2 linear feet of material consisting of advertisements, stationary, lists, clippings, and other materials generated by W.K. Cowan & Company, a Chicago manufacturer and distributor of Colonial-style furniture and decorative objects, including a company advertisement clipped from the Ladies Home Journal (October 1898); a blank piece of company stationery; a draft of Cowan catalog descriptions; a Cowan reorganization plan (2 January 1902); a bookplate for William Kenneth Cowan; a list of items purchased by Cowan & Company (18 June 1906); a four-page handwritten essay on the history of tapestry; a company price circular; clipped pages from The International Studio (December 1909) featuring a multiple-page Cowan & Company advertisement; and 44 drawings of furniture, evidently produced for reproduction in company catalogues and brochures. Also included are several magazines and publications such as Sport Story Magazine (1931) and Chicago Stadium Review (1936).