Fromm Brothers, Inc. Records, 1922-1987
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Container Title
M94-342
Series: Business Correspondence
Note: There is no correspondence for the following years: 1941, 1950, and 1951.
Box   73
Index to V.I.P. business correspondence
Box   1
, 1928 A-Z; , 1929 A-M
Box   2
, 1929 N-Z; , 1930 A-J
Box   3
, 1930 K-Z
Box   4
, 1931 A-Z
Box   5
, 1932 A-Z; , 1933 A-M
Box   6
, 1933 N-Z; , 1934 A-Z
Box   7
, 1935 A-Z; , 1936 A
Box   8
, 1936 B-S
Box   9
, 1936 T-Z; , 1937 A-I
Box   10
, 1937 J-Z
Box   11
, 1938 A-Q
Box   12
, 1938 R-Z
Box   13
, 1939 A-V
Box   14
, 1939 W-Z; , 1940 A-L
Box   15
, 1940 M-Z
Box   16
, 1942 A-S
Box   17
, 1942 T-S; , 1943 A-L
Box   18
, 1943 M-Z; , 1944 A-G
Box   19
, 1944 H-Z; , 1945 A-E
Box   20
, 1945 F-Z; , 1946 A-E
Box   21
, 1946 F-Z; , 1947 A-C
Box   22
, 1947 D-M
Box   23
, 1947 N-Z; , 1948 A-F
Box   24
, 1948 G-Z
Box   25
, 1949 A-R
Box   26
, 1949 S-Z; , 1952 A-L
Box   27
, 1952 N-Z; , 1953 A-D
Box   28
, 1953 E-U
Box   29
, 1953 V-Z; , 1954 A-F
Box   30
, 1954 G-Z; , 1955 A-Fi
Box   31
, 1955 Fr-Z; , 1956 A-C
Box   32
, 1956 D-U
Box   33
, 1959 V-Z; , 1957 A-F
Box   34
, 1957 G-Z; , 1958 A-F
Box   35
, 1958 G-Z; , 1959 A-Fi
Box   36
, 1959 Fr-Z; , 1960 A-E
Box   37
, 1960 F-Z
Box   38
, 1961 A-Z
Box   39
, 1962 A-K
Box   40
, 1962 L-Z; , 1963 A-Q
Box   41
, 1963 R-Z; , 1964 A-Z
Box   42
, 1965 A-Z; , 1966 A-L
Box   43
, 1966 M-Z; , 1967 A-Z
Series: Business and Range Records
Note: These files contain records from multiple Fromm business entities which are often inseparable.
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Shipping accounts
Box   60-63
1938-1941
Box   45
1942-1943
Box   46
Transfer ledger number 3, December 30, 1944-August 19, 1951
Box   46
Needle Trades, Inc. Business Records, 1945-1946
Box   47
Transfer ledger number 2, January 1, 1940-December 31, 1948
Box   47
Ledger, 1964-1979
Box   48
Transfer ledger, Fromm Brothers Silvercross Fox Farm, Inc., 1929-1956
Box   48
Account books (Federal Silver Fox Farms, Inc.), circa 1922-1958
Box   48
Cash journal, Fromm-Green Research, Inc., 1933-1946
Box   48
Accounts receivable, employee only, 1954-1963
Box   49
Accounts receivable/payable (Fromm Lab Financial Records), 1950-1959
Box   49
Fromm Laboratory depreciation, 1945-1963
Box   49
Auction programs, 1960-1968
Box   49
Miscellaneous Figures on Federal Foods and Fromm Brothers, Nieman, 1952-1956
Box   50
Sale sheets, 1950s
Box   50
Shippers accounts, 1943-1960
Box   51
Fromm Laboratories Stockholders Meeting Minutes, 1933-1951
Box   51
Fromm Brothers, Nieman and Company Appraisal reports, October 31, 1951
Box   51
Correspondence 'K,' 1929
Box   51
Cross Foxes, 1929
Box   51
American National Fur Breeders Association Meeting Minutes, Volume 27, 1948-1949
Box   51
Fromm Brothers Silvercross Fox Farm Meeting Minutes, 1929-1958
Box   51
