Scope and Contents This collection consists of material relating to Drexel and Company and its successor firms from 1872 to 1979. The first series, Financial books and cable code book, consists of three ledger books and three balance books documenting various company expenses, as well as Edward T. Stotesbury's cable code book. (Stotesbury was a longtime Drexel and Co. employee, and a cable code was a system for abbreviating telegrams in order to reduce transmission costs.) The second series, Memorabilia,...