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Real Estate Files, 1871-2002 (bulk 1953-1988) (continued)
BOX 279-308, 420 MAPCASE FOLDER 21, 23-24 Midwest (Missouri and Ohio), 1905-1988 (bulk 1957-1972)
Materials in this subseries record the acquisition, mergers, and liquidation of small department store chains in the Midwest region, as well as the construction and leasing of a shopping mall. In 1960, Stevens led a group with N. S. Potter III, Charles W. Lyon Jr., and Ezra K. Zilka to form Midwest Holdings Corporation. The purpose of the company was to buy and sell the assets of the Kobacker’s department store chain. Although Kobacker’s was headquartered in Ohio, material on stores based in Buffalo, New York, are housed in this subseries. Transactions also involved other department stores such as Federal’s, Davidson Bros., and Tiedke’s. Midwest Holdings later merged with R. R. Leaseholds, Inc., a corporation that was also involved in the construction and leasing of River Roads Shopping Mall in Jennings, Missouri. The mall was administered by the Stevens-run River Roads Properties, Inc. which also garnered support from Stevens’s Seattle based company, University Properties, Inc. This subseries also holds material on smaller projects Stevens worked on in the region such as the Bolton Square Hotel and the Ohio Center.

Material types include agreements, architectural plans, construction records, contracts, correspondence, financial records, leases, meeting minutes, operating summaries, photographs, stock certificates, and tenant agreements.

Arranged alphabetically according to organization name and by material type therein.
BOX-FOLDER 279/1 Bolton Square Hotel Company, 1947-1959
BOX-FOLDER 279/2 Crosby Realty & Mortgage Co., Inc., 1956-1965
BOX-FOLDER 279/3 to 280/3 Davcorp, Inc., 1962-1965
BOX-FOLDER 280/4 to 282/1 Davidson Bros., Inc., 1958-1969
BOX-FOLDER 282/2 Davidson Realty Company, 1961
BOX-FOLDER 282/3-4 Federal's, Inc., 1967-1973, 1978
BOX-FOLDER 282/5-7 H. & S. Realty Co., 1961-1964
BOX-FOLDER 283/1-4 Kobacker's, 1905, 1945-1972
Midwest Holdings Corporation
BOX-FOLDER 283/5 to 284/1 Acquisition documents, 1960-1961
Bound
BOX-FOLDER 284/2-3 Agreements and amendments, 1960-1963
BOX-FOLDER 285/1 Balance sheets, 1961-1963
BOX-FOLDER 285/2-3 Bank statements, 1962-1966
BOX-FOLDER 285/4 Billing correspondence and invoices, 1962-1965
BOX-FOLDER 285/5 Board of Directors meeting minutes, 1960-1961
BOX-FOLDER 285/6 Certificate of incorporation, amendment, and by-laws, 1960, 1963
