GARDINER POLICE DEPARTMENT SERVING SINCE 1849 SERVING SINCE 1849 Chief James M. Toman.
Montgomery Ward records, 1849-1989
Transcript of Montgomery Ward records, 1849-1989
Montgomery Ward records, 1849-1989
Overview of the CollectionCreator Montgomery Ward.
Title Montgomery Ward recordsDates 1849-1989 (inclusive)
1849 1989Quantity 148 cubic feet (331 boxes) + microfilm + artifacts.
Collection Number 08088Summary The Montgomery Ward Company was a national retail chain store
which dominated the mail-order market during the 20th century.Company records include correspondence, catalogs, marketingmaterials, and legal records.
Repository University of Wyoming, American Heritage CenterAmerican Heritage CenterUniversity of Wyoming1000 E. University Ave.Dept. 3924Laramie, WY82071Telephone: [email protected]
Access Restrictions Access RestrictionsThere are no access restrictions on the materials for researchpurposes, and the collection is open to the public.
Languages English
Historical NoteMontgomery Ward, the world's first general merchandise mail-order business, issued its first singlesheet catalog in 1872. By 1887, the Chicago based company had annual sales exceeding $$1,000,000and in 1889 it became a privately held corporation. In 1893, founder Aaron Montgomery Ward soldhis controlling interest to partner George R. Thorne, and the company became a public corporation in1919.
In 1931, Sewell L. Avery became chairman and chief executive officer. His tenure was marked bylabor troubles in the 1940s which culminated in two government seizures of the company in 1944. In1968 Montgomery Ward merged with Container Corporation of America to form Marcor Inc. Mobil OilCorporation gained a controlling interest in Marcor in 1974, and Wards became a subsidiary of Mobil.In 1988 senior management led a drive for a levereged buyout and Wards became a privately-heldcompany.
Content Description
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Collection contains Montgomery Ward catalogs and 194 35 mm microfilm copies (1874-1985);competitors' catalogs including Aldens (1954-1981), J.C. Penney (1963-1982), Sears (1954-1982) andSpiegel (1962-1983); correspondence (1889-1985) including approximately 20,000 letters between thegeneral public and Ward regarding the National War Labor Board and the 1944 government seizures;scrapbooks of newspaper and magazine articles on Ward and competitors (1971-1987) includingextensive national press coverage of the 1944 seizures; handwritten musical scores by Nathan LangVan Cleave for the 1940s radio programs "The Man Behind the Gun" and "This Is Our Enemy";news releases; organization charts; speeches; photographs; title abstracts for Chicago real estate;advertisements; legal documents; manuals; and financial files. A supplement from 1993 is included aswell.
Subject files (1862-1985) include information on takeover attempts, price controls, A. MontgomeryWard's role in preserving Chicago's lake front, company history, the National War Labor Board, andRudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, which originated as a Christmas advertising promotion in 1939.There are also miscellaneous artifacts.
Use of the CollectionRestrictions on Use
Copyright InformationThe researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as theyapply.
Preferred Citation
Preferred CitationItem Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, AmericanHeritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Administrative InformationPreservation Note
System RequirementsCatalogs -- microfilm -- 35 mm.
Related Materials
Related MaterialsThere are no known other archival collections created by Montgomery Ward at the date of processing.
Acquisition Information
Acquisition InformationThe Montgomery Ward Records were given to the American Heritage Center by Montgomery Ward inseventeen shipments, three in 1983, one in 1986, two in 1987, one in 1988, one in 1989, two in 1993,and seven in 1995.
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Processing Note
Processing InformationThe collection was processed by Loreley Moore in December 1996 and revised by Loreley Moore inMay 2001. The finding aid was encoded by JoNel Wilmot and D. Claudia Thompson in 1018.
Detailed Description of the CollectionSeries I. Administrative Files
Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 1-3 Avery Stock Option 1929-1938
1 4 Barr, John 1925-1979
1 5 Catalog History: Correspondence 1947-1970
1 6 Catalog History: Historical Data 1897-1965
2 1-7 Chain Store Age: Interviews 1970
3 1-5 Chain Store Age: Interviews 1970-1983
3 6 Chicago Public Library Donation 1971
3 7 Chicago Tribune 1873-1974
3 8 Comparative Sales Trends-Wards and Sears 1943
4 1-2 Consumer Credit 1950-1973
4 3-6 Correspondence: A-Gre 1942-1945
5 1-4 Correspondence: Gri-Harz 1942-1945
6 1-6 Correspondence: Has-Hop 1942-1945
6A 1-5 Correspondence: Hor-Jar 1942-1945
6B 1-6 Correspondence: Jav-Key 1942-1946
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Container(s) Description Dates
7 1-7 Correspondence: Kid-La 1942-1946
8 1-6 Correspondence: Le-Mc 1942-1946
9 1-7 Correspondence: Mc-Mas 1942-1946
10 1-7 Correspondence: Mat-Mo 1942-1946
11 1-8 Correspondence: Mo-O 1942-1946
12 1-7 Correspondence: Pa-Po 1942-1946
13 1-8 Correspondence: Pr-Ro 1942-1945
14 1-7 Correspondence: Ro-Se 1942-1946
15 1-7 Correspondence: Sh-So 1942-1945
16 1-7 Correspondence: Sp-Th 1942-1946
17 1-7 Correspondence: Ti-Wak 1942-1947
17A 1-6 Correspondence: Wal-Wil 1942-1946
17B 1-5 Correspondence: Will-Wy 1942-1947
17C 1-2 Correspondence: Ya-Zw 1942-1945
17C 3 Defense Production Act of 1950: Instructions 1950-1953
17C 4 Defense Production Act of 1950: Memoranda 1950-1951
18 1-3 Defense Production Act of 1950: Memoranda 1951-1953
18 4 Defense Production Act of 1950: Price Control 1951
18 5 Defense Production Act of 1950: Priorities 1951-1952
19 1 Financial Records: Balance Sheets 1897-1901
19 2 Financial Records: Cost of Sales 1933-1940
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Container(s) Description Dates
19 3 Financial Records: Credit 1950-1956
19 4 Financial Records: Economic Opportunities 1938-1941
20 1 Financial Records: Financial Facts Relating to the MobilAcquisition of Marcor
1979
20 2 Financial Records: Financial History 1913-1931
20 3 Financial Records: First National Bank of Chicago 1927
