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Business records

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 103 Collections and/or Records:

Shriver family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0750.1
Abstract

This collection consists primarily of correspondence between the various members of the Shriver family, 1712-1876. The letters reflect land affairs, business topics, and family news.

Dates: 1712-1876

Slater and Slater and Roy business correspondence and records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3069
Abstract Lawson, Slater, and Slater & Roy were merchants who sold general sundries including hardware, lumber, clothes, and household goods which for the most part were imported from England. Various businesses operated from the late 1700s through the 1820s. This collection encompasses 1 company and three of those merchants as well as family members. Thisincludes Lawson, Slater, and Slater & Roy. The collection contains business correspondence, bills and receipts, promissory notes, shipping...
Dates: 1787-1894; Majority of material found within 1787-1819

Terminal Shipping Company account books

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2673
Abstract

The Terminal Shipping Company was one of Baltimore's largest steamship agencies and stevedoring firms. The account books show its operation expenses for stevedoring and shipping during the early-to-mid twentieth century and include profits, losses, major accounts, and investments.

Dates: 1918-1932

Theodore Forster papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2570
Abstract

This collection contains both personal and business papers of Theodore Forster (1890-1968), who was President of Charles H. Carland, Inc., a Baltimore paint, oil, and glass company.

Dates: 1917-1965

Thomas Swann collection of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1826.1
Abstract

This collection contains the business papers of Thomas Swann, President of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company from 1848-1853.

Dates: 1851-1871

Towson and Cockeysville Electric Railway papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0847
Abstract

This collection consists of papers pertaining to the Towson and Cockeysville Electric Railway Company, including subscription lists for stocks, maps and deeds of tracts of land on the route; receipts and expenses; annual reports; schedules; tax forms, etc., 1905-23.

Dates: 1905-1923

W. J. Tickner and Sons Funeral Home records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2702
Abstract

The collection consists of 50 volumes that record information on those buried by W. J. Tickner & Sons, 1878-1949, Henry W. Mears & Sons, 1888-1943, and outside funeral homes with whom Tickner cooperated, 1923-56.

Dates: 1878-1956

Wickes correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0179
Abstract

Miscellaneous correspondence of Kent County family, mainly addressed to Joseph Wickes and Simon A. Wickes. Business (law), family, social news are dealt with.

Dates: 1822 - 1866

William M. Marine collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1016
Abstract

William Matthew Marine, 1843-1904, was a Baltimore attorney, the collector of the Port of Baltimore during the 1890's, and an amateur writer. This collection contains 32 boxes comprised of his legal and political correspondence, notes, and clippings from 1808-1904.

Dates: 1808-1904

William P. Preston collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0978
Abstract The William P. Preston Collection contains primarily three groups of material: papers of William P. Preston, prominent Baltimore criminal lawyer; correspondence of his wife Margaret Smith Preston; and correspondence as well as other material related to their daughter May Preston McNeal. The items pertaining to William P. Preston are nearly all connected with his legal practice. Included are accounts, bills, and receipts associated with insolvency and debt collection cases; case note; court...
Dates: 1799-1913