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LA BELLE IRON WORKS

Heirmann, John A. "La Belle Iron Works ," in Iron and Steel in the Nineteenth Century, ed. by Paul F. Passkof, p.228 (each entry typically has a short bibliography and information about the company archives)
DBWOVR HD9515.I76 1989

LA SENZA CORPORATION

Dinger, Ed. "La Senza Corporation ", in International Directory of Company Histories, HD2721.I57. Vol. 66, 2005, p.205.

LABATT BREWING COMPANY LTD.

“Labatt Breweries of Canada has donated Canada’s most significant collection of historic corporate materials to The University of Western Ontario.  At a ceremony today, Labatt’s President, Bary Benun, officially turned over The Labatt Brewing Company Archival Collection to Western President Amit Chakma.” Communications Staff: June 1, 2011.
For a description of the “Labatt Brewing Company Collection” see:
https://www.lib.uwo.ca/archives/accesstothelabattbrewingcompanycollectionattheuniversityofwesternontario.html

Anon. "Labatt Brewing Company Ltd.", in International Directory of Company Histories,
HD2721.I57. Vol. 1, 1988, p. 267.

Anon. "Labatt Brewing Co., Ltd.", in Notable Corporate Chronologies.
HG4009.N68. Vol. 1, 3rd ed. 2001, p.1288.

Brent, Paul. Lager Heads: Labatt and Molson Face Off for Canada's Beer Money
HD 9397.C22B74 2004

Canadian Brewing Companies.
TP573.C2C36 2010

Grant, Tina, ed. “Labatt Brewing Company Ltd.”, in Canadian Company Histories,
HD2809.C364. Vol.1, 1996, p.137.

Labatt Breweries Ontario. Labatt: London's Hometown Brewery
/DBW Regional HD9397.C24L32 2000.

Labatt Family. Labatt Family Papers...
DBW Regional B5292-5293.

Phillips, Glen C. On Tap: The Odyssey of Beer and Brewing in Victorian London-Middlesex.
HD9397.C23M52 2000.

Salamie, David. "Labatt Brewing Company Ltd.",in International Directory of Company Histories,
HD2721.I57. Vol. 25, 1999, p.279.

Historical information about this company can be found in the May 1967 Centennial issue of Industrial Canada or by clicking here.

In September 2006 a useful article with a company timeline appeared in The Globe and Mail as part of a series on the "swallowing up" of Canadian companies by foreign rivals. See: Case Study No.6, Labatt & Interbrew/AmBev" and "At Labatt, They Miss the Belgians, By Derek DeCloet, both in the G&M, Sept. 15, 2006, p.B7.

LACKAWANNA IRON & COAL COMPANY

Jeitmann, John A. "Lackawaana Iron & Coal Company," in Iron and Steel in the Nineteenth Century, ed. by Paul F. Passkof, p.230 (each entry typically has a short bibliography and information about the company archives)
DBWOVR HD9515.I76 1989

LAFER

Baldwin, Nick, et.al. The World Guide to Automobile Manufacturers
HD9710.A2W6686 1987.
A short profile of this Brazilian automobile company is found on p.270.

LAGONDA

Baldwin, Nick, et.al. The World Guide to Automobile Manufacturers
HD9710.A2W6686 1987.
A short profile of this British automobile company is found on p.270.

LAIDLAW INC.

Anon. "Laidlaw Inc.", in Notable Corporate Chronologies.
HG4009.N68. Vol. 1, 3rd ed. 2001, p.1293.

Grant, Tina, ed. “Laidlaw Inc.”, in Canadian Company Histories,
HD2809.C364. Vol.1, 1996, p.141.

LAKE OF THE WOODS MILLING COMPANY

Carlyle, Randolph, “The Romance of Milling,” The Canadian Magazine, 30:1 November 1907 p. 65-74

“A history of the Lake of the Woods Milling Company; "...the largest flour mill operating under the British flag." The president is Mr. Robert Meighen.”

For additional information see the Lake of the Woods Museum. http://www.lakeofthewoodsmuseum.ca

LAKEPORT BREWING COMPANY

Canadian Brewing Companies.
TP573.C2C36 2010

LAKER AIRWAYS

Banks, Howard. The Rise and Fall of Freddie Laker.
DBWSTK HE9843.L34B36 1982

Eglin, Roger. Fly Me, I'm Freddie! 1980.
DBWSTK TL540.L285E55

LAMBERT

Baldwin, Nick, et.al. The World Guide to Automobile Manufacturers
HD9710.A2W6686 1987.
A short profile of this French automobile company is found on p.273.

LAMBERT PHARMACEUTICAL

Twitchell, James. "Lambert Pharmaceutical" in The Advertising Age Encyclopedia of Advertising, ed. by John McDonough & Karen Egolf, Vol 2, p. 917-919.
HF5803.A38 2003

LAMBORGHINI

Baldwin, Nick, et.al. The World Guide to Automobile Manufacturers
HD9710.A2W6686 1987.
A short profile of this Italian automobile company is found on p.274.

LAMSON & SESSION COMPANY

Case, George S. “Lamson & Sessions: Starting a Second Century of Insustrial Fastener Devlopment and Production”, in Newcomen Addresses, DBWSTK T1.N46 1965.

LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY

Broadbridge, Seymour A. Studies in Railway Expansion and the Capital Market in England, 1825 1873. 1970.
/DBWSTK HE3020.L5B73

LANCE, INC.

Van Every, Philip Lance. The History of Lance. Newcomen Publication. 1974.
DBWSTK HD9007.N88V35

LANCHESTER

Baldwin, Nick, et.al. The World Guide to Automobile Manufacturers
HD9710.A2W6686 1987.
A short profile of this British automobile company is found on p.276.

LANCIA

Baldwin, Nick, et.al. The World Guide to Automobile Manufacturers
HD9710.A2W6686 1987.
A short profile of this Italian automobile company is found on p.278.

LANCOME

CoolBrands 2010/11 : an insight into some of Britain's coolest brands.
HD69.B7C665 2010

LAND’S POLAROID
See The Polariod Corporation

LANDERS, FRARY & CLARK

White, Richard L. “A Century of Inventions for the American Home!”, in Newcomen Addresses,
DBWSTK T1.N46 1955.

LANE BRYANT

Mahoney, Tom. "Maternity and Special Size Fashion Pioneer." In The Great Merchant..., pp.240-255. 1955.
HF5429.M288

LANSDOWNE RURAL TELEPHONE CO. LTD.

Grindlay, Thomas. "Lansdowne Rural Telephone Co. Ltd.", in A History of the Independent Telephone Industry in Ontario, p.154.
HE8868.O5G74

LASIDO INC.

Dinger, Ed. "LaSiDo Inc", in International Directory of Company Histories, HD2721.I57. Vol. 58, 2004, p.210.

LASSONDE INDUSTRIES INC.

Ingram, C. Frederick. "Lassonde Industries Inc.", in International Directory of Company Histories, HD2721.I57. Vol. 68, 2005, p.229.

LATROBE BREWING COMPANY

O'Hara, Christopher B. Great American Beer: 50 Brands That Shaped the Twentieth Century
HD9397.U52038 2006.
A short history is found on p.90 under ROLLING ROCK

LAURA SECORD

LAURA SECORD INC.

In early 2010, this headline attracted our attention: “Laura Secord Back in Canadian Hands: Company Repatriated Through Sale to Quebec’s Aliments NutriArt,” by Hollie Shaw, Financial Post, February 18, 2010. The article indicated that Laura Secord was purchased from the private-equity firms Gordon Brothers Group LLC and EB Capital Group by the Quebec-based Aliments NutriArt which is related to Leclerc Ltee. Although Laura Secord is a popular figure in Canadian history and well known as an eponym for a major chocolate retailer, we noticed that there was little information conveniently compiled for the latter. For that reason we will direct you to some relevant resources and provide you with a brief bibliographic timeline that will assist you in learning more about Laura Secord Inc.
The origins of the company have been traced to Toronto in 1913 and the opening of one store by Frank P. O’Connor. This information is available on the company website in 2010:

“In 1913 Frank P. O’Connor began a small, Toronto-based candy business selling hand-made chocolates. He adopted the name Laura Secord, after the Canadian heroine because she was an icon of courage, devotion and loyalty.
Laura Secord started as a single shop on Yonge Street in Toronto. O’Connor turned the flat above the shop into a kitchen and prepared his own products. Success prompted the company’s expansion across Ontario and Quebec and in the 1930’s an office was opened in Winnipeg and drugstore agencies were appointed as Laura Secord outlets, or service shops.
By 1950, there were 96 shops in Ontario and Quebec, and Laura Secord candy was a well-established family tradition. Starting in the late sixties, Laura Secord underwent a series of ownership changes and is currently owned by US-based private equity investment groups, Gordon Brothers Group, LLC and EG Capital Group, as well as Montreal-based Fonds de Solidarite FTQ.
Currently with over 130 company-owned stores across the country, Laura Secord is Canada’s largest and best known chocolatier, selling premium chocolates, ice cream and other types of candies. With more than 400 products, Laura Secord still follows the time-honoured recipes and dedication to quality and excellent customer service as when the company first started. Every product carries an unconditional guarantee for quality.”

There is also a very useful website devoted to the company founder. Frank P. O’Connor, and the promotion of the Irish heritage in Toronto. That “Ontario Irish Heritage House” site is found here in 2010: http://oconnoririshheritagehouse.com/about.php. Considerable biographical detail is provided along with various facts about the establishment of Laura Secord. As well, two very useful articles are reproduced: “Historical Toronto: O’Connor’s Candy Profits Sweetened Toronto Charities” Toronto Star, Feb. 11, 1978 and another from the Financial Times, August 16, 1935 [that is the Canadian FT and copies are available in the Western Libraries].

Bibliographic Timeline:
2010- A basic timeline is provided by Hollie Shaw in a brief piece in The National Post, on Feb. 18, 2010 – “Chocolatier’s Long Journey Home”. Additional articles relating to the repatriation will be found around this time.
2003-2004 –It was during these years that negotiations took place about the purchase of Laura Secord from the Archibald Candy Company:
- “Sweet Offer: U.S.-Based Archibald Candy Puts Laura Secord Up for Sale,” Gary Norris, CP, April 22, 2003 “One hundred and ninety years after Laura Secord warned the British militia of an American ambush near Niagara Falls, the U.S. owner of the chocolate company that bears her name is putting this cash cow up for sale. Chicago-based Archibald Candy Corp., which bought the Canadian confectioner from Nestle in 1999, said Tuesday it has hired an adviser to ``explore strategic alternatives, including a potential sale.'' Laura Secord, founded in 1913, has 1,600 employees, operating 174 shops under its own name and distributing its products through other retailers.”

-“Laura Secord Parent Shopping Canadian Chocolatier Around,” April, 23, 2004, The Globe and Mail.
-“Laura Secord Provides Business Update,” Canada NewsWire, February 25, 2004.
- “Laura Secord to Return Units of Historically Named Firm to Canada: Five Years an Expatriate: Company Trying to Distance Itself from Troubled U.S. Parent”, Michelle DaCruz, The National Post, Feb. 26, 2004.
- “Laura Secord Sale Receives Court Approval”, July 28, 2004 The Globe and Mail. It was reported that: “The sale of chocolatier Laura Secord to a Boston-based investment company received approval yesterday from courts in Canada and the United States. The company was put up for sale by Chicago-based Archibald Candy Corp., which has been operating under Chapter 11 proceedings since January. Gordon Brothers Group LLC won an auction to buy Laura Secord last week from Archibald with a bid of $27.6-million.”
1999- “U.S. Firm Swallows Laura Secord: Nestle Sells 175-Store Canadian Chain to Archibald After Saying it Didn’t Fit Long-Term Plans,” Marina Strauss, June 3, 1999, The Globe and Mail. This is an informative article and here are some of the points mentioned:
“Laura Secord has been in foreign hands for 18 of the past 32 years, most recently being owned by Nestle SA of Switzerland.”
“Laura Secord remained Canadian owned until 1967 when the U.S. firm, Fanny Farmer Candy Shops Inc., gained control. The Canadian stores were bought by John Labatt Ltd. in 1969 but were sold to Britain's Rowntree Mackintosh PLC in 1983. Nestle acquired the business 11 years ago as part of a hostile takeover of Rowntree.
1998 – “Nestle Canada-Laura Secord Has 174 Retail Stores,” September 17, 2008, Dow Jones News Service. The article indicates that Nestle Canada has hired Rhone Group LLC to help sell Laura Secord.
1993- “News Bulletin: Secord Closing Stores,” Feb. 16, 1993, The Globe and Mail,. It is indicated that 7 stores in British Columbia were closed.
1983 – “Company News: Rowntree,” May 6, 1983, The Globe and Mail. It is reported that:
“Rowntree Mackintosh Corp. of Toronto says the Foreign Investment Review Agency has approved its purchase of the Laura Secord division of Ault Foods Ltd., a unit of John Labatt Ltd. of London, Ont. Completion of the transaction is expected shortly.
1982- “John Labatt To Sell Laura Secord for $40 Million,” Dec. 3, 1982, Dow Jones News Service.
1969 – Sold to a division of John Labatt.
1913- Established in Toronto.

The Johnston Library has reports for various years for Laura Secord in print and on microform. Mr. O’Connor also established Fanny Farmer chocolate stores in Rochester, New York. Apparently they were named to honour Fannie Farmer. To sort out the confusing eponyms (there is also a Fannie Mae Chocolates) see this very useful article which lists additional sources: “Fannie Mae Confections Brands,” by A. Woodward in the International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 80, 2007, p.114. [available electronically to members of the Western academic community]
For additional information about Canadian chocolate enterprises see the entries for Ganong and Purdy’s. Other candy companies are found scattered throughout this bibliography and they can be found by searching for the word “candy” in each alphabetical sequence. They are also listed in the Industry Index under “Food and Food Processing”.

LAWSON AND JONES LTD.

Corfield, Bill. The Lawsons of London.
Z232.L396C674 2001

LAWSON-MCMULLEN VICTORIA LIMITED

Historical information about this company can be found in the May 1967 Centennial issue of Industrial Canada or by clicking here.

LAZARD FRERES

Anon. "Lazard Freres ," in Encyclopedia of American Business History, ed. Charles Geisst, Vol.I, 2006, p.243.
HF3021.G44 2006.

Cohan, William D. The Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Freres & Co. HG2613.N54L39 2007
This information is from the publisher's site:
"A grand and revelatory portrait of Wall Street’s most storied investment bank
Wall Street investment banks move trillions of dollars a year, make billions in fees, pay their executives in the tens of millions of dollars. But even among the most powerful firms, Lazard Frères & Co. stood apart. Discretion, secrecy, and subtle strategy were its weapons of choice. For more than a century, the mystique and reputation of the "Great Men" who worked there allowed the firm to garner unimaginable profits, social cachet, and outsized influence in the halls of power. But in the mid-1980s, their titanic egos started getting in the way, and the Great Men of Lazard jeopardized all they had built.
William D. Cohan, himself a former high-level Wall Street banker, takes the reader into the mysterious and secretive world of Lazard and presents a compelling portrait of Wall Street through the tumultuous history of this exalted and fascinating company. Cohan deconstructs the explosive feuds between Felix Rohatyn and Steve Rattner, superstar investment bankers and pillars of New York society, and between the man who controlled Lazard, the inscrutable French billionaire Michel David-Weill, and his chosen successor, Bruce Wasserstein."

LA-Z-BOY
see LZB PROPERTIES INC.

LEA & FEBIGER

Bussy, R. Kenneth. Two Hundred Years of Publishing: A History of the Oldest Publishing Company in the United States, Lea & Febiger, 1785-1985. 1985.
DBWSTK Z473.L45B87 1985

Kaser, David. Messrs. Carey & Lea of Philadelphia: A Study in the History of the Booktrade. 1957.
DBWSTK Z473.L45K3

LEAR JET INC.

Gunther, Max “The Technology Route: The Jack-of-All-Trades Approach” in The Very, Very Rich and How They Got That Way,HC102.5.A2G9 1972, p. 145.

Rashke, Richard L. Stormy Genius: The Life of Aviation’s Maverick, Bill Lear.
TL540.L364R37 1985

LEAR SIEGLER, INC.

Brooks, John G. Planning for Growth and Profit: The Success Story of Lear Siegler, Inc. Newcomen Publication. 1970.
DBWSTK HD9729.L4B76

LEARNED (R.F.) AND SON LUMBER CO.

Moore, John Hebron. Andrew Brown and Cypress Lumbering in the Old Southwest.
HD9761.B75M6

LE CHATEAU INC.

Woodward, A. "Le Chateau Inc.", in International Directory of Company Histories, HD2721.I57. Vol. 63, 2005, p.239.

LECKIE, JOHN, LIMITED

Historical information about this company can be found in the May 1967 Centennial issue of Industrial Canada or by clicking here.

LEDCOR INDUSTRIES LIMITED

Campbell, June. "Ledcor Industries Limited", in International Directory of Company Histories.
HD2721.I57. Vol. 46, 19, p.266.

LEDINGHAM CONSTRUCTION LTD.

Although we do not have any books about this relatively old British Columbia construction company we did find an informative article that was written in 1980 when the company celebrated its 75th birthday. The article, "A Good Old Name in a Good New Business," Feb. 1980, was published in Business Life in Western Canada which is available in the Western Libraries. In 2004 additional historical information about the company, which is now known as Ledingham McAllister, is found on the corporate web site: http://www.ledmac.com. A copy of the article is provided for your convenience here.

