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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | Columbia Match Company Records, 1900-1985 and undated
| | | | Creator: | Columbia Match Company | | | | Dates: | 1900-1985 | | | | Abstract: | The Columbia Match Company (1938-1979) manufactured advertising paper stick book matches and book match machinery. As the most economical form of advertising, book matches became "the most widely read book in the world" and were also functional. The machinery was designed and manufactured in Mentor, Ohio, with Columbia being the exclusive manufacturer and supplier to over 26 countries worldwide. The Columbia Match Company Records, 1900-1985 and undated, consists of blueprints and drawings, brochures, correspondence, certificates, cover samples, financial statements, lists, manuals, microfilms, reports, newsreels, newspaper clippings, photographs, and eight millimeter film, and VHS recordings. | | | | Call #: | MS 5435 | | | | Extent: | 4.6 linear feet (7 containers, including three oversized boxes) | | | | Subjects: | Columbia Match Company (Mentor, Ohio) | Match industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History | Matchcovers -- United States | Advertising -- United States | Weaver, James H., Sr. | Weaver, James H., Jr. | Weaver, Carl E.
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