Series: 1. Brewery Records (Milwaukee, Wis.)
Scope and Content Note: The Brewery Records constitute the largest portion of the collection. These records are from the Milwaukee Brewery office, where central business operations were headquartered. This part of the collection consists of day to day bookkeeping records that document many individual transactions involved in running the business, and are useful for understanding the complicated nature of the brewing industry, as well as nineteenth century accounting practices. Of particular interest are the brewer's stamp registers and the denatured alcohol report which show how restrictions on the manufacturing of alcohol gradually grew more strict until National Prohibition became law on January 16, 1920. City customer shipped inventory ledgers give the names of many Milwaukee citizens and businesses that were dealt with Blatz during this period. Finally, the inventory ledgers provide incredibly detailed information about property owned by the brewery, including advertising materials used by branches and customers.

Accounts Receivable Collections Journal, 1916-1918

Accounts Receivable Ledger for City Customers, 1879-1887
Note: Indexed

Advertisements, 1896-1899

Balance Sheet, 1915-1919

Bills Receivable Ledger
Note: Indexed

1888-1898

1898-1920

Board of Directors Minute Book, 1889-1925

Brewer's Stamp Register

1907-1909

1910-1915

1915-1920

Cash Book

1862-1864

1864-1865

1867-1870

1868

1886-1887

1887-1888

1888-1889

1889-1890

1889-1890

1890-1891

1891-1892

1892-1894

1894-1895

1895-1897

1897-1899

1899-1901

1901-1903

1903-1905

1905-1906

1906-1908

1908-1910

1910-1912

1912-1914

1914-1915

1915-1917

1917-1919

1919

1919-1920

1920-1922

1924-1925

1925-1927

1927-1929

City Customer Shipped Inventory Ledger

1868-1869
Note: No Index

1869
Note: No Index

1870-1872
Note: No Index

1872-1873
Note: No Index

1873-1876
Note: Index to Volume 266

1876-1877
Note: Index to Volume 104

1877-1878
Note: No Index

1878-1880
Note: Index to Volume 74

1880-1882
Note: Index to Volume 249

1882-1883
Note: Index to Volume 265

1883-1886
Note: Index to Volume 235

1886-1888
Note: Index to Volume 245

1888-1889
Note: No Index

City Customer Weekly Sales Journal

1883-1886

1886-1888

1888-1891

1891-1893

1893-1896

1896-1898

1909-1913

Correspondence, 1909-1920, undated

Customer and Calculations on Sales Ledger

1896-1909
Note: Indexed

1909-1916
Note: Indexed

Denatured Alcohol Report, 1912-1915

Empty Barrel Ledger, 1865-1869
Note: Indexed

Equity Journal, 1887-1895

General Journal

1862-1865

1873

1873-1874

1874

1874-1875

1875
Note: Also contains annual summary data from 1876-1910.

1884-1885

1885-1886

1886-1887

1887-1888

1888-1889

1889

1889-1890

1890-1891

1891-1892

1892-1893

1893-1895

1895-1898

1898-1899

1899-1900

1900-1901

1901-1902

1902-1904

1904-1907

1907-1909

1909-1917

1917-1919

1919

1920-1923

1925-1927

General Ledger

1860-1862
Note: Indexed

1862-1864
Note: No Index

1864-1873
Note: Indexed

1873-1874
Note: No Index

1874-1876
Note: Index to Volume 288

1874-1876
Note: Index to Volume 288

1876-1878
Note: Index to Volume 276

1879-1881
Note: Index to Volume 277

1881-1883
Note: Index to Volume 294

1883-1885
Note: No Index

1885-1887
Note: Index to Volume 289

1887-1889
Note: Index to Volume 258

1889
Note: Index to Volume 292

1890-1893
Note: No Index

1893-1896
Note: No Index

1895-1897
Note: Index to Volume 299

1897-1902
Note: Index to Volume 291

1902-1904
Note: Index to Volume 295

1904-1908
Note: Index to Volume 264

Index to Volume 258 and 292, 1887-1889

Index to Volume 299, 1895-1897

Grains Book, 1898-1900
Note: No Index

Insurance Register, 1890-1894

Inventory Ledger

1874-1886
Note: Indexed

1887-1889
Note: No Index

Inventory Register of Blatz Advertising Materials to Branches and Customers, 1916-1918

