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Directory of Corporate Archives
in the United States and
Canada
Complete Entries Arranged Alphabetically
by Name of Corporation,
E-F
Eastman Kodak Company
343 State Street
Rochester, NY 14650-1206
Contact:
Telephone: 716-724-3041
Fax: 716-724-1985
E-Mail:
Type of Business: General manufacturing
Hours of Service: M-F 8:00am-5:00pm
Conditions of Access: Letter describing research needs required.
Requests will be evaluated as to whether there is enough material to warrant a
visit to the company.
Holdings: 1880s-present
Total Volume:
Description: The collection is varied, consisting of early business
correspondence, photographs, advertisements and biographies of corporate
officers through the years. The collection is an adjunct to the business library
and no one person is specifically assigned to administer it.
Ecolab
370 Wabasha Street North
St. Paul, MN 55102-1390
Contact: Nancy Lyslo
Telephone: 612-293-2550
Fax: 612-225-3018
E-Mail:
Type of Business:
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
A. G. Edwards & Sons
1 North Jefferson Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63103
Contact: Janice Broderick, Curator of Collections
Telephone: 314-289-3759
Fax: 314-289-5547
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Securities industry
Hours of Service: M-F 9:00am-5:00pm, by appointment only
Conditions of Access: By appointment only to bonafide researchers.
Holdings: 1865-present; bulk dates, 1887-1930
Total Volume: 10 linear feet
Description: Incomplete early records of General A. G. Edwards, the founding
of the firm and information relating to the St. Louis banks, ca. 1900-1913.
Early reminiscences of partner William McChesney Martin Jr. Most materials
assembled as part of research for corporate centennial, includes original
documents and stock certificates. Official modern records after 1930 not
available for study.
Educational Testing Service
ETS Archives
Rosedale Road, ms 36-B
Princeton, NJ 08541
Contacts: Jason Wagner, Information Specialist/Archivist;
Andre Pollack, Information Specialist/Archivist
E-Mail:
jwagner@ets.org; apollack@ets.org
Hours of Services: M-F 8:00-4:30
Conditions of Access: Publications and other nonconfidential materials created
for external dissemination are open to all researchers. Public access to
internal ETS records is usually restricted
for at least 25 years from the date of their creation, unless permission is
authorized. Permission is also required for scholarly access to business
records.
Holdings: The ETS Archives currently has approximately 2,300 cubic feet
of material dating from 1810 to the present with the majority of the material
dating from 1947 to the present.
Description: The ETS Archives documents the origins and development of
the organization in its collection of business records, manuscripts,
photographs, oral histories, and published works. Included in the
collections are records of predecessor organization involved in testing and
collections of significant individuals outside of ETS involved in education and
/ or psychology.
Updated December 3, 2007
Electronic Data Systems
5555 New King Street
Troy, MI 48098
Contact: Michael Maiers
Telephone: 810-696-9180
Fax: 810-696-2844
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Computer industry
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
Emerson Process Management
12301 Research Blvd., Research Park Plaza, Building III
Austin TX 78759
Contact: Amanda Rose, Research Consultant and Records Officer
Telephone: 512-835-2190
Type of Business: Industrial Automation and Process Control
Hours of Service: 8am - 5pm CST
Conditions of Access: Restricted to Emerson employees and contractors
Holdings: 1990 - present
Description: Holdings are comprised of various materials including, but not
limited to: engineering project files; customer project files; financial
records; human resources files; and executive reports and meeting minutes.
The holdings include records for Fisher-Rosemount Systems Inc. and Emerson
Process Management Process Systems & Solutions Division.
Updated July 11, 2005
Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield
622 Third Avenue, 24th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Contact: Beverly Robertson, Administrator, Corporate Archives and
Library
Telephone: 212-476-6260
Fax: 212-476-7629
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Insurance and insurance-related services
Hours of Service: M-F 9:00am-5:00pm; by appointment only
Conditions of Access: Written application to corporate archivist
stating nature of research project; access conditional upon approval.
Holdings: 1934-present
Total Volume: 1,500 linear feet
Description: Annual reports, minutes, house organs, contracts, advertising,
slides, videotapes, reports and studies, photographs, pamphlets, monographs,
financial reports and memorabilia, etc.
