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	Alvah C. Roebuck (1864-1948)
		Alvah Curtis Roebuck, co-founder of Sears, Roebuck and Co., was born on January 9, 1864, in Lafayette, Ind.
		It was there that Alvah attended country school, and his mother took over the family farm when her husband died in 1876.
		Alvah Roebuck returned to his desk at company headquarters in Chicago, where he enthusiastically assumed the task of compiling a corporate history until his death on June 18, 1948.
	www.searsarchives.com /people/alvahroebuck.htm (388 words)

	Alvah C. Roebuck -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Alvah Curtis Roebuck (born January 9, 1864 in (additional info and facts about Lafayette, Indiana) Lafayette, Indiana - June 18,1948) was co-founder of (additional info and facts about Sears, Roebuck and Co.) Sears, Roebuck and Co..
		Roebuck also served as president (1909-1924) of Emerson Typewriter Company, where he invented a (Hand-operated character printer for printing written messages one character at a time) typewriter, called the "Woodstock".
		Alvah Roebuck returned to his desk at company headquarters in (Largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan) Chicago, where he enthusiastically assumed the task of compiling a corporate history until his death in 1948.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/al/alvah_c._roebuck.htm (419 words)

	Encyclopedia: Sears
		Alvah Curtis Roebuck Alvah Curtis Roebuck (born January 9, 1864 in Lafayette, Indiana - June 18, 1948) was co-founder of Sears, Roebuck and Co....
		Alvah Roebuck had to resign soon after due to ill-health, but the company still retained his name.
		Roebuck was dropped from the name of the stores, though not from the official corporate name, in the 1970s.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Sears (2909 words)

	Richard Sears - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1887, Sears hired watch repairman Alvah Curtis Roebuck to handle many of the returns that needed repaired.
		Roebuck was not only Sears's first employee, but he later became co-founder of Sears, Roebuck and Company.
		The Sears, Roebuck and Co. was officially formed in 1893.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Richard_Sears (534 words)

	Sears, Roebuck and Co.
		Sears, Roebuck and Co. has been a dominate force in the retail industry for many years, actually over a century, and has continually shown a dominance in the way that their business is run.
		Gladly, Sears, Roebuck and Co. was able to prevail and once again is starting to show dominance in the retail industry, founded now to be number two in the retail industry.
		Sears hired Roebuck and in 1893 the corporate name of the firm became Sears, Roebuck and Co. Business turned out to be very profitable for the company and in the 1890's the mail order industry for Sears, Roebuck and Co.
	academic.emporia.edu /smithwil/00spmg456/eja/pieschl.html (1601 words)

	American National Business Hall of Fame, ANBHF
		Roebuck assembled the watches and Sears sold them through heavy advertising in farm magazines, and the provision of installment credit.
		Alvah Roebuck became concerned about his personal liability and decided to sell his interest in the company to Sears in 1895 (unlike Richard Sears, Alvah Roebuck was not a risk taker).
		Rosenwald carried that tradition to Sears, Roebuck, and it became a source of tension between Rosenwald and Richard Sears.
	www.anbhf.org /retailing.html (6566 words)

	Richard Sears -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In 1887, Sears hired watch repairman (additional info and facts about Alvah Curtis Roebuck) Alvah Curtis Roebuck to handle many of the returns that needed repaired.
		Roebuck was not only Sears's first employee, but he later became co-founder of (additional info and facts about Sears, Roebuck & Company) Sears, Roebuck & Company.
		The (additional info and facts about Sears, Roebuck and Co.) Sears, Roebuck and Co. was officially formed in 1893.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/R/Ri/Richard_Sears.htm (631 words)

	Poynter Online - Home, made to order
		The Morales' home is one of a handful of Sears kit houses in the Gulfport subdivision called Roebuck Park, which runs from 52nd and 53rd streets and 29th and 31st avenues south.
		Roebuck Park was name for its developer, Alvah Curtis Roebuck, who built the subdivision one structure at a time after his arrival in Gulfport in 1925.
		Roebuck was involved in Gulfport beyond the subdivision he developed.
	www.poynter.org /column.asp?id=79&aid=103610 (820 words)

	Alvah C. Roebuck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alvah Curtis Roebuck (1864-1948) born: 9 January 1864 in Lafayette, Indiana died: 18 June 1948
		Alvah Roebuck began work as a watchmaker in a Hammond, Indiana jewelry store at age 22.
		He later partnered with Richard W. Sears in founding Sears Roebuck and Co.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alvah_Roebuck (86 words)

	Neighborhoodtimes: Gulfport owes it all to catalog mogul Roebuck
		On Jan. 9, 1864, Roebuck was born in Lafayette, Ind. His father died when Roebuck was 13 years old, leaving him with family responsibility and a broken silver watch.
		Roebuck repaired the timepiece and began fixing his classmates' watches for 25 cents each.
		In January 1925, Roebuck arrived here and bought an existing subdivision between 52nd and 53rd streets and 29th and 31st avenues S. After renaming the area Roebuck Park, he built the subdivision "lot by lot," Roebuck said to the Tourist News in his first interview about his career.
	www.sptimes.com /2004/02/18/Neighborhoodtimes/Gulfport_owes_it_all_.shtml (728 words)

