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(This article is extensively footnoted with sources.)","Series include:  \nSeries 1. Business Correspondence (1928–1931), boxes: Series 1, Box 1-53 \nSeries 2. Business Correspondence -- U.S. Government (1926–1931), boxes: Series 2, Box 1-16 \nSeries 3. Company Financial Records (1917–1931), boxes: Series 3, Box 1-73 \nSeries 4. Miscellaneous Papers (1906–1942), boxes: Series 4, Box 1-4 \nSeries 5. Compensation Claims (CONFIDENTIAL) (1925–1935), boxes: Series 5, Box 1-3 \nSeries 6. Boiler Information, Catalogs, Patents, and Reprints (1912–1930), boxes: Series 6, Box 1-2 \nSeries 7. Miscellaneous Business Records (1884, 1913-1955), boxes: Series 7, Box 1-12 \nSeries 8. Deeds and Contracts (ca. 1871-1935), box: Series 8, Box 1 \nSeries 9. Photographs, Scrapbooks, and Diaries (1883-1931), boxes: Series 9, Box 1-7 \nSeries 10. Research Files (1857-1953, 1975-1978), boxes: Series 10, Box 1-3 \nSeries 11. Specifications (1916-1931), boxes: Series 11, Box 1-2 \nSeries 12. 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It includes correspondence and forms regarding workers compensation claims.","This series includes miscellaneous information on Ward boilers, a partial list of vessels built by Ward Engineering (1920-1929), equipment catalogs, patents for inventions of Charles E. Ward from the 1920s, and reprints of articles about Ward boats.","This series includes legal documents, title papers, reports, maps, blue prints, etc., regarding family and business affairs, such as real estate, insurance, and disposition of the Ward estate in the 1940s.","This series includes checks, deeds, leases, agreements, title reports, etc.","This series includes photographs, mostly of Ward engines and boats, and some of the Ward family (ca. 1890s-1920s); two scrapbooks of newspaper clippings regarding Ward Engineering and the Ward family (ca. 1897-1930s); two diaries kept by Charles E. 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