Energy Productions
12700 Ventura Blvd.
Studio City, CA 91604-2469
Contact: Randy Gitsch
Telephone: 818-508-1444
Fax: 818-508-1293
E-Mail:
Type of Business:
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the U.S.
Archives
1290 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10104
Contact: Jonathan Coss
Telephone: 212-314-3133
Fax: 212-707-7783
E-Mail: Jonathan.Coss@Equitable.com
Type of Business: Insurance and financial services
Hours of Service: M-F 9:00am-5:00pm
Conditions of Access: Open upon presentation of credentials.
Holdings: 1859-present; bulk dates, 1912-present
Total Volume: 2,000 linear feet
Description: Records of the Equitable, its subsidiaries and affiliates,
related insurance and financial services in domestic and international
operations. Included are company histories, executive files, reports,
biographical and speech files, annual reports, insurance policies,
advertisements, company publications, photographs, tape recordings and
memorabilia.
Erie Insurance Group
100 Erie Insurance Place
Erie, PA 16530
Contact: Theresa Gamble
Telephone: 814-870-2800
Fax: 814-870-3126
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Insurance and insurance-related services
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
Ernest and Julio Gallo Winery
600 Yosemite Boulevard
Modesto, CA 95354
Contact: Pat Hall, Legal Department
Telephone: 209-579-3169
Fax: 209-579-4969
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Food and beverage industry
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
Farmers' Mutual Hail Insurance Company of Iowa
2323 Grand Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50312
Contact: Barbara Rutledge Raife, Archivist
Telephone: 515-282-9104
Fax: 515-282-1220
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Insurance and insurance-related services
Hours of Service: M-F 9:00-4:30
Conditions of Access: By appointment and consent of archivist
Holdings: 1893-present
Total Volume:
Description: Company records publications, advertising, memorabilia,
photographs. Also founding family papers, diaries, photographs, memorabilia.
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Research Library
1000 Peachtree Street, NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30309-4470
Contact: Annie Tilden
Telephone: 404 498-8740
Fax: 404 498-7931
E-Mail: annie.tilden@atl.frb.org
Type of Business: Banking and financial services
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access: Restricted to Federal
Reserve Bank of Atlanta employees
Holdings:
Total Volume:
Updated May 13, 2003
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
1455 East 6th Street
Cleveland, OH 44114
Contact: Lynn Sniderman
Telephone: 216-579-2051
Fax: 216-579-3172
E-Mail: Lynn.c.sniderman@clev.frb.org
Type of Business: Banking and financial services
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access: Restricted
Holdings: 1920s-present
Total Volume:
Federal
Reserve Bank of Kansas City
925 Grand Ave.
P.O. Box 219560
Kansas City, MO 64121-6560
Contact: Cynthia G.
Edwards
Telephone:
816-881-4763
Fax: 816-881-2807
E-Mail: cynthia.edwards
at kc.frb.org
Type of Business:
Banking and financial services
Hours of Service: M-F
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Conditions of Access:
Restricted
Holdings: circa 1914 -
present
Total Volume: 500
cubic feet
Updated February 22,
2006
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
250 Marquette
Minneapolis, MN 55401-2171
Contact: Amy R. Hargens, Manager, Information Management
Telephone: 612-340-5368
Fax: 612-344-2768
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Banking and financial services
Hours of Service: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Conditions of Access: By appointment
Holdings:
Total Volume:
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
33 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10045
www.newyorkfed.org
Contact: Joseph M. Komljenovich, Archivist
Telephone: 212-720-8906
Fax: 212-720-8397
E-Mail: joseph.komljenovich@ny.frb.org
Type of Business: Central banking and financial services
Hours of Service: M-F 9:00am-5:00pm; subject to change according to business
requirements
Conditions of Access: Completion and approval of application, available on the
web or by contacting the Archives
Holdings: 1914-present
Total Volume:
Description: Holdings include select papers of senior officers, publications,
and institutional central files
Updated: October 23, 2005
Fidelity Investments
82 Devonshire
Street
Boston,
MA 02109
Contact: Elena Demetriades, Archivist
Telephone:
617-563-7959
E-mail:
elena.demetriades@fmr.com
Type
of Business: Financial Services
Updated
August 30, 2005
Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company*
777 San Marin Drive
Novato, CA 94998
www.firemansfund.com or
www.ffic.com
Contact: Archival Services Department, The History Factory
14140 Parke Long Court, Chantilly, VA 20151-1649
www.historyfactory.com
Telephone: 703-631-0500
Fax: 703-631-1124
E-Mail:
ffic@historyfactory.com
Type of Business: Property and casualty insurance
Hours of Service: 9:00am - 5:30pm
Conditions of Access: Restricted. Outside requests for information
subject to approval by Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company.
