Elder-Beerman Dayton Mall Collection (MS-637)
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates
- Creation: 1998 - 2004
Creator
- Elder-Beerman Stores Corp. (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on accessing material in this collection.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright restrictions may apply. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
Biographical / Historical
Elder-Beerman Company was formed in 1962 when Dayton businessman Arthur Beerman merged his Beerman department store company (founded in 1950) with Dayton's Elder & Johnston department store company. The Elder-Beerman Company then opened several department stores throughout the region.
This collection relates specifically to the Elder-Beerman Store that was located at the Dayton Mall in Miami Township, Montgomery County, Ohio. In the spring of 1998, the McAlpin's store in the Dayton Mall sold their anchor store location to Elder-Beerman. The space was quite a bit larger than an existing nearby Elder-Beerman Store at the Southtowne Shopping Center, so that store closed, and all Southtowne Elder-Beerman employees were moved to the new Dayton Mall location, which opened in July 1998.
In 2003, the Elder-Beerman Company was acquired by Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. The Dayton Mall Elder-Beerman Store closed in August 2018, shortly after Bon-Ton filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Full Extent
0.21 linear feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in a simple series of 18 file folders.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was donated to Wright State University Libraries' Special Collections and Archives by Cynthia Drake, store manager, in September 2018, after the Elder Beerman at the Dayton Mall closed.
donor
- Drake, Cynthia (Person)
Subject
- Elder-Beerman Stores Corp. -- History (Organization)
- Dayton Mall (Dayton, Ohio) -- History (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Elder-Beerman Dayton Mall Collection (MS-637)
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Lisa Rickey
- Date
- 2025 June 2
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
Wright State University Libraries
Special Collections and Archives
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy
Dayton OH 45435-0001 USA
937-775-2092
library-archives@wright.edu