LEEDS AND GRENVILLE INDEPENDENT TEL. CO. LTD.

Grindlay, Thomas. "Leeds and Grenville Independent Tel. Co. Ltd.", in A History of the Independent Telephone Industry in Ontario, p.156.

LEGEND GROUP LTD
See Lenovo Group Ltd.

LEHIGH CRANE IRON COMPANY

Malsberger, John W. "Lehigh Crane Iron Company," in Iron and Steel in the Nineteenth Century, ed. by Paul F. Passkof, p.240 (each entry typically has a short bibliography and information about the company archives)
DBWOVR HD9515.I76 1989

LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD

Archer, Robert F. The History of the Lehigh Valley Railroad: "The Route of the Black Diamond". 1977.
DBWOVR TF25.L44A7

Gerard, Felix Roy. The Lehigh Valley Railroad, 1846-1946, A Centenary Address. Newcomen Publication. 1946.
DBWSTK T1.N46 1946

Saunders, Richard "Lehigh Valley Railroad " in Railroads in the Age of Regulation, 1900-1980, ed. by Bryant, Keith L. p.256 (each short entry has a bibliography and information about the company archives).
DBWOVR HE2751.R143 1988

LEHMAN BROTHERS

             Chapman, Peter. The Last of the Imperious Rich. Lehhman Brothers 1844-2008. HG5129.N5C43 2010

Williams, Mark.   Uncontrolled risk : the lessons of Lehman Brothers and how systemic risk can still bring down the world financial system HB3722.W55 2010

McDonald, Lawrence G. A Colossal Failure of Common Sense : The Incredible Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers. HB3722.M34 2009

Anon. "Lehman Brothers ," in Encyclopedia of American Business History, ed. Charles Geisst, Vol.I, 2006, p.245.
HF3021.G44 2006.

Auletta, Ken. Greed and Glory on Wall Street: The Fall of the House of Lehman.
HG5129.N5A8 1986

Bender, Marylin. "The White Knight at Lehman Brothers", in At the Top, HD2785.B43, pp.67-94.

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The causes and effects of the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy  : hearing before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session, October 6, 2008. Online

LEIBMAN BREWERIES (REINGOLD BREWING COMPANY)

O'Hara, Christopher B. Great American Beer: 50 Brands That Shaped the Twentieth Century HD9397.U52038 2006.
A short history is found on p.64.

LELAND, FAULCORNER & NORTON

Sobel, Robert and Sicilia, David. "Henry Leland: Interchangeable Parts and the Auto Industry", in The Entrepreneurs: An American Adventure, p.164.
HC103.S683 1986

LENOVO GROUP LTD.

Zhijun, Ling The Lenovo Affair: The Growth of China's Computer Giant and Its Takeover of IMB-PC
HD 9696.2.C64L5356 2006
"Lenovo is a global leader in the PC market, employing more than 19,000 people worldwide. Its landmark takeover of IBM’s PC division in May 2005 was a major step for the company and a huge boost for Chinese industry. The deal proved to the world that Chinese companies are not only competitive in the domestic markets but can also compete at a global level. Lenovo was founded in 1984 by 11 engineers working out of a small bungalow in Beijing. Their crisis was to create a company that would offer PCs to the Chinese people at an affordable price. Using the brand name, Legend, it promoted PC usage throughout China and developed the revolutionary Legend Chinese character card that translated English software into Chinese characters. In 1994, Legend was successfully listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and in 2003 rebranded itself as Lenovo. The company went from strength to strength and dominated the Chinese market with more than 250f market share in 2004. The IBM acquisition has marked another key milestone in the history of the company. Lenovo now has over $13 billion in annual reserves and possesses necessary infrastructure to develop its markets around the world. The company is a worldwide sponsor of the International Olympic Committee and will offer funding and support to the 2006 Winter Games in Torino and the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing."

LEPAGE (F.R.) BAKERY

Lepage, Regis A. Seventy Years of Quality: The F.R. Lepage Bakery, Inc. Newcomen Publication. 1973.
DBWSTK HD9057.U62L434

LE ROY

Baldwin, Nick, et.al. The World Guide to Automobile Manufacturers
HD9710.A2W6686 1987.
A short profile of this Canadian automobile company is found on p.285.

LES BOUTIQUES SAN FRANCISO, INC.

Woodward, A. "Les Boutiques San Francisco Inc.", in International Directory of Company Histories, HD2721.I57. Vol. 62, 2004, p.228.

LESLIE, A. C., & CO. LTD.

Historical information about this company can be found in the May 1967 Centennial issue of Industrial Canada or by clicking here.

LETRASET

Chudley, John A. Letraset: A Lesson in Growth. 1974.
Z232.L65C45 1974.

LEVER BROTHERS COMPANY/UNILEVER

Lewis, Brian. "So Clean: Lord Leverhulme, Soap and Civilization" HD9999.S72L49 2008

 

Keeler, J.D. "Lever Brothers Company/Unilever" in The Advertising Age Encyclopedia of Advertising, ed. by John McDonough & Karen Egolf, Vol 2, p.933-939
HF5803.A38 2003

Macqueen, Adam. The King of Sunlight: How William Lever Cleaned up the World.
HC252.5.L384M278 2004
"One of the most extraordinary men ever to leave his mark on Britain was William Hesketh Lever - soap-boiler, social reformer, MP, tribal chieftain, multi millionaire and Lord of the Western Isles. He held beliefs far ahead of their times - the welfare state, votes for women, workers' rights - but he also believed the world's problems could be solved by moving populations from country to country, that ballroom dancing could save the soul and the only healthy way to sleep was outdoors in the wind and the rain. Adam Macqueen traces Lever's footsteps from his humble Bolton boyhood to a business empire that straddled the world, and shines a penetrating spotlight on a world and a set of beliefs long gone." - information from the publisher.

LEVI STRAUSS AND COMPANY

Cray, Ed. Levi's. 1978.
DBWSTK HD9940.U6L453

Downey, Lynn. Levi Strauss & Co.
BUSST HD9940.U6L45 2007
"Lynn Downey was hired as the first historian for Levi & Strauss Co. in 1989, after receiving her master’s degree in library and information science from the University of California, Berkeley, specializing in archives administration.
When Bavarian immigrant Levi Strauss opened his wholesale dry goods warehouse on the San Francisco waterfront in 1853, he likely had no inkling that his business would become one of the world’s largest clothing companies. Levi Strauss & Co. started with imported clothing, bedding, and notions to supply the many small stores serving the Gold Rush and the expanding American West. By 1873, he and partner Jacob Davis invented the very first blue jeans, which were soon worn by working men from Los Angeles to Laramie. Strauss parlayed his business acumen into social progress by giving back to his community and embedding a company culture committed to positively impacting society. In this spirit, the Levi Strauss Foundation was created after World War II, formalizing the philanthropic work started by Strauss himself a century earlier. All the while, the company has evolved with successive generations of family owners, expanding product lines to meet the ever-changing needs of consumers around the world."

Schoenberger, Karl. Levi’s Children: Coming to Terms with Human Rights in the Global Marketplace.
HD9940.U6L457 2000.

LEVITT AND SONS

Gunther, Max “Real Estate: Building Small”, in The Very, Very Rich and How They Got That Way,
HC102.5.A2G9 1972, p. 214.

LEWIS

Baldwin, Nick, et.al. The World Guide to Automobile Manufacturers
HD9710.A2W6686 1987.
A short profile of this Australian automobile company is found on p.285.

LEWIS GROCER COMPANY

Lewis, Morris. Wholesaler-Retailer: The Story of the Lewis Grocer Company and Sunflower Food Stores. Newcomen Publication. 1975.
DBWSTK HD9009.L48L48

LEWIS-SHEPARD COMPANY

Lewis, Arthur L. “Lewis-Shepard: A New Business! 40th Anniversary (1915-1955)”, in Newcomen Addresses, DBWSTK T1.N46 1955.

LEWIS'S Ltd.

Briggs, Asa. Friends of the People: The Centenary History of Lewis's.
DBWSTK HF5465.G74L43 1956.
This account of an English department store "...is the social history of the rise of Lewis's rather than a detailed account of its economic history. It pays as much attention to the shopper as it does the shopkeeper. This particular perspective has been determined by necessity as much as by choice, for three-fifths of the central Liverpool store was destroyed by enemy action in May 1941 and many precious records were lost. Much of the information which a historian would consider not only relevant but indispensible is missing. Nonetheless the perspective is one I would have chosen even had all the records been available and all the gaps in the knowledge filled. The history of a large group of department stores touches national social history at so many points that business history only springs to life when it becomes social history." (p.13). For sample images from the book, see here.

LEXINGTON

Baldwin, Nick, et.al. The World Guide to Automobile Manufacturers
HD9710.A2W6686 1987.
A short profile of this U.S. automobile company is found on p.285.

LEXINGTON HYDRAULIC & MANUFACTURING COMPANY

Dugan, Frances L. Smith. Rainfall Harvest: Gilbert Hinds King and the Lexington Hydraulic & Manufacturing Company. 1953.
DBWMFM F446.K33

LEYLAND MOTOR CORPORATION

Baldwin, Nick, et.al. The World Guide to Automobile Manufacturers
HD9710.A2W6686 1987.
A short profile of this British automobile company is found on p.286.

Jack, Doug. The Leyland Bus.1977. DBWOVR TL232.J3

Leyland Motor Corporation, Ltd. Leyland Motor Corporation: Growth, Constitution. 1966.
HD9710.G74L49

LIBBEY GLASS CO.

Hambleton, Ronald. "Libbey-Owens-Ford" in, The Branding of America: From Levi Strauss to Chrysler, from Westinghouse to Gillette, the Forgotten Fathers of America's Best-Known Brand Names. pp.83-89.
HF 1040.8.H36 1987

LIBERTY

Baldwin, Nick, et.al. The World Guide to Automobile Manufacturers
HD9710.A2W6686 1987.
A short profile of this U.S. automobile company is found on p.288.

LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY

Black, Samuel Bruce. Free Institutions and the Quest for Security: The Development of Workmen's Compensation in the U.S.A. Newcomen Publication. 1951.
DBWSTK T1.N46 1951. V.1

LIBERTY'S OF LONDON

Adburgham, Alison. Liberty's: A Biography of a Shop.
DBWSTK HF5465.G74 L532 1975
From the forward (p.5). "A shop is part of the social history of its environment - in Liberty's case, London. Its development is influenced by changes in social pressures, class patterns, government policies. What gives Liberty's its particular distinction is that it not only reflected these changes, but has itself truly contributed to artistic movements and the development of fashionable taste."
In another book, The Department Store: A Social History, the author notes that at the end of the 19th century "Numerous British stores followed the Paris model of store building which emphasized gallery floors, sweeping staircases and dramatic glass roofs. Jennifers of Edinburgh, Fraser's of Glasgow and Liberty's of London are fine examples of this period" (p.25).

LIGGETT & MYERS TOBACCO COMPANY

Bowman, Nancy. "Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company" in The Advertising Age Encyclopedia of Advertising, ed. by John McDonough & Karen Egolf, Vol 2, p.941-946
HF5803.A38 2003

LILLIAN VERNON

Silver, A. David. Enterprising women : lessons from 100 of the greatest entrepreneurs of our day. HD6054.4.U6S55 1994

Vernon, Lillian. An Eye For Winners: How I Built One of America's Greatest Direct-Mail Businesses
HF 5466.V367 1996

Wawro, Thaddeus. Radicals & visionaries. HC102.5.A2W38 2000

LILLY (ELI) AND COMPANY

American Management Association. Practical Techniques of Forecasting, Planning, and Control. 1954.
HD21.A5 no.212-217

Clark, Roscoe Collins. Threescore Years and Ten, A Narrative of the First Seventy Years of Eli Lilly and Company, 1876-1946.
RDL (storage) HD9666.9.L5C5 1946

LINAMAR CORPORATION

Derdak, Thomas. "Linamar Corporation", in International Directory of Company Histories,
HD2721.I57. Vol. 18, 1997, p.308.

LINCOLN ELECTRIC COMPANY

Koller., Frank. Spark : how old-fashioned values drive a twenty-first century corporation : lessons from Lincoln Electric's unique guaranteed employment program HD9697.W434L565 2010

“Veteran journalist Koller goes inside Lincoln Electric, a Cleveland arc-welding equipment manufacturer dating back to 1895, a company that promises that no permanent employee who meets the firm's performance standards will ever be laid off due to lack of work. This promise is so sacrosanct, it's included in the employee handbook and in the organization's annual report. The company has also paid out profit-sharing bonuses without fail since 1934, bonuses which almost always exceed 60% of an employee's basic earnings. Koller offers a fascinating glimpse into this remarkable yet, in many ways, ordinary organization, which survives, even thrives, in a sunset industry where overseas outsourcing is the norm. Readers follow the company through the days of Carnegie and Rockefeller, recessions in the 1950s, and the present crisis, and witness how it weathers challenges. Instructive and heartening, this book offers a proven model for companies that not only want healthy bottom lines but also satisfied, dedicated employees. (Feb.) From Publishers Weekly

Lincoln, James Finney. A New Approach to Industrial Economics.
HD31.L47 1961.

Lincoln, James Finney. Lincoln's Incentive System. HD4926.L55 1946.

Maciariello, Joseph. Lasting Value: Lessons From a Century of Agility at Lincoln Electric.
HD9697.A3U5466 2000.

Moley, Raymond. The American Century of John C. Lincoln. TK140.L5M6 1962.

LINCOLN MOTOR COMPANY

Baldwin, Nick, et.al. The World Guide to Automobile Manufacturers
HD9710.A2W6686 1987.
A short profile of this U.S. automobile company is found on p.290.

May, George S. "Lincoln Motor Company " in The Automobile Industry, 1920-1980. ed. by George S. May, Vol.2, p.292-295.
DBWOVR HD9710.U52A816 1989

LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

Strain, Robert W. Life with the Lincoln: A History of the Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, 1905-1955.
HG8963.L52S7 1971

LINCOLN SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION

Binstein, Michael. Trust Me: Charles Keating and the Missing Billions.
HG2626.I78B56 1993

LING-TEMCO-VOUGHT

Brown, Stanley H. Ling: The Rise, Fall, and Return of a Texas Titan. 1972.
HD9711.U6B76

Moncello, Robert J. "Ling-Temco-Vought, Inc." in The Making of a Conglomerate, ed. by Charles Gilbert.(Hofstra University Yearbook of Business, Series 8, Vol.3, 1972, p.40
HD27456.U5G55 1972
This work presents case histories of a number of the major conglomerates in the U.S. in the 1960s.

LINK-BELT COMPANY

Torrence, George P. “James Mapes Dodge (1852-1915) Mechanical Engineer Inventor Pioneer in
Industry” in Newcomen Addresses, T1.N46 1950.

LION BREWERY

O'Hara, Christopher B. Great American Beer: 50 Brands That Shaped the Twentieth Century
HD9397.U52038 2006.
A short history is found on p.81 under STROHS.

LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION

Uhle, Frank. "Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation", in International Directory of Company Histories,
HD2721.I57. Vol. 35, 2001, p.278.

LITTLETON SAVINGS BANK

McLaughlin, Ambrose P. “To Rise Above a Village We Need a Bank! The story of The Littleton Savings
Bank: 1868-1968”, in Newcomen Addresses, DBWSTK T 1.N46 Vol.1, 1968.

LITTON INDUSTRIES

Rodengen, Jeffrey. The Legend of Litton Industries.
HD9743.U8L587 2000

LIVERPOOL AND LONDON FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

Liverpool and London Fire and Life Insurance Company, Canada Branch. The Liverpool and London Fire and Life Insurance Company, Canada Branch instructions to agents. 1861.
DBWSTK HG9010.Z9L75 1861

LIZ CLAIBORNE, INC.

The death of Liz Claiborne was recorded in June 2007. For the convenience of those interested in this enterprising woman and the company she founded we present here:

1) some related books
2) samples of the obituaries found at the time and
3) a brief history of the company taken from the company site
4) examples of other companies run by women

For background biographical information in the library see:

A to Z of American Women Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs, by Victoria Sherrow.
BUS REF HD6054.4.U6S5 2002
Encyclopedia of American Women in Business: From Colonial Times to the Present, by Carol H. Krismann.
BUS REF HD6054.4.U6K753 2005
Enterprising Women: Lessons from 100 of the Greatest Entrepreneurs of Our Day, by David Silver.
BUS HD6054.4.U6S55 1994
Masters of Enterprise: Giants of American Business from John Jacob Astor and J.P. Morgan to Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey, by H.W. Brands
BUS HF3023.A2B68 1999

Books providing additional information about the company:

Cases in Strategic Management, by David W. Grigsby and Michael J. Stahl
BUS HD30.28.G753 1997
Contemporary Cases in Consumer Behavior, by Roger D. Blackwell, et. al.
BUS HF5415.2.B54 1990
Threads: Gender, Labor, and Power in the Global Apparel Industry, by Jane L. Collins
DBW HD6073.C62U537 2003
For short histories of the company see The International Directory of Company Histories
( HD2721.I57, Vol. 8, p.329 and the update in Vol.25, p.291.

Sample Obituaries ( the full text of each article is available from Factiva):

"Fashion World Loses a Giant; Liz Claiborne Dressed a Generation of Working Women," The Hamilton Spectator, 29 June 2007.

