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Cincinnati Company Profiles and Histories

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PABST (J.) & SONS COMPANY

Business & Industry in Butler County. Pabst (J.) & Sons Company History.

PACIFIC MANUFACTURING OHIO [ORBIS PROFILE]

Kiesewetter, Sue.  Auto parts factory plans expansion in Fairfield. Cincinnati.com 25 March 2016.

PALM BEACH INC.

Hirtl, Leo. "Palm Beach Inc." In Cincinnati: The Queen City, ed. Daniel Hurley, 202. Cincinnati Historical Society, 1982 (Langsam Library Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)

"Less Is More at Palm Beach." Ohio Business 11 (March 1997): 46.

PALMER (C. B.) COMPANY

Business & Industry in Butler County. Palmer (C. B.) Company History.

PARKING COMPANY OF AMERICA [ORBIS PROFILE]

"The Parking Company of America." In Cincinnati: The Queen City, 3rd ed., 233. Cincinnati, Ohio: Cincinnati Historical Society, 1996. (Langsam Library  Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)

PARKWAY PRODUCTS [ORBIS PROFILE]

PARSEC INC. [ORBIS PROFILE]

PATIENTPOINT [ORBIS PROFILE]

Tech company latest tenant at Kenwood tower. Cincinnati.com 16 March 2016.

PAULA, C. M. [ORBIS PROFILE]

Eckberg, John. Mason Firm Well-Versed in How to Grow a Business. Cincinnati Enquirer 15 August 2008. A-11

Watkins, Steve. C.M. Paula's 'Buy it, Grow it' Style Drew Art Technologies. Business Courier 1 June 2012.

PAYCOR [ORBIS PROFILE]

Newberry, Jon. Paycor Finalizing New HQ in Norwood.  Business Courier 19 October 2012.

Tweh, Bowdeya. Paycor Shows Off new HQ Digs. Cincinnati.com 26 March 2014

Paycor buys California-based hiring software maker. Cincinnati.com 9 December 2015.

Tweh, Bowdeya. Fast-growing Paycor seeks more space. Cincinnati.com 30 December 2015. 

PAYNE FIRM INC. [ORBIS PROFILE]

"The Payne Firm Inc." In Cincinnati: Majestic Vision, 452. Memphis, TN: Towery Pub., 2001. (Langsam Library Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)

PEASE INDUSTRIES INC.

"Pease Industries, Inc." In Cincinnati: The Queen City, 3rd ed., 234. Cincinnati, Ohio: Cincinnati Historical Society, 1996. (Langsam Library  Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)

PDT ARCHITECTS

Neff, Jack. "PDT Architects" In Cincinnati: Crowning Glory, by Charles Luken and Mark Bowen,  Memphis, Tenn.: Towery Pub., 1996.  (Langsam Library Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)

PECK HANNAFORD & BRIGGS

      

Peck Hannaford & Briggs Company. Cincinnati, Ohio: The Company, 1985. 12 p.

(This Item is Available at the Cincinnati Historical Society Library)

PENN STATION [ORBIS PROFILE]

PERFORMANCE AUTOMOTIVE NETWORK [ORBIS PROFILE]

PET WANTS [ORBIS PROFILE]

Hussein, Fatima. OTR retailer to offer workers $15 per hour. Cincinnati.com 17 December 2015.

PETER CREMER NORTH AMERICA [ORBIS PROFILE]

Newberry, Jon. Peter Cremer Eyes Cincinnati Expansion, New Jobs.  Business Courier 29 October 2012.

PF MANAGEMENT [ORBIS PROFILE]
SEE ALSO: ADVANCEPIERRE FOODS

 PHC GROUP [ORBIS PROFILE]

"PHC Group." In Cincinnati: Majestic Vision, 462. Memphis, TN: Towery Pub., 2001. (Langsam Library Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)

PHILLIPS EDISON & COMPANY [ORBIS PROFILE]

Tweh, Bowdeya. Kenwood project a 'rusted out shell' no more. Cincinnati.com 14 July 2015.

PHOENIX ARCHITECTURE

Demeropolis, Tom. Born of recession, Phoenix Architecture now riding high (Video). Cincinnati Business Courier 19 June 2015.

PHOENIX PRESENTATIONS INC.

