina. The Thomas and Mary Jones series contains three statements of debt made to John E. Cook, along with an indenture statement and draft. The final series includes miscellaneous documents including deed certification, court records,...
Dates:
1796 - 1898
Phillips-Lester Manufacturing Company
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1140
Overview
Contains the records of this clothing company including: papers on the correct measurement styles and clothing type for menswear, safety manual, audit records, and transaction booklet.
Dates:
unknown
Phoenix Hotel, Carrollton, Pickens County, Alabama records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1144
Overview
This collection contains the hotels ledgers, of whom visited the hotel: date visited, their name, where they're from, and room numbers. Inside the ledgers are some of the hotels bills and certificates, including Alabama Power bill and Health Inspection certificates, as well as some other clippings the hotel may have received from their customers. Dates of the ledgers range from September 1929 - 1938.
Dates:
1909-1948
Pla-Gem Company papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1149
Overview
Brochures for the Pla-Gem Steel Furniture Company of Cullman, Alabama, selling children.s steel gym sets.
Dates:
1964
Plantation Patterns, Inc. papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1150
Overview
Brochures from the late 1950s for Arlington House wrought iron furniture
Dates:
1965-1968
George and James Skinner papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1280
Overview
Material concerning the business and plantation activities of George (1812-1879) and James Skinner (1801-1883) of Marengo County.
Dates:
1829-1950
Southern Trade and Diplomacy Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4214
Overview
The collection consists of one letter and two pamphlets related to trade and diplomacy in the antebellum South.
Dates:
1837 - 1860
J. D. Sutter papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1372
Overview
Contains the plans, letters, lists of supplies needed, and other personal notes of J.D. Sutter, a landscape contractor in Birmingham, Alabama, from the late 1920s through the 1950s.
Dates:
1928-1961
"Tall Shadows: Origins and Operations of McGriff, Seibels, and Williams, Inc., Insurance Brokers"
Collection
Identifier: W-0028
Overview
Unpublished corporate history of McGriff, Seibels and Williams Inc., one of the largest insurance brokerage firms in the United States, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.
Dates:
1985
Traders' National Bank Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1792
Overview
Booklets that have information about the various positions and tasks associated with the bank
Dates:
circa 1922 - 1927
College of Business and Administration theses
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2389
Overview
Theses, primarily unbound, by students in the College of Business & Administration
Dates:
unknown