'A Great Pillar' of American Style," National Post, 29 June 2007.

"Woman of Vision Designed Sportswear With Style: Liz Claiborne(1929-2007),"
Edmonton Journal , 28 June 2007.

'Inspirational' Fashion Designer Claiborne Dies," Calgary Herald, 28 June 2007.

"LIZ CLAIBORNE", The Independent, 29 June 2007.

"Liz Claiborne, 78, Designer," International Herald Tribune, 29 June 2007.

"Liz Claiborne;Obituary;The Register, The Times, 29 June 2007.

"Obituary of Liz Claiborne Fashion Designer Who Built a Billion-dollar Empire by Catering for the Working Woman," The Daily Telegraph, 29 June 2007.

"Liz Claiborne, Clothes Designer Who Kept the Professional Woman in Mind, Dies at 78," The New York Times, 28 June 2007.

"Liz Claiborne, Icon of Fashion ; Designer added 'more choice, fun' to wardrobes of career women," USA Today, 28 June 2007.

Brief history: Liz Claiborne

This information was copied from the company site around the time of Ms Claiborne's death
(c. June 2007. http://www.lizclaiborneinc.com/company/history.htm )

"In 1976, a relatively unknown dress designer, her textile veteran husband and two partners established, Liz Claiborne Inc., a design-driven company that would revolutionize the fashion industry - from how women dress for work, to where product is sourced, to how it is sold into and at department stores. With less than half a million dollars and a clear focus on design, quality and value, these four partners - Liz Claiborne, Art Ortenberg, Leonard Boxer and Jerome Chazen - created what is now a nearly $5 billion public company.

Dressing Women for Work
Established at a time when women were entering the workforce in large numbers, Liz Claiborne and her partners saw the opportunity to provide versatile, fashionable wardrobes that were appropriate for work, but still conveyed a sense of individuality and femininity. A working woman herself, Liz understood how liberating it would be to mix and match separates rather than have to rely on the traditional dress or gray flannel suit. Thus, out of a small office on 40th street in Manhattan, Liz Claiborne the brand was born, transforming the way women dressed and ultimately, how they shopped. The concept was simple: Provide the ensemble driven sportswear that had been available for many years at designer level prices through the likes of Calvin Klein and Bill Blass, but make it affordable for the working woman. There was a major stumbling block, however. Up until this point, department stores were by and large classification oriented - pants were in one department, skirts in another and shirts in yet another. To put together a wardrobe a consumer had to go from department to department and hope that the colors and pieces would match. Additionally, department store buyers were classification-focused and were not equipped to buy merchandise from one brand across product lines. To overcome this, Liz Claiborne executives worked with retailers to test the concept of presenting all of the brand's related sportswear pieces in one department, streamlining the consumer's shopping experience.

Manufacturing Innovation
As the Company grew, manufacturing and sourcing capabilities became more and more important. For the first several years the company was doing everything it could to keep up with demand and fill orders, largely using domestic manufacturers. Distribution executives were nervous wondering how they could possibly ship 50,000 units per week. In the mid- 1970s and into the early 1980s the Company again questioned the norm in the apparel industry by testing the concept of manufacturing overseas. Liz Claiborne established a production control office in Hong Kong by mid-1976. However, as volume and orders increased, issues with getting the amount of merchandise needed at the right quality and price levels from the domestic suppliers began to arise, and sourcing more product overseas looked like the most viable way to address this issue. Using a poet blouse - one of the hottest selling, yet hardest to produce items as a test - Liz Claiborne executives contracted a factory in Taiwan to produce a large quantity. The quality and price of the garments that arrived in the warehouse blew everyone away and the rest is history - Liz Claiborne Inc. now sources its products in more than 40 countries around the world and routinely ships five million units per week in the U.S. alone.

Reaching New Business Heights
Liz Claiborne Inc. became a large company in a small industry very quickly and in 1981 went public to much fanfare. In a time when apparel company IPOs were not well received Liz Claiborne's offering was highly successful. And this was just the beginning…by 1985 Liz Claiborne Inc. was the first company founded by a woman to be listed in the Fortune 500. Of the original founders, Leonard Boxer retired from the Company in 1985, and in 1989, after 13 years, Liz Claiborne and Art Ortenberg announced their retirement from active management. Jerry Chazen, the fourth original partner, became the company's Chairman in 1989. Paul R. Charron joined the company in 1994 as vice chairman and chief operating officer. One year later he became president and chief executive officer, and was elected chairman in 1996. Mr. Charron retired at the end of 2006, after 12 years at Liz Claiborne Inc. In November 2006, William L. McComb joined the company as chief executive officer. In January 2007, Board member Kay Koplovitz, principal of Koplovitz & Co., a media investment firm and the founder of international cable television programming company USA Networks, became non-executive Chairman of the Board. Now, with a portfolio of more than 40 brands, Liz Claiborne Inc. creates fashion for everyone - women and men, girls and boys, apparel and non-apparel, modern and classic, career and casual. From Main Street to the mall, department stores to specialty stores, and luxury retailers to discount retailers, our product reaches consumers wherever and whenever they shop.

Claiborne Brands: Overview
Liz Claiborne Inc. designs and markets an extensive range of branded women's and men's apparel, accessories and fragrance products. Our diverse portfolio of quality brands - available domestically and internationally via wholesale and direct-to-consumer channels - consistently meets the widest range of consumers’ fashion needs, from classic to contemporary, active to relaxed and denim to streetwear. Liz Claiborne Inc.’s brands include Axcess, Bora Bora, C & C California, Claiborne, Concepts by Claiborne, Curve, Dana Buchman, Elisabeth, Ellen Tracy, Emma James, Enyce, First Issue, Intuitions, J.H. Collectibles, Juicy Couture, Kate Spade, Kenzie, Kenziegirl, Laundry by Shelli Segal, LIZ, Liz & Co., Liz Claiborne, Lucky Brand Jeans, Mac & Jac, Mambo, Marvella, Mexx, Monet, Monet 2, Prana, Realities, Sigrid Olsen, Soul, Spark, Stamp 10, Tapemeasure, Tint, Trifari, Villager and Yzza. In addition, Liz Claiborne Inc. holds the exclusive, long-term license to produce and sell men's and women's collections of DKNY® Jeans and DKNY® Active in the Western Hemisphere. The Company also has the exclusive license to produce jewelry under the Kenneth Cole New York and Reaction Kenneth Cole brand names.

For those interested in other companies run by women see the entries elsewhere on this site for:
Elizabeth Arden
Harper Hair Dressing Salons
Lillian Vernon
Madam C. J. Walker
Mary Kay Cosmetics
Wells, Rich, Greene.

L.L. BEAN INC.

Gorman, Leon.
L.L. Bean: The Making of an American Icon.
"L.L.Bean is one of only a handful of American companies to have attained almost legendary status in the minds of its consumers. Thanks to the integrity of its product line, consistently strong brand association, and the ability to change with customer needs, L.L.Bean embodies the best qualities long associated with traditional American living: rugged individualism, stubborn determination, and simple ingenuity. Written by Leon Gorman, grandson of founder L.L., this is the first authoritative, true-to-life account of the iconic retailer and its quirky history and culture. This engaging account candidly reveals Gorman's behind-the-scenes struggles to preserve the identity that built Bean as he also opened the door to needed change. Woven throughout the narrative are themes that will resonate with managers and general readers alike: how to shape a powerhouse brand around bedrock beliefs and values, how to balance growth and tradition, and how to craft and preserve an authentic corporate identity. Far from a tranquil journey, the story reveals the funny, poignant, and often engrossing details of managing the L.L.Bean legacy during the best and worst of times." [taken from the publisher's site in 2007 - Harvard Business School Press.]

Mahoney, Tom. "Sporting Goods by Mail From Maine." In The Great Merchants..., pp.294-305. 1955.
HF5429.M288

Montgomery, M.R. In Search of L.L. Bean.
DBWSTK HD9993.C354L186 1984

LLOYD’S OF LONDON

Luessenhop, Elizabeth and Martin Mayer. Risky Business: An Insider’s Account of the Disaster at Lloyd’s of London. 1995.
HG8039.L93 1995

L’OREAL

Bar-Zohar, Michael. Bitter Scent: The Case of L’Oreal, Nazis, and the Arab Boycott. 1996.
DC423.B39 1996

Brandon, Ruth. Ugly beauty : Helena Rubinstein, L'Oreal, and the blemished history of looking good
Kings RA778.B733 2011

LOBLAW COMPANIES LIMITED

Feder, Michelle. "Loblaw Companies Limited", in International Directory of Company Histories.
HD2721.I57. Vol. 43, 2002, p.268.

Grant, Tina, ed. “Loblaw Companies Limited”, in Canadian Company Histories,
HD2809.C364. Vol.1, 1996, p.144.

Kingston, Anne. The Edible Man: Dave Nichol, President's Choice & The Making of Popular Taste.
HD9325.C22K56 1994.

Wikipedia entry: Loblaw Groceteria Co. Ltd

LOCKHEED ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT COMPANY

Rich, Ben R. Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed. 1994.
TL565.R53 1994

LOCKHEED AIRCRAFT CORPORATION

Biddle, Wayne. Barons of the Sky: From Early Flight to Strategic Warfare: The Story of the American Aerospace Industry
HD9711.5.U6B54 2001

Boulton, David. The Grease Machine.
DBWSTK HD9711.U63L59 1978

Boulton, David. The Lockheed Papers. 1978.
DBWSTK HV6769.B68

Francillon, Rene J. Lockheed Aircraft Since 1913. 1982.
DBWSTK TL686.L6F73

Ingells, Douglas J. L-1011 TriStar and the Lockheed Story. 1973.
HD9711.U63L65

Rice, Berkeley. The C-5A Scandal: An Inside Story of the Military-Industrial Complex. 1971.
TL686.L6R5

LOCKWOOD GREENE ENGINEERS, INC.

Lincoln, Samuel B. Lockwood Greene; The History of an Engineering Buisness, 1832-1958.
TA217.L5

LOCOMOBILE COMPANY OF AMERICA

Baldwin, Nick, et.al. The World Guide to Automobile Manufacturers
HD9710.A2W6686 1987.
A short profile of this U.S. automobile company is found on p.294.

Laux, James M . "Locomobile Company of America," in The Automobile Industry, 1896 -1920, ed. by George S. May, Vol. 1, p. 306-308.
DBWOVR HD9710.U5A787 1990.

 

LOEB (Grocery Chain - Canada) (related information is gathered under IGA )

THE LOEWEN GROUP, INC.

 

Anon. "The Loewen Group Inc.", in Notable Corporate Chronologies.
HG4009.N68. Vol. 1, 3rd ed. 2001, p.1331.

Derdak, Thomas. "The Loewen Group, Inc.", in International Directory of Company Histories,
HD2721.I57. Vol. 40, 2001, p.292.

Derdak, Thomas. "The Loewen Group, Inc.", in International Directory of Company Histories,
HD2721.I57. Vol. 16, 1997, p. 342.

LONDON DRUGS, LTD.

The Story of London Drugs

The year was 1945: the soldiers were coming home, Zoot Suits were in style and Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra crooned over the radio waves.

In this new era of hope and expectation, London Drugs was born. It was a humble, community drugstore-just 1000 square feet-but this little store on Main Street, Vancouver, was given a big name. The store was named after London, England, the home of Canada's King, George VI. In the months after World War II, London Drugs carried the promise of peace and prosperity.

Today, London Drugs has stores in more than 35 major markets throughout British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.  The pharmacy is still the heart of our business, but today we also offer a full service computer department, cosmetics ranging from lipgloss to high-end face creams, furniture, cameras, high quality photo finishing, cordless phones and plasma televisions. More people buy their small appliances in London Drugs than any other place in Western Canada. All told, we serve over 45 million customers each year, and we are still growing.

How did a small Vancouver drugstore become such an integral part of Western Canadians' lives? This is the story of London Drugs.
This information was retrieved from the company website in 2012 where additional historical information is provided.

Campbell, June. "London Drugs Ltd.", in International Directory of Company Histories.
HD2721.I57. Vol. 46, 2002, p.270.

LONDON FREE PRESS

Nolan, Michael. Walter J. Blackburn: A Man for all Media.
DBWSTK/DBWRC PN4913.B58N64 1989

LONDON LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

Grant, Tina, ed. “London Life Insurance Company”, in Canadian Company Histories,
HD2809.C364. Vol.1, 1996, p.147.

LONDON WINERY LIMITED

Rannie, William F. Wines of Ontario: An Industry Comes of Age.
TP559.C2R35 1978.
see p. 117.

LONE STAR BREWING COMPANY

O'Hara, Christopher B. Great American Beer: 50 Brands That Shaped the Twentieth Century
HD9397.U52038 2006.
A short history is found on p.86

LONG-TERM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

Anon. "Long-Term Capital Management," in Encyclopedia of American Business History, ed. Charles Geisst, Vol.I, 2006, p.250.
HF3021.G44 2006.

Dunbar, Nicholas. Inventing Money: The Story of Long-term Capital Management and the Legends Behind It.
HG4930.D86 2000

Lowenstein, Roger. When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management.
HG4930.L69 2000.

LONGO BROTHERS FOOD MARKETS

Collins, Robert. The Longo Way.
HF5469.23.C24L663 2006

 

LONRHO

Cronje, Suzanne. Lonrho: portrait of a multinational
DBWSTK HD 2755.5.C76

LORD, ABBETT & CO.

Driscoll, Robert S. The Story of Lord, Abbett & Co. and Affiliated Fund, Inc.: A View of the Capital Needs of the U.S. Economy. Newcomen Publication. 1974.
DBWSTK HG4930.D74

LORD CORPORATION

Lord, Thomas. Lord Corporation: A Story of Innovation, Invention, and Learning. Newcomen Publication. 1974.
DBWSTK HD9727.P43L675

LORILLARD TOBACCO COMPANY

Anon. "Lorillard & Company, Pierre " in Encyclopedia of American Business History, ed. Charles Geisst, Vol.I, 2006, p.251.
HF3021.G44 2006.

Salomon, Alan. "Lorillard Tobacco Company" in The Advertising Age Encyclopedia of Advertising, ed. by John McDonough & Karen Egolf, Vol 2, p.960-965
HF5803.A38 2003

LOS ANGELES TIMES

Berges, Marshall. The Life and Times of Los Angeles: A Newspaper, a Family, and a City.
DBWSTK PN4899.L64L662 1984

Gottlieb, Bob. Thinking Big: The Story of the Los Angeles Times, its publishers, and their influence on Southern California.
DBWSTK PN4899.C226L64 1977

Hart, Jack R. The Information Empire: The Rise of the Los Angeles Times and the Times Missor Corporation.
DBWSTK PN4899.L64L663 1981

LOTUS

Baldwin, Nick, et.al. The World Guide to Automobile Manufacturers
HD9710.A2W6686 1987.
A short profile of this British automobile company is found on p.296.

CoolBrands 2010/11 : an insight into some of Britain's coolest brands.
HD69.B7C665 2010

LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY

Herr, Kincaid A. The Louisville & Nashville Railroad, 1850-1942. 1943.
DBWOVR HE2791.L68H4

Klein, Maury. History of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad. 1972.
DBWSTK HE2791.L68K4 (2 copies)

Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company. Charter of the Louisville & Nashville R.R. Co. with amendments to 1869: Together with the general railroad laws of Kentucky and Tennessee. 1869.
DBWMFH F446.K33 A-63323

Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company. Parade of Progress. 1956.
DBWMFH F446.K33 A-63304

Stover, John F. "Louisville and Nashville Railroad," in Railroads in the Nineteenth Century, ed. by Robert L. Frey, p. 239 (each entry typically has a bibliography and information about the company archives).
DBWOVR HE2751.R1433 1988

Tilford, John E. L & N: Its First 100 Years. Newcomen Publication. 1951.
DBWSTK T1.N46 1951 V.2

LOVELL, JOHN & SON LIMITED

Historical information about this company can be found in the May 1967 Centennial issue of Industrial Canada or by clicking here.

LOWE LINTAS & PARTNERS WORLDWIDE

McDonough, John. "Lowe Lintas & Partners Worldwide" in The Advertising Age Encyclopedia of Advertising, ed. by John McDonough & Karen Egolf, Vol 2, p.947-650
HF5803.A38 2003

LOZIER

Baldwin, Nick, et.al. The World Guide to Automobile Manufacturers
HD9710.A2W6686 1987.
A short profile of this U.S. automobile company is found on p.299.

LUCAS-ROTAX LIMITED

Historical information about this company can be found in the 31st edition of The Canadian Register of Commerce and Industry or by clicking here.

LUCASARTS

Smith, Rob, Rogue Leaders: The Story of LucasArts
HD9993.E454L837 2008

LUFKIN INDUSTRIES, INC.

Poland, Robert L. Lufkin Industries, Inc.: Unique in the South. Newcomen Publication. 1972.
DBWSTK HD9705.U64L86

LUNDIN GROUP OF COMPANIES

Obituary: The founder, Adolph Lundin, died on Sept. 3, 2006. Among the articles and death notices see:

"Lundin's Death Leaves Big Shoes to Fill for Sons," Andy Hoffman, The Globe and Mail, Oct. 3, 2006, p.B6.

"Aldoph Henrick Lundin," Northern Miner, Oct. 9, 2006

"Swedish Entrepreneur, Focused on Oil, Mining, National Post, Oct. 3. 2006, p.B15.

