Directory of Corporate Archives in the United States and Canada
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Complete Entries Arranged Alphabetically
by Name of Corporation,
A-B
AA World Services, Inc.
475 Riverside Drive, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10115
Contact: Amy Filiatreau, CA
Telephone: 212-870-3900
Fax: 212-870-3003
E-Mail: archives@aa.org
Type of Business:
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
Updated February 22, 2006
Abbott Laboratories
Abbott Park, IL 60064
Contact: Cindy Strowig, Manager, Corporate Records
Telephone: 312-937-7315
Fax:
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Pharmaceuticals
Hours of Service: M-F 8:15am - 4:55pm
Conditions of Access: Prior arrangement
Holdings: 1851 - present; bulk dates, 1890 - present
Total Volume: 400 linear feet
Description: Books on alkaloidal pharmaceuticals, employee and corporate
publications, news clippings, annual and quarterly reports, biographical
material on officers, photographs of personnel, activities, and facilities,
advertising and sales materials, products and artifacts.
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Margaret Herrick Library
333 South La Cienega Boulevard
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Contact: Linda Harris Mehr
Telephone: 310-247-3000
Fax: 310-657-5193
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Trade Association
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
ABC News
47 West 66th Street
New York, NY 10023
Contact: Joel Kanoff, Manager, ABC Film/Videotape Library and Archives
Telephone: 212-456-4211
Fax: 212-456-4314
E-Mail: Joel.Kanoff@abc.com
Type of Business: Newspaper and magazine publishing, broadcasting
Hours of Service: 24-hour service
Conditions of Access: Raw footage available to the public through payment of
license fees.
Holdings: Inclusive dates 1963-present
Total Volume: 700,000 videocassette tapes, 6 million feet of news film, 12,000
cartons of news film outtakes and documentaries.
Description: Videocassette (3/4") and Betacam of field material and news
stories. 16mm film of news events shot in the field. Off-air recordings of ABC
News programming. Film documentaries and outtakes.
ACE
INA
ACE Archives –
WA01C
436 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Contact:
Joan Lowe, Corporate Archivist
Telephone: 215-640-4918.
FAX: 215-640-5753
E-Mail: Joan.Lowe@ace-ina.com
Type of Business: Insurance
Hours of Service: M-F 8:00am-4:00pm
Conditions
of Access: Access requests are considered at the discretion of the Corporate
Archivist.
Holdings:
1792-present
Total
Volume: 2200 linear feet
Description:
The ACE Archives holds current and non-current records of lasting value for ACE
Limited and its subsidiary and predecessor companies. ACE’s oldest company, the
Insurance Company of North America, was chartered in Independence Hall in 1792.
Therefore, the ACE collections are riddled with the well-known names of early
colonial American merchants, financiers, and founding fathers as they concern
themselves with the economic growth of a new nation, and with the business,
political, social events of their time. The archives offer a unique business
perspective to major world and national events from the 18th Century
to the present. Noteworthy are those records documenting the perils of early
the American merchant marine trade.
Updated: August 17, 2007
Aetna Inc.
Archives/Law Library, RC61
151 Farmington Ave.
Hartford, CT 06156
Contact: Frances M. Bertelli
Telephone: 860-273-9894
Fax: 860-273-8340
E-Mail: bertellifm@aetna.com
Type of Business: Insurance and employee benefits
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access: Restricted access.
Holdings: 1850 - present
Total Volume:
Description: The strength of this predominately Aetna-specific collection is
its corporate communications materials
Updated February 19, 2008
Agway, Inc.
5761 Celi Drive
East Syracuse, NY 13057
Contact: Dianne Liuzzi Hagan, Record Center Manager
Telephone: 315-449-8404
Fax: 315-449-8399
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Agriculture
Hours of Service: M-F 8:00am - 4:30pm
Conditions of Access: By request; Agway personnel only.
Holdings: 1930 - present; bulk dates: 1980 - present
Total Volume: 20,000 cartons
Description: The majority of records are legal, accounting, tax and personnel
records. The files are stored in original form, microfilm, microfiche and
computer tapes.
AirTouch Communications
Corporate Archives
1 California Street, 17th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
Contact: Tracey Panek
Telephone: 415-658-2235
Fax: 415-658-2411
E-Mail: tracey.panek@ccmail.airtouch.com
Type of Business: Cellular/paging service
Hours of Service: By appointment
Conditions of Access:
Holdings: 1983-present
Total Volume:
Description: Company records of a 10 year old wireless communications company
(cellular/paging). Includes printed material, photos and internal documents.
Alabama Power Company
Corporate Archives
600 North 18th Street
Birmingham, AL 35291
Contact: William A. Tharpe, Corporate Archivist
Telephone: 205-250-2067
Fax: 205-250-2075
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Electric Utility
Hours of Service: 7:30am-4:30pm CST
Conditions of Access: Restricted. Outside requests subject to approval of
corporate archivist and management.
Holdings: Company and predecessors' records, visuals, and artifacts,
1880s-present.
