ROCK ISLAND SASH AND DOOR WORKS (ROCK ISLAND, ILL.).:

An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

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Creator: Rock Island Sash and Door Works (Rock Island, Ill.).
Title:Rock Island Sash and Door Works records.
Dates:1873-1946 (bulk 1902-1946).
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Financial and operating statements, annual reports, annual meeting and other administrative records, and subject files of this Weyerhaeuser-related lumber products company founded in Rock Island, Illinois, in 1859. Included are data on prices of logs and lumber products, labor costs, personnel, marketing, insurance, freight rates, and operation of the plant. The officers included Frederick Carl August Denkmann, Adele Guye Riesenberg, and John P. Weyerhaeuser.
Quantity:2.5 cubic feet (5 boxes).
Location:See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Rock Island Sash and Door Works (Rock Island, Ill.). Rock Island Sash and Door Works records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 9066; 16,402; 16,602

Processing Information:

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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: 001730545


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

LocationBox
P26991Financial and operating statements, 1902-1909, 1919-1945. 3 folders.
Annual reports, 1904-1946. 3 folders.
Miscellaneous records, 1902-1905.
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P26992Administrative records:
Meeting files, 1911-1932. 25 folders.
Includes annual and special meetings of the stockholders and board of directors.
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P26993Meeting files, 1933-1937. 14 folders.
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P26994Incorporation papers:
Affidavits of statements of incorporation, 1907-1937.
Board of directors photograph, circa 1936.
Certificates of incorporation, 1897-1937.
Stock certificates, 1897-1901. 1 volume.
Stock ledger, 1901-1908. 1 volume.
Stock journal, 1901-1908. 1 volume.
Subject files:
Anti-trust affidavits, 1903-1907.
Certificates designating company as registered agent of Illinois, 1933-1938.
Certificate of authority to transact business in Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, New Jersey and Utah, 1909-1935.
Contracts regarding Perkins Glue Company, 1909-1914.
Correspondence regarding Rock Island Bank and Trust Company, 1933.
Correspondence, 1913-1924.
Includes bills and notes turned over to collection agency.
Leases and property options, 1908-1935. 3 folders.
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P26995Northern Grain Company, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1890-1910. 6 folders.
Includes correspondence, agreements, articles of association, and bills.
Patents, 1903-1945.
Tax records, 1909-1928. 6 folders.
Assets journal of land, buildings, and machinery, 1873-1896? 1 volume.

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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:
Doors.
Lumbering -- Illinois -- Rock Island.
Sashes.
Weyerhaeuser records.
Persons:
Denkmann, Frederick Carl August, 1821-1905.
Riesenberg, Adele Guye.
Weyerhaeuser, John Philip, 1858-1935.
Places:
Rock Island (Ill.)
Document Types:
Annual reports.
Photographs.

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