"Phoenix Presentations, Inc." In Cincinnati: The Queen City, 3rd ed., 235. Cincinnati, Ohio: Cincinnati Historical Society, 1996. (Langsam Library  Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)

PIERRE FOODS, INC.
See: ADVANCEPIERRE FOODS

PILOT CHEMICAL [ORBIS PROFILE]

PITTSBURGH, CINCINNATI AND ST. LOUIS RAILWAY COMPANY

Corporate History, Mortgages, Principal Leases, Agreements, Deeds and Papers, of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway Company, and the Various Corporations Whose Line of Road Are Operated by It. In Force 1876. Pittsburgh, Pa.: Stevenson & Foster, 1876-

PIZZA HUTS OF CINCINNATI [ORBIS PROFILE]

Murdock, Eugene C. "Pizza Huts of Cincinnati, Inc." In The Buckeye Empire; An Illustrated History of Ohio Enterprise, 210-211. Northridge, Calif.: Windsor Publications, Inc., 1988. (Langsam Library Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)

PLANES MOVING [ORBIS PROFILE]

 PLI Group [ORBIS PROFILE]

Newberry, Jon. Granite Fabrication Brings Solid Growth for PLI Group. Business Courier 26 October 2012.

PMC SPECIALTIES [ORBIS PROFILE]

 PNC BANK, OHIO, N.A. [ORBIS PROFILE]

Neff, Jack. "PNC Bank, Ohio, N.A." In Cincinnati: Crowning Glory, by Charles Luken and Mark Bowen, 300-301.  Memphis, Tenn.: Towery Pub., 1996.  (Langsam Library Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)

"PNC Bank, Ohio, N.A." In Cincinnati: The Queen City, 3rd ed., 236. Cincinnati, Ohio: Cincinnati Historical Society, 1996. (Langsam Library  Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)
See Also:  Central Trust Company

 PNG COMMUNICATIONS [ORBIS PROFILE]

 POMEROY GROUP [ORBIS PROFILE]

Region's top IT firm growing via merger. Cincinnati.com 26 October 2015.

 POQUE (H&S) COMPANY

Hirtl, Leo. " The H. S. Pogue Company." In Cincinnati: The Queen City, ed. Daniel Hurley, 203. Cincinnati: Cincinnati Historical Society, 1982. (Langsam Library Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog

PORTION PAC, INC. [ORBIS PROFILE]

"Portion Pac, Inc." In Cincinnati: Majestic Vision, 420. Memphis, TN: Towery Pub., 2001. (Langsam Library Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)

THE WM. POWELL COMPANY

Hirtl, Leo. " The William Powell Company." In Cincinnati: The Queen City, ed. Daniel Hurley, 204. Cincinnati: Cincinnati Historical Society, 1982. (Langsam Library Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)

 

"The Wm. Powell Company." In Cincinnati: The Queen City, 3rd ed., 237. Cincinnati, Ohio: Cincinnati Historical Society, 1996. (Langsam Library  Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)

The Wm. Powell Co. : Manufacturers of Dependable Valves for Controlling Steam, Water, Oil, Gas, Air, Liquids, and Other Media. Cincinnati, Ohio: The Company, 1956. 589 p.

(This Item is available at the Cincinnati Historical Society Library)

Wm. Powell Co. Powell Steel Valves. Cincinnati, Ohio: The Company, 1958.

(This Item is available at the Cincinnati Historical Society Library)

Wm. Powell Co. The Wm. Powell Co. : Manufacturers of Dependable Valves for Controlling Steam, Water, Oil, Gas, Air, Liquids, and Other Media. Cincinnati, Ohio: The Company, 1956.

(This Item is available at the Cincinnati Historical Society Library)

POWERNET GLOBAL

SEE: PNG COMMUNICATIONS

PRECINCT 

SEE: RUBY (JEFF)

PREMIER NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC. [ORBIS PROFILE]

"Premier Network Solutions, Inc." In Cincinnati: Majestic Vision, 470. Memphis, TN: Towery Pub., 2001. (Langsam Library Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)

PRESTO FOODS [ORBIS PROFILE]

Romine, Stephanie. Presto Foods Gets the Cheese to Neighborhood Pizzerias. Cincinnati Enquirer 11 November 2007. J4

PROCESS PLUS [ORBIS PROFILE]

"Process Plus." In Cincinnati: Majestic Vision, 478. Memphis, TN: Towery Pub., 2001. (Langsam Library Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)

PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY [ORBIS PROFILE]

Cleary, David Powers. "Ivory Soap; 99 44/100% Pure--It Floats." In Great American Brands: The Success Formulas That Made Them Famous, 172-181. New York: Fairchild Publications, 1981.

"A Company Built on Soap." Cincinnati Post 26 February, 2000, sec.A, p.7.

Crain, Rance, and Fred Danzig. "Patience and Perspective." Advertising Age 58 (20 August 1987): 148-160.