Total Volume: 1,000 cubic feet
Description: Documents the history of the company, its predecessors, and
holding companies. Also documents the company's role in the economic development
of Alabama and the growth of electric power generation throughout the southeast.
Holdings include: Incorporation papers, correspondence of company leaders, legal
documents, company and electronic power industry publications, graphic
materials, photographs and motion pictures, artifacts, and sound recordings.
These holdings illustrate, among other topics, the development of electrical
power in Alabama, attraction of industry to the state, controversies over the
establishment of the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the founding of the
Southern Research Institute.
Alexander
Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (AG Bell)*
3417 Volta Place, NW
Washington, DC 20007
www.agbell.org
Contact: Archival Services Department, The History Factory
14140 Parke Long Court
Chantilly, VA 20151-1649
www.historyfactory.com
Telephone: 703.631.0500
Fax: 703.631.1124
E-Mail: agbell@historyfactory.com
Type of Business: International
membership organization and resource center on hearing loss and spoken language
approaches and related issues.
Hours of Service: 9:00am - 5:30pm
Conditions of Access: Restricted. Outside requests for information
subject to approval by AG Bell.
Holdings: 1790-present
Total Volume: 473 linear feet
Description: Holdings are comprised of the original correspondence of
Alexander Graham Bell (and Helen Keller), hearing devices and memorabilia, an
extensive historical library, photographs, deaf educational materials, financial
and administrative records, educational film and video and assorted Volta Bureau
publications.
Updated August 1, 2003
Alliance Capital Management, L.P.*
1345 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10105
www.aliancecapital.com
Contact: Kristen Siano
Telephone: 212-969-6387
Fax: 212-969-6180
E-Mail: Kristin_Siano@acml.com
Type of Business: Investment Management
Hours of Service: 9:00am - 5:30pm
Conditions of Access: Restricted. Outside requests for information subject to
approval by Alliance Capital Management.
Holdings: c. 1962-present
Total Volume: 108 linear feet
Description: Holdings consist of executive and BOD papers, oral history
transcripts, videotapes and audio tapes; marketing material including product
brochures and reports; company publications; financial services industry source
material; and financial material.
Updated August 1, 2003
The Allstate Corporation*
2775 Sanders Rd.
Northbrook, IL 60062
www.allstate.com
Contact: Corporate Communications
Telephone: 847-402-5000
Type of Business: Financial and Insurance services
Hours of Service: 9:00am - 5:30pm
Conditions of Access: Restricted. Outside requests for information
subject to approval by Allstate Insurance Company.
Holdings: 1931-present
Total Volume: 400 linear feet
Description: The collection chronicles the growth of the Allstate
Insurance Company from a subsidiary founded in 1931 by Sears, Roebuck and Co. to
an independent corporation. Archive is comprised of a large collection of
unprocessed materials and a refined collection of core historical records, which
include: company histories, annual reports, periodicals, press releases,
photographs, speeches, biographical files and scrapbooks.
Updated: August 1, 2003
Alticor Corporation
7575 East Fulton (44-2F)
Ada, MI 49355-0001
Contact: Bobbie Minier, Supervisor Corporate Library, Archives, Records
Telephone: 616-787-5276
Fax: 616-787-7142
E-Mail: Bobbie_Minier@alticor.com
Type of Business: Manufacturing
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access: Restricted. Outside requests for information are
subject to approval of archivist.
Holdings: 1959-present
Total Volume:
Description: Holdings consist of digital and film-based corporate
communication elements, i.e., photos, audio videos, multimedia, documents,
manuscripts, museum objects, that tell the story of Alticor people, products,
processes, and places.
Updated: October 24, 2002
American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation (AAFP Foundation)
Center for the History of Family Medicine
11400 Tomahawk Creek parkway
Leawood, KS 66211-2672
Contact: Sharron G. Uhler, Manager
Telephone: 913-906-6000, x4420
Fax: 913-906-6095
E-Mail: suhler@aafp.org
Type of Business: Trade Association, Medical Society
Hours of Service: M-F 8:00am-4:30pm
Conditions of Access: Open to staff and legitimate researchers after
consultation with the archivist
Holdings: 1911-present
Total Volume: 1,600 cubic feet
Updated January 17, 2004
American Academy of Pediatrics
141 Northwest Point Boulevard
Elk Grove Village, IL 60009
Contact: John Zwicky, Ph.D.
Phone: 847-981-7093
Fax: 847-228-5097
E-Mail: jzwicky@aap.org
Type of Business: Medical society
Hours of Service: Archivist M-W-F, 7:00am - 3:30pm (please make an
appointment); Library M-F, 8:00am - 4:30pm (please make an appointment)
Conditions of Access: Open to all doing research on the history of
pediatrics.
Holdings:
Total Volume:
Description: Mostly Academy materials: publications, Board
minutes and other records, photos, video and audio tapes, some artifacts.
