Directory of Corporate Archives in the United States and Canada
Introduction | Geographical | Name of Archivist
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Complete Entries Arranged Alphabetically
by Name of Corporation,
L-M
Laird Norton Company*
801 Second Ave., Suite 1300
Seattle, WA 98104-1581
Contact: President
Telephone: 206-464-5245
Fax:
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Timber industry
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access: Restricted. Outside requests for information
subject to approval of president.
Holdings: 1820s-present; bulk dates, 1905-present (older records have
been donated to the Minnesota Historical Society)
Total Volume: 200 cubic feet
Description: Laird Norton is a closely held corporation, founded in 1855 in
Winona, Minnesota. The holdings include personal papers, business records,
photographs, and oral histories which document the company's involvement in the
timber industry, lumber milling and retail lumber sales.
Lennox International, Inc.*
2140 Lake Park Boulevard
Richardson, TX 75080
www.lennoxinternational.com
Contact: Karen O’Shea, Vice President, Public Relations
Telephone: 972.497.5000
Fax: 972-497-5299
Type of Business: Air Conditioning/Heating Manufacturer
Hours of Service: 9:00am - 5:30pm
Conditions of Access: Restricted. Outside requests for information
subject to approval by Lennox International.
Holdings: 1890s - present
Total Volume: 261 linear feet
Description: Holdings are comprised of records of Lennox International Inc.
and its subsidiary companies, Lennox Industries Inc., Heatcraft Inc. Lennox
Global Ltd. and Armstrong Air Conditioning Inc. Employee and dealer
publications; technical and installation manuals; catalogs and brochures;
bulletins; cost and pricing lists; sales and marketing materials; product
samples; demonstration kits; correspondence and news clippings; advertisements;
memorabilia; audio-visual material; and over 1,200 negatives are retained. The
collection also contains biographical and correspondence files and scrapbooks of
executives, as well as material relating to the heating and air conditioning
industry.
Updated August 17, 2003
Leo Burnett Worldwide, Inc.
35 West Wacker Drive
Floor 2
Chicago, IL 60601
Contact: Ilana N. Pergam, Archivist
Telephone: 312-220-4179
Fax: 312-220-6732
E-Mail: ilana.pergam@chi.leoburnett.com
Type of Business: Advertising
Hours of Service: M-F 9:00-5:00
Conditions of Access: Restricted. Phone reference only for non-employees.
Access to the collections subject to approval of archivist and corporate affairs
department.
Holdings: 1935-present
Total Volume: 225 cubic feet
Description: Holdings are comprised of records of Leo Burnett Worldwide,
Inc., dating to the advertising agency's founding in 1935. The vast majority of
records document the agency's history in the United States, but some extend to
the global network of over 200 operating units, including 98 full-service
advertising agencies in 84 countries, and a variety of specialty marketing
services including direct, database and interactive marketing, sales promotion
and brand consulting. Records include the personal papers of agency founder Leo
Burnett; news releases; agency and client fact books; correspondence and
speeches of agency executives; advertisements; memorabilia documenting the
agency's unique culture; internal publications; and audio-visual material. A
limited number of records concern both the agency's former holding company,
Bcom3 Group. Inc., and Paris-based Publicis Groupe S.A., of which Burnett is a
wholly-owned subsidiary.
Updated May 6, 2003
Levi Strauss & Co.
1155 Battery St.
San Francisco, CA 94111
Contact: Lynn Downey, Historian
Telephone: 415-501-6577
Fax: 415-501-6443
E-Mail: ldowney@levi.com
Type of Business: Apparel manufacturing
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access: Restricted. Phone reference only for
non-employees. Access to the collections subject to approval of historian and
global communications department.
Holdings: 1906-present. (All corporate records prior to 1906 lost in
earthquake and fire. Some 19th-century invoices and advertising materials have
been purchased in this century.)
Total Volume:
Description: Holdings (in order of volume, greatest to least) consist of:
Clothing, marketing materials, photographs, documents (correspondence, speeches,
newsletters, financial records, legal records), audio and video tapes,
phonograph records, artifacts, oral history tapes and transcripts, books.
Eli Lilly and Company
Lilly Corporate Center
Indianapolis, IN 46285
Contact: Lisa E. Bayne, Archivist
Telephone: 317-276-2173
Fax: 317-276-7000
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Pharmaceutical
Hours of Service: M-F 8:00am-4:00pm
Conditions of Access: In-house use only.
