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Series: Series I: McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Records, 1841-1934 24 archives boxes and 21 volumes
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Subseries: Loose manuscripts and records
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Accounting Departments
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Box
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1
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Assets and liabilities, 1880-1884
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Box
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2
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Remittances from agents, 1898-1899
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Box
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3
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Summary for McCormick Harvesting Machine Co., 1899; and comparison of McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. with Deering, , 1901
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Box
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4
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Trial balances for the Company, 1854-1860, 1882
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Accounts receivable
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Box
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Folder
5
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1902-1903
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Box
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Folder
6
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McCormick notes collected by the IHC accounting department and sent to McCormick Harvesting Machine Co., Dec. 1903-May 1904; Sept.-Dec. 1904
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Box
2
Folder
1
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McCormick notes collected by the IHC accounting department and sent to McCormick Harvesting Machine Co., Jan.-Aug. 1905; Sept. 1905; Sept. 1905-Mar. 1906
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Box
2
Folder
2
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Agreements, 1879 (forming the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co.), , 1903, 1905, 1907-1912, 1914
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Board of Directors meetings' minutes
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Box
3
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1882
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Box
3
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2
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1883-1884
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Box
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3
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1885
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Box
3
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4
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1879-1881
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Box
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5
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1886
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Box
4
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1887
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Box
4
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2
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1888-1889
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Box
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3
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1890-1891
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Box
4
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4
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1882-1893, 1899, 1900
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Box
4
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5
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1902, 1907, 1909, 1912, 1918 (random minutes)
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Business records
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Box
4
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6
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Collections (miscellaneous), 1904-1906
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Box
4
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7
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Summaries, 1880-1888; miscellaneous receipts, , 1883-1885, 1895, 1897
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Box
5
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Conference re liquidation claims in International Harvester stock and capital stock of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co., Mar.31, 1910
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Correspondence
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Box
5
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2
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, 1875-1892; 1895-1896 (random years)
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Box
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1897-1898
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Box
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Jan.-Mar. 1889
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Box
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5
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Apr.-June 1889
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Box
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July-Sept. 1899
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Box
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Oct.-Dec. 1899
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Box
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1899
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Box
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Jan.-Feb. 1900
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Box
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Mar. 1900
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Box
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4
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Apr. 1900
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Box
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5
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May 1900
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Box
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June-July 1900
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Box
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7
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Aug. 1900
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Box
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Sept. 1900
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Box
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Oct. 1900
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Box
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Nov. 1900
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Box
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Dec. 1900
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Box
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5
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1901-1904
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Box
8
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1905
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Box
8
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2
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1906
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Box
8
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3
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Jan.-Mar. 1907
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Box
8
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Apr.-June 1907
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Box
8
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July-Dec. 1907
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Box
8
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6
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Jan.-June 1908
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Box
9
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July-Dec. 1908
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Box
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Jan.-July 1909
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Box
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Aug.-Dec. 1909
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Box
9
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Jan-June 1910
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Box
9
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5
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July-Dec. 1910
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Box
10
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1911
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Box
10
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2
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Jan.-July 1912
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Box
10
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Aug.-Dec. 1912
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Box
10
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1913
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Box
10
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1914
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Box
10
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6
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1915
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Box
11
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1916
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Box
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2
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1917
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Box
11
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3
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1918-1920, 1928, 1934
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Box
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Documents, contracts and assignments, 1879-1900, 1911
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Employees
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Employment and earnings applicable for stock distribution and pensions
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Correspondence and records
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Box
11
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5
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1902-1913
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Box
12
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1904
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Box
12
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2
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1905-1907
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Box
12
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1908
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Box
12
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4
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1909
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Box
12
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5
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Purchases, 1909; correspondence and reports, , 1910-1911
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Box
13
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Lists of Company personnel, 1900
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Box
13
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2
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Receipts for cash and McCormick certificates for International Harvester stock, 1903-1904
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Box
13
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3
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Stock distributions - studies and plans, 1903
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Financial
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Assets and liabilities
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Box
13
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4
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Financial reports, 1897-1904
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Box
13
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5
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Financial reports, 1905-1913
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Box
14
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Working papers for reports, circa 1902-1906
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Cash statements
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Box
15
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1905-1906
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Box
15
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2
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1907
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Box
15
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3
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1908-1909
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Box
15
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1910-1918
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Box
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Cash statements and trial balances, 1912-1922; January 10, 1923
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Box
15
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Estimates of receipts and disbursements, 1902-1914
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Box
16
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Estimates of receipts and disbursements, working papers, 1905-1915
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Box
16
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Liquidations of 1902 and prior receivables, Sept. 30, 1906-Dec. 31, 1906; and summary for the year, , 1906
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Box
16
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3
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Liquidation, King-Ranney Report, 1905
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Box
16
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Liquidation of C. H. McCormick & Bro. and C. H. and L. J. McCormick, 1909-1919
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Box
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Liquidation of “W. C. Lane Vendor” accounts : Preliminary report, June 30, 1904; report March 31, 1905.