20 4 Financial Records: Income Tax Appeal 1941
20 5 Financial Records: Index of Published Gross Sales 1929-1932
20 6 Financial Records: Merchandise Position 1937-1941
20 7 Financial Records: Net Sales Results 1878-1927
20 8 Financial Records: Refund Checks 1880-1980
20 9 Financial Records: Retail Store Monthly Profit and LossStatement
1934-1935
20 10 Financial Records: Retail Stores Net Sales 1938
20 11 Financial Records: Reserve for Tax Payments 1933
20 12 Group Policy Life Insurance 1912
20 13-15 Insurance Product Liability 1976-1982
20 16 Jefferson Ward 1980-1981
21 1-2 Lakefront Fight 1860s-1910,1964
21 3 Legal Records: Application for Inspection of Stock andTransfer Books
1954
21 4 Legal Records: Certificates of Incorporation 1919-1970
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Container(s) Description Dates
21 5 Legal Records: Contracts 1917-1918
21 6 Legal Records: Indentures 1960-1971
21 7 Legal Records: Petition-Montgomery Ward and Companyvs. the United States of America
1961
21 8 List of Directors and Officers, Subsidiary Companies 1924
21 9 Manuals: Buyers 1939
22 1 Manuals: Catalog Instructions 1925
22 2 Manuals: Catalog Production and Arrangement 1928
22 3 Manuals: Catalog Topics 1919
22 4 Manuals: Chain Store Manual 1936
22 5 Manuals: Contracts undated
22 6 Manuals: Corporate Identification 1950s
22 7-9 Manuals: Executive Training Course 1939
22 10 Manuals: Export Business 1943
22 11 Manuals: Furniture 1938
22 12 Manuals: Hardware Specifications 1941
23 1 Manuals: Interior Decoration 1936-1941
23 2 Manuals: Management Handbook 1947
23 3 Manuals: Merchandise Strategy 1982
23 4-5 Manuals: Public Relations-Store Openings 1959
23 6 Manuals: Regional Responsibilities 1932
23 7 Manuals: Retail Training 1946
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Container(s) Description Dates
23 8 Manuals: Wardway Homes Handbook 1929
23 9 Marketer of the Year Award 1970-1979
24 1-5 Memoranda 1889-1982
24 6-7 Merchandise Economist 1934-1938
25 1-2 Merchandise Economist 1939-1943
25 3 Merseles, Theodore 1927-1929
25 4 Mobil/Montgomery Ward Board of Directors Meeting 1977
25 5 Montgomery Ward Plaza 1970-1976
25 6 National War Labor Board: Company Memoranda toEmployees
1942-1945
25 7 National War Labor Board: Directive Order 1942-1945
26 1-2 National War Labor Board: International Longshoremen'sand Warehousemen's Union, Congress of IndustrialOrganizations (Baltimore)
1942-1945
26 3 National War Labor Board: International Longshoremen'sand Warehousemen's Union, Congress of IndustrialOrganizations (Fort Worth)
1944-1945
26 4 National War Labor Board: International Longshoremen'sand Warehousemen's Union, Congress of IndustrialOrganizations (Saint Paul)
1944-1945
26 5 National War Labor Board: Portland Store 1944-1945
26 6 National War Labor Board: Press Coverage Statistics 1942-1944
26 7 National War Labor Board: Union Strike 1942-1946
27 1 National War Labor Board: U.R.W. and D.S.E.A. Congressof Industrial Organizations (Albany)
1942-1945
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Container(s) Description Dates
27 2 National War Labor Board: U.R.W. and D.S.E.A. Congressof Industrial Organizations (Chicago)
1942-1945
27 3 National War Labor Board: U.R.W. and D.S.E.A. Congressof Industrial Organizations (Denver)
1944-1945
27 4 National War Labor Board: U.R.W. and D.S.E.A. Congressof Industrial Organizations (Fort Worth)
1944
27 5 National War Labor Board: U.R.W. and D.S.E.A. Congressof Industrial Organizations (Kansas City)
1944-1945
27 6 National War Labor Board: U.R.W. and D.S.E.A. Congressof Industrial Organizations (Oakland)
1944-1945
27 7 New York Central Railroad Company 1954
27 8 Patents: Alien Property Custodian 1942-1945
27 9 Patents: Appliance Rollers 1921-1966
27 10-11 Patents: Automatic Clothes Dryer 1937-1952
28 1-2 Patents: Automatic Clothes Dryer 1887-1950
28 3 Patents: Automobile Mirrors 1951-1964
28 4 Patents: Bicycle Basket 1959
28 5 Patents: Bicycle Frame 1914-1951
28 6 Patents: Bicycle Skirt 1896
28 7 Patents: Boat Trailer 1954
28 8 Patents: Brake for Extensible Gas Fixtures 1879
28 9 Patents: Caps 1917-1965
28 10 Patents: Card Index 1930
28 11 Patents: Centifugal Separating Washing Apparatus 1910-1929
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Container(s) Description Dates
28 12 Patents: Clamp for Saddle Posts 1899
28 13 Patents: Combination Range and Hot Water Heater 1958
28 14 Patents: Combined Step Ladder 1957
28 15 Patents: Convertible Furniture 1916-1942
28 16 Patents: Coupling for Tubing 1959
29 1 Patents: Design Patents Owned by Montgomery Ward 1926-1945
29 2 Patents: Detachable Socket 1973-1974
29 3 Patents: Discharge for Separators 1942
29 4 Patents: Dishes 1937
29 5 Patents: Display Case Racks 1897-1962
29 6 Patents: Display Package 1929
29 7 Patents: Divided Skirt 1914
29 8 Patents: Dolls 1953
29 9 Patents: Electric Guitar 1959
29 10 Patents: Electric Range 1948
29 11-12 Patents: Folding Wheelchair 1862-1943
29 13 Patents: Fuel Pumps 1961-1963
29 14 Patents: Garland Construction 1961
29 15 Patents: Garment Form 1913-1915
29 16 Patents: Grass Catcher 1936-1963
29 17 Patents: Guitar 1960
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Container(s) Description Dates
29 18 Patents: Gun Rack 1956-1966
29 19 Patents: Gutter Ends 1924
29 20 Patents: Hand Winch 1963
29 21 Patents: Hangers 1878-1961
30 1 Patents: Hearing Aid 1967-1968
30 2 Patents: Heated Garments 1944-1965
30 3 Patents: Hosiery Packaging 1932-1958
30 4 Patents: Inflatable Cushion 1966
30 5 Patents: Injection Molding Machine 1954
30 6 Patents: Label 1899
30 7 Patents: Lawn Mower 1948-1952
30 8 Patents: Library Stack 1896
30 9 Patents: Lighting Fixtures 1926-1950
30 10 Patents: Low Pressure Tire Signal 1911
30 11 Patents: Milk Can Cover 1895
30 12 Patents: Photoflash Lamps 1944-1960
30 13 Patents: Pinless Dress Forms 1950
30 14 Patents: Portable Signalling Device 1959
30 15 Patents: Programming Control Mechanism 1958
30 16 Patents: Pulley Belt Control Device 1936
30 17 Patents: Record Changer 1968
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Container(s) Description Dates
30 18-19 Patents: Rotary Type Lawn Mower 1926-1957
30 20 Patents: Seat Post Clamp 1899
30 21 Patents: Shaft Coupling 1904
30 22 Patents: Sheet Iron Hollow Ware 1863
30 23 Patents: Sheet Metal Tea Kettle 1892
