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A. Goodell and Sons Company Records
Collection
Identifier: MS-BC6
Scope and Content
The A. Goodell and Sons Company Records, 1852-1920, consist of 187 letterpress books and other volumes. Of these, 179 are chronologically-arranged letterpress books containing the firm’s outgoing correspondence and business records, 1872-1920. The eight remaining volumes concern a variety of related interests. A letterpress book contains real estate records of A. S. Austin (1852-1855) as well as a few letters of Goodell and his associate, John S. Sheldon. There is also an account book from...
Dates:
Created: 1852-1920
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
C. Birchall Firm Records
Collection
Identifier: MS-BC90
Abstract
Bookbindery and bookstore in Springfield, Illinois (1855-1857). Proprietor Caleb Birchall opened his first Springfield store, Caleb Birchall & Co., in 1837. Later, he was partners with printer/bookbinder J.H. Johnson (dba Birchall & Johnson, 1837-1841), printer/bookbinder Ensley T. Goudy (dba Birchall & Goudy, 1841-1848), and druggist Thomas Jefferson Vance Owen (dba Birchall & Owen, 1848-1855). He sold his business to Solomon B. Wheelock and Enoch Paine (dba Wheelock, Paine...
Dates:
Created: 1796-1860; Other: Majority of material found in 1844-1858; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1951
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Edwin F. and Paul S. Rice Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-BC543
Abstract
The Edwin F. and Paul S. Rice Papers are a collection of two farmer brothers of Akron Township, Peoria County, Illinois. From 1913 to 1954, the office oftownship treasurer was held by either one or the other brother. They were joint owners of Rice Brothers Farm,Princeville.The collection includes township treasurer account books, school district records, ballots, poll books and farm accounts.The collection documents township education expenses and the financial records of the Ricebrothersâ...
Dates:
Created: 1848-1972
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
John C. Blood Papers
Collection
Identifier: BC62
Abstract
Born in 1893, John Cabot Blood was a landowner and lumber businessman from Grayville and Mt. Carmel, Illinois. The collection includes correspondence, cash receipts and disbursements, farm scale books, farm and lumber accounts, notes, tax records, and other financial records documenting Bloodâs management of family farm lands in Illinois and Indiana and his involvement in the Blood Lumber Company.
Dates:
Created: 1877-1967; Other: Majority of material found in 1920-1954; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1977
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Pierre Menard Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-BC456
Abstract
Illinois' first Lieutenant-Governor (1818-1822), Pierre Menard was an early French Canadian resident of Kaskaskia, Randolph County, related by marriage to the Saucier and Chouteau families. A trader and merchant, Menard invested in trapping and exploring expeditions. He was also involved in territorial politics and was appointed judge in Randolph County Courts in 1801, elected Representative to the Indiana Territorial Legislature at Vincennes from 1806 to 1807, Representative to the Illinois...
Dates:
Created: 1741-1910; Other: Majority of material found in 1785-1844
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Virden Mining Corporation Records
Collection
Identifier: BC661
Abstract
The Virden Mining Corporation operated the Virden Coal Mine in Macoupin County, Illinois, from 1939 to 1959. The collection includes board of directors' and shareholders' meeting minutes; financial operating reports, operating journal, and operating ledger; accounts receivable records; stock certificates and records of stock certificates issued; and other payment records.
Dates:
Created: 1922-1959; Other: Majority of material found in 1939-1959; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1985
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
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