Fromm-Green Research, Inc. and Fromm Laboratories Meeting Minutes, 1933-1958
Box   51
Tax Information, 1929, 1951-1952
Box   51
Auctions, 1972
Box   51
Fromm-Green Research, Experiment Records, 1929-1944
Box   51
Fromm Brothers Partnership, undated
Box   51
, 1930 Census General Farm Schedule
Box   51
, 1929 Fur Range
Box   51
Cedarburg Fox Farms, Inc., 1928
Box   51
Financial Records, 1942-1947
Box   51
Report of Examination, December 31, 1942 and December 31, 1945
Box   51
Kennel Building, 1928-1937
Box   51
Fromm Brothers, Nieman and Company Financial documents, 1933
Box   51
Loan documents, 1941-1947
Box   51
Publicity Materials and Valuations, 1929-1956
Box   51
Federal Silver Fox Farms, 1922-1949
Box   52
Federal Silver Fox Farms, Inc. Meeting Minutes, Articles of Incorporation, Stock Certificates, 1922-1958
Box   52
Fromm Lab, regular accounts, January 1, 1953-April 26, 1960
Box   52
Fromm Brothers, regular accounts, September 23, 1960-December 30, 1966
Box   52
Family Cemetery Records, 1931
Box   52
Land Records, 1890-1960
Box   52
Inventories, 1952-1958
Box   52
Henry J. Fromm, Jr., Personal papers, 1943-1963
Box   52
Breeder Costs, 1945
Box   52
Union Contract and Shop Rules, 1946
Box   52
Auction Sales Records, 1936-1955
Box   52
Pelting and Range Records, 1923-1958
Box   52
Fromm Account and Expense Records, 1932-1946
Box   52
Fox Information, Range Records, 1928-1940
Box   52
Fromm Laboratories, Inc. Legal documents and research articles, 1941-1969
Box   52
Fromm Brothers, Inc. Financial statements, February 6, 1981
Box   53
Journal, 1946-1960
Box   53
Ledger, Fromm-Green Research, Inc., 1933-1946
Box   54
Auction Sales Records, 1934-1952
Box   54
Fur Industry Information, 1962-1973
Box   54
Fromm Laboratories, Inc. Financial statements, 1946-1949
Box   54
Health-related Ginseng Information and Correspondence, 1979-1980
Box   54
Various Fur Industry Publications, 1981
Box   54
1971 Senate Bill 47
Box   54
“The Fur Situation” Hearings, 1948
Box   68
Purchase journal, 1987
Box   68
Cash disbursements, 1987
Box   68
Payment selection cash requirements, 1987
Box   68
Data Entry, Purchase Journal Proof, 1987
Cash journals
Volume   1
1929-1933
Volume   2
1934-1938
Volume   3
1939-1942
Volume   4
1943-1948
Volume   5
1949-1956
Volume   6
1929-1934
Volume   7
1928-1957
Volume   8
1961-1967
Volume   9
1940-1945
Volume   10
1976-1982
Volume   11
1968-1976
Volume   12
1946-1960
Series: Correspondence
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Box   54
Fromm Brothers, Inc. New York Office, 1941-1946
Box   54
Fromm Brothers, Inc. Hamburg, Wisconsin, 1945-1948
Box   54
Fromm Brothers, Inc., Nieman and Company, 1932
Box   54
Foxes in Fur Ranges, 1930
Box   55
Regarding Congressional Hearings on Fur Farming, 1944
Box   55, 56
Documentation regarding Congressional hearings on fox farming, circa 1930s-1940s
Series: Accounting Records
Note: Primarily for Fromm Brothers, Inc.
