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L.M. Bowers - Personal

Boxes 1-4

L.M.B.-Personal Papers - 1878-1925

Box # 1

Item	Contents
Item # 1	incoming correspondence - 1878
Item # 2	incoming correspondence - 1879
Item # 3	incoming correspondence - 1880
Item # 4	incoming correspondence - 1881
Item # 5	incoming correspondence - 1882
Item # 6	incoming correspondence - 1883
Item # 7	incoming correspondence - 1893
Item # 8	incoming correspondence - 1896
Item # 9	incoming correspondence - 1897
Item #10	incoming correspondence - 1898
Item #11	incoming correspondence - 1899
Item #12	incoming correspondence - 1900
Item #13	incoming correspondence - 1901
Item #14	incoming correspondence - 1902
Item #15	incoming correspondence - 1904
Item #16	incoming correspondence - 1905
Item #17	incoming correspondence - 1906
Item #18	incoming correspondence - 1907
Item #19	incoming correspondence - 1908
Item #20	incoming correspondence - 1909
Item #21	incoming correspondence - 1910
Item #22	incoming correspondence - 1911
Item #23	incoming correspondence - 1912
Item #24	incoming correspondence - 1913
Item #25	incoming correspondence - 1914
Item #26	incoming correspondence - 1915
Item #27	incoming correspondence - 1916
Item #28	incoming correspondence - 1917
Item #29	incoming correspondence - 1918
Item #30	incoming correspondence - 1919
Item #31	incoming correspondence - 1920
Item #32	incoming correspondence - 1921
Item #33	incoming correspondence - 1922
Item #34	incoming correspondence - 1923
Item #35	incoming correspondence - 1924
Item #36	incoming correspondence - 1925

L.M. Bowers - Personal 1926-1940

Box # 2

Item	Contents
Item #37	incoming correspondence - 1926
Item #38	incoming correspondence - 1927
Item #39	incoming correspondence - 1928
Item #40	incoming correspondence - 1929
Item #41	incoming correspondence - 1930
Item #42	incoming correspondence - 1931
Item #43	incoming correspondence - 1932
Item #44	incoming correspondence - 1933
Item #45	incoming correspondence - 1934
Item #46	incoming correspondence - 1935
Item #47	incoming correspondence - 1936
Item #48	incoming correspondence - 1937
Item #49	incoming correspondence - 1938
Item #50	incoming correspondence - 1939
Item #51	incoming correspondence - 1940
Item #52	incoming correspondence - undated
Item #53	outgoing correspondence - 1910
Item #54	outgoing correspondence - 1911
Item #55	outgoing correspondence - 1912
Item #56	outgoing correspondence - 1913
Item #57	outgoing correspondence - 1914
Item #58	outgoing correspondence - 1915
Item #59	outgoing correspondence - 1916
Item #60	outgoing correspondence - 1919
Item #61	outgoing correspondence - 1920
Item #62	outgoing correspondence - 1921
Item #63	outgoing correspondence - 1922
Item #64	outgoing correspondence - 1923
Item #65	outgoing correspondence - 1924
Item #66	outgoing correspondence - 1925
Item #67	outgoing correspondence - 1933
Item #68	outgoing correspondence - 1934
Item #69	outgoing correspondence - 1935
Item #70	outgoing correspondence - 1936

L.M. Bowers - Personal Books - 1926-1940

Box # 3

Item	Contents
Item #71	Personal Address Book
Item #72	Personal Accounts Ledger - 1905-1906
Item #73	Personal Accounts Ledger - 1906-1912
Item #74	Personal Accounts Ledger - 1910-1912
Item #75	Personal Accounts Ledger - 1916-1921
Item #76	Personal Accounts Ledger - 1921
Item #77	Personal Check Book - 1903-1904
Item #78	Personal Check Book - 1905-1906
Item #79	Personal Check Book - 1906-1908
Item #80	Personal Check Book - 1910-1911
Item #81	Personal Check Book - 1912-1913
Item #82	Personal Check Book - 1913-1914
Item #83	Personal Check Book - 1914-1915
Item #84	Personal Check Book - 1915-1916
Item #85	Personal Check Book - 1916-1918
Item #86	Personal Check Book - 1918-1919
Item #87	Personal Check Book - 1919-1921
Item #88	Personal Check Book - 1921-1923
Item #89	Personal Check Book - 1923-1924
Item #90	Personal Check Book - 1924-1925
Item #91	Personal Check Book - 1926-1928
Item #92	Personal Check Book - 1928-1929
Item #93	Personal Check Book - 1929-1931
Item #94	Personal Check Book - 1931-1933
Item #95	Personal Check Book - 1933-1935
Item #96	Personal Check Book - 1935-1937

L.M. Bowers - Personal Misc.