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Box
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Syndicate gift and pension fund, 1910-1913
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Box
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Trial balances, 1902-1905; 1908-1909
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Box
16
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Trial balances, #8220;Special Account”, Dec. 19, 1935
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Box
17
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International Harvester Company; collection costs on McCormick Harvesting Machine Co.; accounts receivable : Including the “Steele Plan”, Dec. 1903-1904.
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Box
17
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Legal matters - briefs, 1882, 1900
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Box
17
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3
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McCormick, Leander J. and Hall; dispute of 1880; securities , 1889
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Box
17
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McCormick, Leander J.; legal opinion of 1928 re purchase of Leander's shares in the Company in , 1889
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Box
17
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McCormick family Certificates of Interest in the International Harvester Company trust agreement, Sept. 1, 1903
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Box
17
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Memoranda of drafts and money orders sent to the Company by agents, 1905-1906
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Box
17
Folder
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Miscellaneous
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Box
17
Folder
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New York loan; correspondence, 1908; financial data, , 1908
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Box
17
Folder
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Organizational chart, 1900; departments, , 1900
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Box
18
Folder
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Payroll; payments from the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. to the McCormick Estates office staff, 1905-1910, for Company work done by the Estates staff
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Box
18
Folder
2
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Pensions; organization of the Company with aggregate pensions in each department; wages, Sept. 16, 1903; pension information, , 1904-1911
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Box
18
Folder
3
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President's report to stockholders
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Box
18
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4
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Production by kinds of machines and quantity, 1841-1886; 1880-1902
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Box
18
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5
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Production and sales, 1880-1902
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Real estate and properties of the Company
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Box
19
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Tax receipts, 1891-1897
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Box
20
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1
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Tax receipts, 1898-1901
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Box
20
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North Dakota land, 1905; Hawkins Mine, , 1906; miscellaneous deeds, , 1902, 1904
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Box
20
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Reaper Works - alterations, 1880
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Box
20
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Reaper Works - reports from Supt. H. B. Utley, 1899-1900
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Stockholders
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Box
20
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Agreements, Nov. 1, 1911
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Box
20
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Lists and amounts of holdings, 1899, 1900, 1902
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Box
20
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. holdings of International Harvester stock, 1902-1912, undated
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Box
21
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. holdings of International Harvester stock - correspondence with John D. Rockefeller (Sr.?) re loan, 1902-1912
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Meetings and minutes
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Box
21
Folder
2
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1879-1889; 1900
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Box
21
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Nov. 18, 1902; Apr. 15, 1903; and May 10, 1910
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Box
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May and Nov. 1918-Jan. 1919
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Box
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Stock distribution for random years, 1884-1918
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Box
21
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Transfers of certificates as of 1897 : Recapitulation, 1902, 1904, and 1905.
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Box
21
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Stockholders in the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. as it existed after consolidation : Tables showing owners, amounts, distribution, 1904-1911.
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Box
21
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Taxes of the Company, 1909-1911; 1913-1918
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Subseries: Volumes
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Volume
1
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Ledger, circa 1873-Oct. 23, 1917 : (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.
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Daybooks
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Box
22
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2
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Bills Payable, July 17, 1880-Sept. 21, 1892 : Daily disbursements by the Company.
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Volume
3
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Bills Receivable, June 3, 1880-June 1904 : Reaper notes and daily income.
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Volume
4
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Nov. 30, 1894-Oct. 23, 1917 : 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.
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Volume
5
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Cashbook, Sept. 1903-March 1909 : 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.
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Volume
6
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Ledger, Oct. 1902-May 29, 1909 : Various McCormick Company accounts; e.g., cash, collections, expenses, pensions, stock investments in IHC, and bills receivable. Indexed.
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Volume
7
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Cashbook, Nov. 9, 1905-May 24, 1906 : Daily receipts and disbursements re all facets of McCormick Company business.
