Title: Nettie Fowler McCormick Financial File
Inclusive Dates: 1843-1923

Creator:

• McCormick, Nettie Fowler, 1835-1923

Call Number: McCormick Mss 5B

Quantity: 6.4 c.f. (16 archives boxes)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

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Abstract:

Financial records of Nettie Fowler McCormick, a Chicago philanthropist and wife of Cyrus Hall McCormick; relating to the upkeep of her estate, her donations, and her service as trustee for her daughter Mary Virginia. Included are statements, ledgers, real estate reports, and account and cash books. Financial accounts concerning stocks, taxes, and her properties and their upkeep are also included, often with pertinent letters from agents such as John A. Chapman, Hiram B. Prentice, and Judson F. Stone.

Language: English

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Mrs. McCormick's own habit of keeping lists, her use of cashiers and agents, and the complexity and size of her estate produced a large financial file. Unbound statements, ledgers, and an account book list her donations between 1883 and 1923, including recipient, date, amount, and sometimes notation as to the purpose. Entries frequently overlap, but an alphabetical listing in the largest volume summarizes gifts totaling millions of dollars. The files also include cash books showing expenditures for incidental items, 1884-1890; unbound statements relating to investments and net worth, 1892-1922; and real estate reports and cash statements, 1890-1923, for Mrs. McCormick and the trustees for Mary Virginia.

Financial records include correspondence, reports and statements, and ledgers and cash books. There is not a complete report for each year in the case of the donations and there is some overlapping of reports. There is also a Miscellaneous Financial File (1868-1923 and undated), dealing with savings and loan funds, ledger balances, petty cash accounts, payroll lists, profit and loss and similar items; and a Correspondence and Report File pertaining mainly to real estate, stocks and taxes. The latter file emphasizes the years 1890-1923. Finally, there are eight record books (five ledger books, two cash books and 1 account book) kept by Mrs. McCormick or her secretary. The ledgers (labeled A through E by the Nettie Fowler McCormick Biographical Association) and the account book are a record of funds allocated for charities, missions, schools, individuals, merchants and personal expenses. The cash books relate to expenditures for incidental and household items.

Within each subject division (Annual Financial Reports, Annual Real Estate Reports, Monthly Cash Statements, etc.), the folders are arranged chronologically by years. The Correspondence and Report File, however, is arranged alphabetically by the name of the subject or the author.

McCormick Mss 5B Box   1	Nettie F. McCormick Annual Financial Statements, 1892-1922
Box   1	Trustees for Mary V. McCormick Annual Financial Statements, 1902-1922
	Nettie F. McCormick Annual Real Estate Reports
Box   1	1899-1915
Box   2	1916-1922
Box   2	Trustees for Mary V. McCormick Annual Real Estate Reports, 1907-1922
	Nettie F. McCormick Monthly Real Estate Reports
Box   2	1875-1884
Box   2	1900-1902
Box   3	1903-1917
Box   4	1918-1923
	Trustees for Mary V. McCormick Monthly Real Estate Reports
Box   4	1902-1915
Box   5	1916-1923
	Nettie F. McCormick Monthly Cash Statements
Box   5	1890-1894
Box   6	1895-1906
Box   7	1906-1915
Box   8	1916-1923
Box   8	Trustees for Mary V. McCormick Monthly Cash Statements, 1898-1923
Box   9	Nettie F. McCormick Donations, 1883-1923
	Nettie F. McCormick Miscellaneous Financial Papers
Box   9	1868-1907
Box   10	1907
Box   10	Undated
	Correspondence and Report File
Box   11	Adirondack Camp, 1890-1923
Box   11	Arnold Property, 1913-1915
Box   11	Walker Block, 1899-1916
	Chapman, John A. and others
Box   11	1907-1909
Box   12	1910-1916
Box   12	Chicago Telephone Company, 1899
Box   12	Clarke, John V. Property, undated
Box   12	Electric Wiring, 135 Rush Street, 1899 & 1902
Box   12	Fetzer, John C., 1899
Box   12	Gorton, T.B. to Jenkins, William, 1913
Box   12	Island Lake Camp, 1891-1918
Box   12	Jenkins, William, 1899-1912
Box   12	Johnson, Wentworth P., 1900 & 1902
Box   12	Kildare, 1900
Box   12	Krebs, W.S., 1904-1905
Box   12	McCormick, Mary V., Trustees Report, 1917
Box   12	135-136 Michigan Avenue, 1902 & 1908-1909
	Prentice, Hiram B.
Box   12	1899
Box   13	1903-1905
Box   13	Real Estate (miscellaneous), 1899-1916
Box   13	Reaper Block, 1891-1916
Box   13	Ryerson Lot, 1910-1914
	Stocks
Box   13	1891-1909
Box   14	1910-1917
Box   14	Stone, Judson F. and others, 1917-1921
Box   14	Tax Assessor, 1891, 1893, 1898
Box   14	Taxes, 1899-1917
Box   14	Will and codicil, 1922
	Ledger Books
Box   15 Volume   1	A, circa 1884-1923
Box   15 Volume   2	B, circa 1905-1910
Box   15 Volume   3	C, circa 1911-1917
Box   15 Volume   4	D, circa 1899-1902
Box   15 Volume   5	E, circa 1901-1917
	Cash Books
Box   16 Volume   6	1884-1889
Box   16 Volume   7	1889-1890
Box   16 Volume   8	Account Book, 1885