Holdings: 1876-present
Total Volume:
Description: The archives contains important records and artifacts used by
Eli Lilly and Company in more than a century of operations. These records
document corporate structure, programs, policies, decisions, product lines and
communications. The archives also preserves papers, photographs and memorabilia
of the Lilly family.
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.
70 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York, NY 10023
Contact: Judith Johnson, Director, Information Resources; Douglas
Southard, Assistant Archivist
Telephone: 212-875-5571(Johnson); 212-875-5374 (Southard)
Fax: 212-875-5275
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Non-profit performing arts
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access: By appointment only
Holdings: 1955-present
Total Volume: 4,500 cubic feet
Description: Holdings consist of oral histories concerning the origin and
development of the Center; construction records; records for "Mostly
Mozart," "Live from Lincoln Center," the Lincoln Center
Institute, and other concerts/festivals/programs produced by Lincoln Center,
Inc.; publications; over 300,000 photographs, administrative records, and a wide
variety of other documentation concerning the corporation's activities.
Thomas J. Lipton Company
800 Sylvan Avenue
Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07626
Contact: Edythe Masten, Archivist; Mary F. Pfeil
Telephone: 201-894-7645
Fax:
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Food Industry
Hours of Service: M-F 9:00am-4:45pm
Conditions of Access: Open to company and to inquiries from outside.
Holdings: 1890-present
Total Volume:
Description: Photographs, advertising, memorabilia and files.
Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc.
2211 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, MI 48201-3400
Contact: Sharon Arend, Company Historian
Telephone: 313-983-6176
Fax: 313-983-6197
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Fast food/pizza, sports and entertainment
Hours of Service: M-F 9:00am-5:00pm
Conditions of Access: Restricted, internal only
Holdings:
Total Volume:
Description: Documents and photos for all of the companies owned by Mike and
Marian Ilitch (founders of Little Caesars), which includes the Detroit Red Wings
hockey team, the Detroit Tigers baseball team, the historic Fox Theatre, and
Olympia Arenas Inc., as well as Little Caesars. Records include publications,
printed material, advertisements, packaging, ephemera, photos, videos, and
films.
Longaberger Company
95 Chestnut Street
P.O. Box 73
Dresden, OH 43821-0073
Contact: Marge Shipley, Director of Historical Archives; Holly L.
Noland, Historian
Telephone: 614-754-6311 (Shipley); 614-754-2887 (Noland)
Fax: 614-754-6439
E-Mail:
Type of Business: General manufacturing
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
Louisville Water Company
435 South Third Street
Louisville, KY 40202
Contact: Lynn Humphrey, Records Management Coordinator
Telephone: 502-569-3600
Fax:
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Utilities
Hours of Service: M-F 8:30am-4:30pm
Conditions of Access: A copy will be made for persons requesting
materials.
Holdings: 1857-present; bulk dates, 1920s-1970s
Total Volume: 2,584 items
Description: Total volume is divided as follows: 542 document archives, 344
slides and 1,698 photographic archives. The photos and slides represent mainly
the last fifty years. However, the document archives go back to the mid 19th
century. The archives traces the beginnings and growth of the Louisville Water
Company through buildings, employees, departmental changes and presidents.
Lucent Technologies
Archives
101 Crawfords Corner Road
Room 11G-104
Holmdel, NJ 07733
Contact: Edward Eckert, Corporate Archivist
Telephone: (732) 332-5597
Fax: (732) 332-5920
Type of Business: Telecommunications
Hours of Service M-F 8:00am to 5:00pm
Conditions of Access: Limited Public Access
Holdings: 1869 - Present
Volume: 12,000 Images, 4,000 Films, 4,000 Artifacts, 2,000 cubic feet of print
documentation.
Description: The Lucent Technologies Archives was established in 1996 to
document the history and ongoing business activities of Lucent Technologies and
the R&D activities of Bell Laboratories. The collections contain material
from Lucent's predecessor companies, Western Electric and AT&T, which
were formed in the 1800s. The Archives also manages two company museums that are
open to the public and an international traveling exhibit program.
Madison Gas & Electric Co.
P.O. Box 1231
Madison, WI 53701-1231
Contact: Pam Duane, Senior Records & Information Management
Coordinator
Telephone: 608-252-7192
Fax:
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Utility
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
Manulife Financial
200 Bloor Street East
Toronto, ON M4W 1E5
Canada
Contact: Donna Murphy, Corporate Archivist
Telephone: 416-926-5708
Fax: 416-926-5454
E-Mail: donna_murphy@manulife.com
Type of Business: Financial Services
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
Marquis Who's Who
121 Chanlong Road
New Providence, NJ 07974
Contact: Patrick Gibbons, Researcher/Librarian
Telephone: 800-521-8110
Fax: 908-771-8645
E-Mail: pgibbons@reedref.com
Type of Business: Publishing and communications
Hours of Service: M-F 8:00am-4:00pm, staff only
Conditions of Access: In-house access only. Brief inquiries will be
undertaken.
