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Business records

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 107 Collections and/or Records:

Samuel Shoemaker papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1877
Abstract The collection consists chiefly of letters written by Samuel Moor Shoemaker by business associates (especially men employed by the Adams Express Company), friends, some Shoemaker family members, and a few politicians (e.g. Schyler Colfax 1823-1885 and James A. Garfield 1831-1881). The letters contain information about Shoemaker's business ventures (especially the Adams Express Company), family news, and expressions of gratitude from the recipients of gifts given by shoemaker. Other letters...
Dates: 1868-1887

Schapiro papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2320
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of S. Schapiro & Sons, Baltimore rag dealers who eventually became leaders in the recycling industry, 1918-1977.

Dates: 1918 - 1977

Shoemaker family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1973
Abstract This large collection of material relating to the Shoemaker Family of Baltimore County, Maryland includes: a large amount of personal correspondence to and from various members of the Shoemaker family, 1838-48; business papers relating to the Adams Express Co., Dinsmore and Kyle Company, the Walker-Gordon Company, and the Deder Electric Company, receipted bills, 1853-1933, information pertaining to the Burnside Farm and cattle production there, materials regarding the Shoemakers' interest in...
Dates: 1838-1948

Shriver collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0750
Abstract

The Shriver collection consists of daybooks, ledgers, cash books, and other accounts of the Shriver family businesses at Union Mills, Carroll County, Maryland (flour milling, saw millings, tanning, stores at Petersburgh and Big Pipe Creek). A majority of the collection is comprised of correspondence between the various members of the Shriver family concerning business and family happenings.

Dates: 1784-1944

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