Strawbridge & Clothier records 2117
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Table of Contents
Summary Information ...... 3 Historical Note ...... 3 Scope and Content ...... 3 Administrative Information ...... 5 Related Materials ...... 6 Controlled Access Headings ...... 6 Collection Inventory ...... 6 Corporate Records ...... 6 Management Records ...... 10 Financial and Accounting Records ...... 10 Legal Records ...... 12 Real Estate Records ...... 15 Branch Stores Records ...... 18 Personnel Records ...... 20 Advertising and Public Relations Records ...... 24
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Summary Information
Repository: Manuscripts and Archives Creator: Strawbridge & Clothier Title: Strawbridge & Clothier records ID: 2117 Date [inclusive]: 1793-1996 Physical Description: 47 Linear Feet Language of the English . Material:
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Historical Note
Strawbridge & Clothier was a major department store chain in the Greater Philadelphia area focused on a middle-class clientele. The firm was founded as a partnership by Justus C. Strawbridge and Isaac H. Clothier on July 1, 1868, and incorporated on February 14, 1922. The firm was operated on Quaker principles of simplicity and community service, control remaining with the founding families, especially the Strawbridges, for four generaltions. It was the last locally-controlled, family-owned department store chain in the Philadelphia area. Despite an early and innovative move into suburban branches beginning in 1930 and the development of the popular Clover line of discount stores and "Clover Day" sales, the firm eventually succumbed to changing patterns in retailing and sold its stores to the May Department Store Company of St. Louis, which had previously bought the Wanamaker chain, on July 15, 1996.
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Scope and Content
The Strawbridge & Clothier records are not a complete corporate archive but rather a mix of corporate and legal documents and materials collected for a two-volume anniversary history. Nevertheless, they give a good overall picture of the evolution of retailing in the Philadelphia area, particularly in the twentieth century.
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The Corporate records include incorporation papers, board and committee minutes, and annual reports, which give an overall view of the firm's operations.
The Management records are limited to very fragmentary correspondence of the corporate secretaries and president Herbert J. Tily. Much of it concerns bank financing, authorizations, and accounts. There are also executive payrolls (1931-1950), employment contracts for top executives, and notes on executive development programs.
Financial and accounting records include fragmentary runs of journals and ledgers, including a sales ledger (1881) and a sales & salaries ledger (1903-1906); financial statements for S&C and the rival Lit Brothers chain; and tax papers.
Legal records include trial records relative to the failed hostile takeover attempt made by Ronald Baron in 1985-1986. There are transcripts of testimony from the major parties on both sides. This subgroup also contains a variety of miscellaneous legal papers, including settlements with S&C's foreign offices and various suppliers in London, Paris, and Berlin (1921-1926); merchandising agreements with domestic and foreign manufacturers (1896-1907); and claims case files (1906 and 1911).
Real estate records include title papers for the company's flagship store at 8th & Market Streets (1793-1922); contracts for store construction; and some plans for twentieth century construction. Four linear feet of store appraisals for the flagship store are detailed lists for insurance purposes of the store, its fixtures, and contents (1948-1970).
Branch store records include plans, publicity articles, brochures, and scrapbooks, plus leases, mortgages, contracts, and insurance appraisals of store and contents for the following branch stores beginning in 1930: Ardmore, Jenkintown, Springfield, Neshaminy, Plymouth Meeting, and Exton, Pennsylvania; Cherry Hill and Echelon, New Jersey; and Wilmington and Christiana, Delaware. This subgroup documents the growth of suburban shopping strips and shopping malls during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, including malls designed by Victor Gruen, an internationally-known designer of shopping centers, and Ewing Cole Erdman & Eubank of Philadelphia.
Personnel records (1876-1993) include payroll records showing salaries of individual workers, and registers of employees, from executives to sales girls and "cash boys" who ran merchandise and money between the wrapping desks and the cashiers. There are also records of the S&C Athletic Association, the S&C Pension Fund Association, the S&C Relief Association, the S&C Chorus, the Christmas & Vacation Fund Association, the Noon Day Club (for women workers), and the Quarter Century Club, which document the Quaker-inspired welfare work programs aimed at all members of the "Store Family." There is a set of the employee magazine STORE CHAT (1906-1993), files and scrapbooks of biographical information on both executives and representative regular employees (1902-1952), employee rules and service codes, and clippings on a 1938 warehouse strike.
Public relations and advertising records (1860-1971), include scrapbooks and cuttings of newspaper ads relating to both sales of merchandise, employee activities and entertainments, and the history of "Clover Days." Another scrapbook contains issues of the special edition of the Philadelphia EVENING BULLETIN sent to residents serving overseas in the armed forces (1944-1946). There are also pamphlets, flyers, and catalogs (1865-1964) and a scapbook covering the construction of the Philadelphia flagship store. Public relations materials include company histories, articles on anniversaries and store
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Administrative Information
Publication Statement Manuscripts and Archives
PO Box 3630 Wilmington, Delaware 19807 [email protected] URL: http://www.hagley.org/library
Processing Notes Wherever possible, archival copies replaced newspaper articles and advertisements for preservation reasons.
Access Restrictions Unpublished records subject to 25-year time seal from the date of creation due to privacy/security reasons.
Litigators may not view the collection without approval.
Use Restrictions Literary rights retained by depositor.
Provenance On Deposit.
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Related Materials
Separated Materials Strawbridge and Clothier photographs and audiovisual materials (Accession 1995.250), Audiovisual Collections and Digital Intiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.
Complete sets of Strawbridge & Clothier's annual reports and its in-house publication Store Chat were transferred to the Published Collections Department although duplicate copies remain in the collection. Published histories and trade catalogs in good condition were also sent to the Published Collections Department, while some fragile ones, duplicates, and loose pages were kept with the collection. Stray issues of the Strawbridge & Clothier Quarterly were also kept in the collection.
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Controlled Access Headings
• Department stores • Stores, Retail • Advertisements • Financial statements • Account books • Scrapbooks • Shopping malls
Collection Inventory
Corporate Records, 1865-1988 Physical Description: 9 Linear Feet Scope and Content
Includes incorporation papers, board and committee minutes, and annual reports, which give an overall view of the firm's operations.
