Dun & Bradstreet Corporation records, 1831-1990.

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Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. Dun & Bradstreet Corporation records, 1831-1990.

Dun & Bradstreet Corporation records, 1831-1990.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/608549135

The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation records, 1831-1990, contain a vast array of material that documents the history and evolution of the company and the credit reporting industry. Lewis Tappan founded The Mercantile Agency in 1841 with a vision that the company would standardize the flow of credit in the United States. R.G. Dun began working for the Mercantile Agency in 1854 and acquired sole ownership in 1859 and renamed the firm R.G. Dun & Co. The collection contains correspondence, financial material, legal documents, administrative records, slides, negatives, film, and photographs pertaining to The Mercantile Agency, B. Douglass & Co., R.G. Dun & Co., J.M. Bradstreet & Co., and Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. as well as affiliated Boston firm E. Russell & Co. Also included is personal correspondence, financial records, legal material, and papers relating to the Colorado silver mining investments of Robert Graham Dun.

59.5 linear ft. (59 v., 60 boxes, 1 carton)

Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library