M. Seller & Company records
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of records of the crockery and glassware business M. Seller & Company. Records include business correspondence, 1875-1904; legal papers, including a lawsuit, 1900-1905; financial documents, 1864-1900; inventory book, 1 volume, 1910; advertisements; samples of correspondence and other forms; and printed ephemera.
Dates
- Creation: 1864-1910
Creator
- M. Seller & Company (Portland, Or.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.
Administrative history
Per note in the collection: M. Seller & Company began in the crockery and glassware business in Portland, Oregon, in 1859, and later opened houses in Seattle and Spokane. Its combined trade was the largest west of the Missouri River.
Extent
0.25 Cubic Feet (6 foldersĀ in shared box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection includes records of M. Seller & Company, a crockery and glassware business that opened in Portland, Oregon, in 1859. Records include business correspondence, 1875-1904; legal papers, 1900-1905; financial records, 1864-1900; inventory book, 1910; advertisements; samples of correspondence and other forms; and ephemera.
Subject
- M. Seller & Company (Portland, Or.) (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the M. Seller & Company records
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository
1200 SW Park Ave.
Portland OR 97205 United States
5033065204
5033065240
libreference@ohs.org