Payroll Ledger, 1868-1873
Note: Indexed

Petty Cash Journal

1902-1907

1916-1917

Private Cash Book

1867-1868

1877-1878

1878-1881

1881-1884

1884-1886

1886-1887

1887-1888

1907-1911

1914-1916

1917-1918

Private Federal and State Tax Journal, 1925-1944

Private General Journal, 1889-1890

Private General Ledger

1862-1865
Note: No Index

1873-1880
Note: No Index

1880-1884
Note: No Index

1884-1888
Note: Indexed

1888-1889
Note: Indexed

1898-1911
Note: Indexed

Profit and Loss/Balance Sheet, 1890-1894

Purchase Journal, 1917-1919

R. W. Jackman Collection Account, 1927-1928

Sales Journal, 1899-1900

Sales Ledger for Country Customers, 1918-1919
Note: No Index

Sales Record Ledger, 1920-1924
Note: No Index

Shipping Register, 1916-1917

Shop Supply Utilization Book, 1912-1913

Total Sales Journal, 1903-1910

Trial Balance Ledger

1874-1883

1915-1925

Unidentified Index, undated

Unidentified Index for Customer and Branch Ledger "M-2", undated

Unidentified Index for General Ledger "M-1", undated

Unidentified Index for General Ledger "O-1", undated

Unidentified Index for Keg Account, undated

Unidentified Index for Keg Account "5", undated

Unidentified Index for Keg Account "7", undated

Unidentified Index for Ledger "1898"

Unidentified Index for Ledger " Jun. 1901-30 Sept. 1903"

Unidentified Index for Ledger " A", undated

Unidentified Index for Ledger " B", undated

Unidentified Index for Ledger " C", undated

Series: 2. Bottling Plant
Scope and Content Note: The Bottling Plant records are a large part of the collection. Most of these records are from the Milwaukee bottling plant, which was managed by Torchiani & Kremer on a contractual basis. Eventually the bottling plant emerged as a separate corporate entity owned and controlled by the Blatz Bottling Company, but managed by John Kremer, who had married Louise Blatz, the adopted daughter of Valentin Blatz. This series documents the change over time in the items produced, including non-alcoholic beverages that became more prominent as the temperance movement grew in popularity. The records document many transactions that were unique to a bottling plant for this period. For example, empty bottle journals track the empties that customers brought back to the plant. The Bottling Plant general journals, general ledgers and cash books are useful for more details about bottling plant transactions. Order journals contain detailed labeling and bottling information.

Most of the Bottling Plant records date from 1895 to 1900, and include in-depth information about materials such as bottle washing devices or cork barrels that were used in the bottling plant. Of particular interest are the receipts for the bottling plant, which have diagrams of the latest machines, bottle wrappers, and different types of bottles used in the plant. Also included are advertisements and the costs associated with publishing Blatz ads in several national newspapers. The records also include engraved letterhead and receipts with detailed drawings and pictures from companies throughout the United States. The receipt and invoice records clearly illustrate the nature and extent of Blatz's business relationship with other companies in Milwaukee and elsewhere, albeit for only a short period of time.

All are from Milwaukee, Wisconsin unless otherwise noted.

Balance Sheet, 1919

Beverages Drank on Premises, 1925-1926

Bottling Plant Production Summary Report, 1920-1926

Cash Book

1889-1891

1891-1893

1893-1918

Cash Sales

1899-1901

1901-1902

1902-1903

1903

1903-1904

1907

1910-1911

City Customer Journal

1881-1894

1894-1896

1896-1897

1897-1898

1898-1901

1901-1903

1903-1905

1905-1906

1906-1909

1909-1911

City Customer Ledger

1888-1891
Note: Index to Volume 285

1891-1893
Note: Index to Volume 256

1893-1895
Note: Index to Volume 196

1895-1897
Note: Index to Volume 199

1897-1898
Note: No Index

1898-1901
Note: No Index

1901-1903
Note: No Index

1903-1907
Note: No Index

1907-1912
Note: No Index

1912
Note: Index to Volume 278

1912-1916
Note: Indexed

Day Book of Inventory Transactions, 1907-1908
Note: Unknown Location

Empty Bottle Daily Register, 1916-1917
Note: Unknown Location

Empty Bottle Journal

1903-1904

1904-1908

1908-1909

1909-1910

1910-1911

1911-1913

1913-1914

1914-1915

1915-1917

1917-1918

1923-1926

General Journal

1887-1889

1889-1890

1891-1892

1902-1919

General Ledger

1887-1889
Note: No Index

1894-1898
Note: Index to Volume 219

1894-1898
Note: Index to Volume 221

1904-1913
Note: No Index

Government Tax Revenue Book for Exports, 1891-1917

Inventory Ledger, 1888-1901
Note: No Index

Inventory Ledger, 1888-1901
Note: No Index

Keg Ledger of Barrels Shipped and Returned for Branches and Customers, 1887-1890
Note: No Index

