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  • Collection: Keystone View Company Papers (Ms2010-052)

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Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone wants Barnhart to pass out articles that promote working with Keystone at his school. Barnhart will start work as a General Agent in Ashland, VA.

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Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart discussing a possible new order at an academy and new electrotypes being made.

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Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart where they send him a magazine created by them for their salesmen. It includes some articles, printed pictures of views they sell, and the winners of the salesman anecdote contest.

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Keystone letter to H. G. Barnhart. They continue to urge Barnhart to agree and sign the contract they've offered him. They also sent a copy of the Keystone salesman magazine, The Review. They also sent Barnhart a list of schools he could be in charge…

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Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Barnhart sent information about one of Keystone's agents, Mr. Cooley. Keystone encouraged Barnhart to try and get Mr. Cooley to work for Keystone again when school goes on break. Keystone encourages Barnhart to…

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Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone informs Barnhart that they contacted Mr. Turner for him and that Mr. Penn as renewed his contract with them. They also tell Barnhart that they will be approaching him with a new opportunity after the new…

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Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone sent Barnhart the bill for the views sent to Mr. Turner.

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Keystone letter to Gray Barnhart. Keystone updates Barnhart about contacting a salesman named Mr. Pierce. Keystone sent Barnharts order to his brother, Walter Barnhart, in Front Royal, VA. Keystone also asks about other salesmen named Mr. Eliott and…

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Keystone letter to H. G. Barnhart discussing his acceptance of their contract and how to be a field manager for them. Keystone also mentions the correspondence they're having with Walter Barnhart.

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Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone updates Walter on Mr. Bush and Mr. Penn. Keystone will try to send a camera to Walter so he can create a new set of views for them. Keystone sends a statement of comissions for Walter.

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Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Barnhart accepted and signed the contract he was offered. Keystone explains how rebates work with pricing and send a new Order Sheet.

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Keystone letter to Walter and Gray Barnhart. Keystone was contacted by a young man named William J. Boyd who is interested in becoming a salesman. Keystone asks the Barnhart brothers to draft up a contract for him so that Boyd can become one of their…

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Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone hopes Walter Barnhart and his brother, Gray Barnhart, will secure contracts with new salesmen. Keystone also encourages the Barnhart brothers to work during the Christmas holiday season and sell their…

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Keystone letter to H. G. Barnhart. Keystone tries to reach a contract agreement with Barnhart.

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Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone sent literature for Barnhart to read in order to be more prepared as a General Agent for Keystone. Barnhart is also sending names of men who are interested in working for Keystone.

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Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone is sending Barnhart his letter heads for him to use and share with his brother. They discuss a worker named Mr. Hillman.

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Keystone letter to Gray Barnhart. Keystone recommends Barnhart stay on his course and finish school. Keystone says they will discuss a permanent plan with Barnhart near the end of the summer campaign.

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Keystone letter to Gray Barnhart. Keystone suggests that Barnhart stay in schoo and work for them during their summer session. Keystone suggests that they discuss a permanent position for Barnhart at the end of the summer.

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Keystone letter to H. G. Barnhart. Keystone tells Barnhart of some particularly successful Keystone salesmen. They also respond to some of Barnhart's business requests.

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Letter to H. G. Barnhart from Ohio Carriage Mfg. Co. with an offer for a discounted carriage in exchange for Barnhart's personal testimony and reccomendation to friends. The letter lists out the conditions for the agreement as well as all the…

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Keystone letter to Gray Barnhart. Keystone updates Barnhart about several men who are interested in selling for Keystone. Keystone sends information about Walter Barnhart's (Gray's brother) commissions.

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Keystone letter to H. G. Barnhart where Keystone explains the superior quality of their views and the wide selection they offer. They also encourage Barnhart to wait on signing on a sub-agent until he is sure he has found the right man.

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Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone has made an order of Barnhart's Front Royal views that he made and will send them to Barnhart when they are made. Barnhart is being published anonymously in Keystone's magazine.