Controlled Access Headings: • Corporate meetings
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• Annual reports Title/Description Instances Letters from Isaac H. Clothier to Justus C. Strawbridge concerning box 1 the financial structuring of the business by Strawbridge & Clothier (copies), 1883-1899
Articles of Co-Partnership, 1899-1938 box 1
Registration of Partnership & Partnership Agreements, 1865-1904 box 1
Partnership Agreement, 1917-1918 box 1
Papers re closing of partnership, 1922 box 1
By-Laws and Amendments, 1927-1949 box 1
By-Laws (copies) & Charter (copies), and Amendments, box 1 1922-1961
Incorporation proceedings, 1922 box 1
Incorporation, miscellaneous, 1922-1934 box 1
Resolution of Stockholders, 1922 box 1
Annual Stockholders Meeting, February 26, 1924 box 1
Annual Stockholders Meeting, August 15, 1928 box 1
Annual Stockholders Meeting, February 27, 1929 box 1
Annual Stockholders Meeting, February 26, 1930 box 1
Annual Stockholders Meeting, February 25, 1931 box 1
Annual Stockholders Meeting, February 24, 1932 box 1
Annual Stockholders Meeting, February 23, 1933 box 1
Annual Stockholders Meeting, February 28, 1934 box 1
Annual Stockholders Meeting, February 25, 1935 box 1
Annual Stockholders Meeting, February 26, 1936 box 1
Annual Stockholders Meeting, March 24, 1937 box 1
Annual Stockholders Meeting, March 23, 1938 box 1
Annual Stockholders Meeting, March 22, 1939 box 1
Annual Stockholders Meeting, March 27, 1940 box 1
Annual Stockholders Meeting, March 26, 1941 box 1
Special Meeting of Stockholders, December 15, 1941 box 1
Annual Stockholders Meeting, March 25, 1942 box 1
Adjourned Meeting, April 22, 1945 box 1
Annual Stockholders Meeting, January 26, 1943 box 1
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Annual Stockholders Meeting, March 24, 1943 box 1
Annual Stockholders Meeting, March 22, 1944 box 1
Annual Stockholders Meeting, April 25, 1945 box 1
Annual Stockholders Meeting, April 24, 1946 box 1
Annual Stockholders Meeting, December 20, 1946 box 1
Annual Stockholders Meeting, April 23, 1947 box 1
Annual Stockholders Meeting, April 28, 1948 box 1
Annual Stockholders Meeting, April 20, 1949 box 1
Annual Stockholders Meeting, April 19, 1950 box 2
Annual Stockholders Meeting, April 18, 1951 box 2
Annual Stockholders Meeting, April 16, 1952 box 2
Annual Stockholders Meeting, April 15, 1953 box 2
Annual Stockholders Meeting, April 21, 1954 box 2
Annual Stockholders Meetings: Forms box 2
Strawbridge & Clothier Stock Certificates, 1923-1926 box 2
Auditor's Report to Stockholders, January 31, 1950 box 2
Capital Stock Papers, 1922-1929 box 2
Plans of Recapitalization & Notices of Stockholders Meetings, box 2 1941-1944
Plan of Recapitalization & Notice to Stockholders, 1946 box 2
Plan of Recapitalization & Notice to Stockholders, 1947-1953 box 2
Recapitalization, 1946 box 2
Recapitalization Papers, 1922-1951 box 2
Stockholders Ledger, 1922-1926 box 2
Annual Reports, box 3 19461949-195019521958-196619721974-19781980-1983 Related Materials: Related Materials
A complete set (1932-1983) resides in the Imprints Department.
Board Minutes, Volume 1-2, 1922-1933 box 3
Board Minutes, Volume 3-4, 1933-1946 box 4
Board Minutes, Volume 5, 3/20/1946-10/19/1949 box 4
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Board Minutes, Volume 6, 11/16/1949-1/21/1953 box 4
Board Minutes, Volume 7, 2/18/1953-12/19/1956 box 5
Board Minutes, Volume 8, 1/16/1957-4/4/1960 box 5
Board Minutes, Volume 9, 4/20/1960-4/2/1964 box 5
Board Minutes, Volume 10, 4/22/1964-1/18/1967 box 5
Board Minutes, Volume 11, 2/15/1967-8/19/1970 box 6
Board Minutes, Volume 12, 9/16/1970-3/22/1972 box 6
Board Minutes, Volume 13, 4/19/1972-11/27/1974 box 6
Board Minutes, Volume 14, 12/26/1974-1/30/1980 box 6
Board Minutes, Volume 15, 2/27/1980-11/24/1982 box 7
Board Minutes, Volume 16, 12/22/1982-1/29/1986 box 7
Board Minutes, Volume 17, 2/26/1986-12/21/1988 box 7
Board of Directors Treasurers Reports, 1926-1928 box 7
Executive Committee Minutes, 1954-1969 box 8
Executive Committee Minutes-Delaware County, 1960-1965 box 8
Operating Committee records, 1939-1956 box 9 Biographical/Historical note
This committee underwent three name changes. From January 1, 1939 (when it was formed) until May 29, 1948 the name was the Operating Board. From June 30, 1948 to July 1953 the name was the Operating Advisory Committee. From sometime between July and November 1953 and when the records for this committee end in 1956 the name was changed to the Operating Committee. This committee handled routine operating decisions of all stores including employee policies, store hours, sales events, and advertising:
Index to Meetings, 1951-1954 box 9
Minutes of Operating Committee, also titled Operating Advisory box 9 Committee and Operating Board, 1939-1956 (files4 notebooks)
Operating Officers Meetings, September 1958-April 1967 box 9 Biographical/Historical note
Members of this operating group made decisions re. long- term operations of all stores.
Minutes of the Operating Officers box 9
Meeting minutes, 1958-1967 (3 notebooks) box 9
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Management Records, 1928-1968 Physical Description: 0.5 Linear Foot Scope and Content
This series consists of correspondence between corporate secretaries and president Herbert J. Tily. Much of it concerns bank financing, authorizations, and accounts. There are also executive payrolls (1931-1950), employment contracts for top executives, and notes on executive development programs.