The Lundin Group, headed by Adolf Lundin and his sons Lukas and Ian, has assembled an international group of publicly traded mining and oil and gas companies over the past three decades, including Vancouver-based Lundin Mining which has two base-metal mines in Sweden and one in Ireland. Other Lundin Group mining companies include Atacama Minerals Corp. (TSXV:AAM), Canadian Gold Hunter Corp. (TSX:CGH), International Uranium Corp. (TSX:IUC), Red Back Mining Inc. (TSX:RBI), Tenke Mining Corp. (TSX:TNK) and Stockholm-listed North Atlantic Natural Resources AB. [from CP, Oct. 2. 2006]

Wikipedia entry: Lundin Mining

LUNEY BROS. & HAMILTON LTD.

Historical information about this company can be found in the 31st edition of The Canadian Register of Commerce and Industry or by clicking here.

LUSCAR LIMITED

"Luscar Limited" in Energy in Canada: 1986. Compiled by the Southam Energy Group. p.126.
HD9502.C3E54 1986

LUSTRON CORPORATION

Knerr, Douglas. "Suburban Steel: The Magnificent Failure of the Lustron Corporation, 1945-1951"
TH4819.P7K59 2004
"Suburban Steel chronicles the rise and fall of the Lustron Corporation, once the largest and most completely industrialized housing company in U.S. history. Beginning in 1947, Lustron manufactured porcelain-enameled steel houses in a one-million-square-foot plant in Columbus, Ohio. With forty million dollars in federal funds and support from the highest levels of the Truman administration, the company planned to produce one hundred houses per day, each neatly arranged on specially designed tractor-trailers for delivery throughout the country. Lustron's unprecedented size and scope of operations attracted intense scrutiny. The efficiencies of uninterrupted production, integrated manufacturing, and economies of scale promised to lead the American housing industry away from its decentralized, undercapitalized, and inefficient past toward a level of rationalization and organization found in other sectors of the industrial economy. The company's failure marked a watershed in the history of the American housing industry. Although people did not quit talking about industrialized housing, enthusiasm for its role in the transformation of the housing industry at large markedly waned. Suburban Steel considers Lustron's magnificent failure in the context of historical approaches to the nation's perpetual shortage of affordable housing, arguing that had Lustron's path not been interrupted, affordable and desirable housing for America's masses would be far more prevalent today."

LYLE SHIPPING COMPANY

Orbell, John. From Cape to Cape. 1978. DBWSTK HE945.L95O 73

LYNDHURST TELEPHONE CO. LTD.

Grindlay, Thomas. "Lyndhurst Telephone Co. Ltd.", in A History of the Independent Telephone Industry in Ontario, p.159.

LZB PROPERTIES INC.

Rodengen, Jeffrey. The Legend of La-Z-Boy.
HD 9773.U7R63 2003

M&M MARS  
See also MARS, INC

For a short history of this candy company and others see: “Piece by Piece”, Chapter 6 in Candy: The Sweet History, by Beth Kimmerle. The profiles usually contain pictures and images.

M. Loeb Ltd.
see IGA

MACDONALD MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.

Lloyd, Loftus L. The History of the Macdonald Manufacturing Company Ltd. 1993.
HD9529.T63765 1993

MACDONALD TOBACCO INC.

This company was taken over by RJR Nabisco and became RJR Macdonald Tobacco Inc. For an article about the company and attitudes toward smoking in 1970, click here.

MACDOUGALL,MACDOUGALL & MACTIER INC

Ferrabee, James and Michael St. B Harrison. Staying Connected: How MacDougall Family Traditions Built a Business Over 160 Years
HG5154.3.F37 2009

MACINTOSH

Levy, Steven. Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer That Changed Everything. 1994.
QA76.8.M3L487 1994

MACK TRUCKS, INC.

Hansen, Zenon C.R. The Legend of the Bulldog. Newcomen Publication. 1974.
DBWSTK HD9710.U54M33

May, George S. "Mack Trucks Inc.," in The Automobile Industry, 1896 -1920, ed. by George S. May, Vol. 1, p. 308-311.
DBWOVR HD9710.U5A787 1990.

Montville, John B. Mack.
DBWOVR TL230.5.M17M66

MACKIE GROUP

Menzies, James. “Mackie Group of Companies turns 80,” Truck News, Dec 2008. Vol. 28, Iss. 12, p. 47. A small portion of this article is provided here for your convenience:

• OSHAWA, Ont. –“The Mackie Group of Companies celebrated 80 years in business in October, hosting a customer and supplier gala that attracted a who's who of the industry as well as municipal, provincial and federal dignitaries. Other events were held earlier in the week to honour the company's 400 employees. The Mackie Group was founded in 1928 by Charlie Mackie, who hauled lumber, produce "and just about anything he could" around South River, Ont. (near North Bay), Norm Mackie recalled. Charlie's son Merle carried the torch and in 1934, his own son Ross was born.... In the 1960s, Mackie Moving Systems opened a branch in North Bay, providing household moving for families serving the National Department of Defense. The company also began hauling for General Motors that decade. Dean Mackie said he and his brothers began driving for the company in the 70s. At this time, Mackie began hauling expedited parts for GM as the concept of just-in-time delivery was born. The result was the formation of Mackie Transport Ltd., which is still one of the group's largest businesses today, Dean noted.”
  This additional information is from the company website: mackiegroup.com:
  100% privately owned, Canadian company
• 5th generation family business
• Partnership approach to business resulting in many long-standing client relationships
• Over 250,000 sq.ft. of modern warehousing space strategically located in Mississauga, Oshawa and Montreal
  Founding agent for North American Van Lines in Canada (1952)

MACKINNON (W.) CO.

Munro, J. Maritime Enterprise and Empire: Sir William Mackinnon and his Business Network, 1823-1893.
HE 827.M86 2003 For a review see: Business History Review, Vol.77, No.4, Winter 2003, p.787

see also the Inchcape entry

MACLAREN MCCANN CANADA INC.

Smith, Allen. "MacLaren McCann Canada, Inc." in The Advertising Age Encyclopedia of Advertising, ed. by John McDonough & Karen Egolf, Vol 2, p.975-983.
HF5803.A38 2003

MACLEAN HUNTER PUBLISHING COMPANY

Chalmers, Floyd S. A Gentleman of the Press.
DBWSTK PN4913.M33C5 1969

Grant, Tina, ed. “Maclean Hunter Publishing Limited”, in Canadian Company Histories,
HD2809.C364. Vol.1, 1996, p.150.

Perry, Robert L. MacLean Hunter at One Hundred: Glimpses of the Company and its People, Past and Present.
Z483.M163P47 1987

Rourke, Elizabeth. "Maclean Hunter Publishing Limited", in International Directory of Company Histories,
HD2721.I57. Vol. 26, 1999, p.270.

Rourke, Elizabeth. "Maclean Hunter Limited", in International Directory of Company Histories,
HD2721.I57. Vol. 4, 1991, p.638.

Rutledge, Joseph Lister. The Story of MacLean-Hunter.
DBWSTK Z483.M163 1947

MACMILLAN BLOEDEL LIMITED

Case, George. "What's Past is Prologue": The History of MacMillan, Bloedel and Powell River Ltd. Newcomen Publication. 1965.
DBWSTK T1.N46 1965

Grant, Tina, ed. “MacMillan Bloedel Limited”, in Canadian Company Histories,
HD2809.C364. Vol.1, 1996, p.154.

LaCosse, Gwen. "MacMillan Bloedel Limited", in International Directory of Company Histories,
HD2721.I57. Vol. 4, 1991, p.306.

MacKay, Donald. Empire of Wood: The MacMillan Bloedel Story. 1982.
DBWSTK HD9764.C34M334

MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA

Gray, John Morgan. Fun Tomorrow: Learning to be a Publisher and Much Else.
Z483.G73G74 1978.

Maclaren, Eli, "Against All Invasion": The Archival Story of Kipling, Copyright, and the Macmillan Expansion into Canada, 1900-1920” Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol.40, No.2, 2006, p.139-162.
Abstract

The Macmillan Company expanded into Canada in order to defend its imperial monopolies, particularly that on the works of Rudyard Kipling. The expansion was an offshoot of the growing New York house, but its fundamental intent was to bind the slippery Canadian market to the purposes of imperial copyright. George N. Morang had abruptly deprived Macmillan of this market with the first effective monopolies in the history of the Canadian book trade. He acquired these copyrights through licences that fulfilled the Canadian Copyright Amendment 1900. If authors, such as Kipling, increasingly retained proprietary control of their works, and if at the same time Canadian publishers such as Morang acquired the legal means to prohibit certain British editions from entering Canada, then a British publisher such as Macmillan suddenly stood to lose a great deal. This deprivation provoked a decisive reaction. Within a few years, the Macmillan Company of Canada was a chartered business based in Toronto, and it had clawed back control of Kipling's works in Canada. The expansion helped prevent the growth of an independent Canadian publishing industry in the first decades of the twentieth century.

MACY'S

Barmash, Isadore. Macy's for Sale.
HF5465.U6M243 1989

Harriman, Margaret Case. And the Price is Right. 1958.
HF5465.U6M26

Hower, Ralph Merle. History of Macy's of New York, 1858-1919: Chapters in the Evolution of the Department Store. 1943.
HF5465.U6M27

Mahoney, Tom. "The Biggest Store in the World." In The Great Merchants..., pp.149-172. 1955.

Riegel, Edwin C. The Yellow Book of the Macy Controversy and the Credit Question. 1927.
DBWSTK HF5566.R56

MADAM C. J. WALKER'S (BEAUTY PREPARATIONS)

Lowry, Beverly. Her Dream of Dreams: The Rise and Triumph of Madam C.J. Walker.
HD9970.5.C672W3558 2003
Madam Walker was a very successful African-American entrepreneur. For a biographical profile see: "Walker, Sarah Breedlove" in the Encyclopedia of African American Business History ( HD2344.5.U6E53 1999.) p.581-585. See also the interesting article: "The Grand Mansion of an Early Black Entrepreneur," by Christopher Gray, New York Times, April 24, 1994, p.352

MAGADI SODA CO.

Hill, M.F. Magadi: The Story of the Magadi Soda Company.
HD9660.S7M35

MAGELLAN AEROSPACE CORPORATION

Ingram, Frederick. "Magellan Aerospace Corporation", in International Directory of Company Histories.
HD2721.I57. Vol. 48, 2003, p.274.

MAGIC CHEF

Edwards, Carlton. "Magic Chef" in Homes for Travel and Living: The History and Development of the Recreational Vehicle and Mobile Home Industries.
HD9715.7.U62E38 1977

MAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC.

Grant, Tina, ed. “Magna International Inc.”, in Canadian Company Histories,
HD2809.C364. Vol.1, 1996, p.159.

Lilley, Wayne. Magna Cum Laude: How Frank Stronach Became Canada's Best Paid Man
HC 112.5.S76L54 2006
[from the publisher's site]:
"The first biography of one of Canada’s most elusive and controversial billionaires.
This is a solid, thorough business book about Frank Stronach, Canada’s most famous rags-to-riches story. The outline is well known: a young Austrian immigrant arrives in Canada in 1955 with fifty dollars in his pocket. He takes menial jobs like washing dishes until he can start a tiny machine shop in Toronto in 1957. The Auto Pact opens up the car-parts business. The company grows and grows, spawning many small union-free factories, until from its Aurora base it employs more than seventy thousand people, and Frank as chairman and owner can pay himself over $54 million in salary.
Yet Wayne Lilley’s book will be the very first about this eccentric, larger than life figure. As a result of dogged research, he has built up a detailed, step-by-step picture of how Magna grew — and recovered from the brink of disaster in 1990, to its present gigantic size.
It’s an amazing story of business success, stranger than fiction, that along the way takes us into the world of car-making, of horse racing (Stronach owns more than 1,000 thoroughbreds and 11 tracks in North America), and of politics (where Frank and his daughter Belinda have both played a role). Yet all the while a shareholders’ 2006 lawsuit against Stronach’s control of the company is ticking like a time bomb..." [http://www.mcclelland.com]

MAGNOTTA WINERY CORPORATION

Aspler, Tony, The Wine Atlas of Canada,
TP559.C2A863 2006
A short history of this Ontario winery is found on p.206.

MAGNUS, MABEE & RENARD, INC.

Magnus, Percy C. “Magnum Opus: A World Treasury of Fragrance and Flavor”, in Newcomen Addresses,
DBWSTK T1.N46 1955.

MAISON BLANCHE

Sternberg, Hans with James Shelledy. We Were Merchants: The Sternberg Family and the Story of Goudchaux's and Maison Blanche Department Stores.
HF5465.U64G637 2009

MAITLAND TELESERVICES LTD.

Grindlay, Thomas. "Maitland Teleservices Ltd", in A History of the Independent Telephone Industry in Ontario, p.161.

MANALTA COAL LIMITED

"Manalta Coal Limited" in Energy in Canada: 1986. Compiled by the Southam Energy Group. p.127
HD9502.C3E54 1986

MANGO INC.

              Salerno, H and Andrea Gay Zaragoza. The Mango Story. HF5439.C6S36 2011

MANISTIQUE AND LAKE SUPERIOR RAILROAD

Hornstein, Hugh A. "The Haywire: A Brief History of the Manistique and Lake Superior Railroad."
HE2791.M283H67 2005
From the Michigan State University Press site:
"The Haywire," a railroad more properly known as the Manistique and Lake Superior Railroad for much of its existence, was one of what Willis Dunbar called the "Little Fellows." In its earliest days it was the product of a New York visionary who saw a bright future for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Builders laid track through gloomy swamps, heavy forests, and treacherous muskegs. During its three- quarters of a century of existence, the railroad carried iron ores, lumber, pulpwood, alcoholic beverages, and livestock. Having limited passenger accommodations, it carried them in both passenger cars as well as cabooses, in rail-mounted motor cars, and, even, on occasion, in the locomotive cabs. Briefly, it even carried passengers on its own railroad car ferry.
"The Haywire" played a major role in the industrial development of Michigan's Manistique and Schoolcraft counties. However, for much of its life it existed in virtual anonymity--merely the northern branch of a Lower Peninsula railroad."

MANITOBA HYDRO-ELECTRIC BOARD

"Manitoba Hydro-Electric Board" in Energy in Canada: 1986, Compiled by the Southam Energy Group. p.141.
HD9502.C3E54 1986

MANITOBA TELECOM SERVICES INC

Woodward , A. "Manitoba Telecom Services Inc.", in International Directory of Company Histories, HD2721.I57. Vol. 61, 2004, p.184.

MANITOULIN ISLAND TEL. CO. LTD.

Grindlay, Thomas. "Manitoulin Tel. Co. Ltd.", in A History of the Independent Telephone Industry in Ontario, p.164.

MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

Duthie, William F. Itinerant Canadian.
DBWSTK HG9111.Z9M355 1989

Innes, Eva and Lesley Southwick-Trask. The Financial Post Turning It Around: How Ten Canadian Organizations Changed Their Fortunes.
HD70.C2I55 1989

Manufacturers Life Insurance Company. The First Sixty Years, 1887-1947: A History of the Manufacturers Life Insurance Company. 1947.
DBWSPE HG9111.Z9M35

McQueen, Rod. Manulife: How Dominic D'Alessandro Built a Global Giant and Fought to Save It.
HG8764.D35M37 2009

Wikipedia entry: Manulife Financial

MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Peippo, Kathleen. "Manulife Financial Corporation", in International Directory of Company Histories.
HD2721.I57. Vol. 85, 2007, p.235.

MANVERS MUNICIPAL TEL. SYSTEM

Grindlay, Thomas. "Manvers Municipal Tel. System", in A History of the Independent Telephone Industry in Ontario, p.169.

MANVILLE CORPORATION

Brodeur, Paul. Outrageous Misconduct: The Asbestos Industry on Trial.
DBWSTK KF228.M33B77 1985

Goodwin, William Richard. The Johns-Manville Story. Newcomen Publication. 1972.
DBWSTK HD9715.U54J59

MAPCO INC.

Thomas, Robert E. From a Dream to a "Scrappy" Little Pipeline, to a National Leader in Energy. Newcomen Publication. 1976.
DBWSTK HD9579.P44M367

MAPLE LEAF FOODS INC.

Campbell, June. "Maple Leaf Foods Inc." in International Directory of Company Histories.
HD2721.I57. Vol. 41, 2001, p.249.

Grant, Tina, ed. “Maple Leaf Foods Inc.”, in Canadian Company Histories,
HD2809.C364. Vol.1, 1996, p.163.

MAPLE LEAF SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT LTD.

Peippo, Kathleen. "Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd", in International Directory of Company Histories, HD2721.I57. Vol. 61, 2004, p.188.

