Manuscripts

The collection includes A.H. Barth Electric Company ledgers, receipts, customer tickets, a savings book, and a bill statement.

The Springfield chapter of the National Office Management Association was formed in 1946. They changed the name to Administrative Management Society in 1963-1964. They held monthly programs, an annual business show, and conducted a salary survey.

The Allis-Chalmers Collection consists of photographs showing employees and the machinery manufactured at the Springfield plant.

The collection includes executive board and general membership meeting minutes, treasurers reports, and meeting materials and correspondence from 1973-1996. A 1988-1989 scrapbook has been cataloged. The Capital City Chapter was chartered April 18, 1962. It was part of the American Business Women’s Association.

The collection includes operational documents, gardening guides, plant lists, newsletters, correspondence, charitable donation material, newspaper ads, a magazine article, and photos.

This collection contains materials from the files of J.R. Fitzpatrick, owner of the Citizens Tribune, relating to the lawsuit the Tribune filed against the Commissioner of Public Property for the City of Springfield, John Hunter in 1950.

G.H. Schanbacher was born in German in 1860. He began G.H. Schanbacher and Son Church Decorating firm in 1889 and was quite successful in the Midwest.

The collection includes bills and statements, canceled checks, deposits, tax receipts, insurance policies, agreements, deeds, correspondence letters, receipts, ledgers, court reports, property and mortgage records, financial and estate reports, and notes. Other materials include plat maps, lectures and speeches, abstract of titles, and a photo. All materials date between 1860s-1970s.

Included in this collection are a few items from the LaBonte business, trade catalogs, legal documents and income tax reports.