30 24 Patents: Shipping Package and Holder for Garments 1907
30 25 Patents: Sign Illumination 1932
30 26 Patents: Slip Joint 1919
30 27 Patents: Stop Box 1885
30 28 Patents: Stove Pipe Joints 1873
30 29 Patents: Telescope Mount for Firearms 1953-1966
30 30 Patents: Telescopic Joint 1891
30 31 Patents: Tent Pole 1929
30 32 Patents: Tire Alarm 1912-1943
30 33 Patents: Tire Pressure Gauge 1936
30 34 Patents: Toy Building Blocks 1961-1962
30 35 Patents: Tractor for Garden Cultivators and OtherImplements
1947
31 1 Patents: Trailer Awning 1951
31 2 Patents: Transmission and Clutch System 1952
31 3 Patents: Travel Trailer 1967
31 4 Patents: Tug Hook 1869
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Container(s) Description Dates
31 5 Patents: Waist Bands 1944
31 6 Portsmouth, Ohio Store 1957
31 7 Price Control: Civilian Production Adminstration 1944-1946
31 8 Price Control: Daily Reports 1941-1946
31 9 Price Control: Defense Production of 1950 withExplanation
1950
31 10 Price Control: Food Distribution Administration 1943-1944
31 11 Price Control: General Maximum Price Regulation 1942
31 12 Price Control: Highest Price Line Limitation, andAmendmet Thereof, Legislative History
1944
31 13 Price Control: Industrial Council 1942-1944
31 14-17 Price Control: Memoranda 1942-1944
32 1-4 Price Control: Memoranda 1945-1946
32 5 Price Control: Office of Emergency Management 1941
32 6 Price Control: Office of Production Management 1941
33 1 Price Control: Office of Production Management 1941-1942
33 2 Price Control: Price Control in a Defense Economy 1950
33 3 Price Control: Price Control O.P.A. 1942
33 4 Price Control: Price Orders 1942-1944
33 5 Price Control: Retail Ceiling Prices for Certain Apparel andHouse Furnishings
1945
33 6 Price Control: Service Trades 1945-1946
33 7 Price Control: Solid Fuels Administration for War 1944-1946
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Container(s) Description Dates
33 8 Price Control: United States of America Chamber ofCommerce Referendum Number 75
1941
33 9-10 Properties Owned by Aaron Ward Family - Abstracts ofTitle
1883-1899
34 1-4 Properties Owned by Aaron Ward Family - Abstracts ofTitle
1881-1906
35 1-3 Properties Owned by Aaron Ward Family - Abstracts ofTitle
1874-1905
35A 1-4 Properties Owned by Aaron Ward Family - Abstracts ofTitle
1886-1916
35B 1-4 Properties Owned by Aaron Ward Family - Abstracts ofTitle
1894-1935
35C 1-3 Properties Owned by Aaron Ward Family - Abstracts ofTitle
1905-1906,1924-1930
35C 4 Properties Owned by Montgomery Ward - Lists 1921-1964
35C 5 Prospectus 1946
35D 1 Public Relations: Advertisements 1875-1985
35D 2 Public Relations: Announcement of Decision to HaltCatalog Operations
1985
35D 3 Public Relations: Bed and Bath 1979
35D 4 Public Relations: Brochures 1936-1957
36 1 Public Relations: Brochures 1956-1957
36 2-3 Public Relations: Brownstone Project 1978-1980
36 4 Public Relations: Catalog - House Employee Move 1980
36 5 Public Relations: Catalog - Golden Anniversary 1922, 1975
36 5-7 Public Relations: Century of Service 1971-1973
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Container(s) Description Dates
36 8 Public Relations: Century II 1970-1973
36 9 Public Relations: Conversion of Chicago Avenue CatalogHouse
1979-1980
37 1 Public Relations: Conversion of Sixteen Retail Stores toJefferson Ward
1981
37 2 Public Relations: Credit Card Test 1979
37 3 Public Relations: Credit Insurance Plan 1975
37 4 Public Relations: Disco Dresses 1977
37 5 Public Relations: Duke University 1973
37 6 Public Relations: Fashion - Fall and Winter 1979
37 7 Public Relations: Fashion - Men's 1973
37 8 Public Relations: Fashion - New Fashion Focus-Summer 1980
37 9 Public Relations: Fashion - Rita Writes from Paris 1977-1980
37 10 Public Relations: Fashion - Western Release 1979
37 11 Public Relations: Fashion - Women's Boots 1978
37 12 Public Relations: Five Hundred Dollar Room 1977
37 13 Public Relations: Furniture of the Future 1973
37 14 Public Relations: Harms, Carol J. - Banking ServicesManager
1980
37 15 Public Relations: Health Care Center 1979
37 16 Public Relations: Home Furnishings 1977
37 17 Public Relations: Hudson Home Guide 1979
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Container(s) Description Dates
37 18 Public Relations: Mobil Corporation to Make Loan toMontgomery Ward
1980
37 19 Public Relations: Montgomery Collection 1976
38 1 Public Relations: Montgomery Ward New Logo 1982
38 2-3 Public Relations: New Building 1970-1974
38 4 Public Relations: Olympics - Auto Club 1975-1977
38 5 Public Relations: Presidential Sports Award 1972
38 6 Public Relations: Romance of Montgomery Ward &Company
circa1900s-1960s
38 7 Public Relations: State Street Closing 1982
38 8 Public Relations: State Street Opening 1965-1966
39 1 Public Relations: This Old House 1980
39 2-3 Public Relations: United States Bicentennial 1975-1976
39 5 Public Relations: Wendy Ward 1974
40 1-6 Rationing 1941-1944
41 1 Rationing 1945-1946
41 2 Regional Organization Charts 1932-1934, 1959
41 3-5 Reports: Annual Reports to Stockholders 1906-1967
41 6 Reports: Department Performances 1957-1958
41 7 Reports: Dollar Volume 1977-1981
41 8 Reports: Expert Business General Survey 1942
41 9 Reports: Market Opportunity 1956
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Container(s) Description Dates
41 10 Reports: National 4-H Home Economics ConsumerEducation Program
1967
42 1-3 Reports: Publicity Department 1935-1937
42 4 Reports: Retail Buying 1969
42 5 Reports: Sears Roebuck and Company/Montgomery Wardand Company Merger Proposal
1931
42 6-7 Reports: Source Takings 1978-1979
43 1-5 Reports: Source Takings 1980
43 6 Reports: Survey of Montgomery Ward & Company 1932
44 1 Reports: Tentative Sales, Marketing and AdvertisingAnalysis
1937
44 2 Reports: World's Fair Contest Plan and Its Results 1933
44 3 Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer 1939-1985
44 4 Stock Certificates 1873-1935
44 5 Store Locations and Opening Dates 1921-1974
44 6 Unexpected Generation 1969-1970
45 1 Ward, Aaron Montgomery 1913-1936
45 2-4 Wolfson's Attempt to Take Over the Company: BusinessBackground of Wolfson
1954-1955
45 5-6 Wolfson's Attempt to Take Over the Company: General 1954-1955
45 7 Wolfson's Attempt to Take Over the Company: ProxySoliciting
1954-1955
46 1 Wolfson's Attempt to Take Over the Company: ProxySoliciting