Order Book

1908-1909

1917-1919

Order Journal

1896-1897

1897-1899

1899-1902

1902-1903

1904-1905

1905-1906

1906-1908

1908-1910

1910-1915

1915-1919

Receipts and Invoicesl

A. Daussa & Co., (New York, NY), Receipts, 1894-1912

A. F. Hinners Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1902

Advertising Receipts, 1895-1899

American Fine Art Company, (Milwaukee, WI), Invoices, 1895-1900

American Fine Art Company, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1895-1896, undated

American Fine Art Company, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1895-1899

American Sal Soda Works, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1899-1900

American Steel & Wire Co., (Chicago, IL), Receipts, 1899-1900

Arcade Manufacturing Co., (Freeport, IL), Receipts, 1895

Hayman, (Los Angeles, CA), Receipts,1895

B. A. Jacob & Sons, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1895-1899

Baumbach, Reichel & Co, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1896-1900

Baumbach, Reichel & Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1898

Binney & Smith, (New York, NY), Receipts, 1898

Bottler's Specialty, (Chicago, IL), Receipts, 1899-1900

C. A. Beck & Son, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1895-1900

C. A. Beck & Son, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1895-1900, undated

Charles L. Kiewert & Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1897

Chas. Baumbach Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1894-1898

Chicago & North Western Railway Co., (Milwaukee, WI), 1917-1918

Chicago Car Seal & Mfg. Company, (Chicago, IL), Receipts, 1895-1899

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co., Receipts, 1894-1900, 1912, 1918

Cincinnati Bung-Bush, (Cincinnati, OH), Receipts, 1897

Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co., Receipts, 1895-1897

Cook's Advertising Agency, (San Francisco, CA ), Receipts, 1896

Crown Cork and Seal Company, (Baltimore, MD), Receipts, 1894-1900

Cumberland Glass Co., (Cumberland, MD), Receipts, 1897

Cunningham Manufacturing Co., (Philadelphia, PA), 1900

Cy Retallack, (Walkerville, MT), Receipts, 1899

Davis Bros. Mfg. Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1899-1900

Dever Bros. Paper Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1899

Drake Brothers Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1896

Dreyfuss Bottle & Stopper Co., (New York, NY), Receipts, 1896

Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway Co., Receipts, 1900

Eagle Sign Co., (San Francisco, CA), Receipts, 1896

Edward H. Everett Co., (Newark, OH), Receipts, 1899

Eick Bottle Cleansing Machine Co., (Philadelphia, PA), Receipts, 1895-1899

Enterprise Box and Lumber Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1896-1899

Erie and Western Transportation Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1899

Evening Express Co., (Los Angeles, CA ), Receipts, 1898

Ferdinand Gutmann Corks Co., (New York, NY), Receipts, 1900

Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1896-1900

Forest Products Mfg. Co., Receipts, 1911

Garriga Llado & Son Co., (New York, NY ), Receipts, 1897

Goldberg, Bowen & Lebenbaum, (San Francisco, CA), Receipts, 1896

Goodrich Transportation Company, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1896

Great Northern Railway Co., Receipts, 1917

Gudewill & Bucknall, (New York, NY), Receipts, 1895-1896

H. J. Woolacott Co., (Los Angeles, CA), Receipts, 1895-1898

H. Niedecken Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1895-1899

Henry Gugler Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1895-1897

Isaacs, Vought & Co., (New York, NY), Receipts, 1895-1898

J. M. Burks, (Lincoln, NE), Receipts, 1898

J. T. Cowles Co., (Chicago, IL), Receipts, 1896

Johnston Tin Foil & Metal Co., (St. Louis, MO), Receipts, 1895

Joseph Fixter Cooperage and Cooper Stock, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1895-1900