Non-Academy collections include a growing collection of pediatric textbooks and
other books dealing with specific aspects of pediatrics, oral histories of
prominent pediatricians, the Gauchet and Sarff collections of infant feeders and
other pediatric antiquities. The Pediatric History Center will also serve
as the repository for he records of the American Pediatric Society and the
Society of Adolescent Medicine. Staff will photocopy materials on request
for a fee.
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA)
222 S. Prospect Avenue
Park Ridge, IL 60068-4001
Contact: Lee Fosburgh, Archivist; Mary Tyner, Librarian
Telephone: 708-692-7050, ext. 378
Fax:
E-Mail: lfosburg@nslsilus.org (Fosburgh)
Type of Business: Trade Association
Hours of Service: 8:00am-4:00pm, Monday - Friday
Conditions of Access: Restricted to members. Outside requests subject to the
approval of the Archivist or Executive Director.
Holdings: 1880-present
Total Volume: 2,000 linear feet
Description: The AANA Archives contains records from the executive office
located in Park Ridge, IL. The Archives also collects records of individuals or
corporations involved in the profession of nurse anesthesia. The Archives also
collects oral history interviews of members and is the official repository of
the International Federation of Nurse Anesthetists.
American Chemical Society
News Service
1155 16th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
Contact: James Bohning
Telephone: 800-227-5558
Fax:
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Trade Association
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
American College of Physicians
Independence Mall West
Sixth Street at Race
Philadelphia, PA 19106-1572
Contact: Heather Willever-Farr
Telephone:
Fax:
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Trade Association
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
American
College of Radiology*
1891
Preston White Drive
Reston, VA 20191
www.acr.org
Contact: Archival Services Department, The History Factory
14140 Parke Long Court
Chantilly, VA 20151-1649
www.historyfactory.com
Telephone: 703.631.0500
Fax: 703.631.1124
E-Mail: acr@historyfactory.com
Type of Business: Non-profit organization advocating improvement in
science of radiology.
Hours of Service: 9:00am - 5:30pm
Conditions of Access: Restricted. Outside requests for information
subject to approval by American College of Radiology.
Holdings: 1924- present
Total Volume: 632 linear feet
Description: Holdings are comprised of organizational records,
information relating to the history and development of radiology, photographs,
videos, books, glass plate negatives and antique radiology equipment.
Updated August 1, 2003
American Cyanamid Company
Agricultural Research Division
P.O. Box 400
Princeton, NJ 08543-0400
Contact: Peggy Seymour
Telephone: 609-799-0400
Fax: 609-275-3512
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Agriculture/Chemical manufacturing
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
American Express Company*
American Express Tower
5th Floor, World Financial Center
New York, NY 10285
Contact: Ira Galtman
Telephone: 212-640-6054
Fax: 212-619-9804
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Travel, Travel-Related Services, Banking and Financial
Services
Hours of Service: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Conditions of Access: By appointment only
Holdings: 1850-present
Total Volume: 1,100 square feet
Description: Holdings consist of papers of founding partners and CEOs,
articles of association, board and executive committee minutes, financial
records, company newsletters and publications, express business periodicals,
annual reports, product samples, advertising material, travel brochures and
posters, maps, posters and artwork documenting American Express-sponsored
cultural programs, and 25,000 photographs of American Express travel offices,
events, and employees.
Updated December 27, 2005
American Family Insurance
6000 American Parkway
Madison, WI 53783-0001
Contact: Patricia M. Peirce, Records Retention Supervisor
Telephone: 608-249-0100, ext. 33167
Fax: 608-243-4904
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Insurance and insurance-related services
Hours of Service: 8:00am-4:10pm
Conditions of Access: Restricted
Holdings: 1927-present
Total Volume:
American Gas Company
1515 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22209
Contact: Steven J. Dorner, Director, Industry Information Services
Telephone: 703-841-8416
Fax:
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Trade Association
Hours of Service: M-F 9:00am-5:00pm
Conditions of Access: By appointment only
Holdings: 1805-present; bulk dates, 1870-1900, 1920-present
Total Volume: 25,000 books, 200,000 vertical files, 1,000 microfilm
Description: Variety of materials recording the gas industry in America, from
manufactured gas utilities supplying street and factory lighting to cities
(1800-1870) to natural gas utilities supplying energy to American homes,
businesses and factories (1900-present). Also documents the rise of federal and
state regulation of utilities.
American General Corporation
2929 Allan Parkway
Houston, TX 77019
Contact: Judy Brumbelow
Telephone: 713-831-1101
Fax: 713-831-1094
E-Mail:
Type of Business:
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
American Hospital Association
AGA Resource Center
One North Franklin
Chicago, IL 60606
Contact: Michael McCue
Telephone: 312-422-2014
Fax: 312-280-3061
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Trade Association
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
American Insurance Association
1130 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20036
Contact: Allen K. Haddox
Telephone: 202-828-7183
Fax:
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Trade Association
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
American International Group, Inc.
72 Wall St., 10th Floor
New York City, NY 10005
Contact: Peter J. Bahra
Director, AIG Archives and Special Properties
Telephone: (212)770-3066
Fax:
Email:
Type of Business: Insurance/Financial Services
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access: By individual review.
