Bosler Brothers, Inc. Records, 1917-1951

Held by The Filson Historical Society

Creator: Bosler Brothers, Inc.

Title: Records, 1917-1951

Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Curator of Special Collections.

Size of Collection: 1 cubic foot

Location Number: Mss./BB/B742a

Scope and Content Note

The records of Bosler Brothers, Inc. include correspondence and invoices related to the company’s work providing leather and shoe supplies to other companies. Also contains letterhead and invoice slips from numerous companies related to leather and shoes in Kentucky, West Virginia, Indiana, Tennessee, and Ohio.

Historical Note

Bosler Brothers, Inc. was a shoe supply and part dealer operating in Louisville from at least 1917 to 1951. The collection is not a complete representation of Bosler Brothers time in business, and most of the documents are from the period 1919-1929. The company supplied shoe polish, parts of shoes, shoe tools and other goods to shoe stores in Kentucky as well as numerous states bordering Kentucky.

Folder List

Folder 1: Correspondence, 1917-1924

Folder 2: Correspondence, January and February 1925

Folder 3: Correspondence, March and April 1925

Folder 4: Correspondence, May and June 1925

Folder 5: Correspondence, July and August 1925

Folder 6: Correspondence, September and October 1925

Folder 7: Correspondence, November and December 1925, 1927-1928

Folder 8: Correspondence, January to March 1929

Folder 9: Correspondence, April and May 1929

Folder 10: Correspondence, June and July 1929

Folder 11: Correspondence, August and September 1929

Folder 12: Correspondence, October and November 1929

Folder 13: Correspondence, December 1929, 1951

Folder 14: Correspondence, Undated

Folder 15: Invoices, 1919, 1921

Folder 16: Invoices, January to June 1925

Folder 17: Invoices, July to December 1925

Folder 18: Invoices, 1927-1929

Folder 19: Invoices, Undated

Subject Headings

Bosler Brothers, Inc.

Business Enterprises – Kentucky – Louisville

Leather industry and trade

Shoe industry

Shoes