Series: Series I: McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Records, 1841-1934
Physical Description: 24 archives boxes and 21 volumes 

Subseries: Loose manuscripts and records

Accounting Departments

Assets and liabilities, 1880-1884

Remittances from agents, 1898-1899

Summary for McCormick Harvesting Machine Co., 1899; and comparison of McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. with Deering, , 1901

Trial balances for the Company, 1854-1860, 1882

Accounts receivable

1902-1903

McCormick notes collected by the IHC accounting department and sent to McCormick Harvesting Machine Co., Dec. 1903-May 1904; Sept.-Dec. 1904

McCormick notes collected by the IHC accounting department and sent to McCormick Harvesting Machine Co., Jan.-Aug. 1905; Sept. 1905; Sept. 1905-Mar. 1906

Agreements, 1879 (forming the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co.), , 1903, 1905, 1907-1912, 1914

Board of Directors meetings' minutes

1882

1883-1884

1885

1879-1881

1886

1887

1888-1889

1890-1891

1882-1893, 1899, 1900

1902, 1907, 1909, 1912, 1918 (random minutes)

Business records

Collections (miscellaneous), 1904-1906

Summaries, 1880-1888; miscellaneous receipts, , 1883-1885, 1895, 1897

Conference re liquidation claims in International Harvester stock and capital stock of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co., Mar.31, 1910

Correspondence

, 1875-1892; 1895-1896 (random years)

1897-1898

Jan.-Mar. 1889

Apr.-June 1889

July-Sept. 1899

Oct.-Dec. 1899

1899

Jan.-Feb. 1900

Mar. 1900

Apr. 1900

May 1900

June-July 1900

Aug. 1900

Sept. 1900

Oct. 1900

Nov. 1900

Dec. 1900

1901-1904

1905

1906

Jan.-Mar. 1907

Apr.-June 1907

July-Dec. 1907

Jan.-June 1908

July-Dec. 1908

Jan.-July 1909

Aug.-Dec. 1909

Jan-June 1910

July-Dec. 1910

1911

Jan.-July 1912

Aug.-Dec. 1912

1913

1914

1915

1916

1917

1918-1920, 1928, 1934

Documents, contracts and assignments, 1879-1900, 1911

Employees

Employment and earnings applicable for stock distribution and pensions

Correspondence and records

1902-1913

1904

1905-1907

1908

1909

Purchases, 1909; correspondence and reports, , 1910-1911

Lists of Company personnel, 1900

Receipts for cash and McCormick certificates for International Harvester stock, 1903-1904

Stock distributions - studies and plans, 1903

Financial

Assets and liabilities

Financial reports, 1897-1904

Financial reports, 1905-1913

Working papers for reports, circa 1902-1906

Cash statements

1905-1906

1907

1908-1909

1910-1918

Cash statements and trial balances, 1912-1922; January 10, 1923

Estimates of receipts and disbursements, 1902-1914

Estimates of receipts and disbursements, working papers, 1905-1915

Liquidations of 1902 and prior receivables, Sept. 30, 1906-Dec. 31, 1906; and summary for the year, , 1906

Liquidation, King-Ranney Report, 1905

Liquidation of C. H. McCormick & Bro. and C. H. and L. J. McCormick, 1909-1919

Liquidation of “W. C. Lane Vendor” accounts
Scope and Content Note: Preliminary report, June 30, 1904; report March 31, 1905.

Syndicate gift and pension fund, 1910-1913

Trial balances, 1902-1905; 1908-1909

Trial balances, #8220;Special Account”, Dec. 19, 1935

International Harvester Company; collection costs on McCormick Harvesting Machine Co.; accounts receivable
Scope and Content Note: Including the “Steele Plan”, Dec. 1903-1904.

