Consolidated Laundry Company Records, 1892; 1920-21; 1928 A&M 1724

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Repository

West Virginia and Regional History Center

Identification

A&M 1724

Title

Consolidated Laundry Company Records 1892; 1920-1928

URL:

https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/198593

Quantity

0.1 Linear Feet, Summary: 1/2 in. (1 folder)

Creator

Consolidated Laundry Company

Location

West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/

Language

English

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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Consolidated Laundry Company Records, A&M 1724, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

The correspondence of Ophil C. Jacks, vice president of the Consolidated Laundry Co., Charleston, concerning the sale of stock, investment advertising, and the establishment of plants in several West Virginia towns. Also included is a prospectus of the Bennett Motor Co., Huntington; a Proficiency certificate issued to Janie Price by the Lewisburg Female Institute, 1892; and a typescript sketch on travel in Scotland and Greece in 1928.

Container List

Forms: Typescript letters, account statements, and newspaper clippings; Persons: Phil C. Jacks (Vice-President of Consol. Laundry Co.), Mrs. A.H. Potter, Jesse H. Whiteley, and various newspapers, printing, and advertising companies; Places: Charleston, WV, Pittsburgh, PA, Ronceverte, WV, and other West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania towns; Subjects: Sale of stock, advertising

1920–1921

Forms: Prospectus (printed); Persons: The Bennett Motor Co., Phil C. Jacks and Co., fiscal agents; Places: Huntington, WV; Subjects: Consolidation of several companies and organization of new company

undated

Forms: Certificate; Persons: Lewisburg Female Institute, Janie Price, and C.E. Young (principal); Places: Lewisburg, WV; Subjects: Proficiency certificate in the School of English Literature

1892

Forms: Typescript (11 pp.); Persons: mention of McGeachy[?], Galbraith, McNeill families in Scotland; Places: Lewisburg [likely "Louisburgh"], Scotland; Subjects: Description and travel in Scotland and Greece, written by unidentified person, possibly a resident of Lewisburg

1928