Controlled Access Headings: • Executives. • Tily, Herbert James, 1866-1948 Title/Description Instances Secretary's correspondence, 1927-1958 box 10
Strawbridge & Clothier Directors List, 1968 box 10
Executives, 20th century--pictures from magazines box 10
Resource Relationship Manual, circa 1950 box 10
Executive Development Programs, 1958-1968 box 10
Talk by George L. Cullen "The Personnel Division and Leadership box 10 through Human Relations", 1967
Executives, Payroll, 1931-1950 box 10
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Financial and Accounting Records, 1881-1969 Physical Description: 11 Linear Feet Scope and Content
This series includes runs of journals and ledgers, including a sales ledger (1881) and a sales & salaries ledger (1903-1906); financial statements for Strawbridge & Clothier and the rival Lit Brothers chain; and tax papers.
Title/Description Instances Strawbridge & Clothier General Ledger, 1928-1947 volume 11 Scope and Contents note
Green Tabs-- Cash, Inventories, Customers' Accounts Received, Other Assets, Sinking Fund, Land, Deferred, Expense Ledger Control; Orange Tabs--Current Liabilities, Accounts Payable, Accrued, Capital Reserves, Mortgage
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Bonds; Yellow Tabs--Gross Sales, Returns, Cost of Sales, Expense, Other Income, and Other Deductions.
Sales & Salaries Ledger, 1903-1906 volume 12 Organization and Arrangement
Organized by department.
Division of Sales Ledger, 1881 volume 13
H.J. Tily Ledger, 1911-1923 volume 14 Scope and Contents note
Salaries, Insurance, Lost and Damaged Goods, wrapping, etc., advertising, stationary.
Strawbridge & Clothier Journal, 1922-1928 volume 15
Strawbridge & Clothier Private Cash Book, 1921-1928 volume 16
Comparative Operating Statements, May 1944-January 1955 volume 17
Auditors Reports of Income & Expense, 1923-1925 box 18
Financial Statements, 1949-1969 box 18 Scope and Contents note
Statements from 1956 to 1978 are audited financial statements prepared by Ernst & Ernst, Philadelphia
Audited Financial Statements by Ernst & Ernst, 1970-1978 box 19
Report of Examination & Supplementary Data, 19471951-1955 box 19
Financial Statements on Aimcee Wholesale Corporation, box 19 1963-1968
Associated Merchandising Corporation & Wholly-owned Foreign box 19 Subsidiaries, 1964-1968
Securities & Exchange Commission Report, 1934 box 20
Securities & Exchange Commission Report, 1934 box 21
Securities & Exchange Commission Annual Reports, 1967-1968 box 21
Financial-Operating Statements, 1953-1967 box 22
Financial-Operating Statements, 1968-1972 box 23
Financial-Operating Statements, 1973-1978 box 24
Financial Papers, George K. Bartle, Strawbridge & Clothier Buyer box 25 of Men's Wear, Hosiery and Underwear
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Biographical/Historical note
George K. Bartle started at Strawbridge & Clothier in 1876.
Financial Papers, 1934 box 25
Financing for real estate, 1926-1930 box 25
Financial Miscellany, 1900-1945 box 25
Indentures, releases, and mortgages, 1893-1958 box 25
Strawbridge & Clothier Indenture of Mortgage, 1943 box 25
Mortgages, printed, 1922 1928 1943-1947 box 25
Mortgages papers with Girard Trust, 1926-1927 box 25
Mortgage settlement with Equitable Life Assurance Society box 25 Papers, 1943
Strawbridge & Clothier Loan agreement, 1945-1946 box 25
Agreement between Strawbridge & Clothier and Hornblower & box 25 Weeks for purchase of stocks and bonds, 1928
Strawbridge & Clothier Private Ledger--Permanent Asset box 25 Accounts, 19291933-1947 Scope and Contents note
Land; Buildings; Fixtures & Equipment; Pension Fund; Miscellaneous Expenses & Purchases.
Lit Brothers: Consolidated Financial Statements box 25
Mercantile Tax Bills, 1905-1943 box 25
Federal Tax Papers, 1920-1950 box 26
Philadelphia Income Tax Bureau Papers, 1942-1948 box 26
Tax Receipts, 1934-1952 box 26
Federal Income Tax Report of Adjustment, 1939-1943 box 26
Pennsylvania (State) Income Tax Papers, 1939-1959 box 27
Pennsylvania Capital Stock & Loan Papers, 1927-1950 box 27
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Legal Records, 1896-1986 Physical Description: 4 Linear Feet
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Scope and Content
Includes trial records relative to the failed hostile takeover attempt made by Ronald Baron in 1985 to 1986. There are transcripts of testimony from the major parties on both sides. This subgroup also contains a variety of miscellaneous legal papers, including settlements with Strawbridge & Clothier's foreign offices and various suppliers in London, Paris, and Berlin (1921-1926); merchandising agreements with domestic and foreign manufacturers (1896-1907); and claims case files (1906 and 1911).
Controlled Access Headings: • Trial and arbitral proceedings • Baron, Ronald, 1943- Title/Description Instances Legal Papers. Foreign Offices & Enterprises: London, Paris, box 28 Berlin, 1921-1926 Scope and Contents note
Mostly concerns the settlement between Samuel Buckley & Co. of London (agent, James B. Ferguson) and Strawbridge & Clothier.
Legal Papers: Morris L. Clothier, et. al. vs. The Hoffman box 28 Company, 1916-1917
Legal Patents, 1943-1956 box 28
Legal Patents & Trademarks, 1924-1957 box 28
Merchandise Agreements, 1896-1907 box 28 Scope and Contents note
Companies include: L. Gruner & Co.; G.W. Slater (Keystone Vulcanizer); The Lamson Consolidated Store Service Co.; James Allison's Son (clothing); Richard Hudnut, NYC (perfumes & toiletries); L(azarus) Straus & Sons.