Holdings: 1800 - present
Total Volume: 540 linear feet
Description: Holdings consist of administrative records; biographical
material, correspondence and speeches of founders and executives; property
files; logbooks and code books; anniversary material; written and pictorial
documentation of the 1906 earthquake and fire in San Francisco; a large
photograph collection of natural disasters and fires; and photographs providing
insights to the developments of the shipping industry in the second half of the
nineteenth century. Records of subsidiaries and acquired institutions,
particularly the American Insurance Company and Home Mutual are well
represented.
Updated August 7, 2003
First American Title Company
2330 Glendale Lane, #100
Sacramento, CA 95825
Contact: Roy Minnick
Telephone: 916-852-6859
Fax: 916-852-8014
E-Mail:
Type of Business:
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
First Data Corporation
6200 S. Quebec St., MS 340
Greenwood Village, CO 80111
Contact: Amy Fischer, C. A., Corporate Archivist
Telephone: 303-967-8863
Fax: 303-967-7233
E-Mail: amy.fischer@firstdatacorp.com
Type of Business: Financial Services, Telecommunications
Hours of Service: M-F 9:30am-3:30pm
Conditions of Access: Restricted. Outside requests for information subject to
approval of corporate archivist and corporate communications department.
Holdings: 1850-present; bulk dates, 1870s-present
Total Volume: 1,500 cubic feet
Description: Records of First Data Corporation and its predecessors,
including Western Union, First Financial Management Corporation (Atlanta) and
First Data Resources (Omaha). Western Union collection supports research of
telegraphy and related technologies, and includes company records, annual
reports, photographs, print and broadcast advertising, telegraph equipment, and
messenger uniforms. First Data collection includes company records, financial
records, company publications, print and broadcast advertising, photographs,
video/audio recordings, press releases and clips, etc.
Updated January 31, 2004
FleetBoston Financial Corporation*
Fleet Bank
100 Federal Street
Boston, MA 02110
www.fleetboston.com
Contact: Archival Services Department, The History Factory
14140 Parke Long Court, Chantilly, VA 20151-1649
www.historyfactory.com
Telephone: 703-631-0500
Fax: 703-631-1124
E-Mail:
fleetboston@historyfactory.com
Type of Business: Personal and Commercial Financial Services
Hours of Service: 9:00am - 5:30pm
Conditions of Access: Restricted. Outside requests for information
subject to approval by FleetBoston Financial.
Holdings: ca. 1770-1993
Total Volume: 216 linear feet
Description: Holdings are comprised of various material including, but not
limited to: clippings and articles; artifacts and memorabilia; advertisements;
biographical files of presidents and executive officers; press releases;
newsletters; correspondence and memoranda; reports; quarterly and annual
reports; subject files; ledgers, statements of condition, and other financial
records; directories; minutes; speeches; and photographs. The records represent
various financial institutions that had some relation to the founding or
expansion of FleetBoston. These include, but are not limited to: Providence
Bank, Providence National Bank, and Providence Union National Bank; Industrial
Trust Company; Union Trust Company; Industrial National Bank/Bancorp; Fleet
Financial Group; and Norstar Group.
Updated August 7, 2003
Food Marketing Institute (FMI)*
655 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
www.fmi.org
Contact: Susan C. Wilkinson, Director, FMI Information Service
Telephone: 202-452-8444
Fax: 202-429-4519
E-Mail:
swilkinson@fmi.org
Type of Business: Association for food distribution industry
Hours of Service: 9:00am - 5:30pm
Conditions of Access: Restricted. Outside requests for information subject to
approval by FMI.