Box # 4

Item	Contents
Item #97	Photographic Collection
Item #98	Newspaper Clippings

L.M.Bowers - Personal Financial Enterprises

Boxes 5-17

L.M.B. -Real Estate (Nebraska) - 1876-1928

Box # 5

Item	Contents
Item # 1	incoming correspondence - 1876-1877
Item # 2	incoming correspondence - 1878
Item # 3	incoming correspondence - 1879
Item # 4	incoming correspondence - 1880-1889
Item # 5	incoming correspondence - 1890-1899
Item # 6	incoming correspondence - 1900
Item # 7	incoming correspondence - 1901
Item # 8	incoming correspondence - 1905
Item # 9	incoming correspondence - 1906-1907
Item #10	incoming correspondence - 1908-1909
Item #11	incoming correspondence - 1910-1911
Item #12	incoming correspondence - 1912-1913
Item #13	incoming correspondence - 1914-1915
Item #14	incoming correspondence - 1916-1917
Item #15	incoming correspondence - 1918-1919
Item #16	incoming correspondence - 1920-1922
Item #17	incoming correspondence - 1923-1925
Item #18	incoming correspondence - 1927
Item #19	incoming correspondence - 1928
Item #20	incoming correspondence - 1929-1933
Item #21	incoming correspondence - undated
Item #22	outgoing correspondence - 1879-1910
Item #23	outgoing correspondence - 1911-1915
Item #24	outgoing correspondence - 1916-1920
Item #25	outgoing correspondence - 1921-1925
Item #26	outgoing correspondence - 1926-1933

L.M.B.-L.M.Bowers & Co. (Roofing) - 1879-1900

Box # 6

Item	Contents
Item #27	incoming correspondence - 1879-1897
Item #28	incoming correspondence - 1898
Item #29	incoming correspondence - 1899
Item #30	incoming correspondence - 1900
Item #31	outgoing correspondence - 1896

L.M.B.-L.M.Bowers & Co. (Roofing) - Books - 1887-1906

Box # 7

Item	Contents
Item #32	Hatten, Galpin, & Co. - Ledger - 1887-1888
Item #33	L.M.Bowers & Co. - Ledger - 1887-1890
Item #34	L.M.Bowers & Co. - Ledger - 1888-1893
Item #35	L.M.Bowers & Co. - Order Book - 1890-1898
Item #36	L.M.Bowers & Co. - Ledger - 1890-1894
Item #37	Bowers, Galpin, & Co. - Ledger - 1892-1893
Item #38	Hatten, Galpin, & Co. - Ledger - 1893
Item #39	Bowers, Galpin, & Co. - Ledger - 1893-1896
Item #40	L.M.Bowers & Co. - Ledger - 1894-1898
Item #41	L.M.Bowers & Co. - Ledger - 1896-1898
Item #42	L.M.Bowers & Co. - Copy Book - 1898-1906

L.M.B. - Real Estate (New York City) - 1887 - 1902

Box # 8

Item	Contents
Item #43	incoming correspondence - 1887-1893
Item #44	incoming correspondence - 1899
Item #45	incoming correspondence - 1900
Item #46	incoming correspondence - 1901-1905
Item #47	incoming correspondence - 1906
Item #48	incoming correspondence - 1907
Item #49	incoming correspondence - 1908-1910
Item #50	incoming correspondence - 1911
Item #51	incoming correspondence - 1912
Item #52	incoming correspondence - 1913
Item #53	incoming correspondence - 1914-1915
Item #54	incoming correspondence - 1916-1917
Item #55	incoming correspondence - 1918
Item #56	incoming correspondence - 1919
Item #57	incoming correspondence - 1920-1923
Item #58	incoming correspondence - 1924
Item #59	incoming correspondence - 1925
Item #60	incoming correspondence - 1926-1932
Item #61	outgoing correspondence - 1910-1912
Item #62	outgoing correspondence - 1913
Item #63	outgoing correspondence - 1914-1918
Item #64	outgoing correspondence - 1919-1923
Item #65	outgoing correspondence - 1924
Item #66	outgoing correspondence - 1925
Item #67	outgoing correspondence 1926-1928

