Bus. Business and Industry
Found in 132 Collections and/or Records:
Reynolds and Reynolds Company Records
Consists of ledgers containing departmental account records, cash debits, customer credits, and product information for various products manufactured by the company during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
DURIRON Corporation Records
Vincent G. Apple Papers
The Vincent G. Apple Papers is a collection of work and administrative records for Vincent G. Apple, a Dayton inventor. The collection contains numerous patents, patent applications, engineering drawings, journals, legal agreements and correspondence, business records and correspondence, and the Ford Trial records.
Frigidaire T.O.M. (Tired Old Men) Club Records
This collection consists of assorted photographs, documents, publications, and artifacts, collected by former employees of the Frigidaire Corporation. Within are numerous photographs showing different aspects of early founders and employees, as well as many motivational get-togethers. Included also are a number of technical manuals and training aids, demonstrating the business end of the company.
Patterson Family Papers
Dayco Corporation Historical Collection
An eclectic collection of photographs, product catalogs, correspondence, memos, reports, personnel records, and financial records from a Dayton, Ohio manufacturer of tire and rubber products.
L. M. Berry Collection of Midwest Interurban Schedules (MS-671)
The collection consists of interurban train schedules for cities in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The schedules include information about the train lines, arrival and departure times, stations, distances, and sometimes fares, as well as advertisements and often a short business directory for the particular city. The advertisements were sold by L. M. Berry, later founder of L. M. Berry and Company, an extremely successful telephone directory publishing company.
International Aero Vehicle Company Records (SC-389)
The International Aero Vehicle Company was incorporated in 1906 for the purpose of acquiring patents for the Charles Oliver Jones "orthopter" (ornithopter). The collection consists of 1 volume, including Articles of Incorporation, Constitution and By-Laws, meeting minutes, and assorted financial and administrative reports.
Lenny Davis Collection (MS-610)
Lenny Davis operated the Forvm Club (Forum Club) in Dayton from 1965 until 1977. The scrapbooks of this collection contain memorabilia, photos, letters, and newspaper clippings about the club, as well as Lenny’s various performances, both solo and in bands. Additionally, there are many individual photos outside the scrapbooks that further document Lenny’s life and career, as well as club entertainers. This collection also includes audio/video recordings and posters.
Elder-Beerman Dayton Mall Collection (MS-637)
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.