Settlement of claims by individuals, 19061911 box 28
Files on Ronald Baron et al. v. Strawbridge & Clothier, et al., box 29 1985-1986
Ronald Baron et al. v. Strawbridge & Clothier et al., papers, 1985 box 29
Ronald Baron et al. v. Strawbridge & Clothier et al., papers, May- box 29 July 1986
Ronald Baron et al. v. Strawbridge & Clothier et al., papers, box 29 August-December 1986
Ronald Baron et al. v. Strawbridge & Clothier et al., important box 29 documents for review by deponents
Ronald Baron et al. v. Strawbridge & Clothier et al., verified box 29 complaint and amendments
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Ronald Baron et al. v. Strawbridge & Clothier et al., defendants' box 29 pretrial memorandum
Ronald Baron et al. v. Strawbridge & Clothier et al., plaintiffs' box 29 pretrial memorandum, preliminary statement
Ronald Baron et al. v. Strawbridge & Clothier et al., brief for box 29 appellees
Ronald Baron et al. v. Strawbridge & Clothier et al., SEC box 29 Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3: Registration Statement, Strawbridge & Clothier
Ronald Baron et al. v. Strawbridge & Clothier et al., Plaintiffs' box 29 Motion for Preliminary Injunction: Preliminary Statement
Ronald Baron et al. v. Strawbridge & Clothier et al., Plaintiffs' box 29 Application for Preliminary Injunction: Oral Argument re Motion to Dismiss
Ronald Baron et al. v. Strawbridge & Clothier et al., Plaintiffs' box 29 Application for Preliminary Injunction: Opening Speeches (2 copies)
Ronald Baron et al. v. Strawbridge & Clothier et al., Plaintiffs' box 29 Application for Preliminary Injunction: Oral arguments
Ronald Baron et al. v. Strawbridge & Clothier et al., Day 2, box 29 Plaintiffs' Application for Preliminary Injunction (2 copies)
Ronald Baron et al. v. Strawbridge & Clothier et al., Day 2, box 29 afternoon, Plaintiffs' Application for Preliminary Injunction (2 copies)
Ronald Baron et al. v. Strawbridge & Clothier et al., Day 3, box 29 Plaintiffs' Application for Preliminary Injunction (2 copies)
Ronald Baron et al. v. Strawbridge & Clothier et al., 1986 box 30
Ronald Baron et al. v. Strawbridge & Clothier et al., Hearing, Day box 30 4, Morning Session ( 2 copies)
Ronald Baron et al. v. Strawbridge & Clothier et al., Hearing, Day box 30 4, Afternoon Session (2 copies)
Transcripts of Testimony for Deposition of Ronald Baron: Ronald box 30 Baron, July 1 (2 copies)
Transcripts of Testimony for Deposition of Ronald Baron: Ronald box 30 Baron, July 10
Transcripts of Testimony for Deposition of Ronald Baron: box 30 Margaret S. Clews (2 copies)
Transcripts of Testimony for Deposition of Ronald Baron: Isaac box 30 H. Clothier IV (2 copies)
Transcripts of Testimony for Deposition of Ronald Baron: James box 30 M. Gassaway (2 copies)
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Transcripts of Testimony for Deposition of Ronald Baron: Roger box 30 S. Hillas (2 copies)
Transcripts of Testimony for Deposition of Ronald Baron: Anne box 30 C. Longstreth (2 copies)
Transcripts of Testimony for Deposition of Ronald Baron: James box 30 S. McClure (2 copies)
Transcripts of Testimony for Deposition of Ronald Baron: Joan box 30 Harvey Curtis Reese (2 copies)
Transcripts of Testimony for Deposition of Ronald Baron: Richard box 30 M. Reilly (2 copies)
Transcripts of Testimony for Deposition of Ronald Baron: Donald box 30 A. Scott
Transcripts of Testimony for Deposition of Ronald Baron: Paul box 30 Shipley (2 copies)
Transcripts of Testimony for Deposition of Ronald Baron: Peter box 31 Stockton Strawbridge, June 11 (3 copies)
Transcripts of Testimony for Deposition of Ronald Baron: Peter box 31 Stockton Strawbridge, June 12 (2 copies)
Transcripts of Testimony for Deposition of Ronald Baron: Robert box 31 Early Strawbridge (3 copies)
Transcripts of Testimony for Deposition of Ronald Baron: box 31 William P. Wood (2 copies)
Transcripts of Testimony for Deposition of Ronald Baron: Francis box 31 R. Strawbridge III (2 copies)
Transcripts of Testimony for Deposition of Ronald Baron: George box 31 Stockton Strawbridge, June 26 (2 copies)
Transcripts of Testimony for Deposition of Ronald Baron: George box 31 Stockton Strawbridge, June 30 (2 copies)
Transcripts of Testimony for Deposition of Ronald Baron: Martin box 31 Siegel (2 copies)
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Real Estate Records, 1793-1975 Physical Description: 9 Linear Feet Scope and Content
Includes title papers for the company's flagship store at 8th & Market Streets (1793-1922); contracts for store construction; and some plans for twentieth century construction. Four linear feet of store appraisals for the flagship store are detailed lists for insurance purposes of the store, its fixtures, and contents (1948-1970).
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• Deeds Title/Description Instances Contracts box 32 Scope and Contents note
Construction Contracts for 8th & Market Street Store, and 8th & Filbert Street Warehouse, 1896-1904. These contracts are with: Standard Elevator Interlock Co., Philadelphia; Harrison Safety Boiler Works, Philadelphia; William Grevemeyer & Co., Philadelphia; Stacy Reeves & Sons, Philadelphia; B & W B Smith, New York City; Bureau of Highways, Dept. of Public Works, Philadelphia; P. J. & C. G. Steinmetz, Philadelphia.
