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Business enterprises -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:

Clarage Fan Company Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3901
Abstract

The collection is composed of a series of company newsletters titled the Clarage Air Line, and publications date from 1948 into the late-1960s.

Dates: 1948-1960

D. C. & H. C. Reed & Co. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3710
Scope and Contents

Letter to the Ward and Dolson Company in Charlotte, Michigan from D. C. and H. C. Reed and Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan on May 4, 1886. The letter was written by Geo A. Douglas asking Ward and Dolson to ship one buggy to Orson Douglas, Constantine, Michigan.

The letter contains two parts. The first part is a request for a buggy to be shipped to Constantine Michigan and the second part adding a question about record keeping.

Dates: Date of the letter is unknown. Know the company existed in the years 1882-1913 and possibly beyond.

D.C. Wooden Company Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3773
Scope and Contents The D.C. Wooden Company was founded by Durward C. Wooden (18 Jul 1892 - Nov 1986) of Kalamazoo, MI. The earliest the company is found in the city directories is 1922, at 419-421 Church St. By 1935 the company had relocated to 344 Henrietta St. D.C. Wooden was married twice and in both situations his wife held a role in the company, usually the company treasurer. The company would last into the 1960s, until it was sold to Victor Comptometer in 1964. At the time it had 20 employees and was...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1920-1960

Doubleday Brothers and Company

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-1205
Scope and Contents

The collection is composed of ledgers, photographs, catalogs, promotional material and other miscellaneous items from the Doubleday Brothers and Company which produced blank books, forms for schools, banks and governments and stationery and also printed and sold office supplies and furniture. The company began in 1898 and left Kalamazoo in 2005. It exists as a digital printing company called Fidlar Doubleday and is located in Iowa.

Dates: 1925-1973

Dunwell Drug Company

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-2480
Scope and Contents

This contains a 1913 newsletter from the Dunwell Drug Company.

Directory Listings:

1905-1916 S. Hoyt Dunwell 819 S. West and 737 W. Main 1917-1919 Edgar A. Dunwell 747 W. Main 1921-1924 No Listing 1926-1927 Edgar A. Dunwell 775 W. Main 1929 Edgar A. Dunwell 771-773 W. Main 1930-1970 Maurie E. Dunwell 769 W. Main

Dates: 1913

Edwards & Chamberlin Hardware Co. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3264
Abstract

The collection is composed of materials from the Edwards and Chamberlin Hardware Company, a Kalamazoo firm in business from 1889 until 1931. The materials date from 1911 until 1931.

Dates: 1911-1931

General Gas Light Company Pamphlet

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3936
Scope and Contents This collection is composed of a pamphlet as an advertisement from the General Gas Light Company located in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Published in 1928, it promoted their Humphrey Radiantfire, an indoor gas heater which could fit in the fireplace. The pamphlet advertised 24 radiators which came in various colors such as brown, bronze, black, rich maroon, green, wrought iron, pierced hearth and various shades of brass. Other products advertised included 6 brass fenders...
Dates: 1928

Goss Furniture Shop Magazine

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Identifier: RH-A-4445
Abstract

The collection is composed of a furniture magazine from the Goss Furniture Shop advertising their products in 1919.

Dates: 1919

John Deere Farmers Pocket Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3943
Scope and Contents

The Farmers Pocket Ledger appears to be a general guide produced by the John Deere Company and distributed to several hardware or farming stores. This ledger served as a personal guide for farming tactics while also promoting and advertising the products and tools the John Deere Company had to offer.

Dates: Publication: Majority of material found within 1934 - 1935

Joseph Bodmer Records

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4328
Scope and Contents

This collection contains materials related to the Allied Paper Corporation of Kalamazoo, MI and one of its supervisors, Joseph Bodmer (1882 – 1975).

Dates: 1920’s - late 1930’s