Holdings: 1794-current; bulk dates 1930-present.
Total Volume: Approximately 1800 cu. ft.
Description of Collections: Permanent records of AIG, its predecessors and
subsidiaries; includes film, tape and photographs.
Updated July 9, 2007
American Medical Association
515 North State Street
Chicago, IL 60610
Contact: Allen J. Podraza, Director, Department of Records Management
and Archives, (312) 464-4183, allen_podraza@ama-assn.org;
Laura L. Carroll, Archivist, (312) 464-5130, laura_carroll@ama-assn.org; Robert Tenuta, Reference Archivist, (312) 464-4058, robert_tenuta@ama-assn.org
Telephone: See above
Fax: 312-464-5826
E-Mail: See above
Type of Business: Professional Association
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access: Historical Health Fraud and Alternative Medicine
Collection – open to the public, appt. required; Organizational records open
to AMA staff and members only
Holdings: 1847 - present (Historical Health Fraud Collection bulk dates: 1906-1975)
Total Volume:
Description: The Historical Health Fraud
and Alternative Medicine Collection amounts to 371 cubic feet (1,000 boxes). The
core of the Collection consists of letters of inquiry received from physicians,
government agencies, Better Business Bureaus, the news media, and members of the
general public, together with responding letters by the AMA. Supplementing these letters are correspondence with the practitioners
themselves, government agencies, and other correspondents; news clippings and
magazine articles concerning the various products and practices; advertisements,
circulars, books, and other promotional materials; products and packaging
samples; and copies of legal and government documents produced during
proceedings involving alleged health fraud and quackery. A hard-copy Guide to the Collection is available at most libraries.
Now
available in CD format, for purchase by the public or AMA members at www.ama-assn.org/go/history: Transactions of the AMA, 1848-1882 (35
v.) and Digest of Official Actions,
1846-1978 (3 v.). Early publications of AMA founder Nathan Smith Davis, MD
and the Guide to the American Medical Association Historical Health Fraud and Alternative
Medicine Collection are scheduled to be released this year.
Updated: August 10, 2004
American Occupational Therapy Association
P.O. Box 31220
Bethesda, MD 20824-1220
Contact: Cecille Jach
Telephone: 301-948-9626
Fax: 301-948-5512
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Trade Association
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
American Psychiatric Association
1400 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
Contact: William E. Baxter; Susan R. Heffner
Telephone: 202-682-6057
Fax: 202-682-6248
E-Mail: sheffnerr@psych.org
Type of Business: Trade Association
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
American Society of Clinical Pathologists
2100 West Harrison Street
Chicago, IL 60612-3798
Contact: John Zwicky, Ph.D.
Phone: 312-738-1336 x1145
Fax: 312-738-1619
E-Mail: johnz@ascp.org
Type of Business: Medical society
Hours of Service: Tuesday, Thursday, 7:00am - 3:00pm
Conditions of Access: Open to staff and members. Research
requests from outsiders will be answered as time permits.
Holdings:
Total Volume:
Description: Mostly ASCP materials: publications (including those
with slides and audiovisual materials), ASCP board minutes and other records, an
extensive collection of photos, audio tapes and videotapes, some
artifacts. Some records of ASCP presidents are also in the
collection. Non-ASCP materials include a growing collection of textbooks
on pathology and other aspects of laboratory medicine, some journals, some
films, and a growing collection of laboratory instruments such as microscopes,
hemometers, hemoglobinometers, colorimeters, flame photometers, and other
laboratory instruments and equipment. Archivist will photocopy materials
on request for a fee.
American Soybean Association
Library-Archives
540 Maryville Center
St. Louis, MO 63141
Contact: Marianne Gibson, Librarian
Telephone: 314-576-1770
Fax: 314-576-2786
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Trade Association
Hours of Service: By appointment only
Conditions of Access: Collection is open by appointment only. Only microfilm
copies are available for researchers' use, but these may be copied, if desired.
Holdings:
Total Volume:
Description: William J. Morris Collection (1912-1930), consisting of ca. 100
volumes of journals, research notes and photos. Morris was responsible for the
introduction of soybeans to the U.S. and he traveled extensively in China and
Manchuria while working for the U.S.D.A.
Ameritech Corp. (doing business as AT&T Midwest)
See: AT&T Inc.
Amgen, Inc.
Amgen Center
1840 Dehavilland Drive
Thousand Oaks, CA 91320
Contact: Brenda Burgess, Regulatory Affairs Archivist
Telephone: 805-447-3860
Fax: 805-497-4044
E-Mail: bburgess@amgen.com
Type of Business:
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
Amway Corporation
See Alticor Corporation
Andersen (includes Andersen Worldwide
and Andersen LLP)*
33 West Monroe
Chicago, IL 60603
www.andersen.com
Contact: Archival Services Department, The History Factory
14140 Parke Long Court
Chantilly, VA 20151-1649
www.historyfactory.com
Telephone: 703.631.0500
Fax: 703.631.1124
E-Mail: andersen@historyfactory.com
Type of Business: Global Professional Services Organization
Hours of Service:9:00am - 5:30pm
Conditions of Access: Restricted. Outside requests for information subject to
approval by Andersen.