Leases, 1898-1907 box 32
Strawbridge & Clothier Old Leases, 1884-1921 box 32
Insurance Policies, 1898 box 32
Leon Siebner Insurance policy, 1920s box 32
Layout and listing of Market Street Properties, 1880s 1906 box 32
Joseph G. Darlington & Co., Inc. (a dry goods store) -- Agreement box 32 with Strawbridge & Clothier, 1918
Associated Merchandizing Corporation, Papers, 1952 box 32
Leon Siebner -- Indenture, Insurance Policy and Deed, 1922-1929 box 32
Simpson/Frazier Land Papers, 1920-1921 box 32
Deeds for Land on Filbert Street: Thomas Leiper to Joseph box 32 Sellers, 1793
Deeds for Land on Filbert Street: Benjamin Severn & wife to box 32 Joseph Bamford, 1816
Deeds for Land on Filbert Street: Joseph Bamford & wife to box 32 Joseph Gillingham, 1816
Deeds for Land on Filbert Street: Elizabeth C. Leiper et al to box 32 Owen Sheridan, 1826
Deeds for Land on Filbert Street: Joseph Gillingham & wife to box 32 Owen Sheridan, 1827
Deeds for Land on Filbert Street: Owen Sheridan & wife to box 32 Patrick Kelly, 1854
Deeds for Land on Filbert Street: John Thompson Esq. (estate late box 32 of Patrick Kelly) to James B. Ferree, 1864
Deeds for Land on Filbert Street: James B. Ferree & wife to James box 32 L. McCartney, 1866
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Deeds for Land on Filbert Street: James L. McCartney & wife to box 32 George W. Fitzwater, 1866
Deeds for Land on Filbert Street: Mary Jane Harbach to Frederic box 32 H. Strawbridge, 1916
Deeds for Land on Filbert Street: Frederic H. Strawbridge & wife box 32 to T. Walter Gilkyson, 1922
Deeds for Land on Filbert Street: Walter Gilkyson, Trustee to box 32 Strawbridge & Clothier, 1922
Merchandise Stock Books, 1888 1892 box 33
Budget Store, Philadelphia, 1950 box 33
Philadelphia Store: plans for new building, 1928-1930 box 33
Papers re construction of overhead bridge across Filbert St., box 33 Philadelphia, 1924
948-958 No. 9th Street (9th & Poplar, Philadelphia--Strawbridge box 33 & Clothier Warehouse, 1928-1948
Real Estate Valuation, Center City Philadelphia, 1930s box 33 Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs.
Agreements and papers for alterations and construction at Market box 33 St. Store, 1924
Notebook--small-scale block plans of Philadelphia store and box 33 warehouse, 1955
Philadelphia Store floor plan, undated box 33
Service Building resolution, 1958 box 33
Market Street East, 1974 box 33
Appraisal of Main Store, Philadelphia, Volumes 1, 2, and 3, 1948 box 34
Appraisal of Service Buildings, and Poplar and Race Street box 34 warehouses, Philadelphia, Volume 4, 1948
Appraisal of Main Store, Service Buildings and Warehouses, box 34 Philadelphia, 1949-1952
Appraisal of Main Store, Philadelphia; Service Buildings, and box 35 Poplar and Race Streets warehouses, Philadelphia, 1953-1957 1961-1962
Appraisal of Main Store, Philadelphia; Service Buildings and box 36 Poplar and Race Streets warehouses, Philadelphia., 1964-1965
Appraisal of Main Store, Philadelphia, Upkeep Report, 1966 box 37
Appraisal of 32 & 34 No. 8th Street (NW corner 8th & Filbert box 37 Streets), Philadelphia, 1955 - Page 17- Strawbridge & Clothier records 2117
Appraisal of 827-829 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, 1970 box 37
Appraisal of 814 Arch Street, Philadelphia, 1970 box 37
Parking Garage, Strawbridge & Clothier and Lit Bros., 1959 oversize 39
Curb Elevations blueprint, 8th-9th, Arch & Filbert Streets, 1959 oversize 39
Parking Deck for Philadelphia Parking Authority, blueprint, 1960 oversize 39
Filbert Street Properties, Philadelphia, blueprint, 1946 oversize 39
Philadelphia Store, 10th floor plan, 1975 oversize 39
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Branch Stores Records Scope and Content
Includes plans, publicity articles, brochures, and scrapbooks, plus leases, mortgages, contracts, and insurance appraisals of store and contents for the following branch stores beginning in 1930: Ardmore, Jenkintown, Springfield, Neshaminy, Plymouth Meeting, and Exton, Pennsylvania; Cherry Hill and Echelon, New Jersey; and Wilmington and Christiana, Delaware. This subgroup documents the growth of suburban shopping strips and shopping malls during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, including malls designed by Victor Gruen, an internationally- known designer of shopping centers, and Ewing Cole Erdman & Eubank of Philadelphia.
Controlled Access Headings: • Valuation • Technical drawings Title/Description Instances Cherry Hill Store Opening Scrapbooks, October 1961 volume 40-43
Springfield, PA Store Opening Scrapbooks, February 1964 volume 44-46
Wilmington, DE Store Opening Scrapbook, 1951 volume 47
Springfield Store, Schedule for Fixtures & Furnishings, 1963 volume 48
Plymouth Meeting Store, Schedule for F&F, 1965 volume 49
Cherry Hill Store, Schedule for F&F, 1967 volume 50
Neshaminy Store, Schedule for F&F, 1967 volume 51
Echelon Store, Schedule for F&F, 1969 volume 52
Exton Store, Schedule for F&F, 1972 volume 53
Visitors' Register at Strawbridge & Clothier Main Line Store, volume 87 Ardmore during Reception Days, June 1950
Ardmore, 1954 box 33
Cherry Hill: Store opening booklet; news article; press release; box 33 dinner program., 1960-1964
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Cherry Hill resolutions, 1960 box 33
Cherry Hill Shopping Center: agreement between Strawbridge & box 33 Clothier and Community Research & Development, 1960
Christiana Mall Store, Newark, DE: magazine pictures, 1978 box 33
Echelon Mall Store: PR booklet and artwork; store opening box 33 booklet., 1970
Exton Square: store opening booklet; articles., 1971-1973 box 33
Jenkintown Store: agreements, leases, title, 1930-1935 box 33
Papers re Jenkintown, Wilmington and Philadelphia stores, box 33 1945-1954
Jenkintown Store, scrapbook, 1931-1932 box 33
Neshaminy Mall store: booklet for reception and dinner, 1968 box 33
Plymouth Meeting Mall store: invitation to and booklet for store box 33 opening; news article, 1966
Suburban Square store: Shopping Center anniversary booklet, box 33 1953
