Applications for the registration of trademarks, 1896-1938.

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Applications for the registration of trademarks, 1896-1938.

Applications are for the registration of trademarks used on business products. Each application includes name and address of firm; name and title of individual filing for registration; plus trademark and product descriptions identified by the trademark. Facsimile of trademark is attached to each application. Occassionally included are applications for renewal of trademark registration; certificates of renewal of trademarks issued by the Secretary of State; statements of power of attorney; documents of assignment transferring the right to use a trademark from one firm to another; and documents issued by other states (e.g., certificates of amendment of articles of incorporation; change of name of corporation).

20 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7376082

Illinois State Archive

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Illinois. Office of Secretary of State. Index Dept.

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The Dept. of Archives and Index, created in 1873 to "make and keep proper indexes to the executive records and all public acts, resolutions, papers and documents" filed with the Secretary of State, dealt primarily with current records until an Archives Division was created (1921) to handle older records. Index Division compiles and distributes session laws plus House and Senate journals; and files fair copies of enrolled acts and resolutions; verbatim transcripts of General Assembly...

Illinois. Office of Secretary of State

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The Office of Secretary of State, successor to the territorial Secretary, was established by the 1818 Constitution to keep both the state archives and a register of the Governor's official acts. The Secretary was appointed by the Governor until the 1848 Constitution made the office elective. In 1873, the Dept. of Archives and Index was created to "make and keep proper indexes to the executive records and all public acts, resolutions, papers and documents" filed with the Secretary of State. This ...