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Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Companies. Plan Division. Fire insurance maps, 1835-1941 [microform].

Title: Fire insurance maps, 1835-1941 [microform].

The collection consists of approximately 895 insurance plans and maps. Most of the originals were single sheets, approximately 21" x 26" containing a site plan and axonometric drawing with materials denoted by a watercolor wash. The sheets also contain a printed synopsis of the plant and available fire protection systems. The majority of the plants are textile factories, and more than half are located in New England. Of the remainder, most are in the Middle Atlantic States, with decreasing numbers in the Midwest and Southeast. Important non-textile plants include the Boeing Aircraft Company at Seattle, the Glenn L. Martin plant at Baltimore, the rubber factories of Akron, the Buick plants at Jackson and Flint, the General Electric plant at Toledo, the Cleveland Railway Company shops, the Ford Motor Company at Louisville, and the tobacco factories of Virginia and North Carolina.

ArchivalResource: 3 reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122370826 View

D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles Archives, 1929-1995 and undated

Title: D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles Archives, 1929-1995 and undated

ArchivalResource: 152 Linear Feet; 30,220 Items

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Directors of Industrial Research (U.S.). Records, 1929-1982.

Title: Records, 1929-1982.

The records of the Directors of Industrial Research are an important collection primarily for its documentation of the development of industrial research. These records provide ample opportunity for the study of a powerful elite of corporate researchers, and a close-up view of certain aspects of the relationship between science and big business in the twentieth century.

ArchivalResource: 3.3 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122370814 View

Wilmington Trust Company. Trust Dept. Investment analysis files ("C"), 1909-1959 (bulk 1931-1954).

Title: Investment analysis files ("C"), 1909-1959 (bulk 1931-1954).

The records contain some information on the workings of the Trust Dept., but are more useful for the information they contain on the individual companies in which the department invested.

ArchivalResource: 7 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122355362 View

Hoopes, Penrose R. (Penrose Robinson), 1892-1976. Papers, 1871-1968 (bulk 1923-1968).

Title: Papers, 1871-1968 (bulk 1923-1968).

The papers of Penrose Hoopes relate to his professional career as a designer and inventor who specialized in factory equipment and high production automatic machinery.

ArchivalResource: 14 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122397742 View