Wikipedia entry: Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment

MARINE TRUST COMPANY OF BUFFALO

Diefendorf, Charles H. "Marine Trust" of Buffalo: 100 Years of Banking on the Niagara Frontier (1850-1950). Newcomen Publication. 1951.
DBWSTK T1.N46 1951 V.1

MARITIME ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED

"Maritime Electric Company Limited" in Energy in Canada: 1986, Compiled by the Southam Energy Group. p.142.
HD9502.C3E54 1986

MARITIME LIFE

Bruce, Harry. Never Content: How Mavericks and Outsiders Made a Surprise Winner of Maritime Life.
HG9010.Z9M37 2002
From the Key Porter site: (March 2003)
"In Never Content, author Harry Bruce works from confidential corporate documents and candid interviews — in what is now hailed as “Canada’s insurance-consolidation sweepstakes” — to unravel and uncover the values, personalities and maneuvers that took Maritime Life from stalwart survivor to surprise victor in a takeover game in which only the strong survive. NeverContent is the captivating tale of a financial-services company whose incredible success is borne out of dissatisfaction with the status quo and an original approach that never fails to surprise Bay Street. Originally conceived as a homegrown alternative to the out-of-province operators who dominated the business, Maritime Life has been a constant contrarian. It was the first to computerize its accounting system, replace career sales agents in favour of independent agents and provide the armed services with group insurance. It has been an industry leader in product innovation. The story of Maritime Life has produced a unique corporate culture, over two thousand employees, more than $14 billion in assets under administration and one of the top life insurance companies in Canada."

MARKS & SPENCER

Tse, K. K. Marks & Spencer: Anatomy of Britain's Most Efficiently Managed Company
HF5465.G74M377 1985

Bevan, Judi. The Rise and Fall of Marks & Spencer: And How it Rose Again
HF5468.B483 2007
"For decades Marks & Spencer was the most successful retailer in the world. Its clothes were a byword for affordable quality and its food halls pioneered ready-prepared meals. Then suddenly they were dowdy, the staff deserted in droves and the shares plummeted – but the annual results in April 2006 show that the company is on the mend. What went wrong and how have things improved? In new chapters covering the Philip Green bid and the Stuart Rose recovery plan, and covering the Christmas 2006 trading figures, Judi Bevan reveals all."
[from the publisher site - profilebooks.com]

MARLIN FIREARMS CO.

Kenna, Frank. The Marlin Story. Newcomen Publication. 1975.
DBWSTK HD9743.U8M364

MARMON

Baldwin, Nick, et.al. The World Guide to Automobile Manufacturers
HD9710.A2W6686 1987.
A short profile of this U.S. automobile company is found on p.307.

MARMORA MUNICIPAL TEL. SYSTEM AND SYSTEMS IN THE MARMORA AREA

Grindlay, Thomas. "Marmora Municipal Tel. System and Systems in the Marmora Area", in A History of the Independent Telephone Industry in Ontario, p.173.

MARQUETTE IRON COMPANY

Reynolds, Terry S. "Marquette Iron Company ," in Iron and Steel in the Nineteenth Century, ed. by Paul F. Passkof, p.247 (each entry typically has a short bibliography and information about the company archives)
DBWOVR HD9515.I76 1989

MARRIOTT CORPORATION

ABC News Production. The Man Behind the Marriott Empire
Online

Goldwasser, Thomas. Family Pride: Profiles of Five of America’s Best-Run Family Businesses
HD62.25.G64 1986

Miles, James A.  "Marriott Splits into Host Marriott and Marriott International".  In Spin-Offs and Equity Carve-Outs

MARS, INC.

Brenner, Joel Glenn. The Emperors of Chocolate: Inside the Secret World of Hershey and Mars.
HD9200.U54H473 1999

Smith, Tommy. "Mars, Inc." in The Advertising Age Encyclopedia of Advertising, ed. by John McDonough & Karen Egolf, Vol 2, p.990-995.
HF5803.A38 2003

MARSH AND MCLENNAN, INC.

Souder, William F. Marsh & McLennan: A Century of Insurance Service, 1871-1971. Newcomen Publication. 1971.
DBWSTK HG8540.M27S68

MARSHALL FIELD & COMPANY

Anon. "Field, Marshall ," in Encyclopedia of American Business History, ed. Charles Geisst, Vol.I, 2006, p.158.
HF3021.G44 2006.

Mahoney, Tom. "Elegance for the Middle West." In The Great Merchants..., pp.112-130. 1955.
HF5429.M288

Wendt, Lloyd. Give the Lady What She Wants!...The Story of Marshall Field & Company.
DBWSTK HF5465.U6M388 1952

MARTIN MARIETTA CORPORATION
See Bendix Corporation

MARVEL INDUSTRIES

Edwards, Carlton. "Marvel Industries" in Homes for Travel and Living: The History and Development of the Recreational Vehicle and Mobile Home Industries.
HD9715.7.U62E38 1977

MARWELL CONSTRUCTION CO. LIMITED

Historical information about this company can be found in the 31st edition of The Canadian Register of Commerce and Industry or by clicking here.

MARY KAY COSMETICS

Ash, Mary Kay. Mary Kay.1981. DBWSTK HD9970.5.C674M372

Gavenas, Mary Lisa. Color stories : behind the scenes of America's billion-dollar beauty industry.  HD9970.5.C673U5438 2002

Sobel, Robert and Sicilia, David. "Mary Kay Ash: The Pink Cadillac Approach". in The Entrepreneurs: An American Adventure. pp. 38-41.
HC103.S683 1986

Underwood, Jim. More than a Pink Cadillac: Mary Kay Inc.'s 9 Leadership Keys to Success.
HD57.7.U527 2002

MASERATI

Baldwin, Nick, et.al. The World Guide to Automobile Manufacturers
HD9710.A2W6686 1987.
A short profile of this Italian automobile company is found on p.310.

MASONITE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

Dinger, Ed. "Masonite International Corporation ", in International Directory of Company Histories, HD2721.I57. Vol. 63, 2004, p.267.

MASSACHUSETTS HOSPITAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

White, Gerald Taylor. A History of the Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company.
DBWSTK HG8963.M42W5 1955.

MASSEY FERGUSON LTD.

Cook, Peter. Massey at the Brink: The Story of Canada's Greatest Multinational and its Struggle to Survive.
HD9486.C24M33 1981
DBWRES HD9486.C24M33 1981 (2 copies)

Kyes, Roger Martin. Agriculture - Mechanized! Newcomen Publication. 1947.
DBWSTK T1.N46 1947

Neufeld, Edward Peter. A Global Corporation: A History of the International Development of Massey-Ferguson Limited.
HD9486.C24M35 1969
DBWSTK HD9486.C24M35 1969

Williams, Michael. Massey-Ferguson Tractors.
DBWSTK TL233.5.W54 1987

Historical information about this company can be found in the May 1967 Centennial issue of Industrial Canada or by clicking here.

MASSEY-HARRIS COMPANY, LTD.

Denison, Merrill. Harvest Triumphant: The Story of Massey-Harris...A Footnote to Canadian History. 1948.
DBWSTK/DBWSPE S760.C2M25

Massey-Harris Company, Ltd. Massey-Harris: An Historical Sketch, 1846-1926. 1926.
DBWSTK HD9486.C24M346 1926

Berton, Pierre, “There’ll Always Be a Massey, Maclean’s Magazine, 64:20 October 15, 1951 p. 7-9, 71-73+

“History and current activities of the Massey family: industrialists, actors, diplomats, patrons of education, the arts and culture--founders of the great agricultural machinery company and builders of Toronto's Massey Hall and Hart House at the University of Toronto”

MATADOR LAND AND CATTLE COMPANY LTD.

Pearce, William M. The Matador Land and Cattle Company.
DBWSTK HD9433.U54M36 1964.

MATERIAL SERVICE CORP.

Smith, Richard Austin “Henry Crown: Sand, Gravel, and Money”, in The Art of Success,
HC102.5.A2F63 1956, p. 84.

MATHESON

Baldwin, Nick, et.al. The World Guide to Automobile Manufacturers
HD9710.A2W6686 1987.
A short profile of this U.S. automobile company is found on p.312.

MATSON NAVIGATION COMPANY

Worden, William L. Cargoes: Matson's First Century in the Pacific. 1981.
DBWSTK HE753.M3W67

MATT BREWING COMPANY

O'Hara, Christopher B. Great American Beer: 50 Brands That Shaped the Twentieth Century
HD9397.U52038 2006.
A short history is found on p.106 under UTICA CLUB

MATTEL, INC.

Handler, Elliot “The Impossible Really is Possible: The Story of Mattel”, in Newcomen Addresses,
DBWSTK T1.N46 Vol.1, 1968.

Oppenheimer, Jerry. Toy Monster: The Big, Bad World of Mattel. HD9993.T694M386 2009

Gerber, Robin. Barbie & Ruth: The Story of The World's Most Famous Doll and the Woman Who Created Her. NK4894.2.H324G47 2009.

MATTHES, PARTRIDGE & CO.
See Thorne, Gunn, Helliwell, and Christenson

MAXWELL-BRISCOE MOTOR COMPANY

 

Yanik, Anthony. Maxwell Motor and the Making of the Chrysler Company. HD9710.U54M388 2009

May, George S. "Maxwell-Briscoe Motor Company ," in The Automobile Industry, 1896 -1920, ed. by George S. May, Vol. 1, p. 329-333.
DBWOVR HD9710.U5A787 1990.

MAXWELL-BRISCOE

Baldwin, Nick, et.al. The World Guide to Automobile Manufacturers
HD9710.A2W6686 1987.
A short profile of this U.S. automobile company is found on p.316.

MAYBACH

Baldwin, Nick, et.al. The World Guide to Automobile Manufacturers
HD9710.A2W6686 1987.
A short profile of this German automobile company is found on p.317.

MAYBELLINE NEW YORK

CoolBrands 2010/11 : an insight into some of Britain's coolest brands.
HD69.B7C665 2010

MAYTAG

Hoover, Robert. An American Quality Legend: How Maytag Saved Our Moms, Vexed the Competition and Presaged America’s Quaitly Revoltion. 1993
HD9971.5.E544M394 1993

Junger, Richard. "Maytag Corporation" in The Advertising Age Encyclopedia of Advertising, ed. by John McDonough & Karen Egolf, Vol 2, p.1002-1005
HF5803.A38 2003

MAZDA

Baldwin, Nick, et.al. The World Guide to Automobile Manufacturers
HD9710.A2W6686 1987.
A short profile of this Japanese automobile company is found on p.318.

MC CALL CORPORATION

Langlie, Arthur B. “The Printed Word… Its Values for Today and Tomorrow”, in Newcomen Addresses, DBWSTK T1.N46 1959.

McARTHUR CHEMICAL CO. LTD.

Historical information about this company can be found in the May 1967 Centennial issue of Industrial Canada or by clicking here.

McARTHUR, IRWIN LTD.

Historical information about this company can be found in the May 1967 Centennial issue of Industrial Canada or by clicking here.

McAVITY DIVISION OF CRANE CANADA LIMITED

Historical information about this company can be found in the May 1967 Centennial issue of Industrial Canada or by clicking here.

MCC (MICROELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION)

Gibson, David V. and Everett M. Rogers. R&D Collaboration on Trial. 1994.
HD9696.C64M524 1994

McCAIN FOODS LIMITED

             Culligan, B. Susan. "McCain Foods Limited ", in International Directory of Company Histories, HD2721.I57. Vol. 77,
             2006, p.253.

Grant, Tina, ed. “McCain Foods Limited”, in Canadian Company Histories,
HD2809.C364. Vol.1, 1996, p.167.

Pitts, Gordon. The Codfathers: Lessons from the Atlantic Business Elite
DBWSTK HC112.5.A2P57 2005

Waldie, Paul. A House Divided: The Untold Story of the McCain Family.
HD9217.C24M337 1996

Woloschuk, Michael. Family Ties: The Real Story of the McCain Feud.
DBWSTK HD9217.C24M338 1995

Harrison McCain (November 23, 1927 - March 18, 2004)
News of Mr. McCain's death in March 2004 resulted in many articles and obituaries. For your convenience, the date of his death is provided here and samples of some of the sources that contain information relating to him and the McCain empire are provided here:
"Harrison McCain: Obituary," The Times, March 23, 2004.
"Harrison McCain, French-fry Titan," International Herald Tribune, March 23, 2004.
"French fry Magnate Fondly Remembered; The Village of Florenceville Gathers to bid Goodbye to Harrison McCain, its Famous Benefactor," The Globe and Mail, March 24, 2004.
"He walked to his own Beat; ‘Larger-than-life' Multi-millionaire Quietly Gave Money and Time to Countless Causes," Donald Savoie, The Globe and Mail, September 24, 2004.
"Plain folks Mourn Food Magnate," The Toronto Star, March 24, 2004.
______

50th Anniversary article. The citation listed below is useful:

"From Cow Pasture to World Leader: McCain Foods has come a long way in 50 Years...", by Keith McArthur, The Globe and Mail, June 20, 2007, p.B6.

 

2011-   Obituary: Wallace McCain – (April 9, 1930 – May 13, 2011)
The death of Wallace McCain was reported in May 2011 and the related articles and obituaries contain many useful facts about McCain Foods and the relationship between Wallace and Harrison, who died in 2004 (see above).
“Wallace McCain Dies at 81: Fed the World Frozen Fries,” Ian Austen, The New York Times, May 16, 2011
“Food Magnate Made ‘Indelible Impact,” Tim Shufelt, National Post, May 16, 2011.
“Wallace McCain Remembered as Entrepreneur, Philanthropist: Politician, Businessmen and Acquaintences Pay Tribute to Florenceville Entrepreneur,” Chris Morris, Times and Transcript, May 16, 2011.
“McCain Foods Co-Founder Dies,” CBC News, May 14, 2011.

McCANN-ERICKSON WORLDWIDE ADVERTISING

Freeman, Laurie. "McCann-Erickson Worldwide Advertising" in The Advertising Age Encyclopedia of Advertising, ed. by John McDonough & Karen Egolf, Vol 2, p.1007-1013.
HF5803.A38 2003

McCLELLAND AND STEWART

A brief, but informative history of the company is provided at the M&S site (mcclelland.com). For your convenience, and with the permission of McClelland and Stewart, a copy is available here.

King, James. Jack, a Life with Writers: the Story of Jack McClelland. 1999
DBWSTK Z483.M153K56 1999

McClelland, Jack. Imagining Canadian Literature: The Selected Letters of Jack McClelland
DBWSTJK Z483.M153A4 1998

Parker, George L.A History of a Canadian Publishing House: A Study of the Relation Between Publishing and the Profession of Writing, 1890-1940 (microform)
DBW microfiche Z674.C36P239 1969

Update 2012: Early in the year it was announced that Random House (part of Bertelsmann) has taken over McClelland. See, for example:
“Bertelsmann Takes Full Control of McClelland & Stewart,” John Barber, G&M, Jan. 10, 2012.“One of the last bastions of 20th-century cultural nationalism in Canada slipped into history when international publishing conglomerate Bertelsmann AG, owner of Random House and its Canadian subsidiaries, absorbed the final semi-independent remnant of iconic publisher McClelland & Stewart.”
see also:
From the Canadian Press: Wed. Jan. 11, 2012.
“Random House becomes sole owner of McClelland and Stewart”
Random House of Canada has become the sole owner of McClelland & Stewart after acquiring the remaining 75 per cent stake of the renowned publisher from the University of Toronto. "I'm very excited about this because I started my career over 30 years ago at McClelland & Stewart, and McClelland & Stewart is the most iconic and oldest of all the Canadian publishers," Brad Martin, president and CEO of Random House of Canada, said Tuesday in a telephone interview.Random House has had a 25 per cent stake in McClelland & Stewart since 2000, when Avie Bennett, chairman and sole owner of M&S, sold that portion to the publishing house. The businessman and philanthropist donated the other 75 per cent to the University of Toronto. The school said it acted as a steward while Random House ran the company.....
Wikipedia entry: McClelland & Stewart

McCORD CORPORATION

Gilmour, Stuart Clark. The Divestment Decision Process.
HD2741.G55 1973a

McCORMICK AND COMPANY (London,Ontario)

McCormick Manufacturing Company. A Trip Through the Palace of Sweets.
DBW(Regional Collection) HD9330.C653C26 1925.
For additional information on this company which began as Gorman, Dyson & Company and later became Club House Foods Ltd see the article "Founders Made $9.63 a Week: Club House Began with $750," in the Canadian Grocer, November, 1986, p.160. This magazine is found in the Business Library. For your convenience the article has been copied and is available here.

McCORMICK HARVESTING MACHINE COMPANY
see also INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER

Casson, Herbert N. Cyrus Hall McCormick: His Life and Work.
DBWSTK HD9486.U42

McCormick, Cyrus The Century of the Reaper. DBWSTK S695.M3

McCORMICK'S LIMITED

Historical information about this company can be found in the May 1967 Centennial issue of Industrial Canada or by clicking here.

McCRORY CORPORATION

On March 16, the Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service carried a story about the demise of McCrory. See, for example: Amy Worden, "Cashing Out: Last of five-and-dimes Closes its Till," Saturday, March 16, 2002. She reported: "The five-and-dime store, a beloved fixture on America's Main Streets for generations, was born more than a century ago in Pennsylvania. Next week, the lone remaining McCrory-owned store will shut its doors in Harrisburg, Pa., and the last of the original variety store chains will fade away...." "This sale marks the final chapter in the history of the last of the major five-and-dime retailors in America", said Paul Buxbaum, chief executive officer of the Buxbaum Group, a California-based liquidator overseeing the company's going-out-of-business sale."
For a good background article on McCrory and the other major five-and-dimes see, Alan R. Raucher, "Dime Store Chains: The Making of Organization Men, 1880-1940," in Business History Review, Vol.65, No.1,Spring, 1991, p.130.