Wilmington, DE store: plans & miscellany, 1950-1954 box 33
Budget Store, Philadelphia, 1950 box 33
Mortgages, 1943-1946 box 33
Appraisal of Ardmore & Jenkintown Stores, Volume 5, 1948 box 34
Appraisal of Ardmore & Jenkintown Stores, 1949-1952 box 34
Appraisal of Wilmington, DE Store, 1952 box 35
Appraisal of Ardmore, Jenkintown, and Wilmington Stores, box 35 1953-1957 1961
Appraisal of Ardmore, Jenkintown, and Wilmington Stores, 1962 box 35
Appraisal of Cherry Hill, NJ store, 1963 box 36
Appraisal of Ardmore, Jenkintown, Wilmington, Cherry Hill and box 36 Springfield Stores, 1964 1965
Appraisal of Springfield, Delaware County, PA store, 1964 box 36
Appraisal of Plymouth Meeting Store, 1966 box 36
Appraisal of Plymouth Meeting, PA store, 1966 box 37
Appraisal of Ardmore, Jenkintown, Wilmington, Cherry Hill, box 37 Springfield, and Plymouth Meeting Stores, 1969
Appraisal of Budget Store, Wilmington, DE, 1969 box 37
Appraisal of Neshaminy Mall Store, Cornwall Heights, PA, 1969 box 37
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Architects Specs for Strawbridge & Clothier Stores: Echelon Mall, box 38 Voorhees Twp, Camden County, NJ, by Gruen Associates, 1969
Architects Specs for Strawbridge & Clothier Stores: Clover Store, box 38 Whitpain Twp, Montgomery County, PA, by Evantash-Friedman Associates, 1972
Architects Specs for Strawbridge & Clothier Stores: Clover Store, box 38 Morton borough, Delaware County, PA, by Evantash-Friedman Associates, 1973
Architects Specs for Strawbridge & Clothier Stores: Springfield box 38 Store, Springfield Twp, PA, by Victor Gruen, Architect, 1963
Architects Specs for Strawbridge & Clothier Stores: Exton Square box 38 Mall, West Whiteland Twp, Chester County, PA, by Ewing Cole Erdman & Eubank, 1971
Architects Specs for Strawbridge & Clothier Stores: Cherry Hill box 38 Store, Delaware Twp, NJ, by George M. Ewing Co., 1960
Architects Specs for Strawbridge & Clothier Stores: Neshaminy box 38 Mall, Bensalem Twp, Bucks County, PA, by Victor Gruen, Architect in association with Alexander Ewing, 1967
U.S. Dept. of Interior maps -- geological surveys of Wilmington, oversize 39 DE and Delaware County, PA, 1960
Cherry Hill Store drawings, 1955 oversize 39
Blueprints of Jenkintown, PA Store, 1930-1940 oversize 39
Drawings and Blueprints: Ardmore, PA store, oversize 39 19281930-19321947
Drawings and Blueprints: Wilmington, DE Store, 1950-1955 oversize 39
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Personnel Records, 1876-1993 Physical Description: 7.5 Linear Feet Scope and Content
Includes payroll records showing salaries of individual workers, and registers of employees, from executives to sales girls and "cash boys" who ran merchandise and money between the wrapping desks and the cashiers. There are also records of the Strawbridge & Clothier Athletic Association, the Strawbridge & Clothier Pension Fund Association, the Strawbridge & Clothier Relief Association, the Strawbridge & Clothier Chorus, the Christmas & Vacation Fund Association, the Noon Day Club (for women workers), and the Quarter Century Club, which document the Quaker-inspired welfare work programs aimed at all members of the "Store Family." There is a set of the employee magazine STORE CHAT (1906-1993), files and scrapbooks of biographical information on both executives and representative regular employees (1902-1952), employee rules and service codes, and clippings on a 1938 warehouse strike.
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• Personnel records Title/Description Instances Employee [Payroll] ledger, A-Z, 1877-1890 volume 61
Employee [Payroll] ledger, A-Z, 1879-1904 volume 62
Employee ledger: Department, employee name, number, address, volume 63 beginning and ending dates, remarks, 1882-1899
Employee payroll ledger: #1 Boys records, 1887-1905 volume 64
Employee payroll ledger, #3 Boys ledger, 1899-1905 volume 65
Timekeeper's Address Ledger (time book), 1881-1905 volume 66
Employees, A-K, circa 1880-1905 volume 67 Scope and Contents note
Name, salary, beginning and ending dates, remarks.
Employees, L-Z, circa 1876-1905 volume 68 Scope and Contents note
Name, salary, beginning and ending dates, remarks.
Employee ledger, 1880-1916 volume 69 Scope and Contents note
Lists department worked in address, beginning and ending dates, employee number, and remarks. The first 645 employees are in alphabetical order. The employees listed from #646 on are listed in consecutive number order.
Employee ledger, late 19th century to early 20th century volume 70 Scope and Contents note
Alphabetical listing of employees with page references to other ledgers.
Strawbridge & Clothier Pension Fund Association Minute Book, volume 71 1907-May 1923
Strawbridge & Clothier Pension Fund Association Minute Book, volume 72 May 1923-October 1945
Strawbridge & Clothier Chorus Scrapbook, 1905-1952 volume 73
Oversize scrapbook of Strawbridge & Clothier news clippings, volume 74 advertisements, memorials, pension plan documents, 1886-1943
Merchandizing Major Executives--Earnings and appraisal records, box 54 showing retirement or resignation dates, 1922-1978
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Non-Merchandizing Major Executives: retired/resigned records, box 56 1939-1979
Notice to Salespeople, undated box 57
Christmas and Vacation Fund Association, undated box 57
Furniture Fellowship Dinner, 1928 box 57
By-Laws of the Noon Day Club, undated box 57
General Salescheck Information, 1939 box 57
Announcements, 1925 box 57
"For the Betterment of the Service," December 1905; code of box 57 service, undated
Telephone Instruction booklet, 1910 box 57
Store Telephone Directories, 1930-1945 box 57
Budget Book with instructions, 1932 box 57
Careers in retailing brochures, circa 1950s box 57
"Sentiments of the Founders," Strawbridge & Clothier column in box 57 the Philadelphia Bulletin, scrapbook, 1922-1925 Scope and Contents note
Includes biographical information about Strawbridge & Clothier employees, codes of service at Strawbridge & Clothier stores, historical notes and ads.
