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Retail Credit Co.

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Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Mary Wylie McCarty manuscript

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS816f
Scope and Content This collection consists of a typed manuscript by Mary Wylie McCarty detailing the founding and early years of the Retail Credit Company, precursor of Equifax, founded by Cator Woolford (1869-1944). It includes a history of Woolford's early life on his family farm, his schooling at Maryland Agricultural College, his enlistment in the U.S. Army in order to become part of the Signal Corps, and other various jobs he held. The collection also contains a partial letter written to a Mr. Malone...
Dates: undated