Louisville Industrial Foundation records, 1916-1986.

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Louisville Industrial Foundation records, 1916-1986.

Annual reports, audits, minute books (with indexes), newspaper clippings, and assorted other documents detailing the activities of the Louisville Industrial Foundation from its founding to the mid-1980s. Includes information on numerous manufacturers in Louisville, especially prior to 1950. The collection also includes pamphlets and other materials produced by the Foundation examining a wide range of topics from mineral resources in Kentucky to "Louisville's industrial advantages" for plants producing metal, wood, or textile products. LIF worked to attract new industry to Louisville until the Chamber of Commerce took over that task in 1950.

5.5 cubic feet.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7780327

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