Title: Hampden Implement Company Records, 1903-1939
ID: OGLMC/371
Creator: Hampden Implement Company
Extent: 12.0 Linear Feet
Languages: English [eng]
The Hampden Implement Records are divided into three series:
SERIES I: Correspondence
This series, 1905-1926, includes correspondence and other materials related to the ordering of equipment and the business transactions of the Hampden Implement Company. The major correspondent is M.A. Knutson, the president of the firm. The correspondence is arranged in reverse chronological order, and then alphabetically by name of the correspondent (Boxes 1-3).
SERIES II: Business Operations
Included in this series are miscellaneous bills and invoices and complete inventories, 1931-1939. Also included are company catalogs and price lists from various suppliers and manufacturers, 1907-1910 as well as 1922. The catalogs are particularly valuable for a history of agricultural implements in the period (Boxes 4-5)
SERIES III: Bound Financial Ledgers
This series consists of three groups of financial records: Company Account Books deal with records of financial transactions between the Hampden Implement Company and specific accounts, 1905-1912. Daily Ledger Books indicate business transactions for individual days, 1903-1916. Miscellaneous ledgers include a cash ledger book (1905-1908), a payment due ledger book (1905-1907) and a bills receivable ledger book (1903-1905).
Access Restrictions:
Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Method:
The acquisition records are unavailable.
Preferred Citation:
(Description of Item) Hampden Implement Company Records. OGLMC 371, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota.
Finding Aid Revision History:
Finding aid added to Archon in February 2013.
