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Bobbie Brooks, Inc. was founded in 1939 as Ritmore Sportswear in Cleveland, Ohio. Its founders were Maurice Saltzman and Max
Reiter. In 1953, Saltzman bought out Reiter's share of the company. The name was changed to Bobbie Brooks in 1960. The company
merged with Pubco Corporation in 1985. The collection consists of annual reports, brochures, newspaper clippings, company
newsletters, awards, and a payroll ledger. The newsletters provide contemporaneous descriptions of pioneering use of computers
to track and coordinate production, sales, shipping, and accounting.
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