1954-1955
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Container(s) Description Dates
46 2 Wolfson's Attempt to Take Over the Company: SenateHearings on Proxy Contents
1955-1956
46 3 Wolfson's Attempt to Take Over the Company:Stockholder Survey
1955
46 4 Zook's Attempt to Take Over the Company 1934
Series II. Manuscript Files
Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
47 1 Avery Sewell (biographical information, author unkown,interviews)
1948-1980
47 2 Centennial History of Montgomery Ward, by Al Lief:Background Material
1944-1964
47 3-5 Centennial History of Montgomery Ward, by Al Lief:Background Notes
1969-1971
47 6 Centennial History of Montgomery Ward, by Al Lief:Correspondence
1969-1972
47 7 Centennial History of Montgomery Ward, by Al Lief: RoughDraft
1971
48 1 Donnelly-Ward Association, by H.P. Zimmerman: FinalDraft
1971
48 2 Forever Open, Free and Clear, by Lois Willie: Final Draft 1972
48 3-5 History of Montgomery Ward, by Fred Jameson: FinalDraft
1939
48 6 History of Montgomery Ward, by Fred Jameson:Background Material
1908-1960
48 7 Regulation of Business (author unkown, rough draft) 1949
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Series III. Catalogs-Montgomery Ward
Container(s) Description Dates
Sub-series 1. General Catalogs
Box Folder
49 1-6 Catalogs 1874-1879
50 1-4 Catalogs 1879-1882
51 1-4 Catalogs 1883-1885
52 1-4 Catalogs 1885-1887
53 1-3 Catalogs 1887-1888
54 1-2 Catalogs 1888-1889
55 1-3 Catalogs 1889-1890
56 1-2 Catalogs 1890-1891
57 1-2 Catalogs 1891-1892
58 1-2 Catalogs 1892-1893
59 1-2 Catalogs 1893-1894
60 1 Catalogs 1894
61 1-2 Catalogs 1894-1895
62 1-3 Catalogs 1895-1896
63 1-3 Catalogs 1897-1898
64 1-3 Catalogs 1898-1899
65 1-2 Catalogs 1899-1900
66 1-2 Catalogs 1900-1901
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Container(s) Description Dates
67 1-4 Catalogs 1902-1904
68 1-2 Catalogs 1905-1906
69 1-3 Catalogs 1906-1907
70 1 Catalogs 1908
71 1 Catalogs 1909
72 1-2 Catalogs 1910
73 1-3 Catalogs 1910-1912
74 1 Catalogs 1911-1912
75 1 Catalogs 1912
76 1-4 Catalogs 1913-1915
77 1-3 Catalogs 1915-1917
78 1-3 Catalogs 1917-1918
79 1-3 Catalogs 1918-1919
80 1-3 Catalogs 1920-1921
81 1-4 Catalogs 1921-1923
82 1-4 Catalogs 1923-1925
83 1-4 Catalogs 1925-1926
84 1-4 Catalogs 1926-1928
85 1-4 Catalogs 1928-1930
86 1-4 Catalogs 1930-1932
87 1-4 Catalogs 1932-1934
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Container(s) Description Dates
88 1-4 Catalogs 1934-1936
89 1-3 Catalogs 1936-1938
90 1-3 Catalogs 1938-1939
91 1-3 Catalogs 1939-1941
92 1-3 Catalogs 1941-1942
93 1-3 Catalogs 1942-1944
94 1-4 Catalogs 1944-1946
95 1-3 Catalogs 1946-1947
96 1-2 Catalogs 1947-1948
97 1-3 Catalogs 1948-1950
98 1-3 Catalogs 1950-1951
99 1-3 Catalogs 1951-1953
100 1-3 Catalogs 1953-1954
101 1-3 Catalogs 1954-1956
102 1-3 Catalogs 1956-1957
103 1-3 Catalogs 1957-1959
104 1-3 Catalogs 1959-1960
105 1-2 Catalogs 1960-1961
106 1-2 Catalogs 1961-1962
107 1-2 Catalogs 1962-1963
108 1-2 Catalogs 1963-1964
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Container(s) Description Dates
109 1-2 Catalogs 1964-1965
110 1-2 Catalogs 1965-1966
111 1-2 Catalogs 1966-1967
112 1-2 Catalogs 1967-1968
113 1-3 Catalogs 1968-1970
114 1-2 Catalogs 1970-1971
115 1-2 Catalogs 1971-1972
116 1-2 Catalogs 1972-1973
117 1-2 Catalogs 1973-1974
118 1-2 Catalogs 1974-1975
119 1-3 Catalogs 1975-1976
120 1-3 Catalogs 1976-1978
121 1-3 Catalogs 1978-1979
122 1-3 Catalogs 1979-1981
123 1-3 Catalogs 1981-1982
124 1-2 Catalogs 1982-1985
Sub-series 2. Specialty Catalogs
Box Folder
125 1 Air Compressors 1938-1939
125 2 Air Conditioning 1934
125 3 Apparel 1942-1943
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Container(s) Description Dates
125 4-9 Automotive Supplies 1914-1923
126 1-5 Auotomotive Supplies 1924-1927,1940-1941, 1985
126 6 Babies 1912-1913
126 7 Bicycles 1912-1913,1915, 1917-1920
126 8 Book of Premiums 1907
126 9 Books 1895-1896
126 10 Boots and Shoes 1897
127 1 Buggy and Harness 1900
127 2-8 Building Materials 1914-1930
128 1 Building Materials 1931-1932
128 2-4 Cameras 1898, 1947,1957, 1961-1962
128 5 Cane Mills 1936-1937,1939-1941
128 6 Cement for Farm Buildings 1910
128 7 Centrifugal Pumps 1910
128 8 Chickens 1930, 1935,1940
128 9 Chidren's 1957, 1963
128 10-11 Christmas 1932-1934
129 1-3 Christmas 1935-1937
130 1-3 Christmas 1938-1940
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Container(s) Description Dates
131 1-2 Christmas 1941-1942
132 1-2 Christmas 1943-1944
133 1-2 Christmas 1945-1946
134 1 Christmas 1947
135 1 Christmas 1948
136 1 Christmas 1949
137 1 Christmas 1950
138 1 Christmas 1951
139 1 Christmas 1952
140 1 Christmas 1953
141 1 Christmas 1954
142 1-2 Christmas 1955-1956
143 1-4 Christmas 1957-1960
144 1-5 Christmas 1961-1964
145 1-6 Christmas 1964-1968
146 1-6 Christmas 1968-1973
147 1-6 Christmas 1973-1977
148 1-6 Christmas 1978-1982
149 1 Christmas 1985
149 2 Cloaks, Suits, and Skirts 1900-1901
149 3 Coal-Wood Heater 1944
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Container(s) Description Dates
149 4 Coats 1946
149 5 Coffee Brewer 1920
149 6 Concrete Mixers 1939-1942
149 7 Conveyor (Scraper Type) 1940
149 8 Dairy: Bigger Cream Checks (Separator) 1923
149 9 Dairy: Bottle Caps 1938-1941
149 10 Dairy: Cream Separator 1910
149 11 Dairy: Equipment 1914-1915,1934, 1937-1940
149 12 Dairy: Guide to Greater Milk Profits (Cooler) 1937
149 13 Dairy: Pipeline Milker 1942
149 14 Dairy: Rapid Milkart 1939
149 15 Dairy: Zephyrator 1938
149 16 Decorating - Pictures 1940-1943
149 17 Dinnerware 1920
149 18 Electric Generating Systems 1945-1949
149 19 Electric Light and Power Plants 1918-1920,1932-1942, 1945
149 20 Electric Mill 1940
149 21 Electric Ranges 1939-1941, 1943
149 22 Electric Appliances 1938-1939
149 23 Farm 1898
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Container(s) Description Dates
150 1-8 Farm 1916-1917,1919,1922-1923,1937-1938,1943,1948-1951,1953, 1955-1959
151 1-4 Farm 1960-1963,1965-1967
151 5 Farm Elevators 1940
151 6-8 Farm, Lawn, and Garden 1968-1974
152 1-4 Farm, Lawn, and Garden 1975-1982
152 5 Feed and Ensilage Cutters 1910
152 6 Feed Mixers 1939-1942
152 7 Fine Jewelry and Gifts - Employees 1960
152 8 Fishing, Hunting, and Camping 1948, 1955
153 1-3 Fishing, Hunting, and Camping 1956-1961
153 4 Food Gifts 1969