Deupree, Richard Redwood. William Cooper Procter: Industrial Statesman, New York: Newcomen Society in North America, 1951 (SW Depository -- link to Library Catalog)

Dyer, Davis. Rising Tide : Lessons From 165 Years of Brand Building at Procter & Gamble. Boston, Mass.: Harvard Business School Press, 2004. 467 p. (Langsam Library Stacks (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)

Editors of Advertising Age, eds. Procter and Gamble, The House That Ivory Built. Lincolnwood, Ill.: NTC Business Books, 1988. 234 p.  (Langsam Library Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)

Feis, Aerbert. Labor Relations; A Study Made in the Procter & Gamble Company. New York: Adolphi Company, 1928. 170 p.  (Langsam Library Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)

Freeman, Laurie. "The House That Ivory Built." Advertising Age 58 (20 August 1987): 4-14; 162-200.

Hirtl, Leo. " The Procter & Gamble Company." In Cincinnati: The Queen City, ed. Daniel Hurley, 205. Cincinnati: Cincinnati Historical Society, 1982. (Langsam Library Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)

Into the Second Century with Procter & Gamble. Cincinnati: The Company, l944. (Langsam Library Reference -- link to Library Catalog)

Ivorydale. Cincinnati, Ohio: The Company, 1917. 45 p.

Gale, Oliver M. "Edward Granville Harness." In They Helped Shape Our City, 47-60. Cincinnati, Ohio: Oral History Foundation, 1992. (Langsam Library Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)

Gale, Oliver M. "Mark Upson." In They Helped Shape Our City, 34-38. Cincinnati, Ohio: Oral History Foundation, 1992. (Langsam Library Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)

Gale, Oliver M. "Neil McElroy." In They Helped Shape Our City, 1-8. Cincinnati, Ohio: Oral History Foundation, 1992. (Langsam Library Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)

Gale, Oliver M. "Richard Redwood Deupree." In They Helped Shape Our City, 19-26. Cincinnati, Ohio: Oral History Foundation, 1992. (Langsam Library Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)

Lief, Alfred. It Floats, The Story of Procter & Gamble. New York: Rinehart , l958. 388 p. (Langsam Library Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)

Lief, Alfred. The Moon and the Stars, The Story of P&G and Its People. Cincinnati: Procter & Gamble, l958. 93 p. (Langsam Library Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)

Millman, Nancy F. "Saga of P&G's Ivory Soap: Keeping a Brand Afloat 100 Years." Advertising Age 50 (2 July 1979): 24-27.

Moonbeams Between Two Centuries: Centennial Scrap-Book. Cincinnati, Ohio: The Company, 1937. 48 p.

Moskowitz, Milton. "The Procter & Gamble Company" In Everybody's Business: An Almanac, 355-361. New York: Harper & Row, 1980. (Langsam Library Stacks (Print) -- link to Library Catalog

Neff, Jack. "The Procter & Gamble Company." In Cincinnati: Crowning Glory, by Charles Luken and Mark Bowen, 284-285.  Memphis, Tenn.: Towery Pub., 1996.  (Langsam Library Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)

"Patience and Perspective." Advertising Age 58 (20 August 1987): 148-160 (On occasion of 150th Anniversary)

Pepper, John. What Really Matters: Service, Leadership, People, and Values. New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, 2007. 325 p. 

Pottker, Jan. "University of Massachussetts: Brewing Controversy at P&G, James Gamble, Researcher." In Born to Power: Heirs to America's Leading Businesses, 420-425. New York, N.Y.: Barron's, 1992.

"Procter and Gamble at 150 Years Old; A Special Report." Cincinnati Enquirer, 16 August 1987, sec. J, p. 1.

Procter & Gamble Company. Commemorating 140 Years. Cincinnati, Ohio: The Company, 1977.

(This Item is available at the Cincinnati Historical Society Library)

"Procter and Gamble Co." Notable Corporate Chronologies. Detroit: Gale, 2012. Business Insights: Global. Web. 14 Sep. 2012.

"The Procter & Gamble Company." In Cincinnati: The Queen City, 3rd ed., 238. Cincinnati, Ohio: Cincinnati Historical Society, 1996. (Langsam Library  Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)

"Procter & Gamble." In Cincinnati: Majestic Vision, 302. Memphis, TN: Towery Pub., 2001. (Langsam Library Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)

"The Procter & Gamble Company." International Directory of Company Histories. Ed. Jay P. Pederson. Vol. 133. Detroit: St. James Press, 2012. Business Insights: Global. Web. 14 Sep. 2012.

Procter and Gamble Company. P&G: A Company History. Cincinnati, Ohio: The Company 2004. (CHEMBIOL Oesper Stacks (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)

Procter and Gamble Company Website: P&G History.

