AUTOMATIC ALARM CORPORATION:

An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

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	Creator:	Automatic Alarm Corporation (Minneapolis, Minn.).
	Title:	Corporation records.
	Dates:	1934-1979
	Language:	Materials in English.
	Abstract:	Customer lists, product information, financial records, advertising, minutes, legal files, and related material of a Minneapols firm incorporated in 1941 that provided central station fire protection services, central station burglar alarm services, and local alarm services to its subscribers.
	Quantity:	4.0 cubic feeet (4 boxes).
	Location:	See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Automatic Alarm Corporation (Minneapolis, Minn.). Corporation records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 16,068

Processing Information:

Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Catalog ID number: 007237625

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION


Location	Box
148.K.16.1B	1	Minutes and articles, 1941-1959.


		Minutes, 1960-1970.


		Financial statements, 1957-1969. 2 folders.


		Correspondence and financial information, 1954-1962. 2 folders.


		Income statements, 1962-1969.


		Agreements between AAC and other companies, 1944-1962.


		Check register, March 1942-October 1944.


		Customer ledgers, 1943-1944. 3 folders.


		Contracts, 1941.


		Offers, 1941-1943.


		Payroll records, 1946. 2 folders.


		Employee's earning social security and income tax records, 1944.


		Receipts, 1947.


Location	Box
148.K.16.2F	2	Customer Files:
			1942-1967. 1 folder.
			Dudley Lock Corporation, 1944. 2 folders.
			Long Island Merchants Protective, 1942.
			O. B. McClintock Company, 1934-1936.


		Court Case:
			Related documents, 1964.
			Trial briefs, 1961, 1964, 1967. 3 folders.


Subject Files:
	Address to Employer's Mutual Liability Insurance Company of Wisconsin.
	Advertisements. 3 folders.
	Alarm Services Department 3M, 1977.
	Bank Police Alarm Committee, 1944.
	Burglar Alarms catalogue, 1953.
	Cedar Rapids project, 1965.
	Compliments, 1943.
	Employment and security, 1941-1942.
	Eyring research:
		Design and specification for 3M Alarm Systems, 1978.
		Test procedures, 1979.
	Federal Reserve Bank report, 1942.
	Form contracts, 1942.
	General Alarm Corporation catalogue.
	Guidelines for establishing local service facilities.
	National Labor Relations Board.
	Operating, Engineering, and Maintenance manual, 1957.
	Product photographs and drawings.
	Rent contract samples.
	Taxes, 1942.
	Underwriters, 1943.
	War Production Board, 1942.
	Work order, 1944.


Location	Box
148.K.16.3B	3	Cash register:
			1942-1944. 2 folders.
			1961-1968. 9 folders.
Location	Box
148.K.16.4F	4		1969. 1 volume.


		List of customers. 1 volume.


		Customer orders, 1941-1944. 3 volume.


		Advertising sketches.


		Audit reports, 1942-1955. 2 folders.


		Income Tax, 1943-1945.

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:: Burglar alarms.; Business enterprises -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.; Fire alarms.

Document Types:: Photographs.

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AUTOMATIC ALARM CORPORATION:

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