153 5 Fruit Presses and Crushers 1937, 1940
153 6-9 Furniture 1896-1897,1900, 1904,1920, 1941-1943
153 10 Garages 1930-1931
153 11 Garden 1924, 1933-1937
154 1-3 Garden 1957, 1959,1962, 1964-1967
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Container(s) Description Dates
155 1-2 Gardening 1920, 1923,1930
154 4 Gas Ranges 1940-1941, 1950
154 5 Gasoline and Kerosene Engines 1911, 1914,1918-1920, 1937
154 6 Green Hay Silage 1940
154 7-8 Groceries 1886, 1888,1890, 1895,1907-1908,1910-1911
155 3 Hammermills 1938-1942
155 4 Hay Baler 1940, 1942
155 5-7 Heating 1915-1917,1921-1922,1940, 1942,1951, 1953-1954
155 8 Hogs 1916-1917
155 9 Hoists (Power) 1958, 1960
155 10 Homes 1911-1912, 1914
156 1-4 Homes 1916-1919,1922-1931
156 5 Honey Estractors 1936-1937, 1940
156 6 Hotel Supplies 1922
156 7 Incubators and Brooders circa 1915,1939-1941
156 8 Insect and Fungus Sprays 1938
156 9 Kitchens 1939-1940
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Container(s) Description Dates
156 10 Lawn Mowers (Power) 1939
156 11-13 Lighting Fixtures 1914-1923, 1941
157 1 Made-to-Order Clothing - Men 1915-1916
157 2 Modoc (Automobile) 1913
157 3 Paint 1911,1915-1921,1932, 1938-1943
157 4 Patterns 1915-1920
157 5 Pianos 1915-1922
157 6 Plumbing 1914,1916-1917,1920, 1937,1939-1940,1950, 1954-1955
157 7-8 Plumbing and Heating 1918-1920,1934-1935
158 1 Plywood Boats 1940-1941
158 2-3 Power Tools 1932-1935,1937-1939,1941-1943, 1958
158 4 Prefabricated Farm Buildings 1935
158 5 Pressure Cookers 1937, 1939
158 6 Quarterly Book Review 1897
158 7-8 Radios 1922-1925,1934, 1936-1941
158 9 Ready-to-Wear Clothing 1915-1916
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Container(s) Description Dates
158 10 Refrigerators 1919, 1937,1940-1941
158 11 Restaurant 1939-1940
158 12 Rugs and Carpets 1930, 1937-1942
158 13 Rural Telephone Lines - How to Build Them 1901
159 1-8 Sales 1916, 1922-1926
160 1-6 Sales 1926-1929
161 1-5 Sales 1929-1931
162 1-5 Sales 1932-1934
163 1-5 Sales 1934-1936
164 1-5 Sales 1937-1938
165 1-3 Sales 1939-1940
166 1-3 Sales 1940-1941
167 1-3 Sales 1942-1945
168 1-3 Sales 1945-1946
169 1-3 Sales 1947
170 1-2 Sales 1948
171 1-3 Sales 1949
172 1-7 Sales 1950-1951
173 1-6 Sales 1952-1953
174 1-3 Sales 1953-1954
175 1-4 Sales 1955
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Container(s) Description Dates
176 1-5 Sales 1956-1957
177 1-4 Sales 1957
178 1-4 Sales 1958
179 1-5 Sales 1958-1959
180 1-5 Sales 1959-1960
181 1-9 Sales 1961-1963
182 1-9 Sales 1963-1964
183 1-10 Sales 1965-1966
184 1-10 Sales 1967-1968
185 1-7 Sales 1969-1970
186 1-7 Sales 1970-1971
187 1-8 Sales 1971-1972
188 1-7 Sales 1972-1973
189 1-8 Sales 1974
190 1-8 Sales 1975-1976
191 1-8 Sales 1976-1977
192 1-8 Sales 1977-1979
193 1-7 Sales 1979-1980
194 1-8 Sales 1980-1981
195 1-2 Sales 1982, 1985
195 3 Sawmills 1935-1940,1942-1943
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Container(s) Description Dates
195 4 Scales 1937
195 5 Shearing and Chipping Equipment 1938-1939,1942-1943
195 6 Stockmen's Equipment 1936
195 7-8 Stoves 1910-1911, 1931
195 9 Surveying Instruments 1919, 1939
195 10-12 Tombstones and Monuments 1914-1916,1918-1923,1925-1926, 1929
195 13 Tools 1916-1917
195 14-15 Toys 1930-1931,1941, 1957,1961, 1963
196 1 Tractors 1935, 1937-1941
196 2 Travel 1961-1962
196 3 Typewriters 1916-1920
196 4 Underwear 1914-1915
196 5 Unexpected Generation 1970
196 6 Violins 1929
196 7 Violet Ray Instruments 1920s
196 8-10 Wall Papers 1912, 1915-1916
197 1-5 Wall Paper 1918-1922
198 1-5 Wall Paper 1923-1926, 1929
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199 1-6 Wall Paper 1930,1933-1934,1937, 1941-1942
200 1 Wall Paper 1952, 1955
200 2 Wheel Chairs 1929
200 3 Windmills 1940s
200 4 Wire Fencing 1910
200 5 Wood Fence 1940
200 6 Workwear 1985
Series IV. Photographs
Container(s) Description Dates
Sub-series 1. Historical
Box Folder
201 1 American Steel Products Company, Macombe, Illinois 1924
201 2 Anthony, Susan B. 1870s
201 3 Automobile Race, Chicago 1895, 1962
201 4 Bicycle Instruction circa 1890s
201 5 Cawker City, Kansas circa 1909
201 6 Chicago Fire
201 7 Corn Belt Harvesting early 1900s
201 8 Football - Cornell vs. Rochester 1889
201 9 Fort Worth, Texas 1910
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Container(s) Description Dates
201 10 Greeley, Horace circa 1855
201 11 Kansas City, Missouri circa 1900
201 12 Kentucky - Garage and Gas Station circa 1920
201 13 Meat Market, Colby, Kansas 1870s
Sub-series 2. Montgomery Ward
Box Folder
201 14 Avery, Sewell undated
201 15 Catalog Cover Painted by Norman Rockwell 1925
201 16 Chicago Plant 1924
201 17 Clerks Wearing Roller Skates circa 1880s
201 18 Illinois State Fair 1925
201 19 Marysville, Kansas 1926
201 20 Memorial, Grant Park 1962
201 21 Plymouth, Indiana 1926-1928
201 22 Oakland, California, Packaging Employees 1924
201 23 World War II Rubber Scrap Drive 1942
201 24 New York City Police Bicycle Squad 1898
201 25 New York City Street Crowd Listening to Radio Broadcastof President Coolidge Delivering His First Message toCongress
1923
201 26 Omaha, Nebraska 1860s
201 27 Plowing Demonstration, Sudbury, Massachusetts(Firestone)
1924
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Container(s) Description Dates
201 28 Radio (Zenith) 1923-1924
201 29 Rice Family, Round Valley, Nebraska 1888
201 30 Rural Free Delivery 1896
201 31 Solti, George (Chicago Symphony) undated
201 32 Suffragettes in New York City Victory Parade 1920
201 33 Telephone-Magneto Wall Set 1907
201 34 Tennessee Valley Before TVA - Wash Day 1933-1934
201 35 Testing Spade Grip Tractor Tires in France (Firestone) 1937
201 36 Union Pacific Golden Spike Ceremony 1869
201 37 Wholesale Fruit Market, Quincy, Massachusetts circa 1920
Sub-series 3. Product Designs
Box Folder
201 38 Actors Publicizing Montgomery Ward 1960s
201 39 Air Conditioners 1940s-1950s
201 40 Air Valves undated
201 41 Alarm Clocks 1930s-1940s
201 42 Automotive undated
201 43 Baby Care undated
202 1 Baby Furniture undated
202 2 Bathroom Furniture 1940s
202 3 Bicycles 1930s-1950s
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Container(s) Description Dates
202 4 Blackboards undated
202 5 Bunk Beds undated
202 6 Carpet Sweeper undated
202 7 Catalog Covers 1874-1972
202 8 Cosmetics undated
202 9 Cream Separators undated
202 10 Croquet Set 1950s
