{"value"=>"<p>Administrative Files contain correspondence, legal documents, insurance statements, and product research that document DuVivier's business activities, primarily from 1903, when Charles L. DuVivier assumed ownership of the firm, to its dissolution in 1922.</p> <p>The correspondence, in both French and English, documents business transactions of the New York office, especially the liquidation of DuVivier & Co.'s inventory in anticipation of the ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment. A letterpress copybook belonging to Charles L. DuVivier contains letters to his father and the home office during business trips to France. Correspondents include remote employees, primarily Victor Fisher in France and Fulgence Nolan in Guttenberg, N.J.; importers; and companies DuVivier contracted for goods and services, including bankers John Munroe & Co. and Meacham-Buxton, a collections agency.</p> <p>Legal documents originate from lawsuits about ownership of the company and bankruptcy filings. Product and supply inventories and other asset listings that detail the value of the company immediately preceding Prohibition are contained within the bankruptcy documents, as the inventories and listings were created for the court proceedings.</p> <p>Product research includes inquiries into alternatives to alcoholic beverages like tea, coffee, and chicory as well as other possible business ventures using chemical or mechanical processes. Reference publications were kept by office staff and provide documentation of the larger alcohol bottling and distribution industry. This series also contains sample labels for DuVivier-imported wines, and blank stationery from the lower Manhattan office.</p> <p>Arranged alphabetically by subject or document type.</p>"}