Montgomery Ward records, 1849-1989

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Montgomery Ward.
Title
Montgomery Ward records
Dates
1849-1989 (inclusive)
Quantity
148 cubic feet (331 boxes) + microfilm + artifacts.
Collection Number
08088
Summary
The Montgomery Ward Company was a national retail chain store which dominated the mail-order market during the 20th century. Company records include correspondence, catalogs, marketing materials, and legal records.
Repository
American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu
Access Restrictions
Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

Languages
English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Montgomery Ward, the world's first general merchandise mail-order business, issued its first single sheet catalog in 1872. By 1887, the Chicago based company had annual sales exceeding $$1,000,000 and in 1889 it became a privately held corporation. In 1893, founder Aaron Montgomery Ward sold his controlling interest to partner George R. Thorne, and the company became a public corporation in 1919.

In 1931, Sewell L. Avery became chairman and chief executive officer. His tenure was marked by labor troubles in the 1940s which culminated in two government seizures of the company in 1944. In 1968 Montgomery Ward merged with Container Corporation of America to form Marcor Inc. Mobil Oil Corporation gained a controlling interest in Marcor in 1974, and Wards became a subsidiary of Mobil. In 1988 senior management led a drive for a levereged buyout and Wards became a privately-held company.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Collection contains Montgomery Ward catalogs and 194 35 mm microfilm copies (1874-1985); competitors' catalogs including Aldens (1954-1981), J.C. Penney (1963-1982), Sears (1954-1982) and Spiegel (1962-1983); correspondence (1889-1985) including approximately 20,000 letters between the general public and Ward regarding the National War Labor Board and the 1944 government seizures; scrapbooks of newspaper and magazine articles on Ward and competitors (1971-1987) including extensive national press coverage of the 1944 seizures; handwritten musical scores by Nathan Lang Van Cleave for the 1940s radio programs "The Man Behind the Gun" and "This Is Our Enemy"; news releases; organization charts; speeches; photographs; title abstracts for Chicago real estate; advertisements; legal documents; manuals; and financial files. A supplement from 1993 is included as well.

Subject files (1862-1985) include information on takeover attempts, price controls, A. Montgomery Ward's role in preserving Chicago's lake front, company history, the National War Labor Board, and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, which originated as a Christmas advertising promotion in 1939. There are also miscellaneous artifacts.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Copyright Information

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Preferred Citation

Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Preservation Note

System Requirements

Catalogs -- microfilm -- 35 mm.

Related Materials

Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by Montgomery Ward at the date of processing.

Acquisition Information

Acquisition Information

The Montgomery Ward Records were given to the American Heritage Center by Montgomery Ward in seventeen shipments, three in 1983, one in 1986, two in 1987, one in 1988, one in 1989, two in 1993, and seven in 1995.

