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by Name of Corporation, W-Z
Waldorf Astoria
301 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Type of Business: Hospitality, Lodging
Description: The Waldorf Astoria archive serves to provide information and access to researchers seeking to gain a better understanding of the hotel's history and/or New York City social history in general. The archivist provides access on a digital platform through the use of scanning (depending on item quality) and email or phone consultation.
The archive is divided into 8 separate series which include administrative, building, biographical, histories and publications, press and media, photographs, objects/ephemera, and oversized items. The administrative, building, H&P, and photograph series are the most popular – they contain information on our hotels construction, historic moments from our first hotel and our current hotel on Park Avenue, as well as archival magazine and newspaper clippings. More information on the archive and its access policies can be found by clicking on the “Waldorf Astoria Archive” tab found on our website.
Updated: February 7, 2016
Walt Disney Company
500 S. Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521-1200
Type of Business: Entertainment, leisure
Hours of Service: M-F 9:00am-5:00pm; by appointment only
Conditions of Access: Open to students, writers and others working on serious research projects.
Holdings: 1920-present
Description: Recognizing the unique and enduring creative legacy started by Walt Disney, the Walt Disney Archives was established in 1970 to collect, preserve, and make available for research the historical materials relating to Walt and the company he founded.
With more than 12,000 boxes of documents and merchandise items, a library of more than 25 million photographs and several thousand historic props and costume pieces—from the first Mickey Mouse Club series to the latest tentpole film—the Archives documents Company history as it happens. All Disney employees are invited to contact the Archives with their questions, and qualified writers and other members of the public working on special projects can make advance appointments by special permission.
Updated: January 21, 2022
Washington Hospital Center*
110 Irving Street, NW
Washington, DC
www.whcenter.org
Contact: Archival Services Department, The History Factory
14140 Parke Long Court, Chantilly, VA 20151-1649
www.historyfactory.com
Telephone: 703.631.0500
Fax: 703.631.1124
E-Mail: whc@historyfactory.com
Type of Business: Health Service Provider
Hours of Service: 9:00am - 5:30pm
Conditions of Access: Restricted. Outside requests for information subject to approval by Washington Hospital Center.
Holdings: c. 1884-present
Total Volume: 61 linear feet
Description: Holdings include photographs, annual reports, clippings, scrapbooks, publications and other materials related to Washington Hospital Center programs, events, employees and patients. The majority of the collection is comprised of photographic and audiovisual materials.
Updated August 18, 2003
Wells Fargo & Company
Corporate Archives
420 Montgomery Street, A0101-022
San Francisco, CA 94104
Contact: Anna Lucas Mayer, Manager
Telephone: 415-396-0877
E-Mail: Anna.G.Lucas@wellsfargo.com
Type of Business: Banking and financial services
Website: www.wellsfargohistory.com
Conditions of Access: Permission of the Archivist
Holdings: 1852-present
Total Volume: 15,000 linear feet
Description: The Wells Fargo Corporate Archives serves as the company's core corporate memory. The collections document Wells Fargo & Company's extraordinary heritage, spanning the origins, development, operations, technology and innovation, and impact of the company and all its subsidiaries, affiliates, and merger partners. Records in the collections range from historical photographs and artifacts to oral histories and digital media. As a vital management resource in researching how lines of businesses, banking products and financial services evolve, the Archives supports the company's present-day goals and initiatives.
Updated January 22, 2020
Western Savings and Loan Administration
Phoenix, AZ 85001
Contact: K. Trimble, Archives Consultant
Telephone: 602-468-5505
Type of Business: Banking and financial services
Hours of Service: M-F 9:00am-5:00pm
Conditions of Access: Not open to the public
Holdings: 1929-present; bulk dates, 1950-present
Total Volume: 170 linear feet
Description: Documents, bound volumes, photographs, magazine and newspaper articles, manuscripts, video tapes and artifacts relating to Western Savings and Loan Association. One special collection, the Phoenix History Project, consists of oral history interview transcripts, card files, photos, scrapbooks, artifacts and bound volumes.
Western Union Company
12500 E. Belford Ave.
Englewood, CO 80112
Contact: Amy Fischer, CA, Corporate Archives
Telephone: 720-332-4746
Fax: 720-332-4753
E-Mail: amy.fischer@westernunion.com
Type of Business: Financial Services
Hours of Service: M-F 8am - 5pm
Conditions of Access: Restricted. Outside requests for information subject to approval of corporate archivist and corporate communications department.
Holdings: 1847-present; bulk dates, 1870s-present
Total Volume: 1,500 cubic feet
Description: Records of the Western Union Company. Collection supports research of telegraphy and related technologies, as well as electronic money transfer. Includes company records, annual reports, employee publications, photographs, print and broadcast advertising, telegraphy equipment, messenger uniforms, video/audio recordings, press releases and clips, etc.