Procter and Gamble Company. Procter and Gamble: Celebrating 150 Years of Excellence. Cincinnati: The Company, 1987. 24 p. (Special commemorative booklet)

Procter and Gamble Company. The Story of Procter and Gamble. Cincinnati: The Company, 1972. 48 p.

Procter, William Cooper. Letters. With Commentary by A.C. Denison. Cincinnati: Privately printed; McDonald Printing Company, 1957. 196 p. (The letters were written to the author's niece, mary Elizabeth Johnston, from 1907-1934)  (Archive and Rare Books -- link to Library Catalog; Also Nursing History Collection; Also History of Medicine Library)

Schisgall, Oscar. Eyes on Tomorrow: The Evolution of Procter & Gamble. Chicago: J.G. Ferguson Pub. co., l981. 295 p. (Langsam Library Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)

Schisgall, Oscar. "P&G: Past Is Prologue" Advertising Age 53 (11 January 1982): 47-48, 52, 55.

75th Anniversary: 1879-1954. Cincinnati: Procter & Gamble Company, 1954.

Sharp, Arthur G. "Procter & Gamble: A Procter Takes a Gamble--And a Success Is Born." In American Champions; A History of Business Success, 97-150. Morrisville, Penn.: International Information Associates, 1991.

Silva, Belisa. More Than a Soap Opera: The Rise of P&G Beauty. WWD Nov. 30, 2012 (Reproduced in Proquest ABI/INFORM)

"Soap's First Big Splash: When Harley Procter in 1878, Used Direct-to-Consumer, Large-Scale Advertising and Merchandising to Launch Ivory Soap, he charted a new course for the Entire Soap Industry. Today the Combined Advertising Expenditures of the Three Leading Soap Firms have passed a new high of over $300 million. In "The 50 Great Pioneers of American Industry." By the Editors of News Front and Year, 72-75. Maplewood, N.J.: C.S. Hammond, 1964.

Swasy, Alecia. Soap Opera: The Inside Story of Procter & Gamble. New York, N.Y.: Times Books, 1993. 378 p. (Langsam Library Stacks (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)

Van Der Welf, Martin. "Centenarian Recalls Lifetime of Shaping America's Staples." The Arizona Republic 12 April 1997, sec.A, p.1

Welcome to Ivorydale, Cincinnati, Ohio. Cincinnati, Ohio: Procter & Gamble, 1950-1959.                                                                                                                                                                                                     (This Item is available at the Cincinnati Historical Society Library)

PROFESSIONAL DATA RESOURCES, INC. [ORBIS PROFILE]

Neff, Jack. "Professional Data Resources, Inc." In Cincinnati: Crowning Glory, by Charles Luken and Mark Bowen, 426-427.  Memphis, Tenn.: Towery Pub., 1996.  (Langsam Library Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)

PROFILL HOLDINGS [ORBIS PROFILE]

PROGRESS SUPPLY COMPANY

"Progress Supply Marks 40th Year".  Supply House Times, Nov 2000, Vol. 43 Issue 9, p31, 1p

 PRO MACH INC [ORBIS PROFILE]

Tweh, Bowdeya. Pro Mach's Covington move helps growing firm. Cincinnati.com 31 December 2015.

THE PROVIDENT BANK [ORBIS PROFILE]

Hirtl, Leo. "The Provident Bank." In Cincinnati: The Queen City, ed. Daniel Hurley, 206. Cincinnati: Cincinnati Historical Society, 1982. (Langsam Library Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog

"The Provident Bank." In Cincinnati: The Queen City, 3rd ed., 239. Cincinnati, Ohio: Cincinnati Historical Society, 1996. (Langsam Library  Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)

PSION CORPORATION

Tech Firm Expanding U.S. Headquarters in Ky. Business Courier 29 March 2007.

 PUGH MILL

Business & Industry in Butler County. Pugh Mill History.

PURE ROMANCE [ORBIS PROFILE]

Tweh, Bowdeya. Pure Romance Buys Smaller Competitor. Cincinnati.com 17 January 2014.

Tweh, Bowdeya. Pure Romance Adding Heart to Downtown in HQ Move. Cincinnati.Com 14 February 2014.

Daumeyer, Rob. Pure Romance’s success gives city a much-needed image makeover. Cincinnati Business Courier 25 July 2014.

Tweh, Bowdeya. Pure Romance conference brings 2,700 people Downtown. Cincinnati.com 17 April 2015

Tweh, Bowdeya. Pure Romance buys intimacy product seller Passion Parties. Cincinnati.com 11 January, 2016.

 QUALITY ASSOCIAITES [ORBIS PROFILE]

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