Business records
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Carol A. Wilson architecture collection
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4220
Scope and Content note
The collection documents the architectural career of Carol A. Wilson. Contents include emails and letters, invoices, architectural drawings and models, field reports, meeting minutes, newspaper and magazine articles, publications, brochures, lecture notes, teaching material and resources, photographs, slides, and digital media. These items reflect the range of Wilson’s work and activities, including administration of her firm, architectural projects, professional partnerships and...
Dates:
1977 - 2021
Found in:
Maine Historical Society
E.C. Jordan & Co. records and family papers
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4276
Scope and Content note
This collection includes the personal, professional, and family papers of Edward C. Jordan (ECJ1), his nephew Henry I. Jordan (HIJ), and his grand-nephew Edward C. Jordan (ECJ2), as well as select records of their mutual engineering firm E.C. Jordan & Co. Contents include correspondence, essays, ledgers, records, publications, scrapbooks, news clippings, photographs, and drawings. Also included are detailed genealogies compiled by HIJ of the related Boody, Frost, Jordan, Leach, Pennell,...
Dates:
1748 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1857 - 1995
Found in:
Maine Historical Society
Ellis B. Usher collection
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 945
Scope and Content note
Deeds, correspondence, and financial records. The majority of this collection are deeds in Usher's name or later ones for his heirs. The correspondence folders are mostly legal documents and some pertaining to the lumber business.
Dates:
1790 - 1877
Found in:
Maine Historical Society
Great Northern Paper Company records
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 2950
Scope and Content note
This collection documents the administration and properties of the Great Northern Paper Company in Maine. Consisting of manuscript material (primarily in the form of ledgers and photographs) and drawings (including engineering and architectural) and maps, the collection reflects aspects of the financial and operational activities of the company, as well as its extensive land and facilities management. Manuscript material includes inventories, accounting records, land purchase and sale...
Dates:
1813 - 2002; Majority of material found within 1899 - 1980
Found in:
Maine Historical Society
Joseph Clark Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4238
Scope and Content note
Business and financial correspondence and papers of Joseph Clark. The material relates to his various business ventures and expenditures, including items purchased for trade and for hotel operations, as well as correspondence regarding business and financial dealings.
Dates:
1837 - 1875
Found in:
Maine Historical Society
Libbey family and W.S. Libbey Company collection
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 2889
Scope and Content note
The Libbey family and W.S. Libbey Co. collection brings together the business records of the W.S. Libbey Co.; the documents of the Libbey family; documents of the history of Lewiston, Maine; the business records of the Libbey family’s land and business management company, the Spring Street Company; and all constituent photographs. Compiled by the family, it was given to MHS in a single donation.
Dates:
1857 - 2013
Found in:
Maine Historical Society
Records of J. Weston Walch, Publisher
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4247
Scope and Content note
This collection documents the founding, development, and products of J. Weston Walch, Publisher. Contents include correspondence, reports, newsletters, catalogs, published curricula, photographs, audiovisual material, and architectural drawings. These items reflect the company’s origins, management, property development, products, and employee experience. The published curricula included in this collection are the earliest guides produced by Walch in the late 1920s, a selection of learning...
Dates:
1927 - 2010
Found in:
Maine Historical Society
Records of the Merrill Companies
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 2894
Scope and content note
The scope and content of this collection is quite broad and includes the records of many companies and many different media types. The majority of the collection is comprised of the paper records of Merrill Industries, Merrill Transport Company, Merrill Marine Terminal, and P.D. Merrill’s professional records. There are photos that date from as early as 1930 and documents from as late as 2009, but the bulk of the collection dates from the late 1970s through the early 2000s—essentially the...
Dates:
1930 - 2017; Majority of material found within 1975 - 2005
Found in:
Maine Historical Society
Shepard Cary papers
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4232
Scope and Content note
The collection includes correspondence, land leases, business and financial records, estate papers, maps, printed matter, and various account books and ledgers. This material relates primarily to Cary’s varied business enterprises, including his lumber operations and sales, employee records, and land leases and management. A portion relates also to his political positions and roles. Correspondence regarding his position as sutler, and his ensuing removal, are included, as are a handful of...
Dates:
1808 - 1889
Found in:
Maine Historical Society