IHLC MS 357 Urbana Association of Commerce Records, 1914‐1935 Manuscript Collection Inventory
Illinois History and Lincoln Collections
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Outline of
I.
Correspondence
II.
Minutes and Reports of
III.
IV.
Committees
Miscellaneous Materials
1.
Annual Meeting,
2.
Farm Census Report,
3.
4.
Holaday Post Roads Bill Correspondence
1934
Indianapolis Better
1930
Business Bureau Bulletin
5.
6.
Indianapolis Better Business Bureau Radio Talks
7.
Trip Reports
8.
Twin City
9.
Uncategorized
Junior Chamber of
Commerce Survey Correspondence
Labor Survey
George Chapin's Records of Other Organizations
1.
V.
Arrangement
Civil Works Administration
2.
Illinois Commercial Secretaries Association
3.
National Recovery Administration,
4.
Twilight Baseball
Urbana Committee
League
5.
Urbana Community Chest
6.
7.
8.
Urbana Golf and Country Club
Urbana Playground Association
Urbana Rotary Club
Managing Secretaries'
1.
George Chapin,
2.
Floyde D.
Personal Correspondence
1914-25
Sperry,
1932-34
URBANA ASSOCIATION OF COMMERCE.
Folder
I.
List
Correspondence
Incoming and outgoing correspondence is arranged in one
alphabetical run by name of organization,
correspondent.
city or
town
by city.
name,
out-of-state organizations by
(For example,
under
"Mattoon,"
under
"Colorado.")
Box
company,
Illinois organizations are filed
the Mattoon
Chamber of
while the Denver Chamber of
Addressograph Company
3.
Adkins, Congressman Charles D.
(Chicago)
4.
American Multigraph Company
5.
Aurora Chamber of Commerce
6.
B
7.
William Beck and Sons Co.
8.
Big Four Railway System
(Cleveland)
(Cincinnati)
9.
Black,
William
10.
Bloom,
P.
11.
Bloomington Chamber of Commerce
12.
Butler Bros.
13.
c
E.
z.
(State Representative)
(Catlin,
Illinois)
(Chicago)
14.
California
15.
Canada
16.
Carson Pirie
17.
Chain Store Age
Scott
& Co.
18.
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
19.
Champaign
20.
Champaign Chamber of Commerce
21.
22.
Champaign County Farm Board
23.
24.
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway Co.
Chicago Association of Commerce
25.
26.
Chicago Daily News
Chevrolet
Chicago Better Business Bureau
27.
Chicago Motor Club
28.
Chicago World's Fair
29.
Colorado
30.
Connecticut
31.
Cook,
32.
Craig,
Deborah
33.
34.
Cutter,
35.
Danville
Edith
(New York City)
(Normal,
Edgar
Illinois)
(Chicago)
D
36.
Danville Chamber of Commerce
37.
Dartnell Corp.
(Chicago)
the
then
Commerce is filed
A
2.
state,
Commerce is
1
1.
or
under
2
41.
Decatur
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Disabled American Veterans
Dry Goods Merchants Trade Journal
42.
Dunlap,
43.
44.
E
Emmerson,
45.
Executives' Club of Chicago
46.
F
38.
39.
40.
Box
M.
H.
(State Senator)
2
Gov.
Louis
47.
Fantus Factory Location Service
48.
Farmers Grain Dealers Association of
(Chicago)
49.
Federation
50.
Finfrock,
Illinois
of Illinois Colleges
Chauncey L.
(Urbana
lawyer,
Little &
Finfrock)
51.
52.
Ford
Furniture Record
54.
G
Galesburg Chamber of Commerce
55.
Gasthoff,
56.
Gem City Business College
53.
Earl W.,
57.
General Motors
58.
Gov.
59.
Great A&P Tea Co.
Gasthoff Decorating Co.
Emmerson's Commission on Unemployment Relief
60.
Green & Palmer
61.
H
62.
Hageman Publicity Agency
63.
Heffernan,
64.
I
65.
Maj.
(Urbana law firm)
L.
E.
(St.
Louis)
(Chanute)
66.
Illinois
Illinois Association of Elks
67.
Illinois Association of
68.
Illinois Bell
69.
Illinois Central Railroad
Ice
Industries
70.
Illinois Chamber of Commerce
71.