L.M.B. - Real Estate (Binghamton, N.Y. region) - 1896-1952

Box # 9

Item	Contents
Item #68	incoming correspondence - 1896-1906
Item #69	incoming correspondence - 1907
Item #70	incoming correspondence - 1908
Item #71	incoming correspondence - 1909
Item #72	incoming correspondence - 1910
Item #73	incoming correspondence - 1911
Item #74	incoming correspondence - 1912
Item #75	incoming correspondence - 1913
Item #76	incoming correspondence - 1914
Item #77	incoming correspondence - 1915
Item #78	incoming correspondence - 1916
Item #79	incoming correspondence - 1917
Item #80	incoming correspondence - 1918
Item #81	incoming correspondence - 1919
Item #82	incoming correspondence - 1920-1923
Item #83	incoming correspondence - 1924-1925
Item #84	incoming correspondence - 1926-1930
Item #85	incoming correspondence - 1931-1940
Item #86	incoming correspondence - 1941-1952
Item #87	outgoing correspondence - 1899-1912
Item #88	outgoing correspondence - 1913
Item #89	outgoing correspondence - 1914
Item #90	outgoing correspondence - 1915
Item #91	outgoing correspondence - 1916
Item #92	outgoing correspondence - 1917
Item #93	outgoing correspondence - 1918
Item #94	outgoing correspondence - 1919
Item #95	outgoing correspondence - 1920-1925
Item #96	outgoing correspondence - 1926-1930
Item #97	outgoing correspondence - 1931-1940

L.M.B.-Real Estate (Binghamton, N.Y. region) - 1883-1890

Box #10

Item	Contents
Item #98	Binghamton Real Estate Ledger - 1883-1890

L.M.B.-L.M.Bowers & Co. (anchors) - 1898-1914

Box #11

Item	Contents
Item # 99	incoming correspondence - 1898
Item #100	incoming correspondence - 1900
Item #101	incoming correspondence - 1901-1903
Item #102	incoming correspondence - 1904
Item #103	incoming correspondence - 1905
Item #104	incoming correspondence - 1906
Item #105	incoming correspondence - 1907
Item #106	incoming correspondence - 1908
Item #107	incoming correspondence - 1909
Item #108	incoming correspondence - 1910
Item #109	incoming correspondence - 1911
Item #110	incoming correspondence - 1912
Item #111	incoming correspondence - 1913
Item #112	incoming correspondence - 1914

L.M.B.-L.M.Bowers & Co. (anchors) - 1915-1918

Box #12

Item	Contents
Item #113	incoming correspondence - 1915 (a)
Item #114	incoming correspondence - 1915 (b)
Item #115	incoming correspondence - 1916 (a)
Item #116	incoming correspondence - 1916 (b)
Item #117	incoming correspondence - 1916 (c)
Item #118	incoming correspondence - 1917 (a)
Item #119	incoming correspondence - 1917 (b)
Item #120	incoming correspondence - 1917 (c)
Item #121	incoming correspondence - 1918

L.M.B.-L.M.Bowers & Co. (anchors) - 1919-1940

Box #13

Item	Contents
Item #122	incoming correspondence - 1919
Item #123	incoming correspondence - 1920-1926
Item #124	incoming correspondence - 1927
Item #125	incoming correspondence - 1928-1933
Item #126	incoming correspondence - 1934
Item #127	incoming correspondence - 1935-1940
Item #128	incoming correspondence - undated
Item #129	outgoing correspondence - 1901
Item #130	outgoing correspondence - 1907-1910
Item #131	outgoing correspondence - 1911-1914
Item #132	outgoing correspondence - 1915
Item #133	outgoing correspondence - 1916
Item #134	outgoing correspondence - 1917
Item #135	outgoing correspondence - 1918
Item #136	outgoing correspondence - 1919
Item #137	outgoing correspondence - 1920-1925
Item #138	outgoing correspondence - 1926-1940
Item #139	outgoing correspondence - undated