Kapp & Street, (San Francisco, CA ), Receipts, 1897

Karl Hutter, (New York, NY), Receipts, 1897-1900

Kenneth W. Jacobs, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1900

L. Mundet & Son, (New York, NY), Receipts, 1896

Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co., Receipts, 1895-1897

Lightning Bottle Wirer Co., (New York, NY), Receipts, 1895-1897

Lightning Bottle Wirer Co., (New York, NY), Receipts, 1895-1900

Louis Cahen & Son, (San Francisco, CA ), Receipts, 1899-1900

Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co., Receipts, 1896

M. Stein, The Painter, (San Francisco, CA ), Receipts, 1897

MacFarlane & Co., Ltd., (Honolulu, HI), Receipts, 1899

Manhattan Sign Co., (New York, NY), Receipts, 1896

Marx & Rawolle, (New York, NY ), Receipts, 1894

Massillon Glass Works, (Massillon, OH), Receipts, 1889

Massillon Glass Works, (Massillon, OH), Receipts, 1895-1900

Milwaukee Lithographic & Engraving Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1893-1895

Mm. Steinmeyer Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1897-1899

Mueller & Son, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1895-1899, undated

Mueller & Son, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1895-1900

National Distilling Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1897-1900

National Glass Co., (Rochester, PA), Receipts, 1899-1900

New York, Chicago & St. Paul Railroad Co., (Cleveland, OH), Receipts, 1895-1897

Nixon & Costello Co., (Dayton, OH), Receipts, 1896

Northern Glass Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1895-1896

Northern Glass Works, (Milwaukee, WI), Credit Bills, 1897-1900

Northern Glass Works, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1897-1900

Northern Glass Works, (Milwaukee, WI), Statements, 1897-1900

Northwestern Collection Agency, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1898

Northwestern Lithography Company, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1891-1900

Oregon Short Line Railroad, Receipts, 1898

Otto Zwietusch, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1895-1899

R. B. Dumont & Co., (Mobile, AL), Receipts, 1899

S. S. Wenzell, Dr., Receipts, 1898

Second National Bank of St. Paul, (St. Paul, MN), Receipts, 1883

Siebe & Green General Advertisers, (San Francisco, CA), Receipts, 1897-1898

Solomon Neumann, (Los Angeles, CA), Receipts, 1897

Streator Bottle & Glass Co., (Streator, IL), Receipts, 1894-1900

The Rochester Tumbler Co., (Pittsburgh, PA), Receipts, 1897-1899

Times Mirror Co., (Los Angeles, CA), Receipts, 1897-1899

Torchiani & Kremer (Bottler), (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1884, undated

United States Brewing Co., (Chicago, IL), Receipts, 1897

Val. Blatz Brewing Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Barma Receipts, 1919

Val. Blatz Brewing Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Checks, 1909

Val. Blatz Brewing Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1896-1900, 1915-1916

Val. Blatz Brewing Co., (Other Branches), Credit Memorandum, 1916-1917

Val. Blatz Brewing Co., (Other Branches), Receipts, 1884, 1917, undated

Vera Chemical Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1900

Vilter Manufacturing Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1900

W. M. Frankfurth Hardware Co., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1895-1896

Wells Fargo & Company Express, (Lanark, IL), Receipts, 1916

Weiserhorn Carriage Manufacturing, Co., (Helena, MT), Receipts, 1898

Willam J. Farrell, Corks and Corkwood, (New York, NY), Receipts, 1896-1899

William Franzen, Paper Stock & Bottles, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1895-1900

Wittemann Brothers Co., (Chicago, IL), Receipts, 1896-1900

Yocum & Kacer Management Co., (St. Louis, MO), Receipts, 1895-1900

Zehrung Bill Posting & Distribution Co., (Lincoln, NE), Receipts, 1900

Sales Journal, 1900-1902

Series: 3. Branch Operations
Scope and Content Note: The Branch Operations records contain different types of information from the nationwide network of Blatz branches and depots. Branches and depots were storefronts found throughout the country, which sold only Blatz beer to individual customers as well as to local businesses. Branches were bigger than the depots, and consisted of offices, warehouses, and a manager and staff paid by the home office. (For a more description of branches and depots, see Appendix A.) The extent and nature of the information concerning specific branches and depots is inconsistent; but together the records show the intricate branch network that the Blatz Brewing Company had in place by the 1890s and the relative autonomy of each of the branches in the way they did their recordkeeping. Some of the records in this series were kept at the Blatz headquarters while others were apparently maintained by branch or depot managers and shipped back to Milwaukee along with other property when the branch or depot closed. The records also document the national expansion of the company. Finally, the records are of particular interest because they show the steady decline of the Blatz operation as the temperance movement gained momentum and branches began to close.