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Volume
8
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Cashbook, Oct. 8, 1912-Nov. 24, 1913 : Daily Company disbursements, and general expenses.
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Volume
9
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Account book, May 11, 1910-1922; Aug. 25, 1924 : 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.
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Employee pensions
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Volume
10
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[, 1902]-, 1903 : Original calculations re type of work, time and length of service, salary, and pension fund applicable; “Class” and “Group” divisions created.
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Volume
11
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[, 1902]-, 1903 : 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.
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Volume
12
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[, 1902]-, 1906 : 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”.
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Volume
13
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Ledger, Nov. 1903-Aug. 1932 : Stock allotments, certificates issued, and pension accounts; “Class A” and “Group I”.
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Box
14
Volume
22
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Oct. 1903-Feb. 1903 : Stock certificates issued to McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. employees.
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Volume
15
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1904-Feb. 1908 : Stock certificates issued to Company employees; Interest, dividends, purchases, loan accounts, and bills receivable begin on p. 240; All “Classes” and “Groups”. Indexed.
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Volume
16
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May 17, 1904-Jan. 2, 1908 : 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”.
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Volume
22
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Jan. 1906-Oct. 1909 : Monthly pension payments to McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. employees.
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Volume
18
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Cashbook, Dec. 1902-1935 : Donor and expense accounts for employee recipients of stock certificates in the Company pension plan.
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Volume
19
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Ledger, Dec. 1902-circa Mar. 1933 : Donor accounts, pensions, salaries; stock certificates purchased and redeemed; and employee pension benefits. Indexed.
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“International Harvester Co. of America Special Account”, showing daily disbursements for that account and “general expenses” of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co.
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Cashbooks
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Volume
20
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Oct. 1902-Nov. 8, 1905
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Volume
21
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May 25, 1906-April 1907
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Volume
22
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May 1907-1908
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Volume
23
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Jan. 1909-June 3, 1909
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Box
22
Volume
24
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Record book, Aug. 29, 1904-1909 : List of all papers signed officially in the name of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. - by which officer or employee.
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Box
22
Volume
25
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Record book, 1910-Jan. 13, 1928 : List of all papers signed officially in the name of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. - by which officer or employee.
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Box
23
Volume
26
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Letterpress copybook, Mar. 15, 1900-Dec. 11, 1901 : McCormick Company letters, chiefly from John V. A. Hasbrook, treasurer. Indexed.
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Box
23
Volume
27
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Letterpress copybook, Oct. 3, 1901-July 1, 1902 : Letters from John R. Hoagland, sec., to Cyrus H. McCormick, Jr., re Company business, with some personal correspondence re McCormick's personal affairs. Indexed.
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Question of equity adjustment, 1912-1913
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Box
23
Volume
28
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Exhibits, [1881-1899], 1912 : 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.
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Box
23
Volume
29
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The Company - history and analysis : 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.
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Box
23
Volume
30
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Opinion and conclusion by John P. Wilson and Frank H. Scott re possible adjustment in equity
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Volume
31
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Stock Ledger, Feb. 1891-July 1912 : Stockholders of the McCormick Co.; shares.
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Box
22
Volume
32
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Donations record, 1891-1898 : Daily record of donations from the Company to individuals, agencies, and institutions.
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Box
22
Volume
33
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Deposit book, Jan. 1895-Apr. 1898 : Deposits in “Special Account”.
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Box
24
Volume
34
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“Original Minute Book, Board of Directors, McCormick Harvesting Machine Co.”, Sept. 9, 1879-Apr. 6, 1886 : Loose-leaf volume of typewritten copy.
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Box
24
Volume
35
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“Directors' Records of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co.”, Sept. 9, 1879-Apr. 7, 1891 : Loose-leaf volume of typewritten copy. A variation of the first part of Vol. 34 above.
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Box
24
Volume
36
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“Stockholders' Record of the McCormick Harvesting Co.”, Aug. 11, 1879-Dec. 30, 1890 Volume of typewritten copy. : With agreements and decisions made when the Company was organized in 1879, minutes of meetings thereafter, and by-laws.
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Box
24
Volume
37
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“Treasurer's Record 1”, of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co : 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.
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Box
24
Volume
38
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“Treasurer's Record 2”, of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co., Jan. 1891-Sept. 1902
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Box
24
Volume
39
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“Notes and Supplemental Notes on Sundry Transactions of McCormick Harvesting Machine Co.”, Dec. 15, 1908-May 10, 1910
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