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

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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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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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Letter from L. Bush to Walter Barnhart. Bush informs Barnhart of where he has traveled in his sales and how many sales he made. Bush tells Barnhart where he will be going next.

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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.

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A Keystone letter trying to encourage the reader to become a Keystone View salesman for the summer. The letter claims that the experience both pays very well and will improve the salesman's character.

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Keystone letter to Keystone salesmen. Keystone recalls how many salesmen at the end of the previous summer were disappointed to go back to school because they were doing so well in their sales. Keystone asks the salesmen to postpone their return to…

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Keystone wants Walter Barnhart's father to work for them full time. They have a few schools on hold for Barnhart when he goes back to sales, Keystone asks for a reply from Mr. Bean.

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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.

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Walter Barnhart returned to college for the fall term, his father is intersted in assisting him in the Keystone Company sales. Keystone wants Barnhart to find more sub-agents who are not in school.

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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…

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Letter from Keystone to Walter Barnhart explaining how the stereographs work and making a clarification about the commissions on a certain order.

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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…

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Keystone sends Walter Barnhart a list of the schools he's worked with and a list of his sub-agents.

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Letter to Barnhart from Keystone. They write about previous correspondence and explain to Barnhart the way his position of being a general agent with sub-agents will earn him a lot of money.

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Keystone writes Barnhart about new stereographs for Rome and they ask Barnhart to show Mr. Dameron how much he can make off of commissions working for Keystone.

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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.…

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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…

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Keystone writes to Walter Barnhart about the progress of his current sub-agents and his contract with Keystone. They send him a book to read to improve his sales and progress.

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An account of the comissions for Barnhart's sub-agents.

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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…

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Keystone writes to Walter Barnhart about the new stereograph collections, answers a contrat question, and sends Barnhart competition information.

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Keystone sends a letter to Walter Barnhart. The photographer, Mr. Bean, has finished his stereographs and Keystone asks that barnhart names each of the images. The list of image titles is on the back of the letter.

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Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart, reminding him to respond to the contract they offered. They encourage him to sign it and send it back.

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Keystone sends Walter Barnhart another contract for his General Agent position and they discuss Barnhart's father working full time for Keystone.

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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.

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Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart about a new collection of stereographs of the Canadian Rockies. Keystone encourages Barnhart to bring the collection up to new clients.

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Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart discussing the negatives of new views, his contract, and a Mr. Wildman who will be visiting Barnhart at his school.

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Keystone informs Walter Barnhart that the deadline for their salesman competition has been extended.

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Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart requesting him to do some work on the new set of views they're making in collaboration with Mr. Bean.

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Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart discussing his contracts with certain schools and inform him Mr. Bean will contact him.

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Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone sends Barnhart a bill of the recent orders of views.

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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…

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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.

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Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone tries to discuss the meaning of a previous letter regarding Barnhart running a Keystone ad in a magazine, and determine what Barnhart wants in exchange.

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Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone sends Barnhart a notice of his latest commission amount.

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Keystone letter to Walter barnhart. Keystone discusses new sub-agents for Barnhart. Keystone mentions their organization at Virginia Tech, and send new manuals to Barnhart.

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Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Barnhart feels he deserves 10% of one of his sub-agents, Mr. Cooley's, commissions. Keystone tries to reason with him by explaining the situation with Cooley's proposal. Keystone is taking legal action against one…

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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…

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Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone updates Barnhart on the success of the Randolph-Macon views and the recruitment of salesmen from Professor Melton. Keystone believes both of them are satisfied with the outcomes.

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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.

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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.

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Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone updates Barnhart on the progress of other salesmen as well as some of Barnhart's own sub-agents.

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Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. They sent money to him after a delayed communication issue. Walter is making orders with a Professor Melton.

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Lettter from Walter Barnhart to Keystone. They discuss the conditions for the new salesman to work in the Winchester territory.

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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.

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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…

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Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone extended a $50 credit to Mr. Carter. Keystone recommends Walter to sell a specific collection of views.

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Keystone letter to Walter Barnhart. Keystone informs Barnhart that their bookkeeper overlooked one of Barnhart's express receipts, but they fixed the problem.

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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.

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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.
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