Benton Harbor, MI

General Ledger, 1909-1910
Note: Indexed

General Ledger, 1909-1913
Note: Indexed

Berlin, WI

General Ledger, 1891-1892
Note: Indexed

Cedar Rapids, IA

General Journal, 1880-1882

General Ledger for Bottling Plant, 1907-1908
Note: No Index

Cleveland, OHI

General Ledger, 1914-1915
Note: Indexed

General Ledger, 1916
Note: Indexed

Decatur, IL

Cash Book, 1905-1906

East Dubuque, IL

General Ledger, 1916
Note: Indexed

Emmetsburg, IA

Cash Expense and Receipt Journal, 1909-1911

General Ledger, 1909-1911
Note: Indexed

Florence, WI

General Ledger, 1881-1882
Note: Indexed

Sales Journal, 1893-1895

Hancock, MI

General Ledger, 1907-1908
Note: Internal Index

Sales Ledger, 1901-1906

Kankakee, ILI

Cash Book, 1894-1902

Unidentified Index to "General Ledger 1909", undated

Kansas City, MO

Customer Beer Sales and Expense Recapitulation Ledger, 1913-1918
Note: Indexed

Kenosha, WI

General Journal, 1897-1902

Louisville, KY

Sales Journal, 1876-1877

Medford, WI

Sales Ledger, 1921-1923
Note: No Index

Memphis, TN

General Journal, 1882

General Ledger, 1879-1880
Note: No Index

General Ledger, 1880-1882
Note: No Index

Milwaukee, WI

Allowance for Spoilage and Breakage Journal, 1920-1925

Bills Receivable Account, 1915-1919

Branch Closings,1914-1917, undated

Building Accounts, 1904-1919

Check Register for Various Branches, 1921

Comparative Branch Statements Ledger, 1913-1916
Note: No Index

Comparative Branch Statements Ledger, 1916-1921
Note: No Index

Cost of Sales by Branch Register, 1901-1904
Note: Indexed

Cost of Sales by Branch Register, 1904-1907
Note: Indexed

Cost of Sales by Branch Register, 1906-1922
Note: Indexed

Cost of Sales by Branch Register, 1907-1922
Note: Indexed

Cost of Sales by Branch Register, 1911-1915
Note: No Index

Customer and Branch Ledger, 1887-1889
Note: Index to Volume 293

Customer and Branch Ledger, 1889-1890
Note: Index to Volume 254

Customer and Branch Ledger, 1892-1893
Note: Index to Volume 301

Customer and Branch Ledger, 1893-1895
Note: Index to Volume 300

Customer and Branch Ledger, 1895-1896
Note: Index to Volume 298

Customer and Branch Ledger, 1896-1898
Note: Index to Volume 279

Customer and Branch Ledger, 1898-1900
Note: Index to Volume 263

Customer and Branch Ledger, 1900-1902
Note: Index to Volume 290

Customer and Branch Ledger 298 Index, 1895-1896

Details of Branch Depots, 1915-1919

Details of Branch Floating Assets, 1915-1919

Export Beer Sales, 1915-1919

Miscellaneous Accounts, 1909-1919

Mortgage Receivables, 1915-1919

Net Proceeds of Branches Ledger for Fiscal Year 1912, 1911-1912

Non Alcohol Product Sales, 1919-1920

Property Accounts, 1917

Record of Bank Deposits and Withdrawals for Various Branches, 1926

Rent, 1904-1918

Sales, 1915-1919

Sales Person Commission Record of Country Customers, 1927-1928

Transfer Ledger

Berlin, WI, 1902-1920

Cedar Rapids, IA, 1902-1907

Champaign, IL, 1902-1908

Cheyenne, WY, 1917-1919

Chicago, IL, 1914-1920

Cleveland, OH, 1914-1916

Customer and Depot Account "A", 1902-1920

Customer and Depot Account "B", 1902-1920

Customer and Depot Account "C", 1902-1920

Customer and Depot Account "D", 1902-1920

Customer and Depot Account "E", 1902-1920

Customer and Depot Account "F", 1902-1920

Customer and Depot Account "G", 1902-1920

Customer and Depot Account "H", 1902-1920

Customer and Depot Account "I", 1902-1920

Customer and Depot Account "J", 1902-1920

Customer and Depot Account "K", 1902-1920

Customer and Depot Account "L", 1902-1920

Customer and Depot Account "M", 1902-1920

Customer and Depot Account "O", 1902-1920

Customer and Depot Account "P", 1902-1920

Customer and Depot Account "R", 1902-1920

Customer and Depot Account "S", 1902-1920

Customer and Depot Account "T"-"W", 1902-1920

Customer and Depot Account "Z", 1902-1920

Denver, CO, 1902-1920

Detroit, MI, 1909-1918

Duluth, MN, 1915-1918

East Dubuque, IL, 1916-1918

El Paso, TX, 1917-1918

Glidden, WI, 1918-1920

Hancock, MI, 1914-1919

Hurley, WI, 1918-1920

Janesville, WI, 1914-1919

Kankakee, IL, 1902-1919

