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American Guaranty Corporation records

Collection Identifier: Mss:786 1922-1982 A512
Scope and Contents: The records of American Guaranty Corporation (AGC) cover the founding of the company from its incorporation in 1920 to its transformation into a privately owned company in 1982. The bulk of the records include minutes from Board of Directors, Executive Committee, and Stockholder meetings. Also included are numerous subject files that detail AGC’s operations between 1961 and 1982. Notable within the subject files are AGC’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, which...

American Management Association Supervisory Management Course records

Collection Identifier: Mss:81 1968-1975 A512
Overview:

Training films and accompanying printed material relating to supervisory management courses produced by the American Management Association.

American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association records

Collection Identifier: MSS:725 1903-1908
Scope and Contents:

The records of the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association contain a single volume of reports and discussion records.

American Research and Development papers

Collection Identifier: Arch GA 19.1
Overview:

This collection consists of personal papers and annual reports for American Research and Development as well as other venture capital companies including Canadian Enterprise Development Corporation, European Enterprise Development Company and North Atlantic Capital Corporation.

Records of American Steel and Wire Company and its predecessors

Collection Identifier: Mss:596 1822-1936
Scope and Contents: Records of predecessor firms include records, 1868-1899, of the Washburn and Moen Manufacturing Company, Worcester, Mass., comprising about half of the total collection. The material on this company includes stock certificate stubs, stock ledger, directors' records, 1868-1886, bill books, letter books, 1890-1902, miscellaneous volumes and three boxes of folders. There is considerable material on the patent suits of the 1880's and 1890's, and the consolidation of the company into one of the...

American Tube Works records

Collection Identifier: Mss:595 1858-1908 A
Overview:

The collection consists of journals and ledgers of a firm in Boston, Mass. which manufactured plumber’s supplies.

Amory, Browne and Company records

Collection Identifier: Mss:761 1918-1922 A524
Overview:

The collection consists of records of orders and transfers made, chiefly for kalburnie ginghams, for Lancaster Mills of Clinton, Massachusetts.

Thomas Coffin Amory papers

Collection Identifier: Mss:766 1797-1802 A524
Overview: Thomas Coffin Amory, merchant and store owner, was born in 1767 in Boston, Massachusetts, to Thomas and Elizabeth (Coffin) Amory. The Thomas Coffin Amory papers consist of a letter book, and copies of correspondence removed from a letter book, from Amory to other merchants, ship captains, agents, and associates, most likely in the hand of a clerk, dated 1797 to 1802. Letters relate to foreign trade, import, and consignment of assorted commodities and goods like New England rum, molasses,...

Amoskeag Manufacturing Company records

Collection Identifier: Mss:442 1831-1936 A525
Overview:

Cotton textile manufacturing firm, Manchester, N.H., incorporated in 1831. It operated the world's largest textile plant, but the firm also produced a variety of other products. The cotton mill was closed and the business liquidated in 1936.

Hugh Anderson ledger

Collection Identifier: Mss:470 1819-1849 A546
Scope and Contents: The ledger is organized by individuals in account with Hugh Anderson of Warren, Maine, and the entries for each individual cover multiple years. Entries include accounting primarily for the sale of wood products, including beams, planks, timber, staves, and spars (poles). Anderson also occasionally sold calf, lamb, and sheep hides, skins, and meat, and performed services such as sawing, hauling, digging, and plowing. It appears that some individuals paid their debt by working for Anderson or...

William H. Anderson papers

Collection Identifier: Mss:831 1867-1907 A552
Overview:

This collection contains the papers of Lowell, Massachusetts lawyer William H. Anderson including notes and court documents pertaining to his client, the Erie Telegraph and Telephone Company, circa 1867-1907.

Andrew and Joseph Perkins records

Collection Identifier: Mss:77 1783-1825
Overview:

The partnership of Andrew and Joseph Perkins operated a general store in Norwich, Connecticut, and they were involved in shipping and trade in the West Indies. The business exported lumber, nails, oats, and horses, and imported rum, molasses, sugar, coffee, and tobacco. The Andrew and Joseph Perkins business records consist of daybooks and ledgers, dated 1783-1825. There is also one daybook of merchants Carew & Perkins, also of Norwich, dated 1797-1798.

Andrew Clow & Co. records

Collection Identifier: Mss:785 1790-1799 C648
Overview: Andrew Clow & Co., a merchant partnership formed by Andrew Clow (1750-1793) and David Cay (died 1793), was active in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, between the 1780s and 1790s. The Andrew Clow & Co. records, dated 1790-1799, consist of accounts and correspondence with Alexandria, Virginia, merchants William Wilson & Co. related to stock transfers and a lawsuit filed by Andrew Clow & Co. against the company. There is also a small amount of correspondence and accounts with other...

