Manuscript Group Finding Aid

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1 box   3 folders   .2 cubic ft.

Description: Contains information on the F. W. Woolworth Store, founded in Lancaster in 1879. Includes anniversary booklets, program, menu, annual report, and correspondence.

Folder 1

Insert 1 “Fortieth Anniversary Souvenir, 1879-1919.”

“Commemorating 71 Years of Woolworth Service in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1879-1950.”

Insert 2 “The Woolworth Story: 80 Years of Progress, 1879-1959.”

“F. W. Woolworth Co.: 100th Anniversary, 1879-1979.

Folder 2

Insert 1 Woolworth Building Roof Garden Program, week of 18 July 1904.

Insert 2 Eightieth Anniversary dinner menu and list of suppliers. 19 June 1959.

Folder 3
Annual Report, 1978. For fiscal year ended 31 January 1979.

Insert 1 Annual Report of the Stockholders. 20 May 1959.

Insert 2 Letter from F. W. Woolworth to James D. Landis, The New Era. 19 December 1912.

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