Letter from Ed addressed "Dear folks".
subject: Insurance premiums
subject: Letter writing
subject: Payment
subject: Chattanooga (Tenn.)
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: This letter is probably to Oscar Goldsmith and his wife, or whoever maintained correspondence with Ed while Oscar was sick. Ed expresses his apologies for Oscar's condition and states that it was "ideal Spring days" in Chattanooga. After closing the letter, Ed writes on the back: "Please pay the enclosed insurance premium also as I am afraid to pay it and run short of cash."
source: I. Schiffman and Company
source: Box 99, Folder Misc. Correspondence
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1922-04-03
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relation: loc_gold_2021_02
language: en
type: Correspondence
type: Text

Domestic Science Fund financial account book with W. R. Rison Banking Company.
subject: Account books
subject: Banks and banking
subject: Business
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: This book details the financial account of Domestic Science Fund, owned by Oscar Goldsmith.
creator: Goldsmith, Oscar
source: I. Schiffman and Company
source: Box 99, Folder Misc. Correspondence
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1912
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relation: loc_gold_2021_02
language: en
type: Ledgers (account books)
type: Text

Correspondence between Oscar Goldsmith, John A. Chapman, and W. H. Halsey regarding property price negotiations.
subject: Business
subject: Negotiation
subject: Purchasing
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: These letters detail a chronological correspondence between Oscar Goldsmith and John A. Chapman, his agent, regarding negotiations to purchase property on Meridianville Pike from W. H. Halsey. The letters between Chapman and Goldsmith discuss reasonable price offers and "fancy" price Halsey wants for the property. In the end, Halsey writes a letter detailing the final transaction and cost.
creator: Chapman, John A.
creator: Goldsmith, Oscar
creator: Halsey, W. H.
source: I. Schiffman and Company
source: Box 99, Folder Misc. Correspondence
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1912
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relation: loc_gold_2021_02
language: en
type: Correspondence
type: Text

Personal letter to Oscar Goldsmith from his niece Jeannette.
subject: Letter writing
subject: Atlanta (Ga.)
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: Jeannette thanks her uncle, Oscar Goldsmith, for letting them stay with them and getting to know the family. She details the difficult travels home and her plans to visit her father's family in Marietta.
source: I. Schiffman and Company
source: Box 99, Folder Misc. Correspondence
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1929-12-14
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relation: loc_gold_2021_02
language: en
type: Correspondence
type: Text

Letter to Oscar Goldsmith from his cousin, Mo.
subject: Business
subject: Letter writing
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: This personal letter to Oscar Goldsmith from his cousin, Mo, mentions the health of Mo and his hopes to be better soon. He writes that he has requested a meeting for the case of the Huntsville Land Co. with Mr. Plant. Mo closes be informing Oscar that Addie (his wife) is not well.
source: I. Schiffman and Company
source: Box 99, Folder Misc. Correspondence
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1917-12-02
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relation: loc_gold_2021_02
language: en
type: Correspondence
type: Text

Personal letter to "Papa Oscar" from grandson Oscar.
subject: Grandsons
subject: Letter writing
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: This personal letter to Oscar Goldsmith from his grandson, also named Oscar, details the removal of young Oscar's tonsils and his gaining eight and a half pounds. He also writes of his first refrigerator sale and his hopes to sell more, though he is "no salesman". He conveys some information from his mom and thanks him for making her trip to New York possible. Finally, young Oscar thanks Papa Oscar for paying his tonsil removal bill, and promises that he can take care of his dentist bill.
creator: Grosser, Oscar Goldsmith
source: I. Schiffman and Company
source: Box 99, Folder Misc. Correspondence
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
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relation: loc_gold_2021_02
language: en
type: Correspondence
type: Text

The death and burial of Henry Goldsmith.
subject: Burial records
subject: Death notices
subject: Veterans
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: This handwritten note provides information on the death and burial place of Henry Goldsmith, Oscar's older brother, who was born in 1840. The note reads: "Henry Goldsmith - was a member of Co D - 4 [sic] Infantry - died in Huntsville Ala. Jany 6/17, was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery Marker No. 295 was placed on his grave - He was a member of Egbert J. Jones Camp.
source: I. Schiffman and Company
source: Box 99, Folder Misc. Correspondence
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1917-01 circa
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relation: loc_gold_2021_02
language: en
type: Notes (documents)
type: Text