L.M.B.-L.M.Bowers & Co. (anchors) - Books - 1898-1914

Box # 14

Item	Contents
Item #140	International Anchor Co.-Ledger - 1898-1907
Item #141	L.M.Bowers & Co.-Checkbook -1905-1916
Item #142	L.M.Bowers & Co.-Checkbook -1916-1919

L.M.B.-Securities - 1910-1940

Box # 15

Item	Contents
Item #143	incoming correspondence - 1906-1909
Item #144	incoming correspondence - 1910-1919
Item #145	incoming correspondence - 1920-1929
Item #146	incoming correspondence - 1930-1940
Item #147	outgoing correspondence - 1911-1940

L.M.B.-Real Estate (Colorado & Ohio) - 1908-1937

Box # 16

Item	Contents
Item #148	incoming correspondence (Ohio) - 1908-1913
Item #149	incoming correspondence (Colorado) - 1908-1937
Item #150	outgoing correspondence (Colorado) - 1914-1926

L.M.B.-Copybooks - 1902-1907

Box # 17

Item	Contents
Item #151	copybook - 1902-1904
Item #152	copybook - 1902-1907
Item #153	copybook - 1903-1904
Item #154	copybook - 1904-1907

L.M.Bowers - Rockefeller Enterprises

Boxes 18-28

L.M.B.-Rockefeller-Bessemer Steamship Co. - 1896-1901

Box # 18

Item	Contents
Item # 1	incoming correspondence - 1896
Item # 2	incoming correspondence - 1897
Item # 3	incoming correspondence - 1898
Item # 4	incoming correspondence - 1899
Item # 5	incoming correspondence - 1900
Item # 6	incoming correspondence - 1901

L.M.B.-Rockefeller-Cleveland Steel Co. - 1891 - 1918

Box # 19

Item	Contents
Item # 7	incoming correspondence - 1898-1900
Item # 8	incoming correspondence - 1901
Item # 9	incoming correspondence - 1902
Item #10	incoming correspondence - 1903
Item #11	incoming correspondence - 1904-1908
Item #12	incoming correspondence - 1909-1910
Item #13	incoming correspondence - 1911
Item #14	incoming correspondence - 1912
Item #15	incoming correspondence - 1913
Item #16	incoming correspondence - 1914
Item #17	incoming correspondence - 1915
Item #18	incoming correspondence - 1916
Item #19	outgoing correspondence - 1909-1910
Item #20	outgoing correspondence - 1911
Item #21	outgoing correspondence - 1912
Item #22	outgoing correspondence - 1913-1914
Item #23	outgoing correspondence - 1915-1918

L.M.B.-Rockefeller-Frasch Soda Processing Co. - 1898-1904

Box # 20

Item	Contents
Item #24	incoming correspondence - 1898
Item #25	incoming correspondence - 1902
Item #26	incoming correspondence - 1903
Item #27	incoming correspondence - 1904
Item #28	outgoing correspondence - 1902-1904

L.M.B.-Rockefeller-American Shipbuilding Co. - 1899-1932

Box # 21

Item	Contents
Item #29	incoming correspondence - 1899-1900
Item #30	incoming correspondence - 1901
Item #31	incoming correspondence - 1902-1908
Item #32	incoming correspondence - 1909-1912
Item #33	incoming correspondence - 1913-1914
Item #34	incoming correspondence - 1915-1916
Item #35	incoming correspondence - 1917-1919
Item #36	incoming correspondence - 1920-1925
Item #37	incoming correspondence - 1926-1932
Item #38	outgoing correspondence - 1899
Item #39	outgoing correspondence - 1909-1912
Item #40	outgoing correspondence - 1913-1916
Item #41	outgoing correspondence - 1918-1923