Processing Note

Processing Information

The collection was processed by Loreley Moore in December 1996 and revised by Loreley Moore in May 2001. The finding aid was encoded by JoNel Wilmot and D. Claudia Thompson in 1018.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. Administrative FilesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 1-3
Avery Stock Option
 1929-1938
1 4
Barr, John
 1925-1979
1 5
Catalog History: Correspondence
 1947-1970
1 6
Catalog History: Historical Data
 1897-1965
2 1-7
Chain Store Age: Interviews
 1970
3 1-5
Chain Store Age: Interviews
 1970-1983
3 6
Chicago Public Library Donation
 1971
3 7
Chicago Tribune
 1873-1974
3 8
Comparative Sales Trends-Wards and Sears
 1943
4 1-2
Consumer Credit
 1950-1973
4 3-6
Correspondence: A-Gre
 1942-1945
5 1-4
Correspondence: Gri-Harz
 1942-1945
6 1-6
Correspondence: Has-Hop
 1942-1945
6A 1-5
Correspondence: Hor-Jar
 1942-1945
6B 1-6
Correspondence: Jav-Key
 1942-1946
7 1-7
Correspondence: Kid-La
 1942-1946
8 1-6
Correspondence: Le-Mc
 1942-1946
9 1-7
Correspondence: Mc-Mas
 1942-1946
10 1-7
Correspondence: Mat-Mo
 1942-1946
11 1-8
Correspondence: Mo-O
 1942-1946
12 1-7
Correspondence: Pa-Po
 1942-1946
13 1-8
Correspondence: Pr-Ro
 1942-1945
14 1-7
Correspondence: Ro-Se
 1942-1946
15 1-7
Correspondence: Sh-So
 1942-1945
16 1-7
Correspondence: Sp-Th
 1942-1946
17 1-7
Correspondence: Ti-Wak
 1942-1947
17A 1-6
Correspondence: Wal-Wil
 1942-1946
17B 1-5
Correspondence: Will-Wy
 1942-1947
17C 1-2
Correspondence: Ya-Zw
 1942-1945
17C 3
Defense Production Act of 1950: Instructions
 1950-1953
17C 4
Defense Production Act of 1950: Memoranda
 1950-1951
18 1-3
Defense Production Act of 1950: Memoranda
 1951-1953
18 4
Defense Production Act of 1950: Price Control
 1951
18 5
Defense Production Act of 1950: Priorities
 1951-1952
19 1
Financial Records: Balance Sheets
 1897-1901
19 2
Financial Records: Cost of Sales
 1933-1940
19 3
Financial Records: Credit
 1950-1956
19 4
Financial Records: Economic Opportunities
 1938-1941
20 1
Financial Records: Financial Facts Relating to the Mobil Acquisition of Marcor
 1979
20 2
Financial Records: Financial History
 1913-1931
20 3
Financial Records: First National Bank of Chicago
 1927
20 4
Financial Records: Income Tax Appeal
 1941
20 5
Financial Records: Index of Published Gross Sales
 1929-1932
20 6
Financial Records: Merchandise Position
 1937-1941
20 7
Financial Records: Net Sales Results
 1878-1927
20 8
Financial Records: Refund Checks
 1880-1980
20 9
Financial Records: Retail Store Monthly Profit and Loss Statement
 1934-1935
20 10
Financial Records: Retail Stores Net Sales
 1938
20 11
Financial Records: Reserve for Tax Payments
 1933
20 12
Group Policy Life Insurance
 1912
20 13-15
Insurance Product Liability
 1976-1982
20 16
Jefferson Ward
 1980-1981
21 1-2
Lakefront Fight
 1860s-1910, 1964
21 3
Legal Records: Application for Inspection of Stock and Transfer Books
 1954
21 4
Legal Records: Certificates of Incorporation
 1919-1970
21 5
Legal Records: Contracts
 1917-1918
21 6
Legal Records: Indentures
 1960-1971
21 7
Legal Records: Petition-Montgomery Ward and Company vs. the United States of America
 1961
21 8
List of Directors and Officers, Subsidiary Companies
 1924
21 9
Manuals: Buyers
 1939
22 1
Manuals: Catalog Instructions
 1925
22 2
Manuals: Catalog Production and Arrangement
 1928
22 3
Manuals: Catalog Topics
 1919
22 4
Manuals: Chain Store Manual
 1936
22 5
Manuals: Contracts
 undated
22 6
Manuals: Corporate Identification
 1950s
22 7-9
Manuals: Executive Training Course
 1939
22 10
Manuals: Export Business
 1943
22 11
Manuals: Furniture
 1938
22 12
Manuals: Hardware Specifications
 1941
23 1
Manuals: Interior Decoration
 1936-1941
23 2
Manuals: Management Handbook
 1947
23 3
Manuals: Merchandise Strategy
 1982
23 4-5
Manuals: Public Relations-Store Openings
 1959
23 6
Manuals: Regional Responsibilities
 1932
23 7
Manuals: Retail Training
 1946
23 8
Manuals: Wardway Homes Handbook
 1929
23 9
Marketer of the Year Award
 1970-1979
24 1-5
Memoranda
 1889-1982
24 6-7
Merchandise Economist
 1934-1938
25 1-2
Merchandise Economist
 1939-1943
25 3
Merseles, Theodore
 1927-1929
25 4
Mobil/Montgomery Ward Board of Directors Meeting
 1977
25 5
Montgomery Ward Plaza
 1970-1976
25 6
National War Labor Board: Company Memoranda to Employees
 1942-1945
25 7
National War Labor Board: Directive Order
 1942-1945
26 1-2
National War Labor Board: International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, Congress of Industrial Organizations (Baltimore)
 1942-1945
26 3
National War Labor Board: International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, Congress of Industrial Organizations (Fort Worth)
 1944-1945
26 4
National War Labor Board: International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, Congress of Industrial Organizations (Saint Paul)
 1944-1945
26 5
National War Labor Board: Portland Store
 1944-1945
26 6
National War Labor Board: Press Coverage Statistics
 1942-1944
26 7
National War Labor Board: Union Strike
 1942-1946
27 1
National War Labor Board: U.R.W. and D.S.E.A. Congress of Industrial Organizations (Albany)
 1942-1945
27 2
National War Labor Board: U.R.W. and D.S.E.A. Congress of Industrial Organizations (Chicago)
 1942-1945
27 3
National War Labor Board: U.R.W. and D.S.E.A. Congress of Industrial Organizations (Denver)
 1944-1945
27 4
National War Labor Board: U.R.W. and D.S.E.A. Congress of Industrial Organizations (Fort Worth)
 1944
27 5
National War Labor Board: U.R.W. and D.S.E.A. Congress of Industrial Organizations (Kansas City)
 1944-1945
27 6
National War Labor Board: U.R.W. and D.S.E.A. Congress of Industrial Organizations (Oakland)
 1944-1945
27 7
New York Central Railroad Company
 1954
27 8
Patents: Alien Property Custodian
 1942-1945
27 9
Patents: Appliance Rollers
 1921-1966
27 10-11
Patents: Automatic Clothes Dryer
 1937-1952
28 1-2
Patents: Automatic Clothes Dryer
 1887-1950
28 3
Patents: Automobile Mirrors
 1951-1964
28 4
Patents: Bicycle Basket
 1959
28 5
Patents: Bicycle Frame
 1914-1951
28 6
Patents: Bicycle Skirt
 1896
28 7
Patents: Boat Trailer
 1954
28 8
Patents: Brake for Extensible Gas Fixtures
 1879
28 9
Patents: Caps
 1917-1965
28 10
Patents: Card Index
 1930
28 11
Patents: Centifugal Separating Washing Apparatus
 1910-1929
28 12
Patents: Clamp for Saddle Posts
 1899
28 13
Patents: Combination Range and Hot Water Heater
 1958
28 14
Patents: Combined Step Ladder
 1957
28 15
Patents: Convertible Furniture
 1916-1942
28 16
Patents: Coupling for Tubing
 1959
29 1
Patents: Design Patents Owned by Montgomery Ward
 1926-1945
29 2
Patents: Detachable Socket
 1973-1974
29 3
Patents: Discharge for Separators
 1942
29 4
Patents: Dishes
 1937
29 5
Patents: Display Case Racks
 1897-1962
29 6
Patents: Display Package
 1929
29 7
Patents: Divided Skirt
 1914
29 8
Patents: Dolls
 1953
29 9
Patents: Electric Guitar
 1959
29 10
Patents: Electric Range
 1948
29 11-12
Patents: Folding Wheelchair
 1862-1943
29 13
Patents: Fuel Pumps
 1961-1963
29 14
Patents: Garland Construction
 1961
29 15
Patents: Garment Form
 1913-1915
29 16
Patents: Grass Catcher
 1936-1963
29 17
Patents: Guitar
 1960
29 18
Patents: Gun Rack
 1956-1966
29 19
Patents: Gutter Ends
 1924
29 20
Patents: Hand Winch
