Miscellaneous financial materials concerning the U.S. motion picture industry
Scope and Contents
This collection, compiled by William H. Brown, contains a variety of financial documents concerning the U.S. motion picture industry. Examples of these documents include reports, prospectuses, analyses, press releases, clippings of newspaper articles, advertisements, business plans, company profiles, letters and notices to the stockholders, stockholder agreements, proxy statements, subscription agreements, new stock issues, listing bulletins, bond offerings, trust deeds, mortgage indentures, and readjustment plans. While all of these documents are represented in the collection, they are not all represented by each company.
Dates
- 1916 - 1948
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Most of these financial materials were part of a collection acquired by Yale in 1922 from William H. Brown of West Haven, Conn. The collection, initially called the William H. Brown Statistical Library, numbered some 23,000 documents and covered the years 1890 to 1917. The collection was merged with similar materials already in the University Library and later expanded by gifts from Brown and others to become what is now known as the William H. Brown Collection.
Arrangement
Files are arranged alphabetically by company name.
Extent
2 Linear Feet (5 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
This collection, compiled by William H. Brown, contains a variety of financial documents concerning the U.S. motion picture industry. Examples of these documents include reports, prospectuses, analyses, press releases, clippings of newspaper articles, advertisements, business plans, company profiles, letters and notices to the stockholders, stockholder agreements, proxy statements, subscription agreements, new stock issues, listing bulletins, bond offerings, trust deeds, mortgage indentures, and readjustment plans. While all of these documents are represented in the collection, they are not all represented by each company.
- Title
- Guide to Miscellaneous Financial Materials Concerning the U.S. Motion Picture Industry
- Author
- by Ellen Ellickson and Caroline Wilcox Reul
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
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