Operational Records
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Park-Brannock.
label: Collection Creator
content: Park, Ernest N.
label: Collection Creator
content: Brannock, Otis C.
label: Collection Creator
content: Brannock, Charles F., 1903-1992
label: Collection Creator
content: Brannock Device Company.
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content: Brannock Device Company Records
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content: Brannock Device Company Records / Subgroup 2: Park-Brannock Shoe Store Records
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1936 - 1972
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0672, Series 2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series is arranged into six subseries: Financial Materials, 1936-1972; Memos, December 1937-April 1944, January 1949, May 1958-May 1961; Business Course Tailored to Park-Brannock, undated; Store Planning, 1935-1961; New York City Business Trips, January 1949-August 1952; and Miscellaneous Notes, undated.

The Financial Materials, 1936-1972 subseries contains all available financial information for Park-Brannock.  It is arranged into five smaller series:  Correspondence, May 1937-December 1972; Annual Reports, 1945-1972; Department Sales Figures, 1957-1961; Merchandise Budget, August 1939-January 1941; and Miscellaneous Reports, 1936-1944. 

The Memos, December 1937-April 1944, January 1949, May 1958-May 1961 subseries contains a limited amount of general internal correspondence.  For correspondence between Charles and Otis Brannock, see the Operational Records series of subgroup 1, the Brannock Device Company.  For other internal correspondence, see the correspondence with Alice Buxton in the Advertising and Marketing Records series in subgroup 2, Park-Brannock.

The Business course Tailored to Park-Brannock, undated is a file on how to be successful in the shoe business with advice specifically for Park-Brannock.  The author is unknown, but it appears to be a commissioned service.

The Store Planning, 1935-1961 subseries contains architectural drawings for a proposed but not undertaken renovation of the original Park-Brannock building in 1935, and files containing store planning advertisements and correspondence used in the moves to new stores in 1937 and 1946.

The New York City Business Trips, January 1949-August 1952 subseries consists of a chronological file of notes taken by Charles Brannock on business accounts during trips to New York City.

The Miscellaneous Notes, undated, subseries contains various notes made by Charles Brannock.