Blatz Brewing Company Records
1862-1944
UWM Manuscript Collection 132
- 9.6 cubic ft. (12 boxes)
- 327 volumes
UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr.
(Map)
The majority of the collection consists of over three hundred
accounting books that document the financial history of the Valentin Blatz Brewing Company.
Most of the records are from the 1880s through the early 1920s, although some date as early
as 1862 and as late as 1944. A variety of records are included in the collection, such as
general ledgers and journals, cash books, inventory books, and cash customer journals. The
records trace the history of the brewery, the bottling plant, various branches, and Valentin
Blatz's Estate. The Blatz collection documents the company's rapid growth in the late
nineteenth century, the sale of the business in 1890, the disposition of the Valentin Blatz
estate, and the impact of the Prohibition movement. There is also extensive information
pertaining to the beer bottling industry, including data about finances, vendors, customers,
productions, product development, and sales. The records also demonstrate the complicated
network of branches and depots that was in place as early as the 1880s.
English
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