 1963
29 21
Patents: Hangers
 1878-1961
30 1
Patents: Hearing Aid
 1967-1968
30 2
Patents: Heated Garments
 1944-1965
30 3
Patents: Hosiery Packaging
 1932-1958
30 4
Patents: Inflatable Cushion
 1966
30 5
Patents: Injection Molding Machine
 1954
30 6
Patents: Label
 1899
30 7
Patents: Lawn Mower
 1948-1952
30 8
Patents: Library Stack
 1896
30 9
Patents: Lighting Fixtures
 1926-1950
30 10
Patents: Low Pressure Tire Signal
 1911
30 11
Patents: Milk Can Cover
 1895
30 12
Patents: Photoflash Lamps
 1944-1960
30 13
Patents: Pinless Dress Forms
 1950
30 14
Patents: Portable Signalling Device
 1959
30 15
Patents: Programming Control Mechanism
 1958
30 16
Patents: Pulley Belt Control Device
 1936
30 17
Patents: Record Changer
 1968
30 18-19
Patents: Rotary Type Lawn Mower
 1926-1957
30 20
Patents: Seat Post Clamp
 1899
30 21
Patents: Shaft Coupling
 1904
30 22
Patents: Sheet Iron Hollow Ware
 1863
30 23
Patents: Sheet Metal Tea Kettle
 1892
30 24
Patents: Shipping Package and Holder for Garments
 1907
30 25
Patents: Sign Illumination
 1932
30 26
Patents: Slip Joint
 1919
30 27
Patents: Stop Box
 1885
30 28
Patents: Stove Pipe Joints
 1873
30 29
Patents: Telescope Mount for Firearms
 1953-1966
30 30
Patents: Telescopic Joint
 1891
30 31
Patents: Tent Pole
 1929
30 32
Patents: Tire Alarm
 1912-1943
30 33
Patents: Tire Pressure Gauge
 1936
30 34
Patents: Toy Building Blocks
 1961-1962
30 35
Patents: Tractor for Garden Cultivators and Other Implements
 1947
31 1
Patents: Trailer Awning
 1951
31 2
Patents: Transmission and Clutch System
 1952
31 3
Patents: Travel Trailer
 1967
31 4
Patents: Tug Hook
 1869
31 5
Patents: Waist Bands
 1944
31 6
Portsmouth, Ohio Store
 1957
31 7
Price Control: Civilian Production Adminstration
 1944-1946
31 8
Price Control: Daily Reports
 1941-1946
31 9
Price Control: Defense Production of 1950 with Explanation
 1950
31 10
Price Control: Food Distribution Administration
 1943-1944
31 11
Price Control: General Maximum Price Regulation
 1942
31 12
Price Control: Highest Price Line Limitation, and Amendmet Thereof, Legislative History
 1944
31 13
Price Control: Industrial Council
 1942-1944
31 14-17
Price Control: Memoranda
 1942-1944
32 1-4
Price Control: Memoranda
 1945-1946
32 5
Price Control: Office of Emergency Management
 1941
32 6
Price Control: Office of Production Management
 1941
33 1
Price Control: Office of Production Management
 1941-1942
33 2
Price Control: Price Control in a Defense Economy
 1950
33 3
Price Control: Price Control O.P.A.
 1942
33 4
Price Control: Price Orders
 1942-1944
33 5
Price Control: Retail Ceiling Prices for Certain Apparel and House Furnishings
 1945
33 6
Price Control: Service Trades
 1945-1946
33 7
Price Control: Solid Fuels Administration for War
 1944-1946
33 8
Price Control: United States of America Chamber of Commerce Referendum Number 75
 1941
33 9-10
Properties Owned by Aaron Ward Family - Abstracts of Title
 1883-1899
34 1-4
Properties Owned by Aaron Ward Family - Abstracts of Title
 1881-1906
35 1-3
Properties Owned by Aaron Ward Family - Abstracts of Title
 1874-1905
35A 1-4
Properties Owned by Aaron Ward Family - Abstracts of Title
 1886-1916
35B 1-4
Properties Owned by Aaron Ward Family - Abstracts of Title
 1894-1935
35C 1-3
Properties Owned by Aaron Ward Family - Abstracts of Title
 1905-1906, 1924-1930
35C 4
Properties Owned by Montgomery Ward - Lists
 1921-1964
35C 5
Prospectus
 1946
35D 1
Public Relations: Advertisements
 1875-1985
35D 2
Public Relations: Announcement of Decision to Halt Catalog Operations
 1985
35D 3
Public Relations: Bed and Bath
 1979
35D 4
Public Relations: Brochures
 1936-1957
36 1
Public Relations: Brochures
 1956-1957
36 2-3
Public Relations: Brownstone Project
 1978-1980
36 4
Public Relations: Catalog - House Employee Move
 1980
36 5
Public Relations: Catalog - Golden Anniversary
 1922, 1975
36 5-7
Public Relations: Century of Service
 1971-1973
36 8
Public Relations: Century II
 1970-1973
36 9
Public Relations: Conversion of Chicago Avenue Catalog House
 1979-1980
37 1
Public Relations: Conversion of Sixteen Retail Stores to Jefferson Ward
 1981
37 2
Public Relations: Credit Card Test
 1979
37 3
Public Relations: Credit Insurance Plan
 1975
37 4
Public Relations: Disco Dresses
 1977
37 5
Public Relations: Duke University
 1973
37 6
Public Relations: Fashion - Fall and Winter
 1979
37 7
Public Relations: Fashion - Men's
 1973
37 8
Public Relations: Fashion - New Fashion Focus-Summer
 1980
37 9
Public Relations: Fashion - Rita Writes from Paris
 1977-1980
37 10
Public Relations: Fashion - Western Release
 1979
37 11
Public Relations: Fashion - Women's Boots
 1978
37 12
Public Relations: Five Hundred Dollar Room
 1977
37 13
Public Relations: Furniture of the Future
 1973
37 14
Public Relations: Harms, Carol J. - Banking Services Manager
 1980
37 15
Public Relations: Health Care Center
 1979
37 16
Public Relations: Home Furnishings
 1977
37 17
Public Relations: Hudson Home Guide
 1979
37 18
Public Relations: Mobil Corporation to Make Loan to Montgomery Ward
 1980
37 19
Public Relations: Montgomery Collection
 1976
38 1
Public Relations: Montgomery Ward New Logo
 1982
38 2-3
Public Relations: New Building
 1970-1974
38 4
Public Relations: Olympics - Auto Club
 1975-1977
38 5
Public Relations: Presidential Sports Award
 1972
38 6
Public Relations: Romance of Montgomery Ward & Company
 circa 1900s-1960s
38 7
Public Relations: State Street Closing
 1982
38 8
Public Relations: State Street Opening
 1965-1966
39 1
Public Relations: This Old House
 1980
39 2-3
Public Relations: United States Bicentennial
 1975-1976
39 5
Public Relations: Wendy Ward
 1974
40 1-6
Rationing
 1941-1944
41 1
Rationing
 1945-1946
41 2
Regional Organization Charts
 1932-1934, 1959
41 3-5
Reports: Annual Reports to Stockholders
 1906-1967
41 6
Reports: Department Performances
 1957-1958
41 7
Reports: Dollar Volume
 1977-1981
41 8
Reports: Expert Business General Survey
 1942
41 9
Reports: Market Opportunity
 1956
41 10
Reports: National 4-H Home Economics Consumer Education Program
 1967
42 1-3
Reports: Publicity Department
 1935-1937
42 4
Reports: Retail Buying
 1969
42 5
Reports: Sears Roebuck and Company/Montgomery Ward and Company Merger Proposal
 1931
42 6-7
Reports: Source Takings
 1978-1979
43 1-5
Reports: Source Takings
 1980
43 6
Reports: Survey of Montgomery Ward & Company
 1932
44 1
Reports: Tentative Sales, Marketing and Advertising Analysis
 1937
44 2
Reports: World's Fair Contest Plan and Its Results
 1933
44 3
Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
 1939-1985
44 4
Stock Certificates
 1873-1935
44 5
Store Locations and Opening Dates
 1921-1974
44 6
Unexpected Generation
 1969-1970
45 1
Ward, Aaron Montgomery
 1913-1936
45 2-4
Wolfson's Attempt to Take Over the Company: Business Background of Wolfson
 1954-1955
45 5-6
Wolfson's Attempt to Take Over the Company: General
 1954-1955
45 7
Wolfson's Attempt to Take Over the Company: Proxy Soliciting
 1954-1955
46 1
Wolfson's Attempt to Take Over the Company: Proxy Soliciting
 1954-1955
46 2
Wolfson's Attempt to Take Over the Company: Senate Hearings on Proxy Contents
 1955-1956
46 3
Wolfson's Attempt to Take Over the Company: Stockholder Survey
 1955
46 4
Zook's Attempt to Take Over the Company
 1934