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Letter from P. N. Young to Gray Barnhart. Young is travelling to Ashland, Virginia from Randolph-Macon College to try and recruit students there to work with Keystone.

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Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. They discuss an agreement of advertisment with a Mr. Jones. They also let Barnhart know the West Virginia territories they have reserved for him for the summer are quality and in high demand from other Keystone…

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Keystone letter to H. G. Barnhart where they discuss methods of delivering stereographs, the Randoph-Macon views, and the regions to conduct sales in.

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Letter from Gray Barnhart to Keystone. Barnhart informs Keystone that his brother, Walter Barnhart, is not interesting in rejoining the View business at this time, but cannot definitetively say he will never work for Keystone again. Gray Barnhart…

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Copy of correspondence between Keystone and Mr. Harold H. Newman. Newman has agreed to take free stereoscope views in exchange for running a Keystone add in The Yellow Jacket. Keystone sends the advertisment that they want run as well as a catalog…

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Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. They have corrected a mistake on the comissions report submitted by Barnhart.

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Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone alerts Barnhart that they are sending him one of their cameras. They urge him to make the views quickly so that Barnhart can send the camera back by January 23rd.

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Keystone letter to Gray Barnhart. Keystone suspects that one of Barnhart's letters concerning the statement they sent him was lost in the mail. Keystone hopes to increase their sales by over 50% in 1908.

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Keystone letter to H. G. Barnhart where they answer some of his questions about his work.

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Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone informs Barhart that there are vacancies in their salesman position and wonder if Barnhart would want to rejoin the view business.

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Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. They request a list of men interested in selling for Keystone every week. Keystone gives Barnhart some advice on how to secure people's interest in working for Keystone.

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Keystone letter to H. G. Barnhart discussing the start of his work with them. They also talk about The Review magazine and the new Randolph-Macon views that were sent to Walter Barnhart.

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Keystone letter to Gray Barnhart. Keystone asks Barnhart to have views of several different "grades" in his inventory, and to report back to them if having multiple "grades" increased or hinders sales. Keystone notes that Barnhart is selling well,…

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Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone discusses a territory agreement for Barnhart's sub-agent, Mr. Overholt. On the back of the paper is a short letter from Gray Barnhart to Walter Barnhart with a collection of views that have been his best…

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Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. They discuss territories and want Barnhart to make another collection of views for them. On the back of the letter is a short note from Gray Barnhart to Walter Barnhart written on July 13th, 1905. Gray sends Walter…

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Letter from G. N. Overholt to Walter Barnhart. Overholt informs Barnhart that Keystone is supportive in the idea of the two of them working together in the field, but Overholt is no longer in the same territory as Barnhart. Overholt plans to write…

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A Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart where he was sent a book to read.

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Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone has received Barnhart's order sheet. They offer encouragement and advice to make more sales and increase their commissions.

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Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone sends an invoice for Barnhart's telegraphed order sheet.

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Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone talks about pushing sales and anticipating consumer's wants to be an effective salesman.

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Keystone Letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone clarifies a financial issue from a few of Barnhart's previous orders. Keystone also tells Barnhart how much commission he makes on certain view sets. On the back of the letter is another letter from Walter…

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Keystone letter to Gray Barnhart. Keystone discusses the billing agreement Barnhart made with one of his sub-agents, J. S. Cooley. Keystone also discusses Barnhart's territory in New York. Keystone offers a job to Gray Barhart's brother, Walter…

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Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone sent out the products that Barnhart ordered and they sent him a $10 remittance.

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Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. They send him a check for the orders he sent in. Keystone updates Barnhart on the sales/ creation of views.

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Keystone letter to H. G. Barnhart. Keystone contacted some people at Barnhart's request and discuss the July review.

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Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone informs Barnhart that Mr. Overholt is interested in being a salesman for Keystone again, but does not want to work in Barnhart's territory because it is too far from home. Keystone encourage Barnhart to…

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Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone offers lots of encouragement to Gray Barnhart who is discouraged with his lack of sales. Keystone gives some advice on how to continue to make sales against the competition of other stereograph salesmen…
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