Fred Harvey Company Collection, 1900-1986.

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Fred Harvey Company Collection, 1900-1986.

Correspondence, catalogs, library inventories, drawings, paintings, artifacts, statistical reports, photographs, ledgers, guest registers, architectural drawings (by Harvey and Mary Jane Colter), blueprints, restaurant manuals, recipes, menus, news clippings, press releases, magazine articles, scripts, scrapbooks, and brochures documenting the history and operations of the Fred Harvey Company from 1900 to 1984.

24 linear ft.

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Amfac, Inc.

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Colter, Mary Elizabeth Jane, 1869-1958

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Fred Harvey Firm

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Fred Harvey (1835-1901) began a partnership with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in 1878. In 1889, the Railway gave Harvey exclusive rights to manage and operate his eating houses, lunch stands, and hotel facilities upon the Santa Fe's railroads west of the Missouri River. The Harvey Houses took pride in their first class food, service, and cleanliness. From the description of Fred Harvey hotels collection, 1896-1945. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 29699443 ...