Historical files, 1867-1984.

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Historical files, 1867-1984.

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Consists mainly of promotional materials, including newspaper inserts, merchandise catalogs, and advertisements. There are also several books and some sheet music published by the store; clippings, 1867-1981; a scrapbook documenting the store's move across Main St. in 1960; and some photographs of AM & A's stores and employees.

(3.0 linear ft.)

Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7377005

Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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Adam, Robert B. (Robert Borthwick), 1833-1904

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Robert Borthwick Adam (February 4, 1833 – June 30, 1904) was a retailer and book collector from Buffalo, New York. In 1867, Adam co-founded the department store Adam, Meldrum & Whiting. Adam's home at 448 Delaware Avenue in Buffalo, built in 1876, still stands. Adam was born in Peebles, Scotland, on February 4, 1833, to Rev. Thomas Adam and Isabella Borthwick. He left school at the age of 10 and went to work in Edinburgh, where he lived until 1857. In 1855, he married Grace Harriet Michie. I...

Adam, Robert Borthwick, 1918-1993 (III)

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Robert Borthwick Adam was born July 4, 1918. He was the son of Robert Borthwick Adam (1863-1940) and Lena Benjamin Stevens Adam (1879-1940). The elder Robert B. Adam was a prolific book and manucript collector, as was his father before him. With his sisters, Robert Borthwick Adam, III sold the collection to Donald and Mary Hyde in 1948 after their father's death. He died September 10, 1993 in Buffalo, New York....

Adam, R. B. (Robert Borthwick), 1863-1940

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Robert Borthwick Adam was a prominent manuscript collector. He was born in England in 1863 as Robert Borthwick Adam Scott, son of John Scott and Jean (Adam) Scott. In 1872, he was brought to Buffalo, N.Y, and adopted by his uncle, Robert Borthwick Adam (1833-1904), a prosperous department store owner. He assumed his uncle's name and eventually inherited the department store, as well as a substantial collection of British rare books and literary manuscripts, many of them relating to Samuel Johnso...

Adam, Meldrum & Anderson Company (Buffalo, N.Y.)

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Buffalo department store founded in 1867, and run by the Robert B. Adam family until 1994, when it was sold to The Bon Ton Stores. From the description of Historical files, 1867-1984. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 36087867 ...