202 11 Dental undated
202 12 Dresser Set (Child's) 1935, 1937
202 13 Fans undated
202 14 Fielder's Gloves undated
202 15 Firescreens undated
202 16 Fishing Line undated
202 17 Flashlight 1940s
202 18 Flatware undated
202 19 Furniture 1940s-1950s
202 20 Furniture - Metropolitan Museum 1934-1935
202 21 Golf Balls undated
203 1 Harness Oil undated
203 2 Heaters 1930s-1940s
203 3 Hot Water Bottles undated
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Container(s) Description Dates
203 4 Hot Water Heaters undated
203 5 Irons 1930s-1940s
203 6 Kitchen Accessories 1930s-1940s
203 7 Kitchen Appliances 1940s
203 8 Kitchen - Coffee Brewers undated
203 9 Kitchen Furniture 1940s
203 10 Kitchen - Pots and Pans 1930s-1940s
203 11 Lawn Mowers undated
203 12 Lighting 1930s-1940s
203 13 Lunch Boxes 1940
203 14 Mangle undated
204 1 Medical Supplies undated
204 2 Musical Instruments undated
204 3 Outboard Motors 1950s
204 4 Paint Sprayers undated
204 5 Phonograph Record Players 1940s-1950s
204 6 Pull Toys 1950s
204 7-8 Radios 1940s-1950s
204 9 Refrigerators undated
204 10 Riding Toys 1930s-1950s
204 11 Roller Skates 1930s-1950s
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Container(s) Description Dates
204 12 Scales undated
204 13 Scooter undated
204 14 Sewing Machines undated
204 15 Sound Equipment undated
204 16 Stoves 1930s-1950s
205 1 Televisions 1940s-1950s
205 2 Toasters 1930s-1940s
205 3 Tools undated
205 4 Tractors 1914-1940s
205 5 Waffle Irons 1930s-1940s
205 6 Wagons 1931, 1950
205 7 Washing Machines 1860s,1920s-1930s
Series V. Scrapbooks
Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
206 1-4 Army Seizure of Montgomery Ward: Editorial Comments -Central States
1944
206 5-6 Army Seizure of Montgomery Ward: Editorial Comments -Eastern States
1944
206 7 Army Seizure of Montgomery Ward: Editorial Comments -Southern States
1944
207 1 Army Seizure of Montgomery Ward: Editorial Comments -Southern States
1944
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Container(s) Description Dates
207 2-3 Army Seizure of Montgomery Ward: Editorial Comments -Western States
1944
207 4 Army Seizure of Montgomery Ward: Readers' Letters tothe Editors
1944
207 5 Catalog Covers - Photographs 1874-1972
207 6 Century of Service 1970-1972
208 1 Century of Service 1970-1972
208 2-6 Company Management 1930-1955
209 1-5 Company Management 1956-1987
209 6 Day By Day Strike Report 1944
210 1-2 Day By Day Strike Report 1945-1946
210 3 Historical 1871-1937
210 4 Merchandise Mart Hall of Fame 1972
210 5 Store Openings: Bakersfield, California 1960
210 6 Store Openings: Chris Town Shopping Center, Phoenix,Arizona
1960
210 7 Store Openings: Corte Madera, California 1959-1960
210 8 Store Openings: Grossment Center, La Mesa, California 1961
210 9 Store Openings: National City, California 1959-1960
210 10 Store Openings: Panorama City Shopping Center, LosAngeles, California
1960-1961
210 11 Store Openings: Phoenix Metro Warehouse, Arizona 1961
210 12 Store Openings: Pleasant Hill, California 1961
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Container(s) Description Dates
210 13 Store Openings: Red Bluff, California 1960
210 14 Store Openings: Richmond, California 1959
210 15 Store Openings: Roseburg, Oregon 1961
210 16 Store Openings: San Leandro Distribution Center,California
1959
210 17 Store Openings: Tucson, Arizona 1959-1961
211 1 War Labor Board: Editorial Comments - Central States 1942-1943
211 2 War Labor Board: Editorial Comments - Eastern States 1942-1943
211 3 War Labor Board: Editorial Comments - Southern States 1942-1943
211 4 War Labor Board: Editorial Comments - Western States 1942-1943
211 5 War Labor Board: Unfavorable Comments - 1942-1943
212 1 National Safety Show - Montgomery Ward and Ford MotorCompany
1936
Series VI. Promotional Material
Container(s) Description Dates
Sub-series 1. Books
Box Folder
213 1 Autoharp Book, by Becky Blackley 1983
213 2 Chain Store Age Documentary on the Dynamic LeapForward, by John Baker
1964
213 3 Data of Ethics, by Herbert Spencer 1879
213 4-7 Forever Open, Clear and Free, by Lois Willie 1972
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Container(s) Description Dates
214 1 Furnish Your Home by Mail Catalogue, by Sarah and MaryGallick
1981
214 2-3 Improved Easy Method for Parlor Organ, by Whitney 1886
214 4 Inside Story of Farmers, by Malcolm Kay 1954
214 5 Lake Front, by Ruth Russell 1931
215 1 Midwestern Vernacular, Farm Structures in Kane County,Illinois, by Kane County Development Department
1980
215 2 Montgomery Ward and Company Everyday Cook Book, byMontgomery Ward
undated
215 3 Montgomery Ward and Company's Story Book, byMontgomery Ward
1897
215 4 Nation On Wheels, by McCall's Magazine 1929
215 5 The Story of Selling - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, byCrowell-Collier Publishing Company
1946
215 6 Ward and Allied Families, by Marjorie Montgomery Ward 1930
215 7 Ward's Entry into the Chain Store Field, by Fred Jameson 1948
216 1 The Wonderful World of Toys, Games and Dolls,1863-1930, by Joseph Schroeder (editor)
1971
216 2 Wunderlich's Salute, by Marvin Miller 1983
Sub-series 2. Pamphlets
Box Folder
216 3 The American Gestapo At Work, by T.J. Priestley 1944
216 4 The Art of Good Butchering, by Montgomery Ward andCompany
1933-1940
216 5 The Art of Living Successfully, by Mutual EstateAssociations
1930
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Container(s) Description Dates
216 6 Beautiful Windows With Lace, by Martha Stewart 1939
216 7 Business Trends Based On a Coast to Coast Survey, byGilbert Mackay
1938
216 8 Capitalism the Creator, by Carl Snyder 1940
216 9 A Century of Serving Consumers, 1872-1972: The Story ofMontgomery Ward, by Frank Latham
1972
216 10 Champion Papers - Catalogues, by ChampionInternational Corporation
1980
216 11 Chicago, by Colourpicture Publishers 1951
216 12 Chicago, the Sky's the Limit, by Illinois Arts Council 1984
216 13 Cold Cooking, by Montgomery Ward 1940, 943
216 14 Consumer Research and Consumer Education, by HenryWeaver
1935
216 15 Consumer Shopping Habits by Income and OccupationalGroups, by Perham Nahl
1940
216 16 Development and Use of Rayon and Other SyntheticFibers, by United States Department of Agriculture
1938
216 17 Do Reduced Crops Increase Farmers' Income?, byNational Conference Board, Inc.