L.M.B.-Rockefeller-Great Lakes Towing Co. - 1900-1929

Box # 22

Item	Contents
Item #42	incoming correspondence - 1900-1901
Item #43	incoming correspondence - 1902-1903
Item #44	incoming correspondence - 1904-1910
Item #45	incoming correspondence - 1911-1915
Item #46	incoming correspondence - 1916-1920
Item #47	incoming correspondence - 1921-1929
Item #48	outgoing correspondence - 1910-1919

L.M.B.-Rockefeller-American Linseed Co. - 1901-1929

Box # 23

Item	Contents
Item #49	incoming correspondence - 1901
Item #50	incoming correspondence - 1902
Item #51	incoming correspondence - 1903-1908
Item #52	incoming correspondence - 1909-1920
Item #53	incoming correspondence - 1921-1929
Item #54	outgoing correspondence - 1911

L.M.B.-Rockefeller-Ohio Real Estate - 1902-1926

Box # 24

Item	Contents
Item #55	incoming correspondence - 1902
Item #56	incoming correspondence - 1903 (a)
Item #57	incoming correspondence - 1903 (b)
Item #58	incoming correspondence - 1904 (a)
Item #59	incoming correspondence - 1904 (b)
Item #60	incoming correspondence - 1905
Item #61	incoming correspondence - 1906
Item #62	incoming correspondence - 1907-1908
Item #63	incoming correspondence - 1909
Item #64	incoming correspondence - 1910 (a)
Item #65	incoming correspondence - 1910 (b)
Item #66	incoming correspondence - 1911
Item #67	incoming correspondence - 1912-1913
Item #68	incoming correspondence - 1914-1916
Item #69	incoming correspondence - 1923-1926

L.M.B.-Rockefeller-Ohio Real Estate - 1908-1923

Box # 25

Item	Contents
Item #70	outgoing correspondence - 1908-1909
Item #71	outgoing correspondence - 1910
Item #72	outgoing correspondence - 1911
Item #73	outgoing correspondence - 1912-1913
Item #74	outgoing correspondence - 1914-1923

L.M.B.-Rockefeller-Misc. - 1903-1910

Box # 26

Item	Contents
Item #75	American Fast Freight Line - 1903-1904
Item #76	United Salt Co. - 1904
Item #77	Superior Savings & Trust Co. - 1905-1911
Item #78	Central National Bank - 1905-1910
Item #79	Evert Timber & Investment Co. - 1907

L.M.B.-Rockefeller-Colorado Fuel & Iron Co. - 1905-1933

Box # 27

Item	Contents
Item #80	incoming correspondence - 1905
Item #81	incoming correspondence - 1907
Item #82	incoming correspondence - 1908
Item #83	incoming correspondence - 1909
Item #84	incoming correspondence - 1910
Item #85	incoming correspondence - 1911
Item #86	incoming correspondence - 1912
Item #87	incoming correspondence - 1913
Item #88	incoming correspondence - 1914
Item #89	incoming correspondence - 1915
Item #90	incoming correspondence - 1916-1919
Item #91	incoming correspondence - 1920-1925
Item #92	incoming correspondence - 1926-1929
Item #93	incoming correspondence - 1930-1932
Item #94	incoming correspondence - undated

L.M.B. -Rockefeller-Colorado Fuel & Iron Co. - 1908-1933

Box # 28

Item	Contents
Item #95	outgoing correspondence - 1908
Item #96	outgoing correspondence - 1909
Item #97	outgoing correspondence - 1910
Item #98	outgoing correspondence - 1911
Item #99	outgoing correspondence - 1912
Item #100	outgoing correspondence - 1913
Item #101	outgoing correspondence - 1914
Item #102	outgoing correspondence - 1915
Item #103	outgoing correspondence - 1916-1933

Miscellaneous

Box # 29 - 32

Item	Contents
	Uncataloged papers: bills, invoices, notices of payment, advertisements, etc.

Additional materials on Lamont Montgomery Bowers may be found in a photograph archive maintained in the library of the Broome County Historical Society at the Roberson Center for the Arts and Sciences, Binghamton, New York. For materials relating to the Bowers family, see also the files on Clement G. Bowers, Franck Taylor Bowers, and John Rankin. A catalog of the exhibition of drawings, paintings, and photographs by Franck Taylor Bowers, many of which relate to his father, was published by Roberson Center in 1977.