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Box   56
Hamburg Ranching, 1928
Box   56
Ozaukee Fur Farms Company, 1927-1929
Box   56
Mr. Edward Fromm, Status of affiliated companies, 1933
Box   56
Fur Farming Financial Statements, 1934
Box   56
Record Book, 1933-1935
Box   56
Expenses, 1925-1930
Box   56
Ranching Records, 1938-1949
Box   56
Inventory, 1946-1948
Box   56
Fromm Brothers, Inc. Account Statements, 1936
Box   56
Fromm Brothers Businesses, Account statements, 1935, 1937, 1939
Box   57
Ranching Records, 1924, 1936-1938
Box   57
, 1935 Records Corrections
Box   57
Ranching Records Miscellany, 1935-1936
Box   57
Fox and Mink Pelting and Breeding Records, 1956-1957
Box   57
Fromm Brothers, Inc. Accounting, 1926-1947
Box   57
Fromm-Green Research Miscellany, 1944, 1958
Box   57
General History of Fur Business, 1925-1956
Box   69
Fromm Brothers Sales Records, 1925-1928
Box   67
Notes on Record-keeping System, circa 1972
Box   67
Seeger Dairy Statements, 1955
Box   67
Marathon City Telephone Company, 1927
Box   67
Expenditures and Clippings, 1932-1940, scattered
Box   67
Labor Correspondence, 1945-1950
Box   67
Labor Agreements, 1934-1949
Box   72
Ledgers, 1937-1938
Series: Fromm Laboratories, Inc.
Note: Evolved out of Fromm-Green Research, Inc.
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Box   54
Winthrop Chemicals, 1942-1945
Box   54
Sherva, Miss M.C., University of Minnesota, 1937-1943
Box   54
Siedentopf, Heinz, University of Minnesota, 1939-1945
Box   54
“C” Miscellaneous, Old file, Federal, 1941-1945
Box   54
“R” Miscellaneous, Old file, Federal, 1941-1945
Box   54
“U” Miscellaneous, Old file, Federal, 1940-1944
Box   54
“S” Miscellaneous, Canine, Old file, 1940-1945
Veterinarians regarding canine distemper vaccine, 1941
Box   54
Central U.S.
Box   54
Southeastern U.S.
Box   54
Miscellaneous U.S.
Box   54
Veterinarians, Dr. C.P. Zepp, 1943-1944
Box   55
Veterinarians, Miscellaneous U.S., 1943-1944
Box   57
Annual Reports, 1951-1963
Box   57
Profit Sharing Plan, 1960-1961
Correspondence
Box   58
1939-1946
Box   59
1935-1936, 1939, 1945-1949
Box   59
Dr. R.G. Green, 1925-1946
Box   59
Dr. J.W. Joss, 1940-1944
Box   59
Legal correspondence, 1938-1941
Box   59
Fox autopsies, 1934
Box   59
Research reports and correspondence, 1955-1956
Sales
Box   59
Private, 1940
Box   59
1941-1944
Box   59
Winthrop Chemical Company, 1943-1944
Box   64
1950-1952
Box   64
Financial Statements, 1944-1955
Box   64
Legal briefs in cases against Fromm Laboratories, circa 1940s-1950s
Box   65
Research Costs and Income from Pelts, 1935-1937
Box   65
Research and Hager Ranch Expenses, October-November 1933
Patent Files
Box   65
Memo, Green description of patents, September 8, 1939
Box   65
Pierce, Scheffler, and Parker legal correspondence, 1940-1951
Box   65
Green patent application, 1937-1938
Box   65
Green patent files, 1934-1938
Box   65
Report of Examination, May 31, 1947 and May 31, 1948
Box   65
Group Disability Insurance Proposal, July 1961
Articles
Box   65
By Fromm Lab Personnel, 1941-1959
Box   65
Encephalitis, Green and Craddock, 1930-1950
Box   65
Parasites, 1931-1939
Box   65
Distemper, Green, 1939-1957
Box   65
Articles, papers, addresses, 1941-1948
Box   65
New canine distemper vaccines, New York Times, 1943, January 31
Box   65
“Bright with Silver” excerpts, 1947
Box   65
Balance Sheets, 1950-1955
Box   65
Correspondence on taxes, 1951-1957
Box   65
Duersten Correspondence, 1951-1957
