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Summary Information

Title: Johnson's Tavern Records,
Inclusive Dates: 1927-1960
Creator: Johnson's Tavern (River Falls, Wis.)
Call No.: River Falls Mss BE
Extent: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society Archives / River Falls Area Research Center
Contact Information
See the catalog entry for information on possible additional materials and shelf locations.

Abstract:

Partial records of family-run businesses, principally Johnson's Tavern of River Falls, Wisconsin. Stanley and Emma Johnson opened the tavern with the repeal of prohibition in 1934. Previously, Mr. Johnson had hauled gasoline and, with his brother, operated a meat market. Mrs. Johnson retired in 1973 and in 1986, the business was known as Emma's Bar. The collection is composed almost entirely of financial records, primarily ledgers covering the operation of the tavern. Also present are a few family papers, 1936-1952.

Administrative/Restriction Information

Acquisition Information:

Presented by Emma Johnson, River Falls, Wisconsin, 1974. Accession Number: M74-409

Processing Information:

Processed by Matthew Alexander and Joanne Hohler, June 1983.

Contents List

Container		Title
		Financial Records
		Ledgers
Box 1	Folder 1	Gasoline Hauling, Meat Market, and Restaurant, 1927-1928, 1933-1934
Box 1	Folder 2-3	Restaurant and Bar, 1934 July-1938 December
		Bar
Box 1	Folder 4-13	1939-1948
Box 2	Folder 1-12	1949-1960
Box 2	Folder 13	Census of Business Places and Miscellaneous Tax Forms, 1941, 1943, 1958-1959
Box 2	Folder 14	Contracts, Licenses, and Policies, 1933, 1941-1957
Box 2	Folder 15	Correspondence, 1937-1959
Box 2	Folder 16	Inventories, 1942, 1946, 1953, undated
Box 2	Folder 17	Price Lists, 1941, 1952, 1954, undated
Box 2	Folder 18	Purchase Orders and Receipts, 1932-1943, 1961
Box 2	Folder 19	Reports of Import Tax Paid on Beer, 1940-1947
Box 2	Folder 20	Miscellany, 1934-1955
Box 2	Folder 21	Personal Papers, 1936-1952

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