Illinois Commerce Commission
72.
Illinois Council of Religious Education
73.
Illinois Farmers' Institute
74.
Illinois Journal of Commerce
7 5.
Illinois Library Association
76.
Illinois Municipal League
77.
Illinois Power
78.
80.
Illinois Press Association
Illinois Retail Clothiers' and Furnishers',
Association
Illinois Traction System
81.
State of Illinois Agencies
82.
State of Illinois -
79.
(Danville)
(Quincy)
(excludes University)
Adjutant General
83.
State of Illinois -
Dept.
84.
State of
Division of Highways
Illinois -
of Public Works
3
Box
85.
State of Illinois
-
Governor
86.
State of Illinois
-
Secretary of State
87.
Indiana
3
88.
Crawfordsville
89.
Indianapolis
(Ind.)
Chamber of Commerce
90.
Indianapolis Better Business Bureau
91.
Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce
92.
Iowa
93.
Davenport Chamber of Commerce
94.
Des Moines
95.
International Paper Company
96.
Intertype Corporation
97.
J
98.
K
99.
Kankakee
Kansas
100.
Kay,
101.
Hobart
(New York City)
(Chicago)
(father of Gerald,
the
"amazing boy
wonder who can both whistle and eat at the same
time")
102.
Kewanee
103.
G. H. Kirk Co.
104.
Kline Brothers Co.
105.
Kroger
106.
Jos. Kuhn &
107.
L
108.
Little,
109.
Ma
Grocery
110.
Malloch,
111.
Mattoon
112.
Me
113.
Me
114.
Michigan
&
Co.
Roger F.
Douglas
Bakery Co.
(Champaign merchant)_
(Urbana lawyer,
&
Finfrock)
(Chicago)
- Mi
115.
Battle Creek Chamber of Commerce
116.
117.
Grand Rapids Store Equipment Co.
Minnesota
118.
Missouri
119.
St. Louis Better Business Bureau
Mo - Mz
120.
Little
121. ·Montgomery Ward
Modern Display Equipment Co.
122.
Box
4
123.
Na -
124.
National Association of Better Business
National Better Business Bureau
125.
128.
Nat
National Recovery Administration
126.
127.
•
(Chicago)
.
National
Nb - Nz
� ea
Company
Bureaus
4
129.
130.
131.
132.
133.
134.
135.
136.
137.
138.
139.
140.
141.
New
Jersey
New York
New York Central
Nielson,
Knud
Lines
(Evergreen,
0
Ala.)
.
Ohio
Oklahoma
p
Pace,
Anderson;
Paris,
Pace Inc.
(Chicago)
Ill.
Pennsylvania
Peoria
Peoria and Eastern Railway
142.
Polley,
143.
144.
145.
146.
147.
Pullman Co.
Frederick A.
(Indianapolis)
R
Rantoul
Rickey,
Branch
(St. Louis Cardinals,
see also
#230)
Rockford
Box 5
148.
149.
150.
151.
152.
Sa
- Sl
Sm
- Sz
Scott Stores,
Smith,
Sweeney,
156.
157.
Texas
u
Prof.
0.
R.
Louis)
(Richmon,
Virg.)
(Iowa State College)
T
Tennessee
University of Illinois
Urbana
City of Urbana
Urbana Daily Courier
Urbana High School
Utterback,
Danville)
164.
165.
166.
167.
168.
(Industrial Club of St.
Standard Paper Manufacturing Co.
153.
154.
155.
158.
159.
160.
161.
162.
163.
Inc.
George C.
v
w
Wisconsin
X - Y - Z
YMCA
R. M.
(Utterback's
Business Colleges,
.-----
5
II.
Box
Minutes and Reports of Committees
6
169.
Annual Election Committee
170.
Annual Meeting Committee
171.
Annual Primary Election Committee
172.
Armistice Day Committee
173.
Board of
174.
George
Directors,
Minutes of Meetings
Chapin's notes from Directors' Meetings
175.
Christmas Activities Committee
176.
Decoration
177.
Emergency Relief Committee
Committee
178.
Football
179.
Fraternity Credits Committee
180.
Joint Committee on Taxation
Banquet Committee
(with
Champaign
Farm Bureau and Champaign Chamber of
181.
Leal
182.
Membership
183.
National
184.
