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Businesses and Corporations

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 276 Collections and/or Records:

Gerry Frank scrapbooks and memorabilia

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 855
Abstract

Scrapbooks, photograph albums, photographs, papers, and ephemera compiled by or relating to Gerald W. "Gerry" Frank (1923-). Frank is a businessman from Oregon who worked at the department store Meier & Frank; opened a dessert shop in Salem, Oregon, named Gerry Frank's Konditerei; and was U.S. Senator Mark Hatfield's chief of staff.

Dates: circa 1880-2018

Sigmund Frank papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 230
Abstract

Sigmund Frank was a business partner in the Meier & Frank department store founded by Aaron Meier. His son Aaron M. Frank worked for the store and later became its president. This unprocessed collection includes financial records, deeds, reports, and miscellaneous documents primarily regarding Meier & Frank and other businesses, including some papers belonging to Aaron Frank and other Frank family members.

Dates: circa 1860-1957

Fred T. Merrill Cycle Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1774
Abstract

Correspondence regarding orders for bicycles and repairs.

Dates: 1899

Freedom Bank of Finance stock certificate and comparative statements of condition

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 954
Abstract

Three comparative statements of condition and one stock certificate for the Freedom Bank of Finance, a Black-owned bank in Portland, Oregon, that operated from 1969 to 2000. It changed its name to American State Bank in 1975.

Dates: 1969-1974

French and Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 999
Abstract

Records of a mercantile business and banking firm headed by Daniel M. French in The Dalles, Oregon. Includes correspondence (1876-1878) from Breyman & Summerville, French & Gilman, Heppner & Maddock, Ladd & Tilton, Marshall Johnson Kinney, Henry R. Sels, and others relating to cattle, the wool and hide trade, and banking. Also includes records of shipments to Camps Harney, Logan, and Watson in 1868.

Dates: 1868-1878

French-Glenn Live Stock Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1379
Abstract

Records of a California land company that operated from the late 1880s to 1907, with holdings in Harney County, Oregon. Includes legal records, information on cattle, and documents relating to a loan from the German Savings and Loan Society.

Dates: 1884-1907

Garyville Land Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1722
Abstract

Garyville Land Co. was a subsidiary of the Lyon Lumber Co., which owned timber lands in Linn County, Oregon. Collection includes journals, sales record books, cash books, and ledger of land and timber holdings.

Dates: 1912-1949

George Lawrence Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1781
Abstract

Partially processed collection of records of the George Lawrence Company, a saddlery, harness, and leather goods firm established in 1857 and incorporated in 1893. Records include correspondence, contracts, invoices, vouchers, cash books, journals, ledgers, catalogs, publications, and ephemera, and the collection features the company's work during World War I.

Dates: 1855-1966

Gevurtz Furniture Company records and Gevurtz family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 6011
Abstract The Gevurtz Furniture Company records (1899-1997) consist of materials relating to the operation and history of the company. The collection also includes Gevurtz family papers unrelated to business operations. The documents provide a record of some of the corporate-level functions of a local family-owned furniture business that operated in the Portland, Oregon, area for more than 100 years. The materials include articles of incorporation, corporate by-laws and minutes, correspondence,...
Dates: 1899-1997

Raymond W. Gill papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2975
Abstract

Papers relating to Raymond W. Gill and the Gill Bros. Seed Company. Raymond W. Gill (1882-1963) was a co-founder of Gill Bros. Seed Company, a member of the Oregon State Grange, and a Multnomah County representative.

Dates: 1912-1969