Updated October 16, 2014
Westinghouse Savannah River Company
P.O. Box 3151
Aiken, SC 29801
Telephone: 803-725-4037
Fax: 803-725-4360
Type of Business: Utilities
Weyerhaeuser Company
The Weyerhaeuser Archives were closed in December 2014 and portions donated to the Forest History Society
Willet Stained Glass Studios, Inc.
10 East Moreland Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19118
Contact: Helene H. Weis, Librarian
Telephone: 215-247-5721
Type of Business: General manufacturing
Hours of Service: M-F 8:00am-4:00pm; by appointment only
Conditions of Access: Limited use
Holdings: 1898-present; bulk dates, 1960-present
Description: Original designs, photographs, slides and business correspondence.
Wiss, Jannery, Elstner Associates Inc.
330 Pfingsten Rd
Northbrook, IL 60062
http://www.wje.com/
Contact: Becca Smith, Librarian/Archivist
Telephone: 847-753-3405
E-Mail: bsmith@wje.com
Type of Business: Engineering
Conditions of Access: Not open to the public
Holdings: 1956-Present
Description: Documents, bound volumes, photographs, slides, negatives; film reels, video tapes, printed materials, and artifacts relating to WJE corporate history and significant projects.
Updated July 10, 2017
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
610 W Chicago Ave
Chicago, IL 60654
http://www.mars.com/global/brands/confectionery
Type of Business: Food industry
Contact: Archival Services Department, The History Factory
14140 Parke Long Court, Chantilly, VA 20151-1649
Hours of Service: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Telephone: 703-227-9568
E-Mail: mclauss@historyfactory.com
Conditions of Access: Restricted. Outside requests for information subject to approval by the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
Updated April 22, 2018
The World Bank Group
1818 H St., NW
Washington DC 20433
Contact: Elisa Liberatori Prati, Bank Group Archivist; Jim Huttlinger, Reference Officer
Telephone: 202-458-1552 (Liberatori Prati); 202-473-2841 (Reference Desk)
Fax: 202-614-1024 (Liberatori Prati); 202-477-1499 (Reference Desk)
E-Mail: eliberatoriprati@worldbank.org; archives@worldbank.org
Type of Business: Economic and social development
Hours of Service: Monday through Friday, by appointment only
Conditions of Access: Open for IBRD and IDA items that are 20 years old or older (see access policy at http://archives.worldbank.org, Catalog subsite)
Holdings: 1946-present
Total Volume: 135,000 cubic feet
Description: Holdings comprise the records of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the International Development Association (IDA), the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency MIGA). The records comprise correspondence and reports on lending and investment projects, aid coordination, economic conditions, etc., supplemented by audiovisual records.
YMCA of the USA
Kautz Family YMCA Archives
318 Elmer L. Andersen Library
University of Minnesota
222 21st Street
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Contact: Ryan Bean, Reference and Outreach Archivist; Lara Friedman-Shedlov, Description and Access Archivist
Telephone: 612-625-3445
Email: ymcaarch@umn.edu
Website: www.lib.umn.edu/ymca
Conditions of Access: Open to the Public
Description: The records of the YMCA of the USA, founded in 1851, and its various committees, programs, and constituent bodies, form the core of the Kautz Family YMCA Archives. In addition to personal papers of over 300 YMCA leaders, the collection has more than 75,000 photos dating from the American Civil War to the present. Although the Archives generally does not collect the records of state or local YMCAs, holdings do include the records of the Minneapolis and Greater New York YMCAs and of related organizations serving the worldwide "Y" movement, including Ys Men International, an auxiliary service organization, and the Association of Professional Directors. Also in the collections are the records of George Williams College, formerly located in Chicago. The collection spans the period from the early 1800s to the present (with the bulk concentrated from the 1850s to the 1980s) and documents every aspect of the YMCA, from work in the United States and overseas to the student movement, YMCA programs, local Ys, and the Armed Services and Transportation Ys. It contains records on the YMCA's moves to include women and minorities, information about the Y's service during wartime, and files on hundreds of YMCA buildings in 90 countries. The records contain extensive information on YMCA programs in religion, education, physical education, sports and leisure; and on groups the YMCA served both in the United States and abroad, among them students, African Americans, native Americans, railroad workers, members of the armed services, and coal miners. Subjects covered include the evolution of the YMCA from its Protestant evangelical origins, the YMCA's contributions to Civil War relief, the invention of basketball and volleyball, rural reconstruction in India and Korea, teaching English as a second language, and more. Records from the International Division include valuable material from the turn of the century to the present day about China, Japan, Latin America, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
Updated April 26, 2016.