Limestone mills; Quarries and quarrying; Matthews Brothers Stone Company
Pictured here is the Matthew Brothers stone plant which operated from 1862 until 1978 when it was sold to the Bybee Stone Company, which is still in operation in Ellettsville.
Limestone Industry--Printed ephemera; Matthews Brothers Stone Company
Fred Matthews sent this letter to Roger Morigi, one the nations premier stone carvers who carved many of the elaborate figures for the Cathedral, on April 24, 1985, following the 1984 release of the film "Stone Carvers" about the stoneworkers of...
Limestone Industry--Printed ephemera; Limestone Industry--Marketing; Matthews Brothers Stone Company
Matthews President Fred Barrett employed various tactics in an effort to generate business for the mill. One such tactic involved keeping past clients up to speed on the quarrys latest achievements, all the time reminding them, as one letter to...
National Cathedral (Washington, D.C.); Limestone Industry--Printed ephemera; Matthews Brothers Stone Company
This document, and those that follow, give a sense of the fanfare that accompanied the completion of the National Cathedral in Washington D.C. Although seating as limited, tickets were available to a predetermined number of quarry workers and...
National Cathedral (Washington, D.C.); Limestone Industry--Printed ephemera; Matthews Brothers Stone Company
This document, and those that follow, give a sense of the fanfare that accompanied the completion of the National Cathedral in Washington D.C. Although seating as limited, tickets were available to a predetermined number of quarry workers and...
Limestone Industry--Printed ephemera; Matthews Brothers Stone Company--Centennial
typed note; "Sincere congratulations and every good wish for the future; A hundred years is quite a while; for Matthews' stone to be in style; the second hundred should be just the same; Thus perpetuating the Matthews' name"
