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US NNFIT SC.125 · collection · 1826-2010

This collection contains scrapbooks and company records related to the Lord and Taylor department stores, primarily focused on the original stores in New York City. The scrapbook series consists of unbound pages of newspaper and magazine clippings of Lord and Taylor stores in New York City and the greater New York Area. Company records include advertising, photographs and illustrations of Lord and Taylor buildings, company catalogs, press releases and clippings, as well as internal company histories authored by Lord and Taylor. A small subseries relates to biographical information and photographs of former Lord and Taylor president Dorothy Shaver.

Lord & Taylor
Receipts, 1860-1880
US NNFIT SC.125.2.3 · sub-series · 1860 - 1880
Part of Lord & Taylor collection, 1826-2010

This series consists of a single folder contains miscellaneous receipts from milliners and dry goods stores in New York City. Two receipts are from Lord and Taylor.

Correspondence, 1860-2010
US NNFIT SC.125.2.4 · sub-series · 1860 - 2010
Part of Lord & Taylor collection, 1826-2010

This folder contains copies of partnership and loan agreements from 1879, correspondence pertaining to the 1926 Centennial and a list of supporting banks dating back to 1914 (list created in 1926).

US NNFIT SC.125.2.7 · sub-series · 1880 - 2000
Part of Lord & Taylor collection, 1826-2010

This subseries contains Booklets and internal press coverage on Lord and Taylor's history. Booklets cover the timeline of Lord and Taylor, various buildings occupied in New York, Dorothy Shaver, and corporation meetings.

US NNFIT SC.125.2.2.11 · folder · circa 1915
Part of Lord & Taylor collection, 1826-2010

This folder contains six pictures of the same man, possible a descendent of Lord and Taylor, one picture relating to the transcontinental Telephone system, as well as one framed picture of New York City Street.

Photographs, 1914
US NNFIT SC.125.2.2.4 · folder · 1914
Part of Lord & Taylor collection, 1826-2010

This folder contains photographs of the exterior of the Lord and Taylor building at 5th Avenue and 39th street. Also contains photographs of the interiors of employee facilities, including the rooftop lounge, dining hall, hospital, gym,, and classrooms.

Scrapbooks, 1932-1985
US NNFIT SC.125.1 · series · 1932 - 1985
Part of Lord & Taylor collection, 1826-2010

This series consists of scrapbooks of Lord and Taylor, primarily clippings relating to advertising and illustration. Includes some instances of photographs, invitations and promotional materials. Many of the scrapbooks relate to specific Lord and Taylor suburb branches, but not all were originally indicated.

Dorothy Shaver, 1945-1959
US NNFIT SC.125.2.8 · sub-series · 1945 - 1939
Part of Lord & Taylor collection, 1826-2010

This subseries contains biographical information, speeches, correspondence, press clippings, and photographs of Dorothy Shaver, president of Lord and Taylor, 1945-1959.

Shaver, Dorothy, 1893-1959