Box   65
Koenig File, 1953-1956
Box   65
Encephalitis records, notes, correspondence, 1927-1950
Box   65
Lab Accounts, 1946-1948
Box   65
Miscellaneous Correspondence on Foxes, 1932-1933
Box   65
Product Testing, 1944-1955
Box   65
Tax Case, 1933-1958
Box   65
Blueprints, 1953
Box   65
Stipulation, 1944-1958
Box   65
Harlan Strong v. Fromm Brothers, 1949-1957
Box   65
Vaccination of Fromm Herds, 1937-1943
Box   65
Value of Products to Ranches, 1938-1942
Box   65
Financial Statements, May 31, 1938 - May 31, 1940
Box   65
Regarding Capital Expenditures, 1939
Box   65
Production and Inventory, April-September 1944
Box   65
Sales, 1940, 1945
Box   65
Federal Service, 1939-1941
Box   65
Miscellaneous Research, 1940-1944
Box   65
Costs of Production, 1941-1944
Box   65
Prices, 1939-1945
Box   65
Organization and Explanation of Quarantine Pens, 1940-1944
Box   65
Dosage Research, 1943
Box   67
Dr. Green Records, 1933-1940
Box   67
Brochure Mock-up, 1941
Box   67
Summary of Ledger Accounts-Expenses, 1944, 1958
Box   67
Federal Income Tax Return and Annual Report, 1940, 1952
Box   67
Return to FBI-Tax Correspondence, 1940-1949
Box   67
Dr. Green Correspondence, 1944-1947
Box   67
“T” Miscellaneous Correspondence, Federal, Old File, 1939-1945
Box   67
Summary of Stock Record Book, 1958
Box   67
Vaccine and Autopsy correspondence, 1933-1934
Box   67
Correspondence, Dr. Green and Fromm Brothers, 1929-1941
Box   67
Trial Balance, 1944, 1958
Box   67
Wisconsin Supreme court - Strong v. Fromm Labs, 1955-1956
Box   67
Strong v. Fromm Labs Testimony, January 10, 1955 and April 5, 1955
Box   67
Schneider, et al. v. Fromm Labs, October 1950 and February 23, 1952
Box   67
Lakefield Research Expense, 1939-1949
Box   69
Trademarks and patents, Distemper Vaccine, 1936-1949
Box   69
“Distemper Vaccine and Method of Preparing Same,” Cases 1 and 2, February 6, 1939
Box   69
Strong v. Fromm Labs, Final Opinion, 1955
Box   70
Progress reports, 1936-1948, 1956-1957
Box   70
Dr. R.G. Green article reprints, 1930-1939
Box   70
Lakefield Financial Records, 1935-1945
Box   70
Epizootic Fox Encephalitis Reprints, Fromm Brothers, 1930-1936
Box   70
Viruses and Virus Diseases, Thomas M. Rivers, 1939
Box   70
Contract with New York Auction Company, Inc., 1934
Box   70
Patent Correspondence, 1936
Volume   13
Lab profit and loss statements, 1955-1963
Series: Fromm Brothers, Inc. Ginseng Records
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Box   66
Ginseng sales records, 1929
Box   66
Ginseng Sale, 1928 Crop, 1929
Box   66
China Trip, 1932
Box   66
Ginseng Crop Records, 1927-1928
Box   66
Shipping Records, 1931-1932
Box   66
Notices of Sales, 1946-1959
Box   66
Hong Kong Dollar Accounts, 1946-1960
Box   66
Sales Records, 1946-1958
Box   66
Ginseng Invoices, 1963-1967
Box   66
Correspondence, 1954-1959
Box   66
Radiograms, 1953-1955
Box   66
Sales Records, 1953-1969
Box   66
Inventory, 1962-1967
Box   66
Export Statistics, 1964
Box   66
Journals, 1929-1933
Box   66
Shipping Statistics, 1933-1946
Correspondence
Box   71
Gordon B. York, 1932
Box   71
1931-1937
Box   71
Invoices, 1931-1936
Box   71
Insurance Policies, 1931-1936
Correspondence
Box   71
Eugene Danzelot & Son, 1932-1933
Box   71
Department of Commerce, 1931-1933
Box   71
Yue Lee Yuen, 1931-1934
Box   71
The Shanghai Commercial Company, 1931
Box   71
Outgoing [Shipping] Papers, 1931-1932
Box   71
Ginseng Data, 1933
Box   71
Jack's Correspondence and Information, 1980
Box   71