Barmash, Isadore. For the Good of the Company: Work and Interplay in a Major American Corporation. 1976.
HF5465.U6M223

McCrory Corporation. Constructivism and Geometric Tradition: Selections from the McCrory Corporation Collection.
DBWSTK N6494.C63M32 1979

McDONALD'S CORPORATION

Boas, Maxwell. Big Mac: The Unauthorised Story of McDonald's.
HD9009.M3B6 1976

Fishwick, Marshall William. Ronald Revisited: The World of Ronald McDonald.
DBWSTK TX945.5.M33R66 1983

Kroc, Ray. Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's.
TX910.5.K76A34 1977

Love, John F. McDonald's: Behind the Arches.
TX945.5.M33L68 1986

Sowell Harris, Patricia. None of Us Is As Good As All of Us TX945.5.M33H37 2009

Wikipedia entry: McDonald's Canada

McDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION

Biddle, Wayne. Barons of the Sky: From Early Flight to Strategic Warfare: The Story of the American Aerospace Industry
HD9711.5.U6B54 2001

Francillon, Rene J. McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Since 1920. 1979.
DBWSTK TL686.M25F7

Godson, John. The Rise and Fall of the DC-10.
DBWSTK TL686.M25G6 1975

McFARLAND

Baldwin, Nick, et.al. The World Guide to Automobile Manufacturers
HD9710.A2W6686 1987.
A short profile of this U.S. automobile company is found on p.301.

McGRAW-EDISON COMPANY

Williams, Edward Joseph. Partners in Success: The Story of McGraw-Edison Company. Newcomen Publication.
DBWSTK HD9697.A3U59 1978

McGRAW-HILL PUBLISHING COMPANY

Burlingame, Roger. Endless Frontiers: The Story of McGraw-Hill. 1959.
Z473.M34B87

MCILLHENNY CO.

Rothfeder, Jeffrey. McIlhenny's Gold : How a Louisiana Family Built the Tabasco Empire.
HD9330.S364M457 2007
From the publisher:
"The story of the powerful McIlhennys of Louisiana, who turned hot peppers into a Tabasco fortune." After the Civil War ended, Edmund McIlhenny, an ambitious and tenacious Louisiana businessman, found himself with few prospects. The South's economy in ruins and his millions of dollars in Confederacy currency worthless, he had no choice but to return with his wife, Mary, to her family home in Avery Island, a former sugar plantation destroyed by Union soldiers. To McIlhenny's surprise, the hot peppers he had planted before being forced off the island had flourished. Desperate to start a new business, he chopped up the peppers, combined them with salt and vinegar, and produced the first batch of hot pepper sauce. Or so the story goes. He called the sauce Tabasco. In this fascinating history, Jeffrey Rothfeder tells how, from a simple idea—the outgrowth of a handful of peppers planted on an isolated island on the Gulf of Mexico—a secretive family business emerged that would produce one of the best-known products in the world. In short order, McIlhenny's descendants would turn Tabasco into a gold mine and an icon of pop culture, making it as recognizable as far bigger brands such as Coca-Cola and Kleenex.
To this day, the McIlhenny Co., still run by a family of matchless characters who believe in a rigid code of family loyalty, clings to tradition and the old ways of doing business. Yet by fiercely protecting its beloved brand and refusing to sell out to big food conglomerates, this family business has run circles around its competitors, churning out annual revenues that have surpassed everyone's expectations. A delectable and satisfying read for both Tabasco fans and business buffs, McIlhenny's Gold is the untold story of the continuing success of an eccentric, private company; a lively history of one of the most popular consumer products of all times; and an exploration of our desire to test the limits of human tolerance for fiery foods"

McINTYRE MINES LIMITED

 

"McIntyre Mines Limited" in Energy in Canada: 1986. Compiled by the Southam Energy Group. p.128
HD9502.C3E54 1986

MCKAY-COCKER CONSTRUCTION LTD.

In September 2010 this London construction company was sold to the French firm Groupe Fayolle. Some details of the sale are found in a useful article by Norman De Bono. See: “London Giant Nailed in Sale,” London Free Press, September 14, 2010. Some comments from that article:
“But there will be no changes at McKay-Cocker Construction Ltd. after Fayolle Canada Inc. and MC Group Inc., both subsidiaries of Groupe Fayolle, an 80-year-old French, family-owned construction company, bought the London builder.
“The deal closed Sept. 1.
MC Group becomes the parent of McKay-Cocker, Magil and Task. In a release Fayolle stated the two businesses share “common business philosophies” while it offers the London firm an international base for future growth.”
This additional information is from the website of McKay-Cocker (Sept. 2010):
"Refining 65 years of experience for a competitive advantage".McKay-Cocker Construction Limited is built on strong basics. The standards of quality service and efficiency, established by Hugh McKay and Herb Cocker, have been enhanced by future generations of management. Many of our management staff started with McKay-Cocker directly from university, college or an apprenticeship program. The fundamentals of construction are reflected in our approach to any current challenge.

McKIM, MEAD & WHITE

Reilly, Charles Herbert, Sir. McKim, Mead & White.
DBWSTK NA737.M4R4 1972

Wilson, Richard Guy. McKim, Mead & White, Architects.
DBWSTK NA737.M4W54 1983

McKINNON INDUSTRIES LTD.

Historical information about this company can be found in the 31st edition of The Canadian Register of Commerce and Industry or by clicking here.

McLAUGHLIN CARRIAGE COMPANY

Murray, Douglas; McLaughlin, Robert Samuel, “A quarter century of car making [by R.S. McLaughlin, as told to Douglas Murray], Maclean’s Magazine, 44:5 March 1, 1931 p. 10, 32+
“Provides a brief history of the Canadian automobile industry, with the focus on the McLaughlin Motor Car Co. and General Motors of Canada. Ford started to manufacture cars in Canada about 1903 and has continued to the present time. The McLaughlin Co. entered the field in 1906 and today, as General Motors, is a large factor in the industry, but several other attempts at producing Canadian cars have ended in failure, including the Tudhope Everett, the Brockville Atlas, the Galt, the Russell and the London Six. Suggests that affiliation with a larger parent company is necessary for a Canadian company to be able to compete successfully against foreign products which have large volume and markets. "It is economically unsound to design, develop and manufacture a car complete in Canada."-- The illustrations are four reproductions of McLaughlin Carriage Co. lithographed calendar pictures from 1905, 1906, 1907 and 1911, and a photograph of the latest sixteen-cylinder model at "Parkwood", the McLaughlin home at Oshawa, Ontario”

For a book related to this company and additional information see the entry for GENERAL MOTORS OF CANADA. The brief description below was copied from the City of Oshawa web site in March 2002. The url is provided.
McLaughlin Carriage Company
(from the Oshawa site: http://www.city.oshawa.on.ca/tourism/history3.html)
"In 1876, Robert McLaughlin, who had already established a carriage works business, relocated to Oshawa, drawn by its
flourishing rail and harbour facilities. With the help of a $50,000 interest-free loan from the Town of Oshawa, the McLaughlin Carriage Company quickly developed into the largest carriage works in the British Empire. With the automobile fast gaining popularity, the McLaughlins decided to enter the business by contracting with the Buick Motor Car Company of Michigan for use of the Buick engine in the McLaughlin car. Automobile production began in 1907 when 198 McLaughlin automobiles were built. In 1915, the McLaughlins acquired the rights to build Chevrolets and the Chevrolet Motor Car Company of Canada was formed. This resulted in the sale of the carriage business. Three years later, the McLaughlin Motor Car Company and Chevrolet Motor Car Company of Canada were merged to create General Motors of Canada, Limited, a wholly-owned unit of the General Motors Corporation, with Robert Samuel McLaughlin as President."

** It is interesting to note that Col. Sam McLaughlin was a major philanthropist and that the "McLaughlin Foundation" was finally wound down in 2002. The University of Western Ontario received over $3 million and other local institutions benefitted as well. See the Canadian Press story by Helen Branswell, "McLaughlin's Charity Shutting Down,", London Free Press, Friday, May 24, 2002, p.d9.

Baldwin, Nick, et.al. The World Guide to Automobile Manufacturers
HD9710.A2W6686 1987.
A short profile of this Canadian automobile company is found on p.302.

MCLEOD, NOLAN AND COMPANY

Ross, Allan E. "The History of McLeod, Nolan and Company, Cigar Manufacturers, London, 1901-1931"
ARCC VF450

also see Grimwood, Carroll John. "The Cigar Manufacturing Industry in London, Ontario: The Causes for the Decline of the Cigar Manufacturing Industry in London"
H31. L8G86

McMAN OIL AND GAS COMPANY

Tyson, Carl N. The McMan: The Lives of Robert M. McFarlin and James A. Chapman. 1977.
DBWSTK HD9570.M22T97

McMURDO, T., & CO. LTD

Historical information about this company can be found in the May 1967 Centennial issue of Industrial Canada or by clicking here.

McRAE'S DEPARTMENT STORES

McRae, Richard Duncan. "Main Entrance" in Mississippi: The McRae Story. Newcomen Publication. 1971.
DBWSTK HF5465.U6M235

MDC PARTNERS INC

Covell, Jeffrey. "MDC Partners Inc.", in International Directory of Company Histories, HD2721.I57. Vol. 63, 2004, p.290.

MDS NORDION
See also Eldorado Mining and Refining

Litt, Paul. Isotopes and Innovation: MDS Nordion's First Fifty Years, 1946-1996.
HD9539.R284M37 2000.

MEAD CORPORATION

Carr, William H.A. Up Another Notch: Institution Building at Mead.
DBWSTK HD9829.M4C37 1989

Whitaker, H.E. “Humane Enterprise: An Account of The Mead Corporation (1846-1963)”, in Newcomen Addresses, DBWSTK T1.N46 1963.

Ziegler, Raymond J. “Mead Corporation”, in Current Cases in Business,
HC106.Z55 1964, p.92.

MEAKINS & SONS LTD.

Historical information about this company can be found in the May 1967 Centennial issue of Industrial Canada or by clicking here.

MEDICI BANK

De Roover, Raymond, The Rise and Decline of the Medici Bank, 1397-1494
DBWSTK HG3090.F5D42 1963

MEGA BLOKS INC.

Woodward, A . "Mega Bloks Inc.", in International Directory of Company Histories, HD2721.I57. Vol. 61, 2004, p.207.

MEGOWEN-EDUCATOR FOOD COMPANY

Megowen, Robert Lee. "Educator" in the Cracker and Biscuit Industry in U.S.A. and in Great Britain. Newcomen Publication. 1950.
DBWSTK T1.N46 1950.

MEIGHEN GROUP

See Chapter 9, "The Canadian Experience," in The Story of Investment Companies, by Hugh Bullock ( HG4530.B82), 1959, pp. 118-130.

MEIJER THRIFTY ACRES STORES

Meijer, Hendrik G. Thrifty Years: The Life of Hendrik Meijer.
DBWSTK HF5469.23.U64M456 1984

Obituary: Frederik Meijer - Dec. 7, 1919 – Nov. 25, 2011
Frederik, the son of Hendrik mentioned above died in 2011.

This is the obit from the Meijer site – Dec. 2, 2011:
Fred Meijer, a pioneer of supercenter retailing and visionary philanthropist, died Friday, November 25 in Grand Rapids. He was 91. He was a native of Greenville, MI, where his father, Hendrik, a Dutch immigrant barber, opened a grocery store in 1934. In 1946, he married Lena Rader, a cashier in that original store. He is survived by his beloved Lena, their three sons, Hank (Liesel) Meijer, Doug (Starr) Meijer and Mark (Mary Beth) Meijer, and seven grandchildren whose company he always enjoyed.   Born December 7, 1919, Fred worked in the store from the start, helping his father build the tiny grocery into a chain of supermarkets. In 1962, under Fred’s leadership, the chain opened its first “Thrifty Acres” store in Grand Rapids, a huge one-stop shopping discount emporium. As the company grew he was always an advocate of promoting people from within, an outspoken champion of civil rights, and a zealot for low prices. Fred – and he was, to his employees, simply “Fred” – was known for his competitive spirit and a keen sense of his own humble origins. In industry affairs, he was one of the longest serving directors of the Food Marketing Institute (formerly the Super Market Institute), and winner of its Sidney Raab award for outstanding service.  In his adopted hometown of Grand Rapids he played a vital role in the early years of the local Urban League and Goodwill Industries, and helped lead downtown urban renewal efforts. In 1984 he worked with a group of civic leaders and friends of President Ford to build the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum on the west bank of the Grand River. In those years he also served on the Cleveland District Board of the Federal Reserve. More recently, he was an active member of the Improvement Association.  While the Meijer name became synonymous with many civic and charitable undertakings, Fred’s most significant contribution lay with the creation in 1994 of the Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park. The conservatory and park reflect a blend of his passion for sculpture and Lena’s for gardening. The collection of contemporary sculpture now ranks among the finest in the world, in a complex which has become one of the region’s leading attractions.  Even at 91 he continued to attend meetings in the Meijer offices and motivate new generations of team members with his passion for customer service, fair play and low prices. He served as chairman emeritus of the company until his death. He will be lovingly missed by his bride of 65 years, his family, and all of those graced by his easygoing smile including kids of all ages who were recipients of his famous Purple Cow ice cream cards.  A private memorial service will be held Wednesday, November 30. Public visitation will be held Tuesday from 2 to 10 PM at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, 1000 E. Beltline NE. Memorial contributions may be made to Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in memory of Fred.

There are many obituaries to be found during late Nov. and early December, 2011 – especially in Michigan newspapers and magazines. One example: “Meijer Made Mark Not Just in Business, But Also in Philanthropy,” Crain’s Detroit Business, Dec. 12, 2011.
Also from the Meijer website, one learns this information in 2011:

Meijer Facts
Corporate Offices: 
Grand Rapids, MI
Regional Offices: 5
Combination Stores: 200+

Gas Stations: 177
C-Stops: 6
Car Washes: 2
Distribution Facility Complexes: 4
Manufacturing Facilities: 2

Where We Are Today…
With over 190 stores in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky, our company continues to handle our business based on the simple philosophy that led Hendrik to start this business in the first place, “…take care of your customers, team members, and community… and all of those will take care of you, just like a family.” Here at Meijer, we aren’t just about business… we are family; having been family-owned for 75 years, our commitment to higher standards and lower prices comes from our family to yours.

MELLON NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY

Denton, Frank R. “The Mellons of Pittsburgh”, in Newcomen Addresses, DBWSTK T1.N46 1948.

MELVILLE SHOE CORPORATION

Rooney, Francis C. Creative Merchandising in an Era of Change. Newcomen Publication. 1970.
DBWSTK HD9787.U6M446

MEOTA NATURAL GAS CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION LTD

"Meota Natural Gas Co-Operative Association, Ltd.", see, Harvesting the Flame: The History of Alberta's Rural Natural Gas Cooperatives, Fay Orr.
DBWOVR HD9581.C33A467 1989.

MERCANTILE BANK OF CANADA

Fayerweather, John. The Mercantile Bank Affair: A Case Study of Canadian Nationalism and a Multinational Firm.
DBWSTK HG2708.M47F38 1974

Historical information about this company can be found in the 31st edition of The Canadian Register of Commerce and Industry or by clicking here.

MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA

Green, Edwin. The Paradise Bank: The Mercantile Bank of India, 1893-1984.
DBWSTK HG3288.M74G74 1999

MERCANTILE NATIONAL BANK, DALLAS

Francis, John Darrell. The Growing Story of the Mercantile National Bank. Newcomen Publication. 1971.
DBWSTK HG2613.D18M414

MERCEDES- BENZ
See DAIMLER-BENZ

MERCER AUTOMOBILE COMPANY

Baldwin, Nick, et.al. The World Guide to Automobile Manufacturers
HD9710.A2W6686 1987.
A short profile of this U.S. automobile company is found on p.320.

May, George S. "Mercer Automobile Company ," in The Automobile Industry, 1896 -1920, ed. by George S. May, Vol. 1, p. 333-335.
DBWOVR HD9710.U5A787 1990.

MERCHANTS' BANK OF HALIFAX

Anon. List of Stockholders of the Merchants' Bank: with number of votes to which each is entitled.
DBW Microfiche NO LOAN F 1003.C5 no. 60142

Anon. Merchants Bank of Halifax: Notice is Hereby Given, that the Annual General Meeting of the Stockholders of the Merchants Bank of Halifax will be held at the room of the Young Men's Christian Association.
DBW Microfiche NO LOAN F 1003.C5 no. 60155

MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK & TRUST COMPANY OF INDIANAPOLIS

Frenzel, Otto N. “The City and The Bank 1865-1965: The Story of Merchants National Bank & Trust Company of Indianapolis”, in Newcomen Addresses, DBWSTK T1.N46 1965.

MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK

Melvin, Crandall, Sr. A History of The Merchants National Bank and Trust Company of Syracuse, New York: One Hundred Eighteen Years.
HG2613.S94M415 1969

MERCHANTS NATIONAL OF BOSTON

Chapman, Richard P. “One Hundred Twenty-five Years on State Street! Merchants National of Boston, (1831-1956)” in Newcomen Addresses, DBWSTK T1.N46, Vol.3, 1956.

MERCHANTS' NATIONAL BANK OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

Hubert, Philip G. The Merchants' National Bank of the City of New York.
DBWSTK HG2613.N54M414 1980.