Legal matters - briefs, 1882, 1900

McCormick, Leander J. and Hall; dispute of 1880; securities , 1889

McCormick, Leander J.; legal opinion of 1928 re purchase of Leander's shares in the Company in , 1889

McCormick family Certificates of Interest in the International Harvester Company trust agreement, Sept. 1, 1903

Memoranda of drafts and money orders sent to the Company by agents, 1905-1906

Miscellaneous

New York loan; correspondence, 1908; financial data, , 1908

Organizational chart, 1900; departments, , 1900

Payroll; payments from the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. to the McCormick Estates office staff, 1905-1910, for Company work done by the Estates staff

Pensions; organization of the Company with aggregate pensions in each department; wages, Sept. 16, 1903; pension information, , 1904-1911

President's report to stockholders

Production by kinds of machines and quantity, 1841-1886; 1880-1902

Production and sales, 1880-1902

Real estate and properties of the Company

Tax receipts, 1891-1897

Tax receipts, 1898-1901

North Dakota land, 1905; Hawkins Mine, , 1906; miscellaneous deeds, , 1902, 1904

Reaper Works - alterations, 1880

Reaper Works - reports from Supt. H. B. Utley, 1899-1900

Stockholders

Agreements, Nov. 1, 1911

Lists and amounts of holdings, 1899, 1900, 1902

McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. holdings of International Harvester stock, 1902-1912, undated

McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. holdings of International Harvester stock - correspondence with John D. Rockefeller (Sr.?) re loan, 1902-1912

Meetings and minutes

1879-1889; 1900

Nov. 18, 1902; Apr. 15, 1903; and May 10, 1910

May and Nov. 1918-Jan. 1919

Stock distribution for random years, 1884-1918

Transfers of certificates as of 1897
Scope and Content Note: Recapitulation, 1902, 1904, and 1905.

Stockholders in the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. as it existed after consolidation
Scope and Content Note: Tables showing owners, amounts, distribution, 1904-1911.

Taxes of the Company, 1909-1911; 1913-1918

Subseries: Volumes

Ledger, circa 1873-Oct. 23, 1917
Scope and Content Note: (1) Reaper notes and sales made, 1873-1879; interest; expense; commissions. (2) Accounts affecting: C. H. McCormick & Bro; McCormick Harvesting Machine Co.; and Cyrus H. McCormick, Sr. and L. J. McCormick and their estates. Indexed.

Daybooks

Bills Payable, July 17, 1880-Sept. 21, 1892
Scope and Content Note: Daily disbursements by the Company.

Bills Receivable, June 3, 1880-June 1904
Scope and Content Note: Reaper notes and daily income.

Nov. 30, 1894-Oct. 23, 1917
Scope and Content Note: Assets of two McCormick companies predating the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co., but which were in liquidation many years: C. H. McCormick & Bro.; and C. H. and L. J. McCormick.

Cashbook, Sept. 1903-March 1909
Scope and Content Note: Containing (1) Accounts in settlement of invoices, and other adjustments between the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co., and the McCormick Division of IHC. (2) Stock investments in International Harvester. (3) Collection costs to IHC in behalf of the former McCormick Company for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co.'s accounts receivable. (4) Syndicate Gift and Pension Fund stock purchases in behalf of Company employees. (5) McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. dividends and interest to McCormick family members.

Ledger, Oct. 1902-May 29, 1909
Scope and Content Note: Various McCormick Company accounts; e.g., cash, collections, expenses, pensions, stock investments in IHC, and bills receivable. Indexed.

Cashbook, Nov. 9, 1905-May 24, 1906
Scope and Content Note: Daily receipts and disbursements re all facets of McCormick Company business.

Cashbook, Oct. 8, 1912-Nov. 24, 1913
Scope and Content Note: Daily Company disbursements, and general expenses.

Account book, May 11, 1910-1922; Aug. 25, 1924
Scope and Content Note: Cashbook, May 11, 1910-1922; Journal, July 19, 1912-1922; Ledger, individual accounts, May 11, 1910-1922; Memorandum dated Aug. 25, 1924; Cyrus H. McCormick, Jr. and Harold F. McCormick, trustees.

Employee pensions

[, 1902]-, 1903
Scope and Content Note: Original calculations re type of work, time and length of service, salary, and pension fund applicable; “Class” and “Group” divisions created.

[, 1902]-, 1903
Scope and Content Note: Records according to type of work, time and length of service, salary, and pension fund applicable; “Class B” and “Groups”; Agents and collectors, names and addresses.

[, 1902]-, 1906
Scope and Content Note: Records for agents as well as employees, according to type of work, time and length of service, salary, and pension fund applicable; All “Classes” and “Groups”.

Ledger, Nov. 1903-Aug. 1932
Scope and Content Note: Stock allotments, certificates issued, and pension accounts; “Class A” and “Group I”.

