Guide to the Charles A. Blodgett Business Records
1900-1941

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

 

Series 1: Ledgers

 

Series 2: Oversize Ledgers

  Subjects

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Blodgett, Charles A.
Title: Charles A. Blodgett Business Records
Dates: 1900-1941 ( inclusive )
Quantity: 57 (6 linear feet of shelf space.)
Collection Number: Cage 24
Summary: Ledgers containing accounts, inventories, and miscellaneous notes, chiefly for Blodgett Mercantile Company.
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.

Content Description

The business records of Charles A. Blodgett, storekeeper, are comprised of 57 ledger books containing accounts, inventories and miscellaneous notes regarding the operation of general merchandise stores in Victor and Kalispel, Montana (1900-1902) and in Spokane, Washington (1902-1941). The Spokane business was generally known as the Blodgett Mercantile Company.

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Access :  

This collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation :  

[Item Description]. Cage 24, Charles A. Blodgett Business Records . Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

Administrative Information

Arrangement :

The ledger books are arranged in two series: Ledgers and Oversize Ledgers. Each series is arranged chronologically.

Acquisition Information :  

The collection was donated to the Washington State University Library by L. T. Blodgett.

Detailed Description of the Collection

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

Series 1: Ledgers
Container(s)
Description
container
1 1900-1914
20 items.
2 1914-1915
3 items.
3 1916-1920
2 items.
4 1920-1925
3 items.
5 1925-1926
2 items.
6 1927-1929
3 items.
7 1931-1938
4 items.
8 1939-1941
3 items.
9 Money order sales Undated volumes, 1914-1918
7 items.

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Series 2: Oversize Ledgers
Container(s)
Description
container
10 1918
11 1921
12 1923
13 1924
14 1925
15 1926
16 1928
17 1929
18 1932
19 1934-1937

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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.

  • Personal Names :
  • Blodgett, Charles A. --Archives  ( creator)
  • Corporate Names :
  • Blodgett Mercantile Company. --Archives  ( creator)
  • Subject Terms :
  • Merchants -- Washington (State)--Spokane

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    Finding aid prepared by Lawrence R. Stark
    © 1972