Letter to Oscar Goldsmith from Ella.
subject: Business
subject: House selling
subject: Letter writing
subject: Hot Springs (Ark.)
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: The letter details Ella's selling of her place in Hot Spring, Arkansas.
creator: Davis, Ella
source: I. Schiffman and Company
source: Box 99, Folder Misc. Correspondence
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1921-06-17
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relation: loc_gold_2021_02
language: en
type: Correspondence
type: Text

Letter to Oscar Goldsmith from his cousin, Mo.
subject: Condolence notes
subject: Death
subject: Extended families
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: This letter details Oscar's cousin Mo's deepest sympathies for the loss of Betty, Oscar's wife, who died on November 30, 1928. Oscar would live another 9 years.
source: I. Schiffman and Company
source: Box 99, Folder Misc. Correspondence
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1929-01-14
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relation: loc_gold_2021_02
language: en
type: Correspondence
type: Text

Copy of "Tale of the Old Times: When the Train Stalled" by Arnold Pollak.
subject: Excerpts
subject: Short story
subject: Brenbaum (Tex.)
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: A copy of a story written by Arnold Pollak titled "Tales of the Old Times: When the Train Stalled." This article recounts a time when Pollak's train was stalled in Texas and, being told it would be two more more hours before it started moving again, he engaged in trading fish and wanted to trade the samples for a new cigar jobber. When the train started moving before he was done, Pollak started running but unable to catch the train, Pollak's friend Oscar Goldsmith pulled the rope to stop the train. Handwritten note reads: "Copy from the Tobacco Leaf N. Y. of May 29/26".
creator: Pollak, Arnold
source: I. Schiffman and Company
source: Box 99, Folder Misc. Correspondence
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1926-05-29
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relation: loc_gold_2021_02
language: en
type: Documents
type: Short stories
type: Text

Receipt of payment from Samuel Strauss
subject: Land value taxation
subject: Payment
subject: Tax collection
subject: Kossuth County (Iowa)
description: Receipt of payment of $29.00 from Samuel Strauss for land taxes in Kossuth County, Iowa. Signed bythe treasurer, S. S. Rist.
creator: Rist, S. S.
source: I. Schiffman and Company
source: Box 99, Folder Misc. Correspondence
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1881-02-28
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relation: loc_gold_2021_02
language: en
type: Receipts (financial records)
type: Text

Receipt of payment from E. H. S.
subject: Business
subject: Payment
subject: Purchasing
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: Receipt of payment of $8.50 from E. H. S. signed by Walter Gurley.
creator: Gurley, Walter
source: I. Schiffman and Company
source: Box 99, Folder Misc. Correspondence
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
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relation: loc_gold_2021_02
language: en
type: Receipts (financial records)
type: Text

Receipt for Oscar Goldsmith payment to Leo N. Levi Memorial Hospital.
subject: Hospital benefactors
subject: Mental health services
subject: Nursing schools
subject: Payment
subject: Hot Springs (Ark.)
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: Receipt for Oscar Goldsmith's payment of five dollars to Leo N. Levi Memorial Hospital. The hospital is located in Hot Springs, Arkansas and is a mental health facility and, at this time, a nursing school that existed until 1952.
creator: Patterson, Susan
source: I. Schiffman and Company
source: Box 99, Folder Misc. Correspondence
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1923-01-18
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relation: loc_gold_2021_02
language: en
type: Receipts (financial records)
type: Text

Check from Oscar Goldsmith to W. R. Rison Banking Company.
subject: Business
subject: Payment
subject: Purchasing
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: A check from Oscar Goldsmith for $259.51 to W. R. Rison Banking Company, signed on the back by R. E. Sessions. The second check is blank on the front with a handwritten note on the back for the following day. The writing is difficult to read but notes something about one dollar for or from Oscar Goldsmith, also signed by R. E. Sessions.
creator: Goldsmith, Oscar
creator: Sessions, R. E.
source: I. Schiffman and Company
source: Box 99, Folder Misc. Correspondence
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1912-08
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relation: loc_gold_2021_02
language: en
type: Checks (bank checks)
type: Text