Kansas City, KS, 1902-1920

Kenosha, WI, 1902-1919

Marshfield, WI, 1903-1918

Medford, WI, 1918-1919

Minneapolis, MN, 1902-1905

Minneapolis, MN, 1906-1920

Miscellaneous Accounts, 1918

Omaha, NE, 1902-1920

Peoria, IL, 1902-1920

Phillips, WI, 1918-1919

Pittsburgh, PA, 1902-1918

Racine, WI, 1920

Range, OH, 1902-1920

Rock Island, WI, 1915-1918

Rockford, IL, 1902-1913

South Bend, IN, 1914-1919

Streator, IL, 1902-1920

Yield Analysis, 1916-1919

Minneapolis, MN

General Ledger, 1896-1899
Note: No Index

General Ledger, 1912-1921
Note: No Index

Norway, MI

General Ledger, 1881-1882
Note: Indexed

Rockford, ILI

Accounts Receivable Ledger for Bottled Beer, 1905-1908
Note: Indexed

Unit Sales Register for Bottling Plant, 1907-1908

St. Paul, MN

Accounts Receivable Ledger, 1883-1884
Note: Indexed

General Ledger, 1882-1883
Note: Indexed

Sales/Accounts Receivable Ledger, 1916-1922
Note: No Index

Sioux Falls, SD

Sales Journal, 1917-1918l

Streator, ILI

Accounts Receivable Transfer Ledger, 1916-1918
Note: No Index

Accounts Receivable Transfer Ledger, 1918-1919
Note: No Index

Terre Haute, INI

Cash Book, 1892-1893

Unknown

General Ledger, 1907
Note: No Index

Purchases and Sales Record, 1908-1914
Note: No Index

Sales Ledger for Country Customers, 1883-1884
Note: Internal Index

Series: 4. Miscellaneous Records (Milwaukee, Wis.)
Scope and Content Note: Miscellaneous Records include a partial probate record from the Val Blatz estate. Also included are records from J. Peterson, a district manager for Blatz in the 1890s. Several volumes of company records used as exhibits in a court case, probably involving the sale of the company and the disposition of the Blatz estate are also found in this series. Unfortunately, the only information about this case is that Arthur Andersen & Company were involved as lawyers for the Blatz Brewing Company. The present Arthur Andersen Milwaukee office has no additional records relating to this case.

Also included in the Miscellaneous Records is a listing of receipts and invoices that pre-date the bottling plant records. These early receipts and invoices demonstrate the strong relationship Blatz had with various companies from its earliest days.

Exhibit Books

III - Milwaukee Brewery Profit and Loss/Balance Sheet, 1890-1894

IV - Branch Operations: Milwaukee Customer and Branch Ledger, 1889-1890

XI - Val Blatz Estate Probate Record, 1892-1896

XII - Milwaukee Brewery Board of Director's Minute Book, 1889-1925

XIV - Milwaukee Brewery Private Federal and State Tax Journal, 1925-1944

General Journal, J. Peterson, 1892-1898

General Ledger

J. Peterson, 1889-1898

J. Peterson, 1891-1898

Private General Journal, J. Peterson, 1893-1898

Probate Record, Val Blatz Estate, 1892-1896

Receipts and Invoices

Chicago & North Western Railway Co., (Milwaukee, WI), 1869

Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1869

Engelmann Transportation Company, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1869

Holzapfel & Eskughe, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1873

Jacob A. Williams Dealer in Stoves, Tin & Hardware, Manufacturer of House Furnishing Goods of All Descriptions, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1871

Julius Kaster, Dr., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1873

L. A. Schmidtner Architect Office, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1871

M. J. Zander, Dr., (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1873

Mathias Peiffer, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1873

Merchants Union Express Company, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1869

Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, (Waupan, WI), Receipts, 1869

Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, (South Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1869

The Detroit & Milwaukee Railroad Company, (Milwaukee, WI) Receipts, 1869

United States Express Company, (Milwaukee, WI), Receipts, 1869

Western Union Railroad Company, Receipts, 1869