Oct. 1903-Feb. 1903
Scope and Content Note: Stock certificates issued to McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. employees.

1904-Feb. 1908
Scope and Content Note: Stock certificates issued to Company employees; Interest, dividends, purchases, loan accounts, and bills receivable begin on p. 240; All “Classes” and “Groups”. Indexed.

May 17, 1904-Jan. 2, 1908
Scope and Content Note: International Harvester Company stock certificates purchased by the McCormick Company for employee pensions; statements of other amounts disbursed in cash in lieu of certificates, 1904; “Class A” and “Group I”.

Jan. 1906-Oct. 1909
Scope and Content Note: Monthly pension payments to McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. employees.

Cashbook, Dec. 1902-1935
Scope and Content Note: Donor and expense accounts for employee recipients of stock certificates in the Company pension plan.

Ledger, Dec. 1902-circa Mar. 1933
Scope and Content Note: Donor accounts, pensions, salaries; stock certificates purchased and redeemed; and employee pension benefits. Indexed.

“International Harvester Co. of America Special Account”, showing daily disbursements for that account and “general expenses” of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co.

Cashbooks

Oct. 1902-Nov. 8, 1905

May 25, 1906-April 1907

May 1907-1908

Jan. 1909-June 3, 1909

Record book, Aug. 29, 1904-1909
Scope and Content Note: List of all papers signed officially in the name of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. - by which officer or employee.

Record book, 1910-Jan. 13, 1928
Scope and Content Note: List of all papers signed officially in the name of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. - by which officer or employee.

Letterpress copybook, Mar. 15, 1900-Dec. 11, 1901
Scope and Content Note: McCormick Company letters, chiefly from John V. A. Hasbrook, treasurer. Indexed.

Letterpress copybook, Oct. 3, 1901-July 1, 1902
Scope and Content Note: Letters from John R. Hoagland, sec., to Cyrus H. McCormick, Jr., re Company business, with some personal correspondence re McCormick's personal affairs. Indexed.

Question of equity adjustment, 1912-1913

Exhibits, [1881-1899], 1912
Scope and Content Note: Re the estate of Cyrus H. McCormick, Sr., for the 1912 investigation of early transactions to determine whether an adjustment in equity in the Company should be made.

The Company - history and analysis
Scope and Content Note: Study requested by Cyrus H. McCormick, Jr., and Harold F. McCormick to analyze the formation of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co., purchase of Leander J. McCormick's shares, and rights of each member of the McCormick family.

Opinion and conclusion by John P. Wilson and Frank H. Scott re possible adjustment in equity

Stock Ledger, Feb. 1891-July 1912
Scope and Content Note: Stockholders of the McCormick Co.; shares.

Donations record, 1891-1898
Scope and Content Note: Daily record of donations from the Company to individuals, agencies, and institutions.

Deposit book, Jan. 1895-Apr. 1898
Scope and Content Note: Deposits in “Special Account”.

“Original Minute Book, Board of Directors, McCormick Harvesting Machine Co.”, Sept. 9, 1879-Apr. 6, 1886
Scope and Content Note: Loose-leaf volume of typewritten copy.

“Directors' Records of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co.”, Sept. 9, 1879-Apr. 7, 1891
Scope and Content Note: Loose-leaf volume of typewritten copy. A variation of the first part of Vol. 34 above.

“Stockholders' Record of the McCormick Harvesting Co.”, Aug. 11, 1879-Dec. 30, 1890
Physical Description: Volume of typewritten copy. 
Scope and Content Note: With agreements and decisions made when the Company was organized in 1879, minutes of meetings thereafter, and by-laws.

“Treasurer's Record 1”, of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co
Scope and Content Note: McCormick Company monthly accounts, p. 1-136, Oct. 1879-Dec. 1890; McCormick Company annual accounts, p. 272-276, Oct. 1879-July 1883; C. H. McCormick (Sr.) private accounts, p. 142-263, Oct. 1879-Nov. 1889.

“Treasurer's Record 2”, of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co., Jan. 1891-Sept. 1902

“Notes and Supplemental Notes on Sundry Transactions of McCormick Harvesting Machine Co.”, Dec. 15, 1908-May 10, 1910