Directory of Corporate Archives in the United States and Canada
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Complete Entries Arranged Alphabetically
by Name of Corporation,
N-O
Nalco Chemical Company
One Nalco Center
Naperville, IL 60563
Contact: Ann Franczyk, Staff Assistant
Telephone: 708-305-1434
Fax: 708-305-2900
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Chemical manufacturing
Hours of Service: M-F 8:00am-12:15pm
Conditions of Access: Not open to the public. Requests for information
should be submitted in writing to the corporate history and archives department.
Holdings: 1922-present
Total Volume: 250 cubic feet
Description: Photographs, annual reports, product literature, catalogs,
salesmen's manuals, forms, employee handbooks, engineering diagrams and flow
charts, advertisements, news releases, company newspaper, employee letters,
organization charts, artifacts, correspondence, speeches, early payroll records
and general ledgers, oral histories.
National
Association of Home Builders (NAHB)
1201 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
www.nahb.org
Contact: Nancy Hunn, Director,
Information Resources and Services ,National Housing Resource
Center
Telephone: 202-266-8225
Fax: 202-266-8271
E-Mail: nhunn@nahb.org
Type of Business: Trade association representing building industry.
Hours of Service: 9:00am - 5:30pm
Conditions of Access: Restricted. Outside requests for information
subject to approval by NAHB.
Total Volume: 380 linear feet
Description: Holdings are comprised of reports, clippings,
correspondence and biographies for NAHB executive officers. Also included in the
collection are operating records for the association as well as articles,
memorabilia and conference materials for state -level NAHB members.
Updated August 18, 2003
National Association of Realtors
430 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611-4087
Contact: Marilyn Heneghan, Archivist
Telephone: 312-329-8605
Fax: 312-329-5960
E-Mail: MEL910@aol.com
Type of Business: Trade association
Hours of Service: M-F 8:00am-5:00pm
Conditions of Access: Restricted. For staff use only.
Holdings: 1908-present
Total Volume:
National Cattleman's Beef Association
444 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
Contact: William D. Siarny, Jr., Information Center Director
Telephone: 312-467-5520, ex272
Fax: 312-467-9729
E-Mail: siarny@meatboard.org
Type of Business: Trade association
Hours of Service: M-F 8:30am-4:00pm, by appointment only
Conditions of Access: Qualified researchers only
Holdings: 1922-present
Total Volume: 1600 cubic feet
Description: American Meat Science Association, meat science, meat industry.
National Education Association
1201 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Contact: Olivia Aguilar Gattis, Archivist
Telephone: 703-451-9537
Fax: 703-644-3505
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Trade association
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access: Restricted. Outside requests for information subject to
approval of archivist, executive office, or media relations department.
Holdings:
Total Volume:
National Hockey League Productions
183 Oak Tree Rd.
Tappan, NY 10983
Contact: Mott Linn
Telephone: 914-365-6701, ex. 203
Fax: 914-365-6010
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Entertainment
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access: Restricted.
Holdings: Early 20th century-present; bulk dates 1987-present
Total Volume:
Description: Moving image collection, mostly on Beta SP video tape, about ice
hockey, mostly NHL games.
National Public Radio
635 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Contact: Robert Robinson, Senior Librarian
Telephone: 202-414-2355
Fax: 202-414-3056
E-Mail: rrobinson@npr.org
Type of Business: Media/broadcasting
Hours of Service: M-F 8:00am-7:00pm
Conditions of Access: Appointment required.
Holdings: 1971-present
Total Volume: 80,000 audio tapes
Description: Sound archives of NPR produced and distributed programming.
1971-present. All programming is cataloged.
Nationwide Insurance
History and Archives Center
1-01-05
One Nationwide Plaza
Columbus, OH 43215-2220
Contact: Steve Hausfeld
Telephone: 614-249-0589
Fax: 614-249-2218
E-Mail: hausfes@nationwide.com
Type of Business: Insurance, Financial Services
Hours of Service: M-F 8:00am - 4:00 pm
Conditions of Access: Restricted
Holdings: ca 1900-present
Total Volume: Approx. 800 linear feet
Description: Company records and publications, marketing, advertising and
corporate communications; personal papers of cooperative movement pioneer,
Murray Lincoln; photographic records
Updated December, 2006
Navistar International Transportation Corp.