Holdings: c. 1913-present
Total Volume: 1,777 linear feet
Description: Holdings consist of annual reports, reference binders,
photographs, executive correspondence and oral histories, firm publications,
technical and policy manuals as well as Andersen family memorabilia and
correspondence.
Updated August 1, 2003
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
Archives Department 210-1
One Busch Place
St. Louis, MO 63118
Contact: Mary Louise Brown, Curator of Collections
Telephone: 314-577-2179
Fax:
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Food and Beverage Industry
Hours of Service: M-F 8:00am - 12:00pm, 1:00pm-5:00pm
Conditions of Access: Not open to the public. Limited access may be obtained
through the archivist.
Holdings: 1868-present; bulk dates, 1890-1980
Total Volume:
Description: Various corporate documents, correspondence files, project
materials, artifacts, point of sale pieces, catalogs, films, photographs, video
tapes and audio tapes.
ARAMCO Services Company
MS-991
P.O. Box 4534
Houston, TX 77210-4534
Contact: Peter A. Kurilecz
Telephone: 713-432-8143
Fax: 713-432-5151
E-Mail:
Type of Business:
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
Arizona Public Service Company
P.O. Box 53999
Phoenix, AZ 85072-3999
Contact:
Telephone: 602-250-2147
Fax:
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Utilities
Hours of Service: M-F 8:30am - 5:00pm
Conditions of Access:
Holdings: 1886 - present; bulk dates, 1910 - 1960
Total Volume: 150 cubic feet
Description: The corporate history/manuscript collection pertains to the
history of Arizona Public Service Company and its predecessors. The type of
material ranges from franchise documents, to board of directors minute books, to
the oral history collection. The materials describe organization changes,
construction project, operations, marketing efforts, employees and financing. It
covers electric, gas and some telephone and water operations.
Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
Information Center
2500 Columbia Ave.
P.O. Box 3511
Lancaster, PA 17601
Contact: Rose Fronczak
Telephone: 717-396-5161
Fax: 717-396-5234
E-Mail:
Type of Business:
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
Ashland Oil Company
500 Diederich Blvd.
Russell, KY 41114
Contact: Donna Fullerton, Records Administrator
Telephone: 606-329-3983
Fax: 606-329-3930
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Energy
Hours of Service: M-F 8:00am - 5:00pm, by appointment only
Conditions of Access:
Holdings: 1873-present; bulk dates, 1940s-1960s
Total Volume: 55,000 boxes, 1.5 million sheets microfiche, 45,000 rolls
microfilm
Description: Records for all divisions of Ashland are identified, and the
majority are stored here. This includes vital records for all divisions and
records retained for operational, financial and historical purposes.
Association of American Medical Colleges
2450 N Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
Contact: Mary A. Hyde, Librarian/Archivist
Telephone: 202-828-0433 or 202-828-0550
Fax: 202-828-1123
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Trade Association
Hours of Service: 9:00am-5:00pm
Conditions of Access: Arrange appointment. Must be legitimate research.
Holdings:
Total Volume:
AT&T Inc. (formerly SBC Communications Inc.)
AT&T Archives and History Center
4949 Von Scheele
San Antonio, Texas 78229
Contacts: William D. Caughlin
Telephone: 1-210-697-1763
Fax: 1-210-697-1755
E-mail: william.d.caughlin@att.com
AT&T Archives and History Center
5 Reinman Road
Warren, New Jersey 07059
George Kupczak
1-908-226-2319
1-908-226-2266
george.kupczak@att.com
Type of Business: Communications and Entertainment
Hours of Service: By appointment
Access: Although in separate locations, the two
repositories are unified operationally and exist to serve company activities.
Requests from outside researchers, however, are handled on a case-by-case basis.
Holdings: 1869-present
Total Volume: Over 40,000 cubic feet of documents, books,
periodicals, photographs, moving images, sound recordings, microforms and
artifacts.
Description: The AT&T Archives and History Center
documents the origins, development and achievements of the AT&T companies, whose
past is, in large measure, the history of telecommunications in the United
States, with roots extending to Alexander Graham Bell’s invention of the
telephone in 1876. In 1984, the nationwide Bell
System was broken up by an agreement between the U.S. Department of Justice and
the former American Telephone and Telegraph Co. (a.k.a. “Ma Bell,” which became
AT&T Corp. in 1994). Out of the divestiture was born Southwestern Bell Corp.
(renamed SBC Communications Inc. in 1995) and six other “Baby Bells.” Shortly after the signing of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, SBC
Communications Inc. began acquiring some of its siblings: Pacific Telesis Group
(1997), Southern New England Telecommunications Corp. (1998) and Ameritech Corp.
(1999). In a strategic alliance, SBC and BellSouth Corp. pooled their wireless
properties, forming Cingular Wireless LLC (2000). Upon the acquisition of its
former parent AT&T Corp. (2005), San Antonio-based SBC renamed itself AT&T Inc.
