Business
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
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Found in 90 Collections and/or Records:
Allen and Morris Business Ledger
Collection
Identifier: MS 221
Overview
This collection contains the business ledger of the firm of Allen and Morris, showing transactions for services and sundries with various persons and companies, including the Confederate States of America. The firm was located in Prattville, Alabama, and the ledger’s entries date from June 27, 1862 to November 15, 1864.
Dates:
1862 - 1864
Baker-Ripley Foundation Records
Collection
Identifier: MS 728
Overview
The Baker-Ripley Foundation records document the history and on-going operations of the Foundation through meetings and financial reports, property, legal and administration records.
Dates:
1924 - 2010
Benjamin N. Woodson business diaries
Collection
Identifier: MS 471
Overview
The business diaries of Benjamin Woodson, Houston philanthropist, insurance and finance expert, and supporter of education, sports, and the arts, describe his daily business as the chief operating officer of American General, an insurance company founded by Gus Wortham. The diaries range in date from 1954-1979 and describe the growth of this originally small company into one of the largest insurance companies in the world. Subjects include daily business schedule, meeting notes, decisions large...
Dates:
1954-1979
Bobby Joe Moon family genealogy collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 581
Overview
Family trees, notes, photographs, correspondence and newsclippings documenting the family history of Bobby Joe Moon, a Houstonian of Chinese American descent.
Dates:
circa 1930-2010
Brochsteins Inc. corporate records
Collection
Identifier: MS 717
Overview
Brochsteins Inc. corporate records contains architectural drawings, images, and business records from 1935-2000.
Dates:
1935 - 2000
Builders: Herman and George R. Brown Book Research Files
Collection
Identifier: MS 464
Overview
Correspondence, oral histories, notes, newsclippings, reports, published materials, photographs and ephemera in this collection document the family and business lives of Houston entrepreneurs Herman and George R. Brown, providing the basis for author Christopher Castaneda and Joseph Pratt's book, Builders : Herman and George R. Brown
Dates:
1898 - 1989
Capt. James A. Baker and the Rice Institute papers
Collection
Identifier: UA 200
Abstract:
The material in this collection was removed from the Rice Institute Business Manager's Records, dating from circa 1844-1940. It is composed primarily of legal materials, receipts, correspondence, bank records, court case records, and diaries.
Dates:
1844 - 1940
Capt. James A. Baker correspondence, clippings, and photographs collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 487
Abstract:
Correspondence from Capt. James A. Baker (Rice Institute Chairman, 1891-1941) to various family members and colleagues, newsclippings regarding William M. Rice and regarding Capt. Baker’s death, and photographs of the Baker family.
Dates:
1874 - 1951
Capt. James A. Baker Family papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 040
Abstract:
Family correspondence, scrapbooks, and clippings of the Baker Family, from Captain James A. Baker (appointed Chairman of the Board, Rice Institute, 1891) through attorney James A. Baker, III (Rice Board of Trustees, Trustee Emeretus, 1993 - present). A small portion of the materials relate to the Baker, Botts, Garwood & Parker law firm (later known as Baker Botts law firm).
Dates:
1853 - 1976
Certificate of Partnership between Richard J. French, William Marsh Rice and Ebenezer B. Nichols
Collection
Identifier: MS 004
Overview
A certificate of limited partnership for the purpose of setting up firm of "R.J. French" to purchase and sell goods from July 1, 1852 to July 1, 1857. The agreement was between general partner Richard J. French and special partners William M. Rice and Ebenezer B. Nichols.
Dates:
1852