Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains correspondence, telegraphs, and documents of the Eagle & Phenix Manufacturing Co. dated 1887-1888, & 1894. According to some accounts, at a point in time the Columbus Fire Department, after inspecting the attic of the Eagle & Phenix office building on Front Avenue, ordered the company to dispose of records stored in that location. Apparently the firm put the records on the street for the trash collectors and people simply took portions of the records. That...