	Consumers and catalogues
		Alvah Curtis Roebuck was a watch repairman from Indiana when he answered Sears' advertisement in the newspaper.
		Roebuck had always dreamed of heading west, but with the ad decided north was just as well.
		Sears, Roebuck & Co. hired the co-founder to write the history of Sears, Roebuck & Co. and to represent the company at grand-openings and press events for wages.
	xroads.virginia.edu /~HYPER/INCORP/Sears/searscat/roebuck.html (291 words)

	Sears Catalog
		Founders Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck began producing a catalog-type mailing of their wares in 1888 which offered mainly watches, jewelry and silverware, and later catalogs were introduced periodically.
		For the first time ever, the rural population was given access to items that had been reserved solely for the wealthy and those living in urban centers.
		Also in 1894, Sears, Roebuck and Company which was still located in Minneapolis and employed 80 people, opened a branch location in Chicago, which eventually became the home office.
	www.bgsu.edu /departments/acs/1890s/sears/sears4.html (859 words)

	Neighborhoodtimes: A famous craftsman left mark on Gulfport
		On Jan. 9, 1864, Roebuck was born in Lafayette, Ind. His father died when Roebuck was 13, leaving him with family responsibility and a broken silver watch.
		On Sept. 16, 1893, Sears, Roebuck and Co. was established.
		Roebuck was "one of the leading boosters of the municipality," the Independent said of Roebuck.
	www.sptimes.com /2004/12/01/Neighborhoodtimes/A_famous_craftsman_le.shtml (752 words)

	sears and roebuck catalogs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Curtis Roebuck began producing a catalog-type mailing of their wares in 1888 which offered mainly watches, Alvah A description of Sears, Roebuck and microform Catalogs (1888-1967), a Company collection owned by Bowling Green State University.
		In 1896 the first Sears, Roebuck and Co. general catalog was produced, and it guaranteed low prices, money-back rural and free guarantees, delivery.
		Sears, Roebuck and Co. mail-order catalogs featured Little Wonder records for sale from the through 1921.- Scans of all 1915 Little Wonder entries from.
	www.planet-side.com /catalog/sears-and-roebuck-catalogs.html (409 words)

	TRLM Sears Jr (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		TRLM Sears Jr The Sears, Roebuck, and Co. Consumer's Guide for 1894....
		A 23 year old Sears and 24 year old Roebuck had made more than history, they had made wishes come true.
		Roebuck had resigned and sold out for $25,000.
	www.technobard.com /trlm_sears_jr.htm (401 words)

	ALVAH ROEBUCK Articles Alvah Curtis Roebuck (January 9, 18
		Alvah Curtis Roebuck (January 9, 1864 in Lafayette, Indiana – June 18, 1948), was a manager, businessman, and the founder of Sears, Roebuck and Company with his partner Richard Sears.
		Alvah Roebuck began work as a watchmaker in a Hammond, Indiana jewelry store at age 22.
		The firm was incorporated as Sears, Roebuck and Company in 1893.
	www.amazines.com /Alvah_Roebuck_related.html (458 words)

	R. W. Sears Bio
		In 1887, Sears hired watch repairman Alvah Curtis Roebuck to handle many of the returns that needed repaired.
		Roebuck was not only Sears's first employee, but he later became co-founder of Sears, Roebuck and Company.
		Roebuck's contribution to the corporation was short-lived, however, and due to personal considerations he sold his share of the company to Sears in 1895 for $25,000.
	www.bgsu.edu /departments/acs/1890s/sears/sears2.html (717 words)

	History Lesson
		Sears and Roebuck needed a printer who could handle the volume, quality and ability to produce such a large order.
		Although Roebuck decided to seek a quieter life, Sears had no intention of doing any such thing.
		One year the Sears Roebuck Company was reported to have sold more than 100,000 bicycles to the American consumer.
	www.hhs59.com /sears.htm (1521 words)

	Roebuck, Alvah Curtis - Historic Clock and Watch Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Alvah Curtis Roebuck, a Native American, was hired by Richard Warren Sears in 1887 as a watch repairman; thereby establishing one of the worlds most famous stores: Sears, Roebuck and Company.
		Roebuck was hired by Sears as a watch repair man. As time evolved, Roebuck became a partner in the company, but later sold his shares to Sears for a tidy profit.
		However, the tidy profit he sold his shares for was a pittance compared to what his shares would be worth today if he'd kept them.
	www.clockswatches.com /papers/roebuckac.htm (592 words)