Holdings: 1934-1992
Total Volume: 430 linear feet
Description: Holdings are comprised of records of FMI and its predecessors,
the Super Market Institute and the National Association of Food Chains.
Executive correspondence and board minutes, informational pamphlets,
newsletters, convention material, as well as audiotapes, film-based media and
memorabilia are retained. Material documents publishing projects, programs,
research efforts, consumer affairs actions, awards programs, meetings and
conventions. Images of industry leaders, historic grocery chains and various
food distribution industry subjects are located in the photo collection.
Updated August 7, 2003
Forbes
P.O. Box 95
1400 Route 206 North
Bedminster, NJ 07921
Contact: Whoy Yurn Shang
Telephone: 908-781-2360
Fax: 908-719-7964
E-Mail: whoys@aol.com
Type of Business: Publishing
Hours of Service: M-F 9:00am-5:00pm
Conditions of Access: Restricted. Outside requests must be submitted in
writing on letterhead. Requests are subject to approval by senior
administrators.
Holdings: 1917-present
Total Volume: Approximately 2,000 cubic feet
Description: Holdings consist of company records, company publications, print
and broadcast advertising, photographs, clippings, company artifacts.
Ford Motor Company
Ford Industrial Archives
Schaefer Court - Suite 180
14441 Rotunda Drive
Dearborn, MI 48120
Contact: Elizabeth Adkins, Manager of Archives Services; Darleen
Flaherty, Assistant Corporate Archivist
Telephone: 313-845-0556
Fax: 313-248-4921
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Automotive manufacturing
Hours of Service: M-F 8:00am-4:30pm
Conditions of Access: Access policy currently under review.
Holdings: 1903-current; bulk dates, 1950-1980
Total Volume: 7,000 cubic feet
Description: Majority of collections fall into the category of executive
correspondence and international operations; large collection of executive
speeches; corporate newspapers and periodicals; hundreds of smaller collections
on a wide assortment of Ford Motor Company activities/programs/buildings. In
December 1964, a major donation of Ford archival materials, along with 460,000
photos and negatives, was made to the Henry Ford Museum Archives, Research
Center, P.O. Box 1970, Dearborn, MI 48121, Phone: 313-271-1620, ext. 650, Fax:
313-271-9621. The Museum holds the bulk of the early Ford historical records,
1903-1950.
Fortis
500 Bielenberg Drive, W 144
P.O. Box 64271
Minneapolis, MN
Contact: Vickie Rodman, Supervisor
Telephone: 612-738-4125
Fax: 612-738-5579
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Insurance
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology
655 Beach Street
P.O. Box 429098
San Francisco, CA 94142-9098
Contact: Linda Nakamura
Telephone: 415-561-8500
Fax: 415-561-8533
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Trade association
Hours of Service: M-F, 9:00-4:30
Conditions of Access: Restricted. Outside requests for information
subject to approval of archivist and museum director.
Holdings: 1896-present
Total Volume:
Description: Holdings consist of papers belonging to the early founders of
the American Academy of Ophthalmology, including photographs, minutes, programs,
and educational materials created by the organization.
Frederikson & Byron, P.A.
1100 International Centre
900 Second Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55402-3397
Contact: Sally Anderson, CRM, Records Center Supervisor
Telephone: 612-347-7129
Fax: 612-347-7077
E-Mail: sanderson@fredlaw.com
Type of Business: Legal
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
Frito Lay Corporation
P.O. Box 650423
Dallas, TX 75265-0423
Contact: Suzanne Ogden
Telephone: 214-334-4732
Fax: 214-334-2019
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Food industry
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
H.B. Fuller Company
3220 Labore Rd.
St. Paul, MN 55110
Contact:
Telephone:
Fax:
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Specialty chemical manufacturing
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access:
Holdings: 1887-present; bulk dates, 1940-present
Total Volume: 800 cubic feet
Description: The collection includes minutes, annual reports, publications,
printed matter, speeches, organization charts, financial statements, acquisition
and subsidiary files, legal files, marketing, advertisements, packaging samples
and labels, artifacts and memorabilia, photographs, slides and negatives, oral
history, film, and videotapes.
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