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Bus. Business and Industry

 Topic Guide
Identifier: Bus
This classification groups collections on the topic of Business and Industry.

Found in 122 Collections and/or Records:

Glenn Osborn Wright Brothers Collection (SC-58)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-58
Scope and Contents

Contains receipts from the Wright Brothers' bicycle shop, copies of the Westside News, copy of a Wright stock certificate, and postcards sent by Katharine Wright to Glenn Osborn.

Dates: 1889-1915

Germantown Historic Railroad Collection (SC-88)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-88
Scope and Contents

Book produced by the Germantown Historical Society containing photocopies of records of two railroads that operated in the Germantown area during time period 1880-1884.

Dates: undated

Pennsylvania Airline Company Records (SC-90)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-90
Scope and Contents

Photographs, map, and copies of records from the Pennsylvania Airline Company.

Dates: circa 1920

Glenn L. Martin Company Records (SC-91)

 Collection — Drawer OS 61, Folder: 4
Identifier: SC-91
Abstract

Information regarding Martin Company financial statements.

Dates: 1917

Williams Architectural Drawings

 Collection
Identifier: SC-123
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of three sets of architectural drawings of homes in the Dayton area, including the homes of Gordon T. Milde, W. A. Chryst, and John and Ellen Berry.

Dates: 1926-1987

"The Kite Craze" Pamphlet (SC-134)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-134
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of: Scientific Kites and how to Fly them - a 15-page illustrated pamphlet used as a sales catalogue for E.I. Horsman

Dates: circa 1899

Secretary of War Newton Baker Letter (SC-135)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-135
Scope and Contents

Mimeographed letter from the Secretary of War Newton Baker to Mr. Talbott the President of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company. Includes original signature of Newton Baker. Dated July 26, 1918.

Dates: 1918

Dayton-Wright Company Record of Employees (SC-150)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-150
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of seven Dayton-Wright Company "Record of Employee" envelopes spanning the period 1922 to 1924. Each envelope provides the following information: name of the employee, address, marital status, age, person to notify in case of emergency, date of employment, department assigned, foreman of the department, rate of pay, and class of work. Inside the envelope are pay slips and other information about the employee, including the reason for termination.

Dates: 1922-1924

Henry L. Booher Automobiles Collection (SC-155)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-155
Scope and Contents

Postcards and photograph of early automobiles, plus newspaper clipping reporting the death of Henry Lynn Booher, a pioneer automobile builder in Dayton.



Dates: 1892 - 1900; 1935

Parkmoor Drive-In Restaurant, Dayton, Ohio, Collection (SC-156)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-156
Abstract

Photographs, newspaper clippings, and newsletters concerning the Parkmoor Drive-In Restaurant chain.

Dates: 1953-1988