Title: A.G. Green Company Records
Inclusive Dates: 1883-1907

Creator:

• A.G. Green Company (Stevens Point, Wis.)

Call Number: Stevens Point Mss AC

Quantity: 2.4 c.f. (3 archives boxes and 1 record center carton)

Repository:

Housed at the Nelis R. Kampenga University Archives & Area Research Center, Learning Resources Center, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

UW-Stevens Point Library / Stevens Point Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Records of a meat and general merchandise market owned by August G. Green (1859-1907); including daily account books listing customers' names and purchases, and ledgers.

Language: English

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Augustus (or August) G. Green was born 1 November 1859 in Kalich, West Prussia, and shortly thereafter moved to Berlin, Wisconsin, with his parents. His father soon died, and when he was 8 or 9 years old, Green moved to Stevens Point, Wisconsin with his mother. Her death soon followed and the boy supported himself as a clerk in the grocery store owned by Wash Stone. He lived with the Stone family and also attended White School. In 1880 Green began his own meat market on Main Street, and at times, worked as a logger and as a lumber and coal merchant. He worked hard, and eventually built his own home and an entire block of brick buildings on Main Street.

Green married Theresa Peickert, daughter of Emanuel and Elizabeth (Weisen) Peickert, on 18 June 1885. Her father was a local blacksmith, and also worked on the railroad when it was built in Stevens Point. Both Mr. and Mrs. Green were active members of the Catholic Church and its affiliated organizations. Green maintained a reputation for hard work and strict honesty in all of his business dealings. He was active in business until his death 12 September 1907.

The collection consists of business records of Green's meat and general merchandise market. The daily account ledgers, 1884-1885, 1895-1896, 1900, 1902-1907, list names of customers, their purchases, and the cost, for every business day. The firm's account books give the names of customers who kept on-going accounts, and the debits and credits, for the years 1883-1884, 1892-1893, and 1901-1902.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Mr. and Mrs. Chester Wisniewski, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, 1977. Accession Number: M77-475

Processing Information

Processed by Menzi Behrnd, Feb. 28, 1979.

	Daily Account Ledgers
Box   1 Folder   1	Nov 17, 1884-Apr 13, 1885
Box   3 Folder   1-2	Aug 16, 1895-Mar 13, 1896
Box   1 Folder   2	July 21-Nov 10, 1900
Box   3 Folder   3	Oct 27, 1902-Mar 16, 1903
Box   1 Folder   3	Oct 7, 1904-Jan 30, 1905
Box   4 Folder   1-2	Mar 20, 1906-Jan 30, 1907
	Account Books
Box   1 Folder   4	Jan 2, 1883-Jan 2, 1884
Box   2 Folder   1-2	Jan 1, 1892-Dec 31, 1893; Jun 5, 1901-Jan 2, 1902