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Business, Industry, Labor, and Commerce

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 551 Collections and/or Records:

Carl J. Blum ledger books

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1909
Scope and Contents

Leger books. The materials deal with purchases and other financial transactions in an unnamed store in Nauvoo, Illinois.

Dates: 1869-1945

Lillburn W. Boggs testimony and financial note

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230309855]
Identifier: MSS SC 1203
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a handwritten and signed "testimony" and a handwritten and signed financial note. The testimony describes a transaction of money for certain lots owned by Boggs. The note is a promise by Boggs to pay William Smith a sum of money.

Dates: 1820

Illinois bonds

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233293247]
Identifier: Vault MSS 595
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and printed bonds. These items relate to bail, taverns, and to the operation of other businesses.

Dates: 1808-1859

Danford Booth apprentice indenture

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232558368]
Identifier: MSS 8856
Content Description

Signed manuscript for the indenture of John N. Cadby as an apprentice to Booth to work on his farm in Manchester, New York, until he is twenty-one years of age. Document was also signed by Minerva P. Cadby, mother of John, and witnessed by Henry M. Booth and Rachel A. Morgan. Dated October 21, 1833.

Dates: 1833 October 21

Edwina Booth papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2383
Scope and Contents

This collection includes Edwina Booth's personal correspondence and papers, poetry, fan mail, publicity papers, photographs, and souvenirs from Africa. Also included are publicity papers for the 1931 film Trader Horn.

Dates: 1920-1993

Brigham Young account books

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3987
Scope and Contents

Three volumes containing handwritten entries recording financial transactions, indexed by individual payee or payer. Volume 1 covers the years 1862 to 1864. Volume 2 covers the years 1864 to 1871. Volume 3 covers the years 1871 to 1877.

Dates: 1862-1877

Ned Brown papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 6098
Scope and Contents

This collection contains the professional papers of Ned Brown, a literary agent in the second half of the twentieth century. The papers include correspondence, business records, play scripts, newspaper and magazine clippings, and other miscellaneous papers concerning his clients. These materials relate to his work with writing contracts for various plays and movies, including the contract for the screenplay of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.

Dates: approximately 1951-1992

Robert and Rosemary Brown papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3106
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, audiotapes, and related ephemera produced by the Browns. The materials document research and publishing activities between 1967 and 1997.

Dates: 1967-1997

Browning Auto financial records

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230364546]
Identifier: MSS 1648
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and printed deeds, contracts, receipts, and miscellaneous items relating to Browning Auto. The materials are largely financial records.

Dates: 1932-1952

Antonio Maria Bucareli proclamation

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230311166]
Identifier: MSS SC 1351
Scope and Contents

Printed and signed proclamation in Spanish. The item announces that the Brigadier Don Juan Garcia, commander of the "navio Santiago" will be leaving for Spain with the royal revenues from the port in Vera Cruz, Mexico. The document also gives logistical information to merchants who need to register goods to be shipped. On the back of this item there is a handwritten endorsement by the authorities at Puebla, Mexico who state that the proclamation has been obeyed by them.

Dates: 1776