MERCK & CO. LIMITED

Hawthorne, Fran. The Merck Druggernaut: The Inside Story of a Pharmaceutical Giant.
HD9666.9.M4H39 2003

Lynn, Matthew. The Billion-Dollar Battle: Merck v. Glaxo. 1991.
HD9666.9.M4L96 1991

Merck Frosst Canada Inc. "Merck Frosst Canada Inc." in A Brief to the Commission of Inquiry on the Pharmaceutical Industry in Canada. Section 6, pp.21-29. 1984.
DBWGOV CA1 PV1884P36111.
This brief company history traces the evolution of Merck from; Charles E. Frosst & Co. to Merck & Co. Limited to Merck Sharp & Dohme Canada Limited to Laboratoires Merck Frosst Laboratories to Merck Frosst Canada Inc. For your convenience the entire section has been scanned and is available by clicking here.

Vagelos, Roy and Galambos, Louis. Medicine, Science and Merck.
WZ 100.V126 2004

MERCURY ASSET MANAGEMENT

Stormonth Darling, Peter. City Cinderella: the Life and Times of Mercury Asset Management. 1999.
HG4534.S76 1999

MERRYMOUNT PRESS

Winship, George. Daniel Berkeley Updike and the Merrymount Press of Boston, Massachusetts, 1860, 1894, 1941.
DBWSTK Z232.M57W5

MERRILL BANKSHARES COMPANY

Grant, John F. Merrill Bankshares Company. Newcomen Publication. 1977.
DBWSTK HG2613.B34M4714

MERRILL-LYNCH

Perkins, Edwin. Wall Street to Main Street: Charles Merrill and Middle-Class Investors.
HG172.M47P47 1999

MERRILL TRANSPORT COMPANY

Merrill, Paul E. Forty-Six Years a Truckman: The Story of Merrill Transport Company. Newcomen Publication. DBWSTK HE5623.Z7M474 1975.

MERSEY DOCKS

Lynch, Anthony. Weathering the Storm: the Mersey Docks Financial Crisis, 1970-74. 1994.
DBWSTK HE558.L5L95 1994

METCALFE TELEPHONES LTD.

Grindlay, Thomas. "Metcalfe Telephones Ltd", in A History of the Independent Telephone Industry in Ontario, p.176.

METHANEX CORPORATION

Dinger, Ed. "Methanex Corporation", in International Directory of Company Histories,
HD2721.I57. Vol. 40, 2001, p.316.

METHOD

Ryan, Eric and Adam Lowry. The Method Method.
HD30.28.R927 2011

 

METRO INC.
see also A&P

Gasbarre, April. "Metro Inc.", in International Directory of Company Histories, HD2721.I57. Vol. 77, 2006, p.271.
This article offers a good history of Metro Inc. which began as Magasins la Salle Stores Limitée. The article also includes key dates and a good bibliography up until 2005. In that year, Metro Inc. took over A&P Canada and additional information is found at the entry for the Great Atlantica and Pacific Tea Company.
See also the METRO-RICHELIEU INC. below

Metro Inc. homepage- HISTORY

METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER, INC.

Carey, Gary. All the Stars in Heaven: Louis B. Mayer's M-G-M. 1981.
DBWSTK PN1999.M4C3

Crowther, Bosley. The Lion's Share.
DBWSTK PN1999.M4C76 1985

Eames, John Douglas. The MGM Story: The Complete History of Fifty Roaring Years.
DBWOVR PN1999.M4E2 1975

METROMEDIA, INC.

Kluge, John W. "The Metromedia Story..." Newcomen Publication. 1974.
DBWSTK HE8689.8.K54

METROPOLITAN DISTRICT RAILWAY COMPANY

Edmonds, Alexander. History of the Metropolitan District Railway Company to June 1908. 1973.
DBWOVR HE3020.M5E36

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

James, Marquis. The Metropolitan Life: a Study in Business Growth. 1947.
+ DBWSTK HG8963.M52J3 1947

METROPOLITAN TORONTO HOUSING

McMahon, Michael Metro’s Housing Company: The First 35 Years.
DBWSTK HD7288.78.C22T665 1990 (2 copies)

METRO-RICHELIEU INC.

Grant, Tina, ed. “Metro-Richelieu Inc”, in Canadian Company Histories,
HD2809.C364. Vol.1, 1996, p.170.

METZ COMPANY

Kimes, Beverly Rae . "Metz Company," in The Automobile Industry, 1896 -1920, ed. by George S. May, Vol. 1, p. 335-336.
DBWOVR HD9710.U5A787 1990.

MEXBOROUGH AND SWINTON TRACTION CO. LTD.

Cockshott, J. S. Yorkshire Company Operators.
HE5663.A6C63

MG

Baldwin, Nick, et.al. The World Guide to Automobile Manufacturers
HD9710.A2W6686 1987.
A short profile of this British automobile company is found on p.323.

MICHELIN

Harp, Stephen L. Marketing Michelin: Advertising & Cultural Identity in Twentieth Century France.
HF6161.T55H37 2001

MICHIGAN CREDIT UNION LEAGUE

Crews, Cecil Robert. "History of the Michigan Credit Union League"
HG 2038.M5C73 1971

MICHIGAN NATIONAL BANK

Poll, Richard Douglas. Howard J. Stoddard, Founder, Michigan National Bank. 1980.
DBWSTK HG2463.S76P64

MICHIGAN’S CONSUMER POWER COMPANY

Bush, George Future Builders: The Story of Michigan’s Consumer Power Company.
HD9688.U54C63

MICROAGE INC.

Rodengen, Jeffrey. The MicroAge Way.
HD9696.C64M497 1996

MICROSOFT CORPORATION

Andrews, Paul. How the Web was Won: Microsoft from Windows to the Web: the Inside story of How Bill Gates and his band of Internet Idealists Transformed a Software Empire. 1999
HD9696.63.U64M532 1999

Heilemann, John. Pride Before the Fall: The Trials of Bill Gates and the End of the Microsoft Era.
KF228.U5H45 2001.

Ichbiah, Daniel. The Making of Microsoft: How Bill Gates and His Team Created the World's Most Successful Software Company.
HD9696.C64M53513 1991

Manes, Stephen. Gates: How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented an Industry -- and Made Himself the Richest Man in America. 1993.
HD9696.C62G336 1993.

McKenzie, Richard B. Trust on Trial: How the Microsoft Case is Reframing the Rules of Competition.
HD9696.63.U64M535 2000.

Microsoft Corporation. Inside Out: Microsoft - In Our Own Words.
HD9696.63U64M5363 2000

Slater, Robert. Microsoft Rebooted: How Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer Reinvented Their Company
HD 9696.63.U64M5376 2004

Stross, Randall E. The Microsoft Way: The Real Story of How the Company Outsmarts the Competition. 1996.
HD9696.C64S77 1996

Tsang, Cheryl. Microsoft First Generation: the Success Secrets of the Visionaries Who Launched a Technology Empire. 2000.
HD9696.63.U64M538 2000

MIDLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

McIntosh, James B. The Midland Mutual Life Insurance Company: "The Pearl of the Midwest". Newcomen Publication. 1973.
DBWSTK HG8963.M552M3

MIDWAY AIRLINES

Smith, Myron J., Jr . "Midway Airlines," in The Airlines Industry, ed. by William M. Leary, p.292. (each entry typically has a brief biliography).
TL509.E54 1992

MIDWEST SURVEYS

Anonymous ,“Surveying Western Canada for 60 Years,”. Business in Calgary, Nov 2009. Vol. 19, Iss. 11, p. S1
From the anniversary article in the publication above one learns that:
-The company was founded by Jerry Simpson in 1949 and was known as the Simpson Elevation Company Ltd.

-“The company changed its name to Midwest Surveys Ltd. to service Alberta and Midwest Surveys (Regina) Ltd. for the Saskatchewan business. They operated as two separate entities

until 1999 when they merged the two companies to form one again, as it is known today, Midwest Surveys Inc.”

-“In the early 2000s the company had grown to employ over 250 people with nine offices in Western Canada. In 2004, Midwest was selected by the Globe and Mail as one of the Top 50 Employers in Canada, ranked 24th in the nation. Among their acquisitions over the years, they purchased Cridland and Associates. A few years later, they partnered with Bennett Land Surveying and opened an office in northeast British Columbia.”

- “The ownership of Midwest Surveys is unique because they are 100 per cent employee owned. “We have 114 shareholders, they are all employees and this aspect really sets us apart from our competitors.
http://www.midwestsurveys.com/

MILES LABORATORIES, INC.

Compton, Walter Ames. Serving Needs in Health and Nutrition: The Story of Miles Laboratories, Inc. Newcomen Publication. 1973.
DBWSTK RS192.C65

Salomon, Alan. "Miles Laboratories, Inc." in The Advertising Age Encyclopedia of Advertising, ed. by John McDonough & Karen Egolf, Vol 2, p.1043-1046.
HF5803.A38 2003

MILLER BREWING COMPANY

O'Hara, Christopher B. Great American Beer: 50 Brands That Shaped the Twentieth Century HD9397.U52038 2006.
A short history is found on p.50.

MILTON ROY COMPANY

Sheen, Robert T. The Milton Roy Story: From a Basement Workshop to a Professionally Managed Public Company. Newcomen Publication. 1972.
DBWSTK HD9705.U64M58 1972

MINNEAPOLIS-MOLINE COMPANY

Thomas, Norman F. Minneapolis-Moline: A History of its Formation and Operations.
DBWSTK HD9486.U6M57 1976

MINNEAPOLIS BREWING COMPANY

O'Hara, Christopher B. Great American Beer: 50 Brands That Shaped the Twentieth Century
HD9397.U52038 2006.
A short history is found on p.80 under GRAIN BELT.

MINNEAPOLIS STAR AND TRIBUNE COMPANY

Morrison, Bradley L. Sunlight on your Doorstep: The Minneapolis Tribune's First Hundred Years, 1867-1967. 1966.
DBWSTK PN4899.M55T7

MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY

A Century of Innovation: The 3M Story.
HD9729.M5C33 2002

Gundling, Ernest. The 3M Way to Innovation: Balancing People and Profit.
HD9729.M5G863 2000.

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company. Our Story So Far: Notes From the First 75 Years of 3M Company.
HD9729.M5M5 1977

Huck, Virginia, Brand of the Tartan: The 3M Story.
HD9729.M5H83. 1955.

Historical information about this company can be found in the 31st edition of The Canadian Register of Commerce and Industry or by clicking here.

MISSION HILL FAMILY ESTATE WINERY

Aspler, Tony, The Wine Atlas of Canada,
TP559.C2A863 2006
A short history of this B.C. winery is found on p.82.

MISSISSIPPI POWER COMPANY

Watson, A.J. “Electric Power and People Power: The Story of the Mississippi Power Company”, in Newcomen Addresses, DBWSTK T1.N46 1969.

MISSISSIPPI POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY

Brown, Rex . “Power in Mississippi: A History of “Mississippi Power & Light””, in Newcomen Addresses,
DBWSTK T1.N46 Vol.1, 1954.

MISSISSIPPI SHIPPING COMPANY

Mellin, Gilbert Myer. The Mississippi Shipping Company: A Case Study in the Development of Gulf Coast-South American and West African Shipping, 1919-1953. 1955.
DBWSTK HE753.M55M4

MISSOURI & NORTH ARKANSAS RAILROAD COMPANY

Fair, James Rutherford. The North Arkansas Line: The Story of the Missouri & North Arkansas Railroad.
DBWSTK HE2791.M7467 1969

MISSOURI, KANSAS AND TEXAS RAILWAY COMPANY

Fraser, Donald Vincent. "Katy," Pioneer Railroad of the Southwest! 1865. Newcomen Publication. 1953.
DBWSTK T1.N46 1953 V.1

Masterson, Vincent Victor. The Katy Railroad and the Last Frontier.
DBWSTK HE2791.M68M3

MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD

Allen, Ruth Alice. The Great Southwest Strike. 1942.
DBWSTK HD5325.R12 1885.S7

Jenks, Downing B. The Missouri Pacific Story. Newcomen Publication. 1977.
DBWSTK HD9503.U54M574

Miner, H. Craig. The Rebirth of the Missouri Pacific, 1956-1983.
DBWSTK HE2791.M7593M55 1983

MISSOURI PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY

Green, Richard “The Missouri Public Service Company: A Saga of Free Enterprise”, in Newcomen Addresses, DBWSTK T1.N46 Vol.1, 1967.

MITCHELL

Baldwin, Nick, et.al. The World Guide to Automobile Manufacturers
HD9710.A2W6686 1987.
A short profile of this U.S. automobile company is found on p.327.

MITCHELL, ROBERT, CO. LTD.

Historical information about this company can be found in the May 1967 Centennial issue of Industrial Canada or by clicking here.

Craig, Lawrence, “Metal founders since 1851,” Maclean’s Magazine, 43:5 March 1, 1930 p. 19, 56-57,
“History of the foundry established in Montreal in 1851 by Scottish immigrant Robert Mitchell (photo, p. 19: d. 1897), which has grown and flourished under his son Richard Mitchell (photo, p. 19: d. 1912) and his grandsons Leslie Stuart Mitchell (photo, p. 19: d. 1923) and Allan M. Mitchell (photo p. 19), the current president of the firm. Mitchell metalcraft can be found in metal fittings for railway cars of the CNR and CPR, in the new Bell Telephone and Royal Bank buildings in Montreal, in the Banff Springs and Empress Hotels, in the Chateau Laurier and in the bronze lighting fixtures installed in the Senate Chamber at Ottawa. Recently, the company purchased the National Bronze Co., the John Watson Co. and the Garth Co.”

MITEL CORPORATION

Wernick, Ellen. "Mitel Corporation", in International Directory of Company Histories,
HD2721.I57. Vol. 18, 1997, p.343.

MITSUBISHI

Baldwin, Nick, et.al. The World Guide to Automobile Manufacturers
HD9710.A2W6686 1987.
A short profile of this Japanese automobile company is found on p.328.

Chapman, Margaret L. Mitsubishi Motors in Illinois: Global Strategies, Local Impacts.
HD9710.U52C386 1995.

Mishima, Yasuo, Mitsubishi Zaibatsushi. (English title - The Mitsubishi: Its Challenge and Strategy)
DBWSTK HD2907.Z75M75 1989.

Wray, William. Mistubishi and the N.Y.K., 1870-1914: Business Strategy in the Japanese Shipping Industry.
DBWSTK HE945.N72W7 1984.

MOBIL OIL CANADA LIMITED

"Mobil Oil Canada Limited" in Energy in Canada: 1986, Compiled by the Southam Energy Group. p. 90
HD9502.C3E54 1986

Warner, Rawleigh, “Mobil Oil: A View From the Second Century”, in Newcomen Addresses,
DBWSTK T1.N46 Vol.2, 1966.

MOBILE AND OHIO RAILROAD

Lemly, James H. "Mobile and Ohio Railroad," in Railroads in the Nineteenth Century, ed. by Robert L. Frey, p. 262 (each entry typically has a bibliography and information about the company archives).
DBWOVR HE2751.R1433 1988

MOFFAT’S LTD.

Mullens, A. Raymond, “Cook-stove conquests”, Maclean’s Magazine, 43:17 September 1, 1930 p. 16-17, 50+
“History of Moffat's Ltd., Weston, Ontario, manufacturers and exporters of all types of stoves: woodburning, coal and wood, gas and electric. Interviews Thomas Lang Moffat, president of the company, who came to Canada from Glasgow at the age of five.-- Includes portrait photographs of J.K. Moffat, director, F.W. Moffat, vice-president, and C.L. Moffat, director”

MOHAWK AIRLINES, INC.

Leary, William M. "Mohawk Airlines," in The Airlines Industry, ed. by William M. Leary, p.293. (each entry typically has a brief biliography ).
TL509.E54 1992

Peach, Robert E. “Four-Seaters to Fan Jets: The Story of Mohawk Airlines, Inc.”, in Newcomen Addresses,
DBWSTK T1.N46 1964.

MOIRS LIMITED

Historical information about this company can be found in the May 1967 Centennial issue of Industrial Canada or by clicking here.

MOLONEY ELECTRIC COMPANY OF CANADA LTD.

Historical information about this company can be found in the 31st edition of The Canadian Register of Commerce and Industry or by clicking here.

MONROE AUTO EQUIPMENT

Andrea, David J . "Monroe Auto Equipment," in The Automobile Industry, 1896 -1920, ed. by George S. May, Vol. 1, p. 336-337.
DBWOVR HD9710.U5A787 1990.

MOLSON BREWERIES

Anon. "Molson Companies Ltd", in International Directory of Company Histories,
HD2721.I57. Vol. 1, 1988, p. 273.

Anon. "Molson Inc.", in Notable Corporate Chronologies.
HG4009.N68. Vol. 1, 3rd ed. 2001, p.1496.

Brent, Paul. Lager Heads: Labatt and Molson Face Off for Canada's Beer Money
HD 9397.C22B74 2004

Canadian Brewing Companies.
TP573.C2C36 2010

Cunningham, Peggy. "Molson, Inc." in The Advertising Age Encyclopedia of Advertising, ed. by John McDonough & Karen Egolf, Vol 2, p.1077-1079
HF5803.A38 2003

Dougal Gasbarre, April. "The Molson Companies Limited", in International Directory of Company Histories,
HD2721.I57. Vol. 26, 1999, p.303.

Grant, Tina, ed. “Molson Breweries”, in Canadian Company Histories,
HD2809.C364. Vol.1, 1996, p.173.

