Business Records

Introduction

The business records housed in Special Collections, chiefly Maine enterprises, cover many types of businesses: medical, retail, publishing, shipping, manufacturing, etc. Dating from the late 18th through 20th centuries, some files document only a few months or years, while others cover the lives of the businesses.

Other isolated, brief, or fragmentary records, too incomplete to be detailed here, also appear in various manuscript collections.  For example, there are unrelated 17^th- to 19^th-century receipts, notes, and bills of lading in the Howell Document Collection, and some brief information on the founding of Florida's Ocala and Silver Springs Railroad in the Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Collection. Consult collection guides or check with the staff for more information.

About the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives

The George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives (SC&A) collects, preserves, and makes available unique rare books, manuscripts, historical College records, and increasingly, digital collections. Students, scholars, and all with an interest are invited to explore and learn from these world-class collections through their own research as well as our varied exhibits, instructional sessions, and public programs.