Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, July 28, 1905.
Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone informs Barnhart that his orders have been shipped and are on the way.
Keystone View Company (Meadville, PA)
Walter W. Barnhart
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July 28th, 1905
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Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, July 25, 1905.
Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone sends back a credit and sends the receipt to Barnhart's father.
July 25th, 1905
Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, July 22, 1905.
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 for other companies.
July 22nd, 1905
Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, July 21, 1905.
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 take Overholt on as a sub-agent to reserve a territory for him to work in.
July 21st, 1905
Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, July 19, 1905.
Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone sent out the products that Barnhart ordered and they sent him a $10 remittance.
July 19th, 1905
Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, July 15, 1905.
Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone talks about pushing sales and anticipating consumer's wants to be an effective salesman.
July 15th, 1905
Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone sends an invoice for Barnhart's telegraphed order sheet.
Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, July 14, 1905.
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.
July 14th, 1905
Letter from G. N. Overholt to Walter Barnhart, July 13, 1905.
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 Keystone and inform them of their mistake.
July 13th, 1905
Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, July 11, 1905 and July 13, 1905.
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 a collection of his best selling views and updates him on the progress of his sales.
July 11th, 1905 AND July 13th, 1905
Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, July 11, 1905.
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 seller.
July 11th, 1905
Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, July 7, 1905.
Keystone leter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone encourages Barnhart to sell cabinets meant to store the views they sell. Keystone updates Barnhart on the agents he has out in Ashland. Keystone informs Barnhart that they are trying to break their sales record in July.
July 7th, 1905
Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, June 27, 1905.
Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart and Gray Barnhart. Keystone informs the Barnharts that their agent, Mr. Fox, has been assigned territories to work. Keystone sends Manuals and extra copies of the Keystone Review.
June 27th, 1905
Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, June 26, 1905.
Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart and Gray Barnhart. Keystone has agreed to the Barnharts' conditions for the new salesman working in their Winchester territory, and they agree to stay in contact about the salesman.
June 26th, 1905
Keystone letter. Keystone encourages the recipient of the letter to stay positive in their work and to continue to work hard. Keystone also sends some literature for the recipient to read.
Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, June 23, 1905.
Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone updates Barnhart on the progress of other salesmen as well as some of Barnhart's own sub-agents.
June 23rd, 1905
Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, June 20, 1905.
Lettter from Walter Barnhart to Keystone. They discuss the conditions for the new salesman to work in the Winchester territory.
June 20th, 1905
Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, June 19, 1905.
Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Barnhart has made an agreement with the salesman who wants to sell in the Winchester territory, C. C. Bush. Keystone received a new contract from Barnhart's sub-agent, Mr. Stoneburner.
June 19th, 1905
Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, June 17, 1905.
Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone requests Barnhart's permission to allow a new salesman to work in the Winchester territory which Barnhart currently has claim over. They offer Barnhart 5% of the salesman's work in exchange for letting the salesman work there.
June 17th, 1905
Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, June 16, 1905.
Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone extended a $50 credit to Mr. Carter. Keystone recommends Walter to sell a specific collection of views.
June 16th, 1905
Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone informs Barnhart that their bookkeeper overlooked one of Barnhart's express receipts, but they fixed the problem.
Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone sends back a quick reply to Barnhart about the receipt he sent and they will send a more detailed letter another time.
Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, June 14, 1905.
Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone encourages Walter to keep working in the field and urge him to keep in contact with them so that they can help him along the way. Keystone updates Walter on a few of his orders.
June 14th, 1905
Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, June 10, 1905.
Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone updates Barnhart on the progress of the new salemen he recommend for the job. Keystone cannot assign the Rockingham territory to Barnhart, and they encourage him to keep working out in the field.
June 10th, 1905
Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, June 7, 1905.
Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone updates Barnhart on the orders he's placed, and encourage him to push the War views they have because of conflict happening in the far East. Keystone informs Barnhart that many of the college boys working for them are doing really well and placing lots of orders. The back of the letter has a handwritten letter to Walter from his brother, Gray Barnhart.