29642 School House Road
Mokena, IL 60448-1700
Contact: Greg Lennes, Secretary and Records Manager
Telephone: 312-836-2149
Fax: 312-836-2192
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Manufacturing, capital goods
Hours of Service: M-F 8:30am-4:15pm
Conditions of Access:
Holdings: 1831-1950s; bulk dates, 1902-1950s
Total Volume: 2,000 linear feet
Description: The archives contains the business records of Navistar and its
predecessor company, International Harvester Company, founded in 1902.
NBC News Archives
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10112
Contact: Michael Sosler, Director
Telephone: 212-664-3797
Fax: 212-703-8558
E-Mail:
Website: nbcnewsarchives.com
Type of Business: Newspaper and magazine publishing, broadcasting
Hours of Service: M-F 9:00am-6:00pm. Other hours by appointment.
Conditions of Access: Research, screening, duplication and royalty fees
charged.
Holdings: Mid-1930s-present; bulk dates, late 1950s-present
Total Volume:
Description: Stock shot and background material on every conceivable subject,
historical and news events throughout the world, documentary and magazine show
footage.
Updated July 25, 2002
NBC Universal
Archives & Collections
100 Universal City Plaza, Bldg. 2311-LL
Universal City, CA 91608
Contact: Jeff Pirtle, Manager, Archives & Collections
Telephone: (818) 777-9985
Fax: (818) 866-5120
E-Mail: jeff.pirtle@nbcuni.com
Type of Business: Media and Entertainment Hours of Service: M-F 8:00am-5:00pm
Conditions of Access: Not open to external research
Holdings: 1912 - present
Total Volume: 10,000 cubic feet of print documentation and production artwork,
3,500 movie props, 3,000 pieces of wardrobe
Description: Collections include the significant production records, artwork,
photography, props, and wardrobe of Universal Pictures and NBC Universal
Television productions. Historic company records about Universal City, Universal
Studios Theme Parks, and NBC are also maintained.
Updated August 8, 2006
NBO Bancorp, Inc.
611 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, MI 48226
Contact: Susan E. Cherry, Vice President
Telephone: 313-225-3462
Fax: 313-225-2109
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Banking, financial services
Hours of Service: M-F 8:00am-5:00pm
Conditions of Access: With permission of the communications department
Holdings:
Total Volume:
Description: Newspaper clippings, oral histories, photographs, artifacts,
financial records and personnel information. Many of the clippings are on
microfilm.
NCAA (National Collegiate Athletics Association)
6201 College Boulevard
Overland Park, KS 66211
Contact: Ellen L. Summers
Telephone: 913-339-1906
Fax: 913-339-0045
E-Mail: esummers@ncaa.org
Type of Business: Trade association for intercollegiate athletics
Hours of Service: M-F 8:30am-5:00pm
Conditions of Access: Restricted. By appointment only and requests for
use of manuscript collections are subject to review by librarian and Public
Affairs Department.
Holdings: 1906-present
Total Volume:
Description: Holdings consist of the papers of the two past Executive
Directors, photographs from the association newspapers, NCAA championship
programs, press guides and results, as well as convention proceedings dating
back to 1906.
Nevada Bell Telephone Company
See: SBC
Communications Inc.
New England Life Insurance Company (New England Financial)
501 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02117
Contact: Phyllis E. Steele, Archivist
Telephone: 617-578-4312
Fax: 617-578-5523
E-Mail: psteele@NEFN.com
Type of Business: Insurance and investment services
Hours of Service: M-Th 9:15 a.m.-5:15 p.m.
Conditions of Access: Company associates: Open in accordance with corporate
policy on the confidentiality of information. General public: Written
application to archivist stating nature of research project; access conditional
upon approval by the archivist and the vice president of public relations.
Holdings: 1843-present; bulk dates, 1843-1999
Total Volume: 1,800 linear feet
Description: Records of the New England Life Insurance Company, and its
predecessor company, New England Mutual Life Insurance Company. Records include:
Annual reports and annual statements; Board of Directors’ minutes and files;
correspondence and administrative files of company officers; marketing and
advertising files; product information files; personnel directories; company
publications (books, pamphlets, magazines, newsletters, manuals); research and
planning reports; 19th century insurance applications, policies, policy
registers, and policy ledgers from 1843-1890; 19th and early 20th century policy
dividend, loan and valuation records; 19th and early 20th century financial
records, including ledgers of accounts, cash books, and stock and bond
registers; files about company agencies; departmental and subsidiary information
files; scrapbooks; photographs and other audio-visual media; and company
artifacts.