Hunter, Doug. Molson: The Birth of a Business Empire.
DBWSTL HD9397.C24M649 2002

Karen Molson. The Molsons: Their Lives and Times.
HD9397.C24M666 2001 Sandwell, Bernard Keble. The Molson Family. DBWSPE CS90.M6 1933

Woods, Shirley E. The Molson Saga, 1763-1983. 1984.
DBWRES CS90.M6 1984 (2 copies)

Historical information about this company can be found in the May 1967 Centennial issue of Industrial Canada or by clicking here.

MOLSONS BANK

Molson’s Bank. Annual Statements 1856 to 1899. 1900.
DBWMIC F1003.C5 no.11131

MONDAVI
see Robert Mondavi Winery

MONENCO
see Montreal Engineering Company

MONSANTO CHEMICAL COMPANY

Robin, Marie.The World According to Monsanto: Pollution, Corruption and the Control of the World's Food Supply.
HD9482.U64M6613 2010

American Management Association. A Program of Financial Planning and Controls: The Monsanto Chemical Company HG1.A5 no.103

Monsanto, behind the scenes [electronic resource] : a corporate profile [electronic resource]

MONTGOMERY WARD AND COMPANY

At the end of 2000 this company ceased to exist. The staff of the Business Library captured the text and images from Ward's web site. Apart from a brief history you will also find the company's final letters to customers and vendors by clicking here.

Anon. "Ward, Aaron Montgomery," in Encyclopedia of American Business History, ed. Charles Geisst, Vol.II, 2006, p.464.
HF3021.G44 2006.

Herndon, Booton. Satisfaction Guaranteed: An Unconventional Report to Today's Consumers. 1972.
HF5467.W3H47

Hoge, Cecil C. The First Hundred Years are the Toughest: What we can learn from the century of competition between Sears and Wards.
HF5467.S4H64 1988

MONTREAL BOARD OF TRADE

Collard, Edgar Andrew. Montreal Board of Trade: 1822 - 1972.
HF298.C64 1972

Montreal Board of Trade. The Montreal Board of Trade past and present [microform] : 1914-1915 ed
DBW (microfiche) F1003.C5 no. 85636

MONTREAL CITY AND DISTRICT SAVINGS BANK

Smyth, T. Taggart. The First Hundred Years: History of the Montreal City and District Savings Bank, 1846-1946.
DBWSTK HG2710.M7M726

MONTREAL ENGINEERING COMPANY

Sexton, Jack Monenco: The First 75 Years.
TA217.M67S48 1982

MONTREAL LIGHT, HEAT & POWER CONSOLIDATED

Sibley, C. Lintern, “Montreal's Power Colossus,” Maclean’s Magazine, 44:3 February 1, 1931 p. 6-7, 46+
“Profile of 75-year-old Sir Herbert S. Holt and the electric utility company he created, the Montreal Light, Heat and Power Consolidated, a complex holding company which has monopoly control over the distribution of hydroelectric power in Canada's largest city and its surrounding districts. Sir Herbert is the wealthiest man in Canada and a leading figure on the directorates of a number of the major industrial concerns in the country. In 1894 he acquired the Montreal Gas Light Co., and in 1900 he merged this concern with Royal Electric Co., which had been a distributor of power in Montreal since 1884. He added to them in 1903 the Lachine Rapids Hydraulic and Land Co., and later acquired the Quebec-New England Hydro-Electric Corp. (Montreal Public Service Corp.), thereby bringing years of controversy and fierce competition to an end. Provides a history of the holding company, lists its many subsidiaries, affiliates and other interests, and describes its operations and finances.-- The illustrations are photos of the company's Chambly power plant on the Richelieu River, the Cedars and Soulanges plants on the St Lawrence, the coke and gas plant at Lasalle, and two views of Victoria Square, Montreal”

MONTREAL STOCK EXCHANGE

Collard, Edgar Andrew. " Chalk to Computers: The Story of the Montreal Stock Exchange".
HG5131.M65C6 1974

Bergithon, Carl. "The Stock Exchange"
HG 5160.M7B4 [c1940]
"This book has been written with a view to provide information about the stock exchange in Canada, with particular reference to the Montreal Stock Exchange and the Montreal Curb Market. To my knowledge there is no previously published material in English on the subject, apart from scattered articles in newspapers and magazines, to which a student of the stock exchange and the stockbroking business can turn, and it is therefore hoped that this volume will fill a want."

Historical information about this company can be found in the 31st edition of The Canadian Register of Commerce and Industry or by clicking here.

MOON MOTOR CAR COMPANY

Baldwin, Nick, et.al. The World Guide to Automobile Manufacturers
HD9710.A2W6686 1987.
A short profile of this U.S. automobile company is found on p.332.

May, George S. "Moon Motor Car Company," in The Automobile Industry, 1896 -1920, ed. by George S. May, Vol. 1, p. 337-339.
DBWOVR HD9710.U5A787 1990.

MOORE CORPORATION

Grant, Tina, ed. “Moore Corporation Limited”, in Canadian Company Histories,
HD2809.C364. Vol.1, 1996, p.177.

Richardson (James) & Sons. The Business Forms Industry: An Examination of the Business Forms Industry and the Outlook for the Three Major North American Business Forms Producers..."The Group of Three". 1966. HD9999.O 4R53

Spayd, M.A. “A Business Built on Holes! “The Standard Register Company””, in Newcomen Addresses,
DBWSTK T1.N46 1957.

Ullman, Rosanne. "Moore Corporation Limited", in International Directory of Company Histories,
HD2721.I57. Vol. 4, 1991, p.644.

MOORE-MC CORMACK LINES, INC.

Lee, U.S.N.R. (Ret.), Rear Admiral Robert C. “Mr. Moore, Mr. McCormack-And The Seven Seas”, in Newcomen Addresses, DBWSTK T1.N46 1957.

MOOSEHEAD BREWERY LTD.

Canadian Brewing Companies.
TP573.C2C36 2010

Sawler, Harvey. Last Canadian Beer: The Moosehead Story. HD9397.C24M668 2008

Our History

"In 1865, John James Dunn Oland and his wife Susannah made the long trek, along with their seven children, from England to Nova Scotia. There they planned to live and work, with Susannah raising the children and John J.D. working with the Inter-colonial Railway as it stretched east into Truro, Nova Scotia. Things changed however, when Susannah began brewing a few batches of an old family recipe for “brown October ale,” a beer that had been brewed on their estate in England. The brew was so good, friends and neighbours persuaded the family to produce it on a larger scale and sell it to the public. In 1867, the Oland family opened their first brewery in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. It was known as the Army and Navy Brewery, named so because of the majority of its clients, and was located on the banks of Halifax Harbour. After a few years of operation, the Army and Navy Brewery began to prosper." [This is the first paragraphy from a history of the company found on their web site in 2006 -moosehead.com]

Moosehead is privately owned and as we write in 2006 it is now the largest Canadian-owned brewery, the other big ones having been sold over the last few years.

Further information about them can be found by using some of our databases. For one example, see this article that provides some historical background when Moosehead celebrated its 125th birthday. Eric Sfiligoj, "Staying Power: Three Brewers Mark Milestones," Beverage World, Vol.111, No.1522, Aug. 31, 1992, p.17

Pitts, Gordon. The Codfathers: Lessons from the Atlantic Business Elite
DBWSTK HC112.5.A2P57 2005

MORAN TOWING & TRANSPORTATION CO.

Moran, Edmond J. “The Moran Story”, in Newcomen Addresses, DBWSTK T1.N46 1965.

MORETTI

Baldwin, Nick, et.al. The World Guide to Automobile Manufacturers
HD9710.A2W6686 1987.
A short profile of this Italian automobile company is found on p.333.

MORGAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

Morgan, Philip M. The Morgans of Worcester. Newcomen Publication. 1951.
DBWSTK T1.N46 1951 V.2

MORGAN GRENFELL & CO.

Burk, Kathleen. Morgan Grenfell, 1838-1988: The Biography of a Merchant Bank.
DBWSTK HG2998.M67B87 1989

Hobsons, Dominic. The Pride of Lucifer: Morgan Grenfell, 1838-1988: The Unauthorised Biography of a Merchant Bank.
DBWSTK HD9397.G69H64 1990

MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK

Chernow, Ron. The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance.
DBWSTK HG2613.N54M6613 1990

Morgan Guaranty Trust Compnay of New York. 23 Wall Street. 1964.
DBWOVR HG4356.N5M6

MORGAN (J.P.) AND COMPANY

Corey, Lewis. The House of Morgan: A Social Biography of the Masters of Money. 1930.
DBWSTK HG2463.M6C

Forbes, John Douglas. Stettinius, Sr. Portrait of a Morgan Partner.
HG2463.S64F67 1974

Hoyt, Edwin Palmer. The House of Morgan.1966. HG2463.M62H69

Loucks, Henry Langford. The Great Conspiracy of the House of Morgan and How to Defeat It.
DBWSTK HG2481.L7 1975

Tett, Gillian. Fool’s Gold: How Unrestrained Greed Corrupted a Dream, Shattered Global Markets and Unleashed a Catastrophe
HG6024.U6
There must have been mixed emotions in the marbled parlours of JP Morgan when they learned that Gillian Tett, the FT’s capital markets editor, was writing a book concentrating on the role that their innovative credit derivative team of the 1990s played in the genesis of the financial crisis.

It is not always an unalloyed pleasure to have Tett on your case. She had her claws into the Old Lady – for reasons I have happily forgotten since – when I was at the Bank of England in the mid-1990s. Our lugubrious press officer, a man with a good sense of history, would report gloomily on each phase of what he described as “the Tett offensive”, as the Bank’s positions came under fire from unpredictable directions.

MORGAN STANLEY & COMPANY

Anon. "Morgan Stanley & Co. ," in Encyclopedia of American Business History, ed. Charles Geisst, Vol.I, 2006, p.282.
HF3021.G44 2006.

Beard, Patricia. Blue Blood & Mutiny: The Fight for the Soul of Morgan Stanley
HG4910.B3595 2007
[from the publisher’s description] The inside story of the power struggle that rocked Wall Street's most prestigious financial institution What began with a shot over the bow ended in a shocking coup d'etat. In less than four months a group of eight retired executives orchestrated a stunning revolt within Morgan Stanley, the venerable and—until recently—most successful financial services firm on Wall Street. Now acclaimed journalist and historian Patricia Beard brings together the entire behind-the-scenes story in Blue Blood and Mutiny, a real-life business thriller exposing the tale that shook high finance.
In March 2005 the business world woke up to an unprecedented full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal calling for the removal of Morgan Stanley's CEO. It was paid for by a cohort of eight former Morgan Stanley executives, including an ex-chairman and an ex-president, who soon would be dubbed the "Eight Grumpy Old Men." Their target was CEO Philip Purcell, a midwesterner who had come to power following Morgan Stanley's 1997 merger with Dean Witter Discover, where Purcell had been chief executive. In his eight years as CEO, Purcell had presided over a 50 percent decline in stock price since its peak in 2000 and a series of high-profile government and civil lawsuits that had tarnished the company's once-sterling reputation. Just a few months after the Journal ad, Purcell would retire under pressure, and former president John Mack, who had been pushed out by Purcell, was appointed CEO. The "Eight Grumpy Old Men" won the battle.
The revolt of the Eight is about more than the stock price, or any bottom-line metrics: it signals a clash of cultures and a battle for the soul of American business. Since its founding, Morgan Stanley has been an elite enterprise guided by J. P. Morgan Jr.'s motto "A First Class Business in a First Class Way." The House of Morgan stood for something larger than success with honor; its ethos was unique—some would say sacred—and the eight retired executives believed this ideal had been undermined during Purcell's reign.
Opening the long-closed doors of a bastion of Wall Street that has maintained the strictest privacy until now, Blue Blood and Mutiny weaves the history of Morgan Stanley with the inside story of the fight for dominance between two competing business cultures—one, the collegial meritocracy handed down from the days of J. P. Morgan, and the other, a cold, contemporary corporate model. Here is the season's must-read book for anyone who wants to understand the future of American business.

MORGAN TRUST COMPANY

See the entry below under Morgan's. This company was formed in 1916 to manage the investments of the Morgan family. It is described on pages 192-194 of The Morgans of Montreal which is listed below.

MORGAN'S

Morgan, David. The Morgans of Montreal.
DBWSTK HF 5465.C24H466 1992.
Morgan's was perhaps Canada's oldest department store until it was absorbed by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1959. The Montreal stores retained the Morgan name until the early 1970s. The author of this book is the son of Henry William Morgan who was a President of the company.

For a good historical sketch of the company see: "Henry Morgan & Company", by Alan M. Stewart. It is found on the web site of the Canadian Museum of Civilization in the section: "Before e-Commerce: A History of Canadian Mail Order Catalogues". In 2006, the general link is here: http://www.civilization.ca

MORGUARD CORPORATION

Dinger, Ed. "Morguard Corporation", in International Directory of Company Histories.
HD2721.I57. Vol. 85, 2007, p.287.

MORRELL (JOHN) AND COMPANY

Cheever, Lawrence Oakley. The House of Morrell.1948. HD9419.M6C4

Foster, Thomas Henry. The House of Morrell, A Short History. Newcomen Publication. 1945.
DBWSTK T1.N46 1945

MORRIS

Baldwin, Nick, et.al. The World Guide to Automobile Manufacturers
HD9710.A2W6686 1987.
A short profile of this British automobile company is found on p.335.

MORRISON-KNUDSEN COMPANY, INC.

Bonny, J.B. “Morrison-Knudsen Company, Inc.: Fifty Years of Construction Progress”, in Newcomen Addresses, DBWSTK T1.N46 1962.

MORT AND COMPANY (AUSTRALIAN)

Bernard, Alan. "Visions and Profits; Studies in the Business Career of Thomas Sutcliffe Mort"
HC 602.5M6B3

See Also: Baigent, Elizabeth, "Mort, Thomas Sutcliffe (1816-1878)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004.

MORTON, BLISS & COMPANY

Greenberg, Dolores. Financiers and Railroads, 1869-1889: A study of Morton, Bliss & Company.
DBWSTK HE2236.G73 1980

MORTON SALT CO.

Ballowe, James. A Man of Salt and Trees.
F548.5.M88B35 2009

MOSKVICH

Baldwin, Nick, et.al. The World Guide to Automobile Manufacturers
HD9710.A2W6686 1987.
A short profile of this Russian automobile company is found on p.339.

MOSLER SAFE COMPANY

Mosler, Edwin H. “Protection, Inc. The Mosler Safe Company”, in Newcomen Addresses,
DBWSTK T1.N46 1959.

MOTOROLA, INC.

Colletti, Jerome. Profit Sharing and Employee Attitudes: A case study of the deferred profit-sharing program at Motorola, Inc. 1967?
HD2986.A1M67

Hawkins, Deborah. "Motorola, Inc." in The Advertising Age Encyclopedia of Advertising, ed. by John McDonough & Karen Egolf, Vol 2, p.1087-1091.
HF5803.A38 2003

Petrakis, Harry Mark. The Founder's Touch: The Life of Paul Galvin of Motorola. 1965.
HD9696.U54M6

 

MOUNT REAL

Urseth, William. Death Spiral: The Collapse of Cinar, Norshield and Mount Real
HV6771.C22Q4 2008

MOUNT WASHINGTON RAILWAY COMPANY

Teague, Ellen C. Mount Washington Railway Company: World's First Cog Railway, Mount Washington, New Hampshire. Newcomen Publication. 1970.
DBWSTK HE4071.U5M636

MOUVEMENT DES CAISSES DESJARDINS

Cohen, M.L. "Movement des Caisses Desjardins", in International Directory of Company Histories.
HD2721.I57. Vol. 48, 2003, p.288.

MPI INDUSTRIES, INC.

Ryan, Charles B. “Molding its Future with Wood and Plastic: The Story of MPI Industries, Inc.”, in Newcomen Addresses, DBWSTK T1.N46 Vol.1, 1968.

MUNFORD, INC.

Munford, Dillard. Munford, Inc.: A Brief History. Newcomen Publication. 1974.
DBWSTK HD9481.U6M85

MUSKOKA AND PARRY SOUND TEL. CO. LTD.

Grindlay, Thomas. "Muskoka and Parry Sound Tel. Co. Ltd.", in A History of the Independent Telephone Industry in Ontario, p.180.
HE8868.O5G74

MURPHY'S

Togyer, Jason. For the Love of Murphy's : The Behind-the-Counter Story of a Great American Retailer BUS HF5465.U6M878 2008

MUSKOKA LAKES NAVIGATION AND HOTEL COMPANY

Muskoka Lakes Navigation and Hotel Company. Royal Muskoka, in the Heart of the Highlands of Ontario, Lake Rosseau, Muskoka Lakes Districk, Ontario.
DBW mucrofiche F1003.C5 no.87358

MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

Stone, Mildred F. Since 1845: A History of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company. 1957.
HG8963.M75S8 1957

MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA

Author? The Story of the Mutual Life Assurance Company of Canada, 1870-1920.
DBW microfiche F1003.C5 no.73448

MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK

Clough, Shepard Bancroft. A Century of American Life Insurance: A History of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. 1946.
HG8963.M87C4 1946

MYER'S STORES (Australia)

Marshall, Alan. The Gay Provider: The Myer Story. 1961.
HF5465.A84M9