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City of Greater Sudbury Archives Querney Family Ontario
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Querney Family

  • ON00120 018
  • Fonds
  • 1956-2010

This fonds consists of correspondence, press releases, a written history and newspaper clippings.

Querney Family

Querney's Office Plus

Series consists of records of the office supplies and furniture store Querney's Office Plus in Sudbury, Ontario.

Invitations

File consists of a colour, one page computer printout Grand Opening invitation for Querney's Office Plus. The date of the Grand Opening was listed as Thursday, October 21 2010 from 3 to 7pm at 67 Elm Street, Sudbury, Ontario. RSVP's requested prior to the event.

Press Releases

File consists of a press release concerning the purchase of Muirheads by Grand & Toy, an OfficeMax company.

Murheads

Series consists of records the Querney family kept of Muirheads after selling the company to Grand & Toy, an OfficeMax company.

Resumes & Awards

Series consists of two photocopied pages of the Sudbury and District Chamber of Commerce April 29, 1998 Business Excellence Awards brochure (pages include the title page and the page listing the Querney Family as recipients of the President's Award). Series also includes a typed, annotated, one page Curriculum Vitae of Alan Arthur Querney.

Clippings

File consists of two photocopied clippings of articles; "Good display plus power of promotion sells complete office installations" by Phyllis Mitchell in the June 1962 Canadian Stationer & Office Equipment Deal p. 10-11 & 30 and "Muirheads a Family Affair Plus" by John Sturtridge in the May 1993 The Downtowner Herald p. 10

Fax

One photocopy of a fax, dated December 4, 1991, to Wendy Watson of MCTV from Alan Querney of Muirheads. Attached to the fax are photocopies of a newspaper clipping ("Scottish Sailor opened store 100 years ago" by Harold Carmichael, The Sudbury Star, October 30, 1991) and two photocopies of sections in books regarding the history of Muirheads ("Muirhead Stationers Inc." in The Sudbury Region by Richard P. Baine, 1969, p. 147; and "The first 75 years : a headline history of Sudbury, Canada" by Charles Dorian, 1958, p26-27).

Correspondence

File consists of Muirheads' correspondence including a memo and a fax.

Memo

One memo dated May 18, 1972 and sent by W.C. Muirhead [Bill Muirhead] concerning the sale of Muirhead Stations Limited to Alan Querney. This memo, while not addressed, was most likely sent to the employees of Muirhead Stations Limited at the time of purchase.

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