New York
Life Insurance Company*
51 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10010
www.newyorklife.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: nylic@historyfactory.com
Type of Business: Life Insurance and Annuities; Financial Services
Hours of Service: 9:00am - 5:30pm
Conditions of Access: Restricted. Outside requests for information
subject to approval by the New York Life Insurance Company.
Holdings: 1837-present
Total Volume: 2,193 linear feet
Description: Holdings of the New York Life Insurance Company Archives
document the Home Office and Field operations of the company, its antecedents,
and subsidiaries. The collection is comprised of various material including, but
not limited to: clippings and articles; artifacts and memorabilia; reports;
advertisements; biographical files of presidents and executive officers; press
releases; manuals and other training materials; sales aids; policies and policy
forms; newsletters and bulletins; correspondence and memoranda; annual reports;
subject files; directories; minutes; speeches; and photographs.
Updated August 18, 2003
New York State Nurses Association
The foundation of the New York State Nurses Association
Bellevue Alumnae Center for Nursing History
2113 Western Avenue
Guilderland, NY 12084
http://www.foundationnysnurses.org
Contact: Amalia K. Gossen, Archivist
Telephone: 518-456-7858 x24
Fax: 518-452-3760
E-Mail: agossen@foundationnysnurses.org
Type of Business: Trade association
Hours of Service: By appointment only.
Conditions of Access: Restricted. Some records require approval of
executive director.
Holdings: 1901-present
Total Volume: 800 linear feet
Description: Records document the work of the oldest and largest state
membership organization of registered nurses. Included are voting body, board
and committee records; publications and memorabilia; administrative and
programmatic records; photographs and other audio visual materials. Program
records pertain to the legislative, educational, nursing practice, and
collective bargaining components of association activities.
New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
11 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
Contact: Janet Linde, Archivist
Telephone: 212-656-2442
Fax: 212-656-5629
E-Mail: jlinde@nyse.com
Type of Business: Securities exchange
Hours of Service: M-F 9:00am-5:00pm, by appointment only
Conditions of Access: Reference requests must be submitted by letter or
e-mail.
Holdings: 1792-present; bulk dates, 1817-present
Total Volume: 3,500 cubic feet
Description: Administrative records of the New York Stock Exchange and its
affiliates, information on listed companies, members and member firms, records
of stock sale prices, NYSE publications, books on the history of the stock market,
photographs, films, videotapes and artifacts.
Updated December 27, 2005
New York Times Company
New York Times Archives
122 E. 42nd St., 14th Fl.
New York, NY 10168-0002
Contact: Charles St. Vil
Telephone: 212-499-3581
Fax: 212-499-3382
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Newspaper and magazine publishing, broadcasting
Hours of Service: M-F 9:00am-5:00pm, by appointment only
Conditions of Access: Authorization may be required. Some files are
restricted.
Holdings: 1851-present; bulk dates, 1920s-1970s
Total Volume: 500 cubic feet
Description: Financial, legal, and historical records of the New York Times
Company and newspaper; personal and business papers of the publishers, other
major executives, editors, writers; correspondence with business associates,
persons in the news and readers; maps; blueprints, diagrams, photos, awards,
memorabilia; a few films, video and audio tapes.
Norfolk Southern Corporation
185 Spring Street, SW
Atlanta, GA 30303
Contact: Roger D. Powers
Telephone: 404-529-2326
Fax:
E-Mail:
Type of Business:
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
North Shore-LIJ Health System
David S. Taylor Archives
155 Community Drive
Great Neck, NY 11021
Contact: Daniel Sokolow, Corporate Archivist
Telephone: 516-465-8109
Fax: 516-465-8086
E-Mail: dsokolow@nshs.edu
Type of Business: Health Care
Hours of Service: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (EST), M-Th
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: 1920s-present
Total Volume: Approximately 1000 linear feet
Description: Collection consists of: Materials related
to the founding, development, and operations of the 15-hospital Health System
and its constituent members. The collections help trace the development of
health care on Long Island and the New York metropolitan area, as well as the
development of Long Island's suburban communities. The collections include
hospital board minutes; medical board materials; photographs; video; advertising
and promotional materials; oral histories; scrapbooks; news clippings.