Holdings: 1887-present; bulk dates, 1940-present
Total Volume:
Description: Books published since 1887. Assorted photographs and company
archives.
McDonald's Corporation
Golden Archives and Museums
2010 East Higgins Road
Elk Grove, IL 60007
Contact: Michael R. Bullington, CA
Telephone: 630.623.2345
Fax: 847.952.2347
E-Mail: michael.bullington@mcd.com
Type of Business: Global Foodservice Retailer
Hours of Service: M-F 8:30am-5:00pm
Conditions of Access: Internal clients only.
Holdings: Administrative records, marketing files, public relations files,
artifacts and photographs.
Total Volume:
Updated February 14, 2006
The McGraw-Hill Companies
1221 Avenue of the Americas, 48th Floor
New York, NY 10020
Contact: Jackie Kilberg - Research Associate -
Corporate Archives
Telephone: 212-512-3094
Fax:
E-Mail: jackie_kilberg@mcgraw-hill.com
Type of Business: Publishing and information services
Hours of Service: 9:30-5:30 M-F
Conditions of Access: By appointment only
Holdings: 1884-present
Total Volume: 300 linear feet
Description: Contains materials related to
McGraw-Hill Companies and its predecessors, including
the McGraw and Hill Publishing Companies. The
collection includes photographs, board minutes,
significant issues of McGraw-Hill Publications,
advertisements, and other information on both the
corporate and the business unit levels of the
Corporation.
Updated October 29, 2009
MCI Corporation Archives*
Collection housed in the Hagley Museum and Library
Wilmington, DE
Updated October 24, 2003
McIlhenny Company
Archives
Corporate HQ
General Delivery
Avery Island LA 70513
Contact: Shane K. Bernard, Ph.D., Historian & Curator
Telephone: (337) 369-4218
Fax: (337) 369-6326
E-mail: Archives@TABASCO.com
Type of Business: Food Industry
Hours of Service: M-F, 8:00 am - 5 pm CST
Conditions of Access: Not open to public; limited access may be obtained
through the curator.
Holdings: Ca. 1800 to present; bulk dates, ca. 1850-present.
Description: Over 1,500 linear feet of documents and artifacts concerning the
privately held McIlhenny Company and its Tabasco brand pepper sauce, as well as
archival items concerning the McIlhenny family. The McIlhenny Company Archives
is complemented by the private Avery Island, Inc., Archives, which houses
documents and artifacts concerning the related Avery family and Avery Island,
Louisiana
Updated December 26,2007
Medtronic, Inc.
7000 Central Avenue NE
Minneapolis, MN 55432-3568
Contact: Sheila Vasend
Telephone: 612-574-4000
Fax:
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Medical equipment
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
Merck & Company, Inc.
Merck Archives
P.O. Box 100
WSCUP-50
Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889-0100
Contact: Joseph M. Ciccone, J.D., Corporate Archivist
Telephone: 908-423-3765
Fax: 908-735-1197
E-Mail: joseph_ciccone@merck.com
Type of Business: Pharmaceutical
Hours of Service: 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (EST), M-F
Conditions of Access: The Archives can be contacted in writing, by
telephone or e-mail, or in person. Interested scholars may conduct
research at the Archives through prior arrangement with the Corporate
Archivist. Access is subject to approval of the Corporate Archivist.
Holdings: 1880s-present
Total Volume:
Description: Collection consists of: documents such as
publications and sales materials; photographs of Merck people, products and
facilities; oral histories of key figures in Merck history; artifacts; and other
items related to Merck and the companies with which Merck has merged and
acquired, including Sharp & Dohme, Mulford, and Powers-Weightman-Rosengarten.
Updated March 10, 2008
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.*
World Financial Center
South Tower
New York, NY 10080
Contact: Jean Tepsic, Project Archivist, The Winthrop Group
Telephone:
Fax:
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Banking, financial services
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access: Internal use only.