Information for Employees, 19311938 box 57
Rules, 1904 box 57
Herbert J. Tily, Gen. Supt.--salary agreements, 190519091914 box 57
Employees in Military Service, 1932 1943 box 57
Employees, Biographical information box 57
Employees, Obituaries box 57
Employees, letters about: Memorials, pensions, deaths, box 57 retirements, new hires, 1945-1952
Employees, Letters of Resignation box 57
Employee Pay Ledger, 1952-1960 box 57
Personnel, notes about, by Carolyn Yaeger for Store Chat box 57
Strawbridge & Clothier Relief Association, 1914-1925 box 57
Strawbridge & Clothier Athletic Association, 1910-1917 box 57
Warehouse Strike, Philadelphia Stores: news clippings, 1938 box 57
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Minutes of Administrative Committee of Strawbridge & Clothier box 57 Retirement Benefit Plan, 1945-1948 (small volume)
Minutes of Strawbridge & Clothier Relief Association, 1948-1953 box 57 (small volume)
Quarter Century Club: Minute book for founding, March 1908 box 58
Quarter Century Club, 1908-1927 (4 scrapbooks) box 58
1912 resolution of Quartery Century Club to Strawbridge & box 58 Clothier
Quarter Century Club: Correspondence and programs, box 58 1912-19151922-1964
Quarter Century Club miscellany, list of members, deaths, etc., box 58 1913-19291968
Strawbridge & Clothier Chorus, Christmas Pageants: box 59 correspondence, 1938-1957
Strawbridge & Clothier Chorus, Christmas Pageant, 1941 box 59
Strawbridge & Clothier Chorus, Christmas Programs, box 59 1909-19291930-1955
Strawbridge & Clothier Chorus, Easter Programs, 1907-1951 box 59
Strawbridge & Clothier Chorus, Academy of Music Concerts, box 59 1906-1928
Strawbridge & Clothier Chorus, Metropolitan Opera House box 59 concerts, 1915-1925
Strawbridge & Clothier Chorus, Willow Grove Park (PA) box 59 concerts, 1905-1925
Strawbridge & Clothier Chorus, Concerts--general, 1911-1937 box 59 undated
Strawbridge & Clothier Chorus, song sheets, pictures, news items, box 59 1916-1940s
Strawbridge & Clothier Chorus, pamphlets and booklets, box 59 1906-1933
Strawbridge & Clothier Chorus, Store Chat monthly in-house box 60 employee publication, loose copies Scope and Contents note
Bound volumes in Imprints Dept. for 1906-1918, 1928, 1930-1932, 1935, and 1943-1996. Issues in this box: 1909 Apr-Dec; 1910 Jan-Dec; 1911 Jan-Dec; 1912 Jan-July; 1913 Dec; 1944 March; 1946 Aug & Dec; 1949 Jan, Apr-May; 1950 May; 1951 March, April, Oct & Nov; 1952 Feb; 1953 Oct; 1955 May; 1961 Sept-Nov; 1962 Feb; 1964 Jan-Sept; 1965 Oct-Nov; 1966 Jan/Feb; 1967 Jan/Feb; 1968 Jan-Apr; 1976 March-Dec; 1977 Jan-Nov; 1978 Jan-Sept; 1979 June- July; 1980 Mar-June; 1981 Jan/Feb; 1983 Jan-Oct; 1984 - Page 23- Strawbridge & Clothier records 2117
Jan/Feb & July-Oct; 1985 Mar/Apr & Jul/Aug; 1988 Nov/ Dec; 1989 July-Oct; 1993 Fall.
Clothier, Isaac H., Jr. (1875-1961), biographical data box 10
Clothier, Morris L. (1868-1947), biographical data box 10
Morris L. Clothier (1868-1947), business and personal box 10 correspondence, 1907-1929
Copeland, Randall E. (b. 1909), biographical data box 10
Jackson, John (1868-1946), biographical data box 10
Johnson, Howard Cooper (1876-1952), biographical data box 10
Perkins, Dwight G., biographical data box 10
Schwab, Winthrop deV, biographical data box 10
Slade, Mary Clothier, biographical data box 10
Strawbridge, Anna Estes (Mrs. Francis R.), biographical data, box 10 1880-1981
Edward R. Strawbridge (d. Jan. 1903): Estate, 1904 box 10
Strawbridge, Francis R. (1876-1965), biographical data box 10
Strawbridge, Francis R., Jr. (1911-1966), biographical data box 10
Strawbridge, Francis R. 3rd, biographical data box 10
Strawbridge, Frederic H. (1866-1958), biographical data box 10
Strawbridge, George Stockton (1913-1997), biographical data box 10
Justus C. Strawbridge (1838-1911): Estate & Will, 1910-1912 box 10
Justus C. Strawbridge (1838-1911): Personal, 1902-1919 box 10
Strawbridge, Robert E. (1871-1963), biographical data box 10
Strawbridge, Steven R. (b. 1944), biographical data box 10
Tily, Herbert J. (1866-1948), biographical data box 10
Veale, Frank R., biographical data box 10
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Advertising and Public Relations Records, 1860-1971 Physical Description: 4 Linear Feet Scope and Content
Includes scrapbooks and cuttings of newspaper ads relating to both sales of merchandise, employee activities and entertainments, and the history of "Clover Days." Another scrapbook contains issues of the special edition of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin sent to residents serving overseas in the armed forces (1944-1946). There are also
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pamphlets, flyers, and catalogs (1865-1964) and a scapbook covering the construction of the Philadelphia flagship store. Public relations materials include company histories, articles on anniversaries and store openings, promotional literature, samples of shopping bags, calendars, blotters, and playing cards, and materials on Chairman G. Stockton Strawbridge's charitable and civic activities.