Updated August 12, 2006
Northwest Airlines*
2700 Lone Oak Parkway A4285
Eagan, MN 55121
Contact: Kyle F. Hjelmstad, Administrator-Corp. Records
Telephone: 612-727-7348
Fax: 612-726-4721
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Airline
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
Northwestern Mutual
720 East Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53202
www.northwesternmutual.com
Contact: Stephanie Williams
Telephone: 414-665-4839
Fax: 414-665-2463
E-mail: stephanieawilliams@northwesternmutual.com
Type of Business: Insurance and insurance-related services
Hours of Business:
Conditions of Access: Outside requests subject to approval by Northwestern
Mutual
Holdings: 1857-present
Total Volume: 620 cubic feet
Description: Historical and business records of
Northwestern Mutual (formerly Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company). The collections include annual reports, annual statements, advertising
materials, marketing materials, publications (history books, periodicals,
pamphlets, bulletins, etc.), policy forms, biographical files, board of trustees
minutes, speeches, news clippings, photographs, audio-visual materials and
artifacts. The holdings also contain materials on the S.S. Edmund
Fitzgerald, a great lakes ship owned by the company, which sank off the coast of
Whitefish Bay, Michigan in November 1975.
Updated August 21, 2001
NSP (Northern States Power)*
414 Nicollet Mall
Systems Operations
Minneapolis, MN 55401-1993
Contact: Elizabeth Nordlin
Telephone: 612-330-5500
Fax:
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Utilities
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
John Nuveen & Co., Inc.
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
Contact: Melinda Kwedar
Telephone: 312-917-8352
Fax: 312-917-8304
E-Mail: kwedarm@nuveen.com
Type of Business: Financial/Municipal Bonds and Bond Funds
Hours of Service: T-Th 9:30am-4:30pm
Conditions of Access: Outside requests subject to approval
Holdings: 1898-present
Total Volume: 200 cubic feet now; anticipating 3,600
Description: Opening was in April 1996, and present holdings consist of
1948-1971 legal files; 1898-1969 financial records; papers of the recently
retired CEO and CFO; photographs; marketing literature and other company
publications. Records with permanent designations from all departments,
currently in records storage, are marked for possible acquisition.
NYNEX Corporation
1095 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
Contact: Kerry G. McDonald
Telephone: 212-395-2121
Fax:
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Communications
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.
One Ocean Spray Drive
Lakeville-Middleboro, MA 02349
Contact: Christine Hormell, CRM, Corporate Records and Archives Manager
Telephone: 508-946-1000
Fax: 508-946-7704
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Agriculture
Hours of Service: M-F 9:00am-5:00pm
Conditions of Access: For business use and restricted internally by
collection
Holdings: 1900-present; bulk dates, 1930-present
Total Volume: 700 linear feet
Description: Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. is an agricultural marketing
cooperative responsible for developing and marketing products derived from the
crops grown by our grower-owners. Collections include print advertisements,
packaging samples, film and commercial reels, publications, minutes of board
meetings, financial statements and annual reports, legal, marketing and consumer
correspondence, research and development documents, organizational charts and
photographs.
Ontario Medical Association
Toronto, ON
Canada
Contact: Kim Cooke, Manager, Corporate Information
Telephone:
Fax:
E-Mail: kim_cooke@oma.org
Type of Business:
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
Owens Corning, Inc.
1 Owens Corning Pkwy.
Toledo, OH 43659
www.owenscorning.com
Contact: Eugenia
Brumm, Records Administration
Telephone: 419-248-8000
Fax: 419-248-5337
E-Mail: eugenia.brumm@owenscorning.com
Type of Business: Fiberglass and composite materials manufacturer
Hours of Service: 9:00am-5:30 pm
Conditions of Access: Restricted. Outside requests for
information subject to approval by Owens Corning.
Holdings: 1918-1990s
Total Volume: 120 linear feet
Description: Holdings include executive papers, HR,
advertising records, plant/facility records, publications, scrapbooks, printed
material (brochures, booklets, etc.) audiovisual material including a large
collection of film and video.
Updated August 18, 2003
Owens-Illinois,
Inc.*
1 SeaGate
www.o-i.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: owens_ill@historyfactory.com
Type of Business: Glass and plastics manufacturer
Hours of Service: 9:00am - 5:30pm
Conditions of Access: Restricted. Outside requests for
information subject to approval by Owens-Illinois.
Holdings: c. 1890-present
Total Volume: 290 linear feet
Description: Holdings of the Owens-Illinois Archives are comprised of annual reports, bound product advertisements,
corporate films, glass bottle product samples, facility and product photography,
memorabilia, corporate historical files, product brochures, and assorted
corporate newsletters and publications.
Updated August 18, 2003
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