Series II. Manuscript FilesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
47 1
Avery Sewell (biographical information, author unkown, interviews)
 1948-1980
47 2
Centennial History of Montgomery Ward, by Al Lief: Background Material
 1944-1964
47 3-5
Centennial History of Montgomery Ward, by Al Lief: Background Notes
 1969-1971
47 6
Centennial History of Montgomery Ward, by Al Lief: Correspondence
 1969-1972
47 7
Centennial History of Montgomery Ward, by Al Lief: Rough Draft
 1971
48 1
Donnelly-Ward Association, by H.P. Zimmerman: Final Draft
 1971
48 2
Forever Open, Free and Clear, by Lois Willie: Final Draft
 1972
48 3-5
History of Montgomery Ward, by Fred Jameson: Final Draft
 1939
48 6
History of Montgomery Ward, by Fred Jameson: Background Material
 1908-1960
48 7
Regulation of Business (author unkown, rough draft)
 1949

Series III. Catalogs-Montgomery WardReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Sub-series 1. General Catalogs
Box Folder
49 1-6
Catalogs
 1874-1879
50 1-4
Catalogs
 1879-1882
51 1-4
Catalogs
 1883-1885
52 1-4
Catalogs
 1885-1887
53 1-3
Catalogs
 1887-1888
54 1-2
Catalogs
 1888-1889
55 1-3
Catalogs
 1889-1890
56 1-2
Catalogs
 1890-1891
57 1-2
Catalogs
 1891-1892
58 1-2
Catalogs
 1892-1893
59 1-2
Catalogs
 1893-1894
60 1
Catalogs
 1894
61 1-2
Catalogs
 1894-1895
62 1-3
Catalogs
 1895-1896
63 1-3
Catalogs
 1897-1898
64 1-3
Catalogs
 1898-1899
65 1-2
Catalogs
 1899-1900
66 1-2
Catalogs
 1900-1901
67 1-4
Catalogs
 1902-1904
68 1-2
Catalogs
 1905-1906
69 1-3
Catalogs
 1906-1907
70 1
Catalogs
 1908
71 1
Catalogs
 1909
72 1-2
Catalogs
 1910
73 1-3
Catalogs
 1910-1912
74 1
Catalogs
 1911-1912
75 1
Catalogs
 1912
76 and 76A 1-4
Catalogs
 1913-1915
77 1-3
Catalogs
 1915-1917
78 1-3
Catalogs
 1917-1918
79 1-3
Catalogs
 1918-1919
80 1-3
Catalogs
 1920-1921
81 1-4
Catalogs
 1921-1923
82 1-4
Catalogs
 1923-1925
83 1-4
Catalogs
 1925-1926
84 1-4
Catalogs
 1926-1928
85 1-4
Catalogs
 1928-1930
86 1-4
Catalogs
 1930-1932
87 1-4
Catalogs
 1932-1934
88 1-4
Catalogs
 1934-1936
89 1-3
Catalogs
 1936-1938
90 1-3
Catalogs
 1938-1939
91 1-3
Catalogs
 1939-1941
92 1-3
Catalogs
 1941-1942
93 1-3
Catalogs
 1942-1944
94 1-4
Catalogs
 1944-1946
95 1-3
Catalogs
 1946-1947
96 1-2
Catalogs
 1947-1948
97 1-3
Catalogs
 1948-1950
98 1-3
Catalogs
 1950-1951
99 1-3
Catalogs
 1951-1953
100 1-3
Catalogs
 1953-1954
101 1-3
Catalogs
 1954-1956
102 1-3
Catalogs
 1956-1957
103 1-3
Catalogs
 1957-1959
104 1-3
Catalogs
 1959-1960
105 1-2
Catalogs
 1960-1961
106 1-2
Catalogs
 1961-1962
107 1-2
Catalogs
 1962-1963
108 1-2
Catalogs
 1963-1964
109 1-2
Catalogs
 1964-1965
110 1-2
Catalogs
 1965-1966
111 1-2
Catalogs
 1966-1967
112 1-2
Catalogs
 1967-1968
113 1-3
Catalogs
 1968-1970
114 1-2
Catalogs
 1970-1971
115 1-2
Catalogs
 1971-1972
116 1-2
Catalogs
 1972-1973
117 1-2
Catalogs
 1973-1974
118 1-2
Catalogs
 1974-1975
119 1-3
Catalogs
 1975-1976
120 1-3
Catalogs
 1976-1978
121 1-3
Catalogs
 1978-1979
122 1-3
Catalogs
 1979-1981
123 1-3
Catalogs
 1981-1982
124 1-2
Catalogs
 1982-1985
Sub-series 2. Specialty Catalogs
Box Folder
125 1
Air Compressors
 1938-1939
125 2
Air Conditioning
 1934
125 3
Apparel
 1942-1943
125 4-9
Automotive Supplies
 1914-1923
126 1-5
Auotomotive Supplies
 1924-1927, 1940-1941, 1985
126 6
Babies
 1912-1913
126 7
Bicycles
 1912-1913, 1915, 1917-1920
126 8
Book of Premiums
 1907
126 9
Books
 1895-1896
126 10
Boots and Shoes
 1897
127 1
Buggy and Harness
 1900
127 2-8
Building Materials
 1914-1930
128 1
Building Materials
 1931-1932
128 2-4
Cameras
 1898, 1947, 1957, 1961-1962
128 5
Cane Mills
 1936-1937, 1939-1941
128 6
Cement for Farm Buildings
 1910
128 7
Centrifugal Pumps
 1910
128 8
Chickens
 1930, 1935, 1940
128 9
Chidren's
 1957, 1963
128 10-11
Christmas
 1932-1934
129 1-3
Christmas
 1935-1937
130 1-3
Christmas
 1938-1940
131 1-2
Christmas
 1941-1942
132 1-2
Christmas
 1943-1944
133 1-2
Christmas
 1945-1946
134 1
Christmas
 1947
135 1
Christmas
 1948
136 1
Christmas
 1949
137 1
Christmas
 1950
138 1
Christmas
 1951
139 1
Christmas
 1952
140 1
Christmas
 1953
141 1
Christmas
 1954
142 1-2
Christmas
 1955-1956
143 1-4
Christmas
 1957-1960
144 1-5
Christmas
 1961-1964
145 1-6
Christmas
 1964-1968
146 1-6
Christmas
 1968-1973
147 1-6
Christmas
 1973-1977
148 1-6
Christmas
 1978-1982
149 1
Christmas
 1985
149 2
Cloaks, Suits, and Skirts
 1900-1901
149 3
Coal-Wood Heater
 1944
149 4
Coats
 1946
149 5
Coffee Brewer
 1920
149 6
Concrete Mixers
 1939-1942
149 7
Conveyor (Scraper Type)
 1940
149 8
Dairy: Bigger Cream Checks (Separator)
 1923
149 9
Dairy: Bottle Caps
 1938-1941
149 10
Dairy: Cream Separator
 1910
149 11
Dairy: Equipment
 1914-1915, 1934, 1937-1940
149 12
Dairy: Guide to Greater Milk Profits (Cooler)
 1937
149 13
Dairy: Pipeline Milker
 1942
149 14
Dairy: Rapid Milkart
 1939
149 15
Dairy: Zephyrator
 1938
149 16
Decorating - Pictures
 1940-1943
149 17
Dinnerware
 1920
149 18
Electric Generating Systems
 1945-1949
149 19
Electric Light and Power Plants
 1918-1920, 1932-1942, 1945
149 20
Electric Mill
 1940
149 21
Electric Ranges
 1939-1941, 1943
149 22
Electric Appliances
 1938-1939
149 23
Farm
 1898
150 1-8
Farm
 1916-1917, 1919, 1922-1923, 1937-1938, 1943, 1948-1951, 1953, 1955-1959
151 1-4
Farm
 1960-1963, 1965-1967
151 5
Farm Elevators
 1940
151 6-8
Farm, Lawn, and Garden
 1968-1974
152 1-4
Farm, Lawn, and Garden
 1975-1982
152 5
Feed and Ensilage Cutters
 1910
152 6
Feed Mixers
 1939-1942
152 7
Fine Jewelry and Gifts - Employees
 1960
152 8
Fishing, Hunting, and Camping
 1948, 1955
153 1-3
Fishing, Hunting, and Camping
 1956-1961
153 4
Food Gifts
 1969
153 5
Fruit Presses and Crushers
 1937, 1940
153 6-9
Furniture
 1896-1897, 1900, 1904, 1920, 1941-1943
153 10
Garages
 1930-1931
153 11
Garden
 1924, 1933-1937
154 1-3
Garden
 1957, 1959, 1962, 1964-1967
155 1-2
Gardening
 1920, 1923, 1930
154 4
Gas Ranges
 1940-1941, 1950
154 5
Gasoline and Kerosene Engines
 1911, 1914, 1918-1920, 1937
154 6
Green Hay Silage
 1940
154 7-8
Groceries
 1886, 1888, 1890, 1895, 1907-1908, 1910-1911
155 3
Hammermills
 1938-1942
155 4
Hay Baler
 1940, 1942
155 5-7
Heating
 1915-1917, 1921-1922, 1940, 1942, 1951, 1953-1954
155 8
Hogs
 1916-1917
155 9
Hoists (Power)
 1958, 1960
155 10
Homes
 1911-1912, 1914
156 1-4
Homes
 1916-1919, 1922-1931
156 5
Honey Estractors
 1936-1937, 1940
156 6
Hotel Supplies
 1922
156 7
Incubators and Brooders
 circa 1915, 1939-1941
156 8
Insect and Fungus Sprays
 1938
156 9
Kitchens
 1939-1940
156 10
Lawn Mowers (Power)
 1939
156 11-13
Lighting Fixtures
 1914-1923, 1941
157 1
Made-to-Order Clothing - Men
 1915-1916
157 2
Modoc (Automobile)
 1913
157 3
Paint
 1911, 1915-1921, 1932, 1938-1943
157 4
Patterns
 1915-1920
157 5
Pianos
 1915-1922
157 6
Plumbing
 1914, 1916-1917, 1920, 1937, 1939-1940, 1950, 1954-1955
157 7-8
Plumbing and Heating
 1918-1920, 1934-1935
158 1
Plywood Boats
 1940-1941
158 2-3
Power Tools
 1932-1935, 1937-1939, 1941-1943, 1958
158 4
Prefabricated Farm Buildings
 1935
158 5
Pressure Cookers
 1937, 1939
158 6
Quarterly Book Review
 1897
158 7-8
Radios
 1922-1925, 1934, 1936-1941
158 9
Ready-to-Wear Clothing
 1915-1916
158 10
Refrigerators
 1919, 1937, 1940-1941
158 11
Restaurant
 1939-1940
158 12
Rugs and Carpets
 1930, 1937-1942
158 13
Rural Telephone Lines - How to Build Them
 1901
159 1-8
Sales
 1916, 1922-1926
160 1-6
Sales
 1926-1929
161 1-5
Sales
 1929-1931
162 1-5
Sales
 1932-1934
163 1-5
Sales
 1934-1936
164 1-5
Sales
 1937-1938
165 1-3
Sales
 1939-1940
166 1-3
Sales
 1940-1941
167 1-3
Sales
 1942-1945
168 1-3
Sales
 1945-1946
169 1-3
Sales
 1947
170 1-2
Sales
 1948
171 1-3
Sales
 1949
172 1-7
Sales
 1950-1951
173 1-6
Sales
 1952-1953
174 1-3
Sales
 1953-1954
175 1-4
Sales
 1955
176 1-5
Sales
 1956-1957
177 1-4
Sales
 1957
178 1-4
Sales
 1958
179 1-5
Sales
 1958-1959
180 1-5
Sales
 1959-1960
181 1-9
Sales
 1961-1963
182 1-9
Sales
 1963-1964
183 1-10
Sales
 1965-1966
184 1-10
Sales
 1967-1968
185 1-7
Sales
 1969-1970
186 1-7
Sales
 1970-1971
187 1-8
Sales
 1971-1972
188 1-7
Sales
 1972-1973
189 1-8
Sales
 1974
190 1-8
Sales
 1975-1976
191 1-8
Sales
 1976-1977
192 1-8
Sales
 1977-1979
193 1-7
Sales
 1979-1980
194 1-8
Sales
 1980-1981
195 1-2
Sales
 1982, 1985
195 3
Sawmills
 1935-1940, 1942-1943
195 4
Scales
 1937
195 5
Shearing and Chipping Equipment
 1938-1939, 1942-1943
195 6
Stockmen's Equipment
 1936
195 7-8
Stoves
 1910-1911, 1931
195 9
Surveying Instruments
 1919, 1939
195 10-12
Tombstones and Monuments
 1914-1916, 1918-1923, 1925-1926, 1929
195 13
Tools
 1916-1917
195 14-15
Toys
 1930-1931, 1941, 1957, 1961, 1963
196 1
Tractors
 1935, 1937-1941
196 2
Travel
 1961-1962
196 3
Typewriters
 1916-1920
196 4
Underwear
 1914-1915
196 5
Unexpected Generation
 1970
196 6
Violins
 1929
196 7
Violet Ray Instruments
 1920s
196 8-10
Wall Papers
 1912, 1915-1916
197 1-5
Wall Paper
 1918-1922
198 1-5
Wall Paper
 1923-1926, 1929
199 1-6
Wall Paper
 1930, 1933-1934, 1937, 1941-1942
200 1
Wall Paper
 1952, 1955
200 2
Wheel Chairs
 1929
200 3
Windmills
 1940s
200 4
Wire Fencing
 1910
200 5
Wood Fence
 1940
200 6
Workwear
 1985

