AHJ_ah08088 Inventory of the Montgomery Ward records, 1849-1989 Montgomery Ward records Processed by Loreley Moore University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
American Heritage Center Dept. 3924, 1000 E. University Avenue University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 82071 Phone: 307.766.2574 Fax:307.766.5511 Email:ahcref@uwyo.edu URL:http://ahc.uwyo.edu/
2013

University of Wyoming

 Finding aid encoded by Ann Mulfort January 2013 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Montgomery Ward. Montgomery Ward records 1849-1989 08088 153 cubic feet (336 boxes) + artifacts. University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English 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. System Requirements

Catalogs -- microfilm -- 35 mm.

 History of Montgomery Ward

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.

 Scope and Content

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.

 Access Restrictions

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

 Copyright Information

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

 Related Materials

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

 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 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.

 Preferred Citation

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

 Access Terms Avery, Sewell L. (Sewell Lee), 1873-1960. Ward, Montgomery, 1844-1913. Van Cleave, Nathan, 1910-1970. Wolfson, Louis E. United States. National War Labor Board (1942-1945) J.C. Penney Co. -- Catalogs. Sears, Roebuck and Company -- Catalogs. Speigel -- Catalogs. Aldens, Inc. -- Catalogs. Mail-order business. Commercial catalogs. World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects. Labor disputes. Price regulation. Consolidation and merger of corporations. Radio music. Business, Industry, Labor, and Commerce. Artifacts. Chicago (Ill.) -- History. Mail order catalogs. Microfilms. Artifacts. Photographs. Legal documents. Editorial cartoons. Scores. Legal files. Financial records. Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer. Man behind the gun (Radio program) This is our enemy (Radio program) Container List Series I. Administrative Files

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 Files

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 Ward

Sub-series 1. General Catalogs

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

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. Photographs

Sub-series 1. Historical

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

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

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. Scrapbooks

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 Material

Sub-series 1. Books

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

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

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

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 Music

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 Competitors

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. Artifacts

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. Microfilm

323-327 35 MM Microfilm Copies of Montgomery Ward Catalogs (194 items) 1873-1986

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