The “new” AT&T soon purchased BellSouth (2006) to become the largest telecom
company in the world.
The San Antonio collections are centered on the holding
companies — SBC Communications Inc., Pacific Telesis Group, Southern New England
Telecommunications Corp., Ameritech Corp., BellSouth Corp., AT&T Mobility LLC
(formerly Cingular) — and their predecessors and subsidiaries, which primarily
trace the evolution of local landline and wireless phone service in 22 states
(1878-present).
The Warren holdings comprise records of AT&T Corp. and its
predecessors, as well as former subsidiary companies, including Western Electric
Company, Inc. and Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. These materials mainly
illustrate technological innovations in the telecom industry, such as
long-distance voice and data services, and their impact on American society
(1869-present).
Updated June 24, 2007
Atkins Nutritionals, Inc.
105 Maxess Road
Melville, NY 11747
Telephone: (631)
953-4000
Fax: (631) 953-4001
E-mail: http://www.atkins.com/company/contact_us
URL: www.atkins.com.
Updated
January 30, 2006
Atlantic Richfield Co.
515 South Flower Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Contact: Sylvia DiMattia
Telephone: 213-486-1788
Fax:
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Energy
Hours of Service: M-F 8:00am - 4:30pm
Conditions of Access: Via letter
Holdings: 1850-present; bulk dates, 1960-present
Total Volume: 3,500 linear feet
Description: Holdings consist of photographs, motion picture film, slides,
tape recordings, annual reports, house organs, press clippings, memorabilia,
minutes, articles of incorporation and correspondence.
Avon Products, Inc.
9 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10017
Contact: Patricia Drayton, Library/Archive Coordinator
Telephone: 212-546-6771
Fax:
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Manufacturer, consumer goods
Hours of Service: M-F 10:30am - 5:00pm
Conditions of Access: Via Public Relations Department
Holdings: 1890-present; bulk dates, 1930s-1950s
Total Volume:
Description: Catalogs and brochures (ca. 1890-present), various bulletins and
other Avon representative communications (1905-present), photographs of Avon
representatives and employees (1890s), Avon representative carrying cases (early
1900s).
N. W. Ayer, Inc.
2000 West Fisher Fwy
Detroit, MI 48216-1287
Contact:
Telephone: 313-874-8500
Fax:
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Advertising, marketing, and business-related services
Hours of Service: M-F 9:00am-5:00pm, by appointment only
Conditions of Access:
Holdings: 1890s-present; bulk dates, 1930s-present
Total Volume: 500 linear feet; approximately 150,000 ads
Description: Material related to the history of N W Ayer Inc., one of the
oldest advertising agencies in the country. Also material related to the history
of Newell-Ammett (later Cunningham & Walsh). Items available include
advertisements, newsletters, company produced publications, photographs and
biographical and client files.
B. C. Central Credit Union
1441 Creekside Drive
Vancouver, BC V6J 4S7
Canada
Contact: Georgia Fontaine, Manager
Telephone: 604-737-5057
Fax: 604-737-5966
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Banking, Financial Services
Hours of Service: M-F 8:30am-4:30pm
Conditions of Access: To be arranged with approval of library manager.
Holdings: 1933-present; bulk dates, 1940-1979
Total Volume: 318 storage boxes
Description: Documents of incorporation, annual reports, photographs,
correspondence, boards of directors minutes, anecdotal materials, artifacts from
credit unions and Credit Union League of British Columbia.
BMG Entertainment
403 West 48th Street, #1D
New York, NY 10036
Contact: Claudia J. Depkin
Telephone: 212-930-6738
Fax:
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Entertainment
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
Bank of America
Corporate Archives
CA5-102-LL-15
345 Montgomery Street, LL-1
San Francisco, CA 94104
Contact:
Telephone: 415-622-4997
Fax: 415-622-0907
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Banking, Financial Services
Hours of Service: M-F 8:00am - 5:00 pm
Conditions of Access: Primary service for internal Bank needs; non-bank
requests addressed as time permits.
Holdings: 1870 to present; bulk dates 1904 to present
Total Volume:
Description: correspondence, minutes, reports, publications, photographs,
advertisements, ledgers, artifacts, relating to founder Amadeo P. Giannini and
the history of Bank of Italy, Bank of America, NationsBank, and other banks
subsumed under these corporations.
Updated February 19, 2008
Bank of Hawaii
130 Merchant Street
Suite 1170
P.O. Box 2900
Honolulu, HI 96813
Contact: Martha Laxson, Information Manager
Telephone: 808-537-8518
Fax: 808-536-9433
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Banking, Financial Services
Hours of Service: M-F 8:00am - 5:00pm
Conditions of Access: Open to serious researchers from the community and Bank
staff
Holdings: 1897-present; bulk dates, 1930-1940s
Total Volume:
Description: Photos, printed material and ledger books pertaining to the
establishment and growth of the Bank of Hawaii/Bankcorp Hawaii. Oral history
tapes of retired staff members.
