Furniture industry and trade
Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
National Chair Company Records (Rockford)
Collection — Volume 1-4
Identifier: RHC-RC-059
Scope and Contents
The records in this collection are business correspondence files, financial records, and legal documents falling in the period 1927 to 1954. These documents were found mingled with the records of another defunct Rockford business, the Rockford Chair and Furniture Company. There appears, however, to have been no formal connection between Rockford Chair and National Chair. These records, used in concert with other Center manuscript material collections and printed sources, offer a value and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1927-1954; Other: Date acquired: 10/24/1978
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Rockford Chair and Furniture Company Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RHC-RC-042
Scope and Contents
The Rockford Chair and Furniture Company Collection partially documents the activities of a major manufacturing corporation in Rockford, Illinois during the period 1882 to 1973.
The records of the Rockford Chair and Furniture Company are arranged in three series. The first contains the statement of incorporation minutes from meetings, letterbooks, correspondence, agreements, and reports dating from 1882 through 1973. Series two contains labor records and printed materials including wage...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1882-1977; Other: Date acquired: 10/24/1978
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Rockford Small Business Collection
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: RHC-RC-057
Scope and Contents
The records in this collection partially document the operations of eleven small businesses in Rockford, Illinois during the period 1906 to 1961: John Anderson Coal Company (1944-1950); Joseph Behr and Sons (1954-1958); David Goldman (1920-1958); Industrial Gages, Incorporated (1955-1960); Kettlewell Milk Company (1929-1930); Midway Amusement Company (1927-1938); Rockford Dairy, Incorporated (1929-1930); Royal Mantel and Furniture (1913-1938); The Tagit Company (1916-1961); Union Furniture...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1906-1961; Other: Date acquired: 03/30/1979
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
The Furniture Industry in Rockford, Illinois by Patrick J.O'Keefe, 1985
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-18-18.37
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1985
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Wirtz and Wirtz Company Records (DeKalb)
Collection — Volume 1-7
Identifier: RHC-RC-060
Scope and Contents
The volumes in the Wirtz and Wirtz Company Collection partially document the financial activities of a small furniture and undertaking business in DeKalb, Illinois from 1920 to 1970. The collection contains nine volumes of books, journals, and ledgers and six volumes of purchase and sales records. Also included in the collection are WWII Office of Price Administration files. The documentation offered in this collection is modest, but does cover fifty of the eighty-five years the business...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1920-1970; Other: Date acquired: 05/02/1979
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
