Bus. Business and Industry

Abstract The Kettering Family Papers contain materials documenting the life of Charles F. Kettering, as well as his son Eugene Kettering, daughter-in-law Virginia Kettering, and their children. The Kettering family was heavily involved in the industrial and, later, philanthropic make-up of the city of Dayton during the 20th century, and were greatly influential in the city's more recent history. Made up primarily of photographs, correspondence, family keepsakes such as holiday cards, photo albums and...

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The collection consists of administrative and marketing materials collected by the Elder-Beerman store at the Dayton Mall. The two main items in the collection are the marketing plan for the Dayton Mall Elder-Beerman store's grand opening (1998) and the Dayton Mall's merchant manual (2000). There are also store maps, demographics, and information about gift cards. This collection provides insights into popular culture related to shopping malls in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Content Description The Independent Awning Company Business Records contain account and order/contract records, as well as photographs of commercial and residential jobs, for a local awning manufacturing company founded in the early 20th century and operational until the early 2000s.Series I: Orders and Accounts, contains records of awning jobs completed for customers. Items marked as "Order" or "Contracts" typically include the specifics of a particular job, usually including a sketch of the...

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A cash ledger from an unknown general store listing household goods sold to various individuals.

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This is a letter listing the bank's stockholders and their shares in the institution.

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This collection contains the postmaster's account and record books for the Roxanna (Greene County), Ohio, post office. Please note that the town of Roxanna no longer exists as it was submerged during the creation of Caesar's Creek State Park.

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This volume records the minutes of an early 20th-century agricultural improvement society from 1899 to 1909.

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This ledger book contains notations providing useful insight on Ohio farm life in the mid-19th century, dating between 1850 and 1878.

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Collection contains the minutes from the hotel owners' meetings from 1912 to 1915.

Scope and Contents This collection contains an account ledger kept by Frederick Meyer, an entrepreneur and machinist in Dayton, Ohio, from 1916 to 1967. Meyer documented information about his varied, eclectic activities and business pursuits. Each page of the ledger is devoted to records about a different activity, summarized in an index on page 30 of the ledger. Some notes connect to car repairs, especially to Fords. Many pages relate to items bought and sold in connection to his business. These include...