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Corporate Archives
Businesses often maintain their own archives, and may or may not allow the general public into their facilities for research. An excellect resource for searching for corporate archives is the Directory of Corporate Archives in the United States and Canada (Society of American Archivists, Business Archives Section). This online directory covers corporate archives in the United States and Canada, and also includes information on the archives of professional associations.
Corporate archives are not always maintained by a company itself and the archives of defunct companies can be located in a variety of institutions. In order to find these types of collections, it is necessary to employ a variety of research techniques.
For example...The archives of the Cuba Company, a business firm active in pre-Castro Cuba in railroad construction and operation, as well as in the ownership and operation of sugar and tobacco plantations, is located at the University of Maryland. The Sears Archives has an extensive website with a wealth of historical information about the company, yet the archives itself is not open for research by the general public. |
