Hoff, Clarence Papers on Marshall Field and Company

Date: 1920-1992. Size: 1 linear foot in 1 box, includes 3 photographs. Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections. Clarence Hoff worked as an electrician for Marshall Field and Company from 1942 until 1985. Marshall Field and Company grew out of earlier wholesale and retail companies of which Marshall Field was a part beginning in the 1860s. Marshall Field’s grew to be one of the most recognized department stores in America, with its flagship building in the heart of Chicago’s downtown Loop. Field’s was acquired by Macy’s in 2005. This small collection documents employee activities and company publications in the mid-twentieth century. [Finding aid]