Business records
The collection consists of a single series of business records with subseries of: Incoming Correspondence, Letterbooks, Coal Business, Bicycle/Automobile Business, Other Records.
The Incoming Correspondence is arranged by the various names of Staebler firms: Staebler and Elmer, Michael Staebler, Michael Staebler and Son, and Staebler and Sons. The Letterbooks have been arranged chronologically. Where the dates of volumes overlap, the volumes presumably documented different business activities. The Coal Sales Order books have interest for the names of Ann Arbor family dealing with Staebler. The Bicycle and Automobile Business records document the changeover taking place in society as the automobile replaced the carriage and wagon as the principal means of transport. The researcher should note that later records of the Staebler family automobile dealership will be found in the papers of Edward W. Staebler.