Title/Description Instances News clippings about Strawbridge & Clothier store promotions, box 76 entertainments, and employee activities, Volume A, February 1894-April 1897
News clippings about Strawbridge & Clothier store promotions, box 76 entertainments, and employee activities, Volume B, May 1897-1903
News clippings about Strawbridge & Clothier store promotions, box 76 entertainments, and employee activities, Volume C, 1903-1907
News clippings about Strawbridge & Clothier store promotions, box 76 entertainments, and employee activities, Volume D, 1907-1912
Strawbridge & Clothier Market Street Store, oversize scrapbook volume 77 of news clippings, 1928-1930
Strawbridge & Clothier Market Street Store scrapbook of news volume 78 clippings, 1918-1931
Oversize scrapbook of Strawbridge & Clothier newspaper volume 79 advertisements, October 22, 1934-December 18, 1934
Oversize scrapbook of Strawbridge & Clothier newspaper volume 80 advertisements, December 1943-February 1944
Oversize scrapbook of Strawbridge & Clothier newspaper volume 81 advertisements, April 9, 1945-July 8, 1945
Oversize Portfolio of Strawbridge & Clothier advertisements volume 82
Strawbridge & Clothier Anniversary Sales Rallies scrapbooks, volume 83 1983-89
Strawbridge & Clothier Anniversary Sales Rallies scrapbooks, volume 84 1990-98
G. Stockton Strawbridge: United Fund Torch Drive, 1969 volume 85
Scrapbook of The Evening Bulletin, Philadelphia: Special volume 86 Overseas Edition from first issue, May 22, 1944-1946
Pamphlets, flyers, loose pages from trade catalogs, 1884-1964 box 75
Nine advertisements on stiff backing from an exhibit, 1860-1874 box 75
Clover Day, history, advertisements, 1906-1967 box 75
Advertisements, 1867-1966 box 75
Photo reproductions of newspaper ads for Strawbridge & Clothier box 75 exhibit, 18741899
Philadelphia Inquirer Strawbridge & Clothier ads, 1948-1949 box 75
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Two small scrapbooks of news clippings, February 1882- box 75 September 1884January 1887-January 1894 Scope and Contents note
Store ads; articles re Strawbridge & Clothier, entertainments, employees, savings fund
Radio advertising, 1926 box 75
Television: Strawbridge & Clothier TV program titled, "Meet the box 75 MacMullens", 1950
Wartime promotions, 1943-1945 box 75
Strawbridge & Clothier Ink Blotter, undated box 75
Great, Great Britain--artwork & ad oversize 82
Italia Bellisima--artwork & ad oversize 82
Samples of six Strawbridge & Clothier shopping bags oversize 82
Strawbridge & Clothier Board of Directors resolution honoring oversize 82 Anna Estes Strawbridge
Council of the City of Philadelphia resolution honoring G. oversize 82 Stockton Strawbridge
"This is Your Life" for G. Stockton Strawbridge from the oversize 82 Strawbridge & Clothier Quarter Century Club
Philadelphia Merchants' Association resolution for G. Stockton oversize 82 Strawbridge on his resignation from the Association, 1967
The Delineator, Butterick Publishing Company, December 1913 oversize 82
The Crystal Ball Centennial Cotillion, Memorial Hall, Fairmount oversize 82 Park, 1971
The Ambler Gazette, "New Clover Store Sets Opening", oversize 82 September 6, 1973
Bucks County Intelligencer, PA, November 16, 1875 oversize 82
The Evening Bulletin, Philadelphia, June 17, 1930June 15, 1942 oversize 82
Evening Public Ledger, Philadelphia, September 21, 1928 oversize 82
Public Ledger, Philadelphia, May 31, 1922 oversize 82
The Sunday Bulletin, September 9, 1973 oversize 82
German newspaper in Philadelphia (header missing), Strawbridge oversize 82 & Clothier ad, undated
History of Strawbridge & Clothier: Army Times, September 23, oversize 82 1961
Philadelphia Inquirer, Rotogravure Section re Strawbridge & oversize 82 Clothier, November 29, 1931
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Historical, scrapbook pages (3) oversize 82 Scope and Contents note
2 pages of the Cornerstone laying ceremony for new Philadelphia store, 1939; l page of addresses at the ceremony by I.H. Clothier, Jr., Herbert J. Tily and M. L. Clothier in 1928 and 1930.
Artwork in the stores, 1978 box 88
Copies of 19th century letters and agreements, 1861-1895 box 88
Herbert J. Tily celebrating the completion of Fifty Years box 88 association with Strawbridge & Clothier, Philadelphia, December 18, 1929
The New Store, an institution dedicated to the service of the box 88 people by Strawbridge & Clothier, 1932
Three-Quarters of a Century, Strawbridge & Clothier, 1943 box 88
A Store Grows in Philadelphia, Strawbridge & Clothier, circa box 88 1970
"A Brief Outline of the Store's History," from Store Chat, 1941 box 88
"Three Decades from 1876 to 1906, a Historical Sketch of box 88 Strawbridge & Clothier," by George W. Stevens, 1937
"Strawbridge & Clothier," (Undisguised Draft), Harvard Business box 88 School, 1990
Articles, papers and pamphlets about Strawbridge & Clothier box 88
40th Anniversary Exposition 'Historic Dolls', 1908 box 88
News articles, correspondence, programs and trademark of box 88 Strawbridge & Clothier, 1897-1975
Cornerstone-laying Ceremony, Philadelphia store, 1928-1931 box 88 Scope and Contents note
News clippings and related materials.
Dedication ceremonies of new Philadelphia store, 1932 box 88
Dedication of Jefferson Memorial Tablet, 1949 box 88
Dedication ceremonies in memory of the Founders of Strawbridge box 88 & Clothier, 1944
The Evening Bulletin, loose copies box 88
The Strawbridge & Clothier Quarterly, loose copies box 88
History File and notes by Carol Yeager, editor of the Store Chat, box 88 1917-1983
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box 88
Strawbridge & Clothier stock certificates, samples box 88
Small bound calendar; Strawbridge & Clothier playing cards, box 88 1880
Strawbridge & Clothier Diary, 1923 box 88 Scope and Contents note
(not a diary about Strawbridge & Clothier).
Miscellaneous, 1908-1949 box 88
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