Export Information, 1982
Box   71
Correspondence, John Tead, 1980-1981
Box   71
Inventory Data, 1979-1981
Box   71
Property Information, circa 1980
Box   71
John Tead Miscellaneous Documents, 1980-1981
Box   71
Correspondence, Hughes & Hough, Limited, 1931-1935
Box   71
Sales and Shipping Records, 1930-1932
Box   71
Correspondence, Hughes & Hough and Gordon B. York, 1931-1932
Box   71
Bank Credits, et cetera, 1931-1934
Box   71
History of American Ginseng and Fromm Ginseng, 1971, 1980
Box   71
Correspondence, Edward Fromm, 1979
Box   71
Directory of Marathon County Manufacturers and Processors, 1981
Series: Advertising, circa 1930s-1960s
Note: Primarily fur-related. See Visual Materials for additional photographic material.
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Box   74
Newspaper Articles and Advertisements
Box   75-77
Photographic prints (on boards) showing women wearing furs, some retouched Easel Ads and Mock-ups; National Ad Mock-ups
Box   77
Pedigree for Fromm Dusty Stormer I, February 25, 1936
Box   78
Promotion Folders
Box   78
Magazine Ads
Box   78
Mock-up for 1962 Ad for Employers Mutual of Wausau, featuring Ed Fromm
Box   78
Booklet Covers
Box   79
Photographic prints (on boards) showing women wearing furs
Box   79
Photograph of Fromm Appraising Room, 1929
Box   79
Photograph of Auction Crowd at Fromm Headquarters; Auction Placards
Box   80
Photographic prints (on board) showing women wearing furs
Box   80
Easel Ads
Box   80
Reprint of Auction Ad, January 31, 1939
Box   80
Photograph on board of “Bright With Silver” Image used in Advertising
Box   81
American Fur Designer, March 1932-December 1935, scattered
Box   81
Lincoln County Review, July 18, 1957
Box   81
Liberty, May 5, 1945
Box   81
American Furrier, 1934-1959, scattered
Box   81
The Central Furrier, July 1934
Box   81
Byllesby Management, September 1934
Box   81
Vogue-faced Auction Catalog, 1953
Box   81
Photoplay's Hollywood Fashion and Beauty Trade Forecasts, circa 1940s
Box   81
Saturday Evening Post, January 11, 1941
Box   81
Reader's Digest containing condensed version of Kathrene Pinkerton's “Bright With Silver,” story of the Fromms, June 1953
Series: Ephemera, circa 1930s-1960s
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Box   69
Various fur labels
Box   69
Small brown pedigree mink books
Box   69
Blank pedigree certificates
Box   69
Bright with Silver Fox pedigrees
Box   69
Various pedigree booklets
Box   69
Ear Tags
Series: Visual Materials
Scope and Content Note: The images in the collection document aspects of the Fromm brothers' businesses. Images from their fur business include raising and catching animals, hides used for coats, and finished fur coats and stoles. Some of these images were probably used as advertising. Ginseng imagery includes fields of seedlings and plants grown under netting. Also included are images of employees of the company. The bulk of the images are from the fur business. Other photographic prints are part of the Advertising materials grouping and are housed in boxes 75-80.
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Negatives
Sheet film
Box   44
Envelope   1-120
4 x 5
Box   82
Envelope   1-63
8 x 10
Box   83
Envelope   1-65
8 x 10
Box   84
Envelope   1-68
8 x 10
Glass plates
Box   85
Envelope   1-7
8 x 10
Box   85
Envelope   8
4 x 5
PH Box   27
Vintage prints with notes and information written on original negative boxes (photocopies)
Physical Description: 2 folders