1939
216 18 Employment and Unemployment of the Labor Force,1900-1940, by National Conference Board, Inc.
1940
216 19 The Factor's Almanac, by James Talcott, Inc. 1938
217 1 The Farm Market Today and Tomorrow, by BusinessWeek
1937
217 2 Fiftieth Anniversary Dinner, by Montgomery Ward andCompany
1922
217 3 Five Years of Industrial Peace, by C.E. Wilson 1950
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217 4 Focus on the Future, by Montgomery Ward 1960s
217 5 A Forecast of Better Times and Eleven ays to HastenThem, by Frank Seidman
1938
217 6 Forecasting from Synoptic Weather Charts, by RichardWeightman
1941
217 7 Forging Ahead Through Research, by Liberty Bank ofBuffalo
1938
217 8 General Conference of Executives, by Montgomery Wardand Company
1923-1924
217 9 Hand Book Information for Foreign Buyers, byMontgomery Ward and Company
1897
217 10 The History and Progress of Montgomery Ward andCompany, by Montgomery Ward and Company
1927
217 11 How to Make Draperies, by Montgomery Ward 1940
217 12 How to Make Slipcovers, by Montgomery Ward 1939-1940
217 13 How to Upholster, by Montgomery Ward 1940
217 14 The Human Side of an Industrial Corporation, byMontgomery Ward and Company
1916
217 15 Hummer Manufacturing Company, by Montgomery Ward circa 1946
217 16 In Appreciation of Jeannette King, by Montgomery Ward 1921
217 17 Industrial Prices and Their Relative Inflexibility, by UnitedStates Department of Agriculture
1935
217 18 Industrial Surveys, by University of Kansas 1930
217 19 An Industrial Utopia, by Jeannette King 1919
217 20 Information for Guidance of Employees, by MontgomeryWard
circa 1910
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Container(s) Description Dates
217 21 Interesting Facts About the Mail Order Business, byMontgomery Ward and Company
1920s
217 22 The McCann Index of General Buying Power, by H.K.McCann Company
1930
217 23 The Mail Order Business, by Montgomery Ward andCompany
1900
217 24 The Making of a Catalogue, by Montgomery Ward andCompany
1903
217 25 The Market for Domestic Refrigerators, by Refrigerationand Air Conditioning Institute
1939
217 26 Marketing of Services, by W.A. Ruff 1934
217 27 Marketing Pictographs, by Sales Management 1940
217 28 Modern Glass, by Stueben Glass, Inc. 1939
217 29-30 Montgomery Ward and Company: Almanac and Yearbook 1897-1899, 1901
218 1 Montgomery Ward and Company: Business Calculator 1875, 1895
218 2 Montgomery Ward and Company: Investment and SavingsPlan
1928-1929
218 3 Montgomery Ward and Company: Profit Sharing Plan circa 1970
218 4 Montgomery Ward and Company: Standard WebsterDictionary for the Vest Pocket
1900
218 5 100th Anniversary Dinner, Montgomery Ward andCompany and the First National Bank of Chicago, byMontgomery Ward and Company
1972
218 6 Our Silver Anniversary, by Montgomery Ward andCompany
1897
218 7 A Personal Letter, by Montgomery Ward and Company 1931
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Container(s) Description Dates
218 8 The Place of Advertising in the American Scheme, byRalph Butler
1940
218 9 Planning Your Planting, by Francis King 1936
218 10 Preview Program of the Expanding Wards, byMontgomery Ward
1960
218 11 Reappraisal of the Outlook, by Wertheim and Company 1938
218 12 Retail Mail Order Merchandising, by Montgomery Wardand Company
1940s
218 13 The Revolution Was, by Garet Garrett 1944
218 14 Selecting Locations for Retail Stores, by Metropolitan LifeInsurance Company
1935
218 15 The Selection of a Business Site, by Malcolm Proudfoot 1938
218 16 A Service That Knows No Barrier - Missionary Bureau, byMontgomery Ward and Company
1919
218 17 The Simple Truth - Sizing Up Franklin Roosevelt, by MarkGranite
1940
218 18 These Days - Crusading for Human Efficiency, byMontgomery Ward
1917
218 19 Things Are Changing At Montgomery Ward, byMontgomery Ward
1970
218 20 This Is Wards, You'll Like It Here, by Montgomery Ward 1970
218 21 Tower Topics, by Montgomery Ward and Company 1884
218 22 Trails to Trapping Profits, by Montgomery Ward andCompany
1931
218 23 Trapper's Gazette, by Montgomery Ward and Company 1933-1934
218 24 A Trip Towards the Sky, by Montgomery Ward andCompany
circa 1900
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Container(s) Description Dates
218 25 Visitors and Buyers Guide to Chicago, by MontgomeryWard and Company
1903
218 26 Wards Wage Plan, by Montgomery Ward 1947-1948
218 27 Wardway, by Montgomery Ward undated
218 28 What Are the Facts About the Taft-Hartley Act?, byMontgomery Ward
1948
218 29 Working With Wards, by Montgomery Ward and Company 1930s
218 30 You Are Montgomery Ward, Welcome, by MontgomeryWard
1871
218 31 Your Opportunities, by Montgomery Ward 1940s
Sub-series 3. Periodicals
Box Folder
219 1-3 Among Ourselves 1904-1908
219 4 The Connecting Link 1913
220 1-5 Forward 1922-1927
221 1-6 Forward 1927-1932
222 1-4 Forward 1956-1960
223 1-3 Forward 1960-1963
224 1-3 Forward 1963-1966
225 1-3 Forward 1966-1970
Sub-series 4. Speeches
Box Folder
226 1 Army Seizure of Montgomery Ward 1944
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Container(s) Description Dates
226 2 A Balance of Power - The Prerequisite to True CollectiveBargaining
1946
226 3 The Big Step 1989
226 4 A Century of Service 1971
226 5 Economic Conditions Affecting Retailers for the SecondHalf of 1937 from the Viewpoint of Commodity Prices andDomestic and Foreign Influences
1937
226 6 Focus on the Customer 1989
226 7 Historical Recap 1988
226 8 Influence of Farm Crops and Business Recovery 1935
226 9 Leadership 1917
226 10 Marcor Investment 1975
226 11 Marcor's Retail Business Update 1975
226 12 A Measure of Purchasing Power, Inflation and Deflation 1939
226 13 Mobil Managers' Meeting Presentation 1986
226 14 Mobil Merger 1976
226 15 Montgomery Ward's Performance and Future Outlook 1974
226 16 National Wealth and Income 1933
226 17 New Dimensions of Retailing in the 1980s 1979
226 18 Present Buying Trends 1975
226 19 Price Inflexibility and the Requirements of a StabilizedMonetary Policy
1934
226 20 Regional Management Organization 1957
