Search

The Chronological Files subseries (5.5 linear feet) is arranged by year, and within each year by topic. Financial records and correspondence, the majority of which concern loans and securities transactions, predominate in these files. Matters pertaining to real estate, investments, incorporations, and capitalizations are also documented, and there are scattered materials related to the Kresge Foundation. (For specific locations of these types of materials, see the line entries in the contents list.) Of particular interest are the 1937 S.S. Kresge Company, C.B. Tuttle files which contain enlightening materials on the attempts by Kresge to keep the price of the company's stock at $26 during the early years of the depression. In addition, the Howard Baldwin files from the 1950s contain correspondence from Baldwin to Kresge regarding a wide variety of important business concerns of The Fair, Kresge-Newark, and the Kresge Foundation. The researcher should also note the Kresge Correspondence files which contain letters to and from Kresge and Gregory. Much of their content concerns financial matters, and on occasion the researcher will find Kresge reflecting on other topics, including politics, causes in which he was interested, and his home life.