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W.H. Grindol & Sons, Mausoleums, Monuments [and] Granite Works of 
Decatur, Illinois: Archive of Correspondence and Materials from 
1923-1954.

DISCUSSION: An interesting archive containing:

- Painted wooden sign, 10.5"x5.5"

- 4.75"x6.5" albumen print of the company building

- unused example of company letterhead and envelope

- several hundred invoices and letters, most from suppliers, or clients, 
concerning monuments and related work. Some WWII-era material regarding 
getting approval for erection of monuments from local War Board

- Book: "Tabulated Granite Estimates in Barre Granite" (Chicago: 1903)

- Book: "Barre Granite Estimating Book (of) The Granite Manufacturers 
Association, Barre, Vermont" (Barre: 1920).

The Special Collections & University Archives Library at the University 
of Massachusetts, Amherst, which holds much of the earlier archive 
material for the firm, notes- "A great-grandson of Revolutionary War 
general Henry Haller, William H. Grindol (1840-1927) settled with his 
family in Decatur, Illinois, in 1864, building a successful career in 
the retail marble trade. Beginning in partnership with Paul F. Jones, 
and later with his son, Grindol advertised his firm as dealers in “all 
kinds of foreign and American monuments,” selling marble and granite 
monuments, building stone, and iron reservoir vases. He was one of the 
founders of the Retail Marble and Granite Dealer’s Association of 
Illinois, serving as President of the Central District in 1897."

DESCRIPTION & CONDITION NOTES: First book worn, covers detached; albumen 
print mount stained, correspondence with usual wear and soil. Multiple 
pieces, variable wear.

PRICE: $400-

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