Title: George C. Jones Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1856-1914

Creator:

• Jones, George C. (George Clark), 1829-1914

Call Number: Green Bay Mss 5

Quantity: 2.4 cubic feet (6 archives boxes)

Repository:

Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Archives and Area Research Center; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

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UW-Green Bay Cofrin Library / Green Bay Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Papers of George C. Jones, Appleton, Wisconsin, lawyer and businessman who invested in mineral and timber lands in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Oregon. Included is business correspondence, diaries, bank account books, and miscellaneous minute and stock certificate books for various Wisconsin companies.

Language: English

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George Clark Jones, the son of William C. and Lucy Strong Jones, was born in Barry, Orleans County, New York on October 1, 1829. In 1842 his family moved to Oakland County, Michigan, where at the age of twenty-one, Mr. Jones began the study of law with Judge A.C. Baldwin. He was admitted to the Michigan Bar in 1853 and for the next sixteen years, practiced law in Ontonagon, Michigan.

Mr. Jones and his family moved to Appleton, Wisconsin, in 1869. He practiced law in Appleton, but his primary interest was his vast holdings in mineral and timber lands in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Oregon. Companies Mr. Jones was associated with include, George C. Jones Land Company, Lane-Coos Land Company, Elizabeth H. Jones Land Company, Oregon-Wisconsin Timber Holding Company, Challenger Mining and Development Company, Wisconsin and Arizona Mining Company, Outagamie County Produce Company, The Pearl and Jasper Consolidated Mining and Milling Company, Woodford Electric Manufacturing Company, and the Neenah Cold Storage Company.

Mr. Jones was married to Elizabeth H. Weller, then Lucy S. Rhodes, and later, Camilla Davis, and had five sons, Charles W., George C., Fred W., William S., and Edward G. Only Charles and Edward-the latter associated with is father in business-survived their father. Mr. Jones died in Appleton in 1914.

The George Clark Jones Papers, which relate almost totally to Mr. Jones' business activities, include his letter press copy books, 1856-1914; business records for various companies he was associated with; and an incomplete set of his diaries, 1865-1907.

The letter press copy books have been kept in the order originally given them by Mr. Jones. All of the volumes contain Mr. Jones' business correspondence, except for volumes 28-31, which contain private correspondence, and volumes 25 and 27, which were kept by his son and associate, Edward G. Jones.

The business records include the minutes of the board of directors and stock register for the Challenger Mining and Development Company; ledgers and journals for the Wisconsin and Arizona Mining Company, the Neenah Cold Storage Company, and the Tremont Mine; and stock certificate books for the Outagamie County Produce Company, the Pearl and Jasper Consolidated Mining and Milling Company, and the Woodford Electric Manufacturing Company.

The diaries, 1865-1907, are incomplete as to daily entries for each volume and several years are missing. They contain not only daily entries, but also miscellaneous financial and business notes.

Edward G. Jones Papers (M76-067)

Acquisition Information

Presented by Mrs. Jacob Shilcrat, Appleton, Wisconsin, November 1963.

Processing Information

Processed by Jack T. Ericson, November 22, 1966.

	Letterpress copybooks
Box   1 Volume   1	1856 December-1858 December
Box   1 Volume   2	1864 August-1866 May
Box   1 Volume   3	1866 June-1880 September
Box   1 Volume   4	1869 August-1872 June
Box   1 Volume   5	1872 June-1877 March
Box   1 Volume   6	1874 July-1876 March
Box   1 Volume   7	1876 March-1877 September
Box   1 Volume   8	1877 September-1880 February
Box   1 Volume   9	1886 November-1887 October, Hurley, Wisconsin
Box   2 Volume   10	1887 December-1889 May, Hurley, Wisconsin
Box   2 Volume   11	1887 June-1888 July
Box   2 Volume   12	1889 August-1890 October
Box   2 Volume   13	1892 January-1893 March
Box   2 Volume   14	1893 March-1894 April
Box   2 Volume   15	1894 April-1894 December
Box   2 Volume   16	1895 January-1895 December
Box   2 Volume   17	1895 December-1896 October
Box   2 Volume   18	1896 June-1897 December
Box   2 Volume   19	1896 November-1897 November
Box   3 Volume   20	1897 November-1898 August
Box   3 Volume   21	1897 December-1899 October, Reports and Collections
Box   3 Volume   22	1898 August-1900 January
Box   3 Volume   23	1899 October-1900 September
Box   3 Volume   24	1900 January-1901 May
Box   3 Volume   25	1900 September-1901 October, Edward G. Jones
Box   3 Volume   26	1901 August-1902 August
Box   3 Volume   27	1901 October-1902 February, Edward G. Jones
Box   4 Volume   28	1896 January-1903 January, Private
Box   4 Volume   29	1902 December-1906 June, Private
Box   4 Volume   30	1906 June-1911 September, Private
Box   4 Volume   31	1911 September -1914 October, Private
Box   4 Volume   32	1903 May-1904 April
Box   4 Volume   33	1904 April-1905 May
Box   4 Volume   34	1905 May-1906 September
Box   5 Volume   35	1906 September-1908 October
Box   5 Volume   36	1908 October-1909 August
Box   6	Miscellaneous letter press copy book pages
	Challenger Mining and Development Company
Box   5 Volume   37	Board of Directors minutes, 1904-1906
Box   5 Volume   38	Stock register, 1904-1905
	Wisconsin and Arizona Mining Company
Box   5 Volume   39	Ledger, 1904-1906
	Outagamie County Produce Company
Box   5 Volume   40	Stock certificate books, 1899-1901
	Pearl and Jasper Consolidated Mining and Milling Company
Box   5 Volume   41	Stock certificate books, 1880-1881
	Woodford Electric Manufacturing Company, Appleton, Wisconsin
Box   5 Volume   42	Stock certificate books, 1900-1903
	Tremont Mine
Box   5 Volume   43	Journal and miscellaneous accounts, 1864-1866
	Neenah Cold Storage Company, Neenah, Wisconsin
Box   5 Volume   44	Stock ledger, 1898-1902
	Bank account books
Box   5 Volume   45	1897-1899
Box   5 Volume   46	1904-1905
	Diaries
Box   6 Volume   47	1865
Box   6 Volume   48	1872
Box   6 Volume   49	1873
Box   6 Volume   50	1874
Box   6 Volume   51	1877
Box   6 Volume   52	1879
Box   6 Volume   53	1888
Box   6 Volume   54	1892
Box   6 Volume   55	1893
Box   6 Volume   56	1900
Box   6 Volume   57	1902
Box   6 Volume   58	1903
Box   6 Volume   59	1904
Box   6 Volume   60	1907