Series IV. PhotographsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Sub-series 1. Historical
Box Folder
201 1
American Steel Products Company, Macombe, Illinois
 1924
201 2
Anthony, Susan B.
 1870s
201 3
Automobile Race, Chicago
 1895, 1962
201 4
Bicycle Instruction
 circa 1890s
201 5
Cawker City, Kansas
 circa 1909
201 6
Chicago Fire
201 7
Corn Belt Harvesting
 early 1900s
201 8
Football - Cornell vs. Rochester
 1889
201 9
Fort Worth, Texas
 1910
201 10
Greeley, Horace
 circa 1855
201 11
Kansas City, Missouri
 circa 1900
201 12
Kentucky - Garage and Gas Station
 circa 1920
201 13
Meat Market, Colby, Kansas
 1870s
Sub-series 2. Montgomery Ward
Box Folder
201 14
Avery, Sewell
 undated
201 15
Catalog Cover Painted by Norman Rockwell
 1925
201 16
Chicago Plant
 1924
201 17
Clerks Wearing Roller Skates
 circa 1880s
201 18
Illinois State Fair
 1925
201 19
Marysville, Kansas
 1926
201 20
Memorial, Grant Park
 1962
201 21
Plymouth, Indiana
 1926-1928
201 22
Oakland, California, Packaging Employees
 1924
201 23
World War II Rubber Scrap Drive
 1942
201 24
New York City Police Bicycle Squad
 1898
201 25
New York City Street Crowd Listening to Radio Broadcast of President Coolidge Delivering His First Message to Congress
 1923
201 26
Omaha, Nebraska
 1860s
201 27
Plowing Demonstration, Sudbury, Massachusetts (Firestone)
 1924
201 28
Radio (Zenith)
 1923-1924
201 29
Rice Family, Round Valley, Nebraska
 1888
201 30
Rural Free Delivery
 1896
201 31
Solti, George (Chicago Symphony)
 undated
201 32
Suffragettes in New York City Victory Parade
 1920
201 33
Telephone-Magneto Wall Set
 1907
201 34
Tennessee Valley Before TVA - Wash Day
 1933-1934
201 35
Testing Spade Grip Tractor Tires in France (Firestone)
 1937
201 36
Union Pacific Golden Spike Ceremony
 1869
201 37
Wholesale Fruit Market, Quincy, Massachusetts
 circa 1920
Sub-series 3. Product Designs
Box Folder
201 38
Actors Publicizing Montgomery Ward
 1960s
201 39
Air Conditioners
 1940s-1950s
201 40
Air Valves
 undated
201 41
Alarm Clocks
 1930s-1940s
201 42
Automotive
 undated
201 43
Baby Care
 undated
202 1
Baby Furniture
 undated
202 2
Bathroom Furniture
 1940s
202 3
Bicycles
 1930s-1950s
202 4
Blackboards
 undated
202 5
Bunk Beds
 undated
202 6
Carpet Sweeper
 undated
202 7
Catalog Covers
 1874-1972
202 8
Cosmetics
 undated
202 9
Cream Separators
 undated
202 10
Croquet Set
 1950s
202 11
Dental
 undated
202 12
Dresser Set (Child's)
 1935, 1937
202 13
Fans
 undated
202 14
Fielder's Gloves
 undated
202 15
Firescreens
 undated
202 16
Fishing Line
 undated
202 17
Flashlight
 1940s
202 18
Flatware
 undated
202 19
Furniture
 1940s-1950s
202 20
Furniture - Metropolitan Museum
 1934-1935
202 21
Golf Balls
 undated
203 1
Harness Oil
 undated
203 2
Heaters
 1930s-1940s
203 3
Hot Water Bottles
 undated
203 4
Hot Water Heaters
 undated
203 5
Irons
 1930s-1940s
203 6
Kitchen Accessories
 1930s-1940s
203 7
Kitchen Appliances
 1940s
203 8
Kitchen - Coffee Brewers
 undated
203 9
Kitchen Furniture
 1940s
203 10
Kitchen - Pots and Pans
 1930s-1940s
203 11
Lawn Mowers
 undated
203 12
Lighting
 1930s-1940s
203 13
Lunch Boxes
 1940
203 14
Mangle
 undated
204 1
Medical Supplies
 undated
204 2
Musical Instruments
 undated
204 3
Outboard Motors
 1950s
204 4
Paint Sprayers
 undated
204 5
Phonograph Record Players
 1940s-1950s
204 6
Pull Toys
 1950s
204 7-8
Radios
 1940s-1950s
204 9
Refrigerators
 undated
204 10
Riding Toys
 1930s-1950s
204 11
Roller Skates
 1930s-1950s
204 12
Scales
 undated
204 13
Scooter
 undated
204 14
Sewing Machines
 undated
204 15
Sound Equipment
 undated
204 16
Stoves
 1930s-1950s
205 1
Televisions
 1940s-1950s
205 2
Toasters
 1930s-1940s
205 3
Tools
 undated
205 4
Tractors
 1914-1940s
205 5
Waffle Irons
 1930s-1940s
205 6
Wagons
 1931, 1950
205 7
Washing Machines
 1860s, 1920s-1930s

