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Re: Business name changes and collection titles



Thanks to all, as always, for replies. I had no idea I'd stir up the
interest I did. Here's a summary of the relies I got:

1.  Use the name the company was operating under when the collection was
transferred: 4

2.  Use the name the company was operating under when the record was
created: 2

3.  Use the name that's in popular usage: 1

4.  Use as many names as practicable (i.e., "Blount, Blount, and Carter
Collection of the Beggs and Lane Papers," with Beggs and Lane being the
current name): 1

5.  Use whatever title best serves the purpose of recalling information
quickly: 1

Of course, now that the dust has settled from that discussion, what do I get
in the mail?

1. An assortment of brochures from one company operating under two different
names at the same time.

2. A set of brochures from two separate companies who published them jointly
(one does the assembly and fabrication for the other), with both names on
each document.

3. A set of brochures for a company's current product line but showing three
different company names, reflecting changes in ownership that occurred over
the range of publication dates (the last four years or so).

4.  A catalog for one manufactuer, recieved in an envelope bearing the names
of both that company and a competitor.

What to do? Use strategy no. 1, modified with applications of nos. 2, 3 and
5 as needed to account for the constant name changes, mergers, acquisitions
and the like.

Ah, corporate life in the late 20th/early 21st centuries  - never a dull
moment! Thanks again.

Best wishes,

Thomas Berry, Archivist/Web Editor
Historical Construction Equipment Association
16623 Liberty Hi Road
Bowling Green, Ohio 43402
Phone 419-352-5616
Fax 419-352-6086
tberry@hcea.net
http://www.hcea.net

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