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226 21 Restructuring of Montgomery Ward 1987-1988
226 22 Retailing in 1981 and throughout the 1980s 1980
226 23 Retail's Role 1974
226 24 Sales Quotas, Consumer Demand and Profitable Markets 1927
226 25 Seventh Annual Conference of Executives 1928
226 26 The Situation in Chain Store Distribution 1936
226 27 Time Is Money-Plus 1979
226 28 Toward Regulating Stability and Retailing and the FTC 1976
226 29 What About the Next Depression? 1935
226 30 Where Does the Consumer's Dollar Go? 1936
226 31 A Yardstick to Take the Guess Out of Marketing 1935
Series VII. Manuscript Sheet Music
Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
227 1-6 Man Behind the Gun (Opening and Closing Themes) 1940s
228 1-5 Man Behind the Gun (Opening and Closing Themes;Orchestra Parts 2-12)
1940s
229 1-5 Man Behind the Gun (Orchestra Parts 13-37) 1940s
230 1-6 Man Behind the Gun (Orchestra Parts 38-62) 1940s
231 1-5 Man Behind the Gun (Orchestra Parts 63-88) 1940s
232 1-5 Man Behind the Gun (Orchestra Parts 89-113) 1940s
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233 1-6 Man Behind the Gun (Orchestra Parts 114-138) 1940s
234 1-6 Man Behind the Gun (Orchestra Parts 139-165) 1940s
235 1-6 Man Behind the Gun (Orchestra Parts 166-192) 1940s
236 1-6 Man Behind the Gun (Orchestra Parts 193-220) 1940s
237 1-6 Man Behind the Gun (Orchestra Parts 221-246) 1940s
238 1-5 Man Behind the Gun (Orchestra Parts 247-267) 1940s
239 1-6 Man Behind the Gun (Orchestra Parts 268-283) 1940s
240 1-5 Man Behind the Gun (Orchestra Parts 284-293) 1940s
241 1-6 Man Behind the Gun (Orchestra Parts 294-313) 1940s
242 1-6 Man Behind the Gun (Orchestra Parts 314-334) 1940s
243 1-6 Man Behind the Gun (Orchestra Parts 335-358) 1940s
244 1 Man Behind the Gun (Orchestra Parts 359-361) 1940s
244 2-6 This Is Our Enemy (Orchestra Parts 266-299) 1940s
245 1-6 This Is Our Enemy (Orchestra Parts 300-317) 1940s
246 1-6 This Is Our Enemy (Orchestra Parts 318-336) 1940s
247 1-5 This Is Our Enemy (Orchestra Parts 337-355) 1940s
Series VIII. Catalogs-Montgomery Ward's Competitors
Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
248 1-5 Aldens 1954, 1963-1964
249 1-4 Aldens 1965-1966
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Container(s) Description Dates
250 1-5 Aldens 1966-1967
251 1-5 Aldens 1967-1968
252 1-5 Aldens 1969
253 1-6 Aldens 1969-1971
254 1-5 Aldens 1972-1974
255 1-7 Aldens 1974-1976
256 1-6 Aldens 1977-1978
257 1-8 Aldens 1978-1979
258 1-5 Aldens 1980-1981
258 6-7 Eatons 1970
259 1-6 Eatons 1970-1971
260 1-6 Eatons 1972-1973
261 1-4 Eatons 1973-1974
262 1-3 Eatons 1975-1976
262 4-5 J.C. Penney 1963
263 1-3 J.C. Penney 1964
264 1-4 J.C. Penney 1965-1966
265 1-5 J.C. Penney 1966-1967
266 1-6 J.C. Penney 1967-1968
267 1-5 J.C. Penney 1968-1969
268 1-5 J.C. Penney 1969-1970
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269 1-4 J.C. Penney 1970-1972
270 1-4 J.C. Penney 1972-1974
271 1-5 J.C. Penney 1974-1975
272 1-3 J.C. Penney 1975-1976
273 1-5 J.C. Penney 1977
274 1-5 J.C. Penney 1977-1978
275 1-6 J.C. Penney 1978-1979
276 1-4 J.C. Penney 1979-1980
277 1-4 J.C. Penney 1980-1981
278 1-5 J.C. Penney 1981
279 1-4 J.C. Penney 1981-1982
280 1-5 John Plain 1964-1970
281 1-6 Sears 1954-1956
282 1-3 Sears 1956-1957
283 1-4 Sears 1957-1958
284 1-3 Sears 1958-1959
285 1-5 Sears 1959-1960
286 1-5 Sears 1961-1962
287 1-4 Sears 1962-1963
288 1-5 Sears 1963-1964
289 1-4 Sears 1964-1965
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290 1-3 Sears 1965-1966
291 1-5 Sears 1966-1967
292 1-3 Sears 1967
293 1-3 Sears 1967-1968
294 1-6 Sears 1968-1969
295 1-3 Sears 1969-1970
296 1-4 Sears 1970-1971
297 1-5 Sears 1971-1972
298 1-3 Sears 1972-1973
299 1-3 Sears 1973-1974
300 1-4 Sears 1974-1975
301 1-6 Sears 1975-1976
302 1-4 Sears 1976-1977
303 1-3 Sears 1977
304 1-6 Sears 1977-1978
305 1-5 Sears 1978-1979
306 1-4 Sears 1979
307 1-3 Sears 1979-1980
308 1-8 Sears 1980-1981
309 1-7 Sears 1981
310 1-5 Sears 1981-1982
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311 1-2 Sears 1982
311 3-4 Spiegel 1962-1963
312 1-6 Spiegel 1964-1965
313 1-5 Spiegel 1965-1967
314 1-6 Spiegel 1967-1968
315 1-5 Spiegel 1968-1969
316 1-6 Spiegel 1969-1970
317 1-6 Spiegel 1971-1974
318 1-7 Spiegel 1975-1977
319 1-7 Spiegel 1977-1978
320 1-7 Spiegel 1978-1980
321 1-8 Spiegel 1980-1981
322 1-6 Spiegel 1981-1983
Series IX. Artifacts
Container(s) Description Dates
ArtifactStorage
Bicentennial Flags (2) 1976
ArtifactStorage
Cash Register circa 1880s
ArtifactStorage
Brass Sign - "Montgomery Ward & Company RetailDepartment Store"
circa 1926
Series X. Microfilm
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Container(s) Description Dates
MicrofilmStorage
35 MM Microfilm Copies of Montgomery Ward Catalogs(194 items)
1873-1986
Subordinate Component # 11
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Names and SubjectsSubject Terms :Commercial catalogs.Consolidation and merger of corporations.Labor disputes.Mail-order business.Price regulation.Radio music.World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects.Personal Names :Avery, Sewell L. (Sewell Lee), 1873-1960.Van Cleave, Nathan, 1910-1970.Ward, Montgomery, 1844-1913.Wolfson, Louis E.Corporate Names :Aldens, Inc. -- Catalogs.J.C. Penney Co. -- Catalogs.Sears, Roebuck and Company -- Catalogs.Speigel -- Catalogs.United States. National War Labor Board (1942-1945)Geographical Names :Chicago (Ill.) -- History.Form or Genre Terms :Artifacts.Editorial cartoons.Financial records.Legal documents.Legal files.Mail order catalogs.Microfilms.Photographs.Scores.
Montgomery Ward records, 1849-1989http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv470617 52
Titles within the Collection :Man behind the gun (Radio program)Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer.This is our enemy (Radio program)
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Montgomery Ward records, 1849-1989http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv470617 53