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J. Wiss & Sons Co.: Various Internal Documents
Communications to Shareholders
President's 1973 Report to Shareholders
. Circa March 1974.. This was the first financial report put out after Paul Richards became President. He would have been there about a year when this was produced.
Shareholder Chart as of Company Sale
Minutes
Minutes of board and stockholders' meetings from incorporation in 1900 to 1939.
Wiss Board Minutes Highlights
Cash and Common Stock Dividends Declared
Board Resolution of Appreciation for Norman F. Wiss [Sr]
, a Director of the Company for 35 years, and for 23 years he was Vice President and Treasurer.
Memos
B.E. Bostwick Memo, July 23, 1946.
Lists sales from 1929 to 1945. Notes that excluding pinking shears sales the company has not grown.
Neal Donovan memo to B.E. Bostwick, October 10, 1951.
Donovan was the West Coast sale representative. He was very successful. He makes suggestions to the product line.
Neal Donovan memo to Burt Bostwick, January 21, 1961.
He is complaining about the lack of new products that customers are clamoring for.
Consultants
System Survey, May 1958. Undertaken by James J. Hastings & Co. CPAs.