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Business Activities, 1933-1980s
Series I. Business Activities 1933-1980s. This series is primarily concerned with Merry's business activities after he joined the National Bank of Detroit in 1944. This series contains documents, reports, publications and memorabilia pertaining to the bank as well as similar materials concerning his other business activities including his directorships for companies such as McLouth Steel from 1956 to 1971, the Ambassador Bridge Corporation and the Grand Trunk Western Railroad from 1966 to 1987(?).
National Bank of Detroit, 1933-1972
The National Bank of Detroit subseries covers business activities related to Merry's various positions with National Bank as well as his extra-curricular participation in annual staff skits and in the Officers Revolver Club of the National Bank of Detroit. Correspondence, memos, programs and reports are found here. Of special interest are Merry's 1955 report on the deposit structure of Detroit banks and his 1972 Retirement Tribute from the National Bank Board.
Business and commerce
Business and Commerce, the first series, contains a number of both interior and exterior images of area businesses, and is divided into eight sub-series: Restaurants, Grocery and Drug Stores, Shoes and Apparel, Automotive Related, Industry, Construction and Demolition, Appliances and Electronics, and Other. Of particular interest are the differing types of period commercial architecture and interior design, as well as the large amount of window and shop advertisement displays featured throughout the various types of retail sub-series.
Business and Financial Records
The Business and Financial series (68 linear feet) are business records that range from payroll, paid bills, general ledgers, insurance, banking transactions, residuals and other financial documents. There are two sub-series beginning with the Personal sub-series, and ending with the Accounting and General Business sub-series both organized chronologically. The documents range in date from 1969-2007.
As Robert Altman often financed his own films, and received payments for them in both his corporate and personal banking accounts, his personal business records contain financial records pertaining to his various projects.
There are two sub-series Personal and Accounting and General Business and both are organized chronologically. The Personal sub-series includes documents that pertain to the maintenance of his New York and California homes as well as residuals and insurance information. The Accounting and General Business section reflects the various production companies Altman created to produce and finance his various film projects.
Business and Professional Women’s Club of Ann Arbor (Mich.) records, 1920-1988
6 linear feet — 1 oversize folder
Business correspondence, 1856-1936
The Business Correspondence series consists of letters of George N. Fletcher, Frank W. Fletcher, and the office correspondence of A.F. Fletcher & Co., Fletcher Pack & Co., and George N. Fletcher & Sons.