May-D & F records, 1895-1995.

May-D & F (Firm)

C MSS WH222

Finding aid available online and in repository.

1895-1995.

1.25 linear ft. (2 boxes), oversize box

Denver, Colo. based department store founded as the May Shoe & Clothing Company in 1889. Merged in 1958 with Denver based department store, Daniels and Fisher Stores Company to form May-D & F. Company later merged with the Foley's Division in 1993.

Collection contains advertising and trade souvenirs from May Shoe & Clothing Company: change purse, envelope, small notebook, baby shoes, fans, pamphlet and small poster (1895-1920); issues of the May-D & F newsletter (September 1969), May-D & F News (October 1969), 3 binders with photographs and promotional materials related to window and store displays, special events, history of the store (1959-1973), Odyssey East event photographs, newspaper ads, and articles (1970), memorabilia (1990-1995).

May-D & F (Firm) -- Archival resources.

May Shoe & Clothing Company (Denver, Colo.) -- Archival resources.

Advertising -- Colorado -- Denver -- Specimens.

Department stores -- Colorado -- Denver -- Specimens.

Ephemera.

Newsletters.

Department stores.

May Shoe & Clothing Company records 1895-1995

Catalog record based on preliminary inventory.

Contact Special Collections and Archives Dept., Denver Public Library, Denver, Colo.

Repository also has: Daniels & Fisher records (WH12).

Gift; Jack Collins : 1972.

Gift; Bob Rhodes; 2016.

Gift; Joanne Dell Fisher; 2023.