Series V. ScrapbooksReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
206 1-4
Army Seizure of Montgomery Ward: Editorial Comments - Central States
 1944
206 5-6
Army Seizure of Montgomery Ward: Editorial Comments - Eastern States
 1944
206 7
Army Seizure of Montgomery Ward: Editorial Comments - Southern States
 1944
207 1
Army Seizure of Montgomery Ward: Editorial Comments - Southern States
 1944
207 2-3
Army Seizure of Montgomery Ward: Editorial Comments - Western States
 1944
207 4
Army Seizure of Montgomery Ward: Readers' Letters to the Editors
 1944
207 5
Catalog Covers - Photographs
 1874-1972
207 6
Century of Service
 1970-1972
208 1
Century of Service
 1970-1972
208 2-6
Company Management
 1930-1955
209 1-5
Company Management
 1956-1987
209 6
Day By Day Strike Report
 1944
210 1-2
Day By Day Strike Report
 1945-1946
210 3
Historical
 1871-1937
210 4
Merchandise Mart Hall of Fame
 1972
210 5
Store Openings: Bakersfield, California
 1960
210 6
Store Openings: Chris Town Shopping Center, Phoenix, Arizona
 1960
210 7
Store Openings: Corte Madera, California
 1959-1960
210 8
Store Openings: Grossment Center, La Mesa, California
 1961
210 9
Store Openings: National City, California
 1959-1960
210 10
Store Openings: Panorama City Shopping Center, Los Angeles, California
 1960-1961
210 11
Store Openings: Phoenix Metro Warehouse, Arizona
 1961
210 12
Store Openings: Pleasant Hill, California
 1961
210 13
Store Openings: Red Bluff, California
 1960
210 14
Store Openings: Richmond, California
 1959
210 15
Store Openings: Roseburg, Oregon
 1961
210 16
Store Openings: San Leandro Distribution Center, California
 1959
210 17
Store Openings: Tucson, Arizona
 1959-1961
211 1
War Labor Board: Editorial Comments - Central States
 1942-1943
211 2
War Labor Board: Editorial Comments - Eastern States
 1942-1943
211 3
War Labor Board: Editorial Comments - Southern States
 1942-1943
211 4
War Labor Board: Editorial Comments - Western States
 1942-1943
211 5
War Labor Board: Unfavorable Comments -
1942-1943
212 1
National Safety Show - Montgomery Ward and Ford Motor Company
 1936