BOX-FOLDER 285/7 Check stubs, 1963-1966
BOX-FOLDER 286/1-5 Correspondence, 1959-1963
BOX-FOLDER 286/6 Dissolution and merger documents, 1964-1965
BOX-FOLDER 286/7 Financial records, 1961-1963
BOX-FOLDER 287/1 Incorporation documents, 1960-1963
Bound
BOX-FOLDER 286/8 Insurance correspondence and policies, 1962-1967
BOX-FOLDER 286/9 Investments and depreciation financials, 1962-1963
BOX-FOLDER 286/10 Lease with Davidson Bros., Inc., 1961-1962
BOX-FOLDER 287/2 Leases and associated documentation, 1905, 1957-1961
BOX-FOLDER 287/3 to 288/1 Ledgers, 1961-1963
BOX-FOLDER 288/2 Morgan Guaranty Trust Company, 1962-1963
Correspondence, financial records and loan agreements
BOX-FOLDER 288/3 Proposed assignments, 1962
BOX-FOLDER 288/4 Purchase agreement drafts, 1960
BOX-FOLDER 288/5 Shareholder correspondence and records, 1960-1963
BOX 420 Stock certificates, 1960-1964
Bound
BOX-FOLDER 288/6 to 289/6 Tax records, 1960-1966
BOX-FOLDER 290/1 Northtown, Inc., 1955-1972
BOX-FOLDER 290/2 The Ohio Center (Columbus), 1975
Environmental analysis report
R. R. Leaseholds, Inc.
BOX-FOLDER 290/3 to 291/5 Bank statements, 1962-1973
BOX-FOLDER 291/6 Bankruptcy correspondence and documents, 1972-1981
BOX-FOLDER 291/7 Billing correspondence and invoices, 1962-1973
BOX-FOLDER 292/1 Buffalo (New York), Beck Street and Mill Street property, 1949-1966
Correspondence and leases
BOX-FOLDER 292/2-4 Check stubs, 1962-1971
BOX-FOLDER 292/5 Closing documents, surrender of Davidson Bros, Inc. subleases, 1963
BOX-FOLDER 293/1 Correspondence, 1962-1980
BOX-FOLDER 293/2-3 Financial records, 1962-1973
BOX-FOLDER 293/4 Insurance correspondence and policies, 1965-1972
BOX-FOLDER 293/5 Kobacker's Southgate and Markay Shoes, Inc., 1966-1973
Correspondence and sales reports
BOX-FOLDER 293/6 Korngold Shoe Company and Osterman's Jewelry, 1964-1971
Correspondence, financial records, and lease
BOX-FOLDER 293/7 to 294/1 Ledgers, 1962-1967
BOX-FOLDER 294/2 Limited partnership agreement, 1966
BOX-FOLDER 294/3 Liquidation documents, 1966-1967
BOX-FOLDER 294/4 Meeting minutes, 1963-1965
BOX-FOLDER 294/5 Merger with Midwest Holdings Corp., 1963-1972
Permanent file
BOX-FOLDER 294/6 Morgan Guaranty Trust Company, 1966-1969
Financial records
BOX-FOLDER 294/7 to 295/3 Morgan Guaranty Trust Company, 1963-1972
Loan documents
BOX-FOLDER 295/4 Northern Lights Shopping Center, 1959-1972
Correspondence and lease
BOX-FOLDER 295/5-6 Subordinated note documents, 1963-1966
BOX-FOLDER 296/1 to 297/2 Tax records, 1963-1973
BOX-FOLDER 297/3 Taxable income and cash flow projections, 1971
BOX-FOLDER 297/4-5 Transaction records, 1963
BOX-FOLDER 297/6 United States Corporation Company, 1962-1967
Correspondence, invoices, and tax records
BOX-FOLDER 297/7 Vistula Meadows, 1974
Title documents
BOX-FOLDER 297/8 Zilka-Midwest agreements, 1963
River Roads Properties, Inc.
BOX-FOLDER 298/1 Agreements, 1959-1965
BOX-FOLDER 298/2 Assignments of interest in lease and sublease, 1963
BOX-FOLDER 298/3 Check stubs, 1963-1966
BOX-FOLDER 298/4 Columbus, Ohio leaseholds, 1957-1964
Assignments and correspondence
BOX-FOLDER 298/5 Columbus, Ohio leaseholds, 1905-1964
Executed sale documents
BOX-FOLDER 298/6 to 299/1 Debentures documents, 1961-1966
BOX-FOLDER 299/2 Correspondence, 1959-1972
BOX-FOLDER 299/3-4 Financial records, 1963-1967
BOX-FOLDER 299/5-6 Financial statements, 1962-1965
BOX-FOLDER 300/1 Meeting minutes and reports, 1960-1965
BOX-FOLDER 300/2 Mutual Benefit Life Insurance, 1963-1964
Correspondence
BOX-FOLDER 300/3 Ohio leases, 1962-1964
BOX-FOLDER 300/4 Payroll book, 1962
BOX-FOLDER 300/5-7 Shareholder correspondence and records, 1959-1966
BOX-FOLDER 301/1-2 Stevens, Roger L., 1960-1966
BOX-FOLDER 301/3 Stock certificates, 1963-1965
BOX-FOLDER 301/4 to 302/3 Tax records, 1959-1965
BOX-FOLDER 303/1 Transaction records, underlying documents, 1959-1963
Bound
BOX-FOLDER 303/2 Transaction records, mutual benefit financing, and sale and leaseback transactions, 1963
Bound
BOX-FOLDER 302/4 UNICO Properties, Inc., 1975-1986
Correspondence and financial records
BOX-FOLDER 302/5-6 University Properties, Inc., 1964-1965
Agreements and borrowing forecast
River Roads Shopping Center
MAPCASE FOLDER 1, 23-24 Architectural plans and renderings, 1959-1965
BOX-FOLDER 304/1-3 Construction correspondence, invoices, and records, 1960-1964
BOX-FOLDER 304/4-5 Correspondence, 1960-1965
BOX-FOLDER 304/6 Financial records, 1960-1963, 1975
BOX-FOLDER 304/7 Gaytime Stores, 1961-1963
Correspondence
BOX-FOLDER 305/1 General Drive-in, 1962-1963
Correspondence, layouts, and photographs
BOX-FOLDER 305/2 Photographs, circa 1960
BOX-FOLDER 305/3 Proposal and publicity, 1960-1961, 1982-1984
BOX-FOLDER 305/4 Specifications for site work with photographs, 1959-1962
BOX-FOLDER 305/5 Tenant correspondence and leases, 1960-1964
BOX-FOLDER 305/6 Tenant leases summary, 1964
BOX-FOLDER 305/7 UNICO Properties, Inc., 1988
Correspondence and sales agreement
BOX-FOLDER 305/8 University Properties, Inc., 1964-1966
Correspondence
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