Committee on Outlook
School Committee
Committee
Affairs
Committee
185.
Committee on Retail
186.
Retail Trade
Sanitarium
Instruction
Council
187.
Rooster Day Committee,
188.
On to
St.
1932
Joseph Committee
189.
Secret Committee of 200
190.
School Relations Committee
191.
Committee on
192.
Twin City
193.
University of
194.
Urbana
195.
Urbana High
School Athletic Relations Committee
196.
Urbana High
School Band/
Solicitations
Unemployment
Committee
Illinois Athletic
Relations Committee
Golf and Country Club Membership Committee
Parents of the Band
Committee
197.
Urbana National Recovery Administration
198
Miscellaneous Committees
Investigating
--
County
Commerce)
•
Committee
6
III.
Box
Miscellaneous Materials
7
199.
Annual Meeting,
1934
Introductions,
awards,
promotional material
200.
Annual Meeting, 1934
201.
Correspondence
Farm Census Preliminary Announcements,
Bureau Press Releases,
Includes 85 of
202.
Holaday
U.
102 Illinois counties;
Post Roads Bill,
S.
Census
1930
alphabetical
1928-32
Correspondence dealing with bill proposed by W.
Holaday, Congressman from Illinois, concerning
P.
construction of a national system of hard surface
roads
203.
Indianapolis Better Business Bureau
Scattered issues,
May 1929 -
Jan.
Bulletin
1930;
204.
Indianapolis Better Business Bureau Radio
205.
Junior Chamber of Commerce
July 1935
Talks
Survey Correspondence
Chapin's letters to organizations around the
nation asking for information that would help him
Junior Chamber of Commerce in Urbana
start a
206.
Trip Reports, 1928
Reports of Chapin's business trips to Chicago and
Danville
207.
Twin-City
208.
Uncategorized
Labor Survey, 1930
Includes a pa per by Chapin, "If I were an Editor
Again," press releases, 1932 Annual Report,
newsletters of the Urbana Women's Club,
biographical sketches of Mr.
&
Mrs.
Potter Palmer,
programs, invitations, insurance p olicy receipt,
second pages of unidentified letters, handbills of
the East Green
Street
Grocery,
and other materials
7
George Chapin's Records of Other Organizations
IV.
Box 8
209.
Civil Works Administration
210.
Illinois Commercial Secretaries Association
211.
National Recovery Administration - Urbana
Primarily memoranda and statistical forms
Meetings of the Urbana NRA Compliance Board,
NRA General Committee,
and Retail Trade Council;
question and answer publicity material;
Retail
212.
Code Authority forms
National Recovery Administration - Urbana Merchant
213.
Twilight Baseball League,
214.
Urbana Community Chest - Minutes,
215.
Urbana Community Chest - Correspondence
216.
Urbana Community Chest - Publicity,
bulletins, miscellaneous
217.
Urbana Community Chest - Illinois Commercial
Secretaries Association Survey, 1928
Agreements
1931
budgets,
218.
Urbana Communtiy Chest - Red Cross,
219.
Urbana Golf and Country Club
reports
solicitations,
YMCA
220.
Urbana Playground Association,
221.
Urbana Rotary Club
1930-32
222.
Urbana Rotary Club - Conference of 45th District,
223.
Urbana Rotary Club - Chapin paper,
1933
"Thoughts About
Rotary"
224.
Urbana Rotary Club - Rotary
Directives,
instructions,
International
correspondence from
headquarters in Chicago
225.
Urbana Rotary Club - Classification rules,
226.
Urbana Rotary Club - Rotary
publications
Committee and Conference,
227.
Urbana Rotary Club - Dec.
International Boys Work
1924-25
1932 Monthly Attendance
Reports for the 45th District
8
V.
Box
Managing
Secretaries'
Personal Correspondence
9
228.
229.
230.
George
Chapin correspondence,
Floyde D.
Sperry correspondence,
Includes letter
11,
231.
232.
1934
-
from
Cameron
from Branch
(see also
A -
L
Harmon
Rickey to Harmon,
#146)
Sperry correspondence,
Sperry
1914-25
1932-34,
Sperry correspondence,
M
-
Z
Miscellaneous
Includes his resume,
prominent men in
photo negative,
Illinois,
lists of
interviewing tips
Jan.