Records, ca. 1913-1999.

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Records, ca. 1913-1999.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56722123

The collection contains selected groups of company records for Harding & Cogswell, Corp. Due to the massive size of this collection only portions of it have been processed. The available materials are divided into four series. Series 1 includes construction projects sorted by the year and then alphabetically by contractor. Series 2 contains the visual materials and includes slides, negatives, and photographs of many of the company's projects. Series 3 contains catalogs and printed advertising showing limestone examples of textures, specifications for limestone use, and catalogs highlighting buildings that Harding & Cogswell worked on. Series 4 contains some early financial records from 1924-32. There are canceled checks, a cash book, company ledgers, and monthly statements.

132 manuscript boxes, 1 box of photographs, 1 box of col. photographs, 2 boxes of oversized photographs, 5 boxes of slides, 1 box of 4x5 col. negatives, 7 4x5 black-and-white negatives, 1 bin of 35 mm. col. negatives, 2 bins of 35 mm. black-and-white negatives, 4 bins of 120 mm. black-and-white negatives, 1 cassette tape, 1 VHS video tape, 2 artifacts.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7756283

Indiana Historical Society Library

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Evans Limestone Company.

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Summitt, Glen.

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Harding, Alfred G.

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Evans, Larry, 1939-

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Summitt & Cogswell.

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Summitt, F. G.

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Cogswell, William G.

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Cogswell, Percy.

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Summitt & Evans, Inc.

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Harding & Cogswell

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Harding & Cogswell, Inc. (later renamed Harding & Cogswell, Corp.) began as a limestone fabrication company in Ellettsville, Indiana. It was founded in 1911 by Alfred G. Harding and Percy Cogswell. The company was incorporated in 1921. Although it was a very successful company it was temporarily shut down during World War II. The company continued in business after the war and during the 1950s Glen Summitt and William G. Cogswell (nephew of the founder) formed a separate company (Summitt...