Bank of Montreal
129 Saint-Jacques Street
Montreal, PQ H2Y 1L6
Canada
Contact: Yolaine Toussaint, Archivist
Telephone: 514-877-6810
Fax: 514-877-1140
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Banking, Financial Services
Hours of Service: Not open to public.
Conditions of Access: Permission must be obtained from bank archivist
Holdings: 1817-present
Total Volume:
Description: Minutes of board meetings, branch history, collection of
numismatic items, photographs, books relating to banking and Canadian history. A
large number of documents has been deposited with the Public Archives of Canada,
Ottawa.
Bank of New York
52 William Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10015
Contact: Allis Wolfe, Consulting Archivist & Curator
Telephone: 212-530-1213
Fax:
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Banking and Financial Services
Hours of Service: M-F 9:00am - 5:00pm, by appointment only
Conditions of Access: Restricted.
Holdings: 1784-present
Total Volume: 14 cubic feet and 100 linear feet of bound volumes
Description: The Bank of New York Archives are comprised of the following
record groups: Bank of New York, Alexander Hamilton, Adam Hoops Estate, merged
banks and companies, Bank of New York Company, Inc., subsidiaries and
affiliates, oral history and Oliver Perry Estate.
Bausch & Lomb
1400 North Goodman Street
Rochester, NY 14609
Contact: Theresa A. Voellinger, Corporate Archivist; Lynn Buczek, Corporate
Archivist
Telephone: 716-338-6617
Fax: 716-338-6896
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Pharmaceutical
Hours of Service: M-Th 9:00am-5:00pm
Conditions of Access: Restricted. Outside requests for information subject to
approval of corporate archivist
Holdings: 1853-present; bulk dates, 1920s-1950s
Total Volume: 1,000 cubic feet
Description: Holdings consist of papers and correspondence from the founding
fathers, financial records, company publications, product samples from
1853-present, over 3000 photographs, and a wide variety of other documentation
from foreign subsidiaries.
Behring Diagnostics
3403 Yerba Buena Road
P.O. Box 49013
San Jose, CA 95161-9811
Contact: Lori Hefner
Telephone: 408-239-2370
Fax: 408-239-2348
E-Mail: lori.hefner@bdi.hcc.com
Type of Business: Medical devices
Hours of Service: By appointment
Conditions of Access: By permission.
Holdings: 1967-present
Total Volume: 7,000 cubic feet
Bell Canada
Historical Collection
6055 Monkland, 2nd floor
Montréal, Québec, H4A 1H3
Canada
Contact : Lise Noël, Manager -- Historical Records and Artifacts
Telephone : 514 870-5214 (reference line)
Fax : 514 484-4429
E-mail : lise.noel@bell.ca
Type of business : telecommunications
Conditions for access : Restricted. Outside requests subject to approval of
management
Holdings: 1880-present
Total Volume:
Description: Collection includes photographs and slides depicting the company’s
evolution, documents, including annual reports, telephone directories and
advertisements, films and telephone equipment and artifacts.
BellSouth Corp. (doing business as AT&T South)
See: AT&T Inc
Benjamin Moore & Company
51 Chestnut Ridge Road
Montvale, NJ 07645
Contact: Corporate Communications
Telephone: 201- 573-9660
Fax:
E-Mail:
Type of Business: General manufacturing
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access: Conditions of Access: Open by appointment to company
employees; will entertain requests for information from media, institutions and
qualified researchers.
Holdings: 1883 to the present; the bulk of materials date from the 1920s on.
Total Volume: approximately 73 file drawers, 39 running feet of open shelving
Description: The strength of the collection consists of materials relating to
the promotion and retail sale of house paint from the beginnings of the 20th
century to the present. Items in the collection include: original art work of
home interiors and exteriors; paint color cards; paint can labels; samples of
early paint cans; consumer brochures; retailing merchandising materials;
photographs; and related items.
Black & Veatch
1500 Meadowlake Pkwy
P.O. Box 8405
Kansas City, MO 64114
Contact:
Telephone: 913-339-3525
Fax:
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Consulting Engineers
Hours of Service: M-F 8:00am-12:00pm, 1:00pm-5:00pm
Conditions of Access: Employees only, or on approval of corporate management
Holdings: 1909-present
Total Volume:
Description: Engineering design records; tracings, calculations,
correspondence, specifications, reports, design statistics
Bill Blass, Ltd.*
550 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10028
Contact: Linda Edgerly or Deborah Shea, Winthrop Group
Telephone: 212-221-6660 or 212-865-6181
Fax:
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Couture clothing design
Hours of Service: By appointment
Conditions of Access: Restricted
Holdings: 1930s - present; bulk dates, 1960-present
Total Volume: 200 cubic feet (not including clothes)
Description: Drawings and sketches of couture designs, showroom books, some
fabric swatches, photographs and transparencies, editorial coverage,
advertisements, correspondence and subject files, awards and artifacts.
Materials document the designs, licensees, and career of Bill Blass.
