Guide to the Ankcorn Hardware Company Records
1920-1956

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Table of Contents
  Overview of the Collection
   
  Historical Note
   
  Content Description
   
Use of the Collection
   
Administrative Information
   
Detailed Description of the Collection

 

Series 1: Merchandise purchased.

 

Series 2: Merchandise Sold

  Subjects

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Ankcorn Hardware Company
Title: Ankcorn Hardware Company Records
Dates: 1920-1956 ( inclusive )
Quantity: 9 linear feet of shelf space. (14 items.)
Collection Number: Cage 323
Summary: Financial records of purchases and sales of a retail hardware store in Palouse, Washington.
Repository: Washington State University Libraries
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections

New Holland Library
Pullman, WA 99164-5610 USA
(509) 335-6691
http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/masc.htm

Languages: Collection materials are in English 
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Historical Note

The Ankcorn Hardware Company, operator of a retail hardware store at Palouse, Washington, was organized by Mr. Fred Ankcorn in about 1905. Prior to that time Mr. Ankcorn had been employed by a predecessor firm. The business has remained in the Ankcorn family since that time.

Content Description

The records consist of bills and invoices for merchandise bought from various wholesalers, and of carbon-copy records of customers' bills for merchandise sold. The records begin about 1920 and proceed to the mid-1950s with various interruptions.

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Access :  

This collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation :  

[Item Description]. Cage 323, Ankcorn Hardware Company Records. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

Administrative Information

Arrangement :

The arrangement follows the natural order of the records, which are divided into two series: records of purchases and records of sales.

Acquisition Information :  

Mrs. Anita Ankcorn donated the firm's records to the Washington State University Library in 1976.

Future Additions :  

A possible donation of additional records was mentioned at the time of donation.

Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Series 1: Merchandise purchased., 1928-1950
10 volumes.

Bills, invoices and other documents relative to the purchase of merchandise; most items are pasted into old wholesale catalogs, with some arranged on post-binders.

Container(s)
Description
Volume
1 1928
2 1936
3 1937
4 1940
5 1941
6 1942
7 1942
8 1947
9 1956
10 1945-1950
Also envelope of descriptive brochures and other such papers, relative to goods in stock.

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Series 2: Merchandise Sold , 1920-1955
4 volumes.

Duplicate copies of bills for merchandise sold, consisting of carbon copies arranged in approximate ledger order.

Container(s)
Description
Volume
11 1920-1930
12 1930-1940
13 1940-1955
14 1953-1955

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Subjects

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

  • Corporate Names :
  • Ankcorn Hardware Company --Archives  ( creator)
  • Geographical Names :
  • Washington (State)--Palouse
  • Subject Terms :
  • Hardware stores --Washington (State)--Palouse

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    Finding aid prepared by Lawrence Stark.
    © 1976