Series VI. Promotional MaterialReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Sub-series 1. Books
Box Folder
213 1
Autoharp Book, by Becky Blackley
 1983
213 2
Chain Store Age Documentary on the Dynamic Leap Forward, by John Baker
 1964
213 3
Data of Ethics, by Herbert Spencer
 1879
213 4-7
Forever Open, Clear and Free, by Lois Willie
 1972
214 1
Furnish Your Home by Mail Catalogue, by Sarah and Mary Gallick
 1981
214 2-3
Improved Easy Method for Parlor Organ, by Whitney
 1886
214 4
Inside Story of Farmers, by Malcolm Kay
 1954
214 5
Lake Front, by Ruth Russell
 1931
215 1
Midwestern Vernacular, Farm Structures in Kane County, Illinois, by Kane County Development Department
 1980
215 2
Montgomery Ward and Company Everyday Cook Book, by Montgomery Ward
 undated
215 3
Montgomery Ward and Company's Story Book, by Montgomery Ward
 1897
215 4
Nation On Wheels, by McCall's Magazine
 1929
215 5
The Story of Selling - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, by Crowell-Collier Publishing Company
 1946
215 6
Ward and Allied Families, by Marjorie Montgomery Ward
 1930
215 7
Ward's Entry into the Chain Store Field, by Fred Jameson
 1948
216 1
The Wonderful World of Toys, Games and Dolls, 1863-1930, by Joseph Schroeder (editor)
 1971
216 2
Wunderlich's Salute, by Marvin Miller
 1983
Sub-series 2. Pamphlets
Box Folder
216 3
The American Gestapo At Work, by T.J. Priestley
 1944
216 4
The Art of Good Butchering, by Montgomery Ward and Company
 1933-1940
216 5
The Art of Living Successfully, by Mutual Estate Associations
 1930
216 6
Beautiful Windows With Lace, by Martha Stewart
 1939
216 7
Business Trends Based On a Coast to Coast Survey, by Gilbert Mackay
 1938
216 8
Capitalism the Creator, by Carl Snyder
 1940
216 9
A Century of Serving Consumers, 1872-1972: The Story of Montgomery Ward, by Frank Latham
 1972
216 10
Champion Papers - Catalogues, by Champion International Corporation
 1980
216 11
Chicago, by Colourpicture Publishers
 1951
216 12
Chicago, the Sky's the Limit, by Illinois Arts Council
 1984
216 13
Cold Cooking, by Montgomery Ward
 1940, 943
216 14
Consumer Research and Consumer Education, by Henry Weaver
 1935
216 15
Consumer Shopping Habits by Income and Occupational Groups, by Perham Nahl
 1940
216 16
Development and Use of Rayon and Other Synthetic Fibers, by United States Department of Agriculture
 1938
216 17
Do Reduced Crops Increase Farmers' Income?, by National Conference Board, Inc.
 1939
216 18
Employment and Unemployment of the Labor Force, 1900-1940, by National Conference Board, Inc.
 1940
216 19
The Factor's Almanac, by James Talcott, Inc.
 1938
217 1
The Farm Market Today and Tomorrow, by Business Week
 1937
217 2
Fiftieth Anniversary Dinner, by Montgomery Ward and Company
 1922
217 3
Five Years of Industrial Peace, by C.E. Wilson
 1950
217 4
Focus on the Future, by Montgomery Ward
 1960s
217 5
A Forecast of Better Times and Eleven ays to Hasten Them, by Frank Seidman
 1938
217 6
Forecasting from Synoptic Weather Charts, by Richard Weightman
 1941
217 7
Forging Ahead Through Research, by Liberty Bank of Buffalo
 1938
217 8
General Conference of Executives, by Montgomery Ward and Company
 1923-1924
217 9
Hand Book Information for Foreign Buyers, by Montgomery Ward and Company
 1897
217 10
The History and Progress of Montgomery Ward and Company, by Montgomery Ward and Company
 1927
217 11
How to Make Draperies, by Montgomery Ward
 1940
217 12
How to Make Slipcovers, by Montgomery Ward
 1939-1940
217 13
How to Upholster, by Montgomery Ward
 1940
217 14
The Human Side of an Industrial Corporation, by Montgomery Ward and Company
 1916
217 15
Hummer Manufacturing Company, by Montgomery Ward
 circa 1946
217 16
In Appreciation of Jeannette King, by Montgomery Ward
 1921
217 17
Industrial Prices and Their Relative Inflexibility, by United States Department of Agriculture
 1935
217 18
Industrial Surveys, by University of Kansas
 1930
217 19
An Industrial Utopia, by Jeannette King
 1919
217 20
Information for Guidance of Employees, by Montgomery Ward
 circa 1910
217 21
Interesting Facts About the Mail Order Business, by Montgomery Ward and Company
 1920s
217 22
The McCann Index of General Buying Power, by H.K. McCann Company
 1930
217 23
The Mail Order Business, by Montgomery Ward and Company
 1900
217 24
The Making of a Catalogue, by Montgomery Ward and Company
 1903
217 25
The Market for Domestic Refrigerators, by Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Institute
 1939
217 26
Marketing of Services, by W.A. Ruff
 1934
217 27
Marketing Pictographs, by Sales Management
 1940
217 28
Modern Glass, by Stueben Glass, Inc.
 1939
217 29-30
Montgomery Ward and Company: Almanac and Yearbook
 1897-1899, 1901
218 1
Montgomery Ward and Company: Business Calculator
 1875, 1895
218 2
Montgomery Ward and Company: Investment and Savings Plan
 1928-1929
218 3
Montgomery Ward and Company: Profit Sharing Plan
 circa 1970
218 4
Montgomery Ward and Company: Standard Webster Dictionary for the Vest Pocket
 1900
218 5
100th Anniversary Dinner, Montgomery Ward and Company and the First National Bank of Chicago, by Montgomery Ward and Company
 1972
218 6
Our Silver Anniversary, by Montgomery Ward and Company
 1897
218 7
A Personal Letter, by Montgomery Ward and Company
 1931
218 8
The Place of Advertising in the American Scheme, by Ralph Butler
 1940
218 9
Planning Your Planting, by Francis King
 1936
218 10
Preview Program of the Expanding Wards, by Montgomery Ward
 1960
218 11
Reappraisal of the Outlook, by Wertheim and Company
 1938
218 12
Retail Mail Order Merchandising, by Montgomery Ward and Company
 1940s
218 13
The Revolution Was, by Garet Garrett
 1944
218 14
Selecting Locations for Retail Stores, by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
 1935
218 15
The Selection of a Business Site, by Malcolm Proudfoot
 1938
218 16
A Service That Knows No Barrier - Missionary Bureau, by Montgomery Ward and Company
 1919
218 17
The Simple Truth - Sizing Up Franklin Roosevelt, by Mark Granite
 1940
218 18
These Days - Crusading for Human Efficiency, by Montgomery Ward
 1917
218 19
Things Are Changing At Montgomery Ward, by Montgomery Ward
 1970
218 20
This Is Wards, You'll Like It Here, by Montgomery Ward
 1970
218 21
Tower Topics, by Montgomery Ward and Company
 1884
218 22
Trails to Trapping Profits, by Montgomery Ward and Company
 1931
218 23
Trapper's Gazette, by Montgomery Ward and Company
 1933-1934
218 24
A Trip Towards the Sky, by Montgomery Ward and Company
 circa 1900
218 25
Visitors and Buyers Guide to Chicago, by Montgomery Ward and Company
 1903
218 26
Wards Wage Plan, by Montgomery Ward
 1947-1948
218 27
Wardway, by Montgomery Ward
 undated
218 28
What Are the Facts About the Taft-Hartley Act?, by Montgomery Ward
 1948
218 29
Working With Wards, by Montgomery Ward and Company
 1930s
218 30
You Are Montgomery Ward, Welcome, by Montgomery Ward
 1871
218 31
Your Opportunities, by Montgomery Ward
 1940s
Sub-series 3. Periodicals
Box Folder
219 1-3
Among Ourselves
 1904-1908
219 4
The Connecting Link
 1913
220 1-5
Forward
 1922-1927
221 1-6
Forward
 1927-1932
222 1-4
Forward
 1956-1960
223 1-3
Forward
 1960-1963
224 1-3
Forward
 1963-1966
225 1-3
Forward
 1966-1970
Sub-series 4. Speeches
Box Folder
226 1
Army Seizure of Montgomery Ward
 1944
226 2
A Balance of Power - The Prerequisite to True Collective Bargaining
 1946
226 3
The Big Step
 1989
226 4
A Century of Service
 1971
226 5
Economic Conditions Affecting Retailers for the Second Half of 1937 from the Viewpoint of Commodity Prices and Domestic and Foreign Influences
 1937
226 6
Focus on the Customer
 1989
226 7
Historical Recap
 1988
226 8
Influence of Farm Crops and Business Recovery
 1935
226 9
Leadership
 1917
226 10
Marcor Investment
 1975
226 11
Marcor's Retail Business Update
 1975
226 12
A Measure of Purchasing Power, Inflation and Deflation
 1939
226 13
Mobil Managers' Meeting Presentation
 1986
226 14
Mobil Merger
 1976
226 15
Montgomery Ward's Performance and Future Outlook
 1974
226 16
National Wealth and Income
 1933
226 17
New Dimensions of Retailing in the 1980s
 1979
226 18
Present Buying Trends
 1975
226 19
Price Inflexibility and the Requirements of a Stabilized Monetary Policy
 1934
226 20
Regional Management Organization
 1957
226 21
Restructuring of Montgomery Ward
 1987-1988
226 22
Retailing in 1981 and throughout the 1980s
 1980
226 23
Retail's Role
 1974
226 24
Sales Quotas, Consumer Demand and Profitable Markets
 1927
226 25
Seventh Annual Conference of Executives
 1928
226 26
The Situation in Chain Store Distribution
 1936
226 27
Time Is Money-Plus
 1979
226 28
Toward Regulating Stability and Retailing and the FTC
 1976
226 29
What About the Next Depression?
 1935
226 30
Where Does the Consumer's Dollar Go?
 1936
226 31
A Yardstick to Take the Guess Out of Marketing
 1935