June 7th, 1905
Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, February 22, 1905.
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 salesmen.
February 28th, 1905
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.
February 22nd, 1905
Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, January 13, 1905.
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.
January 13th, 1905
Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, january 7, 1905.
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.
January 7th, 1905
Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, December 31, 1904.
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.
December 31st, 1904
Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, December 27, 1904.
Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone sent Barnhart the bill for the views sent to Mr. Turner.
December 27th, 1904
Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, December 24, 1904.
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 year.
December 24th, 1904
Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, December 14, 1904.
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.
December 14th, 1904
Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, December 9 1904.
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.
December 9th, 1904
Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, December 9, 1904.
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.
Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, November 28, 1904.
Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone is sending Barnhart the new letterheads he ordered. They discuss Mr. Penn and the possibility of him renewing his contract.
November 28th, 1904
Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, November 11, 1904.
Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone sends Barnhart a bill of the recent orders of views.
November 11th, 1904
Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, November 10, 1904.
Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart and his brother, Gray Barnhart. Keystone is sending more letterheads at Barnhart's request. They also encourage him to continue selling in the field as a General Agent and sent him the Keystone Convention Programme for him to read. At the end of the letter, Barnhart writes a short note for his father regarding a sub-agent called Mr. Penn.
November 10th, 1904
Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, November 1, 1904.
Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone updates him on the work of several other salesmen. They send some handbooks on College Representatives to Mr. Fravel for Fravel and Barnhart to read.
November 1st, 1904
Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, October 11, 1904.
Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Walter signed a contract to continue working with the Randolph-Macon Academy territory. Keystone is unable to send a camera to Barnhart for him to make a set of views, but they ask for his advice on behalf of another salesman who is working a rural territory.
October 11th, 1904
Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, October 3, 1904.
Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart and his brother, Gray Barnhart. Keystone is sending them to work in Front Royal, VA. Keystone hopes Mr. Green can be included in Barnhart's and Fravel's new business agreement since Mr. Fravel had worked with Mr. Green in the past and they are both familiar with the area.
October 3rd, 1904
Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Barnhart accepted and signed the contract he was offered. Keystone looks forward to Barnhart working with Mr. Fravel and once more try to convince Barnhart that the new dark gray mounts are an improvement on the old white mounts.
Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, September 23, 1904.
Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone sends a new contract for Barnhart to sign. It shows a new agreement between Keystone and Barnhart and his new business partner, Mr. Fravel. Keystone updates Barnhart on the numbers of his agents.
September 23rd, 1904
Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, September 21, 1904.
Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. This letter comes from the Keystone headquarters in St. Louis. They are glad to hear that Walter and his brother arrived safely and they offer their offices to work from if the Barnharts wish to move their work out west.
September 21st, 1904
Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, September 17, 1904.
Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone offers to renew Barnhart's contract with them so he can continue to hire sub-agents and conduct business at Randolph-Macon Academy. They encourage him to train his agents before sending them out into the field to get the best results. They further try to get him to promote the new dark mount.
September 17th, 1904
Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, August 23, 1904.
Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone has changed the color of their stereograph mount to dark gray and asks Walter to promote the look of the new mount. Keystone promotes the World's Fair views again.
August 23rd, 1904
Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, August 20, 1904.
Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone updates Barnhart on the orders being brought in and encourages him to bring samples of the World's Fair views because they will sell well.
August 20th, 1904
Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, August 15, 1904.
Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. They've sent him samples of views and hope his work is going well.
August 15th, 1904
Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, August 9, 1904.
Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone pays Barnhart remittance and discuss the World Fair views. Keystone wants Barnhart to meet with two other managers, The Payne brothers.
August 9th, 1904
Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart, August 4, 1904.
Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone sent a postal card along with the letter for Walter to fill out and return. They encourage him to join one of their salesman clubs to try and win a prize.
August 4th, 1904