Trade catalogs and pamphlets

About this collection

    This digital collection contains a selection from Hagley Library's collection of trade catalogs and pamphlets. The materials date from 1783 to 1988 and vary in size. The trade catalogs contain lists, often illustrated, of items sold by an assortment of manufacturers, mostly American. The pamphlets largely consist of promotional materials. They are organized chronologically by publication date.
    Some materials shelved in our trade catalogs and pamphlets collections are part of special collections, like our Carter Litchfield history of fatty materials pamphlets. When possible, these items have been organized in the Hagley Digital Archive within their respective collections. In cases where a significant number of materials from a single source are present, these materials have often been grouped into a sub-collection, as in the case of the John Wanamaker Department Store catalogs.
    A comprehensive view of Hagley's trade catalogs and pamphlets can be found by searching our online catalog.
    Image: Cover of 1977 catalog for Dinky Die Cast Toys. Click here to view. in the collection

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The Radio Corporation of America : four historical views ... a collection of four articles about RCA
Contents: Pt. 1. The years to 1938 / J.C. Warner -- pt. 2. The years 1938-1958 / E.W. Engstrom -- pt. 3. The years 1958-1962 / E.W. Engstrom -- pt. 4. The years 1962-1966 / E.W. Engstrom.
The first ten years
A report of progress, 1956-1966.
Soft policies or firm?
An address at the University of Michigan, Bureau of Industrial Relations, Advanced Personnel Development Course, Ann Arbor, Michigan, July 14, 1961.
Centennial exhibition of 1876
"Text by Dennis T. Lawson ; edited by Donald H. Kent and William A. Hunter,"--cf. p. 4.
Program for economic growth
A talk before a session on "Government-business relationships to promote growth" at the International Industrial Conference in San Francisco, September 11-15, 1961, jointly sponsored by National Industrial Conference Board and Stanford Research Institute.

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