Letterhead

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Amy Vilz

While processing records on campus buildings, I couldn’t help but notice the fine examples of early twentieth century letterhead. Mainly from the Buffalo and Niagara Falls vicinity, these companies bid or worked on the addition to the Koessler Administration building. This selection is from 1907.

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The Queen City Cut Stone Company, Buffalo (NY)

Byrne and Bannister, Contractors for Plain and Ornamental Plastering, Buffalo (NY). Byrne and Bannister worked on several well-known local buildings, including St. Louis Church, Hotel Lafayette, and the Seymour H. Knox residence.

Thomas Brown Contracting Company, Buffalo (NY)

Buffalo Expanded Metal Company, Buffalo (NY)

Stearns Electric Equipment Company, Buffalo (NY)

C.A. Criqui Hygenic Plumbing, Heating and Ventilating Contractor, Buffalo (NY)

Buffalo Mantel Manufacturing Company, Buffalo (NY)

"Estimates cheerfully furnished" by Cyrus B. Rees, Washington DC

Duparquet, Huot, and Moneuse Company, Manufacturers of Imperial French Ranges, High Grade Cooking Apparatus, Washington DC

James M. Davis and Son, General Contractors in Plain and Ornamental Plastering, Buffalo (NY)

John Feist and Sons Company, Planing Mill, Buffalo (NY)

Buffalo Wholesale Hardware, Buffalo (NY)

F.T. Coppins and Son, Painters and Decorators, Buffalo (NY)

Joseph F. Stabell, Engineer - Contractor, Buffalo (NY)

Timothy McEvoy and Son, Buffalo (NY)

The F.P. Little Elctrical Company, Buffalo (NY)

Stokes Brothers, Building Contractors, Buffalo (NY)

John Lennon, Son and Company, Contractors and Builders, Niagara Falls (NY)

Buffalo Structural Steel, Buffalo (NY)

Slack and Ellis, Cut Stone Contractors, Medina (NY)

Cyrus B. Rees, Heating by Hot Water and Vapor, Washington DC

Heritage Series, Part 2

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Amy Vilz

In celebration of the 75th anniversary of D’Youville College, Sr. Mary Sheila Driscoll (1911-1994), second College Archivist, created a pamphlet series on the history and founding of D’Youville College. Periodically, these pamphlets will be digitized and posted online. Below are the first 3 pamphlets in the series:

The Administration Building, 1874 – 1908

A Wing is Built; A College is Born, 1908

Those Early Years — The Seeds are Sown, 1908 – 1919