Nathaniel Andrews, Jr. cash book

Collection Identifier: Mss:474 1864-1865 A565
Scope and Contents: This is a cash book for the transactions of the cooper Nathaniel Andrews, Jr. in New Bedford, Massachusetts. It covers December 1864 and the majority of 1865. The book is divided in half, with the first half listing the clients of each week, the number of barrels they ordered, and a summary of how many barrels were ordered that week. The second half of the book contains lists of “Amount of Barrels Made” and “Amount of Barrels Delivered,” each also by week, as well as the business’s “Balance...

Kenneth R. Andrews papers

Collection Identifier: Arch GA 3
Overview:

Teaching, consulting, research and administrative papers of Harvard Business School professor Kenneth Andrews.

Annawan Manufactory records

Collection Identifier: Mss:500 1825-1897 F
Scope and Contents:

Journals, cashbooks, clothbooks and letters relating to the daily operations of the company.

Antelope (Brig) logbook

Collection Identifier: Mss:733 1843-1844 A627
Scope and Contents: Log book kept by Captain Philip Dumaresq of Boston on the brig Antelope's maiden voyage traveling from Boston to Bombay and Macao from August 9, 1843 to February 4, 1844. The daily entries record the ship's latitude and longitude, the direction of the wind, and the ship's navigational course. Most entries include a brief note describing the weather and the sails used that day. There are no entries for the ship's time in port. No mention is made of the cargo that was carried on board either...

Anthony family papers

Collection Identifier: Mss:899 1815-1859 A628
Scope and Contents: Contains a receipt book, 1820-1829, of Richard Anthony and Son; bills, deeds, and accounts of James Anthony, his wife Sarah P. Anthony, and their estates; a ledger, with general store accounts, 1815-1849, of George Waterman, which includes accounts of Lewis A. Waterman and Edgar N. Anthony, printers; a cash book, 1851-1855, and bills of Lewis W. Anthony; and legal documents and accounts for the Graystone Mill and Center Manufacturing Company. Women are credited for domestic labor, for making...

Robert N. Anthony papers

Collection Identifier: Arch GA 4.11
Overview:

The Robert N. Anthony papers document his professional work as a consultant,writer and professor at the Harvard Business School.

A.P. Gibson & Company letter book

Collection Identifier: Mss:776 1816-1818 G448
Scope and Contents:

Letters from A.P. Gibson & Company of New York City to captains of vessels and to various foreign and domestic companies concerning the exportation and importation of a wide variety of goods. The correspondence notes vessels that arrived in port, cargo that was unloaded and sold, the state of the economy, and market prices of goods.

Apollo (Ship) logbook

Collection Identifier: Mss:733 1795 A644
Scope and Contents:

Logbook kept by Mark Langdon Butler, a crew member aboard the ship Apollo, in 1795. The ship, captained by Samuel Jones, voyaged from Cape Henry, Virginia, to Liverpool, England. Entries remark on the course of the ship, direction of winds, and the weather in general, in addition to sightings of other ships and activities such as fishing. There is also a note by Butler, dated 1796, regarding a financial transaction.

Appleton Prentiss invoice book

Collection Identifier: Mss:761 1786-1797 P927
Scope and Contents: Invoice book maintained by Boston, Massachusetts, commission agent Appleton Prentiss, recording goods he imported and consigned, such as cloth, furs, leather, buttons, handkerchiefs, buckles and assorted household wares, dated 1786-1796. Among the merchants, shopkeepers, and traders who had commission accounts with Prentiss were Mary Snow of Boston and William Howe of Cambridge. Prentiss also shipped commodities to merchants outside of New England; he sent men's shoes and "Negro" shoes, for...

Arch R. Dooley papers

Collection Identifier: Arch GA 18.200
Overview:

The papers of Harvard Business School professor Arch R. Dooley contain correspondence and subject files, teaching files, research and writing, consulting, outside HBS work, administrative files, and audiovisual material.

Arthur H. Webber pattern book

Collection Identifier: Mss:44 1898-1899 W371
Scope and Contents: Lowell Textile School pattern book issued to Arthur H. Webber, of 29 Kirk St. Lowell, Massachusetts. Webber used the book as he learned the process of designing and manufacturing woven textile products. Entries are dated from November 8, 1898 to April 18, 1899 but subsequent entries are undated. Each of the 21 patterns for cotton, woolen, worsted and linen blends include handwritten details associated with the pattern such as the name of the pattern, threads in pattern, patterns in warp,...

Henry B. Arthur papers

Collection Identifier: Arch GA 4.13.1
Overview:

The papers of Henry B. Arthur include correspondence, research, writings, administrative material, and early professional and outside consultant work before and during his tenure as a professor at Harvard Business School.