Holdings: 1885-present; bulk dates, 1914-present
Total Volume: 150 cubic feet
Description: The collections consist of papers of partners, past presidents
and CEOs, including William A. Schreyer, Roger E. Birk, Donald Regan and Charles
E. Merrill. Also includes files concerning partners and management meetings,
photographs, promotional materials, publications, and other corporate records as
well as documentation of various antecedent companies, including underwritings.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
1 Madison Ave.
1M-F
New York, NY 10010
Contact: Daniel B. May, Company Archivist
Telephone: 212-578-8818
Fax: 212-689-0926
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Insurance and insurance-related services
Hours of Service: M-F 8:45am-4:30pm
Conditions of Access: Open to all researchers with legitimate questions
about MetLife.
Holdings: 1868-present; bulk dates, 1890-present
Total Volume: 1,000 linear feet
Description: Materials document the development of Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company. Areas of special interest: Photographs of buildings,
activities and personnel, company sponsored public health education
publications, advertising and promotional material, internal publications,
papers of selected executives, and general subject files.
Michcon
Corporate Library
500 Griswold Street
Detroit, MI 48226
Contact: Astra Malins, Library Assistant
Telephone: 313-256-6571
Fax:
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Utility
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
Microsoft Corporation
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052
Contact: Nicole Pelsinsky, Knowledge Asset & Archives Collections
Manager; Peggy Crowley, Museum Research Analyst
Telephone: 425-705-4803 (Pelsinsky); 425-705-2964 (Crowley)
Fax: 425-706-7329
E-Mail: nicolepe@microsoft.com; peggyc@microsoft.com
Type of Business: Computer software
Hours of Service: n/a
Conditions of Access: Restricted. Outside requests for information subject to
approval.
Holdings:
Total Volume:
Description: The Microsoft Archives collects all versions of Microsoft
domestic and international products, including documentation and original
packaging. Scope also includes computer hardware, business records, artifacts
and awards, market research, marketing materials, photographs and digital
images, and audio and video tapes.
Updated March 18, 2002
Miles Laboratories, Inc.
P.O. Box 40
Elkhart, IN 46515
Contact: Donald N. Yates, Supervisor, Employee Communications
Telephone: 219-262-7966
Fax:
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Pharmaceuticals
Hours of Service: M-F 8:00am-5:00pm
Conditions of Access:
Holdings: 1882-present; bulk dates, 1938-1979
Total Volume: 750 linear feet
Description: Advertising and other records (boxed vertical files,
photographs, film and artifactual) documenting business development of Miles
Laboratories, Inc., founded in 1884. Public card catalog available.
MIS Software Development
1349 Cross Creek Way
Tallahassee, FL 32301
Contact: Marie Logan; Vicki Combs
Telephone: 904-878-3096
Fax: 904-877-1771
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Computer software
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
Mitre Corporation
202 Burlington Road
Bedford, MA 07130-1420
Contact: David W. Baldwin, Corporate Archivist
Telephone: 617-271-7854
Fax: 617-271-3877
E-Mail: dbaldwin@iegate.mitre.org
Type of Business: Education and related
Hours of Service: M-F 8:00am-4:00pm
Conditions of Access: Restricted to corporation personnel only and
qualified researchers.
Holdings: 1943-present; bulk dates, 1959-present
Total Volume: 1,100 cubic feet
Description: Material relating to the history of Command, Control,
Communications and Information systems. These holdings include photographs,
slides, motion picture film, audio/video tape recordings, microforms, annual
reports, house organs, press clippings, training brochures, memorabilia,
worktasks documentation, minutes, and correspondence.
Modern Woodmen of America
1701 First Avenue
Rock Island, IL 61201
Contact: Gail Ann Levis, Historian
Telephone: 309-786-6481, ext. 7226
Fax: 309-793-5603
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Fraternal life insurance and annuities
Hours of Service: M-F 8:00am-4:00pm
Conditions of Access: All inquiries handled by the society's historian
on an individual basis.
Holdings: 1883-present
Total Volume:
Description: Modern Woodmen of America's collection includes various printed
materials, membership files, photographs, slides, film, bound publications of
its official membership magazine, microfilm and memorabilia from initiation
ceremonies.
Molex
2222 Wellington Court
Lisle, IL 60532
Contact: Nancy Webster, Archivist
Telephone: 630-527-4398
E-Mail: nwebster@molex.com
Type of Business: Connector (design and manufacture of)
Hours of Service: by appointment
Conditions of Access: Molex employees or approval of archivist
Holdings: 1938-present
Total Volume: Information included below
Description: In 1938, Molex Product Company was founded in Brookfield,
Illinois. Molex was named after a unique plastic molding
material. the Molex archives documents the world's second largest
manufacturer of electronic connectors, switches, fiber optics, and associated
application tooling from its first factory to its 49 manufacturing facilities in
21 countries in 1999. The Molex archives holds several thousand artifacts,
an audio-visual collection that includes over 100,000 images and 632 videos, and
a printed and manuscript collection of over 100 linear feet.
