Hat Life Magazine, 1948 August

The M.S. Levy and Sons collections range from 1884-1959. The bulk of the material consists of financial records of the company. These include account books, receipts, expense accounts, accounting sheets, auditor's reports, and annual reports. The materials document the financial status of the company, and also give detailed information on costs of running the business from obtaining raw materials to meeting jobber's terms.

The rest of the collections contain a wide variety of records dealing with M.S. Levy and Sons. Included are hat catalogs 1898, 1940, 1950; instructions for salesmen ca. 1950; copies of trade magazines; minutes of meetings of the Board of Directors 1920-30; blueprints for additions to the plant; legal agreements between members of the Levy family and between stockholders and directors ca. 1886-1927; papers re: merger of M.S. Levy and Sons and The New England Panama Hat Co., 1939; and correspondence concerning finances of the company, some with coded figures to keep competitors from knowing the financial standing of the company.