Correspondence between Ed and "Papa Oscar".
subject: Business
subject: House selling
subject: Purchasing
subject: Selling
subject: Chattonooga (Tenn.)
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: These first two letters, written by Ed to "Papa" Oscar Goldsmith detail paying off land notes to get money for possible "urgent purpose[s]". The second letter discusses a charge Ed put in the ledger and the hope to "improve things" with his business. The next letter is also from Ed. In this letter, Ed discloses information regarding his lack of a permanent place and inquires if he should sell the property on Clinton Street and his car. The final two letters are written by an unknown author, but contain information from Oscar to Ed in reponse to Ed's letters. The letters advise Ed not to sell the house on Clinton Street as it would sell for less than he owes on it at the time, but does advise to sell his car. It also tells of payments made by Oscar at the request of Ed. It discloses details about Ed's financial situation. The second letter regards a dividend Ed received from the Wonderfield Oil Co. along with a note that "Papa" is feeling better.
creator: Goldsmith, Oscar
source: I. Schiffman and Company
source: Box 99, Folder Misc. Correspondence
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1922
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relation: loc_gold_2021_02
language: en
type: Correspondence
type: Text

Letter to Oscar Goldsmith from H. B. Smith and from Oscar Goldsmith to S. M. Milliken.
subject: Business
subject: Land value taxation
subject: Stocks
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: In this letter, H. B. Smith responds to a previous letter from Goldsmith regarding the sell of a lot of land in 1916, two years previous. He also details an offer for the stock he currently holds in the Huntsville Land Company that he will be refusing. The second letter is from Oscar Goldsmith to S. M. Milliken regarding the shares that Mr. Smith wrote about and them receiving multiple bids on the stock. He informs Milliken that Mr. Rison will be taking part in it as well.
creator: Goldsmith, Oscar
creator: Smith, H. B.
source: I. Schiffman and Company
source: Box 99, Folder Huntsville Land Co.
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1918
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relation: loc_gold_2021_02
language: en
type: Correspondence
type: Text

Letter to Oscar Goldsmith from H. B. Smith.
subject: Business
subject: Tax collection
subject: Transfer payments--United States
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: H. B. Smith requesting Oscar Goldsmith to pay the taxes due by Mrs. Trevani B. Dallas on her lot at Monte Sano again as he did the previous year. Smith offers if Goldsmith does this, he will refund the amount paid.
creator: Smith, H. B.
source: I. Schiffman and Company
source: Box 99, Folder Huntsville Land Co.
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1914-11-18
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relation: loc_gold_2021_02
language: en
type: Correspondence
type: Text

Bill for Oscar Goldsmith and the Huntsville Land Company.
subject: Business
subject: Purchasing
subject: Warehouse receipts
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: A bill for six rolls of roofing for $9.30 to Oscar Goldsmith with the Huntville Land Co.
creator: Huntsville Land Company
source: I. Schiffman and Company
source: Box 99, Folder Huntsville Land Co.
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1918-05-04
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relation: loc_gold_2021_02
language: en
type: Bills of sale
type: Text

Request for Stock Holders Meeting of the Huntsville Land Company.
subject: Business
subject: Stocks
subject: Stockholders
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: A request calling for a general Stock Holders Meeting of the Huntsville Land Company issued by Oscar Goldsmith. The second document contains signatures of Oscar Goldsmith and Solomon Plant with a handwritten note that reads: "Please sign this and have Mr. Plant sign".
creator: Goldsmith, Oscar
creator: Plant, Solomon
source: I. Schiffman and Company
source: Box 99, Folder Huntsville Land Co.
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1917-11
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relation: loc_gold_2021_02
language: en
type: Documents
type: Text

Correspondence between Ida B. Dallas and Oscar Goldsmith.
subject: Business
subject: Dividends
subject: Stocks
subject: Huntsville (Ala.)
subject: Madison County (Ala.)
description: Correspondence regarding Ida B. Dallas's missing dividend check on her stocks for Huntsville Land Improvement Co. Goldsmith responds, informing her that no dividends were paid October 1, 1912 due to repairs and painting of the property of the Company, therefore the expenses do not allow for a surplus for dividends.
creator: Dallas, Ida B.
creator: Goldsmith, Oscar
source: I. Schiffman and Company
source: Box 99, Folder Huntsville Land Co.
source: University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
date: 1912-11
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relation: loc_gold_2021_02
language: en
type: Correspondence
type: Text