	Encyclopedia: Alvah Roebuck
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		Alvah Curtis Roebuck (born January 9, 1864 in Lafayette, Indiana - June 18, 1948) was co-founder of Sears, Roebuck and Co..
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	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Alvah-Roebuck (315 words)

	sears roebuck catalog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Founders Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck began producing a in mailing of their wares catalog-type 1888 which offered mainly watches.
		Free mail catalogs can be a great inspiration if your decorating your residence or possibly you need to browser through some electronic catalog to find the perfect stereo component for your house.
		The Sears, Roebuck "Wish was sometimes referred to as "the Consumers' Bible." The Christmas Catalog was known as the catalog Book", perhaps because of.
	www.planet-side.com /catalog/sears-roebuck-catalog.html (339 words)

	Plain Talk-Opinion 'Wish book' inventor has S.D. ties 01/06/05
		One of his respondents was Alvah Roebuck, a young correspondence-course repairmen.
		Another publication calls him Curtis Roebuck, but regardless of the name discrepancy, that was the beginning of a relationship which we now know as Sears, Roebuck and Company.
		In time Roebuck was succeeded by Julius Rosenwald, a merchandising genius, who ran the mail-order company while Sears devoted his time to writing advertising copy for the ³wish book² which many South Dakotans read, ordered from and used in their visits to their outhouses.
	www.plaintalk.net /stories/010605/opi_0106050022.html (515 words)

	Bay Weekly
		Among many, it was assumed Montgomery and Ward were two different entrepreneurs who joined forces (as with arch competitor Richard Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck) with the Montgomery interests later sold out, tossed out, died off or whatever.
		That was in August of 1872, some 23 years before Sears, Roebuck and Co. came on the scene, and Aaron — who evidently didn’t like his first name — issued his first catalog, which listed about 150 items that could be shipped directly to the homes of customers.
		Until the new catalogs arrived, the current ones were stored in a secure place where they could be easily located when anything from nails, four-seater surreys and cultivators to corsets, trusses and auto batteries were needed.
	www.bayweekly.com /year01/issue9_1/burton9_1.html (1130 words)

	Big Al's Pix
		Roebuck was not only Sears's first employee, but he later became co-founder of Sears, Roebuck and Company." (Bowling Green State University)
		Alan J. Lacy was named chairman and chief executive officer for Sears, Roebuck and Co. in December 2000.
		Sears, Roebuck and Co. has agreed to acquire ownership or leasehold interest in up to 61 off-mall stores in key Sears markets from Kmart Holding Corp. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. for approximately $620 million in cash.
	www.riccistreet.net /dwares/plaza/downing/project.htm (1188 words)

	Country Catalogs of the Past (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Sears, Roebuck and Company 'wish book' of 1903, for example, offered fancy kerosene lamps, oak kitchen and dining room chairs, and coffee pots of Graniteware.
		Towards the end of the 1880s craft and art supply catalogs were becoming available covering such areas of china painting, stenciling, wood burning, brass embossing, hair weaving and shellcraft.
		Sears and Roebuck arrived in the 20th century with a bang.
	www.antiquelynx.com /Articles/Feb04/Reedcatalogs.html (748 words)

	Re: Roebucks in Mercer Co., Dublin Township OH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Alvah Curtis Roebuck; Born 9 Jan 1864 ®192.
		Samuel Roebuck's parents were George Roebuck and Catherine Stophlet, as you report.
		I have no information on Alvah Curtis' siblings other than those two names.
	www.genealogyboard.com /roebuck/messages/369.html (139 words)

	Re: Roebucks in Mercer Co., Dublin Township OH
		In Reply to: Roebucks in Mercer Co., Dublin Township OH by Linnea Klee
		Hi, I am interseted in information on Samuel Roebuck, the son of George Roebuck(1807-1846) and Catherine Stophlet(1809-1875).He married Mary Jane (Wolf), and they had, I believe, 6 children.
		One was Alvah Curtis Roebuck(Jan. 9, 1864-1948),(the one connected to Sears and Roebuck).
	www.genealogyboard.com /roebuck/messages/368.html (104 words)

	The amazing Mr. Sears - A brief look at the handsome genius and his store - Oldhouseweb.com
		Richard Sears and Alvah Roebuck became good friends and eventually became partners in the business venture which they named, Sears Roebuck and Company.
		During World War I, the Sears Roebuck catalog was the book most requested by American soldiers recovering in overseas hospitals.
		According to Sears, Roebuck, USA: The Great American Catalog Store and How It Grew a Sears customer wrote and asked to return several bottles of patent medicine shed purchased from Sears, explaining that the medicine had originally been intended for her husband and hed since passed on.
	www.oldhouseweb.com /stories/Detailed/12268.shtml (1380 words)

	Verso - Auto-Graphics, Inc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Roebuck, Alvah Curtis, - 1864-1948 Sears, Richard Warren, - 1863-1914 Sears, Roebuck and Company - History Video recordings for the hearing impaired Mail-order business
		Explores how the Sears catalogue, giving readers a sense of urban life and a vision of middle class splendors, reflected the changes of the time and became a symbol for the national ambitions and dreams of a sprawling country.
		Contains biographical information on Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck.
	com-verso.auto-graphics.com /verso/admin/showbib.asp?BN=34192 (161 words)

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