McCormick Estates Records, 1841-1969

Container Title
Series: Series B: Nettie Fowler McCormick Papers, 1883-1958
Physical Description: 1 archives box, 20 volumes, and 1 package 
Subseries: Loose manuscripts and records
Box   1
Folder   1
Correspondence - 3 letters, 1887, 1890, 1902; biographical sketch , [pre-1904]; and clipping, , 1915
Box   1
Folder   2
Estate Bequest Fund, miscellaneous records, 1892-1920
Box   1
Folder   3
Estate Joint Special Account - cash statements, 1923-1931
Financial
Box   1
Folder   4
Annual reports from McCormick Estates office re Nettie F. McCormick, 1907-1914, 1918-1924
Box   1
Folder   5
Bills payable, 1889-1899
Box   1
Folder   6
Cash statements - received July 6, 1923-Oct. 15, 1932; disbursed , July 9, 1923-Oct. 15, 1932
Box   1
Folder   7
Correspondence, miscellaneous letters and financial reports, 1906, 1908-1910, 1912, 1914, undated
Box   1
Folder   8
Estimate of receipts and disbursements, Feb. 1909-Mar. 1911
Box   1
Folder   9
Fowler, Eldridge - his will, Apr. 19, 1904
Box   1
Folder   10
Tax matters - personal income, 1913, 1915-1920
Scope and Content Note: Including correspondence with the IRS to 1924.
Box   1
Folder   11
Tax matters - trust account, 1918-1924
Subseries: Volumes
Cashbooks, daily receipts, and expenditures
Volume   1
June 1884-May 1889
Volume   2
1890-Nov. 1896
Volume   3
Dec. 1896-July 1902
Volume   4
Aug. 1902-July 1907
Volume   5
Aug. 1907-Feb. 2, 1914
Volume   6
Feb. 2, 1914-May 1918
Volume   7
June 1918-Dec. 1915, 1923
Note: Late 1923 period is re Mrs. McCormick's estate.
Journals
Volume   8
May 10, 1884-May 1889
Scope and Content Note: Daily record of income and all expenditures.
Volume   9
1890-1919
Scope and Content Note: Daily record of gifts and expenditures, chiefly donations to individuals, churches, schools, etc.
Volume   10
1920-July 1924
Scope and Content Note: Continuation of Vol. 11. After June 1923, accounts are for Mrs. McCormick's estate in the “Joint Special Account”.
Box   1
Volume   11
Donations Ledger, 1883-1885
Scope and Content Note: Donations record kept by Mrs. McCormick.
Volume   12
Donations Ledger, 1890-July 1923
Scope and Content Note: Donations record kept for Mrs. McCormick. Bound index inside.
Volume   13
Ledger, May 10, 1884-May 1889
Scope and Content Note: Investments in securities, railroads, and loans.
Volume   14
Ledger, 1890-May 1913
Scope and Content Note: Daily cash disbursements; donations, daily expenses; interest received; taxes, insurance, store purchases; bills receivable and payable; expenses on properties; stocks and bonds. Bound index inside.
Volume   15
Ledger, 1913-July 1923
Scope and Content Note: Daily receipts and disbursements, with running balances. Bound index inside.
Volume   16
Daybook, 1890-July 1923
Scope and Content Note: Same as Vol. 15 except for dates.
Volumes re Mrs. McCormick's Estate
Volume   17
Cash Journal, July 6, 1923-June 29, 1935
Scope and Content Note: Personal property assets at time of appraisal, July, 6, 1923; and distribution of assets, June 29, 1935 (pp. 1-21).
Volume   18
Cashbook, Aug. 21, 1923-Dec. 1932
Scope and Content Note: Daily cash receipts (interest and rentals) and disbursements (rental properties).
Volume   19
Ledger, Dec. 31, 1923-Dec. 1935
Scope and Content Note: Accounts for various funds, income, and expenditures. Indexed.
Volume   20
Ledger, Nov. 1949-July 1958
Scope and Content Note: Cash received and disbursed, including Mrs. McCormick's real estate holdings. Source and recipient shown.
Box   1
Volume   21
Financial records of the Nettie Fowler McCormick Biographical Association, Oct. 14, 1931- Apr. 1941
Volume   22
Eldridge M. Fowler Account book, June 1883-June 7, 1888
Scope and Content Note: Account book for Fowler and Chapman, timber and lumber company, Bay City, Mich., in which Mrs. McCormick's uncle, Eldridge M. Fowler, was a partner.
Subseries: Package
Package   1
“Joint Special Account”, Dec. 17, 1923-Mar. 1937
Scope and Content Note: Estate of Mrs. McCormick: Daily cash receipts by transfer of funds, rentals, or interest; donations; bills receivable and payable; accounting by T. B. Gorton, Anita McC. Blaine, Cyrus H. McCormick, Jr., and Harold F. McCormick (1923-1936); and final transfer from accounts, Mar. 29, 1937.