Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)Garfinckel's Department Store records, 1919-1981
Corporate name
Main title
- Garfinckel's Department Store records, 1919-1981.
Links
Links
- Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009185
- Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009185.3
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Description
- 470 items.
- 2 containers.
- 0.8 linear feet.
Access advisory
- Open to research.
Finding aids
- Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009185
Local shelving no.
- MMC-3609
Biography/History note
- Washington, D.C., department store; closed 1990.
Organized/Arranged
- Arranged alphabetically by type of material or subject and therein chronologically.
Summary
- Correspondence, press releases, newspaper clippings, and photographs documenting the store's officers, personnel, organization, expansion, and advertising. Includes material relating to the public sale of stock in 1939, acquisition of Brooks Brothers in 1946, and attempted takeover of the company by Allied Stores Corporation in 1981. Other topics include a memorial to Joseph James Darlington and Julius Garfinckel's loan of his James McNeill Whistler etchings to the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
LC Subjects
- Darlington, Joseph J. (Joseph James), 1849-1920.
- Garfinckel, Julius, 1874?-1936.
- Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903.
- Allied Stores Corporation.
- Brooks Brothers (Firm)
- Corcoran Gallery of Art.
- Advertising--Department stores.
- Consolidation and merger of corporations.
- Department stores--Washington (D.C.)
- Etching, American.
Notes
- Architectural drawings and some photographs retained by the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
- Collection material in English.
Acquisition source
- Transfer, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, 1994.
LCCN
- mm 95083036
Other standard no.
- MSS83036
Repository
- Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
Type of material
- Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