Blockbuster Entertainment
One Blockbuster Plaza
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301-1860
Contact: Carolyn S. Denton, C.A., Corporate Archivist
Telephone: 305-832-4741
Fax: 305-832-4143
E-Mail: carolyn.denton@blockbuster.sprint.com
Type of Business: Entertainment, Leisure
Hours of Service: 8:30am-5:30pm
Conditions of Access: In-house access only.
Holdings: 1982-present
Total Volume: 200 cubic feet
Description: The archival collection documents the business activities and
history of the company with some materials relating to its zone offices and
international operations. Records consist of correspondence, speeches,
clippings, oral histories, marketing materials, annual reports, publications,
videotapes and memorabilia.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
676 St. Clair
Chicago, IL 60611
Contact: Mary Weinberg, Records Coordinator
Telephone: 312-440-5511
Fax:
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Trade Association
Hours of Service: M-F 8:30am-4:30pm
Conditions of Access:
Holdings: 1929-present; bulk dates 1940s-1979s
Total Volume: 778 linear feet
Description: Holdings include documents, biographical materials, pictures,
letters, directories, slides and publications relating to the early history of
the Blue Cross and Blue Shield organization. Includes some material on the
beginnings of pre-paid health insurance.
Boeing Company
Historical Archives
P.O. Box 3707, M/S 1R-24
Seattle, WA 98124
Contact:
Telephone: 206-655-4576
Fax: 206-655-4586
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Manufacturing, Aircraft
Hours of Service: M-F 7:30am-4:00pm
Conditions of Access: Primarily for company business plus limited assistance
for public educational project. Access by permission.
Holdings: 1915-present
Total Volume: 6,000 linear feet
Description: Records, engineering drawings, photographs relating to the
Boeing Company, its products and business history.
Updated July 2, 2005
Boston Edison
800 Boylston Street, P-200
Boston, MA 02199
Contact: David Horn, Records Management Specialist
Telephone: 617-424-3565
Fax: 617-424-2736
E-Mail: david_horn@bedison.com
Type of Business: Utilities
Hours of Service: M-F 8:00am-5:00pm
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
British Columbia Telephone Company
3777 Kingsway
Burnaby, BC V5H 3Z7
Canada
Contact: June Bonneau, Library Supervisor
Telephone: 604-432-2671
Fax:
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Communications
Hours of Service: M-F 8:00am-4:00pm
Conditions of Access: Public access for directories during business hours.
Holdings: 1882-present
Total Volume:
Description: All provincial telephone directories (1895-date), cataloged
historical picture file (1882-1992), bound editions of company newspaper Telephone
Talk and BC Tel News (1911-present), and miscellaneous artifacts.
Brooks Brothers, Inc.*
346 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10017
www.brooksbrothers.com
Contact: Archival Services Department, The History Factory
14140 Parke Long Court, Chantilly, VA 20151-1649
www.historyfactory.com
Telephone: 703-631-0500
Fax: 703-631-1124
E-Mail: brooksbrothers@historyfactory.com
Type of Business: Clothing Retail
Hours of Service: 9:00am - 5:30pm
Conditions of Access: Restricted. Outside requests for information subject to
approval by Brooks Brothers.
Holdings: 1824-1989
Total Volume: 180 linear feet
Description: Holdings consist of papers, documents, assorted books and
artwork (1915-1945); booklets, circulars and catalogs, as well as original
artwork created by the advertising department. Collection also contains
historical articles and clippings of business operations as well as Brooks
family genealogy, memorabilia and photographs.
Updated August 7, 2003
Brown-Forman
Corporation
850 Dixie Hwy.
Louisville, KY 40210
www.b-f.com
Contact: Archival Services Department, The History Factory
14140 Parke Long Court, Chantilly, VA 20151-1649
www.historyfactory.com
Telephone: 703.631.0500
Fax: 703.631.1124
E-Mail: bfc@historyfactory.com
Type of Business: Beverage and Consumer Products Manufacturer and
Distributor
Hours of Service: 9:00am - 5:30pm
Conditions of Access: Restricted. Outside requests for information
subject to approval by Brown-Forman Corporation.
Holdings: 1813-2001
Total Volume: 660 linear feet
Description: Holdings are comprised of papers, documents, published
materials, internal communications, audio & video tapes, film, blueprints,
negatives & photographs, advertisements and glass containers. A sizable part
of the collection is dedicated to Jack Daniel, his family genealogy and company.
Updated August 7, 2003
Butterick Company, Inc.*
161 Sixth Avenue
New York, NY 10013
Contact: Sherry Onna Handlin, Project Archivist, The Winthrop Group
Telephone: 212-620-2756
Fax: 212-620-2562
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Publishing, Communications
Hours of Service: M & Th, 9:30am,-4:30pm
Conditions of Access: By written request and appointment only
Holdings: 1863-present
Total Volume: 1,000+ linear feet
Description: A rich and unusual collection of illustrated publications
including books, catalogs and magazines. Art work includes original fashion
design and illustrations, chromo-lithographs from the late 1800s produced by
leading lithographers of the day. There is also a photography and slide
collection, vintage patterns and artifacts.
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