Series VII. Manuscript Sheet MusicReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
227 1-6
Man Behind the Gun (Opening and Closing Themes)
 1940s
228 1-5
Man Behind the Gun (Opening and Closing Themes; Orchestra Parts 2-12)
 1940s
229 1-5
Man Behind the Gun (Orchestra Parts 13-37)
 1940s
230 1-6
Man Behind the Gun (Orchestra Parts 38-62)
 1940s
231 1-5
Man Behind the Gun (Orchestra Parts 63-88)
 1940s
232 1-5
Man Behind the Gun (Orchestra Parts 89-113)
 1940s
233 1-6
Man Behind the Gun (Orchestra Parts 114-138)
 1940s
234 1-6
Man Behind the Gun (Orchestra Parts 139-165)
 1940s
235 1-6
Man Behind the Gun (Orchestra Parts 166-192)
 1940s
236 1-6
Man Behind the Gun (Orchestra Parts 193-220)
 1940s
237 1-6
Man Behind the Gun (Orchestra Parts 221-246)
 1940s
238 1-5
Man Behind the Gun (Orchestra Parts 247-267)
 1940s
239 1-6
Man Behind the Gun (Orchestra Parts 268-283)
 1940s
240 1-5
Man Behind the Gun (Orchestra Parts 284-293)
 1940s
241 1-6
Man Behind the Gun (Orchestra Parts 294-313)
 1940s
242 1-6
Man Behind the Gun (Orchestra Parts 314-334)
 1940s
243 1-6
Man Behind the Gun (Orchestra Parts 335-358)
 1940s
244 1
Man Behind the Gun (Orchestra Parts 359-361)
 1940s
244 2-6
This Is Our Enemy (Orchestra Parts 266-299)
 1940s
245 1-6
This Is Our Enemy (Orchestra Parts 300-317)
 1940s
246 1-6
This Is Our Enemy (Orchestra Parts 318-336)
 1940s
247 1-5
This Is Our Enemy (Orchestra Parts 337-355)
 1940s

Series VIII. Catalogs-Montgomery Ward's CompetitorsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
248 1-5
Aldens
 1954, 1963-1964
249 1-4
Aldens
 1965-1966
250 1-5
Aldens
 1966-1967
251 1-5
Aldens
 1967-1968
252 1-5
Aldens
 1969
253 1-6
Aldens
 1969-1971
254 1-5
Aldens
 1972-1974
255 1-7
Aldens
 1974-1976
256 1-6
Aldens
 1977-1978
257 1-8
Aldens
 1978-1979
258 1-5
Aldens
 1980-1981
258 6-7
Eatons
 1970
259 1-6
Eatons
 1970-1971
260 1-6
Eatons
 1972-1973
261 1-4
Eatons
 1973-1974
262 1-3
Eatons
 1975-1976
262 4-5
J.C. Penney
 1963
263 1-3
J.C. Penney
 1964
264 1-4
J.C. Penney
 1965-1966
265 1-5
J.C. Penney
 1966-1967
266 1-6
J.C. Penney
 1967-1968
267 1-5
J.C. Penney
 1968-1969
268 1-5
J.C. Penney
 1969-1970
269 1-4
J.C. Penney
 1970-1972
270 1-4
J.C. Penney
 1972-1974
271 1-5
J.C. Penney
 1974-1975
272 1-3
J.C. Penney
 1975-1976
273 1-5
J.C. Penney
 1977
274 1-5
J.C. Penney
 1977-1978
275 1-6
J.C. Penney
 1978-1979
276 1-4
J.C. Penney
 1979-1980
277 1-4
J.C. Penney
 1980-1981
278 1-5
J.C. Penney
 1981
279 1-4
J.C. Penney
 1981-1982
280 1-5
John Plain
 1964-1970
281 1-6
Sears
 1954-1956
282 1-3
Sears
 1956-1957
283 1-4
Sears
 1957-1958
284 1-3
Sears
 1958-1959
285 1-5
Sears
 1959-1960
286 1-5
Sears
 1961-1962
287 1-4
Sears
 1962-1963
288 1-5
Sears
 1963-1964
289 1-4
Sears
 1964-1965
290 1-3
Sears
 1965-1966
291 1-5
Sears
 1966-1967
292 1-3
Sears
 1967
293 1-3
Sears
 1967-1968
294 1-6
Sears
 1968-1969
295 1-3
Sears
 1969-1970
296 1-4
Sears
 1970-1971
297 1-5
Sears
 1971-1972
298 1-3
Sears
 1972-1973
299 1-3
Sears
 1973-1974
300 1-4
Sears
 1974-1975
301 1-6
Sears
 1975-1976
302 1-4
Sears
 1976-1977
303 1-3
Sears
 1977
304 1-6
Sears
 1977-1978
305 1-5
Sears
 1978-1979
306 1-4
Sears
 1979
307 1-3
Sears
 1979-1980
308 1-8
Sears
 1980-1981
309 1-7
Sears
 1981
310 1-5
Sears
 1981-1982
311 1-2
Sears
 1982
311 3-4
Spiegel
 1962-1963
312 1-6
Spiegel
 1964-1965
313 1-5
Spiegel
 1965-1967
314 1-6
Spiegel
 1967-1968
315 1-5
Spiegel
 1968-1969
316 1-6
Spiegel
 1969-1970
317 1-6
Spiegel
 1971-1974
318 1-7
Spiegel
 1975-1977
319 1-7
Spiegel
 1977-1978
320 1-7
Spiegel
 1978-1980
321 1-8
Spiegel
 1980-1981
322 1-6
Spiegel
 1981-1983

Series IX. ArtifactsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Artifact Storage
Bicentennial Flags (2)
 1976
Artifact Storage
Cash Register
 circa 1880s
Artifact Storage
Brass Sign - "Montgomery Ward & Company Retail Department Store"
 circa 1926

Series X. MicrofilmReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Microfilm Storage
35 MM Microfilm Copies of Montgomery Ward Catalogs (194 items)
 1873-1986

Subordinate Component # 11Return to Top

These links connect to lists of material received in later shipments.

Container(s) Description
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Commercial catalogs.
  • Consolidation and merger of corporations.
  • Labor disputes.
  • Mail-order business.
  • Price regulation.
  • Radio music.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects.

Personal Names

  • Avery, Sewell L. (Sewell Lee), 1873-1960.
  • Van Cleave, Nathan, 1910-1970.
  • Ward, Montgomery, 1844-1913.
  • Wolfson, Louis E.

Corporate Names

  • Aldens, Inc. -- Catalogs.
  • J.C. Penney Co. -- Catalogs.
  • Sears, Roebuck and Company -- Catalogs.
  • Speigel -- Catalogs.
  • United States. National War Labor Board (1942-1945)

Geographical Names

  • Chicago (Ill.) -- History.

Form or Genre Terms

  • Artifacts.
  • Editorial cartoons.
  • Financial records.
  • Legal documents.
  • Legal files.
  • Mail order catalogs.
  • Microfilms.
  • Photographs.
  • Scores.

Titles within the Collection

  • Man behind the gun (Radio program)
  • Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer.
  • This is our enemy (Radio program)

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2013

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