Grocery trade

Scope and Contents This collection partially documents the business activities of the Central Market in Geneva, Illinois, from 1902-1977.  Documents before the late 1930’s, however, are sparse and yield little information; the bulk of the material pertains to later years. The collection contains a deed, a license, correspondence, governmental memos, census information, and employer tax returns related to withholding and social security.  Also included are store accounts, sales records, bank accounts, employee...

Scope and Contents The Eaton-Luff Collection primarily consists of business records for the Jones-Luff dealers in general merchandise located in Lindenwood, Illinois. These records include goods, freight and bank receipts dating from 1887-1896. Goods and freight receipts offer a fair record of the types of products handled by Jones and Luff as well as those companies the firm traded with regularly. In addition, the collection contains one folder of personal and business letters of the Luff family...

Scope and Contents The Forest City Wholesale Grocery Company Records partially document the history of a regional grocery wholesaler from 1907 to 1974. Although the collection lacks materials describing the company’s organization in 1902, a nearly complete set of Directors’/ Stockholders’ meeting minutes (1907-1974) reveal corporate policy throughout most of the company’s existence. The minutes contain information on elections of officers, stock issues, dividend payments, and the annual financial condition...