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Directory of Corporate Archives
in the United States and
Canada
Complete Entries Arranged Alphabetically
by Name of Corporation,
W-Z
Walt Disney Company
500 S. Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521-1200
Contact: David R. Smith, Archivist
Telephone: 818-560-5424
Fax: 818-842-3957
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Entertainment, leisure
Hours of Service: M-F 8:00am-5:30pm; by appointment only
Conditions of Access: Open to students, writers and others working on
serious research projects.
Holdings: 1920-present
Total Volume:
Description: Photographs, business records, tape recordings, books, press
clippings, annual reports, awards, house organs, memorabilia, merchandise
samples posters, correspondence, original art, phonograph records and other
material documenting the history of all the Disney enterprises.
Washington Hospital Center*
110 Irving Street, NW
Washington, DC
www.whcenter.org
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:
whc@historyfactory.com
Type of Business: Health Service Provider
Hours of Service: 9:00am - 5:30pm
Conditions of Access: Restricted. Outside requests for information
subject to approval by Washington Hospital Center.
Holdings: c. 1884-present
Total Volume: 61 linear feet
Description: Holdings include photographs, annual reports, clippings,
scrapbooks, publications and other materials related to Washington Hospital
Center programs, events, employees and patients. The majority of the collection
is comprised of photographic and audiovisual materials.
Updated August 18, 2003
Wells Fargo & Company
Historical Services
420 Montgomery Street, 10th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104
Contact: Ken Koehler, AVP, Archives Manager
Telephone: 415-396-3669
Fax: 415-391-8644
E-Mail: ken.koehler@wellsfargo.com
Type of Business: Banking and financial services
Hours of Service: M-F 9:00am-5:00pm
Conditions of Access: Permission of the archivist
Holdings: 1852-present
Total Volume: 15,000 linear feet
Description: Information sources which document the origins, development,
operations and impact of Wells Fargo & Company and all of it subsidiaries,
affiliates and merger partners from 1852 to the present.
Updated December 26, 2006
Western Savings and Loan Administration
Phoenix, AZ 85001
Contact: K. Trimble, Archives Consultant
Telephone: 602-468-5505
Fax:
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Banking and financial services
Hours of Service: M-F 9:00am-5:00pm
Conditions of Access: Not open to the public
Holdings: 1929-present; bulk dates, 1950-present
Total Volume: 170 linear feet
Description: Documents, bound volumes, photographs, magazine and newspaper
articles, manuscripts, video tapes and artifacts relating to Western Savings and
Loan Association. One special collection, the Phoenix History Project, consists
of oral history interview transcripts, card files, photos, scrapbooks, artifacts
and bound volumes.
Westinghouse Savannah River Company
P.O. Box 3151
Aiken, SC 29801
Contact:
Telephone: 803-725-4037
Fax: 803-725-4360
E-Mail:
Type of Business: Utilities
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
Weyerhaeuser Company
Archives NP-190
PO Box 9777
Federal Way, WA 98063-9777
Contact: Megan Moholt, Research Archivist; Kenneth House, Technical Archivist
Telephone: 253-924-5051 (Moholt); 253-924-6208 (House)
Fax: 253-924-7150
E-mail: megan.moholt@weyerhaeuser.com (Moholt); kennethhouse@weyerhaeuser.com
(House)
Type of Business: Forest products
Hours of Service: M-F 8:00am-4:30pm
Conditions of Access: External researchers must submit a request
describing the scope and content of their project. Some parts of the collection
are closed to all outside research.
Holdings: 1880-present; bulk dates, 1900-present
Total Volume: 2,500 cubic feet
Description: A collection of business records relating to the history of
Weyerhaeuser Company, its antecedent, merged and subsidiary companies, and
materials relating to the people associated with them. The major part of the
collection consists of correspondence and office files, financial records,
advertising campaigns, oral histories and audiovisual and printed materials.
Willet Stained Glass Studios, Inc.
10 East Moreland Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19118
Contact: Helene H. Weis, Librarian
Telephone: 215-247-5721
Fax:
E-Mail:
Type of Business: General manufacturing
Hours of Service: M-F 8:00am-4:00pm; by appointment only
Conditions of Access: Limited use
Holdings: 1898-present; bulk dates, 1960-present
Total Volume:
Description: Original designs, photographs, slides and business
correspondence.
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
410 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
Contact: Linda Hanrath, Corporate Librarian and Archivist
Telephone: 312-645-3921
Fax: 312-644-0015
E-Mail: lhanrath@wrigley.com
Type of Business: Food industry
Hours of Service: M-F 9:00am-4:30pm
Conditions of Access: Restricted. Requests are handled on an individual
basis.
Holdings: 1989-present; bulk dates, 1930-present
Total Volume: 600 linear feet
Description: Holdings consist of photographs, slides, tape recordings, annual
reports, financial reports, house organs, press clippings, memorabilia, minutes,
articles of incorporation and correspondence.
Updated October 24, 2003
The World Bank Group
1818 H St., NW
Washington DC 20433
Contact: Elisa Liberatori Prati, Bank Group Archivist; Jim Huttlinger,
Reference Officer
Telephone: 202-458-1552 (Liberatori Prati); 202-473-2841 (Reference Desk)
Fax: 202-614-1024 (Liberatori Prati); 202-477-1499 (Reference Desk)
E-Mail: eliberatoriprati@worldbank.org; archives@worldbank.org
Type of Business: Economic and social development
Hours of Service: Monday through Friday, by appointment only
Conditions of Access: Open for IBRD and IDA items that are 20 years old
or older (see access policy at http://archives.worldbank.org, Catalog subsite)
Holdings: 1946-present
Total Volume: 135,000 cubic feet
Description: Holdings comprise the records of the International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the International Development Association
(IDA), the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and the Multilateral
Investment Guarantee Agency MIGA). The records comprise correspondence and
reports on lending and investment projects, aid coordination, economic
conditions, etc., supplemented by audiovisual records.
YMCA Archives
2642 University Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55114
Contact: Andrea Hinding
Telephone: 612-627-4632
Fax: 612-627-4631
E-Mail: a-hind@maroon.tc.umn.edu
Type of Business:
Hours of Service:
Conditions of Access:
Holdings:
Total Volume:
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