Monsanto Corporation
The archives of the Monsanto Corporation are now maintained by Washington
University in St. Louis. Inquiries should be sent to:
Sonya Rooney, University Archivist
Washington University in St. Louis Campus Box 1061 One Brookings Drive St.
Louis, Missouri 63130-4899
Phone: (314) 935-9730
Fax: (314) 935-8320
Web site: http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/archives/
Updated July 23, 2007
The MONY Group, Inc.*
1740 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
www.mony.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: mony@historyfactory.com
Type of Business: Life Insurer, Life, Disability Income and Annuities,
Funds and Securities
Hours of Service: 9:00am - 5:30pm
Conditions of Access: Restricted. Outside requests for information
subject to approval by The MONY Group.
Holdings: 1840s - present
Total Volume: 440 linear feet
Description: The MONY Archives are comprised of records from the executive
office, corporate affairs and all product management and support management
operations. Policy contracts, advertisements, photographs, annual reports, sales
material and memorabilia are retained. More than 50 titles of home office and
agency publications, numerous agency/agent biographical files and a special
collection of famous policyholders files are examples of material within the
collection.
Updated August 17, 2003
Monitor Radio
1 Norway Street
Boston, MA 02115
Contact: Michael McKeen
Telephone: 617-450-2973
Fax: 617-450-2283
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Media/Broadcasting
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
Monsanto Company
800 North Lindbergh Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63167
Contact: Charlotte J. Kuhn, (contractor) Archives Coordinator; Steven
Poth (contractor) Associate Archives Coordinator
Telephone: 314-694-8752 or 314-694-4873
Fax: 314-694-8748
E-Mail: Charlotte.J.Kuhn@monsanto.com;
Steven.D.Poth@monsanto.com
Type of Business: Pharmaceutical, Agriculture, Nutrition, Biotech,
formerly chemicals
Hours of Service: M-F 8:00am-5:00pm
Conditions of Access: Restricted Access Apply to contact person who
must clear with Monsanto Management
Holdings: 1886-present
Total Volume:
Description: Description Official company records starting in 1901. We have
material from several chemical companies bought by Monsanto Swann, Chemstrand,
Lion Oil, Cochrane, Schwanigan etc. Three company histories. One published
history of the company. Includes photographs, P.R. releases, movies and videos.
Motorola, Inc.
Motorola Archives
1297 East Algonquin Road
Schaumburg, IL 60196
Contact: Sue Topp, Archivist
Telephone: 847-538-5571
Fax: 847-576-6401
E-Mail: sue.topp@motorola.com
Type of Business: Electronics
Hours of Service: 9:00am-5:00 pm, Central Time, by appointment only
Conditions of Access: Motorola Archives exists to serve Motorola,
Inc. External requests are considered upon written application for access,
subject to approval by the Archivist and the Motorola Communications and Public
Affairs Office.
Holdings: 1928-present
Total Volume: 2,400 cubic feet plus 8,200 three-dimensional artifacts
Description: Collections include marketing and product literature,
advertising, news releases, reports, correspondence, speeches, key leader
biographical materials, employee and customer communications; oral histories;
photographs; sound, film, and video recordings; key products, packaging and
workplace items. Services include research and special projects; books,
posters, timelines, and other publications; internal interactive Web site; and
artifact loans.
Updated October 24, 2003
Mutual of America
30 W. 60th Street, 9-T
New York, NY 10023
Contact: Pamela Dunn Lehrer
Telephone: 212-224-1776
Fax: 212-582-4516
E-Mail:
Type of Business:
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
Mutual Assurance Company
The Green Tree Group
240 South Fourth Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Contact: Carol Wojtowicz Smith, Curator/Archivist
Telephone: 215-925-0609
Fax: 215-925-5473
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Insurance and insurance-related services
Hours of Service: M-F 8:30am-5:00pm, by appointment only
Conditions of Access: Open to serious researchers
Holdings: 1784-present
Total Volume: 300 linear feet
Description: Legal, administrative, financial and underwriting records of the
Mutual Assurance Company from its beginning to the present. Of particular
interest to outside researchers are the surveys of insured properties.
Page updated May 19, 2008
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