Superior Match Company matchbook advertising catalog and sales representative's forms, 1958-1960

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Summary

Creator:
Superior Match Company
Abstract:
The Superior Match Company was founded by Harold Meitus in 1932 in Chicago, Ill, and manufactured Union Label Advertising matchbooks. Collection comprises the company's matchbook advertising catalog no. 956 (192 pp., in binder), along with twenty sales representative's forms, including business and dealer identification cards, commission request forms, mailing labels, business reply and rush order envelopes, order pads, and a brief case order form. The order pads hold copies of a few orders placed in 1960 for businesses in Youngstown, Ohio.
Extent:
1 Linear Foot
Language:
Materials in English
Research Center:
John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History
Collection ID:
RL.01269

Background

Scope and content:

Collection comprises the company's matchbook advertising catalog no. 956 (192 pp., in binder), along with twenty sales representative's forms, including business and dealer identification cards, commission request forms, mailing labels, business reply and rush order envelopes, order pads, and a brief case order form. The order pads hold copies of a few orders placed in 1960 for businesses in Youngstown, Ohio.

Biographical / historical:

The Superior Match Company was founded by Harold Meitus in 1932 in Chicago, Ill, and manufactured Union Label Advertising matchbooks.

Acquisition information:
Purchase, 2009
Processing information:

Processed by: Alice Poffinberger, June 2010

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, June 2010

Accession(s) described in this finding aid: 2009-0080

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects

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Subjects:
Commercial agents -- United States
Sales personnel -- United States
Advertising -- United States
Matchcovers -- Catalogs
Matchcovers
Direct selling
Advertising specialties -- Catalogs
Names:
Superior Match Company
John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History

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[Identification of item], in the Superior Match Company matchbook advertising catalog and sales representative's forms, 1958-1960, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.